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Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey
Uncle Nearest 1856 is the inaugural release, first bottled in July 2017, from the brand built to honor Nathan "Nearest" Green, the formerly enslaved distiller in Lynchburg, Tennessee who taught a young Jack Daniel how to make whiskey and is the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States. The 1856 on the label is the year Green is credited with perfecting the Lincoln County Process, the sugar-maple charcoal mellowing step that defines Tennessee whiskey, and every bottle of 1856 goes through it before aging in new charred white oak. It's a blend of multiple mash bills rather than a single recipe, curated batch by batch by master blender Victoria Eady Butler, Green's fifth-generation descendant, who was named Master Blender of the Year by Whisky Magazine in 2021 and 2022, and bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV) by the Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The official notes run maple, vanilla, cherry, black pepper, almond cookies, and coconut with a dry straw note on the nose; a spicy palate of caramel, brown sugar, marzipan, chocolate-covered cherries, and crème brûlée; and a long, rich finish of spiced honey. It's the richer, higher-proof sibling to the 1884 Small Batch.
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