Clyde May's

Clyde May came home from the Second World War and made whiskey in the woods near Almeria, Alabama, running about 300 gallons a week. He served eighteen months for it in 1973. His son Kenny took the recipe legal in 2001.

The apples are the signature. May rested his whiskey in charred barrels with dried apples inside, which is where the green apple and cinnamon note in Alabama Style Whiskey comes from. In 2004 the Alabama Legislature overrode the governor's veto to name it the official state spirit. Try the Alabama Style first, then the straight bourbon.