Franklin, Tennessee is often celebrated for its Civil War battlefield, historic downtown, and role on the Tennessee Whiskey Trail. But beneath those familiar narratives lies a richer and more complete ...

The bourbon critic Fred Minnick remembers traveling to Argentina a dozen years ago, and Jack Daniel’s was the only American whiskey he saw. That’s pretty much what he found back then wherever he ...

For a long time, the official history of Tennessee whiskey fit neatly on a display plaque: Jack Daniel learned to distill, built a brand and left behind a legend. Then the name “Nathan ‘Nearest’ Green ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Jack Daniel's was founded in 1866, Old No. 7 has been the distillery's flagship bottle. But behind that universally known ...

Lynchburg, TN, USA - September 23, 2019: Jack Daniels truck with many barrels on display in front of the Jack Daniels distillery visitor center. If you’re a whiskey fan, chances are you’ve sipped a ...

Uncle Nearest, the first African-American master whiskey distiller, is now facing financial issues and selling off assets to avoid bankruptcy. In August 2025, the company was named in a $100 million ...

Both bourbon — a type of whiskey — and Tennessee whiskey can trace their origins to the 18th and 19th centuries in the American South. One common story ties bourbon’s creation to the white Baptist ...

Tennessee distilleries are releasing plenty of delicious elixirs that are not "Tennessee whiskey." Legally, a "Tennessee whiskey" is a bourbon, manufactured in Tennessee, filtered through charcoal ...