There are literally hundreds of old distillery sites around the eastern half of the United States dating back to the early colonial days. While their… Read More
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Yeast’s Impact on Whisky (Episode 836: September 13, 2020)
Yeast is one of the three main ingredients in whisky, along with grain and water. While we understand what grain and water contribute to the… Read More
Jeff Arnett Steps Down As Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller
September 3, 2020 – Jeff Arnett is stepping down as Master Distiller for Jack Daniel’s, one of the world’s top-selling and most well-known whiskey brands.… Read More
Ireland’s Slane Distillery Coming of Age (Episode 833: August 23, 2020)
It’s been almost three years since Brown-Forman and the Conyngham family fired up the stills at Slane Distillery on the family’s Slane Castle estate near… Read More
A Whiskey Passion Project & A Story for the Ages (Episode 830: August 2, 2020)
There’s something about whisky that brings out the passion in many people. For David Jennings, his passion for Wild Turkey led him to start a… Read More
Jim Beam’s Fred Noe: Stuck at Home and Planning a Farewell Tour (Episode 825: June 28, 2020)
Fred Noe became Jim Beam’s seventh master distiller in 2007 when his father, the legendary Booker Noe, retired. 13 years later, he’s getting closer to… Read More
Rising From the Ashes: Du Nord and Minneapolis (Episode 824: June 21, 2020)
It would have been easy for Chris and Shanelle Montana to close Du Nord Craft Spirits after arsonists set fire to the distillery’s warehouse during… Read More
Calls for Change & Diversity in the Whisky Community (Episode 823: June 14, 2020)
Recent protests over racism and police brutality against African-Americans have led to greater calls for diversity throughout American society, and the whisky industry is no… Read More
Nearest and Jack Team Up Again with $5 Million Whiskey Diversity Initiative
By Mark Gillespie June 11, 2020 – In the years before the Civil War, Nathan “Nearest” Green taught a young Jack Daniel how to make… Read More
Malting Barley for Future Generations of Whisky Lovers (Episode 822: June 7, 2020)
This week, we’ll wrap up our two-part tour of Gladfield Malt in New Zealand, where Gabi and Doug Mitchell have turned the family’s barley farm… Read More
WhistlePig’s Great Beer Rescue of 2020 (Episode 817: May 3, 2020)
Whisky is what beer dreams of being when it grows up, but the Covid-19 pandemic has left craft brewers with tens of thousands of gallons… Read More
Exploring Whisky Through Science (Episode 812: March 29, 2020)
There’s still a lot left to discover about whisky, even though the “water of life” has been around for centuries. Scientists are still unlocking the… Read More