Andy takes pride in the fact that the story of Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery is about as good as any in the distilled spirits industry. If a better whiskey distillery story exists, however, it no doubt belongs to Uncle Nearest, whose founder and CEO Fawn Weaver joins Andy for this fascinating and far-reaching conversation about the business, the hard work of historical research (especially in a region that doesn’t always want its story to be told correctly), and why it might not be the worst thing in the world if the whiskey itself isn’t a distillery’s number one priority. The talk turns frank and personal at times, which is fitting for two people who have both made a life’s work out of resurrecting the past to inform the present.
Andy takes pride in the fact that the story of Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery is about as good as any in the distilled spirits industry. If a better whiskey distillery story exists, however, it no doubt belongs to Uncle Nearest, whose founder and CEO Fawn Weaver joins Andy for this fascinating and far-reaching conversation about the business, the hard work of historical research (especially in a region that doesn’t always want its story to be told correctly), and why it might not be the worst thing in the world if the whiskey itself isn’t a distillery’s number one priority. The talk turns frank and personal at times, which is fitting for two people who have both made a life’s work out of resurrecting the past to inform the present.