Uncle Nearest’s Mystery Deal Fell Apart. Now 3 New Buyers Are Circling the Whiskey Brand

The insolvent company’s receiver says a sale is close. He plans to use Chapter 11 to transfer its assets without existing liabilities.

BY LUCIA AUERBACH, NEWS WRITER

Illustration: Inc; Photo: Adobe Stock, Uncle Nearest

Uncle Nearest is finally nearing a sale, but not with the mystery buyer it announced finding four months ago.

Last Friday, the embattled whiskey brand’s receiver, Phillip G. Young Jr., said in a court filing that discussions were underway........

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