Chattanooga Whiskey

In July 2016 work began on a 46,000-square-foot Riverfront Distillery in the former Newton Chevrolet car dealership, built to make 50-60 barrels a week.^3,4,9 The Riverfront Distillery began production in March 2017, scaling up recipes chosen from the Experimental Distillery's mash bills.^1,3,10 It runs a 30-foot copper column still and a 200-gallon doubler, a pot still that distils the spirit again.¹⁰ It has 4 fermenters of 2,700 gallons each.⁴ Its whiskey ages in a heated barrelhouse, where the Tennessee River Valley's hot, humid summers and mild winters shape it.¹⁰ Also in March 2017, the Market Street site was renamed the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery.⁴

In August 2019, after more than 2 years scaling up its Barrel 91 recipe, it replaced the 1816 line with 91 and Cask 111 as its signature whiskeys.^3,8,11 In March 2023 Tiana Saul, who joined in 2015, succeeded McCracken as head distiller, and McCracken stayed on as Chief Product Officer.^8,12