Food & Wine reported on Wednesday that Jack Daniel’s dropped another whiskey from what it reports is a “hidden gem” warehouse at its Tanyard Hill location. The rye whiskey clocks in at a hefty proof of 148.8, making it a hazmat-proof release, and the brand credits the extreme temperature fluctuations at its Tanyard Hill Warehouse for the significant bump in proof. It hosts a suggested price of $80.
According to Food & Wine, Tanyard Hill has a mashbill of 70% rye, 18% corn and 12% malted barley. The whiskey underwent Jack Daniel’s standard sugar maple charcoal filtering process, and the team filled the barrels in 2015. It then moved to Jack Daniel’s 1960s warehouse to age for ten years at Tanyard Hill.
“We’re fortunate to have barrel houses at so many unique locations that produce deep, rich, and complex whiskeys,” said Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller Chris Fletcher in a statement. “Like Coy Hill before, Tanyard Hill has been one of the hidden gems for locals familiar with the distillery grounds. We’re now bringing more people into this secret and can’t wait to see what our friends think of this special Tennessee Rye Whiskey.”
Fletcher shared with the outlet that the barrels were marked for consideration when they were filled a decade ago.
“It was fun to keep pushing the flavor on the top floor for this long,” Fletcher shared.
According to the Tennessee whiskey icon, the Tanyard Hill expression possesses a bouquet of dark fruit, integrated with sweet oak. On the palate, big and bold “candied mint” coupled with “dark chocolate” are the dominant aromas, and Tanyard Hill offers up a lot of clove and tobacco on the finish.
A Hazmat Proof Heavy Hitter?
Jack Daniel’s is no stranger to releasing hazmat-proof expressions, and the Tennessee whiskey brand often uses temperature fluctuations to explore releases that clock in at over 140 proof. In fact, one of its most critically acclaimed releases of late is the hazmat-proof Coy Hill release.
Like its Tanyard Hill sibling, Coy Hill faces extreme temperature fluctuations and sits at the highest elevation on the brand’s campus. Because of these factors, the release often clocks in at around 148 proof.
Coy Hill is typically described as a bruiser of a whiskey, with flavors of peanut brittle, banana and char. The highly coveted whiskey does fetch a pretty penny and can cost up to $822 a bottle on the secondary market, in spite of its modest secondary retail price.
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