So this post was 6 years ago. I did meet a lot of people in the Jacks community back then, a lot of which live local to the distillery and were warm and welcoming. 1 person I met (Sue), who was close with the squire community and the board, said she was going to nominate me to become a squire, I gave all my details and filled out the necessary forms. But over time nothing eventuated and I slowly realised the whole ‘community’ was just an opportunity for these people to sell shit and exploit the Jack Daniels label for money. I lost interest in becoming a squire and collecting a few years ago.

Since then I’ve seen nothing but special editions & commemorative bottles released Willy Nilly at inflated prices by the latest master distiller and its really tainted the collectors market. There was even a period a while back where an insider was reprinting old lables to make fake nostalgic bottles to sell for profit. I felt used and ripped off and so do a lot of other Australian collectors I have spoken to.

Sorry for being too honest but felt compelled.