How to spend a day at the Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg TN

Lynchburg, Tennessee Is a tiny town that is home to the famous Jack Daniels distillery. the town only has 361 residents but the distillery has 400 employees, more than live in the county.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• car or motorcycle
• map

1. 

   The best way to experience lynchburg is to take a motorcycle trip there with some friends. the trip is nice and the county is a wonderful ride.
   However lacking a bike, a car trip is still nice.

2. 

   The first thing to do is to go check out the distillery and take a free tour. the lobby has exhibits telling how it is made and out of what. They also have vats of un-aged jack Daniels before and after charcoal filtration for you to smell.

3. 

   The first stop on the tour is the rick yard where they burn wood into charcoal.

4. 

   Next you get to see the limestone spring they get the water from.

5. 
   view of corn

   The whiskey ferments in giant barrels full of nasty smelling corn.

6. 
   the inside of a barrel

   After distilling it is ran threw charcoal barrels to get smother.

7. 
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   Now the whiskey is aged in chared oak barrels until it is ready. this takes a few years but helps give it the best taste. the barrel house is also full of explosive vapors so....
   
   "no flash photography is allowed in the... HEY YOU QUIT THAT!

8. 

   You can buy a whole barrel if you want, 50 gallons of whiskey just for you for around 8 to 12 thousand $. the distillery also sells cut glass decanters of whiskey too for collectors. However they do not sell whiskey to the pubic as they are in a dry county. Any of the county's surrounding lynchburg do sell whiskey though, and a souvenir bottle is a good thing to take home.

9. 

   Check out downtown lynchburg too, they have gift shops for all your jack Daniels merchandise needs, as well as selling empty barrels.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't enjoy your souvenirs until you get home.