The Whiskey Reviewer A World of Whiskey, Poured Every Weekday
By Richard Thomas
Rating: B+
Jack Daniel’s Triple Mash Bonded
(Credit: Brown-Forman)
Earlier this spring, Jack Daniel’s introduced a new series on bottled in bond whiskeys. One of these was a revamping of an already existing expression, Jack Daniel’s Bottled in Bond Tennessee Whiskey. This one took an already existing, one-liter travel retail bottle and repackaged it as a general release in a 700ml, Euro-friendly bottle. I’ve taken some time in getting to the other, entirely new part of the series: the Triple Mash Blended.
This is a blend/hybrid of three separate whiskeys made in Lynchburg: 20% is the familiar JD Tennessee Whiskey; another 20% is their American Malt, presumably of the same stock as the Special Release made earlier this year; and 60% from their rye whiskey. All three stocks are bonded, as they must be for the blend to consequently qualify as bonded. So, the whiskey is four years old (the statutory minimum age), all coming from the Lynchburg distillery and made in the same season, and all bottled at 100 proof. Also, all three have undergone the signature Lincoln County Process as applied by Jack Daniel’s: the new make whiskey is drip-filtered through a vat of sugar maple charcoal prior to barreling.
The Whiskey
The nose present as oatmeal cookie dough with a heavy helping of the attendant spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger) stirred in. On the palate, it’s as mellow as one should expect from a Jack Daniel’s whiskey, but also heavier. The flavor profile takes more of a turn towards banana bread, albeit one with plenty of the aforementioned cookie spice blend and vanilla added. The malty side, I suspect, presents itself more with the gravity of the pour than in its flavor profile, but having not tried the American Malt from Jack Daniel’s, I’m ill-equipped to pull it out from the other elements. The finish delivers a soft current of spiciness.
The Price
This is set at a very reasonable $33 per bottle.
