Cultureshift — Whiskey & Bourbon

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the most-awarded Bourbon and American Whiskey of 2019, 2020, and 2021, announced today that its sales exceeded $100 million through October 2022, with an on-track forecast to more than double that total by the end of 2023. Its recently expanded 323-acre distillery has already welcomed more than 100,000 guests with that number increasing significantly every week. The company was founded by its CEO Fawn Weaver in 2017. She was then joined by Chief Business Officer Katharine Jerkens and, shortly after, Victoria Eady Butler, the great-great-granddaughter of the company's namesake, Nearest Green, and four-time Master Blender of the Year recipient. Last year, Uncle Nearest announced it...

Brough Brothers Distillery is planning its second location in Louisville in a building on River Road close to Waterfront Park. The Louisville-based bourbon and spirits maker intends to start manufacturing operations by the end of the year and open a tasting room, bar and outdoor games space by next March, co-owner and CEO Victor Yarbrough said. Brough Brothers, which also includes Victor Yarbrough’s brothers Chris and Bryson, runs a distillery off Dixie Highway in the Park Hill neighborhood. “We wanted to have more of a consumer experience in a location that we felt had heavy foot traffic,” Victor Yarbrough said....