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We love whisky

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My brother and I coming back across the U.S. from California found a little pink dot on my map that said Jack Daniels Distillery. Of course at this point we had to detour and aim right for it.

We love whisky

The entrance
After hours of being lost in the tennesee country side we finally found our way the the oldest distillery in the U.S.  Registered way back in 1886 and still producing whisky to this day in the same spot.  The tour was free wich also caught our attention being we were on limited funds and there was still so much more to see.  We made it just in time for the last tour to start we walked into a lobby full of glass cases and pictures.  We snapped some pictures and looked around untill our tour guide called us together.  A short bus ride later and we were at the begining of our tour.  The cave spring, Jacks office that includes the safe were he broke his foot wich later led to his death, Thier charcoal making process and then into the distillery where we could not take pictures in fact all electronics had to be turned off.  We ended up in one of the storage houses where there were several levels of barrels containing old number 7 just not yet ready to be bottled.  After ending up back where we started we were served refreshments took some more pics and then headed out and we were now on our way to Atlanta.
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The entrance
The entrance
The safe that killed Jack
The safe that killed Jack
Destination Whisky
A little hard to find at first but well worth the trip once we did find it. The JD Distillery offers free tours daily between 9 am and 430 pm except holidays like Christmas, New Years, and Thanksgiving. The tours are free and kid friendly, meaning you don’t have to be 21 to be on the tour. The tour itself goes in depth about the history and brings you right up to the present. The tour takes you throughout the distillery, in the buildings, and even by the stream where they get the water from to make JD. Although Lynchburg is in a dry county the distillery has special permission to sell commemorative bottles at the end of the tour. The grounds of the JD Distillery are well manicured and fit right in with the background scenery which is another reason it was so hard for us to find. At the end of the tour they give you some lemonade and you can walk around the lobby and bar room.
Our tour group out side the Rick
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