Neeley Family Distillery is a small family-owned and operated venue located in the rolling hills of Kentucky’s bluegrass region, specifically in Sparta, Kentucky. The Neeley Family has been distilling and bootlegging illegally in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky for eleven generations until 2015, when Tenth Generation Roy Neeley and Eleventh Generation Royce Neeley took the family business legal for the first time ever. Roy hand-built the state-of-the-art distillery himself, and Royce, the Lead Distiller and possibly the youngest Distillery Owner in the World, makes spirits the historic way using old family mash recipes with pot stills, cypress fermenters, sweet mash, local grains, Kentucky limestone water, and the Neeley Family Yeast Strand propagated at the distillery.
Apple Pie flavored moonshine custom blended in house in batches of 100 gallons or less with all natural flavors, featuring deep caramel cinnamon color, crisp apple aroma with potpourri and hints of clove, and mild apple with burst of brown sugar, cinnamon, cider, and clove.
The family’s bread and butter for over 100 years, featuring great grandfather Leonard’s original 1913 recipe altered with sugar, triple-distilled with a thump keg on custom-built copper pot stills, made with all local grains, Kentucky limestone water, and a unique yeast strand used for 150 years, bottled at 120.2 proof.
A small batch bourbon with 70% corn, 20% rye, 10% malted barley mash bill, fermented with wild-caught Kentucky yeast, double pot distilled and collected at 127 proof, with multiple batches ranging from 4 to 22 barrels offering complex profiles from toasted coconut and caramel corn to rich custard and sweet cherry.
Continuation of the Hidden Barn series with batches offering profiles of juicy overripe blackberry, sweet concord grape, smoky undertones, milk chocolate, roasted nuts, and fresh mint, or sweet candy orange and brown sugar with herbaceous char smoke dry palate.
A USDA and Kentucky Department of Agriculture certified organic bourbon made with organic grains from Michigan, featuring 70% corn, 25% wheat and 5% rye mash bill, double gold award winning, kosher certified, batched and proofed by Master Blender Jackie Zykan.
A constant rotation of three different single barrel, barrel strength recipes featuring sweet mashed bourbon made with fresh non-GMO local grains and pure Gallatin County Kentucky limestone water, triple pot distilled on the grain, and bottled at barrel proof right out of the barrel.
A newest brand from master distiller Royce Neeley, this four-grain bourbon made with no enzymes is 63% corn, 17% oats, 8% wheat and 12% malt, blended by Rebekah Neeley, with tasting notes of fresh honey and milk chocolate, oatmeal cookies and toasted marshmallows.
Distilled on the only functional pre-ban French absinthe pot still in North America, built in France in the 1890s, created from an 1871 Old World Smiss style recipe with eight botanicals including wormwood, fennel, and two types of anise, winner of three consecutive double gold medals and the only platinum medal ever from San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
The oldest aged moonshine ever sold on the legal market, made from great grandfather Pap Neeley’s world-famous triple pot distilled moonshine recipe matured in one-time used Kentucky Bourbon barrels.
A bright red colored cinnamon whiskey at 71.2 proof that evokes sucking on cinnamon candy as a kid, featuring sweet cinnamon candy throughout with huge cinnamon burst at the beginning followed by natural sweetness from the grain that balances the flavor out.
A sweet salted caramel whiskey at 70.2 proof that takes you back to the days of caramel apples, featuring caramel brown colored transparent liquid with immediate caramel aroma followed by marshmallow and vanilla, with salted caramel giving way to toffee and burnt marshmallow.
A unique rye whiskey cooked at lower temperatures and utilizing a proprietarily charged copper thumper on the third pot distillation, bringing out the sweeter notes of the rye grain in a style that operates outside the confines of traditional prohibition-era methods.
A crowd favorite featuring the subtle sweetness of southern blackberries mixed with the cane sugar notes of 120.2 proof moonshine, offering vibrant purple color, juicy berries dipped in sugar with hints of vanilla and rose on the nose, and succulent blackberry juices with mellow sweetness and floral flavors.
A perfect blend consisting of an Irish cream base with dark chocolate and southern pecan cream flavors, a cream spirit with milky cream color enriched with hints of dark chocolate and pecans, offering strong dark chocolate scent with hints of pecans.
A perfect blend consisting of an Irish cream base with chocolate fudge, vanilla, and walnut flavors, a cream spirit suited for any occasion in any season with a milky cream color enriched with hints of chocolatey brown.
A perfect blend consisting of an Irish cream base with orange cream flavors, a cream spirit suited for any occasion in any season with a milky cream color enriched with hints of orange cream and strong orange cream scent with hints of vanilla.
A moonshine variation capturing the essence of sweet tea, continuing the family’s tradition of unique flavored moonshines that have become unique on the illegal shine market.
A bourbon honoring the Jett Brothers Distilling Co. with multiple finish variations including Apricot Brandy, French Cognac, Portuguese Madeira, Barbados Rum, New Toasted French Oak, Double Barreled French Oak, and French Chateau Rieussec Sauternes finishes.