In 1999 I honeymooned in Tennesee. Visited the Jack Daniels distillery. Very nice tour except at the end there were no samples or a store to purchase alchoholic products. Seems Lynchburg is a dry town and the sale of alchoholic beverages is prohibited.
This is an outrage!!
by John Doe 20 Replies latest jw friends
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John Doe
This makes it worse!
A | A | A Drought conditions can be felt all over the country and locally as well. The drought is also impacting Tennessee, with no signs of letting up and it’s hitting businesses right where they make their living.
Jack Daniels water supply is running low and putting the century-plus whiskey business in jeopardy.
Jerry Hamilton is the distillery plant manager for Jack Daniels. He checks the progress of the whiskey being made at the Lynchburg distillery. While doing so he finds a small problem - wasting water.
The water here has become a precious commodity. The water source for the whiskey is a spring flowing through the Jack Daniels property. For more than 140 years this spring, known as Cave Spring, has been the water supply for Jack Daniels. It is one of the most essential parts of the whiskey’s recipie.
“Cave Spring as most people know is iron free and because it is iron free, it tends to schew the firmentation just a little bit and allows us to produce Jack Daniels as we know Jack Daniels,” Hamilton explained.
But this year there is a problem - that water supply is starting to flow less and less. Hamilton said the drought Tennessee is in is taking a toll on Cave Spring.
“Water flow is down substantially. I would say at least one third to half of what we normally see,” Hamilton said.
To the people who make Jack Daniels, all water is not created equal. It takes a special kind to make this whiskey and they say it’s only here in this cave. For that reason they have started conserving as much as they can. Using the water only for the whiskey and nothing else and even finding ways to cut back on the amount used in the process.
What will happen if the spring goes dry?
“If we can’t use what it takes to make Jack Daniels I suspect we won’t make Jack Daniles until we get all the ingredients we need,” Hamilton said.
Moore County ironically it is a dry county. You can’t buy a drink here, but if this drought continues that term “dry” could take on a whole new meaning. -
John Doe
This was kind of funny though. Does he remind anyone else of Homer Simpson?
"Punish the person, not the whiskey," said an outraged Kyle MacDonald, 28, a Jack Daniel's drinker from British Columbia who promotes the whiskey on his blog. "Jack never did anything wrong, and the whiskey itself is innocent."
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Priest73
Now that's just Alcohol abuse!!!!
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Homerovah the Almighty
Why did they do that Moe would have bought it / at a reduced cost of course .
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calico
No! Don't do it!
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mkr32208
Imagine the money for the state that they are throwing away... What a bunch of ding dongs!
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Vinny
I am blown away by this. Will not sleep well at all for the next month.
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lisavegas420
So it can't be sold. But why pour it out. Give it to the needy.
What a great surprise for some needy family when they open their Salvation Army Christmas.
lisa
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Enjoying freedom
the idea of auctionning the whisky and donating the proceeds to a local charity (or school??) is an excellent one!
A lot of care goes into making whisky - I visited a distillery in Scotland a few years ago (and there were free samples for visitors!!!).