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Nashville Craft whiskey distiller opens in Wedgewood-Houston

Lizzy Alfs, lalfs@tennessean.com9:43 p.m. CDT May 19, 2016

Nashville Craft joins a growing number of craft distillers opening across Tennessee after new legislation loosened restrictions on where distillers can operate. There are now 30-plus distillers in a market once dominated by behemoths Jack Daniel’s and George Dickel.

Growth in the industry comes as consumer demand for American whiskey skyrockets. Supplier revenues rose 8 percent — roughly double the 4.1 percent growth in the overall distilled spirits sector — last year alone to eclipse $8 billion, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.

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