U.S. News & World Report TRAVEL: 5 Best Nashville Breweries and Distilleries

"As far as distilleries go, Green Brier is my favorite," says Kelcie Borton, lead concierge at the Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown. "Their history is just really cool. They were actually more successful than Jack Daniel's before the [statewide] prohibition."

The turn-of-the-century Tennessee prohibition shut down the family business, but its story didn't end there. Nelson's Green Brier Distillery was resurrected in recent years by several of its heirs. Today, the distillery once again crafts some of the nation's finest whiskeys, based on the recipe originally developed over a century ago." MORE