The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)20190804174027
The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)
August 4, 2019"The Road Home", Adam Keele, agriculture, analysts, Armagnac, auction, Australia, backstop, Baker's Bourbon, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, beer, black market, Booker Noe, Booker's, brewer, Brexit, budget, bulk whiskey, Caleb Kilburn, capital, Chinkapin Oak, Cigar Blend Bourbon, Civil War, Clermont, Clonakilty Distillery, collecting, collectors, cooperage, Copper Mule Distillery, Corky Taylor, crackdown, Dallas Dhu, David McEldowney, DC, Derek Maclean, Diageo, DIGI, distillery, Don Gosen, Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, Dublin, earnings, Esquire, EU, European Union, excise taxes, Facebook, farmers, Fawn Weaver, finance, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, Gus Griffin, hard border, Hermann, history, Hobart, investors, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distilling Company, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Kevin Hogan, Knob Creek, law, lawmakers, legislature, Little Book, Longmorn, Lynchburg, meetup, Melbourne, MGP Ingredients, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Missouri Craft Distillers Guild, Morehead State University, Nancy Fraley, Nathan Nearest Green, Northern Ireland, Oban, Old Teddy, online, Prime Minister, Private Collection, race, racism, Rosemary Garth, Scotch Whisky Auctions, shares, slavery, St. Magdalene, Starward, stock market, STR Casks, Sydney, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Teddy Maclean, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, Tennessee Whiskey, The Glenlivet, trade, Travel, Uncle Nearest, Uncle Nearest 1884, Uncle Nearest Distillery, Victoria Eady-Butler, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky0 comments
If the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green and Jack Daniel was made into a movie, critics might describe it as “a feel-good story for th...
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)20190729035621
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
July 29, 2019@BunkaiH, @ButlerB, @Tony_thompson_1, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Agriculture Department, Airbus, alcohol, ALS, ALS Association, American Craft Spirits Association, Apollo, Ardbeg, Arvada, Baker's, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Boeing, Booker's, Bourbon, Brad Irwin, British Columbia, Cairdeas, Capitol Hill, carbon dioxide, Cardhu, Carrowdair, Cascade Hollow, charity, Chris Montana, Chris Swonger, classic malts, Col. Jim Beam, Colorado, Comic-Con, comics, Congress, contract, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, deductions, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, distillery, distilling, donation, Du Nord Craft Spirits, Dublin, electricity, Elizabeth McCall, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, Fawn Weaver, Federal Excise Tax, Frank Coleman, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glen Campbell, Glen Ord, GMB, gravity, Greg Butler, Halle Berry, Heaven Hill, House, Huber's Starlight Distillery, imports, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, interest, International Space Station, investment, Ireland, Irene Lau, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distillery, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Kingsman, Knob Creek, labor, labour, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lobbying, Logan Miller, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, Market Acmes Program, Massachusetts, mayor, Meagan Miller, media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, moon, Mortlach, Nathan "Nearest"Green, negotiations, New Orleans, Nicole Austin, Oregon Spirit Distillers, Outlander, oxygen, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Pittyvaich, politician, politics, power outage, Promise of Hope Fund, Quora, Rand Paul, Reggie Mobley, Salida, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Senate, Single Pot Still, Singleton of Glen Ord, Space, Special Releases, spirits, Spirits of the Apocalypse, strike, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, Talisker, Talnua Distillery, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, tax reform, Ted Huber, television, Tennessee Whiskey, terpenes, The Walking Dead, thunderstorm, Time Magazine, Tony Thompson, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Uncle Nearest, union, Unite, United States Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, upgrade, USDA, USTR, Victoria Eady-Butler, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, vote, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, World Trade Organization, Writers Tears, WTO0 comments
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a federal excise tax cu...
Her Whisky Love Becomes a Career (Episode 728: September 27, 2018)20180928161819
Her Whisky Love Becomes a Career (Episode 728: September 27, 2018)
September 28, 2018@SinglePotMike, @viciousvinifera, Aberfeldy, ABV, ACSA, Adam Rogers, Alan Wolstenholme, alcohol by volume, American Craft Spirits Association, anCnoc, auction, Aultmore, Bacardi, Baltimore, border, Bottled in Bond, brand ambassador, Brexit, British Proof, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, Bushmills, Castle & Key, Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, charity, Charles Maclean, Congress, Conor McGregor, craft distilling, Craft Spirits Data Project, Craigellachie, David Elder, Dewar's, distilling, Dublin, duty, duty paid day, Eire Born Spirits, election, England, EU, European Union, excise, Federal Excise Tax, FET, fighter, Fred Minnick, geographical indicator, Glen Deveron, Glenfarclas 105, Gordon Bruce, Great Britain, Heaven Hill, Heritage Barrel, Highland Park, Holly Seidewand, Inver House, Ireland, Isabel Graham-Youll, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson Cobleigh, John Dewar & Sons, Jos. A. Bank, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Knockdhu, label, London, Louisville, Lynchburg, Maclean's Miscellany of Whisky, Margie Lehrman, Marianne Eaves, Mark Reynier, Maryland, Mike Horton, MMA, Nearest Green, Northern Ireland, ocean, Park Street, Philip Hammond, Plastic Oceans International, pollution, Prime Minister, proof, Proper No. Twelve, R.M. Peluso, Royal Brackla, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scottish Craft Distillers Association, Scottish Distillers Association, shit, shite, skepchicks.org, specific gravity, Speyburn, study, SWA, tariffs, tax reform, taxes, Tennessee, The IWSR, The Whisky Show, Theresa May, trade, travel retail, TTB, UK, Valhalla, Valknut, Valkyrie, Viking Series, Waterford, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, World Trade Organization0 comments
In 2016, Holly Seidewand started a journey that would change her life by traveling to Scotland to learn more about whisky. That journey later took her...
Jeff Arnett: 10 Years as Master Distiller at Jack Daniel’s (Episode 718: August 5, 2018)20180805102501
Jeff Arnett: 10 Years as Master Distiller at Jack Daniel’s (Episode 718: August 5, 2018)
August 5, 2018acacia, activists, American Craft Spirits Association, Angel's Envy, Antrim, Australia, Bardstown, bass, Belle Meade, Blended Malt, Boot Hill, Bottled in Bond, Brian Lee, Brian Treacy, Buchanan's Select, Bushmills, Carlow Brewing Company, Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, Collinstown, Cork, demand, Diageo, distiller, Douglas Laing & Co., Dubai, Dublin, Dublin Airport, duty free, Eddie Russell, environment, EU, European Union, expansion, Fraunces Tavern, Heaven Hill, Ireland, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Arnett, Jimmy Bedford, Jimmy Russell, Kansas, Lincoln Henderson, Longbranch, Louise McGuane, Lynchburg, Mark Shilling, Mark Vierthaler, master distiller, Matthew McConaughey, mesquite, music, Nearest Green, Neil Giraldo, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, New York City, Northern Ireland, Old Fitzgerald, Parker Beam, Pearse Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery, planning, Ralph Erenzo, Rock Oyster, Sagamore Spirit, Save Our Causeway Coast, Single Barrel Select, sound, St. James's Church, Supervalu, tariffs, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Three Chord Bourbon, tone, trade, travel retail, Tuthilltown Spirits, Wes Henderson, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey0 comments
Jeff Arnett became the Master Distiller for Jack Daniel’s in 2008, joining a small club of distillers that began with Jack Daniel and Nathan ...
Nearest Green’s Legacy Gets a New Home (Episode 675: January 7, 2018)20180106214016
Nearest Green’s Legacy Gets a New Home (Episode 675: January 7, 2018)
January 6, 2018@WhiskyCanuck, #2017LastDram, #2018FirstDram, accelerated maturation, accident, African-American, airport, Alexander McGavin, Angie Ball, anniversary, aviation, B.J. Hooker, Balvenie, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bedford County, Beefeater Gin, Ben Nevis, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Board of Trade, Book & Bourbon, Bowmore, brandy, Bruichladdich, Burns, Cadboll, Canada, chairman, checkpoint, Christopher Winters, Civil War, Colin Ross, collaboration, Constellation Brands, Copper & Kings, Creative Whisky Company, Darryl Jones, David Stirk, Desmond Payne, Distillery District Marketplace, DOT, Douglas Laing & Co., Duthac, Elgin Classic, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, experiment, FAA, Fawn Weaver, Fettercairn, fire chief, flight, Fred Laing, generation, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Great Britain, Heaven Hill, history, Honours List, Houston, Ian Harris, independent bottlers, Indiana, injury, investment, Island Beach Distillery, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jamie Milne, Jeffrey Steubben, Karen Scott, KDA, KDKA-TV, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, Lakes Distillery, Laphroaig, Larry Kass, Legends Collection, Leslie Samuels, Louisville, Louisville International Airport, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Meredith Grelli, Mike York, minority stake, Mistelle, Montreal, Muscat, Nathan Nearest Green, National Archives, Nearest Green, New Jersey, New Year's, Nigel Mills, Paradies Lagardere, Pennsylvania, Pinotage, Pittsburgh, predictions, prices, pricing, Queen Elizabeth, Remarkable Regional Malts, retail, Rick Robinson, Roaming Man, Rob Bruce, Rob Samuels, Robert Burns, science, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SDF, Seattle, security, Shelbyville, shopping, slave, slavery, SMWS, Soledad O'Brien, Speciality Drinks, stake, Steve Nally, Sugarlands, Tailfire, Tarlogan, Tayne, Tennessee, Texas, The Singleton of Dufftown, The Whisky Shop, Three Ships, Timorous Beastie, To a Mouse, Top Ten Predictions, Travel, travel retail, TSA, Uncle Nearest 1856 Whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Wine & Spirit Education Trust, WSET, Zionsville0 comments
Last November, Fawn Weaver told us about her mission to spread the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green, the former slave who became Jack Danie...
12 Years of Whisky Podcasts…and We’re Still Here! (Episode 667: November 12, 2017)20171111234544
12 Years of Whisky Podcasts…and We’re Still Here! (Episode 667: November 12, 2017)
November 11, 2017@bdp415am, 1939, A. Smith Bowman, Abraham Bowman, American Whiskey, Amir Peay, anniversary, Augusta National Golf Club, Australia, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, BBC News, Beaumont Inn, BenRiach, Big Peat, Black Label, black market, Blended Malts, Bobby Parnell, bootlegging, Bourbon, Bourbon Capital of the World, break-in, Brown-Forman, burglary, C.M. Dedman, Canada, Carlow, Carlow Brewing Company, Chattanooga Whiskey, Churchill Downs, Colorado, Colosseum, Diageo, diplomacy, diplomat, Dixon Dedman, Dmitry Efimov, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, economic development, Embassy, Fawn Weaver, film, Fredericton, Generations, Georgetown Trading Company, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Harrodsburg, Highland Park, Hyon Ki-Yong, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, Inner Circle, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Isaac Bowman, Islamabad, Islay, J.D. Tolley, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, James E. Pepper Distillery, John's Lane, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Kentucky Owl, Kentucky Owl Park, Keystones Series, Kingsman, Lagavulin, Lexington, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Lynchburg, Matt Wooler, Matthew Vaughn, MGP, Midleton, Mortlach, movie, Muslim, Nathan Nearest Green, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, Nick Morgan, North Korea, Pakistan, Pakistan Daily, Pearse Irish Whiskey, Pearse Lyons Distillery, police, Port Ellen, Powers, Prohibition, Proximo Spirits, Quercus, Redbreast, Reuters, Rome, Rose Bowl, sanctions, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Regulations of 2009, Scotland, Signatory, slavery, Stewart Buchanan, Stoli Group, Stolichnaya, Svend Jansen, Tennessee, Texas, The Masters, The Original, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, theft, Tincup, Vatican City, Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Yankee Stadium0 comments
The very first episode of WhiskyCast was on November 12, 2005, and twelve years later, we’ve been around long enough to have an age statement! B...
The Tale of “Uncle Nearest” and a Whiskey Legacy (Episode 666: November 5, 2017)20171105214430
The Tale of “Uncle Nearest” and a Whiskey Legacy (Episode 666: November 5, 2017)
November 5, 2017@donaldhanna, @Eric_Howell, @miwilliams283, @theweedramgirl, ACSA, airport, American Craft Spirits Association, anCnoc, Ardbeg, Bourbon, Brett Ratner, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Brussels, budget, Canada, Chambers Bay Distillery, Chancellor, Civil War, Classic Cut, Clay Risen, Colin Dunn, Collectivum, Colorado, Compass Box, Confederation of British Industry, Congress, Copper Dog Whisky, Cork, counterfeit, craft distillers, Craft Spirits Data Project, Craigellachie Hotel, Dan Coll, data, David Robertson, Denzel Washington, Diageo, Donald Hanna, duties, duty free, economic, Emancipation Proclamation, Empire Rye, Eric Howell, EU, European Union, exchange rates, excuse, exports, fake, Fawn Weaver, film, Fort Collins, Franciscan Well Brewery, Fred Minnick, Fredericton, Full Volume, George Washington's Distillery, Greg Metze, Highland Park, HM Revenue & Customs, Hollywood, Huber's Starlight Distillery, Idris Elba, Indiana, IPA Edition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Pale Ale, IWSR, J.D. Tolley, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jameson Caskmates, John Glaser, Latvia, Lawrenceburg, Lem Tolley, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, MGP, Michael Williams, Mount Vernon, movie, Nathan Green, Nathan Nearest Green, Nearest Green, Nearest Green Foundation, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York, New York Times, No Name, note, Old Elk, Oxford, Park Street, Peatheart, Phenomenology, Philip Hammond, rare whisky 101, Riga, Roseisle, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, sanctions, scandal, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, sexual harassment, slavery, Special Releases, Speyside, Stuart Morrison, SWA, Swiss, Switzerland, taxes, Ted Huber, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blender's Dog, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Guardian, The Hilhaven House, The Macallan, trade, Travel, travel retail, Waldhaus am See Hotel, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Makers Series, whisky0 comments
In 2015, Brown-Forman acknowledged what had been an open secret around Lynchburg, Tennessee for generations – that Jack Daniel’s distillin...
Brown-Forman Investing $45 Million in Louisville Cooperage, 70 Jobs To Be Eliminated20170921143715
Brown-Forman Investing $45 Million in Louisville Cooperage, 70 Jobs To Be Eliminated
September 21, 2017Alabama, Alex Alvarez, barrels, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, Canadian Mist, cooperage, Coopers' Craft, el Jimador, heading, Herradura, Jack Daniel's, Kentucky, labor, layoffs, Louisville, Lynchburg, Old Forester, staving, tax credits, Tennessee, union, United Auto Workers, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve0 comments
September 21, 2017 – Last year, Brown-Forman introduced “Cooper’s Craft” Bourbon to honor the men and women who make whiskey b...
Distilling Returns to the Birthplace of Scotch Whisky (Episode 654: August 13, 2017)20170812100858
Distilling Returns to the Birthplace of Scotch Whisky (Episode 654: August 13, 2017)
August 12, 2017@whyterlayter, Allisa Henley, analyst, bespoke, bitters, Booker Noe, Bourbon, British Airways, Bruichladdich, Cairdeas, Chivas Brothers, cocktail, Connacht Whiskey Company, contract, crowdfunding, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, economic, economy, Elixir Distillers, Fife, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Friar John Cor, Graeme Eadie, Graham Casey, health, Heathrow, hold, Indiegogo, Irish Whiskey, Islay, IWSR, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, John Lunn, Johnnie Walker, Kilmalid, Kirby, Kyle Sigo, labor, labour, Laphroaig, Lindores Abbey, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Little Book, London, Lynchburg, milestone, Murray Whyte, My Edition, Nashville, negotiations, nicotine, Octomore, Paisley, personalisation, personalization, Popcorn Sutton Distillery, recipe, Red Dog Saloon, research, Robin Laing, sales, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Single Malts of Scotland, social media, Spade & Bushel, Speyburn, Stone Soup, strike, Tennessee, tincture, tobacco, Tormore, Treacle Chest, Twitter, union, Unite, vanilla, Vanilla Burst, wages, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, White Rabbit Saloon, William Wallace, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Lindores Abbey has a unique place in Scottish history. In 1494, the abbey’s Friar John Cor was responsible for the oldest known written referenc...
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)20170305014032
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)
March 5, 2017#trypod, A. Smith Bowman, Adam Harris, Alex Conyngham, Alexander Murray & Co., Allison Patel, ambassador, anniversary, archaeology, Ardbeg, Ardgowan, arrest, Atlanta, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bardstown, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, beer, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Brenne Whisky, brewer, brewery, Brian Shemwell, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, bus, CEO, charity, Chris Malcolm, Cincinnati, collectors, construction, cooper, coopering, counterfeit, court, D.E.W. and a Brew, Dan Rosen, David Faughn, David Frost, dendrochronology, Diageo, diplomat, Dublin Airport, Earl of Mount Charles, eBay, editor, EU, European Union, fake, fraud, fundraiser, Ger Buckley, Glenlivet, Glenturret, Golan Heights Distillery, Golani, Greenock, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky Awards, Ileach, Inverclyde Council, Inverkip, investors, Irish Whiskey, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Israel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson's Jigger, Jane Maher, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Joe Beatrice, John J. Bowman, Julian Van Winkle III, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Killian O'Mahony, Kim Bennett, Laphroaig, lawyers, Limestone Branch, London, Louisville, Lux Row, Luxco, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Martin Daraz, Mauritania, Mazurt Brewing Company, Meier's Winery, MGP, Michael Jamieson, Michter's, Mickey Heads, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Minor Case Beam, Morocco, Nant, NUPBL Foundation, Ohio, Orkney, Paul Beam, podcast, police, Port Ellen, Rare Bourbon for Rare Disease, retirement, Rhode Island, road trip, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Shelbyville, Simon Brooking, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, Sons of Liberty, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beam, still, Stuart Thomson, SWA, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tim Herlihy, trees, Tripp Stimson, Tullamore D.E.W., Vendome, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, whisky.auction, Willie Pratt, winter, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Mickey Heads grew up about three miles from Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery, but the third-generation whisky maker never thought he’d wind up as...