The original – and some would say, best – bottle from the Jack Daniel’s distillery. Old No. 7, the core bottle, the quintessential bottle, the bottle with its own nickname (and a nickname under which all other American whiskies are inevitably lumped when someone orders at a bar): Jack.
Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 is a ubiquitous bottle and has become a benchmark for its peers precisely because of this ubiquity. It is most whiskey drinkers’ first whiskey, and a dependable back-bar staple due to its exemplary flavour profile – namely, caramel, vanilla, oak and a tinge of tight spice on the back of the throat.
Old No. 7 is a favourite for a reason, and an unassailable bread-and-butter whiskey for the backbar. You can do all sorts with it, but it’s an ideal for one partner in particular: Coca Cola.
