July 29, 2015 – A California federal judge has dismissed the class-action lawsuit filed last December accusing Maker’s Mark Bourbon of defrauding consumers with the… Read More
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Silver Trail Distillery Explosion Ruled Accidental
July 28, 2015 – Investigators with the Kentucky State Fire Marshal’s office have ruled the April 24 explosion at the Silver Trail Distillery an accident,… Read More
Old Pogue, New Pogues…No Problem
July 27, 2015 – There aren’t any Pogues in The Pogues, the Celtic punk rock band that got its start in London more than 30… Read More
Episode 545: July 25, 2015
The history of Bourbon is filled with enough myths to make a dozen Disney movies, enough crimes for years of True Detective, and enough mysteries… Read More
Templeton Rye Settlement To Cost $2.5 Million
July 23, 2015 – Templeton Rye Spirits LLC will be on the hook for up to $2.5 million dollars in damages and legal fees following… Read More
Episode 544: July 19, 2015
Bourbon has a unique place in American history, but as with other elements of American history…many of the stories of Bourbon are based more on… Read More
Templeton Rye’s Kerkhoff Calls Settlement “Legalized Stealing”
July 15, 2015 – Keith Kerkhoff is mad. Actually, he’s more than just mad. “I’m pissed off,” the co-founder of Templeton Rye Whiskey said after… Read More
Templeton Rye Settles Labeling Lawsuits
July 13, 2015 – Iowa’s Templeton Rye Whiskey has settled a series of class-action lawsuits filed last year over allegations that the company intended to… 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
Diageo To Fight Bulleit Bourbon Class-Action Lawsuit
June 3, 2015 – Diageo’s Bulleit Bourbon is the latest whisky brand to be targeted by two California law firms specializing in class-action lawsuits. A… Read More

