The Back Stories Behind Picking Private Barrels (Episode 780: August 11, 2019)20190811202820
The Back Stories Behind Picking Private Barrels (Episode 780: August 11, 2019)
August 11, 2019@sailorretro, acquisition, amaranth, attitudes, Australia, Barley Exploration Series, bars, bartenders, beer, Bere Barley, Bere Barley 2010, Birthday Bourbon, Bourbon, Bourbon Salon, Bourbon's Bistro, Bowmore, bricks, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bullitt, California, Caol Ila, Cardhu, chimney, China, Civil War, Clynelish, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Conservative, construction, Cork, Cornerstone Rye, Creation, Cù Bòcan, Dayton, Diageo, distilling, doormen, Dragon Edition, Eddie Russell, Edinburgh, El Paso, Elmer T. Lee, Elmer T. Lee 100 Year Tribute, Evan Williams, Fawn Weaver, Finland, Firestone & Robertson, Fort Worth, Frankfort, Gallup, Gilroy, Glen Garden, Glenkinchie, Global Travel Retail, golf course, history, Hobart, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Ireland, Islay, Islay Barley 2011, Isokyrö, Jack Daniel, Joe Head, Johnnie Walker Experience, Jordan Oeler, Kalle Valkonen, Ken Golden, Kentucky, Kyoto, Kyrö, Kyröfest, Larry Rice, Leonard Firestone, liquor, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark 101 Proof, Margo McMillen, mass shootings, Master's Keep, meetup, Melbourne, Michael Veach, Michter's, Moray Council, Nathan Nearest Green, Nearest Green, Ohio, Old Forester, Omar Fitzell, Omi, Oxmoor Farm, Pappy Van Winkle, Pernod Ricard, planning permission, podcast, pricing, private barrel, private selection, progressive, race, Rye, Scotch, Scotland, Sea Dragon, security, shooting, slavery, Speyside, Starward, strategy, Suntory, survey, Sydney, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Texas, The Century, The Gallup Poll, The Organic 2010, The Pearl, The Silver Dollar, Toasted Barrel Finish, Tomatin, tourism, travel retail, Traveler's Edition, Troy Robertson, Uncle Nearest, US1, Veterans of Foreign Wars, visitors center, warehouse, whiskey, Whiskey Ranch, whisky, Whistlepig, Wild Turkey, Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit, wine0 comments
“Private Selection” bottlings are the rage today, and it almost seems like an arms race as bars and retailers try to outdo each other with...
Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Leaves Behind Environmental Impact20190708140647
Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Leaves Behind Environmental Impact
July 8, 2019alcohol, bacteria, Beam Suntory, Bourbon, drinking water, environment, fire, fish, fish kill, Frankfort, Glenn's Creek, Jim Beam, John Mura, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, lightning, Ohio River, Old Crow, oxygen, regulators, rickhouse, Versailles, warehouse, whiskey, whisky, Woodford County0 comments
July 8, 2019 – Investigators are now looking through the rubble of a rickhouse at Beam Suntory’s Old Crow warehousing site near Versailles...
Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse Still Burning in Kentucky20190705170826
Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse Still Burning in Kentucky
July 5, 2019ambulance, Beam Suntory, Bourbon, Castle & Key, Drew Chandler, drinking water, environment, fire, firefighters, Frankfort, Glenn's Creek, Glenns Creek Distilling, heat exhaustion, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Kentucky River, McCracken Pike, medics, Old Crow, Old Taylor Distillery, rickhouse, tour bus, warehouse, whiskey, whisky, Will Arvin, Woodford County, Woodford County Emergency Management0 comments
July 5, 2019 – The fire that destroyed a Jim Beam Bourbon maturation warehouse is still burning, nearly three days after it started late Tuesday...
Bourbon’s Economic Impact Booms in Kentucky20190206163827
Bourbon’s Economic Impact Booms in Kentucky
February 6, 2019aluminum, barrel tax, Beam Suntory, Bill Samuels Jr., Bourbon, Canada, Capitol, China, cooperage, drunk driving, DUI, economic impact, economy, Eric Gregory, European Union, farming, Frankfort, General Assembly, ignition interlock, jobs, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Association of Beverage Retailers, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kevin Smith, legislation, legislature, logistics, Maker's Mark, Mexico, politics, retailers, Robert Stivers, Senate, steel, tariffs, tax credits, taxes, trade, trucking, Trump Administration, University of Louisville, whiskey, whisky0 comments
February 6, 2019 – Ten years ago, leaders of Kentucky’s Bourbon industry staged a protest at the Capitol in Frankfort by pouring their whi...
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...
Second Half of Barton 1792 Warehouse Collapses20180704163011
Second Half of Barton 1792 Warehouse Collapses
July 4, 2018Bardstown, Bardstown Fire Department, Barton 1792 Distillery, Beech Fork River, Billy Mattingly, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, collapse, Department of Environmental Protection, engineers, environment, fish, Frankfort, Glenmore., inspection, John Mura, Kentucky, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Owensboro, rickhouse, Sazerac, structural damage, whiskey, whisky, Withrow Creek0 comments
July 4, 2018 – Twelve days after half of a maturation warehouse at Sazerac’s Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky collapsed, the ...
“PappyGate” Ringleader Released from Prison20180703192806
“PappyGate” Ringleader Released from Prison
July 3, 2018attorney, Buffalo Trace, court, evidence, Frankfort, Franklin County, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, grand jury, hearing, indictment, jail, judge, Kentucky, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, prison, prosecutor, sentence, shock probation, stolen, theft, Thomas Wingate, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Zachary Becker0 comments
July 2, 2018 – After serving just one month of the 15-year prison sentence he received for his role in the thefts of tens of thousands of dollar...
Investigation Underway Into Bardstown Whiskey Rickhouse Collapse20180623165001
Investigation Underway Into Bardstown Whiskey Rickhouse Collapse
June 23, 20181729 Barton, Bardstown, barrels, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, collapse, Constellation Brands, construction, Department of Environmental Protection, fire, Frankfort, Glenmore., helicopter, investigation, Kentucky, Louisville Courier-Journal, Nelson County, Nelson County Gazette, Owensboro, pollution, rick, rickhouse, Sazerac, statement, water, whiskey, whisky, WLKY0 comments
June 23, 2018 – An investigation is underway into the cause of Friday morning’s warehouse collapse at Sazerac’s Barton 1792 Distille...
“PappyGate” Ringleader Sentenced to 15 Years20180604142741
“PappyGate” Ringleader Sentenced to 15 Years
June 4, 2018Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Commonwealth, crime, deputies, Eagle Rare, evidence, Frankfort, Franklin County, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, investigation, judge, Kentucky, Mark Brown, Mark Sean Searcy, Old Rip Van Winkle, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, prosecutor, Sheriff, theft, Thomas Wingate, tip, Van Winkle, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Zachary Becker0 comments
June 2, 2018 – Gilbert “Toby” Curtsinger, the admitted ringleader of Kentucky’s most infamous whiskey thefts since Prohibition...
Kentucky Moving Toward “Bourbon Without Borders”20180406133543
Kentucky Moving Toward “Bourbon Without Borders”
April 6, 2018bill, Bourbon, Chris Zaborowski, Eric Gregory, FedEx, Frankfort, governor, House Bill 400, Justin Sloan, Justins' House of Bourbon, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Distillers Association, law, lawmakers, legislature, Lexington, Louisville, Louisville International Airport, Matt Bevin, package, reciprocal, reciprocity, retail, shipment, shipments, shipping, U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service, UPS, Westport Whiskey & Wine, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 6, 2018 – For almost as long as Kentucky distillers have opened their doors to visitors, they’ve had to field one question. “I...