March 22, 2023 – In a nearly 90-minute hearing punctuated with laughter, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit over whether… Read More
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Ireland’s Slane Distillery Coming of Age (Episode 833: August 23, 2020)
It’s been almost three years since Brown-Forman and the Conyngham family fired up the stills at Slane Distillery on the family’s Slane Castle estate near… Read More
Brays Released From Idaho Jail, Trial Set for July
March 31, 2020 – Secret Spirits founders Jonathan and Cindy Bray are back home in Alberta after being released from an Idaho jail. The Brays… Read More
Coronavirus Hits the Whisky Industry (Episode 811: March 22, 2020)
The global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic took full hold on the whisky industry this week, as governments not only shut down bars and limited restaurants to… Read More
Whisky Industry Veterans Jailed in Idaho After Sting Operation
March 1, 2020 – The founders of Calgary-based Secret Spirits are in an Idaho jail after being arrested on charges of illegally selling Scotch Whisky… Read More
Scotch Whisky’s Future in the Climate Crisis (Episode 805: February 9, 2020)
World leaders will be in Glasgow later this year for the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference, and Scotch Whisky industry leaders plan to be… Read More
Whiskies From a Land Down Under (Episode 781: August 19, 2019)
This time around, we’re in Australia as Tasmania’s distillers wrap up the third annual Tasmanian Whisky Week. It’s been 27 years since the first legal… Read More
Heaven Hill Challenges Heaven’s Door in Court Over Trademark Infringement
August 22, 2018 – Forget all the puns about “knock, knock, knockin’ on the courthouse door” and other Bob Dylan-related jokes about a legal “shelter… Read More
Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)
Global trade has helped the whisky industry expand massively over the last two decades. With the ongoing trade dispute between the US and its key… Read More
Celebrating 5 Years at The Dead Rabbit (Episode 681: February 18, 2018)
Five years ago, Irish expats Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon bet their futures on opening an Irish pub in New York City’s Financial District. Since… Read More
On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 677: January 21, 2018)
This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for the 13th annual Victoria Whisky Festival – just as the Canadian province’s liquor regulators staged a crackdown… Read More
British Columbia Liquor Regulators Crack Down on Scotch Malt Whisky Society
January 20, 2018 – British Columbia regulators are drawing fire from whisky lovers following a crackdown on Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottlings at four bars… Read More