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New News: Diageo Halts Production at Two Iconic American Distilleries • Willett Distillery Patriarch Evan Kulsveen Has Died • Global Whiskey Challenge Names Top Winners! • Rabbit Hole Named Best Distillery Tour • How Much Alcohol Is Too Much? • Is 50-Year-Old Bourbon Possible? • $1M in Whiskey Stolen from Seattle Distillery • College Football Fan Arrested with an Astonishing Blood Alcohol Level
New Whiskeys: 2025 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection • 1792 Cognac Cask Finish Bourbon • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye A925 • Hirsch Cask Strength Hine Cognac Cask Finished Bourbon • Garrison Brothers Sonora Straight Bourbon • Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 12 Year Rye • Penelope Apple Cinnamon Old Fashioned Cocktail • Sagamore Reserve Series 10 Year Rye • Stranahan’s Diamond Peak Local Brewer’s Cask • Toki Black Japanese Blend • Westland Garryana 10-Year American Single Malt
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen and Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
New News: Diageo shuts down bottling plant, Canadians make threats • Heaven Hill officially opens new Bardstown distillery • Judge orders Uncle Nearest into receivership • Distiller revives rye grain from a shipwreck • Win Elmer T. Lee barrel in Sazerac sweepstakes • Eight suspects charged in brazen Crown Royal heist • Woman arrested after crime spree, including theft of a thousand-dollar whiskey
New Whiskeys: 15 Stars First West Small Batch • 15 Stars First West Toasted Oak • 15 Stars First West Extra Aged • Booker’s Tequila Finished Bourbon • High West Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Heritage Barrel Single Barrel • Kings County Empire Rye • Macallan Harmony Collection V: Phoenix Honey Orchid Tea Highland Single Malt • Macallan Harmony Collection V: Organic Cherrywood Lapsang Tea Highland Single Malt • New Riff Red Turkey Wheat Bourbon • Penelope Black Walnut Old Fashioned Bottled Cocktail • Weller 18 Year • Weller Millennium No. 2
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
New News: Uncle Nearest Hit by $100 Million Lawsuit • Garrison Brothers Secures National Distribution • New Jersey Cracks Down on Out-of-State Alcohol Shipments • Buffalo Trace Turns Whiskey Waste into Eco-Friendly Goods • Stitzel-Weller Is for Sale… But Not Really • U.S. Outflanked by UK-India Whiskey Trade Deal • MGP's Sales Plummet Amidst Bourbon Decline
New Whiskeys: Bib & Tucker Gold Roast Infused Bourbon • Booker’s Bourbon “By the Pond” Batch • Col. E.H. Taylor Distiller's Council BiB Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Blackberry • Jim Beam Sunshine Blend • Kentucky Peerless Toasted Rye • Little Book Chapter 9: “None For Granted” • Old Grand-Dad 7-Year BiB Bourbon • Sazerac Rye 100 Proof
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
New News: WhistlePig Names New CEO • Bourbon Hall of Fame Announces First Female Inductee • Green River Opens Whiskey Row Tasting Room • MLB Names First Official Whiskey • Japanese Whisky Ramps Up Rules Compliance • Belle Meade Brothers Take Their Whiskey Back • Whiskey Takes Aim at U.S. Shipping Laws
New Whiskeys: Blue Note Single Barrel Rye • Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Special Release: Number Five American Single Malt • Eagle Rare 12 Year • Jefferson’s Straight Rye Blend • Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond Rye • Old Forester President’s Choice Single Barrel Bourbon and Rye • Penelope Cigar Sessions Chapter 1 American Whiskey • Redemption 18 Year • Stitzel Reserve 24 Year • WhistlePig GraveStock Wheat Whiskey • Widow Jane Borough Blend
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
New News: Update on Buffalo Trace Flooding • Middle West buys Old Elk • Westward Files for Bankruptcy • Online Auction Startup Turns Whiskey into Windfall • Denver International Spirits Competition Results (with Christoper Davies of the Global Whiskey Challenge) • San Francisco World Spirits Competition Results • Drunk Driver Crashes Car, Goes Nuts • Police Officer Accused of Shooting Fellow Hunter • Missouri Trucking Company Owner Receives 9-Year Prison Sentence
New Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy Cellar Collection Vol. 5 • Calumet Farm Centennial Collection • Chicken Cock 10 Year Double Oak Bourbon & Rye-teous Blonde • Dewar's Double Double Magma Stone Scotch • Hatozaki Triple Cask Reserve World Whisky • Knob Creek Cask Strength Single Barrel Bourbon & Rye • New Riff American Single Malt • Proper No. 12 13-Year • Rye Curious • Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength Rye • Romulan Stellum Cask Strength Bourbon & Rye
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
New News: Buffalo Trace Flooding • EU Delays Retaliatory Tariffs, But Not for Long • WhistlePig CEO Steps Down • AI Beats Humans at Distinguishing Whiskey • Debunking the Neck Pour • New Fireball Contest Promises Whisky for Life • Jackpot of Whiskey Found on Atlantic City Beach
New Whiskeys: Blood Oath Pact 11 Kentucky Straight Bourbon • Blue Note Special Reserve • Booker’s “Barry’s Batch” Bourbon • Bulleit Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s 14 Year Old Tennessee Whiskey • Old Elk Slow Cut Blended Straight Bourbon • Old Forester 117 Bottled-in-Bond Rye • Remus Master Distiller Experimental Series Bourbon • Sexual Chocolate Stout Cask Finished American Single Malt • Yellowstone 6 Year Small Batch Bourbon
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
New News: Jack Daniel’s Rickhouse Collapses • A Simple Flipper-Thwarting Trick May Become Ohio Law • Tarriff Threats Already Bad News for Spirits Industry • Niche Whiskey Brands Are Floundering • Columbian President Says Cocaine No Worse Than Whiskey • Man Attacks Churches on Christmas Eve with Whiskey
New Whiskeys: All Nations Kentucky Straight Bourbon • Laws Super Wheater Blend • MaltyVerse New Single Barrels • Old Forester 1910 Extra Old Bourbon • Penelope Wheated Bourbon • Penelope 17 Year American Light Whiskey • Rod & Hammer Wildfire Resilience Straight Bourbon • Redwood Empire Pipe Dream 101 Bourbon • Stranahan’s Founder’s Release American Single Malt • Whistle Pig Snout-to-Tail 10-Year Bourbon • Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
New News: Seven Distilleries Announce New Whiskey Alliance • Pernod Ricard Launches New North American Whiskey Company • Macallan Releases Their Oldest Whisky at an Astronomical Price • Super-Fast Whiskey Aging Is Here, But Should We Be Doing It? • Beyoncé Released Her Own Whiskey Brand • Derek Trucks Has a New Whiskey with a Cheeky Name • Fake Spirits Seized in Large-Scale South African Crackdown • Man Steals Whiskey, Gets Arrested… Alot • Man Fires Gun Outside Buffalo Trace
New Whiskeys: Baker’s 13 Year Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Note Honey Rye Cask • Booker’s: The Reserves • Little Book: The Infinite, Edition 1 • FEW Chicago Smoke Works Malt Whiskey • Garrison Brothers Laguna Madre • Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon • Glenmorangie Signet Reserve Highland Single Malt Scotch • Natterjack: The Mistake Irish Whiskey • Old Elk Cognac Cask Finish Wheat Whiskey • Remus Repeal Reserve Series VIII Bourbon • 2XO French Oak Straight Kentucky Bourbon • Woodford Reserve Distillery Series Blended Malt
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Jul 26, 2024
Friday Jul 26, 2024
New News: Distilling Your Own Whiskey Could Soon Be Legal • Jim Beam Opens Heritage Center in PA • Chicken Cock Opens New Center in KY • Irish Whiskey Predicted To Grow by Billions • Whiskey Investment Market Has Crashed—But is it a Good Thing? • Con Artist Fined for Million-Dollar Whiskey Investment Scam • Man Steals Construction Vehicle In Order To Steal Whiskey Barrel • Officer Arrested After Arriving at Work Drunk
New Whiskeys: Booker’s “The Beam House” Batch • Bushmills 14 Year • Cedar Ridge Amontillado Sherry Bourbon • Cedar Ridge QuintEssential: Untitled Cigar Malt Project American Single Malt • Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Barrel Proof Rye • Peerless Toasted Bourbon • Penelope Toasted Rye • Elijah Craig Toasted Rye • Hirsch “The Single Barrel” White Label Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye • Lagg Corriecravie Single Malt • Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series: The Heart Release • Remus Babe Ruth Reserve Bourbon
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
New News: Dueling Kentucky Bourbon Trails merge • New Wild Turkey visitor’s center celebrates Jimmy Russell • Jim Beam Black gets an upgrade • Nikka ramps up investment in exports • Buyers are getting cheap Blanton’s from unlikely source • Grocery store’s whiskies win SIP Awards • Our epic trip to NYC to witness the finals of The Global Whisky Challenge
New Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy BIB Bourbon • Crown Royal Single Malt Canadian Whisky • Heaven Hill Grain to Glass • Knob Creek 10 Year Rye • Little Book Chapter 8 • Ol’ New Riff Bourbon and Rye • Pinhook 5 Year Cask Strength Bourbon • Russell’s Reserve 15 Year • Sagamore Small Batch Rye • Teeling Wonders of Wood: Virgin Swedish Oak • Weller Millenium • WhistlePig Camp Stock Wheat Whiskey • Woodford Reserve Toasted Bourbon
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
New News: Beam Suntory Is Rebranding… Again • Power Outage Causes Heaven Hill Whiskey Spill • Four Roses Adds Two New Mash Bills • 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Winners! • Researches Discover Exactly Why Colder and Wetter Whiskey Tastes Different • Bulleit Kicks Off Massive Glass Recycling Program • Update: Criminal Charges Unwarranted in Oregon Whiskey Scandal • Bourbon and Other Items Stolen From Trucks in Northeast Philly • Zimbabwe Man Arrested After Stealing and Drinking Copious Amounts of Whiskey
New Whiskeys: Barrell Mizunara Finish Bourbon • Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke (2024) • Blood Oath Pact 10 • Bulleit Rye 12 Year • George Dickel Bottled-In-Bond 12 Year • Milam & Greene Bottled in Bond • Redbreast Missouri Oak Edition Irish Single Pot Still • Templeton Midnight Rye • Templeton Fortitude Bourbon • WhistlePig 25: The Badönkådonk
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
New News: Federal judge rules Woodford Reserve engaged in union busting • New Japanese Whiskey rules finally go into effect • Why are Scotland’s “ghost distilleries” coming back to life? • MGP sales rise 7% • The Top 10 whiskey importing countries • How distillers are using artificial intelligence • Yamazaki distills the world’s first whisky using hydrogen fuel • California distillery creates whiskey survival kit • Man beats man with bottle of whiskey • Man breaks into home, asks for food, finds whiskey
New Whiskeys: A. Overholt Monongahela Mash Straight Rye Whiskey • Bernheim Barrel Proof A224 • Crown Royal Blackberry • Ezra Brooks 99 Port Wine Cask Finished Bourbon • Milam & Greene Wildlife Collection: Golden Eagle and Mockingbird • New Riff 8 Year Bourbon • Rebel 100 6 Year Bourbon • Rabbit Hole Founder’s Collection: Mizunara Finished Bourbon • Sagamore Manhattan Finish Rye • Stranahan’s Diamond Peak Caribbean Rum Cask American Single Malt • Yellowstone Rum Finish Bourbon
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
New News: A Dry Kentucky Country Finally Gets Wet • New Riff Hires Its First Master Distiller • Brown-Forman Shakes Up Their Marketing Team • Winners of the World Whiskies Awards • Are Whiskey Price Drops Bad News for the Economy? • Japanese Whisky Prices on the Rise… Again • Fireball Releases a Lipstick?! • 49ers Fan Smashes TV With Jack Daniels • Bimber Founder Arrested for 20-Year-Old Crimes • Get Ed’s friend’s whiskey prints at MaxSavaikoArt.com • Anders’ new gig at Broken Goblet
New Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy Cellar Collection Series Vol. 1-3 • Bulleit American Single Malt • Catoctin Creek Rabble Rouser BiB Rye • High West BiB Rye • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A124 • Jack Daniels 10 Year (Batch 3) and 12 Year (Batch 2) • Old Forester 1924 10-Year-Old Bourbon • Redwood Empire Devil’s Tower, Foggy Burl, and Screaming Titan • Traveller Whiskey • Very Olde St. Nick Winter Maple
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Friday Dec 29, 2023
New News: EU extends suspension of American whiskey tariffs • Pernod Ricard reveals Chinese whisky • Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 • World’s oldest whisky auctioned • Macallan 60 Year Scotch sells for record millions • U.S. spirits experiences post-pandemic pause • Ohio woman celebrates milestone with Fireball
New Whiskeys: Bearface Wilderness Series Matsutake • Booker’s Storyteller Batch • Broken Barrel Honey Smoke Reserva • Bushmills Private Reserve Series • High West High Country • Old Forester 117 Series: Scotch Cask Finish • Rabbit Hole Founder’s Collection Amburana • Rebel Small Batch Reserve • Sagamore Spirit Port Finish • Three Chord Backstage Series • Wyoming Whiskey Barrel Strength + Single Barrel • WhistlePig PiggyBank
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
New News: Michter's named “World's Most Admired Whiskey” • India whisky is having a moment • Why you shouldn’t pay for Midwinter Night's Dram • A new Kentucky Bourbon named after the horse that launched the Beatles • Peyton Manning reverses 50-year curse using whiskey • New cocktail book is based on the works of Agatha Christie • Killer husband hides with a whiskey bottle • Thieves steal whisky from South African rugby office
New Whiskeys: Booker’s 2023-03 “Mighty Fine Batch” • Broken Barrel Black Hjerte • Dingle Samhain • Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series Volume V • High West The Prisoner’s Share • Kavalan Bourbon Cask Single Malt • Kavalan Sherry Cask Single Malt • Kavalan Port Cask Single Malt • Kavalan Vinho Barrique • New Riff High Note Bohemian Wheat • New Riff High Note Malted Rye • Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength • Penelope Rosé Cask Batch 7 • Penelope Toasted Bourbon Batch 23-305 • Penelope American Light Whiskey • Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection: Sonoma Triple Finish
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
New News: Uncle Nearest Buys a Cognac • Whiskey House Builds House for Whiskey • Study Finds Rampant Sexual Harassment in the Whiskey Industry • Tennessee Whiskey Trail Generates Billions • U.S. Whiskey May Soon Suffer Massive European Tariffs • World’s Oldest Scotch Found in Castle • Always Sunny in Philadelphia Cast Releases a Whiskey • Hollywood and Kentucky Team Up to Create D&D Whiskeys • Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee Reveals Puts New Spin on Jack & Coke
New Whiskeys: Larceny Barrel Proof C923 • Bird Gang Bourbon • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection • Catoctin Creek Hot Honey Rye • Chicken Cock Red Stave • King of Kentucky Bourbon • Old Elk Cigar Cut Island Blend • Pinhook Vertical 8 Year • Savage & Cooke Rye, Bourbon, and American Whiskeys • Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
New News: Sagamore Spirit Bought by Italian Beverage Behemoth • Kentucky Owl Hires New Master Blender • Virginia Introduces Text Messages for Rare Whiskey • Whiskey Towns Fume Over Distillery Tax-Dodging • Scotch Exports Drop Significantly • Spicy Sazerac Seasonings • Bulleit Bourbon BBQ Sauce from Buffalo Wild Wings • Fireball "Champagne"?! • • Our visit to New Liberty Distillery in Philly •
New Whiskeys: 2XO American Oak • 2XO The Tribute Blend • Barrell Craft Spirits Amburana Cask Finish • Blue Run Trifecta • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C923 • Jack Daniel’s Bonded Rye • Little Book Chapter 7 • Maker's Mark Cellar Aged Cask Strength • Milam & Greene Unabridged Volume 2 • Remus Repeal Reserve Series VII
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
New News: Molson Coors Buys Blue Run Bourbon • Redwood Empire Plants an Empire of Trees • Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Hell House Whiskey • NFL’s Charles Woodson (and His Bourbon) Partner with His Former Team • John Mellencamp Collaborates with Indiana Craft Distillery • San Francisco World Spirits Competition’s Best in Show • Beverage Tasting Institute’s latest ratings • The Top 5 Bourbon and Ryes • Oklahoma Couple Arrested for Making Moonshine • Russian Police Raid Illegal Johnnie Walker Bottling Plant • Florida Man Attacks Whiskey Bar Patron with a Machete • Ed’s whiskey-soaked trip to Oregon
New Whiskeys: Baker’s 13 Year Single Barrel • Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 • Barrell Rye Batch 004 • Catoctin Creek Ragnarök Rye: Oderus Edition • Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel European Oak Finish • Jack Daniel's Twice Barreled Heritage Rye • Jefferson's Tropics Bourbon • Legent Yamazaki Cask Finish Bourbon • Mary Dowling Tequila Finish Bourbon • Mary Dowling Toasted Double Oak Bourbon • Penelope Toasted Rye • Woodford Reserve 124.7 Batch Proof Bourbon • Yellowstone Limited Edition Bourbon (2023) • Widow Jane Paradigm
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
New News: Supreme Court Rules on the Jack Daniels Dog Toy Case • Redemption Announces New Master Blender • Woodford Reserve Dives Deep Into Kentucky Rye • Kentucky Peerless Master Distiller and COO Will Depart for New Venture • Diageo Faces the Fungus • Sazerac Wins Counterfeit Court Battle • Man Caught Selling $36K of Fake Pappy • Alcohol-Related Crimes Soar in Russia • Old Japanese Man Assaults Liquor Store Employees
New Whiskeys: Barton’s 1792 12-Year Bourbon • Bib & Tucker Double Char Bourbon • Blackened 72 Seasons Limited Edition • Breckenridge PX Naranja Cask Finish Bourbon • Blue Note Special Reserve Cask Finished Series • Forbidden Bourbon • Four Roses 10 Recipe Tasting Set • Heaven's Door Decade Series Straight Rye • Old Pulteney: The Coastal Series • Milam & Greene Very Small Batch Straight Bourbon Batch 1
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
New News: Diageo's long-time CEO passed away • Study reveals best state for buying whiskey • Barrell opens production facilities to other brands • Introducing the Northwest Whiskey Trail • Fireball is barrel-aged?! • ASCOT Awards Best in Show • Conor McGregor is being a dick again (yes again!) • Keanu partners with Suntory for 100th anniversary • Golfers try putting out fire with whiskey • Man arrested for concealing drugs in whiskey • Drunken man brags to police about the murder he committed
New Whiskeys: Clermont Steep American Single Malt • Hirsch The Single Barrel Double Oak • Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof Rye • Russel's Reserve 13 Year Release 3 • Jacob’s Pardon Small Batch #3 • Chattanooga Experimental Batch 031 • Daniel Weller • Rabbit Hole Tenniel • Starward Ginger Beer Cask No. 7 • Teeling Wonders of Wood Virgin Portuguese Oak
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
New News: MGP basically buys back their own barrels • Campari invests in a new Wild Turkey new distillery • The whiskey brand Americans order the most • Science says how much water is too much water • The new whiskey-like spirit made of cheese byproduct • The North American Whiskey and Bourbon Competition is now taking entries • The San Francisco World Spirits Competition and ASCOT Awards have announced their medal winners • Highschoolers get caught with Fireball • Drunk 84-year-old man beats his wife and assaults police • The brick wall in South Carolina that keeps getting hit by cars
New Whiskeys: Balcones Texas Blue Corn Wine Finished Cask Strength Bourbon • Barrell Rye Private Release Series • Blood Oath Pact No. 9 • Buffalo Trace Experimental Peated Bourbon • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B523 Bourbon • Jefferson’s Marian McLain Bourbon • Knob Creek 7 Year Rye • Maker's Mark BEP Wood Finished Bourbon • New Riff Yellow Leaming and Blue Clarage Bourbons • Old Elk Cigar Cut Bourbon • Penelope Rio Bourbon • Redwood Empire Cask Strength Batch 2 • Stranahan’s Mountain Angel American Single Malt
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
New News: MGP's stellar 5-year plan • Pernod Ricard gets Skrew’d • Four craft distilleries announce expansion/renovation plans • Steph Curry creates a Bourbon • Paralyzed Rutgers alumnus creates a Bourbon • Conor McGregor does something selfless for a change • Fungus halts Jack Daniel’s rickhouse construction • Mariah Carey wins liquor copyright dispute • Sazerac court battle could change whiskey forever
New Whiskeys: Powers Irish Rye • Ardbeg BizarreBBQ • Chicken Cock Double Oak Kentucky Whiskey • Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 20 Year Corn Whiskey • Jack Daniel's 10 Batch #2 • Jack Daniel's 12 Year Old Batch #1 • Jack & Coke Cans • Laws Whiskey House Bottled in Bond Four Grain Bourbon • Method and Madness Rye and Malt • Rebel 100 Rye • Writers’ Tears Cask Strength Irish Whiskey • Old Line Flagship 95 • Old Line Navy Strength 114 • Yellowstone Single Malt • Wolves Single Malt Lot 1 • WhistlePig’s The Beholden Single Malt
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
New News: Kentucky Bourbon Trail tops 2 million visitors • Woodford Reserve promotes new master distiller • Worldwide whiskey market set to grow 75% over next decade • Conor McGregor channels Steve Jobs for Proper 12 Irish Apple release • Elon Musk drinks whiskey and sings Johnny Cash • Skincare products made from Scotch • North Carolina distillery plans to send whiskey to space • 170-year-old shipwreck containing whiskey may surface soon • Oregon liquor officials accused of hoarding rare Bourbon from the public
New Whiskeys: A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Bourbon Batch #2 • Bernheim Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey • Broken Barrel x Los Angeles Distillery Collaboration Collection • Buchanan’s Pineapple Scotch • Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series Volume IV • Larceny Barrel Proof A123 • M&H Art & Craft Doppelbock Beer Cask • Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash 2022
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
New News: Buffalo Trace Fills 8,000,000th Barrel • American Single Malt Pioneer Steve McCarthy Dies • Nebraska Distiller Will Turn Your Corn Into Whiskey • Sazerac Sued Over Misleading Fireball Labels • Tequila Beats Whiskey?! • Irish Whiskey Exports Top $1 Billion • Scientists Resurrect 200-Year-Old Whiskey Strain • Matthew McConaughey Splits with Wild Turkey • Our Boss Hogg vertical whiskey tasting!
New Whiskeys: Booker’s 2022-04 “Pinkie’s Batch” • Dingle Single Malt • Dread River Master Series • Kentucky Owl Batch #12 • Old Elk Infinity Blend Batch 2 • Old Forester 117 Series: Extra Extra Old • Rabbit Hole Raceking Founder’s Collection • Writers’ Tears Red Head
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
New News: Jack Daniel’s v. Dog Toys at the Supreme Court • Uncle Nearest passes $100 million in sales • Conor McGregor gets sued • Alex Jones is releasing a whiskey • Ohio distillery livestreams inside barrels • Scottish plumber finds Victorian-era message in a bottle • Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 of 2022!
New Whiskeys: 2XO Bourbon "The Phoenix Blend" • Angel’s Envy Cask Strength 2022 • A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Batch #2 • Barrell Craft Spirits New Year 2023 Bourbon • George Dickel 17 Year Bourbon • Hemingway Rye • Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Selection #10 • Old Ezra 7 Year Rye • Romulan Ale Rye Whiskey • Stellum Hunter’s Moon Bourbon • Stellum Lone Cypress Rye
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
New News: Jack Daniel’s lied to us about their Single Malt! • Two recent American craft distillery purchases (we were outbid) • Putin smuggles whiskey • A new literal gold standard for testing a whiskey’s age • Beam Suntory’s peat restoration project • Our whiskey-tasting field trip to Manhattan! • A trio of tragicomic tales of intoxication • Whiskey-loving Navy vet turns 100
New Whiskeys: Old Forester Barrel Strength Single Barrel Distiller Select • Basil Hayden 10-Year • Basil Hayden Red Wine Cask Finish • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection • Blackened x Wes Henderson • Booker’s 2022-03 “Kentucky Tea Batch” • Chicken Cock Chanticleer Cognac Finish • Hirsch Cask Strength Cognac Finish • Peerless Absinthe Barrel Finished Rye 2022 • Redwood Empire Cask Strength Collection • Teeling’s 32 Year Purple Muscat Wine Finished • WhistlePig Boss Hog IX: Siren’s Song • Crown Royal 29 Year • Wyoming Whiskey Outryder • Wyoming Whiskey Single Barrel • Wyoming Whiskey Barrel Strength
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
New News: Jack Daniels’ American Single Malt release date • Jameson’s first Single Pot Still whiskey in decades • Pappy Van Winkle is back! • Possible Bacardi takeover of Teeling’s? • Two Louisville liquor stores get in trouble for libelous labels • Macallan’s new line of James Bond-inspired whiskies • Connor MacGregor’s hiring a whiskey hype man • Increased risk for dementia in alcohol abstainers • World’s oldest whiskey sold at auction • The U.S. Navy’s “Fat Leonard” bribery scandal
New Whiskeys: Broken Barrel Luciferous • Chicken Cock Bourbon Private Cask • F.E.W Bottled-in-Bond Rye • Filmland Spirits Whiskeys • Hibiki Blossom Harmony Blend • Knob Creek 18 Year Bourbon • Midwinter Night's Dram Act 10 & The Encore • Redemption Sur Lee • Remus Gatsby Reserve Bourbon • Seelbach's Private Reserve Bourbon • Russel’s Reserve Single Rickhouse • Sagamore Spirit Reserve Sherry Finished Rye • WhistlePig Piggyback Bourbon • Willett 8 Year Wheated Bourbon
New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
New News: It’s Bourbon Heritage Month! • Aww dammit, the Queen died • Buffalo Trace increases production by 50% • Major shake-ups at Maker’s Mark and Brown-Forman • Glenlivet’s “space-side” barley • Macallan’s stunning horizontal whiskey bottle • Brown-Forman invests millions… in Scotch? • Maryland liquor store offers up the most expensive Japanese whiskey ever produced • Puzzling acquittals in a college hazing case • Heroin smuggler is caught by a whiskey receipt • British woman credits whiskey for her longevity
New Whiskeys: Barrel Vantage • Bushmill’s 2022 Causeway Collection • Four Roses 2022 Small Batch • Jefferson's Ocean Voyage 29 Wheated Bourbon • Larceny Barrel Proof C922 • Little Book Chapter 6 “To the Finish” • Macallan 1989 • Michter’s US*1 Toasted Barrel Sour Mash Whiskey • Old Forester 2022 Birthday Bourbon
News Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
New News: American Single Malts are almost official • The original Old Overholt gets an age statement • Twisted Tea launches a flavored whiskey • High West pledges $1 million to the environment • Proper 12 lied (kinda) about their Conor McGregor origin story • Assassin’s Creed takes a stab at the whiskey biz • A drunk woman in Florida (of course) drives a golf cart onto a highway
New Whiskeys: Barrell Gray Label Dovetail • Breckenridge Broncos Bourbon Blends • Brush Creek Railroad Rye Boxcar #1 • Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection • Hadrin’s Creek Jacob’s Well Bourbon • Hadrin’s Creek Col. James B. Beam Bourbon • Hidden Barn Bourbon Batch #1 • Lucky 7 The Frenchman • Woodford Reserve Batch Proof • Lux Row’s Davis County Bourbon Toasted Finish
News Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
New News: Buffalo Trace’s new ex-gas station tourism destination • America’s new interactive distillery-lookup website • Scotch obtains official U.S. trademark • The New Hampshire distillery that infuses whiskies with crabs and beavers • Former Philadelphia Eagle enters the distilling biz • Sazerac buys the Lough Gill Irish distillery • Ardbeg smashes auction record • 10 of SFWSC 2022’s Best of Class winners!
New Whiskeys: Barrell Bourbon Batch 33 • Booker’s 2022-02 “The Lumberyard Batch” Bourbon • Garrison Brothers Guadalupe (2022) Texas Whiskey • Gold Spot Irish • F.E.W’s Motor Oil Whiskey • Stellum Black Equinox Bourbon • Stellum Black Fibonacci Rye
News Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
News: Heaven Hill’s new distillery • Angel’s Envy’s distillery expansion • Iowa’s new distillery law • Evan William Single Barrel contraction • Edible QR codes • Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption causes brain atrophy • PBS premieres “The Water of Life” movie • Brown-Forman’s income rose 29% • The world’s largest bottle of whiskey! • Our visit to Philly's Bourbon & Branch • Our first whiskey tasting event • The next 4 podcast topics
Whiskeys: Out now! Balcones Big Baby • Barrel Seagrass Gold Label • Blackened Rye the Lightning • Blood Oath Pact No. 8 • Chicken Cock Rye Island Rooster • Jack Daniels Bonded and Triple Mash • Rabbit Hole Nevallier • Red Line Curaçao Finish • Sweeten’s Cove Kennessee • Woodford Reserve Toasted Oak Oat Grain
Music Credits: NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373