Jack Daniel's seated statue, Albania, and the USA Jack Daniel's Distillery Tours

 

Angela Lansbury seated beside seated statue of Jack Daniels, outside a bar, in Tirana, capital of Albania. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Another Jack Daniel's bar is in Vlore, Albania.

I am not mad about whisky and spirits which I find too strong, so I did not go out of my way to visit the Jack Daniels' distillery in Tennessee when I lived in the USA. Advertiemsnet for Jack Diniels whisky were on the walls of the London underground tube station in 2023. But this opportunity to sit beside a statue was a must. I looked up the story of Jack Daniel's after seeing this statue in Albania.

One amusing story about Jack is that he could not remember the combination to his safe and once icked it. Legend said that this was the cause of his death. However, the story about him kicking the safe apparently predates his death, in his early sixities, a few years later. The business was inherited by his nephews as he had no children. But his memory is kept alive in the name of the business and the statues. One of them is outside the factory in Tennessee. 

Jack Daniel's Honey is not honey but Honey Whiskey. Apparently it was discontinued but I found it available all over the internet including a supermarket in London, England Morrisons.

You can visit the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Prices are about 3--60 dollars including various numbers of tastings and various length of time, half an hour, an hour, longer.

For about 120 US dollars include a two course lunch. They hint that on some of the tours you get a free gift. 

You must book. They are closed on national holidays.

Read all about it on their website. As is usually the case with websites about alcohol, you have to give your birthdate to prove that you are the legal drinking age. I think it is 18 but it varies in different states of the USA.

Their statue of Jack Daniels is totally different to the cowboy, casual style in Albania. The American statue has Daniel smartly dressed with a bow tie and a suit with a long jacket and waistcoat.

Description	English: Statue of Jack Daniel in front of subterranean fresh water spring at the Jack Daniel's Distillery
Date	20 August 2011, 04:06:29
Source	Own work
Author	ZachJBeavers

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Daniel

USA Distillery Visit

https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-gb/visit-distillery

https://www.brown-forman.com/sites/default/files/team_resources/2021-07/UPDATED-Alcohol-Free-Drink-List.pdf