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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It’s This Week in Bourbon for October 15th 2021. Here’s the headlines for this week. Elijah Craig is having its second annual Old Fashioned Week. Breaking Bourbon takes over the BTAC Release map. Angel’s Envy announces their limited edition cask strength release

Show Notes:

• Elijah Craig recently announced its second annual Old Fashioned Week, posts will be automatically entered into the Old Fashioned Week Sweepstakes when tagging @elijahcraig.
• The TTB approved 180K Products over the last 12 months through September 2021
• Woodford Reserve  is celebrating 25 years
• Saddlestone Distillery has joined the KDA
• Distilled Spirits Council of the United States says luxury market is growing
• Breaking Bourbon carries the torch of owning the BTAC release map
• New fakes in the secondary market now targeted towards dusties
• Widow Jane Distillery announced that Decadence, finished in maple barrels, will return to retail shelves.
• Restoration Rye 2021 Batch 2 and Batch 3 can be purchased at Castle & Key Distillery
• Angel’s Envy announces its 2021 limited edition cask strength
• Jos A Magnus has new 6 new Cigar Blend batches coming out
• Old Elk Distillery out of Colorado is now going into cask finished variants
• Lost Lantern has 3 new releases coming up
• Elijah Craig has unveiled its latest Barrel Proof bourbon, C921
• TX Whiskey announces the launch of TX Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Cognac Casks
• Whisper Creek Spiked Coffee cocktails coming from Pennington
• Oak & Eden Whiskey has announced a new chapter of its celebrity collaboration product, called the Anthro Series
• @kentuckybourbontrail @oakandeden @penningtondistillingco @txwhiskey @lostlanternwhiskey @oldelkbourbon @josamagnus @breakingbourbon @woodfordreserve @pennyandsparrow
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It’s This Week in Bourbon for October 8th 2021. Here’s the headlines for this week. MGP gets a somewhat rebrand to Ross & Squibb Distillery, Stoli hires David Mandell to lead KY Owl construction, and Buffalo Trace releases the details for the 2021 Antique Collection, but there’s a big hitter missing this year.

Show Notes:

• MGP gets a pseudo-rebrand to Ross & Squibb Distillery
• Shout out to @barrelproofmarketing for the inight on brand confusion
• ADI has released two new books targeted for distillers
• Vinepair gives a history lesson in Blanton’s toppers
• Kentucky now has over 10,000,000 barrels of bourbon aging
• Stoli hires David Mandell to lead the KY Owl Distillery and Park contruction
• JustDrinks.com predicts drink trends to come in the next few months
• Diego has opened the first carbon neutral facility in Lebanon, KY
• Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board puts limits of bourbon purchases
• Good Deeds releases their first malt whiskey
• Daylight Wine and Spirits releases Ammunition Straight Bourbon whiskey
• Westward Whiskey introduces their barrel strength expression
• Redemption rye has a new ex-cognax cask release
• Peg Leg Porker releases Pitmaster Reserve 15 year
• Kentucky Peerless releases their double oak
• Woodford Reserve releases Chocolate Malt Whisper
• High West unveils Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 9
• Sazerac is releasing is second edition of Mister Sam
• 2021 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection is missing George T. Stagg
• @mandelldavid @kentuckyowl @diageo @kentuckybourbontrail @westwardwhiskey @redemptionwhiskey @peglegporker @kentuckypeerless @woodfordreserve @drinkhighwest
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