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Are Bartender’s Handshake Shots Still Cool if They’re on the Menu?

VinePair

On my birthday a few years ago, a friend who works in the wine industry bought me a bartender’s handshake shot at a bar. Snaquiris) and rotating House Amaro shots at a Des Moines bar called — wait for it — The Bartender’s Handshake. It’s a Ferrari — Fernet and Campari ,” she said. plus G.D.T.s plus G.D.T.s

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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Jasper Newton ‘Jack’ Daniel

The Whiskey Wash

Lynchburg city birth records were lost in a fire that destroyed the courthouse, although documents in the Tennessee State Library suggest Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was born on September 5 th, 1846. Following much deliberation, the iconic square bottle was chosen with Jack Daniel commenting, “A square bottle for a square shooter”.

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The History of Jack Daniel’s Iconic Tennessee Whiskey

The Whiskey Wash

In contrast, Daniel’s biographer Peter Krass records in the 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel that official registration documents assert the distillery was not established until 1875. 1892 Jack Daniel opens two bars in the town of Lynchburg, Tennessee called the White Rabbit and Red Dog saloons.

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