Ann Marshall and Scott Blackwell founded High Wire Distilling in Charleston, South Carolina 10 years ago this week. They started out with no distilling experience,… Read More
Trey Zoeller
A Craft Maltster’s Closing Leaves Distillers in the Lurch
The collapse of Washington’s Skagit Valley Malting last month left distillers and brewers alike searching for new suppliers of malted barley. The craft maltster had… Read More
Eight New Members of Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame Announced
Eight people will join the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame this September, including Dr. Jerry Dalton, the subject of an online video titled “Get Jerry… Read More
Happy Hour Live at the American Whiskey Convention (Episode 898: September 15, 2021)
Live broadcasting is sort of like walking a tightrope…most of the time, it works. Then, there are those times when one’s walking the tightrope while… Read More
Whiskey On the Water: Jefferson’s Journey (Episode 754: February 10, 2019)
Long before highways crossed North America, flatboats with barrels of whiskey were a common sight along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers bound for New Orleans… Read More
It’s Allta ‘Bout the Yeast! (Episode 753: February 3, 2019)
Glenmorangie unveiled its 10th Private Edition release this week in London, and we were there as Allta marked a new style of single malt for… Read More
Episode 459: January 4, 2014
Southern California isn’t the place you’d normally think of for a Bourbon to call home, but Steve Gertman picked the wine country of Santa Barbara… Read More
Jefferson’s Presidential Select Bourbon Reaches “Legal Age”
Jefferson’s Presidential Select, produced by Castle Brands, is releasing a new 21-year-old Bourbon with limited availability starting April 1, 2013. The whiskey comes from an… Read More
Episode 380: July 28, 2012
What’s the most intense environment one could age a whisky in? A Kentucky rickhouse with 100-degree temperature swings and high humidity…maybe. How about a deep-sea… Read More
Episode 217: September 12, 2009
This time around, we’ll have highlights from the Whisky Guild’s “Whisky on the Hudson” cruise, including the US debuts of the Balvenie Madeira Cask, Suntory’s… Read More
Episode 214: August 22, 2009
Last time around, I mentioned the Laing Brothers and their vatting of casks from Laphroaig and Macallan to create the “Double Barrel.” It was so… Read More