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Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select vs New Riff Single Barrel
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select and New Riff Single Barrel sit on opposite sides of a familiar divide: an old-guard, classically built classic versus a new-wave, rye-forward craft style.
Key Specifications
| Feature | Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select | New Riff Single Barrel |
|---|---|---|
| Type / Style | Traditional Tennessee Whiskey | High-Rye Bourbon |
| Mash Bill | 80% corn, 8% rye, 12% malted barley | 65% corn, 30% rye, 5% malted barley |
| Age | No age statement | 5 years |
| Proof | 94 proof (47% ABV) | 105 proof (52.5% ABV) +11 proof |
| Approx. Price 1 | ~$45 – $55 ~$13 less | ~$55 – $70 |
| Availability | Limited | Widely available easier to find |
- US shelf prices as of 2026-08; they vary widely by market.
AG’s Rating and AG’s Notes
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select
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New Riff Single Barrel
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Flavor Profile
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select New Riff Single Barrel
Axis by axis, biggest gap first
spice 5/9 spice: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select 5 out of 10, New Riff Single Barrel 9 out of 10
sweetness 6/4 sweetness: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select 6 out of 10, New Riff Single Barrel 4 out of 10
heat 5/7 heat: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select 5 out of 10, New Riff Single Barrel 7 out of 10
oak 7/6 oak: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select 7 out of 10, New Riff Single Barrel 6 out of 10
fruit 4/5 fruit: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select 4 out of 10, New Riff Single Barrel 5 out of 10
nuttiness 4/3 nuttiness: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select 4 out of 10, New Riff Single Barrel 3 out of 10
Flavor Profile Differences
The gap between these two is mostly about spice.
- Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select: Barrels pulled from the top of the rickhouse, where the temperature swings are hardest, and it shows as considerably more oak than any standard Jack. A genuinely different proposition from the black label.
- New Riff Single Barrel: The single-barrel expression of New Riff's 30% rye mash, non-chill-filtered and at higher proof than the bonded version. As dry and peppery as bourbon gets before it stops being bourbon.
Which One Should You Choose?
- Go with Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select if you want a distinctly oakier, more concentrated Tennessee whiskey with barrel-to-barrel character at a lower price point.
- Go with New Riff Single Barrel if you want the most aggressively spice-driven bourbon in this list, with single-barrel variation on top with more proof behind it.
Best enjoyed neat, rocks (Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select); neat, old-fashioned (New Riff Single Barrel).