WHISKEY TOURISM MAKES A PROFITABLE FOOTPRINT IN TOWNSEND, TN

Come this summer, Townsend’s adult beverage appeal gets positively magnetic with the opening of Company Distilling’s satellite whiskey tasting room.

 Steve Coomes with Bourbon News features Townsend, TN, and the upcoming Company Distilling tasting room.

“Townsend, Tenn., markets itself as “The Peaceful Side of the Smokies,” and indeed, it’s quieter than the fabricated expanse of Pigeon Forge and the din of crowded Gatlinburg.

Townsend has the feel of a village scattered in plots over a several-mile stretch of Hwy. 321. That road is its main drag and runs parallel to the scenic Little River, a favored waterway for fly fishing and summertime tubing. It’s home to about 400 residents who operate the de rigueur tourist hotels, motels, souvenir shops, historic attractions, and restaurants promising Italian, Mexican, and country food—in one case, from the same kitchen.”

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