Drop Zone
Distilling

Located at: 806 E. Gov. John Sevier Hwy., Knoxville, TN 37920

(865) 219-3219

HOURS:

Mon – Thur. 10am – 6 pm

Friday and Saturday 10 am – 6pm

Sunday 1 pm – 5pm

HISTORY

FROM A US PARATROOPER TO A TN STATE TROOPER, NOW HE’S THE MAN BEHIND THE MASON JAR!

Step into the world of Drop Zone Distilling, where the spirits flow as freely as the stories that inspired them. Rod “Sarge” Parton is on a journey to introduce everyone to the real authentic unadulterated taste of hand-crafted Moonshine made famous from the back hills of Pittman Center, TN by his grandfather and great-grandpap as far back as 1930’s.

Rod’s grandfather had a small store up on the river where other shiners would come and get supplies to keep them from having to travel into town and be seen. Rod’s grandfather started making Rye Moonshine in the late 1960’s for a different flavor from the traditional corn-based shine most everyone was making. Rod has now taken the recipes from his great-grandpap’s corn based and his papaw’s rye-based moonshine and perfected the taste of both into Gold Medal Winning very smooth enjoyable shine made for sipping and telling stories around a campfire.

Rod has now taken the corn based moonshine from his great-grandpap and the rye from his grandfather and barreled them to create a family based whiskey to honor his family heritage under, “The Jumpmaster’s Reserve,” Bourbon’s and Whiskey’s!