February 19, 2014 – In another sign that the world’s largest spirits producer is speeding up its internal decision-making process, Diageo announced plans today to… Read More
Kentucky
The Week’s Whisky Industry News & Notes
January 31, 2014 – Here are some of the headlines in this week’s whisky industry news: LVMH has named Marc Hoellinger the full-time CEO of… Read More
Episode 456: December 14, 2013
Dewar’s was forced to remove an online video promotion from the Internet this week after a social media-fueled protest campaign over the portrayal of women… Read More
Man Wanted For Questioning in Pappy Theft Comes Forward
November 3, 2013 – The man shown in a surveillance camera video from a liquor store in Elizabethtown, Kentucky has come forward and met with… Read More
Woodford Reserve Expands Expansion Project
October 25, 2013 – As Brown-Forman starts work on the $35 million expansion project of its Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles, Kentucky, the company has… Read More
Episode 446: October 5, 2013
Baker Beam comes from one of Kentucky’s legendary Bourbon families. However, the grand-nephew of Jim Beam and cousin to Booker Noe, Fred Noe, and Parker… 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
Whisky Magazine Names Parker Beam a 2014 U.S. Icons of Whisky Winner
September 19, 2013 – In the first round of the 2014 Icons of Whisky Awards, Whisky Magazine has named its winners for the United States.… Read More
Beam Plans New Kentucky Distribution Center
August 2, 2013 – Beam Inc. has announced plans for a new 600,000 square foot distribution center to be built next year near its main… Read More
Kentucky Distillers Join Forces for Parker Beam Tribute
July 15, 2013 – Kentucky’s Bourbon distillers may compete with each other to see who can sell the most whiskey, but when a member of… Read More
Episode 433: July 13, 2013
What goes into reviving a distillery that’s been closed for 14 years? That was the question from WhiskyCast listener Scott Mansfield after Chivas Brothers reopened… Read More
Angel’s Envy To Build New Distillery in Louisville
July 9 , 2013 – Lincoln Henderson will finally have another distillery of his own to work with. The longtime Brown-Forman master distiller and original… Read More