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X-POST: Revealed: Jack Daniel was taught by minister’s slave how to distill signature whiskey
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X-POST at: http://www.democraticunderground.com/118754297
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/revealed-jack-daniel-was-taught-by-ministers-slave-how-to-distill-signature-whiskey/
The Jack Daniel’s whiskey brand is allowing tour guides at its Tennessee distillery to tell visitors that the company’s eponymous founder actually learned how to distill whiskey from a slave, the New York Times reported.
The company had previously stated that Daniel was taught by a Lutheran minister, Dan Call, when he was 15 years old. But in preparation for its 150th anniversary, company spokesperson Phil Epps said, Jack Daniel’s found that there was a case to amend that story to account for the fact that Nearis Green, a slave owned by Call, was the one who actually taught Daniel the trade.
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For its part, Jack Daniel’s company historian, Nelson Eddy, said that the company is also reconsidering the origins of the “Lincoln County” process of whiskey-making, which involves the use of charcoal chips to filter it before it is aged. Whereas the process has been attributed in the past to distiller Alfred Eaton, Eddy told the Times that it was likely based off of traditional distillation methods practiced by slaves.
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While Epps said that he did not believe it to be “a conscious decision” on the part of the company to ignore Green’s role in its history, Peter Krass, who wrote the Daniel biography Blood and Whiskey, said that its move to include Green is part of a trend toward making its history “glossier” throughout the years.
The company had previously stated that Daniel was taught by a Lutheran minister, Dan Call, when he was 15 years old. But in preparation for its 150th anniversary, company spokesperson Phil Epps said, Jack Daniel’s found that there was a case to amend that story to account for the fact that Nearis Green, a slave owned by Call, was the one who actually taught Daniel the trade.
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For its part, Jack Daniel’s company historian, Nelson Eddy, said that the company is also reconsidering the origins of the “Lincoln County” process of whiskey-making, which involves the use of charcoal chips to filter it before it is aged. Whereas the process has been attributed in the past to distiller Alfred Eaton, Eddy told the Times that it was likely based off of traditional distillation methods practiced by slaves.
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While Epps said that he did not believe it to be “a conscious decision” on the part of the company to ignore Green’s role in its history, Peter Krass, who wrote the Daniel biography Blood and Whiskey, said that its move to include Green is part of a trend toward making its history “glossier” throughout the years.
That's just awesome the truth is finally revealed!
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