1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha, and welcome to stuff 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: I've never told you, Protection by Heart Radio. Okay, Happy Thursday, 3 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: Wine down to everyone who is joining us for our 4 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: Happy Hour segment. Yes, and to you, my friend, and 5 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: to you were I can't help it. Every time I 6 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: do this, I had that like I have to ease 7 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: my voice and get real calm. For some reason, I 8 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: guess that's what I associate with happy Hour. I don't 9 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: know if this is your first time joining us, Go 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: grab your favorite beverage, whether it's a cocktail, a sparkling water, 11 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: or coffee, and let's cheers to the almost end of 12 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: the week. And I know a lot of people's work 13 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: schedule does not operate like that. And if your job 14 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: is never ending like par unting, we know this might 15 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: be a small break to the continued hard work you're 16 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: putting in. But hopefully you can take a break with us. 17 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: Or perhaps you're like me and don't even freaking realize 18 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: what day of the week it is, So there's that. Well. Also, 19 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: we're not necessarily recording this on Thursday behind the curtains, 20 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: so actually don't tell people we're pretending. Obviously you already 21 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: know We've talked many times how we do record ahead 22 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: of time just for all intended purposes. But a quick reminder, 23 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: these are not sponsored, and we picked them because it 24 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: is female focused and often created and owned and controlled 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: by women and get a non binary folks and are 26 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: doing some amazing things. So we just wanted to highlight 27 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: their amazing work. And today I'm gonna go ahead and 28 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: take a real quick seet, y'all, don't bat me out 29 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: of my Last of Us two cup that I gave you. Yes, yes, 30 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: it's true, you gave me a nice little whiskey glass. 31 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: Today we wanted to walk down the history and history 32 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: making an Uncle Nearest whiskey. And yes, I am right 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: now currently sipping out of the wonderful class that you 34 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: bought from me for Christmas, because we have all bonded 35 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: over the Last of Us too, even if I don't 36 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: play video games, we've definitely bonded an emotional situation, it 37 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: really was. But we are sipping on Uncle near Us 38 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: four small batch whiskey, and I will tell you it 39 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: is a delight. And though there are specific cocktails you 40 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: can make from their site and they look like really 41 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: great recipes, you go check it out. I'm lying just 42 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: the easy burning caramel goodness with a single ice cube. Anny, 43 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: I was gonna say a cube, you do you got? 44 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: You got the fancy ones and we would we ran out, 45 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: so we have the baby ones. So but the smell 46 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: of it is delightful. It really is just buttery, caramel 47 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: fresh and honestly, it took me a long time to 48 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: really appreciate and like whiskey, but this one was easy 49 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: to get into. I don't know if I was prepared 50 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: for it or something, but it definitely has made a 51 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: claim and I could taste it. I can taste how 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: thoughtful the process went in to creating this drink. But 53 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: first I was going to ask you if you if 54 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: you're a whiskey person, because, as we've talked about in 55 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: some episodes and some of these happy hours, there is 56 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: kind of a gendered aspect to a lot of alcohol, 57 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: to everything in general, but alcohol. And I remember when 58 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: I first started drinking liquor in college, I thought whiskey 59 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: was the coolest thing, of course, to drink, and I 60 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: liked it. I always liked it. But I do think 61 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: one of the reasons I chose it was because I 62 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: thought it was cool and like put hair on your chest, 63 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: manly man drink, and if I ordered it then men 64 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: would be like, oh, she can hold her liquor, and 65 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: or you'd get really weird assumptions that you're like easy 66 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: to sleep with. It was strange. Oh that's interesting. So 67 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: for me, whiskey was not a go to. I am 68 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: definitely a cocktail person and or a straight beer person, 69 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: like or I love red wine. So those were the 70 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: kind of my go choose and it's easier for me. 71 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: I grew to appreciate whiskey and the barrel aging process. 72 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: Still a lot A huge fan of scotch doesn't mean 73 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: we're not going to try it, but this one, I 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: think they're definitely you can tell what is quality and 75 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: what is it and it's like, I'm good without it. 76 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: I'll put that with some diet coke. I'm good. But 77 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: for this level, yeah, I definitely appreciate it and definitely 78 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: enjoy it and need batches and batches and batches of it. 79 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: I'm okay. Well, it's interesting too because my grandparents love Scotch, 80 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: so I have like a family history with Scotch. But 81 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: also when I was writing this story, one of my 82 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: main characters she was an alcoholic, and I was like, 83 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: I don't want her to drink whiskey because that's the 84 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: go to, but it does seem to be the thing 85 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: that you see in entertainment where you know they're drinking 86 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: something hard than it's whiskey. I went with Jim because 87 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: her name is jin and I thought it was funny. 88 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: But anyway, we didn't want to talk about some history here, 89 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: so of Uncle Nearest, not of what all we've been talking. 90 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: Fawn Weaver is the CEO and founder of the Uncle 91 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: Nearest Distillery and what began is just the research writing 92 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: project for her newest book turned into creating a business 93 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: and a unique model within the alcohol industry. Her research 94 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: not only took her to Lynchburg to interview descendants and 95 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 1: do a deep dive in the local libraries, but also 96 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: brought her to the place where the original whiskey was created. 97 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: And by the way, she is actually a best selling 98 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: author and uh A is known as that and the historian, 99 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: So she definitely took all of her gifts and made 100 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: and created such a great brandy. And after coming across 101 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: an article mentioning Nathan Nearest Green, a former enslaved individual, 102 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: she learned that he had a bigger part in the 103 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,119 Speaker 1: whiskey world than history gave him credit for. At that time, 104 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: Weaver took it upon herself to dig deeper and piece 105 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: together the truth and uncovered the legend of Nearest Green. 106 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: Green had been working under a distiller, Reverend Call, on 107 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,239 Speaker 1: the day Call Farm as a master distiller, and apparently 108 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: the story goes that Reverend Call had been creating these 109 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: whiskeys and then kind of was called out for being 110 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: a part of this industry when he was, you know, 111 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: a servant of the Lord, and so he kind of 112 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: gave over the main job, or master distiller job, to 113 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: Nearest Screen. And there is also told that during that 114 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: time Jack Daniels, who was a child, came to that 115 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: area in that farm and watched and was taught the 116 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: tricks of the trade by Nearest Green and helped him 117 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: create what is now known as Jack Daniels Whiskey. According 118 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: to Weaver's statements when reading the book, Jack Daniel's legacy, 119 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: Green and his family are mentioned throughout the story, giving 120 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: him credit and helping to create his own whiskey. From there, 121 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: she not only bought the farm that the original distillery 122 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: was on, but She, after discussing the best way to 123 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: honor Nearest Screen with his descendants, started the Uncle Nearest 124 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: Premium whiskey brand, making it the first spirit to commemorate 125 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: an African Americans. Specifically, the first is known African American 126 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: Master Distiller on record right, and they have many a 127 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,239 Speaker 1: first including the first African American blender of Victoria Dye Butler, 128 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: who happens to be the great great granddaughter of Neara 129 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: Screen and creator of the award winning four small Batch 130 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: we are Stepping on Now and has continued to win 131 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: many awards with her other blends. Apparently when asked about it, 132 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: because this was not her job, it just came natural 133 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: to her. She just put together the flavors that she 134 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: liked and created these amazing blends. And she is the 135 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: master blender and maybe one of the first and possibly 136 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: only African American woman to earn this role. And Butler 137 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: isn't the only woman on staff at this distillery. Sherry Moore, 138 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: who used to work at Jack Daniels, came out of 139 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: retirement to be the director of Whiskey Productions. Kate Jerkins 140 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: is a senior vice president of Global Sales and Marketing 141 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: and US also of note the company has an all 142 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: minority executive board, which is also a first. And then 143 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: when asked about how her staffing, she stated in quote, 144 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: I didn't set out to hire an all female executive team. 145 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: I just set out to hire people who were the best. 146 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: And I put together a team that was determined to 147 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: buck every rule this industry has ever given us. And 148 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: that's who I ended up with. And I love that. 149 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: I love that compeitions like I just got the bus 150 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: and they just happened to be women, and we celebrate 151 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: that absolutely. And Weaver is going beyond just one history 152 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: making distillery, but pushing change and bringing diversity and change 153 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: within the entire industry. She teamed up with the Jack 154 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: Daniels Distillery to create a three progued initiative to increase 155 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: diversity within the whiskey industry. Through the Nearest and Jack 156 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: Advancement Initiative, they will be creating the Nearest Green School 157 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: of Distilling at Motlow State Community College, which is awaiting 158 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: approval from the Tennessee Board of Regents. Yeah, it should 159 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: be possibly up and running in one so this year 160 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: or sometime, and looking at that even broader scope to 161 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: bring about a larger and faster impact. They will be 162 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: quote developing a pipeline of women and people of color 163 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: in the distilling business, creating programs that help African American 164 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: startups and spirits business succeed so much more can follow, 165 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: and helping put more African Americans and people of color 166 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: into leadership roles. And I think it's so amazing as 167 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 1: I was reading this, and there's so much to be said, 168 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: because actually they're talking about it becoming a movie bigger 169 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: than a book, Like there's a whole lot of conversation 170 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: about what this story meant. And I know when I 171 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: first heard about them, I was like, Okay, I have 172 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: to find this whiskey first of all, because it's a 173 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: big thing that the conversation was what happened? Why weren't 174 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: they credited who took it? Did they steal it? But 175 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: according to her when she was reading this book, it 176 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: credits Nearest Green more so than his own family. Talks 177 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: about how I kind of took him under his wing 178 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: and taught him these ways and he learned the finer 179 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: points of distillery and whiskey making. And I love that 180 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: this woman who was not even in that field, found 181 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: something that made her passionate and pushed forward and created 182 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: this brand that is a phenomenal brand and really freaking 183 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: good whiskey. Like it's hard enough to create a whole 184 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: new career path, but to do it in a way 185 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: that you are flourishing and almost outstripping others, that's a goal. 186 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 1: And it's she did it so quickly, like it went 187 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: from a belief twenty seventeen to now and how it's created, 188 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: and and they're looking at beyond and already looking at 189 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: how to impact the industry and make change, especially when 190 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: it comes to the diversity within the industry. And it's beautiful. 191 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: It's so beautiful. Yeah, I mean, it's a really great story. 192 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: And I can totally see why they're honestly why they're 193 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: talking like movies and and things like that, And yeah, 194 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: there are so many people and marginalized people and women 195 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: who have been left out of these stories in the 196 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: whiskey world and alcohol at large. And you know, we 197 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: did a history of whiskey and Scotch over on Saber 198 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: and we talked about some of them, but yeah, there's 199 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: so many to uncover their It's yeah, this is amazing 200 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: how quickly I love that It's just sort of a 201 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: history project and then it right right. I love that 202 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: they went back to the origins. And she even talked 203 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: about the fact that during this time when she was researching, 204 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 1: of course, it was during the Trump administration and coming 205 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: to Lynchburg, Tennessee, which we know has a lot of 206 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: history there and a lot of divide in that area. 207 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: She came in wanting to know the story and even 208 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: collaborating with descendants of Jack Daniels uh. And it was 209 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: a really interesting thing as she was delving and interviewing 210 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: and getting more of the records and being able to 211 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: sit down with the descendants and being able to have 212 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: this conversation about what did this look like, who was 213 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 1: this person? And how can we keep talking about the 214 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: story so it's not a race. And their website is 215 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: really cool. They have some pictures of nearest Green and 216 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: there and the part of the distillery and then the 217 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: old distillery and what it looked like. I also loved 218 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: the origin of the fact that it started, of course 219 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: with a religious man making damn fun with ski you 220 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And it was known far and wide. 221 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: When I say far and wide, I believe like South Carolina, 222 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: you know, So I mean, for that point in time 223 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: is wonderful. And then of course there's also a deeper 224 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: history in which how Nearest Green got there, and to 225 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: the fact that that necessarily not everyone were slave owners 226 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: and had enslaved people on their property, but they were 227 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: leased out to them, which is kind of gross in itself, 228 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: but of course, just the bigger story of being able 229 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: to be a part of it and being the master 230 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: distiller and being respected as a crafter, that that's a 231 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: phenomenal story. Of course, hopefully we're not romanticizing it, but 232 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: it is an accomplishment and a feat that we should 233 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: be talking about as well as the fact that's celebrating. Man, 234 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: this is a really good whiskey. It is. It is. 235 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, speaking of which we did kind of want 236 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: to talk about some of the tasting notes and the 237 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: all of that. The appearance of it is light amber 238 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: and color and it is very light, very golden. I 239 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: would say it's really beautiful. The smell there roma They 240 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: write ads ripe with toasted wood and honey, and I 241 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: definitely can get that, Like it almost feels like it's 242 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: toasted bread with with a little bit of honey on it. 243 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: Like I could deaf and butter because there's a buttery 244 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 1: aspect to it. And then the flavor taste palett is 245 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 1: a lighter bodied spirit with vanilla and brown buttered notes 246 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: and a light burn at the back palette. And I 247 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: said that I think this is one of the things. 248 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: The first thing I said when I drank some of those, 249 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, it's burning, but in 250 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: a good way, and I like it. That's a great review, 251 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: Like it's so like refreshing. The burn is refreshing because 252 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: it ends with that like sweet, almost toasted vanilla almond 253 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: taste to me, I think, and I love that. And 254 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: then it says the finishes crisp and lightly dry, which, yeah, 255 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: it definitely adds a little bit of the dryness to 256 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: it at the end. But then you kind of keep 257 00:13:53,440 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: reaching for more. Drink responsibly, Well we should a note. 258 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: I'll hopefully well, who knows how far they get into it, 259 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: but yes, drink responsibly. But yeah, and by the way, 260 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: this brand is available in all fifty states, and you 261 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: should be on the lookout for new releases. So any Yeah, 262 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: what do you taste? How do you feel about this? 263 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: I agree with pretty much everything you said. I think 264 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: I really taste the vanilla, and something about it reminds 265 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: me of honeysuckle, which I've actually just been thinking about 266 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: honeysuckle lately, so maybe that's why. But because I feel like, 267 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: normally whiskey is sort of a cold night drink, but 268 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: that makes me feel spring. Oh yeah, Well, they used 269 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: to go on with my mom and we would get 270 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: honeysuckle from divines And that's one of my favorite things 271 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: about drinks and food in general, is that we do 272 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: have these like connective memories that come back to us 273 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: when we try things. So that's what it's making me 274 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: think of. Yeah, I can definitely see that I love 275 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: those memories. But yeah, So they have three different whiskeys 276 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: on their website, which is the A teen twenties single 277 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Barrel Edition, eighteen fifty six Premium h Whiskey, and what 278 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: we have the eighty four Small Badge, And yeah, they've 279 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: won many awards and gold medals for their whiskey, definitely earned. 280 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: And on the back of the bottle if you actually 281 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: get the bottle, you'll see the signature of the master 282 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: blender and for this one it is Victoria Eadie Butler 283 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: and it's pretty awesome. To see her signature on that 284 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: back and just her story alone. I love that we 285 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: were brought in his family and made sure they were 286 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: a focal point in the story in this distillery. And 287 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: I think that's also very on par with her following 288 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: through with saying I want this to be about who 289 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: he was and honoring him, and there's nothing better than 290 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: to honor him but through his family. And it's even 291 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: better that she is that good at her job. Apparently 292 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: the initial project was like they were gonna have different 293 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: family members create their own, but Butler was so good 294 00:15:58,480 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: at it, they were just like, all right, you're the 295 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: master distiller, you're the blender. You're amazing, you know. Like 296 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: So I love all of that, and I love that 297 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: the story is getting bigger. And yeah, that they are 298 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: a part of an initiative to bring up others as 299 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: it should be. Yes, very much needed. I'm glad that 300 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: it is happening. Cheers to that, Cheers to that. Cheers 301 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: to the brand as well as we were for all 302 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: of the good things that they are doing. And I'm 303 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: excited to see all the brands in all of the 304 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: new products that come from it. Yes, and and cheers 305 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: to you. Listeners, and to all the people doing amazing 306 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: things to uplift others. We always love hearing those stories 307 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: from you. So if there's a story you want to 308 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: highlight in these, let us know. 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