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Episode 329: August 14, 2011

It’s the second weekend of the month, and they’re raising dust on the dirt road leading to Atlantic City. Not the one in New Jersey,… Read More

Episode 328: August 7, 2011

40 years ago, Dublin’s Bow Street Distillery closed down after nearly 200 years of producing Jameson Irish Whiskey. In 1997, what survived of the old… Read More

Episode 327: July 31, 2011

As the U.S. faces another debt crisis, this week marks the anniversary of a key event in another U.S. debt crisis…the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.… Read More

Episode 322: June 26, 2011

Since 1869, Wild Turkey bourbon has been made on Wild Turkey Hill, just east of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Jimmy and Eddie Russell saw a need to… Read More

Episode 321: June 19, 2011

Pulteney Distillery celebrates its 195th anniversary this year in the North Sea fishing town of Wick, Scotland. It’s the home of Old Pulteney single malt… Read More

Episode 318: May 29, 2011

Chuck Cowdery was writing about Bourbon back in the days when few people were paying attention to America’s Native Spirit, and his work has earned… 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 307: March 13, 2011

1940 was a crucial moment in world history, as World War II was breaking out in Europe. That February, Gordon & MacPhail arranged to have… 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

Episode 304: February 19, 2011

Still in Indiana, but that’s giving me a chance to catch up with old friends. Matt Colglazier writes the American Craft Spirits blog, and also… Read More