🛫 Time for a whiskey flight (or drive in this case) to the incredible state of Utah. If you've never been...you are missing one huge feast for the eyes. Today we're going to experience another side of Utah, its spirits. While not being considered one of the country's stronger

🔥New Episode is out! 4 years ago, I had a chance to do a Zoom call with Colby and Ashley Frey as they released batch 1 of their Bourbon. I learned so much about how farming effects the final spirit we enjoy. When I had plans of driving through Nevada, I knew I had to make this

🎧🔥 The GREAT 48 TOUR rolls over the Sierra-Nevadas today, as we make our way through the giant Sequoia trees and mountainsides down to the little tourist town of Arnold. After a beautiful drive, it was a treat to get a reward of some amazingly flavorful single malts. I say

🎉 TIME TO DISRUPT WHISKEY HISTORY That's right! The pilot episode of a potential new Whiskey Lore Podcast series is live on your favorite podcast app, lnkd.in/e59eDC4V or at Patreon.com/WhiskeyLore We all know if it has the name whiskey in the title somewhere,

The Western Swing continues on the Great 48 Tour. Think Portland is where all the great whiskey is in Oregon? Time to take a look east to the town of Bend. Here at Oregon Spirit Distillers, the home of the Oregon Whiskey Festival, Brad and Kathy Irwin took a chance and leaned

🎧🥃 Time for one last stop on the western swing of the Great 48 Tour! 4k miles, 11 distilleries, 11 days...what an adventure! For my final stop, I drove to one of the most picturesque distilleries on my visit. 30,000 acres of ranch out in Southern Wyoming. This isolated resort,

I'm taking a week off before heading to my next Great 48 Tour stop. It's time to embrace Scotch whisky history including the ways the Gladstone government propelled the spirit through law changes, the history of Fettercairn, and how Distillery Manager Stewart Walker and his team

🔔 Ring the bell, I'm back on the road again - this time heading to New England. On the way, I had the need to stop at a New Jersey distillery (since I missed my chance on my last PA trip). Back then I'd learned about @milkstreetdistillery and wanted to stop in. It didn't work

🎧🥃 NEW EPISODE: Great 48 Tour I finally made it to New England and just in time to see a blast of color (recorded in mid-October). The drive through the Hudson Valley to Connecticut was incredible. My timing was perfect too, as I got to @litchfielddistillery just as the man I

✈️🎁 TRAVEL BOOKS: Holiday Sale! JAMES E. PEPPER DISTILLERY When it comes to tours with a lot of history, don't sleep on the Old Pepper Distillery. Yeah the 1776 claim is a little hard to prove but the legacy of James E. Pepper does go back to his Grandfather Elijah and the

🐄🎁 WHISKEY HISTORY BOOKS: Holiday Sale! Did you know Jack Daniel was as well, or better known, for cattle than for whiskey in the 19th century? Give the gift of REAL whiskey history this Christmas, with The Lost History of Tennessee Whiskey (on sale, free shipping, and

👀 NEW EPISODE ALERT While Rhode Island might not be the first place you think of when it comes to whiskey, there is quite a nice little community of distilleries in the state. When I planned the trip out in May, I originally was going to Sons of Liberty thanks to nominations

🥃📢 NEW EPISODE ALERT Whiskey Flights heads into Massachusetts (just a quick 45 minute drive from Rhode Island) to meet up with Rhonda Kallman, founder of Boston Harbor Distillery and original co-founder of Boston Beer Co (Samuel Adams). whiskeylore.org/distilleries/u… This is a

🎉😂 Had to do a little flashback to my favorite DJ on this week's podcast. When I was younger, Casey Kasem was the first radio superstar I'd ever heard and he made counting down the nation's biggest hits sound so easy. Well, this year, everyone voted for their Fan Favorite

🥃📢 NEW EPISODE ALERT Happy New Year everyone. Back on track with Whiskey Flights. As you can tell by the picture, I was in New Hampshire at the color's peak. A beautiful drive in from Portsmouth (a little over an hour). This was a great way to start my journey west. Brian

🎉 JOIN ME ON THE BOURBON ROAD Thanks to Jim and Todd for having me on the The Bourbon Road podcast today to talk about my newly released book Whiskey Lore's Travel Guide to Experiencing American Whiskey. We sample some whiskeys and talk about distillery travel across the

Catch the premiere of Meet the Makers, with my guest Kim McLaughlin of the fun and quirky Pittsburgh area distillery (starting in minutes). youtube.com/watch?v=AEdMum…

📢 NEW EPISODE ALERT Welcome to Cooperstown, the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the lore surrounding Abner Doubleday, memorabilia shops, and whiskey. On the Whiskey Lore Podcast, I'm stopping in to visit with Gene Marra, a native New Yorker who left the culinary

👀 NEW WHISKEY LORE PODCAST — SEASON 7, EPISODE 2 📜 History is officially back. Season 7 of the Whiskey Lore Podcast continues its return to storytelling—revisiting old tales with new evidence, and introducing new research that challenges what we think we know about whisky

🥃 NEW EPISODE ALERT Join me as we travel virtually to the Florida Panhandle to explore the experiences and unique distilling and blending techniques at Timber Creek Distillery. Founders Cam Ford and Aaron Barnes join me to chat about blending kits, Florida grains, and how axe