Compared to the toasted sesame seed notes I got in the previous release this is an improvement. Warm and slightly oaky, it opens up with more corn notes and some caramel notes that merge into moments of a caramel corn-like profile. It’s not a challenging whiskey, nor is it a wimpy whiskey. This is a bottle you could have out and your friends would likely enjoy. It’s a whiskey that’s great for sipping, great for mixing and even better for sharing. This is tasty and more than I was expecting from this release. Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey – Overall Thoughts and Score Well-balanced, medium body and a warm soft feel. Medium-long -> Oak, butterscotch, cocoa fade to baking spice and graham. Palate is quite a bit darker than the aroma and delivers a more classic TN Whiskey profile. Oak, butterscotch, cocoa, baking spice, leather, dried dark fruit, leather and some copper and nuts. It’s a bright, vibrant aroma that delivers a lot of fruit notes and just the right amount of oak to balance. Each small batch comes from barrels chosen by our founders and each blend is curated by 5th generation Green descendant, Master Blender, Victoria Eady Butler.” – Uncle Nearest Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey Tasting Notesīutterscotch, oak, dried fruit, baking spice and touches of copper and honey. Peg Leg Porker 8 Years “Uncle Nearest 1884 is the proud legacy of the Godfather of Tennessee Whiskey, Nearest Green. Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey Price: $40 Related Whiskey Mash Bill: At least 51% Corn + Rye + Malted Barley Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey – Details and Tasting Notesĭistiller: Nearest Green (Contract distilled at TDG) Minor point of clarity, but the real question is, how does it taste? The way it reads right now sounds like it was distilled and aged at the farm in 2017, which was definitely not the case. The only reason I bring this is up at all is I wish they’d be a little more clear in their press releases. So is it disingenuous for them to say this is their own distillate? No, plenty of folks contract time (vs contract raw distillate) at larger distilleries, the end result is still their work, just using someone else’s stills. One of the folks on the tour was from TDG and we talked about the contract distilling, basically renting time on the stills like Wathen’s, and how they worked with the Uncle Nearest team to dial in their mash bill and create something uniquely theirs. When I visited the distillery in late 2019, the stills weren’t yet operational and the single-story, on-property, warehouse only contained a prototype rack and a single empty barrel. With people around the world knowing the name Nearest Green, I speak for our entire family when I say we’re thrilled to be a part of his legacy”.An updated look and a, somewhat, updated whiskey: Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey is no longer sourced from TDG (and/or Dickel), but distilled completely by the Uncle Nearest team… with some help from the folks at TDG (Tennessee Distiller’s Group) where they’ve been contract distilling and aging since 2017. Victoria Eady-Butler, great-great-granddaughter of Nearest Green, shareholder of Uncle Nearest, and its Director of Administration said at the time this whiskey was released that “if my great-great-grandfather were alive today, I know how proud he would be to see us keeping his legacy alive through the continued growth of this brand. When Fawn first agreed to shine a light on our ancestor by putting his name on a bottle, we never could have imagined where Uncle Nearest would be two years later. This 93 proof whiskey is a minimum seven-year-old blend that honors Nearest’s memory through his family’s personal involvement in the blending process. Each batch is created by a different descendant of the master distiller himself, with the back label of each bottle signed by the relative who curated that batch. The new Uncle Nearest 1884 Premium Small Batch Whiskey was drawn from barrels hand picked by Fawn Weaver, CEO and co-founder of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. Some of these new and exciting additions are the single barrel warehouse and tasting room, along with Heritage Hall which shows off a unique collection of all-things invented in Tennessee, with a special focus on Tennessee whiskey, walking horses, and country music. The distillery offers a “Premium Whiskey Tasting and Hard Hat Tour”, as well as a weekly “Founder’s Tour.” The hard hat portion of the tour takes visitors through the area of the distillery that is still under construction and set to open to the public in 2020. The first phase of the new Nearest Green Distillery opened in September 2019 in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
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