Last Night's Tipple

I was in the mood to try Jack Daniel's Single Barrel again last night, despite the fact that I had had it just last week. It's surprising just how different this is from Bourbon, despite the fact that almost everything about its production is identical to Bourbon production. It's sooty and sweet in a way that Bourbon just isn't. Given just how much of an American straight whiskey is influenced by the barrels that it's aged in, it makes very little sense to me that passing new-make spirit through 20 feet of maple charcoal would make a big difference in the character of the whiskey, but it does.

And yes, this is still very good whiskey.