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In 2014, Popcorn Sutton Distilling opened a new distillery in Newport, Tennessee, the county seat of Cocke County. [41] Copper stills for the facility were made by Vendome Copper and Brass in Louisville, Kentucky. [42] The CEO of Popcorn Sutton Distilling is Megan Kvamme. [39]
That distillery was sold in 2016, according to Whisky Advocate, and the Popcorn Sutton brand sat dormant. “He signed the contract with them the day he died, through me and his attorney trying to ...
Where to find some of the state's best distilleries along the Tennessee Whiskey Trail ... Tennessee Legend Distillery, 2874 Newport Hwy., Sevierville, www.tennesseelegend.com.
In December 2016, Sazerac announced its acquisition of The Popcorn Sutton Distillery in Newport, Tennessee. [16] In December 2016, Sazerac announced that had acquired Domaine Breuil de Segonzac Cognac, including property located near the town of Segonzac, France, near Cognac. [17]
Sutton was arrested in 2007 by ATF agents in Cocke County, Tennessee (led by Jim Cavanaugh of Waco siege fame) for illegally distilling liquor and possession of a handgun by a felon, and was sentenced to eighteen months in jail in 2009. He subsequently died by suicide, apparently to avoid serving the federal prison term.
Cocke County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,999. [2] Its county seat is Newport. [3] Cocke County comprises the Newport, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area. [4]
Parrottsville is located in northeastern Cocke County. U.S. Route 321, a four-lane highway, passes south of the town, leading southwest 7 miles (11 km) to Newport, the county seat, and northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Greeneville.
The University of Tennessee Athletics has partnered with Gatlinburg's Ole Smoky Distillery as the exclusive moonshine of the Vols. The multiyear collaboration is with all UT athletic programs and ...