Uncle Nearest is making history as the fastest-growing Ameri­can whiskey brand ever, according to Forbes. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, Fawn Weaver serves as founder and CEO and established the ...

Uncle Nearest, the fastest growing American whiskey brand in US history, has made a major purchase of an additional 53.12 acres of land. The deal was closed at $2.1 million. Uncle Nearest, the fastest ...

The company's co-founders and major shareholder filed a motion to reconsider receivership late last month.

Almost two months after the company fell under a receivership, Uncle Nearest’s prospects for success look “very good.” On Wednesday, October 1, Receiver Phillip G. Young Jr. filed a report in the U.S.

Founded in 2017, Black-owned whiskey brand Uncle Nearest has made a permanent mark in the alcohol world. The company’s name sake, Nathan “Nearest” Green, was a former enslaved Black man credited with ...

Fawn Weaver founded Uncle Nearest to honor the formerly enslaved master distiller who taught Jack Daniel the secret to making great whiskey. Seven years later, she owns the most successful Black-owned ...

Uncle Nearest paid the Guinness World Records $125,000 to have a 518-foot bar at its Tennessee distillery declared "longest bar in the world," according to a new court filing. The whiskey then ...

Writer Fawn Weaver spent last year digging into the unknown story of Nearest Green, mentor of whiskey distiller Jack Daniels and, per her research, the U.S.'s first African-American master distiller.

Uncle Nearest is named after Nathan “Nearest” Green, the formerly enslaved man who is now recognized as teaching Jack Daniel to distill and is credited as being the first master distiller of his ...

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey has initiated its second annual HBCU Old Fashioned Challenge, designed to generate funds for HBCUs. According to a press release, on Jan. 15, Uncle Nearest Premium ...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the most-awarded Bourbon or American Whiskey brand since 2019, proudly announces the release of its highly rated 2025 ...

Uncle Nearest paid $125K for a Guinness record used to market its bar brand. Farm Credit seeks court approval to probe financial links among related entities. Lender alleges misuse of loan funds and ...