With all of the issues being raised over whisky labeling in the US and a new lawsuit challenging claims on Templeton Rye’s labels, we’ll hear… Read More
Chris Morris
Brown-Forman To Build $30 Million Old Forester Distillery On Louisville’s Whiskey Row
September 25, 2014 – Brown-Forman will expand its distilling capacity by returning to the company’s roots, with plans to turn two Whiskey Row buildings that… Read More
Old Forester Releases 2014 Birthday Bourbon
September 2, 2014 – This day marks what would have been Brown-Forman co-founder George Garvin Brown’s 168th birthday (September 2, 1846), and for the 14th… Read More
Episode 460: January 11, 2014
London and Seattle have a few things in common: reputations for foggy, rainy weather…a vibrant cultural scene…and now, craft distilleries. Seattle’s had them for several… Read More
Heaven Hill’s Joe Fraser Becomes KDA Chairman
January 8, 2014 – Kentucky Distillers Association members have elected Heaven Hill’s Joe Fraser as the association’s Chairman for 2014. Fraser was Vice Chairman during… Read More
A Kentucky Single Malt? Woodford Reserve’s 2013 Masters Collection Has Two
September 26, 2013 – Kentucky’s Bourbons are legendary, but Woodford Reserve has been working on an experiment that may make some Kentucky whiskey purists blanch… Read More
Episode 443: September 21, 2013
Parker Beam surprised everyone the other night at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown. He wasn’t expected to attend the Kentucky Distillers Association’s All-Star Sampler… Read More
New Bourbons from Elijah Craig & Old Forester
August 14, 2013 – Mid-August is one of the most popular times for new Bourbon releases, as Kentucky’s distillers try to get their new whiskies… Read More
Episode 434: July 20, 2013
The whisky world lost one of the legends this week with the passing of Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Emeritus Elmer T. Lee. Not only was… Read More
Woodford Reserve To Get $35 Million Expansion
June 27, 2013 – Work is expected to start this fall on a $35 million expansion of Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles, Kentucky. The… Read More
Episode 421: April 20, 2013
The English Whisky Company has been distilling since 2006, and while it may not be able to claim the title of “England’s only whisky distillery”… Read More
Woodford Reserve’s $1,000 Mint Julep to Support Retired Thoroughbreds
April 15, 2013 – As the official Bourbon of the Kentucky Derby, Woodford Reserve will once again produce the world’s most exclusive Mint Julep during… Read More