Uncle Nearest

Tag Type

Organization

Date

August 27, 2026

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Owner

Ben Hoshour

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Approved controlled term. Use the properties and boundaries below to preserve precise retrieval.

Definition

The American whiskey enterprise, brand, distillery, foundation-linked activity, and institutional network organized around the public legacy of Nearest Green.

Scope

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Use for the modern organization and brand. Distinguish it from Nearest Green the historical person and from general Black whiskey history.

Boundary examples

Included: The company’s launch, trademarks, distillery, curriculum, or partnership.
Excluded: A nineteenth-century event concerning Nearest Green alone.

Governance

~~Preferred Label is concise and unambiguous.~~

~~Definition and primary Tag Type are present.~~

~~Parent Tag is assigned.~~

~~Aliases were checked for duplicates.~~

~~Scope Note records important boundaries.~~

~~Governance Status is Approved.~~

Usage notes

Created during the full-source processing of Love & Whiskey on 2026-08-27. Reevaluate only when corpus-wide use reveals an overlap, ambiguity, or missing narrower term.