Old Jack Daniels

[Mackey]

I have a friend whose father recently passed away at 97 years old. Poor guy left three bottles of unopened Jack Daniels behind and my friend has now given them to me. I noticed one of the bottles has a “Tennessee Tax Paid” tag on it, and another one says “Bottled for Mississippi”. All three are the same size bottle but the levels of Jack Daniels is slightly different. See photographs.
My friend says his dad had these bottles in his liquor cabinet for many years. Like maybe 40+. My question is, is there any collector value to any of these bottles? Will it taste the same as modern day Jack Daniels? And why are the levels different? Evaporation?
I need some of you Jack Daniels professional drinkers to enlighten me! Thanks!

Mackey.

 

[GreyGoose]

? Curious minds want to know. One day I’ll inherit the same situation but of a different quanity.

 

[Specializedjon]

The two on the left look to be around the same bottling year or close to. The one on the right looks "newer" and bottling practices were different possibly, that might explain the level and the label on the cap looks a little different.

Cool nonetheless. I'm not a Jack Daniels drinker but I'm sure they're worth something to someone.

 

[Gravey]

@Hillbilly Hunter might know.

 

[Gronkmonster]

Jack fans can be eccentric. Collectors want everything they can get their hands on. Think we have one or more squires on here. They will be worth money, no idea how much. Once they’re bottled and sealed, should taste the same as when they were bottled

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

My wife was a TN Squire back in the day.

She had some collectors bottles unopened that she was saving till we had some guest stay over one time and opened them. There was some weird sediment growing in the bottom. Forgotten what the terminology was but ran it by a friend of mine that knows more about these things than I do and he said it was perfectly fine to drink. So we have been slowly drinking on it. It does have a slightly different flavor.

 

[Kimber45]

Go real good with some Coke Zero

 

[jc0313]

Do you have the boxes with the bottles?

 

[Mackey]

Do you have the boxes with the bottles?

No boxes. Just the bottles.

 

[redblood]

Yeah hillbilly may know the answer

 

[recurve60#]

Jack is my friend. Id say the whiskey is just fine, but no different than new. Aging in glass gives nothing to flavor. Open and enjoy if that's how you roll.

 

[Don'tDrinkTinks]

Sadly they prob aren’t worth much more than a new bottle. Different levels are from slow evaporation over time. They are still fine to drink. Best situation would be someone in the family having a drink for grandpa from them. Very cool though!

 

[gasman]

Go real good with some Coke Zero

Caffeine free Diet Coke

 

[gasman]

My wife was a TN Squire back in the day.

She had some collectors bottles unopened that she was saving till we had some guest stay over one time and opened them. There was some weird sediment growing in the bottom. Forgotten what the terminology was but ran it by a friend of mine that knows more about these things than I do and he said it was perfectly fine to drink. So we have been slowly drinking on it. It does have a slightly different flavor.

I’m just surprised that you have a wife

 

[Kimber45]

Speaking of Jack Daniel’s. By dang these are good

 

[gasman]

Those bottles are worth $27.99 + - a few dollars As @recurve60# mentioned, the glass will do absolutely nothing to change the taste. Save them for keepsake, imo. Who knows maybe someday they will change the bottle shape and this one will be worth a few more dollars.

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

I’m just surprised that you have a wife

39 years

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

Sadly they prob aren’t worth much more than a new bottle. Different levels are from slow evaporation over time. They are still fine to drink. Best situation would be someone in the family having a drink for grandpa from them. Very cool though!

Anything mass produced to the level they were not worth alot.

 

[gasman]

39 years

Congrats sir!

 

[Don'tDrinkTinks]

Speaking of Jack Daniel’s. By dang these are good View attachment 173709

Rub it in why don’t ya