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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 ...
Famed Appalachian legend Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton entrusted Grosser with his secret moonshine recipe prior to Sutton's death in 2009. [3] Grosser's J&M Concepts, along with Hank Williams, Jr and Sutton's widow, Pam Sutton, began distilling and distributing "Popcorn Sutton's Tennessee White Whiskey" legally beginning in late 2010.
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]
In 2013, Jack Daniel’s brought a lawsuit against Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey, claiming the product’s redesigned square bottle was “confusingly similar” to its packaging ...
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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.
However, in 1871, the boundaries of the county changed, placing the Jack Daniel's distillery and the surrounding area in the newly created Moore County. Ironically, the only whiskey currently produced within the current boundaries of Lincoln County is Prichard's, which is the only Tennessee whiskey that does not use the Lincoln County Process.