Jack Daniel's Sinatra Select

N: Undeniably a JD product, but certainly more grown up than Old No. 7. Many different iterations of banana: bananas cooked in brown sugar, banana bread, banana nut cereal, banana candy, and banana cooking over charcoal. There's also caramel, vanilla, oak, and orchard fruit. There's probably more, but it smells so good I'm just going in. P: Rich malt notes with smoke and oak char. Caramel, vanilla, cooked banana, brown sugar melting in a cast iron skillet, butterscotch, ginger, and black pepper. Bit of oak tannin leads to the finish, which brings lingering fresh banana, oak, bitter dark chocolate, and cooked brown sugar. I like Jack. I mean, I really like Jack, and this was a great surprise to me. But I've liked every iteration of it I've tried, which is many iterations now - all the ones I can find anyway. This is the best Jack I've had yet. Better than the single barrel. Better than the barrel proof. This takes the best parts of all of those, merges them all together, and adds some extra barrel notes on top. It's a beautiful whiskey. I have to agree with the official Distiller review: it's really too bad that this is rare and expensive and not as ubiquitous as the Old No. 7. But at least it comes in a liter bottle. _______ Please come join a bunch of regular Distiller reviewers are chatting spirits in real time on Discord: https://discord.gg/4nfePCdyKM. (If the link is expired, post a comment and I will post a new one.)

The nose is invitingly gentle with charred oak, banana, vanilla, fresh bread and a slight hint of baking spices the more you take it in. It is very creamy and balanced and leaves much to look forward to. The palate is somewhat rich and chewy, quickly working it’s way to the corners of the mouth with creamy charred oak and a burst of cinnamon on the middle of the tongue. It’s very much a delectable cake in a glass, very simple in the mouth but so very please to taste. You won’t pick up several notes of this or that, but what it does have is in such balance and done so well that it doesn’t need to be complex to be an experience. The finish is medium with one final burst of cinnamon while creamy, vanilla charred oak trails off as you chew on it a final few times before it’s gone. Very far from your typical Jack, a great example of what their whiskey can be.

Nose: Carmel, brown sugar, vanilla, orange zest and peanut shell Palate: ok hear me out. It reminds me of JD 10 yr. Similar proof as JD10yr, similar taste as JD10yr. I need to do a side by side to see the difference. That being said that’s no a bad thing. JD10yrs is great. In the finish I get a almond note. Overall: pricy as hell. I paid 179 bucks for this bottle. Is it worth it? Imo there is too much great jack on the market to buy one of these. That being said I’m glad I have one and when it’s gone I doubt I’ll fork over this much cash for another. JD barrel proof single Barrel is just too good and too available at 70 bucks to buy another one of these. I’m not knocking it it’s really good just costly.

Received a sample from a friend. Glass: Glencairn, rested 15 minutes. Color: Medium-dark amber. Nose: Caramel and fruit. Apple and raisin mostly. Palate: Baking spice and a sweet clove note with some oaky dryness. Surprisingly absent are any spicy rye notes. Finish: Medium length with medium heat. Splash: A few drops of water seems to improve the oaky dryness a bit. Overall: 6/10 - This is a rather average 90 proof whiskey at an absurd price. Even at a lower price, this would still need some more proof points to make it a buy for me. Heaven Hill BiB for example has more proof and more flavor at 1/3 the price.

Runs rigns around old no 7, but imo not big enought for the hype. Light caramels and vanilla dance around before some moderate oak, hay, black pepper and slight leather kick in. theres a bit of fruitiness reminiscent of weller 107 but doesnt come off as intense. The finish is medium length with a mildly peppery/baking spice and slight sweetness. More oak appears right before disappearing off the palate. Its a good whiskey but idk if id go the lengths others would for it. im content with single barrel and if worse comes to worse, bonded. nice to try though.

COLOR: Rich Copper. NOSE: Not a strong nose. Bananas come through as well as caramel (on subsequent nosings). Also furfural alcohol hints. TASTE: Mmmmm! Rich & Creamy! Banana - Oak - Vanilla, tastes that oscillate amongst the three, with the subtle infusion of furfural alcohol. About into the “tasting - chew”, the flavors turn dry upon the finish. FINISH: Dry and soft.