J.B. Kirk is a whiskey brand that was created in Woodbury, Tennessee during the 1800s. J.B. owned a 231 acre farm just outside town where he grew his crops, processed the grain at his gristmill, utilized the spring on his property that never ran dry, and aged the whiskey in his warehouse. When the whiskey was mature it was sold throughout Tennessee and at his saloon on the east side of the public square in Woodbury until prohibition. More than a century later the brand would be revived by J.B. Kirk’s great-great-grandsons. Today the brand is still 100% family owned and remains in Tennessee. The two descendants that revived the brand are cousins that grew up in Franklin and Hendersonville, Tennessee, and still live near Nashville. One of the cousins heads up the day to day operations of J.B. Kirk while the other maintains his day job as a partner at a law firm.

ROLLING FORK: NO FINER SPIRITS CAN BE MADE Rolling Fork matches the best imported rums with hand-selected ex-whiskey casks to create high-end rums with unique and complex flavor combinations. While the prevailing perception of rum in the U.S. may be “feet-in-the-sand, pina colada in-hand,” the founders of Rolling Fork take a different approach. First, Turner Wathen and Jordan Morris source rare, aged rums from the best distilleries on the planet. Then, they source unique whiskey casks from some of Kentucky’s most legendary distilleries. Experience has taught them exactly what characteristics each cask brings to the party. Every single origin, cask—strength rum is matched to a different cask. Experimentation and innovation lead to rums with exceptional flavor profiles not found anywhere else. Rolling Fork rums are aged and bottled in Indiana, begging the question: could the capital of high-end rum in the U.S. be in … Indiana?

You couldn't always get The Original Southside in a can—it hails from a time when liquor was illegal (and tasted horrible, too). Notorious gangsters covered up the taste of bathtub gin with lemon and mint to create a delicious, refreshing cocktail that's been the secret recipe of countless families and bartenders since. We're reviving cocktails lost to the throes of time, a "revival of the fittest" if you will. While you sip your Southside, you too can ponder its convoluted history and smile knowing it's back for good.