In 2017, Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey launched in the United States. It is astonishingly smooth and can be enjoyed neat, on the rocks, or in your favorite whiskey or bourbon cocktail. Uncle Nearest is astonishingly smooth, and can be enjoyed neat, on the rocks, or in your favorite whiskey or bourbon cocktail. Tennessee- Their inaugural whiskey, Uncle Nearest 1856 is an award-winning blend distilled, aged, and bottled by Uncle Nearest and bottled at 100 proof. Color: 1.2/2.0 on the color scale (chestnut, oloroso sherry) Price: 50-55. There’s also a bit of confusion: Though it employs whiskey distilled and aged in Tennessee and via the Lincoln County process required to be called Tennessee whiskey, Weaver and her team opted to classify it as a premium American whiskey. Uncle Nearest 1856 is an award-winning blend of 8-14 year old barrels, bottled at 100 proof. Aged: Unknown, but probably at least 4 years old. Each small batch has its barrels hand selected by our founders with each blend curated by descendants of Nearest Green. The companys whiskey is a single-barrel product made in small batches, distilled, aged, and bottled, enabling consumers to make a variety of cocktails. But that said, it’s actually significantly more complex and approachable than some give it credit for. Uncle Nearest 1884 is the proud legacy of the best whiskey maker the world never knew, Tennessee distilling legend, Nearest Green. Uncle NearestGeneral Information Description Operator of a distillery intended to offer premium-aged whiskey. It clocks in at 100 proof and is heavy on the oak bite. First-time bourbon drinkers may find it brash and rugged. Each marks a significant year in Nearest’s life. The 1820 is the hardest to come by and thus the most coveted, the 1856 is the most common, and the other is 1884. The whiskey is named after the formerly enslaved man, Nathan 'Nearest' Green, who taught a young Jack Daniel the craft of distilling. The Nearest Green distillery came on line recently, but original aged product is still a ways down the road. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey is a brand of Tennessee whiskey produced by Uncle Nearest, Inc., headquartered in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Green’s sons also worked at the distillery, and now Green’s great-great granddaughter is the master blender for the whiskey honoring his legacy.There are three expressions of Uncle Nearest so far, each sourced from Tennessee distilleries, then blended. After the war, he became the first master distiller at Jack Daniel’s and is thought to have taught Daniel the essentials of charcoal-filtering the whiskey, which is now known as the Lincoln County process and is intrinsic to Tennessee whiskey. Green was either born into slavery or abducted for slavery and learned distilling in that context, as many American stills were operated in the South and elsewhere by enslaved people prior to the Civil War. Uncle Nearest 1856 is a blend of premium aged whiskies between 8 and 14 years old.
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