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Barley: Not Just a “Commodity” for Distillers (Episode 868: April 26, 2021)
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Barley: Not Just a “Commodity” for Distillers (Episode 868: April 26, 2021)
Ardbeg’s Pirate Captain Sails Into the Sunset (Episode 857: February 7, 2021)
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Ardbeg’s Pirate Captain Sails Into the Sunset (Episode 857: February 7, 2021)
Mickey Heads retired recently after 13 years as Ardbeg’s distillery manager and four decades of work at distilleries on Islay...
Auction Houses Bid for Whisky Collectors’ Business
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Auction Houses Bid for Whisky Collectors’ Business
With more people looking at rare whiskies as investments, more of the world’s top auction houses are adding spirits experts...
$60 Million Jim Beam Visitors Center to Open in 2021
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$60 Million Jim Beam Visitors Center to Open in 2021
By Mark Gillespie December 4, 2020 – Beam Suntory’s flagship Jim Beam American Stillhouse attraction in Clermont, Kentucky will remain...
Kentucky Bourbon Distillers Set New Records in 2019
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Kentucky Bourbon Distillers Set New Records in 2019
By Mark Gillespie October 31, 2020 – Imagine having to count nearly ten million barrels of whiskey and other spirits...
Old Forester Bourbon Celebrates 150 Years (Episode 842: October 25, 2020)
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Old Forester Bourbon Celebrates 150 Years (Episode 842: October 25, 2020)
Very few Bourbon brands can claim much of a pre-Prohibition heritage, but Brown-Forman’s Old Forester can. George Garvin Brown created...
The English Whisky Scene (Episode 840: October 11, 2020)
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The English Whisky Scene (Episode 840: October 11, 2020)
England’s modern whisky scene only goes back to 2006, when the English Whisky Company started distilling at St. George’s Distillery...
Whisky’s Need for Diversity and Inclusion (Episode 839: October 4, 2020)
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Whisky’s Need for Diversity and Inclusion (Episode 839: October 4, 2020)
Whisky is a universal drink, a pleasure that can be shared by all regardless of gender, color, national origin, disability,...
A Bonny Wee Distillery in Edinburgh (Episode 827: July 12, 2020)
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A Bonny Wee Distillery in Edinburgh (Episode 827: July 12, 2020)
Edinburgh’s newest malt whisky distillery opened with a bang – or perhaps, a cough. That’s because the Bonnington Distillery had...
Jim Beam’s Fred Noe: Stuck at Home and Planning a Farewell Tour (Episode 825: June 28, 2020)
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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...
