Locals combine it with a citrus soda, but George Dickel Tennessee whisky has been used as both a sipping spirit and a medicinal one during the dark days of Prohibition, according to representatives from Cascade Hollow Distilling Co., which produces the whisky today.
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When I was in the army, if I couldn't get a decent bourbon, George Dickel was my drink of choice while all my buddies preferred that swill, Jack Daniel's.
It has a taste very similar to Jack but without the bite. Seriously, it's one of the smoothest whiskies I've ever drank. I don't believe I ever mixed it with anything - there was no need to, it tasted just fine as a stand-alone drink.
After I got out of the army and went back to California, I just couldn't find it anymore but I didn't really miss it because the liquor stores in civilian life had a much better selection of bourbons than the tiny Class VI store in Heilbronn ever had.
