WhiskyCast Episodes

WhiskyCast is where it all begins. Now in our 18th year, each weekly podcast brings you the latest in whisky news, along with the latest events, tasting notes, comments from other listeners, and the weekly “In-Depth” segment features interviews with the people who help make whisky the “water of life”.

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45 Is Old…For a Bourbon! (Episode 709: June 24, 2018)

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 tasting a 45-year-old Bourbon, not only is that old, but it’s the oldest Bourbon ever bottled! We’ll head to Julio’s Liquors in Massachusetts for the rare chance to taste the James Thompson & Brother Final Reserve 45-year-old Bourbon, along with its 42-year-old kid brother and three vintage Kentucky whiskies from the 50’s and 60’s. In the news, we’ll have the latest on Friday’s partial collapse of a whiskey warehouse at Kentucky’s Barton 1792 Distillery that left 9,000 barrels of whisky in a huge pile of timber and tin. On Behind the Label, we’ll also explain why those warehouses are called “rickhouses” in Kentucky and why the “ricks” are built out of wood.


Links: Julio’s Liquors | Frazier History Museum | Skinner Auctions | Barton 1792 Distillery | Nelson County Gazette | Edrington | Glenturret | Cutty Sark | Spirited Funds | Corby Spirits & Wine | J.P. Wiser’s | Coppersea Distilling | Redbreast | Eastside Distilling | New Riff Distilling | BourbonVeach.com