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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 3 arrived in February 2025 on the day the Aged Series became a full ladder: it shipped with Batch 4 of the 10-Year and the first 14-Year-Old Jack Daniel's had offered since the early 1900s. 107 proof, twelve years, the same 80/12/8 mash — and the batch that stopped being the oldest whiskey in the range.

The Elemental Distinction

  • The day the ladder was finished. Batch 3 shipped alongside the first-ever Jack Daniel's 14-Year-Old, which ended this expression's two-year run as the oldest whiskey the distillery sold.
  • The series in one line, from that release: 10-Year at 97 proof, 12-Year at 107, and the new 14-Year at 126.3 — because the 14-Year alone is bottled at barrel proof, so its number is measured rather than chosen.
  • 107 proof (53.5% ABV), unchanged since the 2023 debut.
  • Same grain bill as Old No. 7 — 80% corn, 12% malted barley, 8% rye — charcoal-mellowed, then twelve years in new toasted and charred oak, upper floors first and then the lower ricks.
  • Its producer note is word-for-word the note Jack Daniel's issued for Batch 1 in 2023. That is not an error on this page; it is what the distillery published.
  • Released at $94.99, alongside the 10-Year at $84.99 and the 14-Year at $149.99.

Sensory Profile

Producer note (February 2025 press release): sweet and creamy notes of pipe tobacco, seasoned oak and butterscotch. That is word for word the note Jack Daniel's published for Batch 1 two years earlier. It is the expression's description, not this batch's.

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.

No batch-specific reviewer reading is carried here yet. Rather than borrow a neighbouring batch's tasting note — which is exactly the migration this corpus forbids — this card says what is known and stops. It will be filled when a verified reading of Batch 3 is in hand.

Strategic Position

Among our upper-rick Tennessee whiskeys Batch 3 marks the moment the Aged Series became a range rather than a pair — the 14-Year arrived the same day and took the top of the ladder from it. Behind it sits the 2024 second batch of the 12-year; ahead, the fourth batch, March 2026. Its companion that February is the 2025 10-year batch — the first 10-Year to ship internationally.

Technical Specifications

Distillery Jack Daniel Distillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee
Class Tennessee Whiskey (age-stated; Aged Series)
Age 12 years
Batch Batch 3
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 February 2025, US
Region Tennessee, USA

Collector Note

Batch 3's significance is positional rather than sensory: it is the last 12-Year released while the 12-Year was still the ceiling, and the first released after it wasn't. The 14-Year arrived the same morning. For anyone building the Aged Series as a set, February 2025 is the date the whole shape resolved — three ages, three proofs, climbing together. The batch number is on the neck, and it is the only reliable identifier; the producer note on this release is identical to Batch 1's and will not tell the two apart.

Recommended Serving

Neat, tulip, unhurried. At 107 proof this needs air rather than water, and the honest way to drink Batch 3 is in the flight it was released into: the 10-Year at 97, this at 107, the 14-Year at 126.3, in that order. That is the experiment Jack Daniel's shipped that February, and it is more instructive than any single pour of the three.

Production Methodology

Nothing in the specification separates Batch 3 from its siblings, which is the design: 80% corn, 12% malted barley and 8% rye — the Old No. 7 grain bill — mellowed through sugar-maple charcoal before barreling, then twelve years in new, toasted and charred American white oak. The Aged Series runs its barrels on the upper floors of the barrelhouse first and relocates them to the lower ricks to extend maturation, so what varies between batches is which barrels were chosen and how their two-stage journey went. Released in February 2025 at 107 proof, alongside Batch 4 of the 10-Year and the distillery's first 14-Year-Old.

Authentication & Vault Preservation

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 3?

Batch 3 is bottled at 107 proof, or 53.5% ABV — unchanged from the 2023 debut. In the release it shipped in, the series read 97 proof for the 10-Year, 107 for the 12-Year and 126.3 for the new 14-Year. The first two are house decisions that hold from batch to batch; the 14-Year is bottled at barrel proof, so its figure is measured and moves — the following year's batch came in at 117.6.

When was Jack Daniel's 12 Year Batch 3 released?

February 2025, in limited quantities across the United States, at a suggested retail of $94.99. It was announced alongside Batch 4 of the 10-Year-Old and the first Jack Daniel's 14-Year-Old — the release that completed the Aged Series ladder.

What was released alongside Jack Daniel's 12 Year Batch 3?

Batch 4 of the 10-Year-Old and the first-ever Jack Daniel's 14-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey, the distillery's oldest expression since the early 1900s. That made Batch 3 the last 12-Year released while the 12-Year was still the top of the range. The 10-Year batch from the same release was also the first offered internationally.
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