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History Of Jack Daniel's Distillery

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Founded by Jack Daniel in his home town of Lynchburg, Tennessee, in 1875, the Jack Daniel’s Distillery is home to probably the most well known brand of whisky in the world. The distillery is located in a hollow known as Stillhouse Hollow, where a natural spring filters through a limestone cliff which removes the iron and makes it perfect for distilling whisky. Jack, born Jasper Newton, was orphaned at a young age and was taken in by a local preacher and moonshiner and it was he who first introduced him to distilling. By 1875, after receiving his inheritance from his father’s death, he purchased the hollow where the distillery is still located today. The famous Jack Daniel’s square shaped bottle was introduced in 1897, with the thought that

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