Nearest Green 1856 Whiskey

The brand s producer is uncle nearest inc headquartered in nashville tennessee.

Nearest green 1856 whiskey. Mash bill of 90 corn and rye with at least some of the remainder being malted corn all from tennessee farms according to uncle nearest. Uncle nearest 1856 is an award winning blend of 8 14 year old barrels bottled at 100 proof. Uncle nearest 1856 premium tennessee whiskey. Nathan nearest green c.

Uncle nearest is astonishingly smooth and can be enjoyed neat on the rocks or in your favorite whiskey or bourbon cocktail. Uncle nearest premium whiskey is a brand of tennessee whiskey produced by uncle nearest inc headquartered in nashville tennessee the whiskey is named after the formerly enslaved man nathaniel nearest green who taught a young jack daniel the craft of distilling. Currently uncle nearest 1856 offers two products premium aged whiskey and tennessee silver whiskey formerly premium silver whiskey. Way back in lynchburg tennessee the name nearest green has always meant something special.

His birth name was nathan green but his family and friends called him uncle nearest. Uncle nearest 1856 premium whiskey. In 2017 uncle nearest 1856 premium aged whiskey launched in the united states. Filtered with maple charcoal via the lincoln county process and aged in charred new american oak barrels for an undisclosed time.

Uncle nearest premium whiskey is inspired by the best whiskey maker the world never knew the first known african american master distiller nathan nearest green. 50 00 58 00 description. This is a new 100 proof tennessee whiskey made using the lincoln county process. 1820 incorrectly spelled nearis in an 1880 census was a black head stiller commonly referred to now as a master distiller born into slavery and emancipated after the civil war he is known as the master distiller who taught distilling techniques to jack daniel founder of the jack daniel tennessee whiskey distillery.

The uncle nearest brand wholly owned by uncle nearest inc an all minority led business encompasses a premium aged whiskey with a blend of 8 to 14 year old an 11 year old. They re both distilled elsewhere as construction of the nearest green distillery is still underway but the company has developed a unique process for the creation of the whiskeys nonetheless. Tennessee this award winning and astonishingly smooth blend of 8 14 year old barrels bottled at 100 proof recently won gold at the san francisco world spirits competition.