Betting on Horses and Bourbon Pinhook-Style
Among horse racing enthusiasts, "pinhooking" is the name for investing in a young horse based solely on its pedigree and potential for success, then cashing in when the horse is mature and ready to ra...
27 Juli 20201h 3min
Scotch Whisky Puts Out the Welcome Mat...Slowly
Tourism has become a major part of the Scotch Whisky industry, with two million people visiting distilleries in both 2018 and 2019. 2020, the "Year of the Pandemic," will be much different after disti...
20 Juli 202053min
A Bonny Wee Distillery in Edinburgh
Edinburgh's newest malt whisky distillery opened with a bang - or perhaps, a cough. That's because the Bonnington Distillery had barely filled its first few casks with new make spirit before the Covid...
13 Juli 20201h
Opening Pubs in a Pandemic...or Not
Bars and pubs have reopened in some areas after lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19, only to be closed again when the number of cases spikes as people try to resume a normal life that includes...
6 Juli 202055min
Jim Beam's Fred Noe: Stuck at Home and Planning a Farewell Tour
Fred Noe became Jim Beam's seventh master distiller in 2007 when his father, the legendary Booker Noe, retired. 13 years later, he's getting closer to the day when he'll hand things over to his son Fr...
29 Juni 202055min
Rising From the Ashes: Du Nord & Minneapolis
It would have been easy for Chris and Shanelle Montana to close Du Nord Craft Spirits after arsonists set fire to the distillery's warehouse during riots in the wake of George Floyd's death at the han...
22 Juni 20201h 15min
Calls for Change & Diversity in the Whisky Community
Recent protests over racism and police brutality against African-Americans have led to greater calls for diversity throughout American society, and the whisky industry is no exception. American whiske...
15 Juni 20201h 11min
Malting Barley for Future Generations of Whisky Lovers
This week, we'll wrap up our two-part tour of Gladfield Malt in New Zealand, where Gabi and Doug Mitchell have turned the family's barley farm into one of the country's leading malt suppliers. The Mit...
8 Juni 20201h 11min
