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The Whiskey Ring Podcast

Join Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and my guests to talk about all things whiskey and spirits! Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring

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Ep. 134: Copperworks Distilling with Founder Jason...

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2024/04/03

From Great Brewing Comes Great DistillingCopperworks Distilling is making whiskey from grain. Simple, right? I mean, from a legal sense, that's quite literally what every other whiskey-maker is doing. That's where the similarities end. Jason Parker, co-founder and longtime brewer, is experimenting with barley in ways that are different not only from other distillers but singularly unique from release to release. I first got to try Copperworks from our friends at Lost Lantern, who did a single

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01:09:09

Ep. 133: Lost Lantern Returns! The Spring 2024...

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2024/03/27

The Best of the (Mid)West!The Spring 2024 Collection launches today, March 27! We first met Lost Lantern Spirits way back in Episode 53 - they are "shining a light on the independent spirit", bringing the tradition of independent bottling (and blending!) to American whiskey. In the two-ish years since, co-founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski have grown and grown, now with a physical space in Vermont and reach across the country. They've won awards, beaten distilleries at their own game

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01:25:48

Ep. 132: Starward Whisky with Founder Dave Vitale

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2024/03/20

Red, Red Wine CasksThere are certain things we take for granted with whisky - American whiskey will mostly be new charred oak, Scotch will be ex-bourbon or ex-sherry, and the rest of the world will likely use ex-bourbon casks as a default for maturation. This leads to a generalization of taste, an expectation that certain flavors will always be there. When starting Starward Whisky, one of the first Australian whisky distilleries after Lark's start in 1992, Dave Vitale wanted something different

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01:27:21

Ep. 131: Hampden Estate with Kate Perry of La Maison...

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2024/03/13

Uptown FUNKWhen you think Jamaican rum, you think funk. Funny thing is, most Jamaican rum by both volume and number of distillers is not funky. BTW - funky is the unscientific way of saying ester content. All those fruity, dark, tropical, funky notes are esters, the interactions and transformations of acids and alcohols and aldehydes into the familiar flavor compounds we love. Hampden Estate, however, is the funkiest of them all. Originally built in 1753, Hampden has been producing

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01:23:38

Ep. 130: Field & Sound Whiskey and Long Island...

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2024/02/28

“Born of the Field – Raised by the Sound”Just in time for Bottled-in-Bond month! Long Island Spirits - Long Island's first craft distillery - is quietly leading the way in my own backyard. Situated about an hour and a half outside of NYC, LI Spirits is making field-to-glass whiskies, brandies, vodkas, and more using the local land for its grains, grapes, and potatoes (not the rum, sorry - sugar doesn't grow well here!) I got to know LI Spirits through their Teddy Roosevelt-themed whiskies (Bull

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01:33:38

Ep. 129: Arbikie Highland Distillery with John Stirling

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2024/02/21

Makers of the only vodka I enjoy. And also the first rye from Scotland in 100+ years. Arbikie Highland Estate is in the forefront of the new Scotch whisky movement. Focused on sustainability, flavor, and locality, Arbikie is betting big on the future. They're making a single malt, but waiting 18 years to release it (some might be released early, but don't count on it). Their strawberry vodka takes nearly a year to produce from harvest to bottling. The gin is hyperlocal, with coastal elements. The

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01:04:11

Ep. 128: Kentucky Peerless with Ellie Reed and John...

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2024/02/14

Peerless in the 1800s and Peerless today. Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co., founded by Henry Kraver in the late 19th century, is in a class by itself. The lone sweet mash distiller in Louisville with the most distinctive bottle in the state, Peerless built itself back up through rye and its story. Several years later, they're thriving. Single barrels abound of both rye and bourbon, with all the maturity you want from the oak without much of the tannin. Their bottlings are all at barrel proof,

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Ep. 127: Heaven's Door Spirits with Alex Moore

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2024/01/31

Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's Door? I'm joined by Alex Moore, head blender for Heaven's Door to talk about their entire spirits lineup, the plan to start distilling in Kentucky, and how much of a role Bob Dylan plays in all of this (spoiler: he's actually quite involved!). Here's an admission: I don't really know much about Bob Dylan's music. I don't know if it's not my style or I just haven't been exposed to it, but for whatever reason, it hasn't been part of my musical education. That being

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01:29:20

Ep. 126: Hard Truth Distilling with Bryan Smith

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2024/01/24

Let's start with the basics: Hard Truth is putting out some incredible ryes from Indiana. And none of it came from MGP. There's so much more, though. Using a sweet mash technique, Hard Truth is developing ryes, bourbons, and finished whiskies, always with an eye to standing out. They've got a 325-acre property on which you can stay, taste, tour, make your own moonshine, and "get lost" adventures. Hard Truth also puts its money where its mouth is by using local grain and honoring the farmers. It's

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Ep. 125: River Roots Barrel Company with Co-Founder...

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2024/01/17

River Roots Barrel Company, out of Cleveland, Ohio, has been making some serious waves in the whiskey world. Their hazmat proof bottlings on Seelbach's flew off the virtual shelves, and the upcoming port barrel bourbon is on my to-do list as soon as it's live. As always, though, there's more to the story, including partnerships with barrel brokers and celebrity chef Michael Symon. At first glance, River Roots seems like an independent bottler, but they're really doing more than that. Like Lost

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01:32:44

Ep. 124: Andy Nelson and Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery

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2024/01/10

Nelson's Green Brier Distillery - NGB for short - has been around for quite a while. It's older than Jack and George, and at one time produced more than both of those by several magnitudes. And then, like so many others (and unlike its younger peers), Prohibition put an end to Charles Nelson's distillery, which his wife Louisa led for 18 years after his passing and until statewide Prohibition in 1909. NGB was then lost to history and nature for around 90 years. Then, by a fluke, Andy, Charles, and

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01:35:34

Ep. 123: Boot Hill Distillery with Lee Griffith

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2024/01/03

A Boot Hill is a burial ground for the unclaimed, the poorest, and those hanged for misdeeds. For some, a Boot Hill was necessary - it got them the first few steps to heaven. And Dodge City, the fabled town of the old west, has the original Boot Hill. Boot Hill Distillery isn't located on top of the hill, exactly (it's quite close), but it is built on those stories. Images of Wyatt Earp and other famous lawmen and outlaws grace their bottles while the whiskies are made with grains grown as close

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Ep. 122: Sangam World Whisky

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2023/12/27

Sangam World Whisky is the newest release from the Rampur line of Indian whiskies. While there is some Rampur distillate in there, this is much more - a blend of Indian, European, and New World whiskies into a cohesive, slightly smoky (unusual for the Rampur lineup), and highly enjoyable bottling that expands what you may think about Indian whisky into a new category altogether. The idea, while exciting, is not new to Rampur. Back towards its founding 70+ years ago, Rampur had a whisky blend that

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01:27:47

Ep. 121: Highline Spirits with Christi Lower

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2023/12/20

Highline Spirits is women-led, women-owned, and women-operated - but that's not the story (or the whole story). Entering the blending space, Highline - founded by Christi Lower in her home state of Michigan - was inspired by one of the most beautiful places she (and I!) have ever been: the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park. With 3000' up and 3000' down and just enough width for about two people, the trail is challenging, life-changing, and, clearly, inspirational. Christi's vision is for a

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01:18:41

Ep. 120: Lodestar Whiskey with Anna Axster

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2023/12/13

Anna Axster and Wendelin von Schroder - cousins and veterans of the entertainment industry - have started a whiskey. Just a few weeks ago, that whiskey brand launched as Lodestar Whiskey, a blend of high-rye bourbon and American single malt whiskies aiming for a Southern California vibe. This whiskey - and the women behind it - are worth a look. It's a whiskey aimed at multiple audiences with multiple purposes. It can stand up on its own, to a cube, and in a cocktail (and not in that "this is a

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01:32:45

Ep. 119: Paul Pacult

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2023/12/06

Paul Pacult has made a name as one of the OG whiskey/spirits writers in the US. His books, including Kindred Spirits, Buffalo, Barrels, and Bourbon, and American Still Life, have won multiple awards and gone through multiple printings. He is the founder (with his partners) of the Ultimate Spirits Competition, which is sunsetting later this year, and an otherwise esteemed taster with a legendary regimen for evaluating spirits. Paul is also simply an interesting guy to talk to. He's seen the entire

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01:28:33

Ep. 118: Spirit of Even with Henric Molin

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2023/11/29

This week, I'm joined by Henric Molin, the chemist-turned-distiller who never quite left the chemistry behind when he and his wife started Spirit of Hven Distillery on a small island in Sweden. Spirit of Hven's products are immediately recognizable by their Erlenmeyer flask-shaped bottles. Inside the bottles is an adventure. Corn whiskey, rye from the far north, gins with nearby botanicals, and more, all from the island itself or the closest possible source on the mainland. They also have 18

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01:46:46

Ep. 117: Maggie Kimberl

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2023/11/22

Happy Thanksgiving! This week's episode is extra special. I'm joined by Maggie Kimberl - bourbon reviewer, Content Editor for American Whiskey Magazine, panelist for multiple whiskey awards, cigar aficionado, bourbon historian, and prominent member of several groups promoting women in whiskey, perhaps the most important and widely impactful role among the many hats she wears. Maggie is a Louisville girl through and through. She knows her whiskey, sure, but she especially knows her bourbon. We talk

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01:13:54

Ep. 116: Adnams Distillery with Bradley Adnams and...

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2023/11/15

If you're from England, you probably think of Adnams for its 150-year-old brewery. What you might not know is that for just over a decade, they've also been distilling. In fact, they were the first distillery in the UK to have a brewery and distillery on the same site (they had to check with the government!) Adnams not only has a unique distillate for their single malt, they're also putting out one of the few ryes on the English Isles. Using rye from the Adnams family farm a mile away, they're

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01:22:59

Ep. 115: John Cox and Quercus Cooperage

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2023/11/08

Barrels are one of those inventions that change the course of human history. Think I'm overstating it? Devised by the Celts and proliferated by the Romans, barrels have carried everything from water to fish to oil and whiskey in the last two millennia. They're (ideally) leak-free, can store things for long periods of time, and are easily moved by one person despite weighing hundreds of pounds. Today, we think of barrels almost exclusively in the realm of whiskey and spirits, but a far richer history

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