![]() Shelbyville resident and Wartrace High School graduate Sherrie Moore, who has 31 years of experience in the industry, has been named director of whiskey operations for the company. The long-term plans announced Friday do include a distillery at the site. Weaver said efforts are underway to repeal the law in the coming legislative session. A 1937 state law requires that whiskey be stored in the county where it’s produced that law resulted in a 2014 lawsuit against the state by Diageo, the owner of the George Dickel brand, after the state cited the firm for producing Dickel at its facility near Normandy but storing it in Louisville, Kentucky. “We don’t have a need to bring in additional capacity at this time,” she said. The distillery will not be built immediately Uncle Nearest Whiskey currently has an agreement with a third-party distiller, and for the moment that company supplies the company’s actual distillation needs. ![]() Behind the hay barn, a new bottling plant, a distillery and additional rickhouses will be constructed. Weaver said work on the hay barn will begin in January and take about a month. The hay barn at the site will be converted to a 3,500-barrel rickhouse. Green was brought to wide public attention in a June 2016 story by the New York Times, and the Jack Daniel Distillery is now mentioning Green’s role in its public tours. Uncle Nearest Whiskey is named for Nathan “Nearest” (or “Nearis,” in some incorrect accounts) Green, the slave who is reported to have taught Jack Daniel the craft of distilling. Weaver said there are currently about 40 Tennessee Walking Horses and 20 quarter horses stabled at Sand Creek the plan going forward will still involve walking horses but will add other breeds as well. Horses and cattle will continue to be raised at the site, which will be known as “Nearest Green Distillery at Sand Creek Farms,” preserving the previous name. “Sand Creek has always been known as the gateway to Shelbyville,” said Weaver. The way was cleared for the project earlier this month when Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted to rezone a portion of the Sand Creek property from agriculture to commercial.įawn Weaver, president of the company and founder of the Nearest Green Foundation, told the Times-Gazette the project will keep the appearance and atmosphere of Sand Creek Farms and restore it to its previous reputation as a showplace. Parts of the project may be open to the public as soon as March or April of 2018. ![]() ![]() The owners of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey formally announced last week their plans for a whiskey production facility, tasting room, museum and music venue at Sand Creek Farms on U.S. Carney and the Shelbyville Times-Gazette.) (Editor’s Note: The following story is being reprinted courtesy of John I. ![]()
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