Old No. 7 It's the Tennessee version of bourbon, ie the Lincoln County process (that makes it whiskey not bourbon) one of the reliable bottles that make up the truly American distilling art form. Jack Daniels works well in many drinks, straight up neat or rocks and is at home in a back woods cabin as it is in a 7 star resort hotel bar. The pre-aged filtering no doubt leads to some pretty uncharacteristic, yet palatable notes and blends. Just a bit of the sweet maple charcoal on the nose along with the corn sweetness and the dark amber color are all part of the Jack legacy. I get a bit of chocolate cherry along with candy corn and most notably faint smoke most likely a product of the filtering and carry over fermenting. Mild maple sweetness and hints of all spice with a note of the acerbic char filtrate remain. Little to note of any real finish as not much but the ghost of the mild smoke lingers beyond a second or so of pouring this American treat down. A bit unusual sure, unmistakable as well and completely "JACK" in its element, a real bit of living Americana. As kids we all knew that Jack was the very definition of Tennessee whiskey and that mystic lives on to this day where Jack Daniels Old No 7 continues to thrive under the Brown Forman banner. While Jack isn't the most complex, full bodied or interesting of American made drams, it serves as a reminder of just how the New World version of whiskey was perfected! Cheers