It’s This Week in Bourbon for December 24th 2021. The Kentucky Bourbon Benefit has raised over $3M for Tornado relief. The Heaven Hill vs Log Still court battle for the Dant name has come to an end after 9 months. Let’s talk a little more about United Rye since it’s now only available on store shelves

Show Notes:

• Bourbon Pursuit fundraiser has raised $20,587 for Team Western KY Tornado Relief, Bellewood & Brooklawn, and Hand-in-Hand Ministries
• The Kentucky Bourbon Benefit has raised over $3M for Tornado relief
• Carr’s Steakhouse that once stood in downtown Mayfield have donated 14 bottles to The Kentucky Bourbon Benefit
• Halls Chophouse Charleston is offering Buffalo Trace 1995 O.F.C. bourbon to benefit tornado relief
• The Heaven Hill vs Log Still court battle for the Dant name has come to an end after 9 months
• IWSR expects e-commerce sales are expected to reach more than US $42 billion by 2025
• The Top 10 states for American Whiskey Sales
• Texas State Securities Board has issued an emergency cease and desist order to Whiskey & Wealth Club
• United Rye is sold out on Seelbachs but is only available on shelves now
• Doghouse has released a chili bacon flavored vodka
• @kentuckybourbontrail @carrssteakhouse @hallschophouse @heavenhilldistillery @logstilldistillery @doghousedistillery
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for December 17th 2021. The Kentucky Bourbon Benefit will take place to support Kentucky Tornado relief. Buffalo Trace adds NFC chips to Thomas H. Handy foils. A. Smith Bowman is releasing a 15 year rum finished bourbon.

Show Notes:

• The Kentucky Bourbon Benefit will feature exclusive private barrels, rare bottles, and more to support Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief
• Breckenridge Distillery has been acquired by cannabis company Tilray for $10.92M
• Brown Forman, Diageo, and Beam Suntory have pledge reach net-zero carbon emission
• Small Producers Are Slow Proofing Their Whiskey
• Should you invest is a whiskey funds? Gross annual rate of return of 17%
• Maker’s Mark “Whisky Flights” will pay for your baggage fees
• Alabama’s Golden Ticket Lottery
• Buffalo Trace adds NFC chips to THH foils
• Jim Beam drops a Bourbon Cream plus the brand’s first board game in a new holiday kit
• Crown Royal is launching an 18 year old release in connection with grillz maker Scotty ATL
• General Manager and Distiller Nicole Austin has unveiled Cascade Moon 13 Year Old Rye
• A. Smith Bowman Distillery announces a 15year old rum finished bourbon
• @kentuckybourbontrail @bourboncrusade @breckdistillery @fredminnick @tilray @brownforman @diageo @nancylfraley @forbes @makersmark @aldotcomnews @jimbeamofficial @crownroyal @cascadehollowdistillingco @a.@smithbowman
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for Decmber 10 2021. Four Roses opens a new and newly renovated 15,000-square-foot visitor center. According to new research by IWSR, we’re slowly but surely becoming a nation of craft spirits drinkers. Stellum™ Black: a limited-release premium expression is announced

Show Notes:

• Four Roses cuts the ribbon on the new visitor center at the Lawrenceburg facility
• Rye whiskey isn’t an American Creation. From Lew Bryson over at The Daily Beast
• IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, we’re slowly but surely becoming a nation of craft spirits drinkers
• Park Street Companies and American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) release the fifth annual Craft Spirits Data Project
• American Distilling Institute has now opened the call for proposals
• The DISCUS was granted $1.12M to promote American spirits exports in 2022
• Bardstown Bourbon Company’s “World’s Top Whiskey Taster” takes place December 11, 2021
• Wilderness Trail Distillery plans to increase its production to 80,000 barrels a year
• Total Wine & More saw its revenue grow to more than $5 billion in 2020
• Old Forester Distilling Co holds nationwide lottery for President’s Choice
• Stellum launches Stellum Black Bourbon and Stellum Black Rye
• Wilderness Trail’s first ever four-grain Bourbon whiskey will have a pink label
• Chicken Cock Cotton Club 20 year Canadian Rye Whiskey
• Heaven’s Door Whiskey announced the Bootleg Series Vol III
• Booker’s Batch 2021-04 Noe Strangers Batch
• Barefoot Wine and Oreo have come together to create a cookie-flavored red blend
• @fourrosesbourbon @thedailybeast @theiwsr @parkstreetcompanies @craftspiritsus @americandistilling @distilledspiritscouncil @wildernesstraildistillery @totalwine @oldforester @stellumspirits @chickencockwhiskey @heavensdoorwhiskey @barefootwine @oreo
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for Decmber 3rd 2021. Here’s the headlines for this week: Over the last 10 years, as it relates to counterfeit alcohol, a WHAS11 story found no arrests have ever been made. Four new distilleries have been added to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour. Barrell Craft Spirits is releasing their Gold Label Bourbon

Show Notes:

• The first-ever Craft Whiskey Expo at Sea will take place next spring on Celebrity Cruises
• Four new distilleries have been added to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour
• Kentucky’s Original Black Bourbon Enthusiasts, KOBBE, announces the 4th annual Bourbon & Benevolence Charity Tasting & Auction
• Ball Corp is lifting the minimum number of cans certain producers must order and saying it will raise prices
• UPROXX came out with a new article called The 50 Best Bourbon Whiskeys Of 2021
• Buffalo Trace is inviting everyone to come see the Distillery lighted with thousands of holiday lights
• Wildsam is releasing a new title in its Pursuits series, Kentucky Bourbon Country
• Widow Jane Distillery announces today the release of The Vaults 2021
• High West is releasing High Country Single Malt
• TX announced the launch of TX Whiskey Canned Cocktails
• Scottie Pippen is debuting a bourbon barrel-aged tea
• Woodford Reserve announces Five-Malt Stouted Mash
• Barrell Craft Spirits announces New Year Bourbon 2022 and Gold Label Bourbon
• @celebritycruises @kentuckybourbontrail @502kobbe @ballcorporation @uproxxlife @uproxx @bufalotrace @wildsam @widow_jane @drinkhighwest @txwhiskey @scottiepippen @woodfordreserve @barrellbourbon
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It's This Week in Bourbon for November 26th 2021. Here's the headlines for this week: Pursuit United Rye has been bottled and is coming soon. A semi-truck of Jack Daniel's overturned in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Frey Ranch Distillery announces their single grain series.

Show Notes:

• Pursuit United Rye has been bottled!
• Clay Risen has a new 4 part book Bourbon: The Story of Kentucky Whiskey
• Ocado Group adds Yellowstone and Ezra Brooks
• A semi-truck overturned in Murfreesboro, Tennessee carrying an estimated $400,000 worth of Jack Daniel’s
• liquidcraft.io launches their first NFT called Dragons & Bourbon Series
• Fred Minnick is hosting a bourbon tasting in New York City on December 8th in partnership with Michters
• Brother's Bond Bourbon has donated $50,000 to Kiss The Ground
• T-Pain has a new cocktail book called Can I Mix You A Drink: 50 Cocktails from My Life & Career
• Jimmy Russell of Wild Turkey celebrated his 87th birthday last weekend
• Jefferson’s Bourbon has debuted Ocean Voyage 24 called "Ship's Log"
• Conecuh Brands is introducing four new expressions under its Clyde May’s Whiskey label
• Frey Ranch Distillery launches their “Single Grain Series”
• Blue Run Spirits has new releases for the 2021 holiday season
• Four Gate Whiskey Company announces Rye DownUnder
• The LEE Initiative and Maker’s Mark launch the second-annual limited-edition “CommUNITY Batch”
• Lost Lantern is releasing three limited-edition single casks
• Wolves Whiskey is partnering with Willett Distillery to launch The Rye Project, Volume One, Batch One
• Field Rye Whiskey, created in collaboration with the Field Museum, will become available for purchase at O’Hare International Airport
• Peerless is releasing for their second time, rye whiskey aged in absinthe barrels
• @pursuitspirits @risenc @ocadouk @yelowstonebourbon @ezrabrooksbourbon @jackdaniels_us @craft_liquid @fredminnick @brothersbondbourbon @tpain @wildturkey @jeffersonsbourbon @clydemayswhiskey @freyranchdistillery @fourgatewhiskey @chefedwardlee @leeinitiative @makersmark @lostlanternwhiskey @willettdistillery @kentuckypeerless
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It's This Week in Bourbon for November 19th 2021. Here's the headlines for this week: Buffalo Trace announced that it will be dropping the word “Jr.” from Stagg Jr. Drizly shares the data collected for gift-giving whiskeys. Old Elk Infinity Blend is the best blend created by Master Distiller Greg Metze.

Show Notes:

• Buffalo Trace announced that it will be dropping the word “Jr.” from its highly sought-after Stagg Jr. brand.
• TTB Approved 179.6K Products in the last 12 months through October 2021.
• Californian winemakers are venturing into other premium beverages.
• Jack Daniel Distillery donates $100,000 to Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) for “Operation Ride Home”.
• Chris Nolan recieved "ESPRIT DE CORPS" award from the KDA
• Copperworks Distilling Co. is crowdfunding for a new expansion.
• Drizly shares the data collected for gift-giving whiskeys.
• Drizly has announced a collaboration with 7-Eleven.
• Sonoma-Cutrer and Woodford Reserve announce a $50,000 joint donation to No Kid Hungry.
• A new study comes out that says drinking above the age of 70 is good for heart health.
• New Holland Spirits of Holland, MI will release Zeppelin Bend 10yr.
• Castle & Key Distillery is officially launching a series of Restoration Rye Single Barrels.
• Treaty Oak Ghost Hill Texas Bourbon No. 1767 is set to be released.
• Heaven’s Door has collaborated with MGM Resorts on an exclusive limited-edition bourbon, 777 Blend.
• Maverick Whiskey is releasing its limited-edition Samuel Maverick Barrel Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
• Old Elk Distillery recently unveiled a new limited edition expression, the Old Elk Infinity Blend.
• @kentuckybourbontrail @buffalotracedistillery @jackdaniels_us @copperworksdist @drizlyinc @woodfordreserve @sonomacutrer @newhollandspirits @castleandkey @treatyoak @maverickwhiskey @oldelkbourbon @heavensdoorwhiskey
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for October 12th 2021. Here’s the headlines for this week. DC Police Officers Ship Jack Daniels and didn’t know it was illegal. Sagamore Spirit releases their first 4-Year-Old 100-Proof Bottled in Bond Maryland Distilled Straight Rye Whiskey. Baker’s Bourbon introduces Baker’s Exclusive Selection.

Show Notes:

• Is the whisky bubble set to burst?
• A Distillery worker at the Girvan distillery in Ayrshire was fired for urinating next to casks.
• The DC police ship Jack Daniels and didn’t know it was illegal.
• Kentucky Mountain Moonshine Distillery is the newest KDA member.
• The Kroger 2021 Ultimate Bourbon Auction to End Hunger will end on 11/21 https://ultimatebourbonauction.com/
• Coack K was gifted a bottle of Pappy 23 from the other 3 head coaches of the Champions Classic.
• ReserveBar has reached an agreement to acquire Minibar Delivery.
• Filibuster Distillery has agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty.
• Evan Williams Bourbon announced winners for the American-Made Heroes Foundation Fund grants.
• Brad Paisley launches “American Highway” Bourbon.
• Sagamore Spirit releases their 4-Year-Old 100-Proof Bottled in Bond Maryland Distilled Straight Rye Whiskey.
• Blue Note Bourbon officially launches Blue Note Crossroads.
• Baker’s Bourbon introduces Baker’s Exclusive Selection.
• Grisly’s Cosmic Black is a new RTD that’s bourbon and cola.
• Buzzard’s Roost Whiskey has debuted its first Bourbon.
• Treaty Oak Distilling announced a partnership with Whisky Meyers to create their first collaboration.
• Turkey Tom bourbon arrives just in time for the holidays.
• Why not. Arby’s is introducing 2 new french-fry flavored vodkas.
• @kentuckybourbontrail @heavenhilldistillery @jackdaniels_us @jimbeamofficial @krogerco @krogerchrispicks @reservebarspirits @minibardelivery @dukembb @filibusterdistillery @evanwilliamsbourbon @bradpaisley @sagamorespirit @bluenotebourbon @buzzardsroostwhiskey @treatyoak @whiskeymyers @arbys
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for October 8th 2021. Here’s the headlines for this week. After 3 long years, the US and EU have agreed to remove retaliatory tariffs on bourbon exports. Kroger’s ultimate bourbon auction will begin on 11/10 with some unicorns up for bids. Castle & Key and the Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild collaborate on a new extension called The Untold Story of Kentucky Whiskey.

Show Notes:

• The U.S. and the E.U. have agreed to remove retaliatory tariffs on Kentucky Bourbon and American Whiskey.
• 25% tariffs in place in the UK because of Brexit.
• Lux Row Distillers will undergo a $4 million expansion beginning in November.
• The Idaho State Liquor Division has new rules in place for selling rare bourbons.
• The Kroger 2021 Ultimate Bourbon Auction to End Hunger begin on November 10. Visit https://ultimatebourbonauction.com
• Castle & Key announced a new line extension called The Untold Story of Kentucky Whiskey, Chapter 1 in partnership with The Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild (KBBG).
• Tamworth Distilling has unveiled a roasted turkey-flavored whiskey, Bird Of Courage.
• Wyoming Whiskey is releasing the fifth expression of its signature Outryder Straight American Whiskey.
• Old Charter Oak French Oak is the latest release from Buffalo Trace Distillery.
• All the Cookies Bourbon from Old Dominick is being rereleased.
• Jack Daniel’s has announced the release of its 2021 Single Barrel Special Release, Coy Hill High Proof.
• The 1st Straight Rosen Rye Whiskey made in the United States in over 50 years has officially been bottled by Stoll & Wolfe Distillery.
• Woodford Reserve announces the release of its annual holiday bottle.
• ZZ Top and Texas-based Balcones Distilling are collaborating on a new whiskey titled Tres Hombres.
• New Belgium Brewing and Four Roses Bourbon announced the 2021 release of Oakspire Bourbon Barrel Ale.
• Barrell Craft Spirits is releasing their ‘BCS Gray Label’ which are finished barrels of 24-year-old Canadian whiskey.
• @krogerchrispicks @luxrowdistillers @castleandkey @tamworth_distilling @wyomingwhiskey @buffalotrace @olddominick @jackdaniels_us @stollandwolfewhiskey @woodfordreserve @balconesdistilling @zztop @newbelgium @fourrosesbourbon @barrellbourbon
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for October 29th 2021. Here’s the headlines for this week. Union workers agree to a new Heaven Hill contract. DISCUS files a 66 page report on trade and export disputes. Blue Run Spirits launches their first high rye bourbon.

Show Notes:

• Union workers vote to accept a new contract with Heaven Hill distillery.
• The Kentucky Distillers’ Association welcomes Three Boys Farm Distillery and Coal Pick Distillery.
• Interbrand names Jack Daniel’s the most valuable spirit brand in the world.
• What’s next for American whiskey?
• Single-barrel whiskey offerings on Drizly has expanded by 12 percent in 2021.
• NFT Tied to Rare Whiskey Cask Auctions for $2.3M.
• Owens Corning introduced “Bourbon” as the 2022 Shingle Color of the Year.
• The Kitchen Table restaurant coming to Jim Beam
• DISCUS submitted a detailed report (66 pages to be exact) to the United States Trade Representative identifying key foreign trade barriers impeding U.S. distilled spirits exports.
• 2021 edition of Brooklyn Black Ops, a collaboration from Kentucky-based Four Roses Distillery and New York’s Brooklyn Brewery.
• Jeptha Creed is releasing their first Bottled-In-Bond Rye Bourbon.
• Blue Run Kentucky Straight High Rye Bourbon Whiskey is now available.
• HIRSCH announces the debut of its Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
• Michter’s 20 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon will mark the first release since 2019.
• @kentuckybourbontrail @heavenhilldistillery @brownforman @jackdaniels_us @drizly @owenscorningroofing @jimbeamofficial @distilledspiritscouncil @brooklynbrewery @fourrosesbourbon @bluerunspirits @jepthacreed @michterswhiskey @hirschwhiskey
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for October 22nd 2021. Here’s the headlines for this week. Heaven Hill will start hiring permanent replacement workers. The Kentucky Distillers Association welcomes two more members. New Riff launches Red Turkey Wheat bourbon

Show Notes:

• Heaven Hill said it will start hiring permanent replacement workers for bottling and warehouse operations.
• Brown-Forman is committing to 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
• The Kentucky Distillers’ Association announced that Augusta Distillery and RD1 Spirits are joining.
• Supreme Court Declines to Review 8th Circuit Ruling for Missouri on Retail Shipping Case
• TTB put out an article that Federal law strictly prohibits individuals from producing distilled spirits at home.
• New Hampshire House Bill 416 is about production of liquor for Personal or Family Use.
• Brother’s Bond has purchased regeneratively farmed grain.
• Molson Coors Beverage Company has released of its first-ever whiskey, Five Trail Blended American Whiskey.
• Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye 2021 release is returning to U.S.
• Wyoming Whiskey’s Single Barrel Bourbon is available once again.
• Bookers “Bardstown Batch” is the 3rd release of 2021.
• WhistlePig has revealed the eighth edition of The Boss Hog: LapuLapu’s Pacific.
• New Riff announces limited release Red Turkey Wheated Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• @kentuckybourbontrail @heavenhilldistillery @brownforman @brothersbondbourbon @molsoncoors @albertadistillers @wyomingwhiskey @jimbeamofficial @whistlepigwhiskey @newriff
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