Unlocking the Gates of Kentucky’s Castle & Key Distillery (Episode 726: September 20, 2018)20180919230640
Unlocking the Gates of Kentucky’s Castle & Key Distillery (Episode 726: September 20, 2018)
September 19, 2018@Mike_W_Simpson, Amrut, anger management, Antique Collection, Australia, Bardstown, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Beckmann, Becle, benefits, Bernheim, BetDSI, betting, Birthday Bourbon, Booker Noe Distillery, Bottled in Bond, Buffalo Trace, buried, Bushmills, Bushmills Irish Honey, cemetery, Clermont, Col. E.H. Taylor, Conor McGregor, contract, Coxs Creek, Crumlin, Cruzan Rum, Cù Bòcan, David Elder, David Vitale, Denny Potter, diplomat, disability, distilling, Drambuie, Dublin 12, Eagle Rare, Eric Gregory, fighter, Fireball, first responders, flag, flavored whiskey, Four Roses, gambling, George T. Stagg, George Washington, Glenmorangie, Glenn's Creek, Grand Vintage Malt 1993. Madeira, Greg Davis, Heaven Hill, India, Ireland, Irish Mist, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, Jane Bowie, Jeff Hammer, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam Distillery, Jim Rutledge, Joo Kim, Josh Hafer, Joshua McQueen, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kirin, labor, Las Vegas, Lawrenceburg, Liqueur, Local 10D, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marianne Barnes, Marianne Eaves, master distiller, McCracken Pike, Melbourne, mixed martial arts, MMA, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFO/SEIU, negotiations, New Riff, news conference, No. #1 Bond House, Notorious, Nova, odds, Old Forester, Old Taylor Distillery, Peristyle, police, Private Select, promotion, prop bets, Proper No. Twelve, Proximo Spirits, restoration, Revolutionary War, Sazerac Rye, sergeant, short-term disability, sick leave, Smiley, spirit drinks, Starward, strike, sugar, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, travel retail, UFC, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, US Virgin Islands, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Wes Murry, whiskey, whisky, Will Arvin, William Larue Weller0 comments
In 1972, the gates were locked for what many thought would be the final time at Kentucky’s historic Old Taylor Distillery near Frankfort. Wednes...
Major Changes At Maker’s Mark, Jim Beam, and Heaven Hill20180918193416
Major Changes At Maker’s Mark, Jim Beam, and Heaven Hill
September 18, 2018ALS, Austin, Bardstown, Beam Suntory, Bernheim Distillery, Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, Bourbon, Clermont, Craig Beam, Cruzan Rum, Deep Eddy Vodka, Denny Potter, distiller, Frankfort, Global Innovation Center, Greg Davis, Heaven Hill, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Distillery, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Maker's Mark, master distiller, Parker Beam, Private Select Experience, Rob Samuels, Texas, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, whiskey, whisky0 comments
September 18, 2018 – Just days after the end of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, an earthquake of sorts has hit Bourbon Country with major changes...
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)20180713003805
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)
July 13, 2018@whisky_pete, #freethewhisky, Aberfeldy, airport, Alain Royer, ALS, ALS Association, Amir Peay, Angel's Envy, attorney general, Baltimore, Bardstown, Bare Knuckle, Blenders' Mash, Boot Hill Distillery, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, Bourbon, Bourbon Mash, Brian Treacy, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buchanan's, Business in Vancouver, Canada, cannabis, Catoctin Creek, Changhi, charity, Columbus, Connecticut, Crown Royal, David Eby, Deatsville, Denny Potter, DFS, Diageo, doctorate, Dodge City, duty free, Ellicott City, Europe, expansion, exports, fermenters, flood, forgery, fundraiser, Heaven Hill, Hickman, honorary, imports, Italy, James E. Pepper, James E. Pepper Distillery, Kansas, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, KO Distilling, Kyle Henderson, label approval, Lexington, Liqueur, Liquor Distribution Branch, Louisville, Mad River Distillers, Manassas, Mark Williams, Marsala, Maryland, New Haven, New Riff Distillery, Newfoundland, Noble Collection, Ohio, Orange Curaçao, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Promise of Hope, province, Puni, R H Resolute, Rachel Barrie, Red Eye Whiskey, regulations, robocall, Rod Zdebiak, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scott Harris, Singapore, SMWS, spelt, St. John's, tariffs, tax strips, Thomas Mackenzie, trade war, travel retail, TTB, University of Edinburgh, Vendome, Vermont, Virginia, Watershed, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky0 comments
Heaven Hill has unveiled the 2018 edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection whiskey. It’s a Bourbon finished in Orange Curaçao liqueur barre...
Heaven Hill Completes $25 Million Bernheim Distillery Expansion20171018123432
Heaven Hill Completes $25 Million Bernheim Distillery Expansion
October 18, 2017Bardstown, Bernheim, charity, Dare to Care, Denny Potter, expansion, fire, Heaven Hill, hunger, Kentucky, Louisville, non-profit, United Distillers, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 18, 2017 – The largest Bourbon distillery in Kentucky isn’t located on a hillside surrounded by farms or pastures with grazing Tho...
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
July 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
Heaven Hill Unveils 2017 Parker’s Heritage Collection Bourbon20170719175438
Heaven Hill Unveils 2017 Parker’s Heritage Collection Bourbon
July 19, 2017ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Bardstown, Bourbon, Clermont. T.W. Samuels Distillery, Deatsville, Denny Potter, Heaven Hill, Kentucky, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Nelson County, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Promise of Hope, whiskey, whisky0 comments
July 19, 2017 – Wth Parker Beam’s passing in January of complications from ALS, this year’s release of Heaven Hill’s annual Pa...
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)20170514193411
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)
May 14, 2017@cocktail_maven, @SuprCityIndyFan, #saveourscotch, #supportscotch, Abhainn Dearg, Alan Eunson, Ardbeg, auction, Austin, Bali, Balvenie, Bardstown, Barley, Bernheim, Big Peat, Big Peat's Pals, Bill Lumsden, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, Bonhams, Boston, bottling, Bowmore, Brattzoo, Brora, Brothership, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, camp, campaign, candidate, chariot, Charles Doig, chimney, collectors, Crown Royal, Darek Linklater, Deep Eddy, Denny Potter, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., duty, election, Elijah Craig, Experimental Collection, exports, Fargo, Feis Ile, floor maltings, geology, glen, Glen Fargo, Glenfiddich, GNS, Graham Garriock, grain neutral spirits, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hobbister Moor, Hong Kong, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indonesia, Irish Whiskey, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, It's the Liquor Talking, jobs, Joel Kath, Johnnie Walker, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Jura, Kilchoman, kiln, labor union, Laphroaig, Liqueur, Macallan, Malt, malting, maltman, Manifesto, Marie Stanton, Mark Kleinman, Massachusetts, Millstone Spirits, New Hampshire, Noble Collection, North Dakota, Organic Six Grain Whiskey, Orkney, pagoda, Parliament, party, Paul Manson, peat, Philadelphia, platform, podcast, Prizefight, promotion, Proof Artisan Distillers, provenance, radio, rake, Randall Bird, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, RV, Ryan Maloney, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, shovel, single malt, Southern Comfort, Spencer Jacobsen, Springbank, SWA, Tamworth Distilling, Tastival, taxes, Texas, The Balvenie, The Cocktail Maven, Tracie Franklin, trademark, tradition, union, Unite, vodka, weather, West Cork Distillers, Westborough, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Most Scotch Whisky distilleries source their malted barley from large commercial maltsters today, but a handful of distilleries still maintain their o...
Parker Beam: 1941-201720170109172134
Parker Beam: 1941-2017
January 9, 2017ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Bardstown, Bardstown Baptist Church, Barlow Funeral Home, Bourbon Heritage Center, Craig Beam, Denny Potter, Earl Beam, Heaven Hill, Jimmy Russell, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Master Distillers' Unity, Max Shapira, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Promise of Hope Fund, whiskey, whisky0 comments
January 9, 2017 – It’s a sad day for whiskey lovers. Parker Beam, one of Bourbon’s legendary distillers, passed away at his home nea...
Episode 581: March 19, 201620160319235701
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016A Glass Apart, Abraham Bowman, Alex Chasko, ambassador, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Ashok Chokalingam, Australia, author, Balcones, BenRiach, Bernheim Original, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker. Utah, Bourbon, Brenne, Brian Kinsman, budget, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Changi, Château Léoville Barton, cognac, Colorado, Cooley, corn Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Craig Beam, Dark Cove, Denny Potter, Denver, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, Exile Casks, Feis Ile, Fergal Murray, Fionnán O'Connor, France, Fuji-Gotemba, George Osborne, Gifted Horse, Glen Alba, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Guinness, Hall of Fame, Harold Currie, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, High West, historian, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Icons of Whisky Awards, independent bottling, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Joel Harrison-Grier, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Lagg, Laphroaig, Legion D'Honneur, Lidl, light whiskey, Margaret Mary Clarke, Master of Malt, MGP, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Paul Currie, Pennsylvania, Pierre Weydert, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Sainsbury's, Sarah Mytych, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Smoked Maple, Smooth Ambler, Solist, sourced, Steve Ryan, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Lakes Distillery, Tom Diana, Tomatin, True Blue, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, William Grant & Sons, World War I, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989 Vin...
It’s Allta ‘Bout the Yeast! (Episode 753: February 3, 2019)