ON THE TENNESSEE WHISKEY TRAIL
How to define Tennessee whiskey?
“It’s Bourbon, with an extra step,” says Fawn Weaver, CEO/Cofounder of Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, which makes Uncle Nearest whiskey.
Like Bourbon, Tennessee whiskey is made with at least 51% corn and aged in new charred oak barrels. That “extra step” is filtration through sugar-maple charcoal, also known as the “Lincoln County Process,” which can last a few minutes or a couple of days. It helps to mellow the spirit, which, of course, must be
