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Age: 12 Years | Region: Lynchburg, Tennessee, USA | Proof: 107 Proof
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Jack Daniel's 12-Year-Old Batch 2, announced 5 February 2024 alongside Batch 3 of the 10-Year, is the batch whose press release finally explained how the Aged Series is made: barrels start high in the barrelhouse and are moved down to the lower ricks to extend maturation. 107 proof, twelve years, the same 80/12/8 mash as Old No. 7.

The Elemental Distinction

  • The batch that explained the series. Jack Daniel's used this release to describe the Aged Series maturation for the first time: barrels start on the upper floors of the barrelhouse, then move down to the lower ricks to extend ageing.
  • That single sentence explains the whole programme — the hot end of the rickhouse builds character fast, the cool end keeps twelve years from turning to oak.
  • 107 proof (53.5% ABV), unchanged across every 12-Year batch.
  • Same grain bill as Old No. 7: 80% corn, 12% malted barley, 8% rye, charcoal-mellowed through sugar maple before barreling.
  • Shipped with Batch 3 of the 10-Year — the annual pairing, in the release where Chris Fletcher framed the series as modern whiskeys carrying the character of the liquid Jack Daniel made 150 years ago.
  • Released at $94.99, up from $80 for the debut a year earlier.

Sensory Profile

Producer note (5 February 2024 press release): predominant notes of pipe tobacco, oak and butterscotch.

The distillery's own framing, which matters here: Jack Daniel's states that while batches in the Aged Series carry slight variations, the predominant notes of oak, butterscotch and tobacco can be found in each whiskey. Its batch notes are written at the expression level and reused — so the attributed reviewer readings below do the work of telling one batch from another.

This batch, attributed: Amongst the Whiskey found maple sugar dominating the nose — tarragon, vanilla and black pepper behind it, plum and butterscotch and cherry skins returning after a few sips, and a creamy close of white chocolate and cheesecake. Mostly Bourbon read it differently and rated it 8.5/10: rich dark oak with a tea-like herbal layer, baked apple and subtle banana, and a pop of wood smoke — calling 107 proof exactly right for it. Two readings, both presented as readings.

Strategic Position

On the Lynchburg twelve-year shelf Batch 2 is the documented one — the release whose announcement described how these whiskeys are actually aged, which no page in this series could say before it. It follows the first 12-year, from March 2023, hands on to the third batch, February 2025, and shipped the same day as the 2024 10-year batch.

Technical Specifications

Distillery Jack Daniel Distillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee
Class Tennessee Whiskey (age-stated; Aged Series)
Age 12 years
Batch Batch 2
Proof / ABV 107 proof (53.5% ABV)
Mash bill 80% corn, 12% malted barley, 8% rye
Process Lincoln County Process (sugar-maple charcoal mellowing)
Maturation New, toasted and charred American white oak; upper floors first, then relocated to the lower ricks
Format 700 mL
Release 5 February 2024, US
Region Tennessee, USA

Collector Note

Batch 2 is the release that gave the series its documentation, and reviewers who taste these side by side tend to treat it well — one rated it among their favourite Jack Daniel's releases outright. It also marks the price step: $94.99, against $80 for the debut eleven months earlier, a jump that has held since. The batch number is printed on the front label of this release, which is the only reliable way to identify it — the packaging is otherwise near-identical year to year.

Recommended Serving

Neat, tulip, and give it fifteen minutes — reviewers who liked this batch liked it slowly, and the maple and dark-oak sides both need air to separate. Water is optional at 107; a drop shifts it toward the herbal, tea-like register one reviewer found. Beside the same day's 10-Year Batch 3 it makes the series' argument in two glasses: same mash, two years, ten proof points.

Production Methodology

The mash is Jack Daniel's constant — 80% corn, 12% malted barley, 8% rye, the same grain bill as Old No. 7 — mellowed through sugar-maple charcoal before barreling, then filled into new, toasted and charred American white oak. What the February 2024 announcement added, for the first time, is where those barrels sleep: the Aged Series starts on the upper floors of the barrelhouse and is then relocated to the lower ricks to extend the maturation process. That is a deliberate two-stage plan rather than a fixed address — heat first to build the whiskey, then cool to hold it — and it is the reason a twelve-year-old Tennessee whiskey arrives balanced rather than sawn through with oak. Bottled at 107 proof.

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Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

What proof is Jack Daniel's 12 Year Batch 2?

Batch 2 is bottled at 107 proof, or 53.5% ABV, the figure stated in Jack Daniel's own February 2024 announcement — and the strength every 12-Year batch has carried. It is fixed for every bottle of Batch 2, as with any batched annual release.

Where are Jack Daniel's Aged Series barrels aged?

The distillery described it with this release: the barrels begin on the upper floors of the barrelhouse and are then relocated to the lower ricks to extend the maturation process. That two-stage plan is the point. Heat rises through a Lynchburg rickhouse, so the upper floors build character quickly; moving the barrels down slows extraction and lets the whiskey reach twelve years without the oak taking over.

Do Jack Daniel's Aged Series batches taste different?

The distillery's own position is that they vary only slightly. Its February 2024 release states that while batches within the Aged Series will have slight variations, the predominant notes of oak, butterscotch and tobacco can be found in each whiskey — which is why Jack Daniel's batch notes tend to repeat and, in two cases, are word-for-word identical between batches. Reviewers tasting them side by side do find batch-to-batch differences; those readings, not the producer notes, are where the distinctions live.
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