Recent Tennessee Whiskey Articles

There's a version of the bottled-in-bond story where a brand simply does the minimum — four years in the barrel, 100 proof in the bottle, a single distillery and a single season — and calls it a day. Bib & Tucker's first entry into the bonded category isn't that. The Tennessee small-batch b

When the Whiskey Was Stronger Than the Bottle Could Handle There is a moment in the production of any extreme whiskey when the liquid stops being a beverage and starts being a problem. For Jack Daniel's, that moment arrived in the summer of 2022, when the Lynchburg, Tennessee distillery attempted

The Receiver Fires Back: Inside Uncle Nearest's Stunning Counterclaim Against Farm Credit Mid-America What began as a straightforward, if brutal, lender enforcement action has taken a turn that almost nobody saw coming. The court-appointed receiver overseeing the battered Uncle Nearest whiskey emp

The Fall of an Icon: How Uncle Nearest's Martha's Vineyard Property Became the First Domino Few stories in American spirits have carried the emotional weight of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. Built from scratch on the long-buried legacy of Nathan "Nearest" Green — the man who taught Jack Daniel to

Tennessee Hills Distillery Named Official Spirits Partner of TN250 — And Its First Whiskey Is the One the State Wanted in the Bottle There are roughly 100 distilleries operating across Tennessee, each with a story to tell about heritage, craft, and the land underfoot. Only one of them got the phon

Alan Jackson's Silverbelly Whiskey Distillery and Museum Opens June 25 in Nashville — A Legacy Poured Into Every Bottle Alan Jackson has spent more than three decades writing songs about the small pleasures and deep aches of American life — cold beer on a hot day, the smell of a dirt road at dusk,

Tennessee Whiskey vs. Bourbon: Does It Really Matter? A few years back, I was at a backyard cookout in Nashville — the kind where there's a folding table with a half-dozen bottles lined up and somebody's already arguing about football before the burgers are even off the grill. I reached for what I

A Potential Buyer Has Emerged for Uncle Nearest — and the Mystery Runs Deep Nine months of courtroom battles, mounting debt, workforce cuts, and a founder stripped of control have brought one of the most remarkable brands in American whiskey to an unexpected crossroads. On June 1, 2026, court-appo