Last year, Balcones Distilling left behind its original distillery – hand-built in an old welding shop underneath the 17th Street bridge in Waco, Texas –… Read More
Knob Creek
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)
There will be music, food, and of course, plenty of whisky on hand during the Spirit of Speyside Festival coming up at the end of… Read More
Beam Suntory Raising Price, Limiting Releases of Booker’s Bourbon
December 9, 2016 – With global Bourbon demand at an all-time high, Beam Suntory has decided to make Booker Noe’s namesake whiskey, Booker’s Bourbon, a… Read More
Episode 617: November 27, 2016
What we think of today as the boom in craft distilling started 20 years ago this year, when San Francisco brewer Fritz Maytag bottled the… Read More
Episode 608: September 25, 2016
We’re at a unique point in whisky history when it’s not unusual to see people celebrating 40, 45, or even 50 years of working in… Read More
Knob Creek Bourbon to Lose Age Statement
September 23, 2016 – Ever since the late Booker Noe created the original Knob Creek Bourbon in 1992, the whiskey has carried an age statement:… Read More
Scotch Whiskies Dominate International Wine & Spirit Competition
July 27, 2016 – Scotch whiskies were the overall winner in the 2016 International Wine & Spirit Competition, with more than 400 gold medals awarded… Read More
Episode 589: May 14, 2016
Booker Noe passed away in 2004, but some of the whiskey he laid down shortly before his death is adding a new chapter to his… Read More
Booker’s Rye? Believe It…At $300 a Bottle
May 12, 2016 – Booker Noe preferred his Bourbon uncut and unfiltered…straight from the barrel whenever possible. In 2003, a few months before his death… Read More
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989… Read More
Chef Michael Symon’s Knob Creek Mint Ginger Old Fashioned
March 13, 2016 – Chef Michael Symon created this variation on the classic Old Fashioned cocktail for St. Patrick’s Day using Knob Creek Rye. 1… Read More
Sainsbury’s House Highland Malt Wins IWSC Trophy
July 23, 2015 – Ever looked at a “house brand” whisky and wondered whether it was worth buying, even at a lower price than official… Read More