US President Barack Obama visited a whisky maker for the first time this week during his trip to Cleveland for a speech to the City… Read More
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Episode 490: August 1, 2014
Scotland’s newest distillery has opened on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula along the western coast, and the first casks of spirit were filled on Thursday at Adelphi’s… Read More
New York’s Coppersea Distillery First To Use New York Barrels
August 1, 2014 – New York has been a hotbed of craft distilling for the last decade, but tiny Coppersea Distillery in the Hudson River… Read More
Episode 478: May 10, 2014
Mark Brown heads up Buffalo Trace and its parent company, Sazerac, and he’s known for speaking his mind even when it goes against the rest… Read More
Buffalo Trace Releases Batch #12 Of Single Oak Project Bourbons
February 7, 2014 – 12 down, just four to go…as Buffalo Trace releases the latest batch in the Single Oak Project series of experimental Bourbons.… Read More
Episode 456: December 14, 2013
Dewar’s was forced to remove an online video promotion from the Internet this week after a social media-fueled protest campaign over the portrayal of women… Read More
Kentucky Distillers Hurt By Temporary Barrel Shortages
December 11, 2013 – Wet weather this fall is forcing distilleries in Kentucky and other states to juggle production schedules because of a temporary shortage… Read More
The World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay
One of the highlights of the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival is the World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay competition. Teams from many of Kentucky’s distilleries compete… Read More
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Bourbon has been part of the fabric of Central Kentucky for generations, and that heritage is celebrated every September at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in… Read More
Midleton Distillery Cooper Ger Buckley
Ger Buckley is a 5th generation master cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, and one of only four coopers working at whiskey distilleries in Ireland. He… Read More
Episode 314: May 1, 2011
You’ve heard of single cask whiskies, but Buffalo Trace is taking the idea to an extreme with its Single Oak Project. There are 192 different… Read More
Episode 305: February 26, 2011
Brown-Forman’s cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky has an impact on whiskies all over the world. The cooperage makes all of the barrels for Jack Daniel’s, Woodford… Read More