Barrel House 1-14, Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee Commercial Building, American Architecture
Barrel House 1-14 at the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg
USA Commercial Interior Redevelopment – design by Tuck-Hinton Architects
Jan 7, 2018
Barrel House 1-14 at the Jack Daniel Distillery
Design: Tuck-Hinton Architects
Location: Lynchburg, Tennessee, USA
Barrel House 1-14 at the Jack Daniel Distillery

Photos: Andrew Pogue
Anyone taking a guided tour of the Jack Daniel?s distillery would agree that visiting an active barrel house is an unforgettably profound olfactory experience. As a barrel of whiskey matures, a portion of its contents is lost to evaporation. This inevitable process, multiplied by thousands of barrels, creates the ?Angel?s Share?, a scent that blankets the building in a delightfully potent and heady aroma.
It?s at this point in the tour that visitors have developed an appreciation of all of the variables that give Jack Daniel?s whiskeys their unmistakable flavor profiles. With that, visitors have been seeking guided tours that allow them to experience those flavors first-hand.

To meet these visitors? expectations, the idea of the Barrel House 1-14 project was conceived. In order to create an experience while delivering on the Jack Daniel?s commitment to authenticity, the project – by necessity – would become a hybrid: part active barrel house where real whiskey is maturing, and part refined sampling environment where tho...