The Macallan Room: Celebrating 200 Years of Craftsmanship
Nov
30
to Dec 6

The Macallan Room: Celebrating 200 Years of Craftsmanship

This year, The Macallan distillery celebrates 200 years of craftsmanship through its release of the incredibly limited Time:Space bottles and several activations across the globe.

For one week, Jack Rose Dining Saloon will host The Macallan Room featuring a bespoke set of cocktails and fine selection of spirits which include The Macallan Time:Space Mastery.

Please join us in the seasonally decorated, firelit space to toast to The Macallan of past, present, and future!

Reservations can be found on Resy.com

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Repeal Day Dinner Party 2024
Dec
5

Repeal Day Dinner Party 2024

Prohibition-era cocktails. $50 Bottles of Champagne. Live Burlesque.

There’s no better place to celebrate the abolition of the booze-prohibiting 18th Amendment than a place with the largest selection of whiskey in the Western hemisphere. Jack Rose Dining Saloon is celebrating the day alcohol was made legal once again with its 11th Annual Repeal Day Celebration on Thursday, December 5th complete with Prohibition-era cocktails, Champagne specials, live burlesque, dinner, and a special $12.05 priced Jack Rose Single Barrel Hour.

The free-to-attend, open-to-the-public celebration will start off with a special Jack Rose Single Barrel Hour from 5-7:30pm, featuring pours of our favorite house single barrels priced at $12.05  (to commemorate the December 5th holiday).

Other specials will be available from 5pm -10pm, including $50 bottles of featured Champagne,$13 classic Prohibition-era cocktails, $3 Oysters Rockefeller.

Enjoy live burlesque starting at 8pm!

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Wild Turkey Thanksgiving Dinner
Nov
23

Wild Turkey Thanksgiving Dinner

What better way to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday than with Wild Turkey?

Our annual Wild Turkey Thanksgiving Dinner is back and includes a *brand new* Jack Rose Single Barrel!

In addition to the new release, guests can look forward to a Thanksgiving-themed Wild Turkey 101 Rye welcome cocktail along with a paired tasting of limited editions:

Wild Turkey 70th Anniversary 8yr Bourbon
Wild Turkey Russell's Reserve 2024 Single Rickhouse - Camp Nelson B 2024.

JR Single Wild Turkey will be available to purchase at retail—more details on the barrel to come.

For tickets and more information visit

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Peerless Jack Rose Single Barrel Launch!
Nov
17

Peerless Jack Rose Single Barrel Launch!

Join us for a perfect autumn tasting and the launch of two brand new Jack Rose Peerless Bourbon Single Barrels, including some of their oldest bourbon available!

This will also be a chance to snag all of these bottles at retail and get ahead on holiday shopping - even if it's just for yourself.

For tickets and more information visit our Tock page.

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Bourbon & the Ballot: Election Day Watch Party
Nov
5
to Nov 6

Bourbon & the Ballot: Election Day Watch Party

This Presidential Election Day, watch the results roll in on our XL projector screen with sound in our Dining Saloon.
To commemorate the day, enjoy a featured $11.05 menu of select cocktails, small plates and bourbon pour. Plus enjoy $5 Beer (Pilsner) and $5 Bubbly (Cava) all night.
Cheers!

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Willett 11yr Rye Launch “Cherry on Top”
Oct
26

Willett 11yr Rye Launch “Cherry on Top”

Our 11 Year Old Rye single barrel has just arrived to complete our 2024 Willett lineup! Join us for the launch of the brand new barrel, and taste through the entire series of Jack Rose Willetts for this year.

This rye resulted in an outturn of 85 bottles, so this may be the only time we offer it for retail.

For tickets and more information, visit Tock !

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#hightopdrams with Bardstown & Amrut!
Oct
25

#hightopdrams with Bardstown & Amrut!

Join Bardstown Bourbon Company & Amrut Single Malt for a complimentary tasting during happy hour featuring their 2024 Collaboration release. Hosted by Luke Farley (GM, Bardstown Mid-Atlantic), Dan Callaway (VP Product Development Bardstown), Raj Sabharwal (Importer [Amrut], Glass Revolutions). They’ll be pouring a lineup from both distilleries and featuring cocktails at the bar.

No RSVP or tickets required, cheers!

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Kilchoman Batch Strength US Tour Stop
Oct
20

Kilchoman Batch Strength US Tour Stop

Join James Wills of the Wills Family (founders of Kilchoman), on the DC stop of Kilchoman’s Batch Strength US Tour! The tour celebrates the official launch of Kilchoman Batch Strength in the US.

This new core range expression was matured in a combination of re-charred red wine casks, oloroso sherry butts and bourbon barrels, a few drops of water were added post maturation to produce a Batch Strength of 57% vol.

Enjoy this new release + five over expressions. For tickets and more information, visit Tock.

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5TH Annual premier Drams tasting festival!
Oct
13

5TH Annual premier Drams tasting festival!

The 5th Annual “Premier Drams” Tasting Festival takes place on Sunday, October 13 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. between Jack Rose Dining Saloon (2007 18th St. NW) and The Imperial (2001 18th St. NW).

“Not your typical whisk(e)y festival,” a ticket to this day-long tasting includes:

  • unlimited tastings of unique bourbons, ryes, scotches and international whiskies

  • entry into our annual blind tasting contest,

  • craft cocktails

  • distiller meet-and-greets

  • passed hors d'oeuvres, and more!

    New this year, Jack Rose owner Bill Thomas will host his own Premier Drams table, pouring his hand-selected single barrel expressions from the eponymous just-launched label.

    And Jack Rose will also have its own JRDS-exclusive single barrel table, where the bar will pour its own releases hand-picked by Thomas, including Wilderness Trail, Willett, Kentucky Peerless, Green River, Benriach, Penderyn, Old Scout and more

    Confirmed participants include:
    Willett
    Wilderness Trail
    Bardstown Bourbon Co.
    New Riff
    Kentucky Peerless
    Kentucky Senator
    Barrell
    Blackadder
    Ardbeg
    Scotch Malt Whisky Society
    Single Cask Nation
    Laphroaig
    Shizuoka
    Amrut
    Bimber
    Unce Nearest Tennessee Whiskey
    ...and more to come!

    Tickets and more information can be found on Tock: 5th Annual Premier Drams Tasting Festival

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Premier Drams 2024 Kickoff Night!
Oct
12

Premier Drams 2024 Kickoff Night!

We’re kicking off our biggest tasting event of the year, Premier Drams, with a Saturday night tasting & cocktail party on our rooftop terrace!

Join us for a “Best of” tasting of Jack Rose single barrels. This event is a great way to mix and mingle with other Premier Drams attendees and whiskey industry vets.

In addition to single barrels, look forward to passed hors d’oeuvres from our wood-burning terrace grill, featured cocktails, and first access to the Premier Drams retail space.

Tickets available here!

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Scotch Malt Whisky Society October 2024 Outturn
Sep
29

Scotch Malt Whisky Society October 2024 Outturn

Join The Scotch Malt Whisky Society for a rare single malt Scotch whisky tasting experience at Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C.!

Attendees will be among the first to taste six (6) unique single malts from our upcoming October Outturn in a seated, guided tasting format designed to expand your knowledge and appreciation for Scotch whisky.

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National Bourbon Heritage Month Heritage Class:       Corn!
Sep
26

National Bourbon Heritage Month Heritage Class: Corn!

Why 51% corn? What is Jimmy Red Corn? What’s so special about Oaxaca?

If these questions have ever crossed your mind while sipping America’s native spirit, this is the whiskey class for you!

Join Jack Rose Lead Advisor Chris Leung in exploring all things corn and how it impacts American whiskey as we know it today. We’ll be tasting whiskies from different regions with an array of corn varietals in their base. This will be intimate tasting in our whiskey cellar, but full of fun!

Tickets available here!

Pour list:

Abasolo Ancestral Corn Whisky, x yr, 86p
High Wire New Southern Revival Jimmy Red Corn Jack Rose Single Barrel, 2yr, 112.8p
Sierra Norte Single Barrel – Native Oaxacan Rainbow Corn, 122.4p
Sierra Norte Single Barrel – Native Oaxacan Green Corn, 105.6p
Jack Rose x Charity Barrel Single Barrel Bourbon, 10y 6mo, 113p

*please note the 20% service charge is allocated to Jack Rose staff

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Sep
19

WHISKEY CLASS: Maturation

Jack Rose Lead Whiskey Advisor Chris Leung will lead guests through a tasting of whiskey expressions that specifically showcase interesting aspects of rick house climates, oak speciation, maturation in sherry casks and more.

Tickets available here!

Limited to only a small group of guests, there will plenty of opportunity for Q&As and exchanges of thoughts and tasting notes.

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Jack Rose x Charity Barrel Penelope Single Barrel Fundraiser
Sep
10

Jack Rose x Charity Barrel Penelope Single Barrel Fundraiser

Jack Rose Dining Saloon & Charity Barrel have teamed up again to support a local non-profit, So What Else. Their organization’s mission is to ensure no child in our DC & Maryland community experiences hunger and has access to meaningful opportunities to learn and grow outside of the school day.

Together, we selected a one-of-a-kind Penelope Single Barrel Bourbon that is made up of 99% corn and 1% malted barley. It is aged 10 years 6 months and bottled at 113 proof.

Tickets are $195 person and include:
– Welcome Cocktail
– 1 Raffle Ticket
– 750ml bottle of JRDS x Charity Barrel Penelope Barrel Single Barrel Barrel Strength Bourbon
– A Tasting of the Core (4) Penelope Offerings + our Barrel Selection led by Penelope Founders Danny Polise & Mike Paladini
– Light passed hors d’oeuvres

Raffle prizes that guests can look forward to include: select whiskey bottles, tastings, gift cards to local restaurants, and more.

*Bonus* bring any of the following items for our care kits and earn additional raffle tickets!

Diapers
Art Supplies
Paint Brushes
Craft Supplies
Paper plates
Hand wipes
Hand Sanitizer
Granola Bars
Fruit Snacks
Individual Chip Bags
Juice Boxes
School Supplies
Intact Board Games (Can be gently used)
Sports Balls

About Charity Barrel – Charity Barrel gives back to the community one barrel at a time.

The organization marries its love of bourbon with its heart for supporting local grassroots organizations and charities through fundraising and bringing awareness to a broader community.

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