Jack Daniel’s has been doing it this way for over 150 years, since way back in the 1860s when the real Jack Daniel made it himself. This is going to make your whiskey extremely smooth and this is what separates us from a bourbon.ĭan Pashman: In other words, charcoal mellowing is what makes Tennessee whiskey, Tennessee whiskey. Tour Guide: What we are going to do is drip your whiskey through the charcoal and this is what makes us a Tennessee whiskey. It’s gonna reach temperature close to 1800 degrees and when it’s done when done, it's natural lump charcoal.ĭan Pashman: That charcoal will be ground up into pea-sized pieces, then used in a process called “charcoal mellowing.” Tour Guide: It's gonna burn for an hour and a half. Under this huge metal hood, there's a giant pile of sugar maple wood and it’s on fire. This tape was shared with us by the podcast Brought To You By, they recorded it before coronavirus. Very rarely does a person actually get to see this happen.ĭan Pashman: You’re listening to a tour of the Jack Daniel’s distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Tour Guide: Guys, what they are doing here only happens one to two days out of the week. Photos courtesy of Uncle Nearest, Jason Myers, and Stacy Preston Photography. "Rooftop Instrumental" by Erick Anderson."Madame Prez" by Karla Dietmeyer and Olivia Diercks."Comin For A Change" by Stephen Sullivan."Talk to Me Now (Instrumental)" by Agasthi Jayatilaka."Get Your Shoes On" by Will Van De Crommert.Interstitial music in this episode by Black Label Music: for their tape of the Jack Daniel's Distillery tour. Special thanks to our friends at the podcast Brought to you by. This week, we talk with Fawn about what drew her to this story and what she’s doing to honor Green’s legacy, with help from his great-great-granddaughter Victoria Eady Butler (below, with a guest, at the Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey distillery).Īlso: earlier this year, Jack Daniel's and Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey announced they were partnering to increase diversity in the American whiskey industry you can read more about that here. The Jack Daniel's company, however, didn't realize that its announcement would cause an uproar - or that it would inspire a woman named Fawn Weaver (below) to set out on a quest to unearth Nearest Green's full story. (That process, charcoal mellowing, is what separates Tennessee whiskey from other types.) It fell on Green to teach Daniel how to work the still and use a charcoal filtration process that likely originated in West Africa. Green had been enslaved on the farm of a preacher and distiller named Dan Call Jack Daniel, 30 years younger than Green, was a chore boy on the same farm. They planned to honor Nathan “Nearest” Green, the African American man who taught the real Jack Daniel to make whiskey in the mid-1800s. In 2016, Jack Daniel’s announced the company would make changes to its official history.
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