Nicole Austin, general manager and distiller at Tennessee’s Cascade Hollow Distilling Co., has been on something of a winning streak over the past few years with some fantastic new whiskey releases.

The last decade has seen big, brawny ryes like WhistlePig dominate the category. So when a whiskey comes in and challenges the paradigm, it’s hard not to take notice. That’s the case with the ...

She defied her guidance counselor to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. She abandoned a career in wastewater treatment and quite literally banged on a door until she won a job at a craft whiskey ...

It’s one of my favorite seasons of the year — the time when George Dickel releases its annual release of bottled-in-bond Tennessee Whiskey. By regulation, bottled-in-bond requires whiskey to be ...

Before Dry January hits, Andrea Wilson of Michter’s and Nicole Austin of Cascade Hollow discuss how the expansion has affected them, particularly as women in a historically male industry. “The growth ...

In 2019 and 2020, we called George Dickel’s then-nascent Bottled in Bond whisky one of the best values in the liquor store for good reason. The inaugural release in 2019 earned the “Whisky of the Year ...

Nicole Austin isn’t exactly sure what she expected, but the scene she sees every day at The Copper Crust Company continues to amaze her. Nearly two weeks after Nicole and her husband, Sean, opened The ...