Trimble, Tennessee claims locomotive agitation of whiskey is best

Trimble wants to be known for Tennessee Whiskey. Image by Dominick / CC BY 2.0

The Tennessee town of Trimble is home to about 600 people and has an interesting plan for economic development – booze, bikes and rock ‘n’ roll.

Michael Ballard, owner of Full Throttle distillery, says the only thing standing in the way is what he calls the state’s stuffy law restricting how spirits must be made so they can be marketed as “Tennessee Whiskey”.

His barrel house is being built next to railway tracks where freight trains thunder by five times a day. He says the “locomotive agitation” of his ageing whiskey will be much more of a selling point than the charcoal mellowing required under the state law.

(Press Association)