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Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series #12 Straight Tennessee Whiskey Finished in Oloroso Sherry Casks spirit image
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Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series #12 Straight Tennessee Whiskey Finished in Oloroso Sherry Casks

American Whiskey Jack Daniel's
  • Distiller

    Jack Daniel's

  • Bottler

    Jack Daniel's

  • ABV

    45%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Released in December 2023, this is the 12th entry in Jack Daniel's Distillery Series. Aged in white oak barrels and finished in oloroso sherry casks, this whiskey was selected by Jack Daniel's whiskey taster Randall Fanning. It's priced at $41.99 per 375-milliliter bottle.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 85
  • The Whiskey Reviewer
  • By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox
  • The finish has a satisfying smoky feeling with leather and tobacco notes, staying in your mouth for quite a while.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • All told, this is a wholly unexpected experience from Jack Daniel’s, and one that I kept going back to again and again.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • The Oloroso is jammy yet dry enough to not be overwhelming and is plenty complementary to Jack Daniel's base bourbon character.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • VinePair
  • By David Thomas Tao
  • The sherry finish certainly imparted some additional dried fruit. But as we’ve seen with Jack’s 10 and 12 year age-stated releases, additional time in the original barrel is also a blessing to its style of Tennessee whiskey.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Nino Kilgore-Marchetti
  • It checks all the right marks but doesn’t quite stand up to similar whiskeys I’ve had.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Sweet and fruity, it's like banana bread with strawberry jam. It's strange, but it works. It's enticing, interesting and caters to a sweet tooth (mine specifically). Pepper balances oakiness and more breadiness.

  • Taste:

    Moderate on the palate, there's a good deal of oak here, which works nicely given the sweetness. I tend to find JD releases fairly sweet, so the Oloroso compounds that character, but there's spice and pleasant tannin to round out the profile.

  • Finish:

    Medium to long finish loaded with peanut brittle, banana bread, red currant jam and raspberries, light pepper and hints of toffee.

  • Overall:

    Really distinctive release from Jack Daniels and one that I'm stoked exists. The Oloroso is jammy yet dry enough to not be overwhelming and is plenty complementary to Jack Daniel's base bourbon character.

  • Score:

    88

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By T8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources