On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)20170917215602
On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)
September 17, 2017@jpr9954, Alabama, Anchor Distilling, Angel's Envy, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bardstown Capital Community Alliance, barrel, Beam Suntory, bicycle, Bill Samuels Jr., Booker Noe, bootlegger, Bourbon, Boyd's Jig & Reel Pub, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, California, cancer, Changhi Airport, Charlie Downs, Chris Morris, Cincinnati, Clyde May's, collaboration, Conecuh Ridge, Consortium of Cards, Copper & Kings, country music, David Mundell, David Shapira, Dawn Pryztal, Deerhammer, Douglas Laing & Co., Elizabeth McCall, Eric Gregory, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expansion, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, George Remus, Gerry Nichols, Glenmorangie, Harry Shapira, heart, heart attack, Heaven Hill, Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center, hospital, Indiana, Indianapolis, inductee, Islay, Islay Jazz Festival, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Rye, Japan, Jerry Summers, Jim Rutledge, jobs, John Hayes, John Richardson, Jud Laughter, Judy Shapira, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Industry Association, Kingsman, Knoxville, Lagavulin, Lawrenceburg, layoffs, Lenny Eckstein, Limited Edition Small Batch, Little Book, Louisville, Maker's Mark, marketing, Max Shapira, MGP, Mizunara, Montgomery Gentry, music, Nashville, Nick Nicholson, nosing, Old Forester, Old Potrero, oncologist, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Polo Edition, Port Dundas, Prohibition, Renovo, retirement, rocket scientist, Royal Salute, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Seattle, senses, Shinji Fukuyo, Singapore, sinus, SMWS, Solid Light, Speyburn, spies, spy, staves, Stuart Harvey, Suntory, surgery, Tennessee, The CrackerJack, The Golden Circle, Tom Helt, Travel, Troy Gentry, union, Westland, whiskey, whisky, wooden, Woodford Reserve0 comments
This week, we’re on the road at the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Kentucky! We’ll have highlights from the festival throu...
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)20170806120633
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)
August 6, 2017"Bourbon Pompeii", Anchor Brewing & Distilling, Anchor Distilling, Anchor Steam, archaeology, beer, Bib & Tucker, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Lopina, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Canadian Whisky Awards, Cher, Christina Philburn, Col. E.H. Taylor, construction, contract, Cooper's Choice, Dave Broom, David Mundell, DC, Dennis Carr, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, discrimination, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dublin Whiskey Festival, equality, exports, Facebook, family, Frankfort, gay, Glencadam, Glencairn, historical, Hollis Bulleit, Hunter Smith, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, John Burke, Kavalan, Keith Greggor, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lesbian, LGBT, Littlemill, Loch Lomond, Lochside, magazine, Masterson's Rye, medicine, Meredith Moody, National Register of Historic Places, negotiations, New Zealand Whisky Company, Nikka, nominations, O.F.C., Old Potrero, Pittyvaich, Podcast Awards, Potrero Hill, ratings, Re-Awakening, Rock Oyster, San Francisco, Sapporo, scoring, Scotch Whisky, Scott Rogers, Scottish Secretary, Seagram, Sebastiani, tariffs, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tasting notes, The Cask, Three Badge Beverage, Tom Bulleit, Tony Foglio, tour, tourism, trade, Travel, Virginia, visitors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wisconsin0 comments
Whiskies are celebrated at festivals all over the world these days, but there’s no place quite like Ireland when it comes to whisk(e)y. The inau...
Anchor Distilling Splits From Brewery After Sapporo Deal20170804163541
Anchor Distilling Splits From Brewery After Sapporo Deal
August 4, 2017Anchor Distilling, Anchor Steam, beer, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blue Hanger, brewing, California, Coffey Grain, Coffey Malt, Dennis Carr, Edrington, Fritz Maytag, Japan, Japanese, Junipero, Kavalan, Keith Greggor, London, Nikka, Old Potrero, Potrero Hill, Remy Cointreau, San Francisco, Sapporo, Seattle, Taiwan, The Glenrothes, Tony Foglio, Westland, whiskey, whisky0 comments
August 3, 2017 – While craft beer lovers may be lamenting the sale of San Francisco’s Anchor Steam beer to Japan’s Sapporo Holdings,...
Episode 619: December 11, 201620161211123350
Episode 619: December 11, 2016
December 11, 2016@beastin25_8, @crewcutter, @WhiskyRI, 1903, absinthe, acquisition, Alameda, allocation, Anchor Distilling, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arran, Austin Nichols & Co., Award, Baller Single Malt, Bay Area, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, bleep, blood vessels, Bob Dalgarno, Booger McFarland, Booker Noe, Booker's, Booker's Rye, Bottled in Bond, Bruce Joseph, California, carbon dating, Chapel Gate, Clear Creek, cold, Constellation Brands, consultant, core, counterfeit, craft distilling, cream liqueur, David Robertson, Dean McCarthy, doctors, dunnage warehouse, eau de vie, economic development, Edition No. 2, Edrington, El Cellar de Can Roca, ESPN Radio, fake, Fine & Rare Series, football, fraud, Fritz Maytag, fuck, Gary A. Turner, gin, Girona, government, Green Bay, Greg Parseghian, hallucinogenic, health, Health Services Executive, High West, Holstein, Hotaling's, hypothermia, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, J.J. Corry, Jim Murray, John Little, Joo Kim, Jörg Rupf, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kerrygold, labeling, Lance Winters, Laphroaig, Louise McGuane, Macallan, medical, Mike & Mike, monkey, NBV Investments, Old Potrero, Omar, Oxford, Pappy Van Winkle, polar vortex, pricing, rare whisky 101, Red Tape Follies, Remy Cointreau, Rhode Island, Roca, San Francisco, Scott Spolverino, Seattle, Smooth Ambler, Spain, St. George's Spirits, Steve McCarthy, Tag Galyean, tourism, TTB, Utah, value, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, weather, West Virginia, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Bible, whisky trail, Wild Turkey, winter, Yamazaki0 comments
A couple of weeks ago, we credited San Francisco’s Anchor Distilling with being the birthplace of the American craft distilling movement in 1993...
Episode 617: November 27, 201620161128000621
Episode 617: November 27, 2016
November 28, 2016@erikclancydub, @J1mbo7, 101 Whiskies, A'Bunadh, Aberlour, actor, Advent, Anchor Brewing, Anchor Distilling, Anchor Steam, Ardgowan Estate, Ardross Estate, Atom Supplies, author, Award, Balblair, Ballantine's, Ballindalloch, basement, Beam Suntory, beer, BenRiach, Birthday, Black Bull, book, brewing, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Joseph, calendar, California, Classic Cask, classic malts, competition, Connemara, Cooley, craft distilling, Crown Royal, Crown Royal Vanilla, Diageo, Dingle, Doublewood, Drinks by the Dram, Duncan Taylor, Elf on the Shelf, Erik Clancy, estate, Fargo, Fireball, flavored whiskies, Fred Minnick, Fritz Maytag, Glen Breton, Glen Fargo American Malt Whiskey, GlenDronach, Glenora Distillers, Gordon & MacPhail, Grandeur, Highland Council, Hotaling's, Ian Buxton, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, IWSC, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Jim Beam, Joel Kath, Kavalan, Kensington Wine Market, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, Knob Creek, Lagavulin, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, Lidl, Loch Dhu, lyne arm, Mark Brown, Mark Reynier, Master of Malt, Miltonduff, Miyagikyo, mothballed, Napa Valley, Nick Morgan, Nick Offerman, Nikka, North Dakota, Old Potrero, Oliver Hughes, Paddy, Pernod Ricard, Pierre Weydert, Potrero Hill, Proof Artisan Distillers, San Francisco, Sanaig, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, shortage, Signature Oak, Supreme Court, SWA, Teeling, Tennessee Fire, The Balvenie, The Golden Age Blend, The Singleton of Glendullan, travel retail, trophy, Turf Mor, vent pipe, Wall Street Journal, Waterford, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, Yoichi, York Creek Vineyards0 comments
What we think of today as the boom in craft distilling started 20 years ago this year, when San Francisco brewer Fritz Maytag bottled the first batch ...
Episode 616: November 20, 201620161120195716
Episode 616: November 20, 2016
November 20, 2016@Neuro_Kellie, @pkhtex, @Whisky_Jean, @WomenWhoWhiskey, addiction, airport, Anchor Distilling, appeal, art, auction, author, Aviation Gin, bartender, binge drinking, Bobby G, Bobby Gleason, book, Bourbon, Canada, Celebration Sour Mash, cocktail, Compass Box, court, Court of Session, Davos Brands, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Distiller's Edition, donation, Douglas Laing & Co., drink, European Union, Extra Old Particular, Fred Minnick, Hotaling, House Spirits, Jasper Spears, Jewish Whisky Company, Julia Ritz Toffoli, Kellie Jaremko, LCBO, Magic Cask, Manhattan, marijuana, medical, medicine, Michter's, minimum pricing, minimum unit pricing, Monarch of the Glen, National Galleries of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, Old Particular, Old Potrero, Ontario, opioid, painting, Parliament, Paul Hansen, Portland, Prohibition, provenance, recovery, retirement, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, shaken, Single Cask Nation, Sir Edwin Landseer, slavery, stirred, substance abuse, Supreme Court, Surgeon General, SWA, Talisker, taxes, The Irishman, The Singleton of Glendullan, Tom Mooney, Toronto, Vivek Murthy, vodka, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Willie Pratt, Writers Tears, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Bourbon’s history is as murky as a fermenter full of mash, and questions about the origins of Bourbon have led to more than a few arguments over...
Episode 251: May 3, 201020100503174300
Episode 251: May 3, 2010
May 3, 2010Aberlour, Aelia, Anchor, awards, Benromach, Bon Accord, competition, Cutty Sark, distillery, France, Glasgow, Glenrothes, Grant's, Inner Sanctum, Ireland, Irish, Jim Beam, Laphroaig, Linlithgow, Mark Connelly, Mark Rosauer, Old Potrero, Paris, Preiss, Ronnie Cox, Rothes, Royal Lochnagar, Scotland Whisky, Signature, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside, St. Magdalene, The Balvenie, tourism, Travel, Tullamore Dew, visitor, web site, whisky club, William Grant & Sons0 comments
There’s a locked door at the Glenrothes Distillery, which normally is not open to visitors. The sign above the door reads “I.S.” ...