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The Golden Rule coin
Sacha and Billy open one of the boxes of Golden Rule coins. Billy’s great grandfather, Jesse Shwayder, never missed an opportunity to attribute the success of the iconic American brand Samsonite to...
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Short Mountain Distillery signs with Tennessee distributors
We got word from the federal government that our first product label was approved. It’s called pretty much what it’s been called for decades: Short Mountain Shine, a 105 proof authentic Tennessee...
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New chapter in the history of Tennessee whiskey making
A new chapter began yesterday in the story of Tennessee’s whiskey making heritage when three living legends of moonshine making signed a deal with Short Mountain Distillery. Jimmy Simpson, Ricky Estes...
View ArticleShort Mountain Distillery announces Grand Opening
Watch the video to see Billy Kaufman announce our Grand Opening April 21, 2012. We are still having our March 23 and 24 soft opening for friends and neighbors where you can enjoy a short tour and some...
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Moonshine heritage of Cannon County Tennessee
Making moonshine is still illegal without the proper licenses and nod to the revenuers, but scenes like this are certainly more rare than they used to be. That’s Pharis Macon Conley on the left...
View ArticleTrucker’s Pride – organic open pollinated corn
Our Moonshiners tell us Trucker’s Pride is about as good as it gets when looking for a variety of corn to make shine, but it’s a little hard to come by, so we’re making our own. In this video, Short...
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Short Mountain Shine now in Middle Tennessee stores
It’s official! You can now buy a bottle of our 105 Proof Authentic Tennessee moonshine in stores across Middle Tennessee. It’s quite a site to see our county’s history and heritage in a bottle on a...
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Short Mountain Trucker’s Pride corn stands 14 feet tall
Jimmy Simpson told us early this Spring to wait on planting. “Knee high by July,” he said. “As long as we got it in by June 15, we’ll be fine.” We were getting worried we were planting our organic...
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Short Mountain Shine now in East Tennessee stores
It’s official! You can now buy a bottle of our 105 Proof Authentic Tennessee moonshine in stores throughout East Tennessee! This follows our July release into Middle Tennessee stores. Chattanooga and...
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Blogging, technology and self-fulfillment
I like to think I’m bi-lingual. If you’re reading this, one language is obvious, and the other is not. The one that’s not is HTML. Like most people in 1990, I was using Unix commands to dig around on...
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