The Poor Orphan Who Created World’s Best-Selling Whiskey

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Back in 1866, Jack Daniel's became the first registered distillery in the United States; today, it is the top-selling whiskey in the world. All around the globe, people recognize the iconic black-and-white label on the equally iconic square bottle. And with a brand value of 4 billion, that doesn’t come as much of a surprise! For much of the brand’s 155-plus years, the story went that the young Jack Daniel learned his trade from a pastor. But as it turns out, the tale is actually quite a bit more complicated than that… Sources Jack Daniel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqe8eLVt0Sw https://www.jackdaniels.com/vault/how-jack-daniel-came-make-whiskey https://mintjuleptours.com/2018/05/18/jack-daniel-the-story-of-jack-daniels-tennessee-whiskey/ https://www.businessinsider.com.au/jack-daniel-killed-by-a-safe-2013-12 Nearest Green https://www.nearestgreen.com/about-nearest-green/ https://gastropod.com/the-secret-history-of-the-slave-behind-jack-daniels-whiskey/ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/dining/jack-daniels-whiskey-nearis-green-slave.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/dining/jack-daniels-whiskey-slave-nearest-green.html Jack Daniel’s History https://www.jackdaniels.com/our-story https://www.jackdaniels.com/vault/old-no-7-takes-gold https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/01/jack-daniels-secret-the-history-of-the-worlds-most-famous-whiskey/250966/ https://knowledgenuts.com/you-cant-legally-buy-jack-daniels-in-the-town-where-its-made/ https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition