What is Jack Daniel's 10-Year-Old?
It is an age-stated Tennessee whiskey in Jack Daniel's annual Aged Series, made from the classic 80% corn / 12% malted barley / 8% rye mash, charcoal-mellowed via the Lincoln County Process and matured in new American white oak at Lynchburg. The current batch (Batch 04) is bottled at 97 proof (48.5% ABV).
Is Jack Daniel's a bourbon?
By mash bill and production it meets the legal definition of bourbon, but Jack Daniel's labels it Tennessee whiskey because of an extra step - mellowing the new-make spirit through ten feet of sugar-maple charcoal, the Lincoln County Process, before it goes into the barrel.