Chip Tate is about to get back into the whisky business, about 15 months after his acrimonious departure from Balcones Distilling, the Texas distillery he… Read More
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Sazerac to Revive Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Brand
October 9, 2015 – Sazerac plans to revive the Michael Collins Irish Whiskey brand after acquiring the intellectual property rights to the defunct brand this… Read More
Episode 552: September 12, 2015
The Glenrothes was one of the first Scotch Whisky distilleries to label its single malts with wine-style vintages instead of age statements. While the Berry… Read More
Episode 550: August 29, 2015
Kieran Folliard is a native son of Ireland, but calls Minnesota his home now. While running a group of Irish pubs in Minneapolis, he and… Read More
Ireland’s Great Northern Distillery Cranks Up Whiskey Production
August 5, 2015 – John Teeling is back in the bulk whiskey business, and Dundalk has its first working distillery in nearly a century. The… Read More
Episode 542: July 4, 2015
Jim Rutledge gets most of the credit for reviving Four Roses Bourbon in the US over the last decade after years of neglect by the… Read More
Lawsuit Over Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Ends In a Draw
June 29, 2015 – A legal battle lasting more than two years over supplies of bulk whiskey for the former Michael Collins Irish Whiskey brand… Read More
Episode 538: June 6, 2015
This week, we’re looking at the end of an experiment nearly 14 years in the making…Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project. The attempt to create “Bourbon’s… Read More
Brown-Forman Enters Irish Whiskey With Slane Castle Deal
June 5, 2015 – Another major player in the whisky business is jumping into the Irish Whiskey sector, as Brown-Forman will spend approximately $50 million… Read More
Feckin, A Saintly Irish Whiskey
March 27, 2015 – Admit it, you’ve probably seen a bottle of Feckin Irish Whiskey on the shelf and snickered a bit…probably considered it a… Read More
Kilbeggan Single Grain Hits Travel Retail
February 5, 2015 – Beam Suntory and Maxxium Travel Retail are making the Kilbeggan 8-year-old single grain Irish whiskey available in European travel retail outlets… Read More
Episode 518: January 24, 2015
Kentucky’s Four Roses Distillery announced this week that supply problems will prevent this spring’s release of the annual Four Roses Limited Edition Single Barrel Bourbon.… Read More