Tasting notes

nose

Light and sweet, with vanilla, butterscotch and caramel over green apple and pear, a dusting of cinnamon and a faint charred-maple note

palate

Thin-bodied and soft; vanilla, honey and toffee lead, then baked apple, nutmeg and white pepper over a light layer of oak

finish

Short to medium; vanilla, toffee and a little cinnamon hold briefly before dry oak and pepper take over, fading thin and slightly bitter

Mash bill

The grain recipe for this release has not been published. The whiskey was distilled at an undisclosed Tennessee distillery, and Uncle Nearest has not said whether it shares a recipe with any of its other whiskeys.

Why it's craft

Nearest Green is the lowest-strength, mixing-focused bottle from Uncle Nearest, the Shelbyville company founded in 2017 and named for the distiller Nearest Green. It is blended by Victoria Eady Butler, a fifth-generation descendant of Nearest Green, from whiskey distilled and aged elsewhere in Tennessee and bottled at the Nearest Green Distillery. Since August 2025 the company has been run by a court-appointed receiver, who as of October 2026 was negotiating a sale of its assets.