Beleaguered Uncle Nearest Tennessee Whiskey Distillery is on the receiving end of acquisition interest from Georgia-based investor group NexGen 2780. Uncle Nearest currently has debts totaling over $108 million after being placed in receivership in August 2025 from founders Fawn and Keith Weaver. If approved, NexGen2780 – which consists of both individuals and institutions – […]
Just a few years ago, Tennessee-based Nearest Green Distillery was enjoying some of the best times as their Uncle Nearest brands were some of the hottest on the market. But this week, a federal judge has ordered a receivership for Nearest Green Distillery after the business defaulted on more than $100 million in loans. Farm […]
Celebrating their eighth anniversary, Tennessee-based Uncle Nearest has debuted their limited edition 2025 Master Blend Edition of Tennessee whiskey and – for the first time in the distillery’s history – the anniversary edition will be available outside of the distillery. Bottled at 55.5% alcohol by volume for a whopping 111 proof, 2025 Uncle Nearest Master […]
Nearest Green Distillery has released a trio of whiskies to add to their popular Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey portfolio – Uncle Nearest Straight Rye, Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Black Label Whiskey, and Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Rye. Uncle Nearest Straight Rye is bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to contain […]
Tennessee-based Uncle Nearest Green Distillery has released their first-ever rye whiskey – Uncle Nearest Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye Whiskey. Uncle Nearest Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye Whiskey was matured four years, bottled at 52.9% alcohol by volume [105.8 proof] and is said to contain notes of – you guessed it – rye spice. Uncle Nearest Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye […]
Tennessee-based Uncle Nearest – which was founded by Fawn Weaver in 2017, and celebrates Nathan ‘Nearest’ Green, a formerly enslaved man who was the first-known African-American master distiller – has released a pair of rye whiskies for 2022. Uncle Nearest Rye and Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Rye are the two new rye straight Tennessee whiskies. […]
Uncle Nearest debuted their newest television advertisement with a Motown song by Frank Wilson entitled “Do I Love You? [Indeed I Do]”. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey was launched in 2017 to celebrate Nathan ‘Nearest’ Green, a formerly enslaved man who was the first-known African-American master distiller and is continuing that approach by featuring lesser-known American-based […]
Uncle Nearest will open Phase One of their Nearest Green Distillery on September 14, 2019 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the former site of the Sand Creek Farms. Subsequent phases of the new distillery will open over the next few years. Nearest Green Distillery is named after the first known African-American master distiller, Nearest Green. Phase […]