The U.S. Military Buys More Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Whiskey Than Anyone Else In The World
Do you like Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel whiskey? It’s not bad stuff. It’s a favorite for many–including those in the U.S. military. Jeff Arnett, the Jack Daniel’s master distiller, says the largest buyer of Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel is our nation’s military.
“Over the entire span of when the program has existed, the US military is the largest purchaser. It has been represented by base exchanges, individual units, as well as other on-base military entities like Officers’ Clubs,” Arnett told Business Insider in an email.
Now, it can be argued that the military is the largest buyer of Single Barrel because it’s such a huge entity that purchases a lot of alcohol–on-post liquor stores and bars come to mind–but I like to think the real reason is that the nation’s men and women in uniform have excellent taste in whiskey.
In fact, according to a tour guide at the Jack Daniel’s distillery, SEAL Team Six bought an entire barrel ($9,000 to $12,000) after the bin Laden raid. That, along with many claims regarding SEAL Team Six, cannot be verified, of course.
Jack Daniel’s has given more to the troops than good whiskey. Thanks to its program Operation Ride Home, it has provided 1,200 service members with free travel from their duty stations to their families in order to celebrate the holidays at home. I’ll drink to that.
Cheers..
[via Business Insider]
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Finally, something frat.
11 years ago at 10:05 amCheers
11 years ago at 10:06 amThis is why Jack Daniels is my favorite
11 years ago at 10:06 amSpending billions on the world’s most advanced weaponry because you can. TFM. Using the change to buy our fine troops protecting our freedom some good whiskey. RFM.
11 years ago at 10:08 amIf anyone deserves it- its the men and to a lesser extent the women in the military.
11 years ago at 10:19 amSimmer down.
11 years ago at 10:32 amYou join the fucking military then. You won’t.
11 years ago at 10:34 amDon’t sweat it. The Class VI has a wine cooler isle for Troy.
11 years ago at 10:58 amSorry I use my family’s wine cellar. So you can keep your wine Coolers.
11 years ago at 11:27 amShut the fuck up, cunt. You haven’t earned the right to even playfully talk shit about any members of the military.
11 years ago at 12:11 pmFuck off with you’re “White knight” bullshit. I wasn’t talking shit about the military. Learn to comprehend what you read before you start playign tough guy.
I said the men deserve the Bourbon and to a lesser extent women because its a known fact men perform the most dangerous missions. I wasn’t talking any shit about the military and never would.
11 years ago at 3:03 pmYeah, that’s just plain untrue. Women have been serving in combat for many years now. Infantry and Special Operations Forces aren’t the only groups who come in contact with fire or the enemy themselves.
That said, since you’re saying any of this at all, you probably know that officially you have to be male to serve as a special operator or infantryman. I’m here to tell you that for at least the past half decade, women have been serving as directly embedded support with line units and Special Forces ODAs.
It’s easy to get caught up in the sound bytes and talking head arguments, like the relatively recent debate about formally integrating the occupational fields. For example, people keep bringing up Jessica Lynch back in 2003 to support this rumor that women can’t perform in combat, but that’s just it. A rumor. She and her unit were the exception, not the rule. Today any other unit (with women or not), against the forces who took Lynch prisoner, would rip them to shreds.
11 years ago at 8:20 pmIt isn’t “white-knighting” when I’m defending an organization I highly value having been a part of, you try-hard piece of shit. Why don’t you go crawl back to your “family’s wine cellar” and never comment again.
11 years ago at 10:50 amIt’s not that I completely disagree with you, but the original comment was so uncalled for. Everyone was in a “fuck yeah, USA” mood and you had to go and make it about gender. You’re as bad as the liberals who make everything about race.
11 years ago at 11:28 pmThis is definitely the drink of choice on Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
11 years ago at 10:29 amPendleton has an entire shelf of this stuff on its liquor aisles in the commissary at main gate
11 years ago at 6:37 pmI was on post this morning and bought a bottle. It’s good stuff. One of the Class VI on post can’t keep it in stock because of its popularity. Good article, Blutarsky.
11 years ago at 10:32 amLast time I was on a post the shelf was always empty where it was. That was at Annual training last summer tho so it could have changed.
11 years ago at 11:04 amIt goes quick. So does Beam. The best whiskey/bourbon sellers are the American made such as Jack, Jim and Makers. Crown is top shelf, but doesn’t sell as fast.
11 years ago at 11:14 amnothing like a barracks party drinking Jim Bean and Colt .45s til 3:00 am then waking up an hour and a half later to head out for a 4 day field drill
11 years ago at 4:26 pmThe price is always so much better to. It is always a good idea to binge before a big run or field exercise.
11 years ago at 5:45 pmIf I have a PT test the next day I’m blacking out because fuck it
11 years ago at 10:34 pmGod Bless America
11 years ago at 10:33 amI love this country
11 years ago at 10:37 amAs current military, I can not explain how quick whiskey disappears off the shelf. Even the Muslims…yes, Muslims that we do coalition work with, do everything to get their hands on Jack through back door deals since it isn’t sold here. I take pride in knowing that they enjoy the drink of choice of true Americans
11 years ago at 10:43 am