It’s This Week in Bourbon for January 28th 2022. Malted Barley Shortage Hits Bourbon Distilleries, Law Makers Push Privatization of Liquor Sales, Chattanooga Whiskey Release Islay Scotch Cask Finish
Show Notes:
- Kentucky bourbon report from the KDA shows the highs of economic impact and lows of tax burden
- Mississippi and Pennsylvania lawmakers are pushing towards privatization of liquor sales
- The US and UK are negotiating tariffs imposed on American Whiskey
- There is a new malted barley shortage hitting bourbon distilleries
- Maker’s Mark has earned B Corporation Certification
- Pat’s Whiskey Auction netted over $4.5M in sales
- Buffalo Trace Distillery set a new visitation record
- Elijah Craig Bourbon is partnering with PGA TOUR professional golfer Max Homa
- Ian Stirsman has been named the first master distiller at Ross and Squibb Distillery
- Old Forester is offering the public one day of free admission to Louisville’s Roots 101 African-American Museum in collaboration with KOBBE
- Conecuh Ridge Distillery breaks ground in Troy, AL to produce Clyde May’s Alabama Whiskey, Bourbon and Rye
- C.S. McCullough’s in Johnson City TN will let you bring in bourbon while you get your hair cut
- Puncher’s Chance has its first-ever limited release offering, The D12TANCE
- Buzzard’s Roost Whiskey announces Toasted French Oak Bourbon
- Chattanooga Whiskey announces their release of Islay Scotch Cask Finish
- The GlenDronach today unveiled the limited release of its first-ever 50-Year-Old Single Malt
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