Louisville

November 20, 2013 – Analysts have been predicting ever since Beam Inc. became a standalone spirits company that Diageo would launch a takeover bid at… Read More

Matthew Crow, Ph.D. of Diageo is one of Scotch Whisky’s up-and-coming blenders. Working under Jim Beveridge, Ph.D., he helped create Johnnie Walker Double Black and worked… Read More

November 17, 2013 – Another stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail has opened in downtown Louisville with the debut this weekend of the Evan Williams… Read More

Ireland’s Kilbeggan Distillery is said to be the world’s oldest whiskey distillery, and it’s now being run by what may well be one of the… Read More

September 29, 2013 – Diageo has reportedly been working on a plan for reopening the long-closed Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Now, WhiskyCast has learned… Read More

September 25, 2013 – A new study by the University of Louisville’s Urban Studies Institute links the Kentucky Bourbon industry to at least 4,200 jobs… Read More

Parker Beam surprised everyone the other night at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown. He wasn’t expected to attend the Kentucky Distillers Association’s All-Star Sampler… Read More

August 31, 2013 – While the annual release of the Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve series of Bourbons always draws overwhelming response from Bourbon lovers,… Read More

Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Bourbons may well be some of the hardest whiskies to find, and hundreds of people call the Old Rip Van… Read More

August 15, 2013 – Lois Mateus, a retired Brown-Forman executive and the first woman to serve on the Kentucky Distillers Association board, was honored by… Read More

August 14, 2013 – Mid-August is one of the most popular times for new Bourbon releases, as Kentucky’s distillers try to get their new whiskies… Read More

August 1, 2013 – Diageo may consider a takeover bid for Beam Inc. as a way to strengthen its position in the North American market,… Read More