The Green Fairy Lands in Greenville

  As Greenville’s Dark Corner Distillery prepares to celebrate its one-year anniversary after giving the state its first legally distilled whiskey since prohibition and its first and only hand-distilled gin, owner Joe Fenten says the small-batch micro distillery has a new title that has never been produced in the Southeastern United States. The Green Villain […]

Dark Corner Distillery Debuts South Carolina’s First-Ever Gin

  Dark Corner Distillery, South Carolina’s first distillery since Prohibition to produce small-batch, hand-spirited whiskey, is branching out from its whiskey line to create the first gin to be commercially distilled in the state. Dark Corner owner Joe Fenten debuted his new White Tiger Gin last Friday and said it would be available in a […]

CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 3)

ESTIMATING THE COST OF STARTING A BUSINESS The total cost is higher to date.  The cost to manufacture is higher than we thought.  Everything else is in line.  We were pretty close.  I’d say we were 90% on with our guess.  One of our worst places we didn’t really expect to spend the money we […]

CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 2)

JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS TO MAKE SHINE It’s a long process.  You’ve got all the good red tape if you’re going to make weapons or anything else like that — that’s what I compare it to – that we were going to make weapons, because it is a very big deal. The government wants their money […]