After Sinatra did that, it was said that Jack Daniel’s annual distribution doubled from 150,000 cases to 300,000 — an impressive feat for any whiskey brand with humble beginnings.
What makes a Tennessee whiskey different from bourbon? How do you tell the difference between Tennessee whiskey, bourbon, and scotch? And is it true that a certain singer was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s? With those questions in mind, Options experiences a one–of–a–kind sampling of American Tennessee whiskey.
SINGAPORE (July 17): Legend has it that iconic American crooner Frank Sinatra, was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter and a dollar’s worth of dimes. The singer was said to be such a huge fan of the American–grown whiskey maker that in 1955, he apparently held aloft a bottle of the famous whiskey at one of his shows and told the audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, this is Jack Daniel’s, and it’s the nectar of the gods.”
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