Jack Daniel's Tennessee Straight Rye

Nose : smooth sweetness, peach, banana, hint of aceton Taste: oily, chocolate, sweet with bitter note, spices Finish: general sweetness and spices, not lasting very long

Rating: 11/23 N: I get that usual Jack Daniel's banana sweetness, but also some clean rye tartness and minerality. A bit of wood and some spiciness come out as well. Not a really exciting nose, but nothing smells terribly concerning and there is some complexity present. P: I taste the rye and banana here as well, alongside the spices and some wood. There's a dash of creosote, but not too much. It mixes nicely with a hint of black licorice. This is a quite light and approachable palate, making it easy enough to sip and an easy introduction to rye. The Jack Daniel's banana isn't as aggressive as in the Old No 7, but it's a bit more out of place here since it's fairly unusual for ryes to carry such a flavor. F: The finish is fairly mild as most of the flavor evaporates, leaving kind of a mineral memory. There remain light hints of banana, toffee, rye, and wood. This is at least a 10, but it's hard to justify higher than a 12. A 13 is plausible, but unlikely. I don't like it as much as George Dickel Rye, but I can see an argument for it being close. There's a lightness like in Ancient Age that I find appealing here, but it's really as a light, fun, sweet thing, not as something more serious. I'm sort of waffling between a high 11 and a low 12 right now. I'm landing on 11 now, but I can see a shift up to 12 in the future.

Frt, spice, vanilla, walnuts, rye bread H2o; rye, oak,Ltd smoke, pecans, m body, full & rounded, soft, long

As light as Jameson but more flavor