Southern Distilling Company, now the largest craft distillery in the Carolinas, is now in production and open for informative tours and spirits tastings in Statesville. The town is said to be home to the first copper still set up in North Carolina, dating to 1755. Now it is home to the biggest distillery in North and South Carolina, with a ...
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Constellation, Not Pernod Ricard, To Acquire High West
Constellation Brands, Inc., a leading beverage alcohol company, today announced an agreement to purchase Utah-based High West Distillery. The acquisition includes all of High West’s operations and its portfolio of distinctive American straight whiskeys. With High West, which has experienced double-digit volume growth year over year for the past three years, Constellation Brands enters the dynamic craft whiskey category. The ...
Read More »Nelson’s Greenbrier White Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- These days in America, micro-distilleries with a nostalgic story of a family reviving their whiskey-laden legacy are a dime a dozen. Some of these tales are mere marketing buzz, but some are authentic both in the people and the legacy, and one of the latter is Nelson’s Greenbrier in Tennessee. The historic Nelson’s Greenbrier Distillery ...
Read More »High West Up For Sale
By Richard Thomas Utah’s High West Distillery, the micro-distillery and independent bottler that has become such a fan favorite among American whiskey diehards for its early adoption of a relatively transparent stance regarding its whiskeys sources, is now up for sale according to a report by Bloomberg. High West was one of the earlier entrants into America’s craft whiskey scene, ...
Read More »Tennessee’s Leiper’s Fork Distillery To Open October 1st
The highly anticipated grand opening of Leiper’s Fork Distillery will commence on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. Friends and families are invited to join in the celebration that will include an honorary ribbon cutting, tours of the facility and tastings throughout the day and a congratulatory concert later that evening. For tickets for the concert or more information on ...
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