In 2009, Alex Toomy approached his friends and colleagues Russell Nance and Chris Sarpy with an idea: to produce bourbon whiskey the old-fashioned way — no shortcuts, no other spirits, using local resources from start to finish.
“It was an ambitious idea, certainly, and for three people who knew nothing about the whiskey business, it was a bit daunting,” Nance said.
The three had experience in farming and building, not in producing liquor, but they had roots in the area and decided to take a chance founding the distillery.
“We genuinely care about the area and wanted to create a good, local product that was sustainable and utilized crops from Albemarle County. And we stuck to that,” Nance said. “We are truly an Albemarle product, and we are certainly a taste of Virginia.”
