On Friday, the Tullahoma News reported that Uncle Nearest and Nearest Green Distillery are facing a lawsuit from a Louisville, Kentucky-based creditor, Farm Credit Mid-America, PCA, which claims the company has defaulted (or stopped making payments) on over $100 million in loans.
Founded in 2016 by entrepreneur Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest is dedicated to Nathan “Nearest” Green, the unheralded enslaved man who was the first master distiller at the Jack Daniel Distillery. Since its formation, Uncle Nearest has grown at a remarkably rapid pace, quickly becoming a major name on the American whiskey market.
Weaver and her husband, Keith, have denied the lawsuit, saying it is “demonstrably false,” according to the Tullahoma News…