It’s extremely impressive and incredibly admirable that Fawn and her team have set out to involve the community and give back before their own production facility was even completed.
Another amazing thing that the Uncle Nearest brand has done for the Lynchburg community is establish the Nearest Green Foundation which provides scholarships that are available to all of Nearest Green’s descendants. Most notably Miss Victoria Eady Butler, Nathan Green’s great-great-granddaughter as their Master Blender. They have not only received permission from Nathan Green’s family to use his name on their brand, Fawn and her team have involved and employed some of his remaining family and involved them in company. They’ve added lights, a stone entryway, a fence, and cleaned and restored headstones at this historic site. It is located right next to the Lynchburg City Cemetery. The brand has also been responsible for the cleanup, restoration, and renovation of the African American cemetery where Nathan Green is buried. The brand has purchased the 313 acre Dan Call Farm where Nathan Green lived as a slave and first taught Jack Daniels the process of filtering distillate through sugar maple charcoal. The things that Fawn Weaver and her team at Uncle Nearest is doing is extremely impressive. Before I arrived I kind of just assumed that it was a Jack Daniel’s product or brand that was being marketed as a minority owned company. I knew that the brand was based near Lynchburg, TN and that it was a MBE.
I did very little research and investigation into the brand so that I could go into the experience with an open mind and an unbiased opinion. Includes: One (750ml) bottle of Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey and one (750ml) bottle of Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey.I’ll be honest when I was invited on the PR trip for Uncle Nearest, I had never tried their product. history and was the most awarded American whiskey brand of 2019. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey is the fastest-growing independent American whiskey brand in U.S. Together, these three ultra-premium whiskies have garnered more than 125 awards since launching in July 2017, including two “World’s Best” by World Whiskies Awards, “Top 5 Whiskies in the World,” by Cigar & Spirits Magazine, “Chairman’s Trophy, Platinum and Double Gold” by SIP Awards and “Best American Whiskey.” In 2019, Uncle Nearest 1884 joined the award-winning Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey line-up including Uncle Nearest 1820 and Uncle Nearest 1856. Aged a minimum of 7 years, and bottled at 93-proof, this is a smooth sipping whiskey. Uncle Nearest was the most awarded premium American whiskey of 2019.Įvery batch of Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey is hand-selected by our founders and curated by fifth-generation Master Blender, Victoria Eady Butler, who’s signature is on the back of each bottle. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey has garnered more than 125 awards and accolades throughout the world, including including “Top 5 Whiskies in the World” by Cigar & Spirits Magazine and “World’s Best” by Whisky Magazine two years in a row.
and abroad, and can now be found in 50 States, 10 Countries, and shipped to over 148 countries in the world. Uncle Nearest is now the Fastest-Growing Independent American Whiskey Brand in U.S. Honoring the first African American master distiller, this premium whiskey swiftly rolled out throughout the U.S. In 2017, Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey launched in the United States. Uncle Nearest is astonishingly smooth, and can be enjoyed neat, on the rocks, or in your favorite whiskey or bourbon cocktail. Uncle Nearest 1856 is an award-winning blend of 8-14 year old barrels, bottled at 100 proof.
The 1884 Small Batch Whiskey is drawn from barrels handpicked by the CEO and honors the memory of Nearest each label from this batch is signed by the relative who curates the batch. The 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey is soft enough to sip neat or robust enough to carry through any whiskey-based cocktail. Uncle Nearest is a brand of Tennessee whiskey named after a formerly enslaved man, Nathaniel “Nearest” Green, who taught a young Jack Daniel the craft of distilling.
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