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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Jasper Newton ‘Jack’ Daniel

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Lynchburg city birth records were lost in a fire that destroyed the courthouse, although documents in the Tennessee State Library suggest Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was born on September 5 th, 1846. Following much deliberation, the iconic square bottle was chosen with Jack Daniel commenting, “A square bottle for a square shooter”.

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The History of Jack Daniel’s Iconic Tennessee Whiskey

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In contrast, Daniel’s biographer Peter Krass records in the 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel that official registration documents assert the distillery was not established until 1875. 7 Tennessee Whiskey.

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