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Uncle Nearest, Inc., launched the Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey brand in July 2017 and subsequently announced plans to expand into domestic and international markets, debuting its first whiskey, Nathan Green 1870 Single Barrel, in October 2018. [8] It is the first spirit named after an African-American.
The foundation is funded by the sales of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey and the sales of Jack Daniel's official biography, Jack Daniel's Legacy. [19] [20] Uncle Nearest's Master Blender, Victoria Eady Butler, is a descendant of Green, and the first known African-American female whiskey master blender. [21]
In 2016, Weaver went to Tennessee to interview Nearest Green's descendants for a book project. [8] [9] Weaver's work helped reveal the history of Jack Daniel Distillery included Nearest Green as its first master distiller and mentor to a young Jack Daniel, [10] [11] inspiring her to found and launch the Nearest Green Distillery and the Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey brand in 2017.
The process was taught to Jack Daniel by Nearest Green, the namesake of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. [ 11 ] The George Dickel distillery uses deeper (13-foot [4.0 m]) vats and distills the whisky—the spelling used by Dickel—to 135 proof (67.5%).
This is a list of whisky brands arranged by country of origin and style. Whisky (or whiskey) [ 1 ] is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash . Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley , malted barley , rye , malted rye, wheat , and corn .
Launched in 2017, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey is now the top-selling Black-owned spirits brand globally as measured by sales and among the fastest-growing American whiskey companies. It stands ...
Fawn Weaver, founder of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, celebrates the legacy of Nearest Green who taught Jack Daniel about whiskey.
This blend is made up of barrels laid down in 2017, making this whiskey around 4.5 years old, and the result is a very different whiskey from the others you may have tried from Uncle Nearest thus far.