Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For 150 years, the world was sold a myth that Jack Daniel learned to make whiskey from a white country preacher.

In the 1850s, the man actually running the still was an enslaved chemist named Nearest Green. He engineered a specific filtration method, the industry calls it the "Lincoln County Process."

Sources:
Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel,
Jack Daniel's Legacy by Ben A. Green
Jack Daniel’s Embraces a Hidden Ingredient: Help From a Slave" by Clay Risen
The Nearest Green Foundation Historical Archives

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