This week we have Chris Thomas from Made South as a guest as we continue our still house sessions from Leiper’s Fork Distillery. If you haven’t heard of his podcast Made South (Southerner) give it a listen. We guarantee you will be entertained. But what is special about Chris besides his passion for bourbon is
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Northern California is known for its wines, but distillers have been quietly making excellent whiskies there for many years. Now, Sonoma County’s Redwood Empire Distillery is releasing its first bottled in bond whiskies: Grizzly Beast Bourbon and Rocket Top Rye, named for some of California’s legendary redwood trees. Distillers Jeff Duckhorn and Lauren Patz join us on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth along with CEO Aaron Webb. In the news, the Heaven Hill strike is over after six weeks, and you’ll hear from the union leader who led 420 workers out on strike and back to work starting this week. We’ll Read More »
New York-based NBTV – a direct-to-consumer personalized video shopping platform – is preparing to launch in the UK in December 2021. Founded in 2018, NBTV via their Spirits Network is a streaming service featuring ‘shoppable entertainment’ in the form of original programming focused on spirits and cocktails. NBTV is currently scheduled to debut in the […]
Halloween is almost here, and this year, after 18 months of intermittent lockdowns and closures, our shop teams want to do some celebrating. If you head down to see them this weekend they might have…
Originally published on The Whisky Exchange Blog – Halloween approaches – spooky shops and (non) gruesome gifts
Oban 14 yo (43%, OB, 75cl, +/-1988)Oban 12 yo ‘A Tale of Light and Dark’ (55.9%, OB, Special Release 2021, Untold Legends)
The Mingo Creek Craft Distillers LLC. Is a distillery in Pennsylvania making a very interesting rye whiskey. They sent a bottle of their 18 month old rye to me some time ago and I reviewed it. Recently, they sent me… Continue Reading →
As part of the grand opening of the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience in Bardstown, Kentucky, Heaven Hill has released a new Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey to celebrate the five Shapira brothers, who admittedly “didn’t know a barrel from a box,” but nevertheless started a…
What’s your favorite premixed cocktail mixer? If your like us and always on the road then you understand that taking a full bar with you isn’t always possible. Thanks to our good friend Chris Thomas from MADE SOUTH we were introduced to Eli Mason old fashioned cocktail mixer. The old fashioned is a true
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It is really challenging to keep up with the latest whiskey trends, especially at a times like these where new trends come and go very fast. It is a truly complex space where there are many combinations from limited whiskey runs, to new releases made with innovations in distilling, and you as an average consumer …
