If you’re starting a new distillery from scratch, it helps to find some veteran whisky makers to join you on the journey. That’s just what… Read More
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O.Z. Tyler Distillery Rickhouse Suffers Partial Collapse
June 17, 2019 – Cleanup work is underway as investigators begin to search for the cause of an overnight rickhouse collapse at the O.Z. Tyler… Read More
Dingle Whiskey: Oliver’s Dream Realized (Episode 768: May 19, 2019)
Oliver Hughes and his partners in Ireland’s Porterhouse Group opened Dingle Distillery in late 2012, just as the Irish craft distilling boom was beginning. Dingle… Read More
A New Generation at Michter’s (Episode 765: April 28, 2019)
Pam Heilmann has been making Bourbon for her entire career, but it was only in the last three years that she had the title of… Read More
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years… Read More
Irish Whiskey on the Comeback Trail (Episode 759: March 17, 2019)
Irish Whiskey’s resurgence is only now beginning to make up for decades of obscurity over the last century, but with 23 active distilleries in Ireland… Read More
Whisky Knows No Gender…Why Don’t Some Men Get That? (Episode 758: March 10, 2019)
Women are making whiskies, running whisky companies, and teaching people how to enjoy whiskies all over the world. So…why do many men still treat women… Read More
Two Hurt in Tank Failure at Barton 1792 Distillery
March 5, 2019 – Two people suffered minor injuries today in the second accident in less than a year at Sazerac’s Barton 1792 Distillery in… Read More
Irish Whiskey’s Ups and Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)
Irish Whiskey continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the whisky business around the world, but the distilleries in Ireland and Northern Ireland… Read More
The Power(s) of Irish Whiskey Lore (Episode 741: November 25, 2018)
Ireland’s Power family dominated the Irish Whiskey industry almost from the day innkeeper James Power started making whiskey behind his inn on Dublin’s Thomas Street… Read More
Pour Me a Spot of Whiskey, Please! (Episode 740: November 18, 2018)
Back on the road again, and this episode comes from the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick! We’ll have highlights from the festival,… Read More
Unlocking the Gates of Kentucky’s Castle & Key Distillery (Episode 726: September 20, 2018)
In 1972, the gates were locked for what many thought would be the final time at Kentucky’s historic Old Taylor Distillery near Frankfort. Wednesday, those… Read More