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
Prohibition
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
Episode 535: May 16, 2015
The labels on whisky bottles often give us more than just the legal description of what’s inside the bottle. Good ones convey the character and… Read More
Heaven Hill Fills Barrel #7,000,000
February 10, 2015 – Heaven Hill Brands marked two milestones at a ceremony today in Bardstown, Kentucky: the company’s 80th anniversary and the filling of… Read More
Episode 516: January 17, 2015
We’re on the road for the first time in 2015 this weekend, with the first of two episodes from the 10th annual Victoria Whisky Festival… Read More
Episode 507: November 22, 2014
Dewar’s has focused on its Blended Scotch whiskies for generations, with the limited exception in recent years of single malts from Aberfeldy. However, a team… Read More
Brown-Forman To Build $30 Million Old Forester Distillery On Louisville’s Whiskey Row
September 25, 2014 – Brown-Forman will expand its distilling capacity by returning to the company’s roots, with plans to turn two Whiskey Row buildings that… Read More
Glenfiddich’s Blood & Sand
July 23, 2014 – Glenfiddich’s PR firm sent around this recipe for the classic Blood & Sand cocktail around for “National Scotch Whisky Day.” While… Read More
Tennessee Drops Legal Fight Over Dickel’s Kentucky Maturation
June 11, 2014 – Tennessee state regulators have dropped their inquiry into Diageo’s use of its warehouses at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville for maturing… Read More
Heaven Hill Gives Rittenhouse Rye New Focus
April 15, 2014 – Heaven Hill’s Rittenhouse Rye has long been a favorite of bartenders and Rye whisky fans, but has also been in short… Read More
Diageo Makes Case For Fighting Tennessee Maturation Law
April 2, 2014 – Diageo’s lawsuit to overturn a 1937 Tennessee state law limiting where the state’s distillers can mature their spirits is headed for… Read More
Episode 470: March 15, 2014
Bruichladdich expressions come and go…sort of like the waves on Loch Indaal do. Laddie fans are lamenting a decision to pull the Laddie Ten, Sixteen,… Read More