Nelsons Green Brier Distillery

Though Nelsons Green Brier Distillerys current incarnation has only been in business since 2009, the companys history is as rich and potent as any spirit on the market. Born in 1860, when its founder, Charles Nelson, unveiled a product (and, unwittingly, a category) called Tennessee Whiskey, Nelsons Green Brier Distillery spent nearly 40 years as the premier purveyor of whiskey and spirits in the US. At peak, NGBD produced 380,000 gallons (about 2 million bottles) of more than 30 brands of rye whiskey, bourbon, corn whiskey, and other products per yearmore than 15 times the production capacity of its average competitor. The distillery closed in 1909, when Prohibition became Tennessee state law, a decade before a Constitutional amendment made it a federal one, too. A century later, Nelsons great-great-great grandsons, Andy and Charlie Nelson, revived the family business, inspired by Charless remarkable life and work. They built a spacious HQ in Nashvilles Marathon Village, and qu...