Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey

Rating: 11/23 Jack Daniel's sweet banana with honey added? This sounds like it should be a disaster. N: Green banana, some honey that could have been watered down grade A maple syrup, a hint of lemon, and a sharp, light, bitter, harbalness that's almost grassy. A dash of dry wood as well. Unfortunately, also some plain alcohol. P: This is surprisingly OK! The sweet honey actually makes the regular Jack Daniel's sweet banana more acceptable. A bit of just sugar water, but not too much. There's this sweet dessert cocktail sense to this liqueur. I'm also getting a bit of spices with dry wood, which helps to cover the alcohol. There's oddly a bit of a grassy herbal character leading into a bit of peppermintiness. I really didn't see that coming. I actually kind of like it. The more I drink, the more out of whack this palate seems, but it's never bad. F: The sweetness largely fads, leaving the bitter side of the honey with the grassy herbal mintiness and hint of spice. Sort of a manuka honey now, actually. It's weird, but I kind of like this finish. - Conclusion - I thought this would be terrible, but it's actually not bad. If there were just less of that alcohol flavor, this might get a fairly high rating. As it is, I wouldn't hesitate to buy this if I thought of a good cocktail to use it in. As a sipper, I'd definitely prefer Garrison Brothers Honeydew, though the gap between the two is surprisingly minimal (and the Garrison Brothers actually is a bourbon). In my limited attempting here, I couldn't find a cocktail that I thought improved upon its core spirit using this liqueur, so I think I need to land on this being an 11 based on its neat flavor. I could imagine a 12. Still, I was surprised by how good this was. Thanks for sharing this @ctbeck11 !

First tasting of the evening. 4/5 bottle. Awesome! This is really sweet honey! And whiskey! Very good balance of taste. I can drink it from the bottle. A little sticky and very sweet, I want to wash it down with water. The smell of burnt wood. No alcohol in taste or smell, good. Warms up. Made in Belgium.

Very sweet, but smooth.

Very sweet. Great to offer to friends who don't like strong whisky. Really good mixed with pineapple juice.

A bit too sweet for me