If you like Jack Daniels, make an Old Fashioned with Jack Daniels. Easy. You're just adding sugar and bitters, no big deal.

Jack Daniel's

Jack Daniel's is renowned for its mellow and creamy flavour profile, highlighted by oak, vanilla, and caramel notes. The whiskey is aged for at least four years, contributing to its smooth and sophisticated flavour.

Lynchburg, Tennessee America's first-known Black master distiller The story begins in Lynchburg, Tennessee, current home of the Jack Daniel Distillery. In the mid-1800s, Green's slaveholders hired him out to a local preacher named Dan Call.

4 Types of Whiskey to Make the Perfect Old Fashioned

• BOURBON. Bourbon is made from mostly corn which creates a sweeter profile overall.
• RYE. If you like an even more caramel-like taste with hints of fig and cherries, rye might be more up your alley.
• WHEATED BOURBON.
• FOUR GRAIN BOURBON.

However, at its core, the Old Fashioned is just bourbon or rye whiskey, a sugar cube, bitters and a lemon or orange peel for garnish. You can check out the full recipe, plus the story of this drink's history which spans over 100 years - here.

Jack Daniel's is a Tennessee whiskey, so it absolutely is whiskey as well. It's even in the name. Whiskey is just the broadest term for distilled grain that's aged in oak barrels, regardless of factors such as the grains used (e.g., corn, rye, wheat, barley, rice), where it's made, the barrels used, and more.

straight bourbon Jack Daniels is the world's best-selling American whiskey, loved for its spicy, smokey taste and sweet finish. Technically a straight bourbon, the company prefers the moniker "Tennessee Whiskey".

1. 50 ml. Jack Daniel's Old No. 7®
2. 12.5 ml. Simple syrup.
3. Jack Daniel's Tennessee Cocktail Bitters.

Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel When Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was born in or around 1850 (exact date unknown), a new era in American whiskey began.

The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon), and garnishing with an orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry. It is traditionally served with ice in an old fashioned glass (also known as a rocks glass). Old fashioned.

How Strong Is the Old-Fashioned? The old-fashioned is definitely a strong drink. With little dilution and no significant mixer, it's not much lighter than a straight pour of whiskey. The alcohol content of an old-fashioned made with an 80-proof whiskey falls around 32 percent ABV (64 proof).