George Dickel
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In 1870 George A. Dickel opened his distillery at Cascade Hollow on the Cascade Creek between Chattanooga and Nashville.
It was also at this time that George declared that because his whisky was as smooth as the finest scotch, he would always spell the 'whiskey' in George Dickel Tennessee Whisky without an 'e', keeping with the Scotch whisky tradition.
Tours begin and end here at the visitors center and gift shop.
After prohibition, the distillery remained closed intil 1958, when Master Distiller Ralph Dupps' labor of love motivated him to rebuild the George Dickel Distillery.
The task entailed acquiring 850 acres of land about three-fourths of a mile from the original Cascade Hollow site. To further ensure the authenticity of the whisky, Mr. Dupps obtained George Dickel's original manuscripts detailing the recipe and process for making George Dickel Tennessee Whisky.
This resident government tax man lived in this house on the distillery grounds.
