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Raising the bar in the world of “shine” at Gatlinburg’s Sugarlands Distilling Company

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published June 11, 2017 at 4:32 AM PDT
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Sugarlands Distillery

Sugarlands Distilling Company in Gatlinburg, Tennessee uses traditional corn and rye, but infuses their “Shine” with an array of flavors, including dark chocolate, butter pecan, and apple bacon. A conversation with Kris “Tugboat”  Killingsworth, Tastings Manager at Sugarlands about the trendy new world of Shine.

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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