Whiskey maker Uncle Nearest Inc. filed for bankruptcy as it engages in a legal battle with a court-appointed receiver and a ...

The judge ruled the receiver in charge of Uncle Nearest had exclusive authority to make bankruptcy filings.

The Black-owned brand was cemented as the fastest growing whiskey company in the U.S. Now, the legacy is at risk.

These are the words a court-appointed receiver recently used to describe Uncle Nearest, the Tennessee whiskey brand that honors the enslaved man who taught Jack Daniel how to distill. Once reportedly ...

Founder Fawn Weaver may lose control of her cult Tennessee distillery after a judge mandates a receivership—unless an investor bails her out. Uncle Nearest founder Fawn Weaver is fighting for control ...

Uncle Nearest paid the Guinness World Records $125,000 to have a 518-foot bar at its Tennessee distillery declared “longest bar in the world,” according to a new court filing. The whiskey then ...

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For the eight years it has been on liquor store shelves, Uncle Nearest has capitalized on the personal brand of its founder and CEO Fawn Weaver, who created the company to honor the legacy of the ...

The fate of the billion-dollar whiskey brand Uncle Nearest changed course last week when a Tennessee judge ruled in favor of one of its lenders, Farm Credit Mid America, ordering that it should be ...