Get to Know Jack

True or False: the term whiskey, or whisky, refers to any alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash

• True

• False

True or False: whiskey, or whisky, is typically aged in new charred white oak barrels

• True

• False

True or False: Bourbon whiskey is made from a grain mash containing at least 51% corn

• True

• False

True or False: Tennessee whiskey is is filtered through sugar maple charcoal prior to aging

• True

• False

True or False: Kentucky bourbon whiskey is distilled and bottled only in Kentucky

• True

• False

True or False: bonded whiskeys are strictly regulated by the federal government and must be made by one distiller at one distillery in only one distillation season.

• True

• False

True or False: single barrel whiskeys come from one individual aging barrel and are not blended

• True

• False

True or False: barrel proof or cask strength whiskeys are not substantially diluted after aging

• True

• False

True or False: because they are not aged in new charred white oak barrels, whiskeys aged in port, sherry or rum barrels can not be called "whiskey"

• True

• False

True or False: founded in 1806, the Jack Daniel's distillery is 60 years older than our beloved old fashioned cocktail.

• True

• False