Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey

About Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey When the truth is more powerful than the legend. Uncle Nearest is a Tennessee whiskey created to honor an extraordinarily influential distiller, whose name and role in changing the course of spirits history was, until recently, virtually unknown. Nathan "Nearest" Green was the first Black master distiller on record in the country. He also happened to be the man who taught a teenage Jack Daniels the whiskey distilling trade.  Only in the last decade has his story been brought back out into the light, and has he been given his rightful place in the whiskey world. The Uncle Nearest line of whiskeys was created to pay tribute to this all-but forgotten distiller, and to do justice to his legacy by crafting a truly premium Tennessee Whiskey that stands among the best. And this effort paid off, as can be attested by Uncle Nearest's bevy of awards.  In fact, it was the most-awarded American Whiskey or Bourbon of 2019 & 2020. “The Premium Aged w