Jack Daniel's Bonded
The strongest Jack in the standard range. One distillery, one distilling season, at least four years in cask and bottled at 50% ABV: full and rich, with brown sugar and nuts.
What does bottled in bond mean?
Bottled in bond is an American quality standard with four requirements. The whiskey comes from a single distillery, in this case Jack Daniel's in Lynchburg. It was distilled in a single distilling season. It has been aged for at least four years. And it goes into the bottle at a minimum of 50% ABV. Jack Daniel's Bonded meets all four requirements.
Other than that, it's simply Jack: sour mash, three meters of maple charcoal that the whiskey drips through in about ten days, and maturation in new, charred oak barrels. The difference lies in the strength. With 10 percentage points more alcohol than Old No. 7, it's fuller and richer, with brown sugar and nuts, and stands up in cocktails where regular Jack disappears.
In brief
Full, rich and powerful
Brown sugar
Dark brown sugar sweetness with nuts and the typical Jack Daniel's vanilla underneath. You can already feel the higher strength on the nose.
Full and rich
Fuller and thicker than Old No. 7. Sweet and nutty, with more warmth and more spice from the cask.
Long and warm
A long, warm finish. A few drops of water make it softer and bring out the notes more clearly.
Flavor profile of Jack Daniel's Bonded neat. A splash of water tones down the 50% ABV and opens up the aromas.
How to get the most out of 50%
Bonded is strong enough to play with water. Try it neat first, then with a few drops of water, and use it in cocktails that need body.
Neat, then with water
Pour 3 cl into a tulip-shaped glass and take a first small sip. Then add a teaspoon of cold water and taste again: the alcohol subsides, and the brown sugar and nuts come forward.
Tasting glasses →In a Manhattan
50 ml Bonded, 25 ml sweet vermouth, and 2 dashes of bitters, stirred over ice and strained into a chilled coupe. At 50%, the whiskey remains in charge of the vermouth.
To the recipe →On the rocks
40 ml over one large ice cube in a heavy tumbler. The meltwater does what water does in a tasting glass here, only more slowly: each sip is just a little softer.
Tumblers →Bold classics with Bonded
A whiskey at 50% is made for recipes with vermouth, bitters, or lemon, where a lighter whiskey would get lost.
Manhattan
Whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters. Bonded gives it body and a long finish.
Boulevardier
Whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Campari. The brown sugar balances the bitterness.
Paper Plane
Whiskey, Aperol, amaro, and lemon in equal parts. Strength and freshness at the same time.
Whiskey Sour
Whiskey, lemon, sugar, and egg white. At 50%, you can still taste the whiskey through the acidity.The right glass for Jack Daniel's Bonded
A tasting glass for experimenting with water, a coupe for the Manhattan and the Paper Plane, and a heavy tumbler for ice and the Boulevardier.
More Jack Daniel's flavors
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Gentleman Jack
Filtered twice through maple charcoal. Silky smooth, with vanilla and caramel: the Jack for drinking neat and in an Old Fashioned.
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Tennessee Honey
Jack Daniel's blended with honey liqueur. Smooth and sweet, ice-cold as a shot or served long with ginger ale.
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Tennessee Apple
Fresh green apple with caramel and toffee. Makes the tastiest whiskey highball with tonic and plenty of ice.
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Tennessee Fire
Jack with a fiery cinnamon liqueur. Warm and spicy: ice-cold as a shot, with cola, or in coffee.
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Questions about Jack Daniel's Bonded
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