Old Tennessee Distilling Co. — Attraction in Sevierville

Excellent sampling experience. For starters, there are many, many options available to sample for free here. You start off with 10 1/4oz sample shot glasses (disposable plastic), make your own free flight.

Also you can do a $5 premium flight or $5 premium shots or cocktails.

In general, it was a pretty generous tasting for a reasonably low cost. That's the skinny on the business end of the stick...

The other end... The hostess was very engaging, interesting and funny, a huge advocate of the business. She was very knowledgable about the distilling process, and the business of being a micro distiller.

Whether your destination is the regional tourist trap Severville/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, or you're just heading down Interstate 40, a stop in the tiny hamlet of Kodak to visit the Thunder Road Distillery is a worthy diversion. (It's litterally right off i40, give it 30 minutes...

The moonshine here is just as good as the other moonshine distilleries in this tourist-y area. I even began to wonder if they all weren't owned by "Ol' Smokey" who just sold their 'shine under different names. Possibly.

This place, however, sells a 140.7 proof moonshine. And it is very tastey!! I would recommend you buy it instead of any of the silly flavors.

I would NOT recommend you buy any of the poorly manufactured plastic jar spouts for sale in buckets placed artound the store. They do not fit well on the jars. If you actually do get one on, it leaks through the lid seal as much as comes out the spout into your glass. AND it is then impossible to remove. Buy your jar and drink out of it. Or use a spoon to fill a shot glass.

Seriously. You will regret buying...

Make this your first Moonshine tasting/stop! They are a little off the beaten path of Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, but 100% worth the drive. We visited them a year ago when we were in town for less then 24 hours, and put them at the top of the list to visit again when we were in town this summer. Rick did our tasting and he was phenomenal!! Great knowledge of the product, and a personality that made you want to just hang out and chat with him. Their moonshines don't have any fake flavors from what I can tell. If you like coffee, I suggest grabbing a bottle or two of the Coffee Moonshine, as I can sip on that with no other mixer! Soooo good. Will be stopping by anytime we close...