Whisky Producer Profile - Belle Meade

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(50.2 pctl)

$5.20 / pctl

Belle Meade | Est. 2012

Belle Meade Tennessee, USA Bourbon $261 Median Price

Independently Owned

Belle Meade Website

Overall, Belle Meade is known for:

Vanilla

(18)

Caramel

(15)

Oak

(15)

Rye

(5)

Cocoa

(4)

Black Cherry

(3)

Producer Overview

Belle Meade Bourbon was one of about 30 different labels that Charles Nelson produced in the late 1800's. Belle Meade Bourbon was the toast of the town when it hit the market in 1878 and became known as a great value and top quality product. However, everything whiskey related in Tennessee would come to a screeching halt when the state became an early adopter of Prohibition in 1909. Fast forward to 2006. Andy and Charlie Nelson, two young men just graduating from college, had heard stories about a distiller in the family's past but they were never sure it was more than a glorified moonshine operation. On an errand for their father, they noticed a historical marker detailing the once-influential Nelson's Green Brier Distillery run by Charles Nelson. A local butcher pointed them toward some old buildings across the road that were once part of the workings of Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, and referred them to the nearby Greenbrier Historical Society. It was there that the brothers first set eyes upon original whiskey bottles bearing the family name. Charlie says to this day that it was a moment of clarity unlike any he has ever known. The decision to bring back the family business, once an industry giant, was made then and there in the hearts of the two young men. If not for this chance encounter with a historical marker, who knows when or if the distillery would ever have been reborn. Read more...