Comments on: Whiskey Business: The Many Myths of Jack Daniel

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:23:00 +0000

I’ve been a Squire for 12 years. I didn’t have to drink a 5th to get my Squire status. In fact, I wasn’t nominated by anyone either. I sent them a letter and I guess what ever I said in that letter compelled them to make me a Squire. They told me in a letter that I received with my land deed, that all Squires have to be nominated in…. and I was the exception to that rule.

I was thrilled,and I still am! I got all kinds of cool collectibles through the years as well.

By: racedad45ky

racedad45ky — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:02:00 +0000

I hear you have to drink a whole 5th of Jack Daniels at one sitting to become a squire .Is this true ?

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:00 +0000

To Suz another Squire will have to nominate your husband to become a Tennesse Squire. They have a special Squires room that only Squires and their guests can enter. They give gifts. You also receive a discount at the store.

By: Suz

Suz — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:29:22 +0000

If anyone is willing to share the information, I’d love to sign my husband up to be a Squire. I’m from Ky and we currently live in Europe. Our vacations always include distillery tours and JD is one of his favorites.

By: kingkurtis

kingkurtis — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:27:23 +0000

he never married, because he was married to whiskey is hee larry us…thats called alcoholism. durrr…

By: rata

rata — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:22:44 +0000

Llegó borracho el borracho.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:51:43 +0000

I also own 1 square inch in Lynchburg and am a Tennessee Squire. I am right now looking at the calendar they send me every year, I hang it up here at work. The marketing program for Jack Daniels is fantastic. They have been sending me pics of “my plot”, warning me of rabid skunks, asking me for access for hunters to cross my land. I think it’s great, comical as well.

By: Florida

Florida — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:58:01 +0000

@ Ella,

while it is a dry county, you can still buy Jack Daniels there. There is a loophole in their law which indicates if you take the entire tour (which runs close to an hour) you can purchase JD from the company store.

In an effort to stimulate a little business, the distillery sells some special distillations which you can’t buy anywhere else.

By: Ella Blue

Ella Blue — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:45:45 +0000

You ever get to take the distillery tour do so. Except it is in a dry county and you will have to go a few miles out to buy any Jack Daniels.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:30:06 +0000

They still do the land deeds to the distillery. My father and my boyfriend’s father (friends since college) are both “Tennessee squires” and are proud owners of a 1 square foot piece of beautiful Lynchburg, Tennessee. I think you actually have to be grandfathered in or nominated to be a Tennessee squire.