Zac Brown helping make brown liquor in Dahlonega

Z. Brown Distillery to open soon

Jeff Odem pours bourbon as part of the distilling process at the Z. Brown Distillery north of Dahlonega. Photo courtesy of Z. Brown Distillery.

12012017 DISTILLERY 1.JPG — Jeff Odem pours bourbon as part of the distilling process at the Z. Brown Distillery north of Dahlonega. Photo courtesy of Z. Brown Distillery.

Jeff Odem and Diane Kelly opened Stillhouse Creek Distillery one year ago. Now, the distillery is about to reopen — with Zac Brown’s name on it. Looking back on the end of November 2016, just after he first talked to The Times about the distillery, Odem said he feels like a lucky man. Leaving behind lives in financial software and marketing, he and his wife had invested everything they had into their dream of opening a craft distillery in North Georgia wine country. And with a 500-gallon still, a 7,200-square-foot building and 5 acres of property, they had done it.

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