Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select Ducks Unlimited 2015

Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select Ducks Unlimited 2015

Quite when the company was founded by the eponymous Jack Daniel is a matter for debate, and in fact many of the details surrounding Daniel himself are relatively murky. Although the label suggests 1866 as a start date, official records cited by Daniel’s biographer suggest the year was 1875. The “Old No.7” branding is said to refer to the original federal government registration of the distillery, which was number seven in District Four.

In the early 20th Century, Jack Daniel’s was struggling against the local temperance movement, and gained a major boost in markets further afield in 1904 when it won a gold medal at the St. Louis World’s Fair. In 1909, Tennessee was made a dry state, and the company moved to St. Louis until a deal was brokered allowing whiskey production in Tennessee to be sold in other states.