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Jesus of Cool, I'm bad, I'm nationwide
ThankYouForNotSmoking graciously sent me a bottle to make up for Pennsylvania's stupidity and that earned it a place at the head of the review lineup for tonight.
The full title is: "George Dickel Original Tennessee Finest Quality Sipping Whisky, Superior No. 12 Brand" Quite a mouthful to say the least! 90 proof, long neck squat bottle, no packaging but sometimes found with a box around the holidays, 750ml, $16-20, available nationwide EXCEPT Pennsylvania
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(The stain on the label is not the norm)
As the "other" Tennessee Whiskey George Dickel is frequently overlooked in favor of the more advertised but inferior Jack Daniels brand. Both are made pretty much the same way except that Dickel uses cold charcoal filtering (at 43F) and Daniels uses ambient temperature charcoal filtering. I think it makes a difference but some purists say that cold filtering also removes some flavor however, I'm not sure how that would change the comparison with Jack Daniels. Besides tasting better, George Dickel is higher proof and aged longer then Jack Daniels No. 7 making it a "no-brainer" as far as I'm concerned.
A bit of history, Grorge A. Dickel was never a distiller himself nor did he own the Cascade Distillery that produces George Dickel whiskey. However, George A. Dickel & Co. of Nashville, TN did bottle and distribute the whiskey. The success he had in advertising, marketing and distributing Cascade whiskey is what allowed that distillery to survive while so many other distilleries closed down. Dickel's operation in Nashville was based in what is now the Market Street Pub and micro-brewery downtown on 2nd Ave and I've heard it serves up a pretty good brew and grub too.
Now for the short and sweet. The nose is soft with a buttery baked apple pie crust pushing up against a good vanilla and mildly citrus background. The taste proves the nose, a chewy brown butter with a bit of lime and vanilla oak which leads up to a medium long finish that retains the apple pie nuances until the very end. On top of it all this is smooth, very smooth. as in I can drink way too much of this too fast smooth. George Dickel can easily give a run for the money with almost any bourbon in it's price class and beats the pants off Jack. My only complaint is they spell "whiskey" wrong (without the "e" like the Scotch distillers do) for an American product.
Buy some, you won't regret it. :thumbs:
The full title is: "George Dickel Original Tennessee Finest Quality Sipping Whisky, Superior No. 12 Brand" Quite a mouthful to say the least! 90 proof, long neck squat bottle, no packaging but sometimes found with a box around the holidays, 750ml, $16-20, available nationwide EXCEPT Pennsylvania
.
(The stain on the label is not the norm)
As the "other" Tennessee Whiskey George Dickel is frequently overlooked in favor of the more advertised but inferior Jack Daniels brand. Both are made pretty much the same way except that Dickel uses cold charcoal filtering (at 43F) and Daniels uses ambient temperature charcoal filtering. I think it makes a difference but some purists say that cold filtering also removes some flavor however, I'm not sure how that would change the comparison with Jack Daniels. Besides tasting better, George Dickel is higher proof and aged longer then Jack Daniels No. 7 making it a "no-brainer" as far as I'm concerned.
A bit of history, Grorge A. Dickel was never a distiller himself nor did he own the Cascade Distillery that produces George Dickel whiskey. However, George A. Dickel & Co. of Nashville, TN did bottle and distribute the whiskey. The success he had in advertising, marketing and distributing Cascade whiskey is what allowed that distillery to survive while so many other distilleries closed down. Dickel's operation in Nashville was based in what is now the Market Street Pub and micro-brewery downtown on 2nd Ave and I've heard it serves up a pretty good brew and grub too.
Now for the short and sweet. The nose is soft with a buttery baked apple pie crust pushing up against a good vanilla and mildly citrus background. The taste proves the nose, a chewy brown butter with a bit of lime and vanilla oak which leads up to a medium long finish that retains the apple pie nuances until the very end. On top of it all this is smooth, very smooth. as in I can drink way too much of this too fast smooth. George Dickel can easily give a run for the money with almost any bourbon in it's price class and beats the pants off Jack. My only complaint is they spell "whiskey" wrong (without the "e" like the Scotch distillers do) for an American product.
Buy some, you won't regret it. :thumbs:
