Jack Daniel’s First Barrel Proof

 

(Cigar Aficionado) You used to have to work at Jack Daniel's Lynchburg, Tennessee, distillery to know how the world's best-selling American whiskey tasted straight from the barrel. Now, drinkers everywhere can sample what only a small coterie of tasters have previously ever experienced.
... We were in the midst of a massive Bourbon pairing (16 selections) for an upcoming feature in the October 2015 issue of Cigar Aficionado when this whiskey arrived. Given the similarities between Tennessee sour mash whiskey and Bourbon, we decided to slip it into the mix with two classic cigars. Continued