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New Tennessee Whiskey Trail—from boutique distillers to Jack

Tennessee Whiskey Trail

The new Tennessee Whiskey Trail is made up of approximately 30 distilleries across the state. Tennessee distilleries range from small, boutique operations such as Corsair and Greenbrier in Nashville to legendary distilleries like Jack Daniels.

Andy and Charlie Nelson of Greenbrier Distillery in Nashville, Tennessee
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Andy and Charlie Nelson of Greenbrier Distillery in Nashville, Tennessee

For the serious whiskey aficionado the trail includes a ten-day itinerary spanning the breadth of the state from Nashville to Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Chattanooga, Lynchburg & Tullahoma, Franklin and Leiper’s Fork, and on to Memphis. 

Pot still at Corsair Distillery in Nashville, Tennessee
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Pot still at Corsair Distillery in Nashville, Tennessee
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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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