Review #602 - Jack Daniel's 14 Year Tennessee Whiskey
Following up the huge successes of the 10 year and 12 year editions of Jack Daniel's whisky, the distillery released a 14 year version in 2025. Jack Daniel's uses a mashbill of 80% corn, 12% barley, and 8% rye for their whisky - a little unusual among American whiskies, in that the barley is actually a larger proportion of the grain recipe than rye or wheat. After distillation, this whisky is aged in new charred American white oak, and it undergoes the Lincoln County Process: additional charcoal filtering.
The 10 Year and 12 Year versions of this Tennessee whisky both were bottled at elevated proof points when compared to most Jack Daniel's whiskies - 48.5% ABV (97 proof) and 53.5% ABV (107 proof), respectively. This 14 year version takes that even further: 63.15% ABV, or 126.3 proof, which is barrel proof.
Jack Daniel's 14 Year Tennessee Whiskey
USA - Tennessee
MSRP: USD 150 (2025)
Available Price: USD 520 (2025, based on recent auction results)
Age Statement: 14 Years
Strength: 63.15% ABV
Details: Batch 001, bottled 2025
Tasting Methodology: Reviewed 1 time; bottle 10% fill level at time of review. Tasted in a nosing glass, rested 15+ minutes
Nose: Amazingly rich - caramel, perfumed oak with hints of wood smoke, and a bit of tobacco; despite the oak, it leans a bit sweet overall. Time brings caramel-coated banana bread... it's quite dessert-like.
Palate: Barbecued oak, caramel, vanilla - decent baking spice, backed up by stronger tannins from that oak. Brown sugar, actually quite sugary overall; subtle hints of banana Runts candies and a bit of cream, too. This has a medium-thick mouthfeel.
Finish: The baking notes stay strong - vanilla, brown sugar, quite creamy and rich. There are oak and char notes, as well as some sweet overripe banana; it's a long finish.
Final Note: This is an excellent whisky - another great release from Jack Daniel's. The nose especially is absolutely stunning with tons of sweet dessert notes and a bit of that classic JD banana flavor; as we've found on some of these other special release whiskies from the distillery, though, the palate comes across as slightly more simple to us. It still has great baking notes, strong oak, and more of that banana, but a mild lack of complexity is all that stops this whisky from getting a perfect score.
At MSRP, this is a good value bottle, despite the hefty $150 price tag. Tons of flavor - this is a whisky you can sit with for a long time. At the inflated secondary prices, however, value falls away; this is excellent, but we don't think it's worth the $500+ that it's selling for at auction.
Our Average Rating: 9.0 / 10
In the current whisky landscape of increasing prices and variable quality, we've added a value rating to our reviews that relates to the score and the available pricing of each whisky. This roughly equates to a 0-10 scale; no reviews so far have exceeded a score of 10, although it is technically possible for the formula to produce a value rating higher than 10 with a high enough score and low enough price.
Value Rating (MSRP): 6.78
Value Rating (Available Price): 4.48
About Us: We're a husband and wife review team living in the Midwest United States. Generally, our reviews and tasting notes will be a compilation of both of our experiences with a whisky over several tasting sessions.
