Cocktails with Tennessee whiskey
Tennessee whiskey is an American whiskey made to the bourbon standard and then mellowed through a deep bed of maple charcoal before the barrel. Made only in Tennessee, it is rounder and softer for that step.
ABV40–50%That is the common range, with 40% the legal minimum and bottled-in-bond at exactly 50%. Cask-strength bottlings exist too.
Substitutes for Tennessee whiskey
The closest match, measure for measure. It is made to the same rules, just without the maple-charcoal filtering.
Swaps in the same amount. It tastes sharper and spicier, though in a lemonade or mule the difference almost disappears.
On the label
- Lincoln County Process
- The sugar-maple charcoal filtering before the barrel — the defining step.
- bottled-in-bond
- As with bourbon: at least 4 years at 50% — and the higher proof helps in cocktails.
