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Jack Daniels Distillery |
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My Friend AGirl (aka Stromette!) and I took a trip to the Jack Daniel's Distillery at Lynchburg, TN on November 19, 2006. It was a bit on the cool side (mid 40's) but well worth the trip. The facility has tours every 15 minutes nearly every day of the year, and if you are in the area I highly recommend it as a trip stop because it is very interesting. What amazed me most about the entire facility was the lack of modernization. The distillery dates back to 1866, and was the first registered distillery in the United States (which, obviously, makes it the oldest registered distillery in the United States!). Much of the process equipment is very old (I wouldn't hazard a guess as to how old!) and the only concession to modern times I saw was some computer process controls in the distillery itself and some PVC pipe in places. There is even very little stainless steel piping in the process itself, most of it is still copper. The tanks are copper, the barrels are Eastern White Oak, and the whiskey is mellowed through Eastern White Oak charcoal much as it has been done since the beginning. The Jack Daniel's Web Site has a lot of interesting information about the facility including a "Virtual Tour". The onsite tour lasts about an hour and 15 minutes, and is time well spent if you are in the area. Some of my photos are somewhat dark because flash photography is prohibited in most of the buildings. AGirl has some additional photos on This Page of her web site.
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 A Pair of V-Stroms at The Visitor's Center |
 The Visitor's Center |
 The Visitor's Center |
 The Visitor's Center |
 The Visitor's Center |
 The Rickyard |
 The Rickyard |
 The Sawmill |
 The Sawmill |
 The Sawmill |
 The Fire Brigade |
 The Fire Brigade |
 The Still Area |
 The Still Area |
 The Still Area |
 The Still Area |
 Mellowing Area |
 Mellowing Area |
 Just Some Process Buildings |
 Just Some Process Buildings |
 Just Some Process Buildings |
 The Fermenting Area |
 The Spring Water Source |
 The Single Barrel Bottling Area |
 The Single Barrel Bottling Area |
 The Single Barrel Bottling Area |
 The Single Barrel Bottling Area |
 Just A Cool Bridge |
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AGirl and a bronze statue of "Mr. Jack" Mr. Jack is the one on the right ;) Jack Daniel was 5'-2" tall and wore size 4 shoes. I don't think they got the height right because she is taller than 5'-2"! Next to this statue is a large tree with most of the lower limbs sawn off. According to our tour guide the limbs were removed because they kept knocking Mr. Jack over. The shoes of the statue are actually size 4 so he doesn't have a lot of support ;) |
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September 27, 2009 My two favorite ladies in the entire state of Arizona have both been in town for the past few days. AGirl rode in last Tuesday and KC flew in Thursday. It rained until today so we didn't get out much but today dawned clear and bright so we headed out on the bikes. KC wanted to see something "Truly Southern" so we decided that there could be nothing more southern than the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, TN.
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