Drink Responsibly this Holiday Season

Everybody loves the holidays! Holidays, celebrating, eating, drinking and partying all go hand in hand. Whether you are celebrating at family gatherings, work parties, or dining out with friends, alcohol is often a part of your festive holiday celebrations. More often than not, people tend to drink more during the holiday season than they typically would do any other time of year. With that said, we here at Short Mountain Distillery, want to tell all our clients and friends to drink responsibly this holiday season so as to avoid any unfortunate occurrences.

The holiday period from Thanksgiving Eve right on out to New Year’s Day typically transforms the average social drinker into a somewhat heavier drinker. People tend to be in much more of a festive party mood and for many, that means socializing more and indulging in more alcoholic drinks to celebrate the holidays with family and friends.

Keeping in mind that when you consume more drinks than your body is typically used to, there is a tendency to create embarrassing situations, cause damage to your body, and even result in drunk driving. Statistics have proven that alcohol-related accidents are the primary cause of death during the holiday season, more so than any other time of the year. While celebrating with family and friends, it is easy to misjudge the effects alcohol can have on you and how long those effects can last. Many times people believe that they are clear headed and sober enough to drive if they stop drinking and indulge in a cup of coffee before heading out.

However, the reality is that even after you stop drinking the alcohol remains in your bloodstream, thereby potentially impacting your brain for several more hours. Whether you are attending a party or hosting a holiday party it is important to take appropriate steps to ensure not only your own safety and well being but that of others around you as well.

Tips for Hosting a Safe Holiday Party

If you are planning to host your own holiday party, we here at Short Mountain Distillery suggest you try the following.

Begin by offering a variety of non-alcoholic beverages that are easily accessible and in sight for all your guests to see and enjoy. Do not hand your arriving guests an alcoholic drink, but rather give them ample time to get acquainted and comfortable and choose their own beverage, whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Be certain that you have snacks and finger foods readily available for consumption, which ensures that your guests are not drinking on an empty stomach. Keep a close watch out for any guests that have had far too much to drink and be certain that they have a designated driver who can drive them home.

Holidays are truly all about family and friends and sharing enjoyable times and memories with your loved ones. Alcohol can certainly be a part of those celebrations, but again we here at Short Mountain Distillery want all our ‘family” members to drink responsibly and stay safe. There is no time of year quite as festive and filled with celebration as the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. With that said, we hope all our clients will take whatever steps are necessary this holiday season to keep not only themselves safe and healthy, but keep the lives of others around you safe and healthy as well. We all love to socialize and share cocktails and drinks in celebration of the holidays, but it’s important to know your limit. Be smart, be wise, be practical and be safe this holiday season. Drink Responsibly. From our little family here at Short Mountain Distillery to your family – may your holiday season be blessed, safe and happy!!

Celebrate Fall with our Tasty Tennessee Moonshine

Fall has made its presence known which means it's time for brisk cool temperatures, campfires, blazing fire pits with friends and family, and weekend long camping trips.   Family and friends gather together in the cozy fall months to share laughs and stories and create memories that last a lifetime.  For those members of your family who delight in a tasty, satisfying night cap, our authentic Tennessee Moonshine here at Short Mountain Distillery is sure to satisfy their every taste bud and their every desire.

Our Quality Moonshine

Offering our patrons a variety of exciting and tantalizing flavors, we are confident that your fall months and activities with our special Moonshine in hand, are sure to be enjoyable, relaxing, and every bit exciting.  With some of the most refreshing and hearty flavors to choose from, guys and gals alike find the many flavors to be both fascinating and pleasing.  Our top of the line flavors include:

·       Our truly refreshing and exquisite ‘Shine’ that offers the coolness of peppermint and the multiple flavors of sweet corn with an extraordinarily smooth, warm finish.  Shine is an eloquent, luscious tasting alternative to many liquors and contributes to a wide range of satisfying cocktails for drinkers of all tastes and preferences.

·       Our delicious ‘Apple Pie’ made of a smooth combination of pure apple juice, with a bit of vanilla, brown sugar, and cinnamon added to our Tennessee Moonshine delivers an award-winning flavor enjoyed by many.

·       Our almost exotic tasting ‘Prohibition Tea’ which is our specialty Moonshine Cocktail made of sweet peach tea, natural flavors and Tennessee spring water is favored by many.  A taste that is sure to delight even the most finicky cocktail drinker, Prohibition Tea is bottom line heavenly.

Our superior variety of specialized Moonshine has earned us a spot at the top of the leaderboard as one of the best all round distilleries in all the region.   Short Mountain Distillery, recognized as Tennessee’s sixth distillery known for our small-batch Tennessee Moonshine and bourbon, is proud of our marketplace and industry recognition as well as our superior customer satisfaction rating.  Each of our staff members is committed and dedicated to providing the most talked about and sought after Tennessee Moonshine and Bourbon in all these parts and to chatting with our valued patrons about not only our extraordinary products, but our state of the art distillery and services. 

Our Distillery Tours

The staff here at Short Mountain Distillery recommends that all our valued loyal customers embark upon our interesting, delightful and very informative tours.  Offering all our patrons a close up view of how our Tennessee Moonshine is made, visitors learn about not only the process and the products, but the history of whiskey making as well.  Very insightful and informative tours, patrons are sure to find themselves immersed in some of the most intriguing details and stories as narrated by our friendly staff and team.  Enlightening our visitors about the organic permaculture farm procedures as well as insight on how exactly we preserve our natural resources, guests to our distillery can expect a full day or evening of charming and educational tours as well as the best in Moonshine tasting. 

If you are like so many others who embrace the cool, refreshing fall months by embarking on memorable excursions with family and friends, then be certain to include the many scrumptious and gratifying flavors of Moonshine offered to you by the dedicated teams here at Short Mountain Distillery.  There is nothing quite as refreshing and warming on a brisk, cool fall evening than a tasty serving of delicious, flavorful Tennessee Moonshine.  Come on in to our enchanting distillery and bask in not only our abundant products and tours, but in an atmosphere that is every bit as refreshing and rewarding as our Moonshine itself. 

How a Tennessee Whiskey Distillery Works

Moonshine and distilleries have gained popularity of late and many people seem to have an expressed interest in both how it’s made and how a Tennessee Whiskey distillery works.  Distilling whiskey can be remarkably time consuming and a rather complex overall process with endless tubes, specialized processes, fork lifts, and barrels galore.

For those of you who wonder how a Tennessee Whiskey distillery works, we thought we would dedicate an article to this very intriguing and somewhat unique topic.  This is just a quick, simple and to the point explanation of the process and one that we thought would satisfy the curiosity of those in wonder. 

There are three basic steps that go into distilling whiskey:  fermentation, distillation and aging. 

Step One – Fermentation

The key to this first step is yeast and grain.  Break down the grain by cooking it, mashing it, and finally malting it.  Once this process is completed, you add your yeast.  As the added yeast begins to absorb the grain compound and continues to absorb it, the alcohol begins to produce.   At the close of the fermentation process you find yourself with a sweet, soupy substance.  After sitting in the tanks for some time, this same sweet soupy substance is then transferred to a still to begin the next stage – the distillation process. 

Step Two – Distillation

The entire distillation process takes place within the still.  Water, alcohol and all the other compositions that were produced during fermentation, have different boiling points.  While your liquid sits in the still, you gradually raise the temperatures to boil off certain elements and molecules.  Begin by boiling off at a set temperature in one tank.  Follow this procedure by then boiling off at a higher temperature in another tank, and finally increase your temperature yet again for boiling off in still another separate tank.    

When the ‘boiling off’ process has been completed the new compounds that are produced are then cooled down for an extended period of time, allowing them to return to a liquid form from the soupy form we started out with in the still.   

There are three sectors to your boiled off substance.  The substance that comes off first is called the ‘heads” and has a horrible smell while being quite poisonous.  These heads are discarded immediately since they are poisonous and can cause serious problems and even death.  The next portion that is boiled off is called the ‘hearts’ which is where the majority of the actual alcohol is found.  Finally, the last portion that is boiled off is called the ‘tails’ which contains the heavier alcohols.    The Tennessee Whiskey distilling process is repeated a couple of times before heading onto the final aging process.   

Step Three - The Aging Process

Once the Tennessee whiskey has been distilled a couple of times, it is then transferred from the still into oak barrels that are stored in warehouses until the time arrives to tap the barrels and bottle the whiskey. This waiting period is called the aging process and, for whiskey, can last for one year, five years, or even as many as 18 years.  

Distilling at its Best

We here at Short Mountain Distillery are proud of our industry recognition and our superior products.  We deliver top of the line products to all our valued customers and are proud of our extraordinary customer satisfaction rating.  With our commitment and dedication to the happiness and overall satisfaction of all our clients, we here at Short Mountain Distillery remain steadfast in maintaining our marketplace presence and our state of the art products, batch after batch, year after year.  

Creating Moonshine that surely satisfies your taste buds, Short Mountain Distillery offers all its patrons spectacular guided tours and the best Tennessee whiskey tasting rooms this side of the Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey distillery.  Proud of our superior products and our exemplary customer service and satisfaction, the staff here at Short Mountain Distillery is always on hand to answers your questions and to deliver some of the most informative and intriguing guided tours imaginable.  In addition, they are here to discuss the various whiskeys available for tasting and to help clients in their decision-making process as to which whiskeys are more suited to their individual tastes. 

Short Mountain Distillery - home to some of the best moonshine ever made, made better!!!  Come visit us today and bask in all the excitement our distillery, tours, and Tennessee whiskey tastings have to offer.  You’ll be more than glad you did!!

For More Information

About Short Mountain Distillery, moonshine, bourbon and the Stillhouse Restaurant, reach out to us via email at: info@shortmountaindistillery.com, or via snail mail at: 8280 Short Mountain Road, Woodbury, TN 37190. To call for information or to schedule distillery tour reservations, call (615) 216-0830, or clickHERE to make reservations online.

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3rd Annual Short Mountain Disc Jam and Music Festival August 26-28

As was the case two years past, the friendly staff members here at Short Mountain Distillery are proud to present the 3^rd Annual Short Mountain Disc Jam and Music Festival.  The event offers two enjoyable days of Disc Golf in our state of the art Red Apple & White Lightning Courses, 3 full nights of camping, a full lineup of vendors, nonstop live music for well over 20 hours, the beautiful, plush Stillhouse Restaurant for all your delightful dining, mountains of tasty Moonshine, and a wide range of other beautiful sights and sounds here on our 400+ acre Short Mountain Distillery & Farm.

People from across Tennessee flock to our Distillery & Farm and not only embark on our Disc Jam and Music Festival, but take solace and pure enjoyment in our one of a kind farm tours, our very informative and fun-filled Tennessee Whiskey Tour and our perfected distilled Whiskey tastings. Offering all our patrons the thrill of a lifetime, we here at the Short Mountain Distillery & Farm are committed and dedicated to providing the utmost in customer service and satisfaction to all our guests, customers, patrons, and clients. 

Having earned ourselves a spot at the top of the leaderboard as one of the best all round Tennessee distilleries in the South, our dedicated staff and family members remain steadfast in delivering services and products that are truly unmatched in the marketplace and industry.  Our carefully and delicately distilled Tennessee whiskey is much to fuss about.  Guests delight in our Tennessee Whiskey Tour that is not only informative and insightful, but indeed an experience well worth bragging about and certainly one worth remembering.

Our family and staff members take tremendous pride in our specialized annual event where patrons and participants can enjoy, with their $80 entry, the HUGE Players Pack which includes 3 rounds of 18, lunch and dinner, 5 discs putting contest, CTP throw for charity, live music, karaoke contest and up to 3 days of camping.  You just can’t beat that!! 

The roster and agenda for the three days is designed to satisfy participants and patrons of all ages.  With live music on Friday from 5 – 11pm, Saturday from 6-12pm, and Sunday from 3-8pm, participants, children and adults alike, can all join in the happy celebration and sing and dance their hearts away.  The roster of bands performing is as follows and the cost is a mere $10 per night:

Friday, August 26^th – Squirrel Kickers 5-7pm, Hunter Munroe 7-9pm, Karaoke Contest 9-11pm

Saturday – August 27^th – Hooteroll? 6-9pm, Flea Market Hustlers 9-12pm

Sunday – August 28^th – Squirrel Kickers 3-5pm, Flea Market Hustlers 5-8pm

The event is presented by the Flyin Colors & Innova Champion Discs and is truly right around the corner.  Offering loads of fun, tons of activities, some of the best all round music, food and drink, and so many cheery patrons and participants to spend the exciting three days with, it’s no wonder so many people find their way to our one of a kind, truly exciting and action-packed Disc Jam and Music Fest.   

A successful event the two years past and sure to be every bit, if not more successful this year, this inspiring and totally intriguing event is sure to capture the hearts and souls of you and all your family members and friends. 

Come on down to our 400 acres of beautiful, picturesque land and scenery and bask in all the excitement and fun with all our valued patrons, clients, and customers.  Surely you will find the event to be rewarding, refreshing, action packed, and fun through and through and one you will long talk about with all your family and friends. 

Register online 

https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/3rd_Annual_Short_Mountain_Disc_Jam_Presented_by_Innova_2016

Come on out and join the fun at the 3^rd Annual Short Mountain Disc Jam and Music Festival August 26 – August 28, 2016, where laughter, fun, excitement and adventure have no limits!!

Why So Many People Love Moonshine

Hundreds of years ago, people were in love with moonshine and that love has not decreased over time.  Though the interest in drinking alcohol had diminished somewhat following the Prohibition, it seems that in recent years the interest and love for moonshine is experiencing a spectacular comeback.  This impressive interest in Moonshine is not limited to southerners either, rather it seems that every Tom, Dick and Harry, and their mommas too find pleasure in drinking Tennessee Moonshine.  So people ask why do so many people love moonshine and what exactly makes it all so inviting and alluring?

A Bit Of a Rebellion of Sorts

It’s goes without saying that the popularity of moonshine has much to do with its very illegal, unlawful past history.  Many people love moonshine simply because they find it exciting to engage in illegal behaviors and certainly making moonshine is one of those favored and much talked about behaviors.  It’s much like drinking and savoring the taste and effects of a forbidden pleasure.  These very people enjoy moonshine because it boasts with a combined toughness in taste and coolness in blend that no other whiskey or bourbon can remotely present with. 

A True American Tradition and Product

Nowadays, many Americans have a deep appreciation for those products that are made right here in America.  People tend to display a true dedication to artisans.  When people here in our country buy moonshine made in small batches at distilleries and not the factory made products, they feel they have contributed and supported the success of the small artisans.  The fell they have acquired hooch prepared in small batches that tastes far better than the factory made stuff.  You may ask why they feel this way.  The reason why is simple.  The smaller batches made in distilleries are made with a great deal of care, attention and expertise. 

The recipes that are used in most, if not all distilleries, and certainly in our highly reputable Short Mountain Distillery, are passed down from generation to generation.  It is truly superior quality and top-rated taste in a jar which is why so many Americans truly love their hooch.  People consider moonshine to be a real, authentic American drink that is unmatched in its quality, taste, and performance which is why so many people love moonshine.  People tend to feel as though they are getting a unique taste of history and tradition all stored neatly and tastefully in a jar and experienced with every single sip.  

You Can Drink It Any Way you Please

Because moonshine is so versatile and diverse, allowing people to drink it chilled, straight up, on ice, in a cocktail or with a mix of many sorts, it is typically a drink that suits every person’s taste and individual desires.  This versatility is one of the primary reasons why so many people simply love moonshine.  You can truly enjoy moonshine in nearly every type of drink mixture and find every bit of pleasure in drinking it whether alone or with friends.  Whether you take intense pleasure in drinking it straight up, or you delight in the fruity taste of mixing it with a special moonshine mixture, or even cherish the smooth taste of it in your favorite mixed drink, you are apt, like so many others, to find unique pleasure in your drinking experience and surely in the spectacular taste it affords you altogether. 

An Incredibly Unique Drinking and Taste Experience

People who drink moonshine don’t just drink it to get themselves crocked or drunk beyond control, but rather they want to be a part of a unique drinking experience that so many people are talking about.  When gathered together with a group of friends, many times at concerts especially, there is something not only exciting, but bonding about passing around a strong jar of hooch from friend to friend either before you go into the concert, during the concert, or even when the concert is over.  The experience itself in this scenario and the idea of bonding with friends with a superior tasting jar of hooch is nothing like sharing a bottle of wine or a case of beer.  The experience is truly unique and even historical in the eyes of its participants and a memory in the making worth remembering years down the road. 

Why Not Give It a Try

If you have not yet given yourself the pleasure of this one of a kind drinking and bonding experience then don’t waste a moment longer.  All of those who have experienced the spectacular taste of moonshine and the warm camaraderie that it can afford friends, admit that not only is the taste well worth the experience but surely the unique sense of “tough guy” you get from drinking authentic Tennessee Moonshine just can’t be matched.  There is something so exciting, rewarding, and even rebellious to a degree, about drinking this authentic liquor that will most definitely make you want to go back for more.

Short Mountain Distillery – “The Best Moonshine Ever Made, Made Even Better”

At our family owned and operated Short Mountain Distillery we are proud that we are Tennessee’s sixth distillery producing authentic, unique tasting, small-batch Tennessee Moonshine and bourbon from our own working farm in Cannon County, Tennessee.  We are proud of our long history of moonshiners and of our state of the art methods and techniques we use today in producing our one of a kind, unique Tennessee Moonshine and bourbon.  

With moonshine fast becoming one of the most favored “drinks” here in America, we remain steadfast in keeping our specially produced moonshine and our highly reputable family business at the top of the list of favored moonshines and distilleries across the map.  We take pride in the simple fact that we contribute greatly to the reasons why so many people love moonshine today.  Our superior distillery tours, tastings and cocktail classes are merely an addition to our already highly recognized presence and as our motto goes, we are all about “the best moonshine ever made, made even better.”  Come on in to our state of the art distillery today and delight in drinking some of the most talked about, authentic Tennessee Moonshine and bourbon this side of the map. 

You Can Taste the History

With Short Mountain Distillery’s Artisanal Tennessee Moonshine, you can actually taste the history. Short Mountain has a long, rich history of producing some of the finest moonshine in all of the United States. At Short Mountain Distillery, we are proud to be a part of honoring that rich heritage today. Why don’t you stop in and see us? We’d love to show you around.

For More Information

About Short Mountain Distillery, moonshine, bourbon and the Stillhouse Restaurant, reach out to us via email at: info@shortmountaindistillery.com, or via snail mail at: 8280 Short Mountain Road, Woodbury, TN 37190. To call for information or to schedule distillery tour reservations, call (615) 216-0830, or click HERE to make reservations online.

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