My knowledge of whiskey wouldn’t fill a tumbler. My glass is not very full about the contributions of Black people to the fabric of the United States either.
I’m slowly trying to right the wrongs of my formal education by reading and learning more about so many topics.
Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest (Melcher Media, 2024) is one book that helped me learn about whiskey and the man who was Jack Daniel’s first master distiller.
Nearest Green had been an enslaved man. Daniel, though, never had slaves. Daniel seemed to treat him as an equal. In fact, all of Lynchburg, Tenn., was far more progressive when it came to interracial relations than many areas are today.
This book by Fawn Weaver thoroughly captivated me. It was hard to stop listening. I learned about the book from a segment the PBS News Hour did on the author and the book.
When Weaver stumbled onto the story about the Jack Daniel distillery having essentially erased Green’s contributions to the company from its lexicon, her goal was to make sure Green’s legacy was not forgotten.
The tenacity Weaver had for uncovering the truth about Green was amazing. Her foray into his life totally transformed that of hers and her husband’s. Their stories are now intertwined.
This is a story about America—the past and the present.
This court is so corrupt until that changes we are in trouble.
This court has become so corrupt. The battle isn’t over yet, with a new injunction issued on Thursday.
This book has been in my wish list for a while but the length makes me skip pursuing it. I'll…
It’s my favorite brewery Denise. Love the porter.