LOCAL SCENE
just off the road at 3381 Southall Road near Highway 46. There sat an amazing log cabin which we later learned was built in the 1820s and now houses the gift shop, tasting room, and offices. Lee L. Kennedy opened the Leiper’s Fork Distillery in the summer of 2016. It is his goal to partner with the community to bring back the history and heritage of small batch whiskey production to Williamson County. Williamson County, Tennessee has long been known for its rich cultural and geographical heritage. Many of the early settlers in the area were of Scots-Irish descent, having traveled west through the Cumberland Gap and over the Appalachian Mountains, from Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Many of them crossed these mountain passes with their stills on their backs, bringing with them the time-honored tradition of creating hand-crafted small batch whiskey. In a world of mass production and corporate fads, it is the Leiper’s Fork Distillery’s goal to achieve long-term authenticity by using age-old traditions,
paying attention to every detail, and carrying unquenchable passion for the small batch whiskey they produce. To that end, Leiper’s Fork Distillery is creating high-end premium whiskeys using local ingredients and pure limestone filtered water, resulting in superior whiskeys with a signature taste. Some must-haves include Leiper’s Fork Tennesee Whiskey. This four years old 100 proof whiskey is 70% corn, 15% rye and 15% malted barley with notes of chocolate, coffee, plum, dark cherry, caramel and honey with a mix of baking spices. The Leiper’s Fork Bourbon swaps out the 15% rye for 15% wheat and has aromas of caramel apple, chocolate, oak and brown sugar with a taste of vanilla, butterscotch and dried dark fruit. You also can’t go wrong with their Straight Rye Whiskey with hints of cinnamon and molasses or the crisp and clear unaged Old Natchez Trace White Whiskey. We encourage you to take a beautiful country drive out to Leiper’s Fork, tour the distillery, listen to some good country music, and enjoy all that this special village has to offer.
L ast year I had the opportunity to rent a place in Leiper’s Fork while visiting family in Franklin, TN over the holidays. I arrived at my quaint stone cottage on a sunny, winter day and quickly made my way into the village for some fun shopping and eats. In the David Arms Gallery, I picked up some whiskey tumblers wrapped with custom leather casings. Naturally, now I had to find some fantastic whiskey and the wise salesperson pointed me down the road to the Leiper’s Fork Distillery. I found the place easy enough as it sits
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