This week, we’re in Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 24th annual New Brunswick Spirits Festival! We’ll talk with one of the leading lights in Canadian… Read More
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What’s in a Name? In Whisky, Sometimes a Lawsuit
November 18, 2019 – Joseph A. Magnus & Co. started selling its whiskies in Washington, DC in 2015. Highland Park Distillery was founded by Magnus… Read More
A Throwback to the Early Days of Scotch Whisky (Episode 793: November 17, 2019)
Scotch whisky history was built on the backs of farmers who worked their fields three seasons of the year and spent the winters turning their… Read More
WhistlePig Rye: Moving On Without the Master (Episode 767: May 12, 2019)
Of all the craft distilleries Dave Pickerell worked with before his sudden death last November, none was more identified with him than Vermont’s WhistlePig Rye.… Read More
A New Generation at Michter’s (Episode 765: April 28, 2019)
Pam Heilmann has been making Bourbon for her entire career, but it was only in the last three years that she had the title of… Read More
Knockin’ Around with Knockdhu’s Gordon Bruce (Episode 764: April 21, 2019)
The farming village of Knockdhu has 29 residents, 17 dogs, a bunch of sheep and cattle…and one distillery. Gordon Bruce has called Knockdhu home since… Read More
Irish Whiskey on the Comeback Trail (Episode 759: March 17, 2019)
Irish Whiskey’s resurgence is only now beginning to make up for decades of obscurity over the last century, but with 23 active distilleries in Ireland… Read More
Conor McGregor Debuts “Proper No. Twelve” Irish Whiskey
September 18, 2018 – More than a year after announcing his plans to launch his own Irish Whiskey brand during a post-fight news conference, mixed… Read More
The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)
Bourbon & Beyond gets underway this Friday night in Louisville with a charity Bourbon auction to benefit the Speed Art Museum. The whiskies going up… Read More
Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)
If Fred Minnick had any more balls in the air right now, the circus would be calling him with a job offer as a juggler.… 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
Whiskey on the Willamette (Episode 719: August 12, 2018)
This week, we’ll visit House Spirits Distillery – part of Portland’s “Distillery Row” along the eastern banks of the Willamette River. House Spirits is the… Read More