Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast

Summertime: when trends are born from the most unexpected places. Every summer, we at Barrel to Bottle are surprised by the hot sellers in beer, wine, spirits, RTDs, hard seltzers, hard teas…the list goes on. This week we're sampling what we think might be hot this summer.  Owl's Brew Hard Teal Seltzer Hopewell Sharp Japanese-Style Dry Lager Off Color Beer for Hell Firestone Walker Wandering Don collaboration with Odell Brewing Co. Hand on Heart Non-Alcoholic Rosé Kutjevo Grasevina High Quality Slavonia 2023 Bodegas Godeval Godello 2022 Domaines des Carlines Poulsard Cotes du Jura 2022 Nectar Hard Juice Variety 12 pack Dillon's Variety Gin Cocktail On the Rocks Sparkling Lime Margarita If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 weather is warming up, which means the Whiskey Hotline becomes the Gin Hotline. If you aren't sure about gin, don't worry because there's probably something for you. We'll be sampling new gins, while thinking about which one works best in one of three classic gin cocktails: the Negroni, the Gin & Tonic and the Martini. Tinkerman's Curiously Bright & Complex Gin Tinkerman's Citrus Supreme Gin Koval Distillery Thresh & Winnow Citrine Gin Koval Distillery Thresh & Winnow Foret Gin Inverroche Classic Gin Inverroche Verdant Gin Bayab African Grown Classic Dry Gin Bayab African Grown Gin African Rose Bayab African Grown Gin Orange & Marula Bayab African Grown Gin Palm and Pineapple Wonderbird Spirits Dry Gin Wonderbird Spirits No 61 Gin Wonderbird Spirits No 97 Magnolia Gin Check out our blog for this episode's cocktail recipes If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Daniel Estrin is an Oregonian who makes Oregon wines. As winemaker and vineyard manager for Cristom, Daniel has put his stamp on this iconic brand that's a favorite of Binny's wine buyers and customers. Cristom Pinot Noir Mt. Jefferson Cuvée 2022 Cristom Pinot Noir Jessie Vineyard 2021 Cristom Pinot Noir Louise Vineyard 2021 Cristom Pinot Noir Eileen Vineyard 2021 Cristom Pinot Noir Paul Gerrie Vineyard 2021 Cristom Wines Chardonnay Estate Eola-Amity Hills 2022 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 Paloma is a great warm-weather cocktail; zippy and refreshing and easy to drink. But do you prefer the simple preparation or the complicated one?   If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.

From his days with Seagram's to his current role as Master Blender for Sazerac, Drew Mayville has worn a lot of hats in the spirits industry. He witnessed the rise (ryes) of the Buffalo Trace brand and continues to oversee Sazerac's new and existing projects. Benchmark Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Benchmark Bonded Kentucky Straight Bourbon Benchmark Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Sazerac Straight Rye Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream Liqueur If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

You might not know much about Alsatian wines and it's likely you know even less about Alsatian beers, but we're here to change that and tell you why you should check out this underappreciated region of France. Goldfinger Bank of the Rhine collaboration with Pollyanna and Binny's Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc Leon Beyer Pinot Noir 2019 Camille Braun Cremant d'Alsace Brut Trimbach Pinot Blanc 2022 Marcel Deiss Complantation Alsace Blanc 2021 Hugel Riesling Classic 2023 Emile Beyer Pinot Gris Tradition 2023 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvee Altenbourg 2022  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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, and newly returned in beer? For every brewery that's innovating, there's another brewery revisiting classic styles, or resurrecting classic beers. Newcastle Brown Ale Noon Whistle Fortunate Day Revolution DDH Nelson Hero Off Color Sibling Rivalry Avery The Reverend Pollyanna Czech Dark Lager Phase Three Kastalia collaboration with Binny's If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 wine consultants always have great wine to recommend, at any price point, in any style. For the spring season, we asked all 46 stores to hold their own blind tastings of their favorite wines under $30. The first and second place wine from each store were blind tasted by wine consultants throughout the chain at our quarterly wine meeting and narrowed down to the top 30. Alicia grabbed 11 highlights from that list to try this week on the podcast. Thomas Labille Chablis 2023 Chateau Ducasse Blanc 2023 Andis Wines Semillon Bill Dillian Vineyard 2023 Presq u'ile Pinot Noir 2023 Jean Foillard Beaujolais Villages 2022 Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Rouge 2023 Vietti Dolcetto d'Alba Trevie 2023 Palacios Petalos 2022 Marques de Murrieta Reserva Rioja 2019 Dry Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Lucien Albrecht Brut Rosé Cremant d'Alsace   If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 to Bottle is back with another blind tasting, just in time for summer tequila season. Dan brought 12 tequilas under $40; four each of blanco, reposado and añejo. These are perfect for mixing with your favorite tequila cocktail, but you might find a few you just want to sip on as well. Blanco Lunazul Blanco Tequila Cimarron Blanco Tequila Aguasol Blanco Tequila Lalo Tequila Blanco Reposado Tequila Arrette Reposado Lunazul Reposado Tequila Cimarron Reposado Tequila Teremana Reposado Tequila Añejo Pueblo Viejo Añejo Gran Centennario Añejo Corralejo Añejo Tequila Agave Trails Tequila Añejo Bonus Libelula Joven Tequila  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 constantly getting new products, and Chris always has his eye on different, interesting and fun wines for us to try. After taking a stroll through the domestic wine aisles, he found eight new wines for spring. Andis Wines Semillon Bill Dillian Vineyard 2023 Presqu'ile Chardonnay 2023 Left Foot Charley Riesling Le Caban Old Mission Peninsula 2023 Giornata Orangotango Orange 2024 Turley Cinsault Bechthold Vineyard 2023 Capiaux Pinot Noir Chimera 2023 Arnot Roberts Red Blend 2022 Bezel Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Kevin Aslan is Head Distiller for Hirsch Whiskey as well as the other Hotaling brands like Old Portrero and Junipero Gin. Starting at the beloved Anchor Brewing (RIP), Kevin moved over to Anchor Distilling (now Hotaling) and spent ten years resurrecting the Hirsch brand with former guest of the pod Bruce Joseph. Hirsch ‘The Horizon' Straight Bourbon Hirsch ‘The Bivouac' Straight Bourbon Hirsch White Label Straight Bourbon Single Barrel #19-32768 Hirsch White Label Straight Bourbon Single Barrel #19-32777 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 at Barrel to Bottle have long maintained that blind tasting is the best way to taste anything. It can be a bit terrifying, but it's the only way to get an unvarnished opinion on anything. Roger has long been an advocate of high proof, budget bourbons and whiskies, so we're blinding 12 American whiskies under $30 and readily available at your neighborhood Binny's. Old Grand-Dad 100 Proof Bonded Bourbon Jim Beam Black 7 Year Old Forester 100 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Evan Williams White Label 100 Proof Bourbon Bottled in Bond Mellow Corn Bottled in Bond Corn Whiskey Old Fitzgerald Prime Bourbon J.W. Dant Bourbon Bottled in Bond Benchmark Old No. 8 Brand Bourbon Clark & Sheffield Small Batch Bourbon Wild Turkey 101 Proof Bourbon Larceny Bourbon Rebel Bourbon 100 Proof If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.

Kimio Yonezawa is the President and Toji (master sake distiller) at Akashi Tai Brewery, and master distiller at the Kaikyō Distillery. This week we're sampling sake and learning from an expert about the best ways to enjoy it and what you can pair it with. We're also sampling their Japanese whiskies and gin. Akashi Tai Junmai Ginjo Sparkling Akashi Tai Tokubetsu Honjozo Sake Hatozaki Finest Japanese Whisky Hatezaki Small Batch Pure Malt Whisky Akashi Tai Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu Hatozaki 12-Year-Old Whisky Finished in Umeshu Barrels 135° East Hyogo Dry Gin Hatozaki Triple Barrel Reserve Whisky (coming soon) If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

On this B2B Quick Sips, we're whipping up the official cocktail of New Orleans; no it's not the Hurricane. The Sazerac has a long history, as twisty as the lemon garnish this famous cocktail calls for. Laissez les bon temps rouler!  Check out the recipe on the Binny's blog. 

Do you like juicy IPAs? How about some actual juice? Hard cider was likely America's first alcoholic beverage, but the industry was destroyed by Prohibition. Nearly 100 years later, cider is finally starting to recover. Original Sin Dry Rosé JK's Farmhouse Ciders Scrumpy Right Bee Cider Semi-Dry Stormalong Cider Farmstand Unfiltered Schilling Excelsior Imperial Apple Seattle Cider Raspberry Blossom Blake's Triple Jam Blake's Big Jam Imperial Cider If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.

Have you suffered in silence during the hazy days of craft beer IPA? Well, Roger has some good news! The hazy crazy is not over, but more and more people are embracing both old school and modern West Coast IPAs. Bitterness and balance are back!  Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA Roadhouse Interstellar Kush collaboration with Half Acre Half Acre Sunrise Vallejo Half Acre Drip Castle Revolution West Coast Hero Great Lakes Chillwave Three Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf Avery Maharaja If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Whisky Advocate's Top 20 Whiskies of the year list is always fun to sample through. This year we have 12 ½ of the top 20 to try. This year's list is heavy on Islay whiskies, interesting barrel finishes and as always, old timey candies. #20 - Westland Beer Cask Finish American Single Malt Whiskey #18 - Bushmills 10-Year-Old ex-Bordeaux Cask Irish Single Malt Limited Release #17 - Virginia Distillery Company Highland Malt Finished in Hardywood Ginger Stout Cask #15 - Compass Box Crimson Casks #14- 2XO Kentucky Straight Bourbon The Kiawah Blend #13 – Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye #12 – Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bourbon Limited Release #11 – Ardbeg Spectacular Ardbeg Day Release 2024 #4 – Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Amrut #3 – Lagavulin 12-Year-Old Cask Strength Special Release The Ink of Legends 2023 #2 – Bruichladdich 18-Year-Old Islay Malt Re/Define Eighteen #1 – Laphroaig Elements 2.0 Long Ferment If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.    

Yes Mex!co, it's more than tequila! Tequila has been popular for decades, and mezcal has gained in popularity over the last decade but that barely scratches the surface. With over 200 varieties of agave, plus many native plans loaded with potentially fermentable sugars, there's way more than just tequila in Mexico. Casa Dasylirion Sotol Coyote Durango Mazot Sotol Palmilla Blanco Quechol Sotol Wheeleri Quechol Sotol Texanum Bacanora Aquamiel Siglo Cero Pox Sierra Sonora Prickly Pear Nixta Licor de Elote If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 wine, spirits and beer buyers sample thousands of products every year. Every year Barrel to Bottle asks them to pick their favorite or favorites. This is the best of the best that Binny's has to offer, chosen by the discriminating palates of our buying team. Spirits Buyer Jeff Bardstown Bourbon Company Origin Series Wheated Tip Top Cocktails Wine Buyer Bill Mount Langi Ghiran Billi Billi Shiraz 2022 Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz 2021 Mount Langi Ghiran Talus Shiraz 2022 Wine Buyer Barb Conti Costanti Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Wine Buyer Mark Pol Roger Extra Cuvée de Réserve Beer Buyer Douglas More Barrel Aged Henna Binny's Select Vanilla Caviar Wine Buyer Mike Hyland Estates Pinot Noir Binny's Reserve 2022 Spirits Buyer Brett Dewar's Double Double 21-Year-old Ruby Marsala Cask Finished Binny's Handpicked  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 holiday season means one thing for Roger: winter and Christmas beers from around the world. These are big, spicy beers sometimes with crazy adjuncts so buckle up! Gouden Carolus Christmas Ale Schlafly Christmas Ale Southern Tier 2XMAS Victory Merry Monkey Sierra Nevada Celebration Ommegang Everything Naughty Allagash From Maine with Love #38 Great Lakes Cookie Exchange Milk Stout Left Hand Nitro Candy Cane Stout If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Every year, the Barrel to Bottle crew is lucky enough to get an early preview of Goose Island's Bourbon County Brand Stout. This year's line-up is focused on the importance of barrels, and revisits some favorite recipes from the past with new twists.   If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 third Thursday of November is Beaujolais Nouveau Day. It also happens to be a week before Thanksgiving, which is convenient because this wine is easy to pair with the vast array of flavors on your holiday table. Take a quick sip of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2024 with Barrel to Bottle.  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.

For the second year, Binny's presents its list of the Top 50 Wines Under $50. Wine consultants from every Binny's location conducted their own tasting of their top wines of 2024; from favorites in crowded categories to esoteric, off-the-beaten path offerings, this list has something for everyone. This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're highlighting ten to try from this year's list, in no particular order. Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022 Trefethen Dry Riesling 2023 Turley White Zinfandel 2023 Ramey Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2022 Domaine Jean Marc Burgaud Morgon Les Charmes 2022 Girolamo Russo a Rina Etna Rosso 2022 Raul Perez Ultreia St. Jacques 2021 Domaine Drouhin Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2022 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Telegramme Chateauneuf du Pape 2021 Jansz Premium Rosé If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Master Blender Ashley Barnes is a super taster with an analytical mind. With a background in molecular biology, she consults with distilleries on quality control and other aspects of their business. This week we're sampling some of her favorite releases. E.J. Curley & Company Small Batch Bourbon Lucky Seven ‘The Frenchman' French Oak Finishing Barrel #20 Binny's Handpicked Lucky Seven ‘The Holiday Toast' Double Oak Finish Binny's Handpicked If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Dr. Rachel Barrie is the Master Blender for Glenglassaugh, BenRiach and Glendronach. On this episode of Barrel to Bottle, Dr. Rachel meditatively guides us through the sweet side of Speyside. Then we meditatively guide her through a Scotch and flavored popcorn pairing.  Glenglassaugh Sandend Highland Single Malt BenRiach Cask Edition 10-Year-Old ex-Tennessee Whiskey Barrel #6247 2009 BenRiach Cask Edition 10-Year-Old Virgin Oak Barrel #7731 2010 Garrett Popcorn Caramel Crisp Garrett Popcorn Cheese Corn If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 never been easier to flex your mixology skills at home than it is now. The ingredients are better, the equipment is more advanced, the techniques are easy to master. This week on Barrel to Bottle we're going to teach you how to impress your friends and family with five cocktails, along with recommendations for accessories and ingredients you can purchase or make yourself. Check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog.  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 you can't handle the tannins, get out of Montalcino. Or grab some rich, fatty foods like pecorino toscano, fennel-rich finnochiona, butter and crusty Tuscan bread. This week we're highlighting Tuscan wines from Montalcino and the surrounding area.   Altesino Rosso 2022 Caprili Rosso di Montalcino 2022 Caprili Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Tenute Silvio Nardi Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino White Label 2019 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 Pumpkin SZN! It's been here for a while because seasonal creep starts earlier and earlier. At the height of the pumpkin craze, our stores were packed with pumpkin and pumpkin-spiced beverages. But after a bit of a lull, pumpkin is on the rise again and the great news is all our favorites are still around.           We've got a whole patch of pumpkin beers, wines and spirits to try this week. If you like pumpkin, you're not basic! Drink what you like! Big Muddy Pumpkin Smasher Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale Schlafly Pumpkin Ale Schlafly Vanilla Pumpkin Ale Off Color Pumpkin Beer for Cafés Southern Tier Caramel Pumking New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin Leelanau Cellars Witches Brew Spiced Apple Prairie State Pumpkin Wine St. Julian Pumpkin Spice Latte Fulton's Harvest Pumpkin Pie Cream Liqueur Buzzballz Pumpkin If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 always new items in the spirits aisles of Binny's. While bourbon is still very much the focus, don't forget about Scotch, Rye and even Scottish Rye. Jim Beam Sunshine Blend J. Reiger & Co. Straight Bourbon Bardstown Bourbon Company Origin Series Wheated Still Austin High Rye Bourbon Single Barrel #2020/008-1 Binny's Handpicked Angel's Envy Bourbon Sherry Barrel Select #CE055 Binny's Handpicked SirDavis Rye RyeLaw Scottish Rye Whisky Yellowstone American Single Malt Single Barrel #SM090 Yellowstone American Single Malt Single Barrel #SM056 FEW Spirits Chicago Smokeworks Cherrywood Smoked Malt Whiskey Gordon Daniels Linkwood 15-Year-Old Speyside Single Malt If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Oktoberfest is probably our most beloved seasonal beer style, so it just makes sense for Barrel to Bottle to regularly revisit Märzens and Festbiers. There are so many Oktoberfest-adjacent beers on our shelves that we can do an episode almost every year with little to no overlap. This year, we've got a slew of American craft takes on the styles, and only one from Germany. So lace up your dirndl and grab your liter glass, it's time for Gemütlichkeit. Urban Chestnut O-Katz Oachkatzlschwoaf Oktoberfest Pollyanna Fruhauf Oktoberfest Art History Artoberfest Central Waters Octoberfest Lager Rhinegeist Franz Hofbrauhaus-Freising Festbier Maplewood Festbier Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest collaboration with Brauerei Gutmann If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Pinot Noir can sometimes seem daunting to some wine drinkers, but it's not. This week, Chris has five wines from the Willamette Valley 2022 vintage. Originally, experts thought 2022 was going to be a continuation of a run of bad vintages, but things turned around with high quality fruit and better yields than predicted. Maison Noir OPP Other People's Pinot 2022 Hyland Estates Petit Pinot Noir 2022 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Dundee Hills 2022 Cristom Pinot Noir Mt. Jefferson Cuvee 2022 Patricia Green Pinot Noir La Belle Promenade Vineyard 2022 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Summer may be drawing to a close, but it's going to stay warm for a while. That means there's plenty of time to fire up your blender and rethink frozen cocktails.  They don't need to be sweet and overbearing, they can be balanced and still refreshing and delicious. You can check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog.  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.

Rum: underappreciated and misunderstood. That's why we keep doing rum episodes, because it deserves the attention, Plus, it's the Summer of Rum. Pat has brought in a treasure trove of new and new-to-Binny's rums that run the gamut from lighter to funky, blended to single barrel, flavored to full-proof, sweet to estery.  Virago Four Port Rum Virago Ruby Port Cask Rum DeHart Grander Trophy Release Small Batch Single Origin Panama Rum Diplomatico Selección de la Familia Rum Planteray Mr. Fogg Sail Navy Rum Sail no. 1 Rhum JM 8-Year-Old ex-Bourbon Barrel #0001 Binny's Handpicked 2014 Rhum Clement 5-Year-Old ex-Scotch Barrel #0034 Binny's Handpicked Holmes Cay Fiji Single Origin Blend Rum Holmes Cay Reunion Island Grande Arome Rhum Worthy Park Single Estate 109 Proof Jamaica Pot Distilled Rum Worthy Park Estate White Overproof Pot Still Jamaica Rum Planteray Rum Cut & Dry Coconut If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Like the Quadrennial Summer Sports Competition, Binny's shelves have representation from all over the world. Pat didn't bring a bottle from every country, luckily, but he, Roger and Chris brought spirits, beer and wine from around the world. Let the games begin! South Korea: SoonHari Apple Mango Switzerland: Chateau de Trevelin Chasselas Aubonne 2022 Canada: Unibroue Don de Dieu China: Kweichow Moutai (coming soon) Serbia: Vinarija Deurić Severna Morava 2020 Germany: Flensburger Pilsner Turkey: Tekirdag Rakisi Gold Series Aged 100% Grape Raki Mexico: Monte Xanic Sauvignon Blanc Mexico: Mezcal Vago by Tio Rey Binny's Ensamble Poland: Zywiec Porter South Africa: Bayab African Grown Classic Dry Gin Georgia: Kakhuri Gvinis Marani Mukuzani Dry Georgian Red Czech Republic: BrouCzech Dark Lager Sweden: Åhus Akvavit North Macedonia: Ezimit Vranec 2020 Jamaica: Dragon Stout Japan: Suntory Hakushu 12-Year-Old Peated Japanese Single Malt Whisky Armenia: Tree of Life Pomegranate Wine Belgium: Trappistes Rochefort 8 Scotland: Laphroaig Cairdeas 10-Year-Old Cask Strength 2024 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

America's Founding Fathers loved Madeira, and so does our own Roger Adamson. Regular listeners will know how much he brings it up and how much he's been wanting to do a Madeira episode. Who better to talk Madeira with than Chris Blandy? His family has been involved in making Madeira on the island for seven generations.   If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Viral cocktails have been on Pat's radar for years now, and we finally have a Gen Z co-host in touch with what the kids (21+) are drinking these days. This week Lexi does all the work for Pat and mixes Tik-Tok worthy cocktails for her unenthusiastic co-hosts.  Grab all the recipes on our blog.  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.

Every winter, Binny's spirits buyers gather all the new ready-to-drink canned cocktails for a massive tasting. This event, known as Canapalooza, is where they narrow down hundreds of products to the ones that are worth drinking. For every can you find on the shelf, there are probably 10 or more that were rejected. Are you stilly, or bubby? These are this year's standouts. Good Boy Vodka John Daly Cocktail Surfside 8 Pack Cans Vosa Vodka Water Vosa High Line Minus 196 Vodka Seltzer Variety Carbliss Passion Fruit Vodka Cocktail Carbliss Margarita Three Floyds Vodka Splash Orange, Lemon & Pineapple The Long Drink Company Peach Cocktail Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop Cutwater Grape Vodka Transfusion Pusser's Rum Painkiller Cocktail Tip Top Bees Knees If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 the second part of our two-parter highlighting some of the many new arrivals to our stores. Last week we covered beer, cider, and wine. This week, we're on to spirits. Dewar's Double Double 21-Year-Old Ruby Marsala Cask Finished Binny's Handpicked Santa Teresa 1796 Limited Edition Arabica Coffee Cask Finished Rum Mount Gay Eclipse Navy Strength Rum Patron Cristalino Tequila WhistlePig CampStock Wheat Whiskey 2024 Ardnamurchan First Fill ex-PX Sherry Hogshead #1322 Binny's Handpicked Highland Single Malt Lagavulin 11-Year-Old Offerman Edition Finished in Caribbean Oak Casks Limited Release 2024 Sunshine Punch Orange Cream Cocktail If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.

Things are never quiet at the receiving dock of your local Binny's. New items are coming in constantly and it's hard to keep track of everything. As usual, Barrel to Bottle is here with some helpful recommendations. We have so many new arrivals that we had to do a two-parter. First up is beer, cider, and wine. Urban Chestnut Old Maibock collaboration with Old Nation Roaring Table Holiday Romance Hopewell Noble Device collaboration with Binny's JK's Farmhouse Ciders Patriotic Paw Paw Three Floyds Battle of the Barbarians collaboration with Binny's Three Floyds Bubblegumhead Straight Malt Whiskey Luis Pato Vinho Espumante Maria Gomes Francis Blanchet Pouilly Fume Calcite 2023 Attems Pinot Grigio 2023 Chateau Trinquevedel Tavel Rosé 2023 Turley Zinfandel Juvenile 2022 Chateau Poujeaux Moulis 2015 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Have you ever had Danish whisky? Neither have we! Lasse Vesterby is one of nine co-founders of Stauning Whisky. At Stauning, they distill Danish-grown rye and barely and floor malt everything at their facility. Stauning Rye Whisky Stauning Bastard Rye Whisky Finished in ex-Mezcal Barrels Stauning El Clasico Rye Whisky Finished in Vermouth Barrels Stauning Kaos Blended Malt Whisky Stauning Smoke Single Malt Danish Whisky If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Half Acre's Matt Young has been with the brewery for almost as long as Daisy Cutter has been around, which happens to be 15 years this summer. Daisy Cutter put Half Acre on the map, but they have never been only about big hoppy beers. They've always been just as committed to brewing delicious lagers.   Half Acre Hollywood Beach Half Acre  Kernza Lager Half Acre Italian Pilsner Half Acre Daisy Cutter Fifteen Half Acre Daisy Cutter Select collaboration w/Sierra Nevada Half Acre Reef Knot Half Acre Pony Pilsner If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 World Beer Cup calls itself the “Olympics of Beer”. As the name implies, the World Beer Cup is open to breweries all over the world. This week on Barrel to Bottle, Roger tracked down  WBC 2024 winners that we carry from local and global breweries.  Horse Thief Hollow Little Wing Noon Whistle Bruski Traditional Lager Allagash Tripel Unibroue La Fin du Monde Weihenstephaner Vitus Old Irving Beezer Roaring Table Easy Hour Deschutes Black Butte Non-Alcoholic Hamm's Beer 21st Amendment Brewery Amendment Lager If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Porch Pounders, Gazebo Guzzlers, Barbecue Bangers…call them whatever you want, but make sure your patio is stocked for the summer months. Chris has assembled 18 wines that are perfect for relaxing in your Adirondack chair or pairing with your favorite summer meal. Biohof Pratsch Grüner Veltliner 2022 Domaine Labbe Abymes Vin de Savoie 2021 Suavia Soave Classico 2022 Nortico Alvarinho 2022 Champalou Vouvray 2022 August Kessler R Riesling QbA 2022 Domaine Meyer Fonné Edelzwicker 2022 Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Val de Garrigues Cotes du Rhone Blanc 2023 Lynfred Rhubarb Wine Gulp Hablo Orange Natural Verdejo Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Domaine Collotte Marsannay Rosé 2023 Jean Foillard Beaujolais Villages 2021 Willamette Valley Vineyards Whole Cluster Pinot Noir 2022 Feudo Santa Tresa Frappato 2022 Lindquist Syrah 2020 Quivira Zinfandel 2019 The Fableist 373 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 love cocktails on Barrel to Bottle. We love classics, and we love riffs. We might love riffs more. This week, we've got three mixologists riffing on three classic cocktails for Greg and Jim to judge. Check out our blog for all the recipes.  If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 returns to Barrel to Bottle. He's in Chicago to launch a collab with our friends at Half Acre for the annual Firestone Walker Invitational. You can hear all about that event on our previous episode with Matt Brynildson.   Matt loves returning to Chicago and we love having him on the podcast to share his extensive knowledge of brewing, particularly hops. There's always something new to enjoy from Firestone Walker, but we appreciate revisiting some of their classics as well. Firestone Walker Trailing West Pils collaboration with Half Acre Firestone Walker California IPA Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion Firestone Walker Hopnosis Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA Firestone Walker Parabola If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Ivo Jeramaz is the winemaker at Grgich Hills Estate. His uncle, Mike, started the winery shortly after his Chardonnay won the 1976 Paris Tasting for Chateau Montelena. Ivo passionately believes in regenerative farming of grapes, without the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. This week on Barrel to Bottle, Ivo explains the process of regenerative farming and why he believes it makes the best wine. Grgich Hills Sauvignon Blanc Fume Blanc 2021 Grgich Hills Chardonnay 2021 Grgich Hills Zinfandel 2019  Grgich Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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, our resident Crispy Boi, has spent the last half decade extolling the virtues of Hamm's. When he's not drinking Hamm's, he's still drinking crispy lagers both macro and micro. Now he's getting the chance to redeem himself after his Hamm's-related failure in our Macro Lager Blind Tasting. This week on Barrel to Bottle we're blind tasting thirteen crispy bois, from big brewery lager classics to the new wave of craft crispies. And what better to pair with these crisp, refreshing beers than salty snacks, straight from your local Binny's snack section. Montucky Cold Snacks Riggs American Lager Founders Solid Gold Shorts Local's Light Miller High Life Revolution Cold Time Art History Krausened Pabst Blue Ribbon Bells Lager For the Lakes Deschutes Crispy King Coors Banquet Shiner Light Blonde Hamm's Snack Along At Home: Binny's Golf Club Mix Great Lakes Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips Herr's Buffalo Blue Cheeze Curls Pop Daddy Beer Cheese Pretzels Utz Hoops Mix If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Provence might be the epicenter of Rosé but you can find the style all over the world. If you can grow grapes, you're probably making Rosé. This week on Barrel to Bottle, with warm weather approaching, we are checking out Rosés from around the world. The grapes and methods are different everywhere but they're all great in spring, summer and really all year round. Txomin Etxaniz Txakoli Rosé 2023 Day Wines Pinot Noir Rosé Lemonade 2022 Charles Gonnet Rosé Vin de Savoie 2023 The Pale Rosé 2023 Domaines Ott by Ott Cotes de Provence Rosé 2023 Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Rosé 2023 Hatziyiannis Roditis Rose Sierra Cantabria Rosé 2023 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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 has a vast resource of knowledgeable wine associates, probably the best in the business with arguably the biggest selection. While it is possible to stumble onto a hidden gem, Pat and Rog wanted to tap into our vast resources by engaging with our passionate staff members. Join us for Pat & Rog's Excellent Wine Adventure. Be excellent to each other, this will not be a bogus journey. Also, a listener question about the difference between white, red and dry vermouths. Paul Prieur Sancerre 2022 Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022 Punta Crena Mataossu Vigneto Reine 2021 Tsiakkas Xinisteri Cyprus White 2022 Hyland Estates Riesling 2022 Li Veli Askos Susumaniello 2022 Les Vins Pirouettes Ultra Violet de David If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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? As always, the beer shelves are constantly changing and we're here to help you make sense of the new brands, styles, returning favorites in new packaging and special releases. Firestone Walker XPA Weihenstephaner Braupakt collaboration w/St. Bernardus Maplewood Belle La Vie Stormalong Cider Unfiltered Southern Tier Orange Twist collaboration w/Perry's Ice Cream Deschutes Black Butte NA Porter Maplewood In Dark Trees AleSmith Speedway Stout New Orleans Café If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.  

Take a trip to Northern Italy with Barrel to Bottle this week. Chris brought wines from the broader Langhe Hills, along with some everyday drinking wines from the region, and wines from the much-hyped 2019 vintage. As with much of what we feature on the podcast, these wines pair great with a wide variety of food. Ca del Sarto Barbera d'Alba 2021 Vietti Dolcetto d'Alba 2022 Paolo Scavino Langhe Nebbiolo 2022 Bruno Giacosa Nebbiola d'Alba 2020 Silvio Grasso Barolo 2019 GD Vajra Barolo Albe 2019 Broccardo Barolo Bricco San Pietro 2019 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, 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.