Nelson's Greenbrier & Prichard's Brands BYOB (Course #353)

The Distillery was started Brothers Andy Nelson and Charlie Nelson have always had a lot in common. Both graduated from Loyola Marymount with degrees in the Humanities concentrating. They set out to resurrect Nelson's GreenBrier Distillery, founded in the mid 1800’s by their great-great-great grandfather Charles Nelson, the boys realized their kinship ran deeper than blood.

We will also talk abouth Prichard's which has a commitment to hand-crafted quality, Prichard’s Distillery has undertaken the production of true, pot stilled whiskies, distilled in the traditions and styles of the master distillers of an earlier time. They are keeping with the “hand-crafted” feel and setting their spirits to be unique among a myriad of look-alike brands.

Five generations ago Granddaddy Benjamin Prichard of Davidson County, Tennessee passed his “still, tubs, and utensils thereto” to his son Enoch. His will of 1822 provided documentation as the last known “legal” distiller in the Prichard Family. Ben made his whiskey with a high sugar content white corn, pure Tennessee spring water, and it was distilled using ancient pot still techniques.

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