Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast

Sherry, what is it? What do you do with it? What does it go with? The answers to these questions are much simpler than you might think. Sherry isn't just for Brits. It's actually very popular with tapas, so next time you're digging into some small plates, skip the sangria and go for some PX, Manzanilla, or Cream. Like a bunch of sardines in a can, Chris has packed a lot into this week's episode. We're trying sherry, we're pairing them with a delicious array of meats, cheeses, nuts, fruits, and canned fish, then we're mixing up an array of sherry cocktails. You can find all the cocktail recipes from this episode on our blog. Emilio Lustau Solera Reserva Manzanilla Sherry Papirusa Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Palomino Fino Valdespino Tio Diego Amontillado Emilio Lustau Solera Reserva Oloroso Sherry Don Nuno Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry Emilio Lustau Solera Reserva Pedro Ximenez Sherry San Emilio If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

If it feels like we've done multiple episodes about amaro, it's because we have a loud guy on the show who always has some amaro on him. It's actually been almost four years since we had an entire episode dedicated to Pat's favorite bitter Italian liqueur. Last time we had twelve amari, and that was only scratching the surface. Roger is back, to have his taste buds tortured by these Italian bitter digestives. Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto Liqueur Cardamaro Vino Amaro Cappelletti Mazzura Aperitivo Bitter Matchbook Distilling Day Trip Strawberry Amaro Caffo del Capo Amaro Paolucci Amaro Cio Ciaro Ramazzotti Amaro Fred Jerbis Amaro 16 Nardini l'Amaro Luxardo Amaro Abano Francoli Antico Amaro Noveis Santa Maria Amaro If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Chartreuse has been around for centuries and always popular with mixologists. It took a global pandemic to make the French herbal liqueur a household name though. Carthusian monks have been making it by hand since the 1700s and were always able to keep up with demand. In the last few years, they have decreased production to focus more on being monks instead of liquor executives. Now you can pretty much only get it in the US if you own a bar. Roger has poured samples of Chartreuse and six alternatives. Additionally, he made seven Last Word cocktails with each of the seven samples. We're blind tasting these seven samples, hoping to find an alternative to Chartreuse that is just as good and readily available in our stores. After we try all of that, Roger will whip up two more Chartreuse cocktails. Check out all three cocktail recipes on our blog. Dolin Genepy des Chamois Bitter Liqueur Escorial Green Chartreuse Enrico Toro Centerba 72 Digestif Boomsma Claerkampster Cloosterbitter Elixir Spirits Ver Liquore d'Erb Faccia Bruto Centerbe If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Brent Elliott has been master distiller since the legendary Jim Rutledge stepped down in 2015. Brent was hired as a chemist 20 years ago, when Four Roses was only available overseas and in Kentucky. Because it was a skeleton crew, they needed help everywhere, so he was able to learn about multiple facets of production. Four Roses Small Batch Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon Four Roses Elliott's Select Limited Edition Barrel Strength Single Barrel Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2022 Release Barrel Strength Four Roses 135th Anniversary Limited Edition If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It seems like Oktoberfest beers come out earlier and earlier every year, which means we're recording our regular Oktoberfest beer podcast earlier and earlier. This year we're tasting these blind, with producer Jim as our dungeon master. We're sampling 12 Oktoberfest Märzens, both import and domestic, along with a line-up of delicious meat sticks from Pat's favorite butcher. Great Lakes Oktoberfest Hopewell Oktoberfest Lager Spaten Oktoberfest Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest Festbier Half Acre Lager Town Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen Samuel Adams Octoberfest Goose Island Oktoberfest Ayinger Oktoberfest Märzen Three Floyd's Munsterfest Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen Metropolitan Afterburner Oktoberfest If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

What's new in beer? New bottles and cans are constantly showing up on our shelves, so it can be difficult to keep track of everything. Fatigue is certainly setting in because of the pervasiveness of certain styles. Luckily some brewers are stepping up to resurrect forgotten styles and put new spins on existing ones. Roger is here with a slew of new (and two old) brews to try from some of our favorite breweries. More Pub Ale Maplewood Country Mile Maplewood My Cousin Binny Vol. 2 More Morever Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA Sierra Nevada Nooner Pilsner Off Color Beer for Bags Off Color Tour de Biere Radler Revolution Lucia Revolution Caramel Crisp collaboration with Garrett Popcorn Off Color Beer Prime Cut collaboration with Binny's Beverage Depot If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It's Sangria Season! Following our episode on easy-going outdoor drinkin' wines, Chris threw together four sangria recipes at the last minute, which is impressive. Part of the process of making sangria is fine-tuning the sweetness, the strength or anything else you might want to add or subtract. Follow the recipes on our blog or make them your own. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Legendary director, producer and writer Steven Soderbergh is passionate about Singani63. But what is Singani? This week on Barrel to Bottle, Steven and Casa Real distiller Luis-Pablo Granier will answer all our questions. What is it? How is it made? What does it taste like? How can you use it? If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

The wine department finally brought in a respectable amount of wine for a podcast. It's not quite a full Brophy's worth, but they're stepping up their game for tasty summer wines that will go great with picnics. Don't say porch pounders though! These are easy-going, outdoor drinkin' wines that are off the beaten path. Pascal Arnoux Bourgogne Aligoté 2021 Mr. Brightside Gamay Noir Blanc 2022 Mulderbosch Chenin Blanc 2022 Brooks Amycas White 2022 Domaine Confuron Gindre Coteaux Bourgogne 2020 Caruso e Minini Frappato 2021 Domaine de Saint Just Saumur Rouge Les Terres 2021 Meinklang Prosa Rosé Frizzante Natural 2022 Renardat Fache Initiale Cerdon de Bugey If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

What's new in Binny's Handpicked Casks? This is an episode we could probably do every month, because the Whiskey Hotline is always scouring the globe for unique and interesting single barrels. It's time for the Hotline Handpicked Round-up! JP Wiser's Signature Series Binny's Custom Blend #AA1782 JP Wiser's Signature Series Binny's Custom Blend #AA1783 The Whistler Irish Single Malt Finished in ex-Premier Cru Bordeaux Wine Casks Binny's Handpicked Copper & Cask Bourbon Barrel #MF-763 Florida-aged 6-Year-Old MGP 21% Rye Binny's Handpicked Rabbit Hole Cavehill Single Barrel #4 Penelope Bourbon Toasted Char 5 Heavy Toast 6-Year-Old #23-1057 Binny's Handpicked Penelope Bourbon Toasted Char 1 Heavy Toast 5-Year-Old #23-1058 Binny's Handpicked NULU Bourbon Finished in Amburana Barrels Binny's Handpicked Small Batch Plantation Rum Single Cask Barbados 11-Year Maury Cask Finished Binny's Handpicked 2011 Duncan Taylor GlenAllachie 14 year old Single Sherry Cask Binny's Handpicked 2008 Duncan Taylor Laphroaig 11 year old Single ex Bourbon Cask Binny's Handpicked 2011 Duncan Taylor Dalmunach 7 year old Single ex Bourbon Cask Binny's Handpicked 2015 Mezcal Vago Ensamble 40% Tepeztate 40% Mexicano 20% Espadin by Joel Barriga Binny's Batch If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Hot cracker, it's another edition of BOOZE IN THE NEWS! Our correspondents have traversed the globe to bring you, our listening public, fresh off the presses news about suds, hooch and vino! [prod. note: this episode was recorded before Sapporo announced that it would be completely shuttering Anchor Brewing] Big news from Anchor Brewing in San Francisco New Belgium has changed both the packaging and recipe for their flagship Fat Tire beer Hahn Winery sells to Gallo A movement in Beaujolais for Premier Cru status A push in the Rhone to double production of white and rosé wine August is Washington Wine Month Whiskey fungus encrusts a Tennessee town The Supreme Court rules against the makers of Bad Spaniels dog toys The makers of Fireball were sued for false advertising American Single Malt comes of age If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Firestone Walker's Matt Brynildson is a legend in the brewing community. Roger is a big fanboy but this won't be an episode of the Chris Farley Show. Not only is Matt an award-winning brewer, he's a hop evangelist. This week on Barrel to Bottle we're talking brewing and hops with a craft beer icon, as well as sampling Firestone classics and new releases. Firestone Walker Pivo Pils Firestone Walker Double Hopnosis Firestone Walker Cali Squeeze Blood Orange If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It's another Whiskey Hotline episode! Bruce Joseph is the master distiller at Hotaling & Company, formerly Anchor Brewing & Distilling. Hotaling is best known for their Old Potrero ryes. Bruce started working at Anchor Brewing straight out of college in 1980. He was a brewer for 13 years until they got licensed to distill and he switched over. Fritz Maytag was interested in making rye whiskey, particularly its historical ties to Colonial America. Also he liked taking on products that were unpopular and at the time, rye wasn't very popular. Old Potrero 6-Year-Old Straight Rye Old Potrero Cask Strength Straight Rye Finished in Single Sherry Cask 8 14 #1 Binny's Handpicked If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

How did an outwardly Italian man end up in Eugene, Oregon making amaro? This week we're talking to Andrea Loreto, co-founder of Elixir Spirits about his journey to making botanical liqueurs in the Pacific Northwest. Andrea's love of cooking led him to discover liqueur recipes in his grandmother's cookbook. After three years of tinkering he had his first product, Calisaya. Elixir Spirits Calisaya Chinchona Liqueur Elixir Spirits Ver Liquore d'Erb Elixir Spirits Fernet dei Fratelli Loreto Elixir Spirits Iris Root Liqueur Elixir Spirits Caffé Corretto Elixir Spirits Féte Vodka If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It's summer, the perfect time to drink hot coffee and barrel-aged coffee stouts, right? This is part three of Roger's coffee beer trilogy. This time, we're trying four classic coffee beers that have stood the test of time. Roger still loves tea, but he has gotten really into coffee even if he doesn't like the fussy process of brewing it. Just like previous episodes, we're going to try the beers then drink the coffee that was used to make the beer. Founders Breakfast Stout Founders KBS Central Waters Cassian Sunset Off Color Brewing Coffee Dino S'mores Also today, we crack open the mailbag for a question about American Single Malt Whiskey. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

A few weeks ago, Roger had us trying different beers out of different glasses. It was an enlightening experience and inspired Pat to do a similar episode with various spirits in three different glasses, along with a control plastic tumbler. The Spirits: Clark & Sheffield Bottled in Bond Bourbon Rye & Sons Rye Whiskey Bruichladdich Scottish Barley 'The Classic Laddie' Lagavullin 8 Year Old Terralta Tequila Reposado The Glasses Glencairn Crystal Blenders Malt Nosing Glass Glencairn Malt Mixer Glencairn Spirits Copita Also this week, a listener wants to know what about the upper limits of aging beer in wood. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Roger is always reliable for predicting the latest trends in beer and beer-adjacent drinks, having previously predicted Ranch Water and Long Drink. Now, declaring this will be the Summer of Chelada. Micheladas have already been popular for a while, but now cheladas are all the rage. We're going to try a Brophy-sized quantity of ready-to-drink versions, then we're going to make one from a mix and finally make one from scratch. Get ready for a lotta chelada, all summer long. Cheladas Modelo Chelada Limón y Sal Dos Equis Lime & Salt Shiner Sea Salt & Lime Cruz Blanca Lime & Sea Salt Chelada Half Acre Green Torch Stone Buenaveza Modelo Chelada Variety Pack Micheladas Modelo Chelada Original Bud Light Chelada Budweiser Chelada Picante Victoria Vicky's Chamoy Michelada Love! Michelada Mix If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Saké, don't sleep on it. That's the theme of our first ever saké episode. To help us dive into the world of rice wines, we're welcoming wine consultant Neeve from our Lincoln Park store. Greg sat next to the saké buyer for four years, tried a bunch of saké, and never retained anything so she has her work cut out for her. Saké is made from rice, water, yeast and koji which is a type of mold. Koji was naturally occurring on rice, but these days there are special starters. For yeast, they have many common strains that give the saké different aromas and flavors. We'll be tasting saké by how polished the rice grains are for each batch. Manotsuru Junmai Ginjo Nigori Countless Visions 30204 Tentaka Kuni Junmai Hawk in the Heavens 360605 Fukucho Seaside Junmai Sparkling Saké 967144 Toko Sun Rise Junmai Ginjo 978876 Toko Divine Droplets Junmai Daiginjo 978877 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Chris is making daiquiris, we've got a table full of rum, several rum enthusiasts and most importantly, Marc Farrell. Marc is the CEO and founder of Ten to One Rum. Marc was frustrated with the public perception of rum, so he decided to do something about it. Ten to One is a blended rum brand that sources from Caribbean distilleries. He combines pot and column still rums, Agricoles, dark and white rums and rums of various ages into his blends. Ten to One Caribbean Dark Rum Ten to One Caribbean White Rum Ten to One Black History Month Artist's Edition 2023 Limited Release Caribbean Dark Rum Ten to One Caribbean Dark Rum Finished in ex-Uncle Nearest Casks If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Binny's is committed to finding world class wines for its customers, so every year we send a small group of wine consultants and buyers to En Primeur. Here, at a marathon pace, we sample hundreds of wines still in barrels to make the difficult decision of what to offer our customers as Bordeaux Futures This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're welcoming Bordeaux buying legend Barbara Hermann, along with wine buyer Bill Newton, Wine Educator Alicia Barrett, and Lincoln Park wine consultant Ben Madeska. Fresh off their trip to France, they'll tell you everything you need to know about the 2022 Bordeaux vintage, and about Binny's robust futures program. While the 2022 wines aren't available yet, there are still some great, affordable wines that are relevant to this year's vintage: Le C des Carmes Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Rouge 2019 Haut Bailly II Pessac Leognan 2020 La Dame de Montrose Saint Estephe 2019 Chateau Berliquet Saint Emilion 2018 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Barrel-aged beer, lots of cheese, warm weather; that seems like a perfect combo. This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're revisiting the 2022 Bourbon County Stout line-up with some fun easter eggs and easy food pairings. We sent Roger on a treasure hunt to track down the single-distillery variants of Bourbon County Brand Stout that saw limited release in 12-ounce four packs. Beer aged in barrels from those distilleries-Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey and Willett-was blended and bottled for the majority of 12-ounce four packs. Additionally, this is a different blend then what was in the 16.9-ounce bottles. Confused? Don't worry, we're going to walk you through it. When you're pairing food with any alcohol you can go one of two ways; complimentary or contrasting. Roger brought some examples of each, with bleu cheese, chèvre, fig butter, dried apricots, and Fig Newton-like fig cookies. All these pair with today's beers in different way. While some of these bottles might take a little work to track down, Sir Issac's is still out there and tasting great. Don't like the concept fool you into thinking it's just another pastry boy. It's stands well enough on its own, but Roger has brought a few food pairings to take it to another level. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Here at Barrel to Bottle, we're big proponents of tasting blind. We're also big proponents of additive-free tequilas, which are becoming more and more popular with consumers. Without a government oversight body, it's up to producers disclosing it and tequila fans tracking it. Pat has brought nine blanco tequilas and two reposado tequilas. Additive-free, no crap on tap, all bangers. Blind taste along at home with the following additive-free tequilas Tequila Ocho Plata Don Fulano Blanco 80 Proof Tequila Villa Lobos Blanco Tequila PM Spirits Single Oven Blanco Tequila Tequila Codigo 1530 Blanco El Gran Legado de Via Blanco Tequila Volans Blanco Tequila Primo Tequila Blanco Atanasio Tequila Blanco Siete Leguas Reposado Tequila Mijenta Reposado If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This week, Alicia has nine wines that showcase the variety and incredible value of California's Central Coast. Monterrey County Cru Wine Company Unoaked Chardonnay Arroyo Seco 2021 Tatomer Riesling Steinhugel 2021 San Luis Obispo County Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Wolff Vineyard 2020 Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc Cherry House Red Blend by Villa Creek 2020 Vina Robles Cabernet Sauvignon Mountain Road Reserve 2019 Santa Barbara County Margerum Sybarite Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Sandhi Pinot Noir 2021 Beckmen Syrah Purisima Mountain Vineyard 2020 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This isn't the first time we've discussed the importance of glassware. But today we're doing a deeper, more scientific dive specifically on beer glasses. We at Barrel to Bottle firmly believe you should always drink your beer out of a glass. But will one of those straight-sided pint glasses suffice, or is it worth spending some money on a beer glass that had fluid dynamics test performed on it? We're here to definitively answer that question today. Roger brought in three beer glasses that we will be comparing to the straight sided shaker pint control glass: Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass Duvel Chalice Dogfish Head IPA Glass We'll be sampling these three beers in each of the four glasses: Sam Adams Golden Pilsner Duvel Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA After our scientific sampling, we'll also try some of the new innovations from Sam Adams, Duvel and Dogfish Head, each in their brewery's respective glass: Sam Adams Boston Lager (Remastered) Duvel 6.66 Dogfish Head Citrus Squall If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're sitting down with retiring wine consultant Gregory Fulham. Gregory has been with Binny's for the better part of the last four decades. In that time, he's become both a Binny's institution and a Hyde Park institution. In celebration of his retirement, we're opening wines from two of his favorite varieties: Riesling and Port. Donnhoff Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Spatlese 2019 – This one is still a baby, but it's drinking great. You could also sit on it for years. Taylor Fladgate 30-Year-Old Tawny Port – We took the years Gregory has worked for Binny's and rounded up a bit and decided on this 30- year port. Both Riesling and Port are incredible values, relatively speaking. What would you pay for a 30-year-old Scotch? Gregory's other recommendations include: Xoriguer Gin de Mahon Clark & Sheffield Bottled in Bond Bourbon Koval Cranberry Gin Liqueur Quinta da Fonte Souto Branco 2020 d'Arenberg Viogneir Marsanne The Hermit Crab 2021 Nolet Gin If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This is a Chris episode, which means it's esoteric but fun and someone will probably get well actually'd. What's more esoteric than port cocktails? It's probably not as far-fetched as you think though. We cracked open a bottle of Clark & Sheffield 10-Year-Old Tawny Port for these cocktails that range from simple to complicated and would be perfect for Elevenses, brunch or even a night cap. Check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog. The Q&A portion of Barrel to Bottle is back this week! Today's question comes from Michael, who wants to know everyone's favorite method to transport cans and bottles. He really just wanted to show off a picture of his Hamm's Sack, for storing Hamm's. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Because Pat is Pat, we had to turn What Does That Taste Like vol. 3 into a two-parter. For part two, Pat has brought a wide range of spirits from all over the world. What the hell do these taste like? Find out! Honkaku Reserve Special Selection Amagi 9-Year-Old Rum Single Cask #3094 Binny's Handpicked Honkaku Reserve Special Selection Amagi 9-Year-Old Rum Single Cask #3097 Binny's Handpicked Nevada Distilling Smoke Wagon Straight Rye Bottled in Bond Nevada Distilling Smoke Wagon Malted Straight Rye Alpine Distilling Lafayette Spicy Bourbon Vice Rei Ginjinha Select Aperitivo Opal Icelandic Liqueur Elixir Spirits Ver Liquore d'Erb Boomsma Claerkampster Cloosterbitter Laphroaig 8-Year-Old ex PX Sherry Hogshead #807494 Binny's Handpicked If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It's time once again to answer the world's oldest question, "What the Hell Does That Taste Like?" Have you ever seen a bottle of some wine, beer or spirit at Binny's and wondered what it is? This is the episode for you. And because Pat can't help himself, this ended up being a two parter. Roger's Beers: Weihenstephaner Vitus WarPigs Divine Huntress Weihenstephaner Korbinian Maplewood Silver Morning Winter Lager Chris' Wines: Pardevalles Albarin 2021 Zlatan Otok Pošip 2021 Pilizota Winery Babić 2016 Stone Hill Norton Terrassous Hors d'Age 12 Ans Rivesaltes ­ That's it for beer and wine. Join us next week for part two, What the Hell Does That Taste Like? Spirits. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Elliot Hughes of is the managing distillery director for Dingle Distillery. What started as a bar outside of Dublin has become a distillery in Dingle, in the southwest corner of Ireland. Dingle is far-flung, but it's also a popular tourist destination with mild weather perfect for aging whiskey. Dingle's yearly releases pay homage to the town's connection to Celtic pagan traditions, which include various festivals, equinoxes and solstices. This week on Barrel to Bottle we sampled: Dingle Distillery Samhain Single Malt Dingle Distillery Lá Le Bríde Single Malt Dingle Distillery Bealtaine Single Malt Dingle Distillery Single Malt Dingle Distillery Original Irish Pot Still Gin Dingle Distillery Vodka If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

The last time we took on a major celebrity and their absurd cocktail, it was Stanley Tucci's shaken Negroni with vodka. Things didn't so great for The Tooch, but will America's Dad fare better? Earlier this year, Jim sent the group an article about Tom Hanks appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Hanks is not a big drinker, but he will add a splash of champagne to his Diet Coke. And that's how an episode topic is born. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Whenever Pat brings bottles in for an episode, you can safely assume he's going to bring way more than we can ever get to. After tasting through the Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2022, Pat pulled out two mystery bottles; something he would have added to the list, and something he's not quite sure what it is but it has a memorable taste.

Once again, we're running down the list of Whisky Advocate's top 20 whiskies of the year and sampling the ones we have available. What was once a list of unobatnium bottles has now expanded with more readily available products and better price points. #20 – Craigellachie 13-Year-Old Armagnac Finish #19 – Teeling Single Pot Still Virgin Chinkapin Oak Wonders of Wood #18 – Hardin's Creek Colonel James B. Beam 2 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Limited Release #17 – Indri Trini The Three Wood #11 – Sweetens Cove Kennessee Kentucky & Tennessee Bourbon Finished with Toasted Sugar Maple Wood #10 – Nelson Brothers Bourbon Reserve #8 – Limavady Single Malt Irish Whiskey #5 – Westward Cask Strength American Single Malt Whiskey #4 – Dewars 12 Year Double Aged Scotch #3 – Barrell Bourbon Vantage Finished in Mizunara, French, and Virgin Oak Barrels #1 – Jack Daniel's Bonded If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This is probably our most ambitious episode ever. We'll be eating well-known New Orleans dishes, along with Abita beer, and then making New Orleans cocktails and pairing them with paczkis. We apologize in advance for all the mouth noises. Abita is the classic New Orleans beer and a lot of their offerings pair great with local cuisine. Mardi Gras Bock is a more of a Maibock than a doppelbock, which makes it a clean, easy-drinking beer. It pairs perfectly with the shrimp étoufée, red beans & rice and jambalaya. Check out the full recipes on our blog: Vieux Carré w/Custard Paczki topped with Chocolate Fudge Pimm's Cup w/Rose Petal Jelly Paczki or Strawberry & Whipped Cream Paczki Hurricane w/Passionfruit Jelly Paczki Sazerac w/Plum Butter Paczki Ramos Gin Fizz w/Apricot Preserves Paczki In addition to all that, Pat brought Cheramie Rum. Made in New Orleans from fresh-pressed cane juice. It's a bit like an Agricole rum but not as funky. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

As the premiere producer in the Rhone, you would assume Guigal has been around for centuries. Guigal is in their third generation, which is relatively young for the Rhone and France overall. Joining us today is Patrick Will, brand development director at Vintus, importer of Guigal. He has worked with the Guigal family for 26 years. featuring these wines: Guigal Cotes du Rhone White 2021 Guigal Cotes du Rhone Red 2018 Guigal Condrieu 2019 Guigal Crozes Hermitage 2019 Guigal Saint Joseph Guigal Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge 2017 Guigal Cote Rotie Brune et Blonde 2018 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This week we welcome Rob Dietrich, master distiller of Blackened Whiskey. If you're not familiar, Blackened started as a collaboration between Metallica and distilling legend Dave Pickerell. Drink along at home with the following whiskies: Blackened Straight Whiskey Finished in Black Brandy Casks Blackened x Wes Henderson Bourbon Finished in White Port Casks Blackened Rye the Lightning If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

We're back with part 2 of our Barrel to Bottle Q&A episode. Check out part 1 on our blog or wherever you download podcasts. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

We used to tackle listener questions on a regular basis, but over the years the episodes kept getting longer and longer. We miss the listener interaction, and we miss giving away $20 Binny's gift cards, so periodically we do these all Q&A episodes. It's time for us to A your Qs. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

We haven't done a Non-Alc episode in two years, and a lot has changed in that time. The entire category has exploded; not only are there more options than ever, but the options are better than they've ever been. This week, Roger, Alicia, and Pat have brought the newest and best options for Dry January and beyond in beer, wine, and spirits. Roger's NA Beer/Seltzer Options: Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher Variety Noon Whistle Hop Water Big Drop Paradiso Non-Alocholic IPA Big Drop Galactic Extra Dark Non-Alcoholic AleSmith NA IPA Alicia's NA Wine Options: Freixenet 0.0 NA Sparkling Wine Giesen Brothers Zero Rose Non-Alcohol Wine Giesen Brothers Zero Riesling Non-Alcohol Wine Fre Cabernet Sauvignon Pat's NA Spirits: Lyre's Dry London Spirit Martini & Rossi Vibrante Aperitivo Spiritless Kentucky 74 Bourbon Distilled Non-Alcoholic Spirit for Bourbon Cocktails Spiritless Whiskey Sour & Spiritless Old Fashioned If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Coffee: the original beer adjunct before that became a dirty word. We only just did a coffee episode in late 2022 but there are so many coffee stouts being released, especially in the winter months, that it makes sense to do another one. This time in addition to drinking coffee beer, and the coffee these beers are made with, Roger has baked several cookies that pair great with the beer and the coffee. Half Acre Big Hugs Lagunitas Willettized Coffee Stout Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout Dogfish Head Wake Up World Wide Stout If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

And now for the epic conclusion of Barrel to Bottle's Picks of the Year 2022. Alicia's PickChateau Beychevelle Saint Julien 2018 Pat's One and Only PickPinhook Vertical Series Bourbon War 7-Year-Old Bourbon 2022 Jim's Second Pick Destihl Wild Sour Series Elima Hua Greg's Second Pick Field Recordings Aqua Pazza Organic Pink Sparkling Jenna's Third Pick André Cluet Brut Grand Reserve Pat's One and Only PickBordiga St. Hubertis Amaro Reserva Honorable Mentions AleSmith Barrel Aged Vietnamese Speedway Stout Art History Bella Strada Classic Breweries (especially European ones) finally canning their beers Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Two-Year Barleywine Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Biscotti Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir Cuvee Laurene 2018 Hofgut Falkenstein Kabinett Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Keeper's Heart St. Agrestis Amari

It's time for the Barrel to Bottle Pick(s) of the Year. For the first time ever, we have seven people on mics, so it should be obvious why we had to split this into two episodes. Pat's One and Only PickPenrose Fantasy West collaboration with More Brewing Jenna's First PickMichter's US 1 Single Barrel Straight Rye Jim's First PickOff Color Beer for Lounging Pat's One and Only PickBenromach 9-Year-Old First Fill Sherry Hogshead #719 Binny's Handpicked/Benromach 11-Year-Old First Fill Bourbon Barrel #595 Binny's Handpicked Greg's First PickSurly Abrasive Chris' First PickTrimbach Riesling Cuvee Frederic Emile 2011 Roger's First PickBoulevard Barrel Aged Wheat Wine collaboration with Firestone Walker Pat's One and Only PickSignatory Glenlivet 15-Year-Old First Fill Sherry Butt #900788 Binny's Handpicked Jenna's Second PickGoose Island Neon Beer Hug If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It's time to check back in on Chris and Pat's respective aged eggnogs. We last checked in on these over a year ago, but how are they now? Will the Barrel to Bottle Crew survive or is this the last episode?

We're back with part two of our yearly Binny's Buyer's Picks episode. Bill, Wine Buyer:Alion, 2018 Clark & Sheffield 10 Year Old Tawny Port ­ Mike Baba, Wine BuyerCliff Lede Claret 2019 Mark Senal, Wine BuyerInspiration 1818 Brut by Billecart Kyle, Beer Buyer Goldfinger Brewery If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It's December, which means we're once again talking with Binny's category buyers about what they were most impressed with this year. These people taste everything, so this is the best of the best for 2022. Jeff, Spirits Buyer:Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Goose Island BCBS Barrel Finished Bourbon Douglas, Beer Buyer: Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout 2022 Barbara, Wine Director: La Croix Ducru Beaucaillou Saint Julien 2019 Jack, Cigar Buyer:Oliva Serie V 135th Anniversary Brett, Specialty Spirits Buyer: Porchjam Distilling Cheramie Rum If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

There are a lot of guidelines and rules around drinking wine that may or may not apply anymore and Lincoln Park wine manager Ben is here to smash them. Or confirm them. Shatter some myths with the following wines: Crossbarn by Paul Hobbs 2019 Stadt Krems Gruner Veltliner Kremstal 2021 Vietti Barbera d'Asti Tre Vigne 2020 Chateau Peyrabon Haut Medoc 2009 Laurent-Perrier Harmony If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Brian Nation (formerly of Midleton) and David Perkins (formerly of High West) are two heavy hitters in the spirits industry. So, Pat was quite shocked when he heard that an upstart distillery in Minnesota had hired both of them, he had to check them out. That lead him to Keeper's Heart, where they're making Irishized American Whiskey and Americanized Irish Whiskey. Right now, Keeper's Heart is sourcing bourbon and rye from MGP in Indiana. Since last year they've also been laying down their own distillate. The first thing they've produced is an American Single Pot Still. Drink along at home with the following whiskies: Keeper's Heart Irish + American Blended Whiskey Keeper's Heart Irish + Bourbon Blended Whiskey Keeper's Heart Irish + American 110 Proof Keeper's Heart 10 Year Single Malt If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

What are you drinking for Thanksgiving? We've got recommendations for spirits before, during and after dinner, beers that pair with a wide range of dishes and wines to pair with specific types of guests at your dinner table. Check out Pat's Thanksgiving Picks: Huber's Starlight Distillery Bourbon Finished in Armagnac Barrel #21-2315 Binny's Handpicked Huber's Starlight Distillery Bourbon Finished in PX Sherry Barrique #22-2060 Binny's Handpicked Riaz Oaxaca Cuishe Mezcal Koval Cranberry Gin Liqueur Amaro Montenegro Cappelletti Amaro Alta Verde Check out Roger's Thanksgiving Picks: Allagash Tripel Allagash Curieux Schilling Excelsior Imperial Apple North Coast Old Stock Ale Check out Chris and Alicia's Thanksgiving Picks: Caruso e Minini Inzolia 2021 Anthill Farms Pinot Noir North Coast Ridge Geyersville 2020 Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir Cuvee Laurene 2019 Dr H Thansich Bernkasteler Graben Riesling Spatlese 2019 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Coffee. It's probably one of the most popular adjuncts in craft beer. Most of the coffee Roger drinks is through beer because he's a tea guy. But he assembled some coffee guys for today's episode. Then he picked some great coffee beers and also sourced the coffee used in the beers so we could try it all side-by-side. Drink along at home with the following beers: AleSmith Speedway Stout AleSmith Barrel Aged Vietnamese Speedway Stout Founders KBS Founders Maple Mackinac Fudge KBS Revolution Brewing Café Deth This week's listener question comes from Bill, who loves the show. This is more of a comment than a question, but he wants to know why Abita changed the Turbodog label from the adorable puppy to the generic-looking black and yellow label. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Marsha Milam is one of the founders of Milam & Greene, a Texas distillery that makes their own juice, but also blends and ages sourced liquid. Marsha started the distillery after having an epiphany while on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. She recruited world-renowned spirits expert Heather Greene to be her partner and blender. Then she brought in Marlene Holmes, formerly of Jim Beam, to be her Master Distiller. Drink along at home with the following bourbons: Milam & Greene Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey Milam & Greene Triple Cask Bourbon Milam & Greene Port Casks Finished Rye Milam & Greene Distillery Edition Straight Bourbon 2022 Milam & Greene Unabridged Bourbon Volume 1 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Pat loves Scotch. Scotchy Scotch Scotch. We haven't done an episode on Handpicked Scotches in a while, so to recap the process: Brett, and sometimes Pat and Joe, travel to Scotland once or twice a year and visit as many distilleries as possible every day. If it's at an independent bottler, the entire day is spent crawling around in barrel warehouses picking casks they want to try. Binny's has carefully cultivated relationships with independent bottles going back nearly twenty years. What they taste in Scotland gets narrowed down to around 30 candidates. They sample those 30 samples again back home and then choose which casks they want to buy. Because of these relationships, Binny's gets access to some special stuff. Drink along at home with the following Handpicked Scotches: Signatory Mannochmore 11 year old Dechar/Rechar Hogshead # 7611 Binny's Handpicked 2010 Signatory Mortlach 14 year old Hogshead # 709084 Binny's Handpicked 2007 Signatory Pulteney 13 year old First Fill Bourbon Bourbon Barrel # 800114 Binny's Handpicked 2008 Signatory Craigellachie 12 year old First Fill Bourbon # 306163 Barrel Binny's Handpicked 2009 Signatory Glenlivet 15 year old First Fill Sherry Butt # 900788 Binny's Handpicked 2006 Gordon & Macphail Tamdhu 25 year old Refill Hogshead # 6496 Binny's Handpicked 1996 Signatory Whitlaw 8 year old Refill Sherry Finishing Butt # 108 Binny's Handpicked 2013 Benromach 9 year old First Fill Sherry Hogshead # 719 Binny's Handpicked 2011 Benromach 11 year old First Fill Bourbon Barrel # 595 Binny's Handpicked 2010 Signatory Staoisha (Heavily Peated Bunnahabhain) 7 year old Dechar Rechar Hogshead # 10770 Binny's Handpicked 2014 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.