Jack Daniels is swamp swill - God Bless great marketing (1 Viewer)

[Koya]

No ryes at all. Not even buillet bourbon (which is like the safety schools of decent whiskey). 

Before strike three, just say Jack rocks.

God this ####s pretty bad. I mean, not nearly as narly as Jim Beam, but still.

Anyhoo, not all thoughts should be posted ( the @timschochet rule - said with much love and even more respect, GB), but I've had enough good whiskeys before this swill to say what need be said. 

Probably best that I down this whiskey and order another, now. 

Carry on brothers. Carry muthafukscsking on. 

 

[Freaky Styley]

I don’t disagree. I only drink Jack when I have a shot after a cheep beer at the local dive bar.

 

[Eephus]

Thanks for keeping Jack out of the Bourbon Guys thread.

 

[kutta]

I actually kind of enjoy the single barrel, gentleman Jack, and their rye is ok too. I agree that Old #7 is tough to drink neat, but I have so many memories of pouring a mountain of that stuff into a circle K cup filled with root beer and somehow making it through calculus class that it will always have a place in my heart.

 

[Kafka]

I actually kind of enjoy the single barrel, gentleman Jack, and their rye is ok too. I agree that Old #7 is tough to drink neat, but I have so many memories of pouring a mountain of that stuff into a circle K cup filled with root beer and somehow making it through calculus class that it will always have a place in my heart.

God bless you.

 

[pollardsvision]

JD is terrible and it is brilliant marketing.

It's one of the very few American whiskeys/bourbons that I'd just rather not drink. In fact, I've never had a bourbon, no matter how cheap, that I didn't find fit to drink neat. They are pretty much all good, imo.

But JD tastes like banana syrup to me. 

How they've marketed a watered down 80-proof whiskey as some sort of tough guy whiskey, I'll never know. The bourbon/whiskey world is full of delicious, reasonably priced 90/100/barrel proof stuff, and this garbage outsells them all.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Pretty sure Jack ruined liquor for me as a teen. My older step bro drank the stuff and of course when I was about 15 or so I got wasted a few times. Now anytime I get a whiff of cheap liquor my stomach goes into Jack mode aka, yak mode.  :X

I used to only drink Grand Marnier but I think I’ve ruined that too. Now a Jamison man.

 

[Koya]

I actually kind of enjoy the single barrel, gentleman Jack, and their rye is ok too. I agree that Old #7 is tough to drink neat, but I have so many memories of pouring a mountain of that stuff into a circle K cup filled with root beer and somehow making it through calculus class that it will always have a place in my heart.

I really like Gentleman Jack - but the regs is just gross. 

 

[Arizona Ron]

@Koya did you just wake up or still drinking?

 

[Koya]

@Koya did you just wake up or still drinking?

Just woke up. MAYBE regretting that final Jack a little, but I've been through worse. Gotsta grab a flight for afternoon meetings back in Dallas. 

Oh, and my bud, who asked to be left at another bar (hookah bar, mostly AA crowd - was pretty fun, great tunes, but I had my fill and my boy, who is a good ten years older than I at 55 was hitting on chicks. Either he hit that or got the crap beat out of him for trying and I wanted no part of either scenario so wandered to the next bar over) overslept and I just woke his ### up.  Rookies.

 

[-OZ-]

it's okay for the price.

But we're big fans of the Lynchburg area so maybe that's causing me to want to like it.

 

[rockaction]

I thought Jim Beam had better marketing with Mila Kunis, but that's just me. 

Oh, and Jack does indeed bite something fierce. Hate that stuff with a passion. Same with Jim.  

 

[Spike]

Will probably get trashed for this but I like their Honey Whiskey. Just an occasional shot, mind you. Not to drink much of it. 

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I thought Jim Beam had better marketing with Mila Kunis, but that's just me. 

Oh, and Jack does indeed bite something fierce. Hate that stuff with a passion. Same with Jim.  

Shouldn't she have gone back for that barrel she branded her name into by now?

 

[IMAX 3D]

Jack coolers were some of the first stuff I got drunk off as a kid

downhome punch and Lynchburg lemonade 

 

[-OZ-]

Will probably get trashed for this but I like their Honey Whiskey. Just an occasional shot, mind you. Not to drink much of it. 

Tennessee fire isn't horrible. Prefer it to fireball.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

For drinking neat, well I would prefer something else, but just fine as a mixer or for rocks or water guys.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

I can’t fly without two tiny bottles of jack and a splash of coke. It’s required. 

 

[Koya]

For drinking neat, well I would prefer something else, but just fine as a mixer or for rocks or water guys.

Oh, if you are mixing, that's a different story.  Namely, you are spending way too much for crappy mixing whiskey.

 

[Ilov80s]

For drinking neat, well I would prefer something else, but just fine as a mixer or for rocks or water guys.

Oh, if you are mixing, that's a different story.  Namely, you are spending way too much for crappy mixing whiskey.

It depend what kind of drink. A whiskey and Coke- sure JD is fine. I had enough of those drinks in college and at weddings in my 20s. If I make a mixed drink, it's going to be bourbon heavy and I'm not using JD. 

 

[Koya]

It depend what kind of drink. A whiskey and Coke- sure JD is fine. I had enough of those drinks in college and at weddings in my 20s. If I make a mixed drink, it's going to be bourbon heavy and I'm not using JD. 

Fair. When I hear "mixer" im thinking something off the shelf, sugary etc.

For a cocktail or a strong drink with a splash or two, taste matters.  For Mrs. T's Sweet and Sour mix, nottasomuch

 

[Yankee23Fan]

I said in another thread that I am loving Redemption lately. 

Having said that,  Gentlemen Jack and Single Barrel Jack are constant staples in my house.  

 

[Ilov80s]

Fair. When I hear "mixer" im thinking something off the shelf, sugary etc.

For a cocktail or a strong drink with a splash or two, taste matters.  For Mrs. T's Sweet and Sour mix, nottasomuch

Yeah, I try to avoid those kind of mixed drinks these days. Cheap liquor + sugary mixers doesn't leave me feeling the best. 

 

[Galileo]

Jack is what I grew up on.  I have had more than my share over the years.  I mostly used to drink it with just a splash of soda or shots to accompany a beer drinking night.   At some point I started to expand my palate.  I now drink much more single malt scotch than any other liquor.  I no longer care for No. 7 at all, but I do still like Gentleman Jack

They do have some great marketing.  Anyone else here a Tennessee Squire?   

 

[Nick Vermeil]

There is always a bottle of Jack in my pantry next to the Basil, Taylor, Bulliet and Michters. They all have their place.