Nathan "Nearest" Green, a former enslaved Black man who mentored Jack Daniel...

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has his legacy honored and his name and distilling skills re-recognized outside of Lynchburg, Tennessee by Black entrepreneur Fawn Weaver with a new premium whiskey brand called "Uncle Nearest."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uncle-nearest-whiskey_l_6049122ac5b6cf72d093a9f9

The name honors Nathan “Nearest” Green, a former enslaved Black man who mentored Jack Daniel. Though Nearest was the first known African American master distiller, his story hadn’t been told outside of Lynchburg, Tennessee — where the Jack Daniel Distillery is based — and his story disappeared for decades. In order to revive his legacy, Weaver created the whiskey brand encompassing his story, and she brought on Victoria Eady Butler, Nearest’s great-great granddaughter, as master blender.

It's wonderfully smooth. I've been sipping on it from time to time since the holidays.