A not particularly fantastic yet exceedingly popular whiskey. I find that it's most drinkable induced straight in copious amounts, which will lead to an absolute cunt of a hangover often accompanied by partial memory loss; however, it appears to be most popular in Coca Cola or on the rocks. Take it how you like it - Jack Daniels is not a drink to be savoured, unlike a good single malt whisky like
Laphroaig or a traditional Kentucky Bourbon like
Van Winkle.
Jack Daniels is not a Bourbon but a "Tennessee sour-mash" because it employs the extra process of charcoal
mellowing to
add flavour, which some consider cheating the system. Incidentally, a bourbon can be made anywhere in the United States, not just Bourbon in Kentucky.
Jack Daniels is conspicuously advertised in film. Other notable examples of drinks that appear to be advertised in everything from the latest Hollywood drivel to your favourite American sitcom are Bombay Sapphire gin; Hennessy and Remy Martin Cognac; Grey Goose vodka; Dom Perignon and Veuve
Clicquot Champagne.
Example:
1) I'm fucking depressed and I'm
skint, so I'm going to drink
a bottle of Jack Daniels and pass out on the floor.
2) I'm very suggestible and/or new to drinking, so "I'll have a JD and coke please barkeep".
3) Did you see 'Scent of a Woman'? What a load of shite. The entire plot revolved around Jack Daniels, or "
John Daniels" as the protagonist affectionately called it.