45 Is Old…For a Bourbon! (Episode 709: June 24, 2018)20180624215447
45 Is Old…For a Bourbon! (Episode 709: June 24, 2018)
June 24, 2018@BunkaiH, @ericcbarnes, @fr1day, @whiskeycat1324, #toosoon, 1792 Bourbon, 49th Parallel, Alcademics, aluminum, Andy Treinen, Aoife Keane, auction, Award, Bardstown, Bartender at Large, Barton, Barton 1792 Distillery, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Big Bottom Distilling, Birdhouse, Black Button Distilling, Bonticou Crag, border, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, branch, Camper English, Canada, Canada 2018 Commemorative Series, charities, cleanup, collapse, competition, Coppersea Distilling, Corby, creek, Cutty Sark, David Bolton, David Wondrich, desert island, Dream Cask, Eastside Distilling, editor, Edrington, environment, Eric Barnes, ETF Managers Group, European Union, exchange-traded funds, export, Final Reserve, flipping, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Frederick Stitzel, fund, George Young, Glenmore., Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, H. Hemphill, history, Hotaling & Co., import, insect damage, investigation, investing, investment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, J.P. Wiser's, J.P. Wiser's Seasoned Oak, James "Buddy" Thompson, James Thompson & Brother, Jim Brooks, Joe Hyman, John Egan, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, Kentucky Tavern, LCBO, Life Behind Bars, liquidation, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Lot #40, Louisville, Mano a Lámh, Mark @ WTF, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michael Veach, Nelson County Gazette, New Riff, New York, Newport, Noah Rothbaum, Northern Border Collection, online sales, Ontario, Oregon, Owensboro, Pappy Van Winkle, patent warehouse, Pernod Ricard USA, Pike Creek, podcast, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Redbreast, rick, Rick Astley, rick-rolled, rickhouse, ricks, river, rot, rust, Ryan Maloney, sale, Sazerac, ScotchWhisky.com, shares, Skinner, Sother Teague, sparks, Spirited Awards, Spirited Funds, steel, Stitzel-Weller, stocks, Tales of the Cocktail, tariffs, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, The Speakeasy, trade, trade war, Trump Administration, turkey, Very Old Fitzgerald, veterans, War of 1812, warehouse, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, WSKY0 comments
If you’re young, you might think 45 is old. If you’re older, you might think 45 is still pretty young. But when you’re talking about...
Making Sense(s) of Whisky (Episode 658: September 10, 2017)20170910211330
Making Sense(s) of Whisky (Episode 658: September 10, 2017)
September 10, 2017age statement, agent, Andrea Wilson, Angel's Envy, aroma, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, author, Award, Bardstown, barrel sales, beer, Ben & Jerry's, Benromach, BevCon, blogger, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Cabrach Trust, Canada, car, Charleston, China, Chivas Brothers, Christa Havican, chug, cocktail, coffee, Columbus, ComicCon, concierge, Diageo, Distilled Sunshine, distillery, dollar, drinks, drunk, Dublin, economy, Ellen DeGeneres, euro, exhibit, flavor, Forgotten Drop Series, Founder's Reserve, fraud, Frazier History Museum, Gerry Nicholls, Glen Grant, Glen Grant Collection, Gordon & MacPhail, Hall of Fame, Halle Berry, heirloom grains, Highland Park, historical, Houston, ice cream, Icons of Whisky, illicit distilling, Inverharrock Farm, investment, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Rye, Jeni's, Kavalan, KDA, Keith Batt, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, King Car, Kingsman, Laurent Lacassagne, Lois Mateus, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Michter's, Middle West Spirits, Mike Raymond, Moray Council, Nant Distillery, Nant Estate, Nantou, Nath Pizzolatto, neuroscience, New Zealand, Ohio, Omar, open records, OYO, Pam Heilmann, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Pat Retson, Patricia Retson, planning, police, pound, provincial, Quebec, Renaud Dugas, Reserve 101, Robert Kaiser, Robert Simonson, Rotorua, sale, SAQ, science, scientists, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, ScotchWhisky.com, senses, sensory, Singleton of Glen Old, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, South Carolina, Speyside, SWA, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tasmania Police, taste, terroir, The Glenlivet, Tocade, tourism, tourists, triple distilled, Urban Bourbon, US 1, visitors, visitors center, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Magazine, WhiskyCast Tasting Panel0 comments
Flavor, aroma, and taste. We all know what they mean…or do we? Gerry Nicholls isn’t so sure. He’s a veteran judge in beer and coffee...
Billy Walker Back in Whisky Business with Glenallachie Deal20170712192244
Billy Walker Back in Whisky Business with Glenallachie Deal
July 12, 2017Aberlour, BenRiach, Billy Walker, Brown-Forman, Chivas Brothers, Clan Campbell, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Graham Stevenson, McNair's, Pernod Ricard, Rachel Barrie, sale, The Glenallachie Consortium, Trisha Savage, White Heather0 comments
July 12, 2017 – It didn’t take long for Scotch Whisky veteran Billy Walker to get back to work after turning over blending responsibilitie...
Celebrating Canada’s 150 Years Whisky Style (Episode 647: June 25, 2017)20170624234435
Celebrating Canada’s 150 Years Whisky Style (Episode 647: June 25, 2017)
June 24, 2017@daw816, @jesslionsmane, @lloyd927, @That_Whisky_Guy, Agriculture Department, Andy Nelson, anniversary, Arctic, Arran, Balcones, bidders, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brooks Koepka, Brown-Forman, budget, Canada, Canada Day, Canadian Whisky, Chancery Court, Charlie Nelson, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Evison, Claret Jug, cocktails, Confederation Oak, contract, craft distillers, Crown Royal, Daniel Weber, Dave Pickerell, Delaware, DISCUS< lobbying, dissertation, Distilled Spirits Council, Don Livermore, Dumbarton, Early Times, Erin Hills, European Union, exports, Federal Excise Tax, FET, Fireball, Forty Creek, Glasgow, golf, Heaven Hill, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, industrial action, Iowa, Irish Whiskey, J.P. Wiser's, Jared Himstedt, Jess, John Hall, Kavalan, labor union, labour, lawsuit, legislation, Lloyd Fink, Madison Single Malt Society, map, Mark Gorman, Market Access Program, mediation, Michelob Ultra, move, Nashville, Nelson's First 108, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Newfoundland, One Fifty Commemorative, Paisley, Raj Bhakta, Royal Birkdale, Royal Salute, Russ Kempton, sale, sales, Scotch Whisky, Scotland Food & Drink, single malt, Smugglers Series, South Carolina, Spirits Europe, St. John's, Steve Ury, strike, Taiwan, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee, Texas, The Exciseman, The Flask Edition, The Open Championship, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Squad, tour, trade, Treasury Department, Triple Barrel Rye, trophy, Trump, Trump Administration, TTB, Two Brewers, U.S. Open, Unite, Vermont, Waco, Washington, water, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, Wilco Faessen, Wine Barrel Finished, Wisconsin, Yukon Spirits0 comments
July 1 is Canada Day, and this year it’s even more of a holiday than usual. Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary this Saturday, and Hiram Wal...
WhistlePig Rye Up For Sale in Craft Distilling “Feeding Frenzy”20170623152149
WhistlePig Rye Up For Sale in Craft Distilling “Feeding Frenzy”
June 23, 2017acquisition, Alberta Distillers, Anheuser-Busch, board, Canada, Canadian, Casamigros, Catoctin Creek, Chancery Court, Christopher Evison, Colombia, Constellation Brands, court, Dave Pickerell, Delaware, Diageo, dispute, FarmStock, George Clooney, High West, Hudson Whiskey, litigation, merger, Pernod Ricard, Raj Peter Bhakta, Rak Bhakta, sale, Santo Domingo, shares, Smooth Ambler, tequila, Tuthilltown Spirits, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen, William Grant & Sons0 comments
June 23, 2017 – The owners of WhistlePig Rye, the occasionally controversial but highly regarded Vermont whiskey distiller and bottler, have dec...
William Grant & Sons Acquires Tuthilltown Spirits20170418131917
William Grant & Sons Acquires Tuthilltown Spirits
April 18, 2017acquisition, Brian Lee, Catoctin Creek, Constellation Brands, Gardiner, Gibson's, Glenfiddich, Grant's, grist mill, High West, Monkey Shoulder, New York, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, Ralph Erenzo, Remy Cointreau, sale, Sazerac, Simon Hunt, Smooth Ambler, The Balvenie, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, Tuthilltown Spirits, Westland, William Grant & Sons0 comments
April 18, 2017 – Seven years after buying the Hudson Whiskey brand from Tuthilltown Spirits founders Ralph Erenzo and Brian Lee, William Grant &...
Sazerac Expanding Into Tennessee Whiskey With Distillery Purchase20161222121222
Sazerac Expanding Into Tennessee Whiskey With Distillery Purchase
December 22, 2016acquisition, Allisa Henley, Australia, Avery's Trail, Brown-Forman, Cocke County, cognac, conviction, Diego, Domaine Breuil de Segonzac, firearm, France, Frïs Vodka, George Dickel, Hank Williams Jr., Irish Distillers, Jamey Grosser, John Lunn, Lincoln County Process, Maria Brillet, Mark Brown, Michael Collins, Midleton, moonshine, moonshiner, Mrs. Sutton's, Nashville, Newport, Paddy, Pam Sutton, Patrick Brillet, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, prison, Remy Cointreau, sale, Sazerac, Seattle, Smooth Ambler, Southern Comfort, suicide, Sullivan's Cove, supply contract, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Last Drop, Tuaca, Tullahoma, Vendome, West Virginia, Westland, whiskey, whisky1 comment
December 22, 2016 – Sazerac is wrapping up a year of acquisitions and expansions with yet another deal, one that will give it a foothold in the ...
Episode 606: September 11, 201620160911121834
Episode 606: September 11, 2016
September 11, 2016@Justin83793724, actor, anCnoc, Angel's Envy, Angel's Share Glass, anniversary, auction, Aurora, Bardstown, Beanie Espey, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Big Peat, Birthday Bourbon, Bob Kunce-Concewitz, Brexit, Bruce Russell, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Campbeltown, Cannes, Chapel Gate, Christmas Edition, collection, Craoi na Móna, Cù Bòcan, currency, David Perkins, Donald Pennington, Doug Haslam, Douglas Laing & Co., dunnage, Eagle Rare 17, Eddie Russell, European Union, exchange rates, Forty Creek, George T. Stagg, Glen Scotia, Grand Marnier, Gruppo Campari, Health Services Executive, High West, Ikea, Inverness, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Espey, Jewish Whisky Company, Jill Hawkins, Jimmy Russell, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Joseph Magnus, Joshua Hatton, Justin Victor, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laphroaig, Last Drop Distillers, Lincoln Henderson, Loch Lomond, Louise McGuane, Louisville, Luxco, Martyn Simpson, Massachusetts, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Matthew McConaughey, MGP, Milroy's of Soho, movies, Newton, Old Forester, Paddy, Park City, Peaty Collection, Pernod Ricard, Peter Wendel, podcast, Rebecca Jago, Rebel Yell, Red Tape Follies, regulators, Richard Paterson, Rob Beaton, rock star, Russell's Reserve, sale, Sazerac, Sazerac 18, server, Single Cask Nation, Southern Comfort, speculation, Spencer Jacobsen, Stack, statistics, Stitcher, television, TFWA, The Nose, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Jago, Tomatin, traditional, travel retail, Tuaca, UBS, Utah, Wanship, Wes Henderson, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Jewbilee, Whisky Live Paris, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Wolfburn0 comments
Eddie Russell has been working in the shadow of his father, Wild Turkey’s legendary master distiller Jimmy Russell, for the last 35 years. Now, ...
Episode 587: April 30, 201620160501154043
Episode 587: April 30, 2016
May 1, 2016@Ben_Palin, acquisition, age statements, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Ben Bowers, Ben Palin, BenRiach, Billy Walker, black cherry, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Cleveland Underground, Cleveland Whiskey, Compass Box, competition, crowdfunding, Enlightenment, European Union, finishing, Flaming Heart, Four Roses, free trade, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Hood River Distillers, Indiegogo, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jim Rutledge, John Drew Brands, John Glaser, Jon Mowry, Jonathan Drew, Kevin Plank, Limestone Branch, Louisville, LVMH, MGP, Michter's, Monmouth Whisky Club, New Jersey, Nigel Farage, Peter Grasso, Phil Lynch, politics, President, processing, referendum, regulations, retirement, Sagamore Spirit, sale, Stephen Camisa, The Circus, The Glenrothes, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tom Lix, Trail's End, transparency, Under Armour, vote, Washington, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Yellowstone0 comments
The other night, one of the whiskey bars in Louisville held a “Jim Rutledge Tribute Night” to honor the retired Four Roses master distille...
Episode 556: October 4, 201520151004221453
Episode 556: October 4, 2015
October 4, 20151792 Bardstown, 1792 Small Batch, Alan Winchester, Alps, American Frozen Foods Institute, author, Becky Paskin, Beltway, Bernheim, book, boots, Bourbon Barrel Reserve, Bourbon Empire, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bryan Crosson, bug, Canadian Mist, Carlow, Chambord, Charles Maclean, Chivas Regal, cold, confession, construction, Conyngham, Dalwhinnie, Dave Broom, David Rule, DISCUS, Domaine des Hautes Glaces, eBay, Finland, flavored whiskey, flippers, Forsyths, France, Germany, germs, gin, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Heaven Hill, incubator, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Japan, Japanese, John E. Fitzgerald, justin morland, Kraig Naasz, Laphroaig, Les Moissons, Liqueur, lobbying, Ludwigshafen, Miyagikyo, Nadurra, Nikka, Oliver Chilton, organic, Peter Cressy, Phil Lynch, politics, Port Askaig, portal, Reid Mitenbuler, reports, Reuters, Richard Woodard, sale, Sam Mead, Sazerac, ScotchWhisky.com, sick, Simon Brooking, Simon Marshall, Slane Castle, Slane Whiskey, Southern Comfort, Speciality Drinks, Spirit of Place, Stitzel-Weller, stolen, Tadashi Sakuma, Teerenpeli, The Glenlivet, The Whisky Show London, theft, UDV, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Washington, welly boots, wheated Bourbon, WhiskyFest, Winter's Gold, Wyoming Whiskey, Wyoming Whiskey Barrel Strength, Yoichi0 comments
Earlier this year, Japan’s Nikka Whisky announced plans to replace many of its age-statement single malts with new no-age-statement versions. Th...