Jack Daniel’s Favors Tennessee Whiskey Law Defining Tennessee Whiskey as Jack Daniel’s
17th March 2014
FlickrTennessee whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s is an unsurprisingly big fan of a local law that basically defines whiskey by standards set by Jack Daniel’s. Under current Tennessee law, only locally-made spirits fermented from mash of at least 51 percent corn, aged in new charred oak barrels, filtered through maple charcoal, and bottled at a minimum of 80 proof can legally be labeled “Tennessee whiskey.” Not coincidentally, that’s “almost to the letter the process used to make Jack Daniel’s,” The Associated Press reports.
My, what a surprise! Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
This writing of one company’s business process into the law is known as ‘crapitalism’, although you won’t year any of the Usual Suspects, right or left, admit that.