The Tennessee Whiskey Experience
The Itinerary
DEPARTURE: 11:00 AM
Downtown Nashville from 250 5th Ave South near Bob’s Steakhouse-only two blocks off of Broadway. You can’t miss our bus.
RETURN: 5:00 PM
The destinations on our Tennessee Whiskey Experience are, well, secret just like many of the bootlegging operations dotting the rolling hills of rural Tennessee during our overly oppressive prohibition. It lasted about 15 years longer than the 10 years federal prohibition.
Our tour visits and tastes at three distilleries. We rotate distilleries, but we’ll be sure to pick the good ones. Read about them below.
THE TOUR
As the first state to pass a Prohibition law, Tennessee’s distilleries in the hills and hollers basically owned the market from 1838 until 1933, when the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was finally passed and ratified. Pa risked his life to buy it and Ma snuck it in her coffee (for medicinal purposes, of course).
The Distilleries
NELSON’S GREEN BRIER DISTILLERY
A family-run distillery reopened after being dormant for nearly 100 years. The Nelson brothers are on a mission to bring back the bustling whiskey business that was once bigger than Jack Daniel’s.
CORSAIR DISTILLERY
The most innovative distillery in town, Corsair won Whiskey Advocate’s 19th Annual Artisan Whiskey of the Year Award with their Triple Smoke. Ever tasted Quinoa Whiskey? It a thing. They play by their own rules…and that’s a good thing.
Company Distilling
This quaint operation housed in an old grain barn 35 minutes south of Nashville is the first legal operation in Williamson County in a century. In addition to whiskey, their gin is something to be admired.
Pennington Distilling Co
Producers of myriad whiskies, Whisper Creek Tennessee Sipping Cream, vodkas, among other spirits-Pennington is a crowd pleaser. The large industrial warehouse space offers an up-close look into the process of making whiskey from grain to glass.
Nashville Craft Distillery
Founded by a former DNA scientist, this spot puts a scientific spin on their tours. You’ll walk away with a lesson in chemistry, biology, and maybe even history and linguistics. Don’t worry-there’s whiskey involved and there is no test at the end!
Leiper’s Fork Distillery
Nestled near the darling town of Leiper’s Fork, this is the type of place you journey to on a Sunday afternoon drive. The setting is idyllic, and the tasting room housed in a 200 year old reclaimed log cabin is astonishing. It helps that they make amazing whiskey!
After more than 80 years of Post-Prohibition freedom, join us for a journey back in time – heck, some of these counties are still dry – and sample the finest old and new batch recipes in the nation.
