Jack Daniel's Triple Mash

Sweet and oaky with a nice bite of spice.

It's got an interesting umami note, with a nice spice on the end

Its got a nice sweet light meat nose. Smooth taste light sour and sweet.

Nice and hot with a sweet finish

This one is really fun to get to know. At first sniff you get the slightest hint of the classic JD banana note, but then this gives way to more vanilla, honey, herbal notes, and some oak spice. Subsequent sniffs also bring some neat fruit and cream smells. The first taste immediately reminds you there is rye in this blend with some upfront spice, which then gives way to cream and honey with the banana showing up again faintly towards the back. The finish is quicker than I suspected, but this is where the maltiness also shows most prominently. Overall, totally unique and enjoyable.

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Nose: Bananas Foster with Spanish peanut garnish, cotton candy, caramelized sugars, hints of browned butter, dark honey and stone fruit, whiffs of honeysuckle or black locust blossom. Palate: Sweet honey and brown sugar with baking spice and rye/white pepper mixed in. The honey found on the nose darkens and gets deeper. Barrel char shows up in the finish and balances the initial sweetness. Oak lingers softly toward the back of the finish with a soft accompaniment of dusty peanuts. At sub $40, even at the 700ml bottling, this knocks it out of the park. I haven't had a JD offering this intriguing since the single barrel barrel proof. Score: 9.256 out of 10

JD Triple Mash *NOSE: Banana, Rye Spice, Barnwood, Vanilla, Maple, Latex Paint, Dry Brown Sugar, Tea. *NEAT: Definitely can tell that JD Rye is the largest component in the blend. A little Bitter and Savory and lacking much in the way of sweet notes. Dark Chocolate, Dark Herbal Notes (Clove, Anise, Cardamom), Mint, Dill, Salted Butter, Light Char, and Prickly Heat. Finishes on the shorter side, but there is a nice building heat (TNHug) in the chest. I definitely wouldn't call this "smooth". Banana, Bitter Tannins, and Very Dark Chocolate coat and linger. *SPLASH: Maple & Banana start to dominate the nose. Oak is turned up a bit. Palate gets a little more Peppery, but gains a little sweetness. I also start to get some Hazelnut Creamer. The Tingle hangs around a bit longer. The coating finish is just a little sweeter. That TNHug keeps growing, eventually becoming a hot coal glowing in the middle of the chest. I like it! *VERDICT: Of the two new line extensions, I prefer the BIB, but both are welcome additions to JD's core lineup. This definitely reminds me of a Woodford special release. I almost think I would've preferred the percentage of rye lowered just a bit? Jack Daniel's reminding us once again that despite their lackluster flagship whiskey, they can hang with the best of them if they choose to.

Nose: Honey, banana bread, strawberries, cereal grain, marshmallow, and angel food cake. Palate: Marzipan, banana bread, caramel sauce, rich oak, strawberry, cereal grain, vanilla, oak, and ends with some slight black pepper on the back of the tongue. A very approachable and enjoyable daily sipper.