And that’s a great filtration process, it really just cleans up this whiskey. KJ: One of the unique things we do is that we do take this whiskey out of barrels, and we filter it through diatomaceous earth. How does Uncle Nearest set itself apart from other Tennessee whiskies? P&S: If you say ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ to a lot of people, they will think of that massive name. It’s a big focus of what distinguishes Tennessee whiskey from Kentucky bourbon. It’s not something that Nearest created, but we can trace that process all the way back to Africa. Nearest taught Jack the Lincoln County process, which is the method of filtering whiskey through sugar maple charcoal. The young boy became the namesake of a great American brand which is Jack Daniel’s. So Nearest retired and his story really got lost in time. It was time to move the distillery that was still on the farm to a new place in Lynchburg, Tennessee. This was the last year he put whiskey in a bottle. Through that time Nearest taught him how to make whiskey, and this young boy was an incredible marketer, selling his whiskey throughout the county and to soldiers during the Civil War – he was a little guy so he figured he was safe enough, no one was going to shoot a kid! Then in about 1884 Dan Call, who owned the farm and the still, sold it to this young boy, who is now a man. Dan Call, who was the preacher who owned that farm, introduced Nearest to this young boy and said ‘this is the best whiskey maker I know of’, and he said to Nearest, ‘teach this young boy everything you know’. And over the course of time a young boy came to that farm as a chore boy and over the course of time he earned the privilege of meeting Nearest. He was distilling whiskey on the farm on our bottles in the 1800s and he, at that time, was enslaved. Kate Jerkens: So we refer to Uncle Nearest as ‘the godfather of Tennessee whiskey’. Pour & Sip: Tell us about the history of the brand! Who was Nearest Green? I chatted with Kate Jerkens, senior vice president of global sales and marketing, as well as brand ambassador Matt Neal, covering all topics from the brand’s origin to what makes Tennessee whiskey so special. The bottle in review has the date printed on the back of the bottle.It’s double trouble on the blog this month, as I wasn’t joined by just one person from the awesome Uncle Nearest team, but two. While it’s certainly a better value compared to Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye, it ultimately is a younger tasting Canadian rye that has a hard time standing out from the pack. The finish continues the trend, offering a straightforward ending that doesn’t live up to the standard set by the start of the sip, and is easily forgotten. From there though, the flavors start to become less prominent, with the palate offering a more muted experience, especially for the proof. It opens with a pleasing nose full of light enjoyable aromas that mingle well together. The single barrel version of Uncle Nearest Rye is similar to its non-single barrel counterparts. Unlike Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye, however, this whiskey is a single barrel and it comes from barrel number 001. Like Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye, their Single Barrel Rye is only sold at the distillery. Stating that rye grain is hard to grow in Tennessee, the company instead sourced distilled rye from Canada, which was then moved to New York to age for 4 years, before moving to Tennessee to age for an undisclosed amount of time. As was the case for Uncle Nearest Straight Rye and Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye, Uncle Nearest went the sourced route for their Single Barrel Rye release.
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