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recently brought a bottle of baker's bourbon over to the in-laws for a saturday afternoon cocktail hour. damn fine whisley, have been drinking mostly knob creek and weller's special reserve the past couple of years, don't think i've had any bakers since the late-90s when some of that small-batch bourbon first came out of the jim beam distillery.
 
Matty
There is a very common misconception that Jack Daniels is NOT bourbon. Jack Daniels is actually a bourbon if you go by the law, but the company chooses to promote the "Tennessee Whiskey" label instead to differentiate its product. Their process is only slightly different in that they filter the shit through maple charcoal, which gives the whole JD a very distinctive banana-like aroma. But they could put "straight Kentucky bourbon whiskey" on their bottles and it would be 100% valid.
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sorry matty, but that's not correct. first off, i can't imagine a tennessee whiskey maker would ever want to promote itself as from kentucky. the whole bourbon/whiskey bit is merely a technicality, but american whiskey made outside kentucky is really just that, whiskey.
 
My bad. They could call it "Straight Bourbon Whiskey" though.

Would love to try Baker's, not available here.

I gave Knob Creek a second chance earlier this month, I should really bump it up a few notches, it's better than Elijah Craig for sure.
 
Matty
There is a very common misconception that Jack Daniels is NOT bourbon. Jack Daniels is actually a bourbon if you go by the law, but the company chooses to promote the "Tennessee Whiskey" label instead to differentiate its product. Their process is only slightly different in that they filter the shit through maple charcoal, which gives the whole JD family a very distinctive banana-like aroma. But they could put "straight Kentucky bourbon whiskey" on their bottles and it would be 100% valid.
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Matty is correct... as usual. The Jack Daniels' distilling process adheres to all bourbon regulations.

It is a bourbon...made in Tennessee.
 
Bay Bud, I have to differ with you on this one. It's not like a sparkling wine that's made in Languedoc not being allowed to call itself Champagne even though it adheres to all the same procedures as sparkling made in Champagne. There are actual laws that prevent them from calling it that. The laws extend throughout the EU in fact. The US never agreed to these stipulations though and their are US wineries that call their sparkling Champagne.

There aren't any laws I'm aware of that prohibit a distillery in Kentucky or anywhere else from making bourbon and calling it bourbon.
 
Matty's Ranking of Bourbons and Tennessee Whiskeys

Crack-like
1. Maker's Mark
2. Jack Daniel's Single Barrel
3. Buffalo Trace
4. Bulleit
5. Eagle Rare Single Barrel
6. Fighting Cock

Excellent
7. Wild Turkey 101
8. Woodford Reserve Something or Other
9. Knob Creek
10. 1792 Ridgemont Reserve
11. Elijah Craig 12 Years

Good
12. Corner Creek
13. Jim Beam Black
14. Jack Daniel's Old No. 7
15. Gentleman Jack
16. Jefferson's
17. Jim Beam White

Bad
18. Wild Turkey 80


Bumped Knob Creek up a couple spots and inserted Eagle Rare Single Barrel at #5.

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Pavy
I went to JD's Lynchburg distillery once and I know is in Tennessee. I saw a trivia question once that said that bourbon is a county in Kentucky.
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name of the spirit derives from its historical association with an area known as Old Bourbon, around what is now Bourbon County, Kentucky (which, in turn, was named after the French House of Bourbon royal family).
 
Jello
There aren't any laws I'm aware of that prohibit a distillery in Kentucky or anywhere else from making bourbon and calling it bourbon.
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i'm not aware of any specific laws myself, just know that in practice and out of both tradition and respect, bourbon is reserved for american whiskey produced in kentucky. it's also a geographical issue; i'm used to getting 'bourbon' when i order a whiskey here in the states. i will not get bourbon when i order whiskey in other parts of the world, including canada where if i want american whiskey, i found out by experience in alberta a while back that i need to specifically order a bourbon. if you order whiskey in scotland, you get scotch, and if you order whiskey in ireland, you get jameson's or another irish whiskey.

a few distilleries are actually starting to pop up in texas and i'm hoping to get a taste of some of it soon. there's a place about 50-60 miles from here releasing some of its 2008 vintage this fall.
 
haha! talk about timing. bro-in-law just brought me a bottle of templeton rye which is good stuff if you like rye whiskey. not near as sweet as most american corn liquors. will be enjoying a glass of this later on.
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Senco! Both our names are (allegedly) on the same Maker's Mark barrel! If you log in to your Maker's Mark account, they put up a fake pic of the plaque that's supposed to be on the actual barrel.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
 
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