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Ending 2020 On a High Note
Season 1 Episode 851
2020 will not be remembered well by many people, but there have been a few bright spots for whisky lovers. One is the arrival of the first official d…
5 years, 9 months ago
Walking Through 200 Years of Johnnie Walker's History
Season 1 Episode 850
We have breaking news heading into the holiday week, as it appears the U.S. Congress will make a federal excise tax break for distillers permanent. T…
5 years, 9 months ago
Heaven Hill Celebrates 85 Years of Whiskey
Season 1 Episode 849
85 years ago today, the five Shapira brothers and their partners opened Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. The Shapira family is still in…
5 years, 9 months ago
Auction Houses Bid for Whisky Collectors' Business
Season 1 Episode 848
With more people looking at rare whiskies as investments, more of the world's top auction houses are adding spirits experts to their in-house wine te…
5 years, 9 months ago
Buying Whisky by the Barrel...or the Bottle
Season 1 Episode 847
It's never been easier to buy an entire cask of whisky...at least in theory. While more distilleries are offering the opportunity to pick a special c…
5 years, 10 months ago
A First for Craft Distilling
Season 1 Episode 846
Craft distillers dream of not only having their whiskies alongside those of the major global brands, but outselling them. For the Quint family of Iow…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ending the Whisky Trade War
Season 1 Episode 845
There's a lot of political turmoil these days, and European Union leaders threw gasoline on the fire with this week's decision to impose new import t…
5 years, 10 months ago
Blind Faith Leads to Blind Bourbon Tastings
Season 1 Episode 844
Marianne Eaves had a bright career path in her future as the first female master distiller at a Kentucky Bourbon distiller when she suddenly decided …
5 years, 10 months ago
Washington & Whisky
Season 1 Episode 843
OK, we're not going talking about politics this week, but whisky has been made in and around Washington, DC for 400 years, including a distillery own…
5 years, 11 months ago
Old Forester Bourbon Celebrates 150 Years
Season 1 Episode 842
Very few Bourbon brands can claim much of a pre-Prohibition heritage, but Brown-Forman's Old Forester can. George Garvin Brown created Old Forester i…
5 years, 11 months ago