Happy Birthday to Jack Daniel!

Happy birthday to Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel, born on this day in 1850. Or 1846. Or January of 1849. Daniel's exact birthdate is not known, and the date varies depending upon which records or what biographer you put stock in. 

Daniel, of course, is the founder of the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, TN, where Daniel learned the art of distilling from moonshiner Dan Call and his master distiller, Nathan "Nearest" Green.

I have not touched the stuff in ages, thanks to some wild nights fueled largely by the green label variety that purports to be smoother. — Dan Taylor