Green Label Vs Black Label Jack Daniels
- Jack Daniel's Blue Label Whiskey
- Green Label Vs Black Label Jack Daniels Whisky
- Jack Daniels Blue Label Price
- Jack Daniels Green Label Discontinued
Proof: 80°
Aged: No age statement
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Green Label is lighter and much less sweet than the normal black label No.7 and is brilliant in cocktails. It started with the Rested Rye, then they released the Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye and now we have the Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Rye released in the iconic JD bottle but with a green label instead of black. In Jack Daniel’s Words: Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Rye “Introducing rye whiskey made Jack’s way. Green paper labels were first used about 1904. In 1911, a black label was introduced, and legend states the color was chosen to mourn Daniel’s death. Both label colors are still used today, with the black label signifying the higher-quality product.
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Popular belief has it that Jack Daniel’s was originally sold with a green label at a lower age, the black label only launched after Jack’s death in 1911 when Lem Motlow brought out an older aged (4 years) whiskey with a black label as a mark of respect. A touching story but this is not the case.
Today, the little seen, Green Label is aged a similar period to its ubiquitous black sibling. However, the casks used to make Green Label are drawn exclusively from ground floor the rack houses where there is less variation in temperature, so a less pronounced ageing affect.
In times gone by, Black Label was bottled for sale in the U.S. at 45% alc./vol. and the Green Label was bottled at a lower strength, latterly 40 alc./vol.. Now Black Label is now also 40% alc./vol. so the alcohol strength distinction between the two labels has effectively vanished. However, due to being drawn from barrels in the bottom of the warehouse, Green Label remains a ‘value bottling’ of Jack Daniel’s and is only sold in in around half of U.S. sates. Hence, folk in overseas markets paying a premium for bottles of Green Label due to their perceived rarity should instead throw their money our way.
Review and Tasting
Sampled on 21/07/2012
Aroma:
Buttered corn and nutty, smoky notes (roast chestnuts) with faint notes of wax and shoe polish.
Jack Daniel's Blue Label Whiskey
Taste:
Green Label Vs Black Label Jack Daniels Whisky
Starts hot with chargrilled buttered corn becoming more spicy (sandalwood and cinnamon) as the palate develops.
Jack Daniels Blue Label Price
Aftertaste:
Jack Daniels Green Label Discontinued
Dry finish with peppery spice and red bell pepper notes. The polar opposite to Gentleman Jack.