Introduction to the 1880’s // Season Two Now Live!
Send us Fan Mail The 1880’s was a dynamic decade marked by rapid industrialization, innovation and significant political change around the world. And this was true within the liquor industries, includ...
4 Des 202425min
Raise a Glass // The End of Prohibition
Send us Fan Mail In the law-breaking spirit of the decade that spawned bootleggers, speakeasies, and organized crime, we realized that we had to bend the rules and cover events that stretch beyond the...
4 Sep 202423min
Bourbon's Tales // Ingenuity & Defiance during Prohibition
Send us Fan Mail This week is all about American Whiskey, aka Bourbon, during the 1920's! Prohibition was a rocky time for the bourbon industry, but it also sparked some cool tales of ingenuity and de...
28 Aug 202438min
Whiskey's New Dawn // The Road to Repeal
Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode - we take another look at Prohibition. This time Sarah and I talk about the positives of Prohibition. After unleashing economic devastation and levels of crime ...
21 Aug 202433min
The Father(s) of Japanese Whiskey // A 1920's Legacy
Send us Fan Mail In the second part of our episodes on the birth of Japanese whisky, Masataka Taketsuru and Shinjiro Torii join forces and build a distillery you may be familiar with. Hint - It just c...
14 Aug 202432min
Japanese Whisky // The Rise of Japan's Liquid Gold
Send us Fan Mail So far our episodes have focused on what was happening with whiskies in the West. That changes today. Our next two episodes will focus on Japan and how it became a major whisky produ...
7 Aug 202431min
Scotch Life // Blended Whisky Becomes the Staple
Send us Fan Mail We continue our story of whisky in the 1920's from across the pond. And for Scotch, there were advantages to be gained by the struggles of Irish and American whiskies. This week, Sara...
31 Jul 202430min
The Irish Struggle // One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Send us Fan Mail Prohibition's effects were felt far from America's shores. Irish whiskey took a hard hit from a combination of domestic troubles and America's new status as a teetotaler. Tune in this...
24 Jul 202430min
