Black Jack Cola is one of Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails that bottles the beloved taste of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in classic mixtures. Jack Daniel’s Black Jack Cola combines the classic taste of cola and Jack with a lemon-lime twist. Daniel was raised in the Primitive Baptist church. The company that now owns the distillery claims that Jack Daniel's was first licensed in 1866. However, in the 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel author Peter Krass maintains that land and deed records show that the distillery was actually not founded until 1875.
| Cocktail | |
|---|---|
| Type | Highball |
| Primary alcohol by volume | |
| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
| Standard drinkware | Collins glass |
| Commonly used ingredients |
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| Preparation | Pour Jack Daniel's brand Tennessee whiskey into a Collins glass filled with ice. Fill to desired level with Coca-Cola. Stir lightly. |
Jack and Coke (also referred to as JD and Coke, Jack Coke, or a Lemmy) is a highballcocktail made by mixing Jack Daniel's brand Tennessee whiskey with cola. It is especially popular in the American South. The drink is generally served with ice – sometimes in an old-fashioned glass or a Collins glass – and sometimes in less expensive containers such as disposable plastic cups.[1]Bourbon and Coke, more generically called Bourbon and Cola, is basically the same drink, except not identifying a particular brand of whiskey, while the term 'Jack and Coke' specifically identifies that the Jack Daniel's brand is used. The 'Coke' part of the name may tend to imply that the Coca-Cola brand of cola is used, but it is common for any brand of cola to be referred to as 'Coke' in the American South.
The drink is considered low-brow cultural fare and tends to be frowned upon by whiskey aficionados; it is generally not featured on the menus of fine dining restaurants, and some upmarket establishments may refuse to serve it or suggest alternatives if it is requested.[1][2]
- 2Variations
History[edit]
The first known mention of a drink made by mixing whiskey with Coke was in a 1907 report of an employee of the United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, who encountered the drink when visiting the South, and said the proprietor called it a 'Coca-Cola high-ball'.[1] Bourbon and Coke would grow to become a common starting point for introducing novice drinkers to bourbon, according to Dave Pickerell, a former master distiller of the Maker's Mark brand of bourbon.[3]
According to Massachusetts Beverage Business in 2005,[4] the popularity of the Jack and Coke combination was on the rise among 21- to 34-year-olds. Mike Keyes, Jack Daniel's Senior Vice President and Global Brand Director, was quoted in 2007 as saying that 'Over time, more of Jack Daniel's is being consumed with mixers, such as Coca-Cola.'[4]
In 2016, after the death of Lemmy Kilmister, the frontman and bassist of the heavy metal band Motörhead, his fans began a campaign to rename the cocktail after him, due to his prominent and frequent consumption of the drink.[5] On January 12, 2016, Food and Beverage magazine said they had officially named the Jack and Coke combination as 'The Lemmy'.[6]
Variations[edit]
Jack and Coke[edit]
The term 'Jack and Coke' was used[when?] in some combined advertising for Jack Daniel's and Coca-Cola, and several products were created as part of this marketing campaign, including bar signs and taps.[7]
Around 1996, Jack Daniel's released a canned beverage called 'Jack Daniel's and Cola', a mixed beverage of the same type as Jack and Coke, in several markets in the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand.[8]
Similar beverages[edit]
Jack And Cola
- In Canada a similar cocktail called Rye and Coke[9][10][11] replaces the bourbon with Canadian Whisky (traditionally a rye whisky). Although not traditional, the modern cocktail is often garnished with a wedge of lime.[citation needed] A related cocktail, Rye and Diet, is made with diet cola.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
Jack Daniels Black Jack Cola Wiki Movie
- Rum and Coke, a similarly-constructed cocktail made of rum and cola
- Piscola, a similarly-constructed cocktail made of pisco and cola
References[edit]
- ^ abcMiles, Jonathan (August–September 2013). 'Bourbon and Coke: A Match Made in Dixie'. Garden and Gun. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^Tower, Wells (August–September 2012). 'Julian P. Van Winkle III: The Arbiter of Taste'. Garden and Gun. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^Simonson, Robert (June 24, 2013). 'If Jack Daniel Were a Beekeeper'. The New York Times. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ abWalker, Tracy. Walker. 'It's clear that brown spirits have gained momentum, particularly the Tennessee whiskey segment.' Retrieved February 1, 2007. Archived May 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^Brandle, Lars (January 8, 2016). 'Motörhead Fan Starts Campaign to Rename a Jack and Coke a 'Lemmy''. billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^'The Lemmy'. Food & Beverage Magazine. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^Image: Jack & Coke Bar Tap. Retrieved February 2, 2007. Archived April 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^Collins, Glenn (January 18, 1996). 'The Media Business: Advertising – Addenda; Additional Work On Jack Daniel's'. The New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^'Rye and Coke drink recipe'. iDrink. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^https://barsandbartending.com/mixed-drinks/ accessed:Dec2017
- ^http://toromagazine.com/ringside/radar/4376ed03-ad06-0164-f15a-d64ad0d66fc7/Rye-Whisky-Cocktails/index.html accessed:Dec2017
| Born | Jasper Newton Daniel c. January 1849 |
|---|---|
| Died | October 9, 1911 (aged 62) Lynchburg, Tennessee, United States |
| Occupation | Distiller, businessman |
| Years active | c. 1865 – 1911 |
| Known for | |
| Relatives | Lem Motlow (nephew) J. Reagor Motlow (great-nephew) |
| Website | Official website |
Jasper Newton 'Jack' Daniel (c. January 1849 – October 9, 1911)[1] was an American distiller and businessman, best known as the founder of the Jack Daniel'sTennessee whiskeydistillery.
Jack Daniels Whiskey Cola
Biography[edit]
Daniel was the youngest of ten children born to Calaway and Lucinda Matilda (née Cook) Daniel.[1] He was of Scots-Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent; his grandfather, Joseph 'Job' Daniel, was born in Wales, while his grandmother, Elizabeth Calaway, was born in Scotland.[1] His paternal grandparents immigrated to the United States in the late 18th century.
Daniel's date of birth is unknown. According to one source, he was born in January 1849, in or around Lynchburg, Tennessee.[1] A town fire had destroyed the courthouse records,[citation needed] and, because his mother died shortly after his birth, most likely due to complications from childbirth,[1] conflicting dates on his and his mother's tombstones have left Daniel's date of birth in question.[citation needed] On June 26, 1851, his father remarried and had another three children with Matilda Vanzant.[1]
Daniel was raised in the Primitive Baptist church.[2] The company that now owns the distillery claims that Jack Daniel's was first licensed in 1866.[3] However, in the 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Danielauthor Peter Krass maintains that land and deed records show that the distillery was actually not founded until 1875.[1]
According to company histories, sometime in the 1850s, when Daniel was a boy, he went to work for a preacher, grocer, and distiller named Dan Call. The preacher, as the stories went, was a busy man, and when he saw promise in young Jack, he taught him how to run his whiskey still.[4] However, on June 25, 2016, The New York Times reported the company's view that Daniel did not learn distilling from Call, but from a man named Nearest Green (misspelled as 'Nearis' in the 1880 census)[5]—one of Call's slaves.[4]
Daniel never married and did not have children. However, he took his nephews under his wing, one of whom was Lemuel 'Lem' Motlow.[1][2] Motlow, a son of Jack's sister Finetta,[6] was skilled with numbers and was soon doing all of the distillery's bookkeeping.
In 1907, due to failing health, Daniel gave the distillery over to Motlow and another one of his nephews.[1][2] Motlow soon bought out the other nephew and went on to operate the business off and on for about 40 years (interrupted by Prohibition at the state level in three states starting in Tennessee in 1910 and then at the federal level from 1920 to 1933 and at the state level again until 1938, and then again between 1942 and 1946 when the U.S. government banned the manufacture of whiskey due to World War II).[7] Motlow died in 1947.[8]
Daniel died from blood poisoning in Lynchburg on October 9, 1911.[1] An oft-told tall tale is that the infection began in one of his toes, which Daniel injured one morning at work by kicking his safe in anger when he could not get it open (he was said to always have had trouble remembering the combination).[9] However, Daniel's modern biographer has asserted that the story is not true.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefghijkKrass, Peter, Blood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel, Wiley, April 29, 2004 (page 7: 'after he was born in 1849'; page 19: 'By the time Jack was born in January 1849'; page 76: 'They named their company simply Daniel & Call, the partnership effective November 27, 1875 – a date to be celebrated, for it officially marks a great whiskey legend's entry into the business as the owner of a distillery.'; page 78: 'November 1875, the month Jack and Dan formed their partnership'; page 210: 'Jack Daniel welcomed the end on October 9, 1911').
- ^ abcdBlood and Whiskey: Jack Daniel. C-SPAN. May 20, 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^Jack Daniel's official website, Brown–Forman Corporation.
- ^ abRisen, Clay (June 25, 2016). 'Jack Daniel's Embraces a Hidden Ingredient: Help From a Slave'. The New York Times. ISSN0362-4331. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ^Alfs, Lizzy (July 21, 2017). 'Ex-slave who trained Jack Daniel gets new recognition'. USA Today. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ^Ridgway Bigger, Jeanne (Spring 1972). 'Jack Daniel's Distillery and Lynchburg: A Visit to Moore County, Tennessee'. Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 31 (1): 3–21.
- ^'Jack Daniel Distillery'. The Whisky Guide. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
- ^'Lem Motlow'. Jack Daniel's official website. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ^Freeth, Nick (2005). Made in America: From Levi's to Barbie to Google. St. Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN978-0760322703.
External links[edit]
- Jack Daniel at Find a Grave