It’s This Week in Bourbon for September 27th 2024. Wyoming Whiskey has a new Master Blender, 2XO Releases the Sneakerhead Blend and Penelope Bourbon introduces its new Estate Collection

Show Notes:

• Chicken Cock Whiskey joins the KDA
• Buffalo Trace Distiller for a Day Contest
• Brendan Cook is Wyoming Whiskey’s new Master Blender
• True Story Bourbon and Rye
• Town Branch Overproof
• 2XO The Sneakerhead Blend
• Penelope Bourbon Estate Collection
• @wyomingwhiskey @buffalotracedistillery @chickencockwhiskey @2xowhiskey @truestorywhiskey @penelopebourbon
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for September 20th 2024. Flaviar has acquired competitor Speakeasy Company, Maker’s Mark Releases its 2024 Cellar Aged and Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell celebrated his 70th anniversary with the company.

Show Notes:

• Heaven Hill opens the Five Brothers Bar & Kitchen
• Flaviar has acquired competitor Speakeasy Company
• Premiership Rugby has signed a new partnership with Buffalo Trace
• Tom Beckbe announces a collaboration with Pappy & Company
• Brewzle Whiskey Festival in Opelika, taking place on October 12, 2024
• Southern Star NFL 30th season with a Special Barrel Release
• Dierks Bentley ROW 94
• Lux Row Small Batch PX Sherry Cask Finish
• Ole Smoky Distillery is teaming up with Jason Kelce
• Wyoming Whiskey National Parks No. 4 and Old Faithful Straight Bourbon Whiskies
• Milam & Greene Whiskey Unabridged Volume 3
• Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Special Release Coy Hill Barrelhouse 8
• Hidden Barn Organic Wheated Bourbon Whiskey
• Wolves American Single Malt
• Cedar Brook Wheated Bourbon
• Silverbelly Whiskey limited single barrel
• Hard Truth Distilling Co. announced the release of four limited reserve whiskeys
• Filmland Spirits QUADRAFORCE
• Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged 2024
• Jimmy Russell’s 70th Anniversary 8 Year Old Bourbon
• @heavenhilldistillery @buffalotracebourbon @tombeckbe @pappyandco @brewzle @dierksbentley @olesmokey @luxrow @milamandgreenewhiskey @makersmark @wildturkey @hidden_barn
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for September 6th 2024. The Kentucky Castle will transform into a new $92.5 million distillery, Bardstown Bourbon Co. has two new releases, and the first innovation coming from Booker’s Bourbon since 2019 – Booker’s Bourbon ‘The Reserves’

Show Notes:

• 5th Annual Whisk(e)y Festival “Premier Drams” at Jack Rose
• The Kentucky Castle will transform into a new $92.5 million distillery
• Bardstown Bourbon Co. has two new releases
• Proof and Wood BlameCanada
• Truth Straight Rye Whiskey from Hard Truth
• Booker’s Bourbon ‘The Reserves’.
• @jackroseindc @bardstownbourbonco @hardtruthspirits @proofandwood @beamgeneration8
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for August 30th 2024. Whiskey Thief is opening a new spot in NuLu, Alaska Senate Bill 9 goes into effect which allows direct to consumer shipping, Heaven Hill Distillery announced today the release of the 18th edition of the Parker’s Heritage Collection.

Show Notes:

• Mash Maker’s Experience at Casey Jones Distillery
• Whiskey Thief Plans Location in NuLu
• LF Heritage Distillery Co joins KDA
• Alaska Allows DTC Shipping for Spirits
• Barrel Global partner with Still Austin Whiskey Co
• Pursuit United Double Oaked Rye
• Derek Trucks Ass Pocket Whiskey
• Cream of Kentucky Two New Releases
• Little Book The Infinite Edition 1
• 18th edition of the Parker’s Heritage Collection
• @caseyjonesdistillery @whiskeythiefdistilling @stillatx @pursuitspirits @beamgeneration8
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for August 23rd 2024. American whiskey is gaining market share in the US with the on-premise, New York signs into law direct to consumer shipping for spirits, and Old Forester announces birthday bourbon

Show Notes:

• UK gets $101.8 revenue boost this thanks to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour.
• CGA’s On Premise Measurement data has revealed that American whiskey is gaining market share
• government lawyers appealed the ruling that allowed at-home distilling
• New York opens up direct-to-consumer shipping
• Evan Williams Bourbon announced a new partnership with Learfield Media
• Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has joined forces with Moët Hennessy to create SirDavis
• Blood Oath Trilogy – Third Edition
• Redemption Sur Lee Straight Rye Whiskey
• Uncle Nearest Lost Chapter 1 – 777’
• Baker’s Bourbon 13YO
• Bardstown Origin High Wheat
• Penelope Valencia
• Raconteur Rye Brazen
• Old Forester Birthday Bourbon
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for August 16th 2024. Kentucky Distillers’ Association has been inducted into the prestigious World Spirits Alliance. Social media giant TikTok has quietly updated its advertising policy to allow alcohol adverts. Michter’s will is bringin back its US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon

Show Notes:

• Castle & Key Distillery and GiantMouse Knives
• Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) has been inducted into the World Spirits Alliance
• TikTok has updated its advertising policy to allow alcohol adverts
• Remus Repeal Reserve Series VIII Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Milam & Greene Whiskey Roadrunner Single Barrel Bourbon
• Chattanooga Whiskey Russian River Pinot Cask Finished
• Jack Daniel’s Heroes Selection Single Barrel Barrel Proof Tennessee Rye Whiskey
• Blue Note Bourbon Honey Rye Cask
• Michter’s US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon
• @castleandkey @remusbourbon @milamandgreenewhiskey @chattwhiskey @jackdaniels_us @bluenotebourbon @michterswhiskey
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for August 2nd 2024. AB InBev has sold Master of Malt, Bourbon & Banter will kick off National Bourbon Heritage Month with the 11th annual 30 Days of Bourbon Challenge, and Woodinville Whiskey Co. releases an 8 Year OId Bourbon.

Show Notes:

• Mile High Spirits and World View send a barrel into the stratosphere
• Bourbon & Banter 30 Days of Bourbon Challenge
• AB InBev has sold Master of Malt
• Newly revamped Additive Free Alliance, Inc
• RD1 Spirits has hired a Research and Development Master Distiller
• Town Branch Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
• 2XO French Oak
• Woodinville Whiskey 8 Year OId Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Four Roses Distillery 2024 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon
• @milehighspiritsdistillery @bourbonbanter @rd1spirits @townbranchbourbon @2xowhiskey @woodinvillewhiskeyco @fourrosesbourbon
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for August 2nd 2024. Tickets are almost sold out for Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Yellowstone Bourbon Limited Edition features 7-year and 17-year aged bourbons, and Green River 1885 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey goes after the on-premise.

Show Notes:

• Tickets are almost sold out for KBF
• Whiskey House of Kentucky gets a $115 million syndicated credit facility
• 15 STARS Three Kings Fine-Aged Whiskey
• Yellowstone Bourbon Limited Edition
• Green River 1885 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• @kybourbonfest @ricky_15stars @yellowstonebourbon @greenriverdistillingco
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for July 26th 2024. A judge in texas agrees that you should be able to distill at home, Austrailia is under fire for labeling some whiskeys as bourbon, and Knob creek releases a bourbon and rye blend.

Show Notes:

• A judge in texas agrees that you should be able to distill at home
• Australian distillers are misleading consumers by wrongly labelling products as bourbon or whiskey
• Speyside Bourbon Cooperage will invest $16.85 million to build a new stave mill
• Larceny announced new packaging
• Pernod Ricard establishes North American Distillers
• Buffalo Trace Distillery Paris pop-up shop
• Extended Stave Warehousing joins KDA
• Rebel Bourbon sponsorship with the Premier Lacrosse League
• Penelope’s Straight Rye Whiskey Toasted Series
• Booker’s The Beam House Batch
• Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye
• Buzzard’s Roost bottled-in-bond bourbon
• Elijah Craig Toasted Rye
• Jack Daniel Distillery Series Selection #13
• @larcenybourbon @buffalotracedistillery @rebelbourbon @penelopebourbon @knobcreek @buzzardsroostwhiskey @elijahcraig @jackdaniels_us
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for July 12th 2024. Whiskey House of Kentucky begins operations, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame will induct 5 new members, and Buffalo Trace Distillery announces Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Barrel Proof Rye Whiskey

Show Notes:

• Bespoken Spirits joins The Kentucky Distillers’ Association
• Tequila Matchmaker founders raided by Consejo Regulador de Tequila
• Consumers are filing lawsuits against spirits influencers
• Whiskey House of Kentucky begins operations
• Eastern Light Distilling breaks ground
• Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame will induct 5 new members
• Hidden Barn is releasing a seven-year-old double-barreled bourbon
• Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Barrel Proof Rye Whiskey
• Old Forester 117 Series: Rum Finish
• 15 STARS Triple Cask II Fine-Aged Bourbon
• Chattanooga Whiskey Bottled in Bond Vintage Series Spring 2020
• New Riff Distilling’s Headliner special edition
• @bespokenspirits @tequilamatch @easternlightdistilling @hidden_barn @oldforester @ricky_15stars @chattwhiskey @newriff
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