Hey y’all, this episode of SouthBound is a replay of our 2020 conversation with Fawn Weaver.
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Weaver has sold more than $100 million worth of her Tennessee whiskey, called Uncle Nearest, since she opened the distillery in 2017.
She's about to open a restaurant at the distillery that will feature what they claim is the world’s longest bar — 518 feet long.
In this episode, Weaver talks about how the whole enterprise began.