July 8, 2019 – Investigators are now looking through the rubble of a rickhouse at Beam Suntory’s Old Crow warehousing site near Versailles, Kentucky to… Read More
Jim Beam
Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)
The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,… Read More
Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse Still Burning in Kentucky
July 5, 2019 – The fire that destroyed a Jim Beam Bourbon maturation warehouse is still burning, nearly three days after it started late Tuesday… Read More
Fire Strikes Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouses in Kentucky
July 3, 2019 – First responders are on the scene of a massive fire involving two Bourbon maturation warehouses at a Jim Beam facility in… Read More
Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)
The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government is now the longest on record, and it is having an impact on the whisky business. Two… Read More
Reviving the Historic Chicken Cock Whiskey Brand (Episode 745: December 16, 2018)
While some entrepreneurs are trying to cash in on the Bourbon boom by starting new whiskey brands, others are looking to history for heritage brands… Read More
A Critical Time for the Scotch Whisky Industry (Episode 734: October 21, 2018)
You might think this would be a great time to be in the Scotch Whisky business, right? This week, the Scotch Whisky Association released a… Read More
Beam Suntory CEO Matt Shattock to Step Down
October 4, 2018 – Beam Suntory Chairman & CEO Matt Shattock will step down next April after ten years on the job leading what became… Read More
Major Changes At Maker’s Mark, Jim Beam, and Heaven Hill
September 18, 2018 – Just days after the end of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, an earthquake of sorts has hit Bourbon Country with major changes… Read More
The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)
Bourbon & Beyond gets underway this Friday night in Louisville with a charity Bourbon auction to benefit the Speed Art Museum. The whiskies going up… Read More
Four Roses Distillery Workers Strike On Eve of Kentucky Bourbon Festival
September 8, 2018 – Just as thousands of Bourbon lovers descend on Kentucky for the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival this coming week, workers at one… Read More
Virginia: A Place for Whiskey Lovers (Episode 722: September 2, 2018)
Virginia’s distilling history dates back to at least 1620, and while many whiskey lovers know about George Washington’s Distillery at Mount Vernon, it’s just one… Read More