It's Whiskey #FFS | First Fill Spirits

After many amazing travels to Scotland over the past few weeks, we're finally back in one place! We discuss Cotswolds Distillery, which Holly visited while in London in September, along with a review of some awesome samples from our friend David, tons of new releases to the shop, and some good news for the whisky world. It's not all doom and gloom! NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP: Nashville Barrel Co 7YR (Heaven Hill) Nashville Barrel Co 8YR (Willett) Nashville Barrel Co. 9YR (Jim Beam) H.K. Young – toasted blend & single barrel 6YR Nc'nean Orchard Cobbler Huntress Kilchoman Sauternes Lost Lantern J. Rieger Hazmat Rye + J.Rieger bourbon Lost Lantern Boulder Armagnac Finish Augusta 10YR Buckner's Single Barrel High N' Wicked 15YR the Jury Bourbon Takamine Sakura Cask Japanese Whisky Hillrock 5YR Double Cask Bourbon Stellum Bourbon & Rye – if you like Stellum get it now because it's going away Lady of the Glen Tasting Kits Lindores Abby Releases OKI BIB Bourbon – OKI is back Croithli Irish whiskeys out of Donegal A bunch of Cadenheads, A.D Rattrays, etc. Duncan Taylors, Dram Mors, Creetowns…..  Claxtons, more Duncan Taylor, Holyrood…. All on the way!  NEWS: ⁠Hong Kong Spirits Tax Break Set To Reignite Whisky Market⁠ All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!

We're back! Today we discuss how our whisky summer has been going along with new bottles to the shop, our latest seminars/classes and upcoming whisky travel. Then, Holly blind tastes Charles on something that may be a potential new item for the shop, does it make the cut? Followed by a discussion of Holladay Distillery in Missouri and Milroy's Whisky Travel Index and their top distillery experiences. NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP: Blue Note Single Barrel Store Pick Bourbon! Dram Mor Ruadh Maor (Peated Glenturret) Dram Mor Dailuaine Bourbon Matured Dram Mor Linkwood Bourbon Matured Creetown Tullibardine 18YR Samaroli Blended Malts & Blended Scotch Southern Star Wheated Paragon Bourbon Single Barrel Ben Holladay Soft Red Wheat Augusta 10YR & 8YR Kentucky Bourbon Kings County BIB Bourbon New World – Pokeno, Levant Heights, Lakes, Catador Itinerante, High Coast Berg, Kamet, St. Kilian etc. --- An article from The Spirits Business where Holly discusses New World Whisky. "⁠World Whisky finds its feet⁠." Nc'nean Aon Single Cask ON THE WAY: Town Branch & Kings County Collab ⁠Milroy's Whisky Travel Index⁠ - Top Scotch Whisky Distillery Experiences All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠⁠Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Today we discuss all of the amazing trips we've just returned from -- all Scotland! There are many new releases to the shop and a lot of upcoming tastings & classes. Then we discuss Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow and the Bloomberg article that thinks "Brandy might be the next Bourbon". Thoughts?? NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP Glenfarlcas 105 Alamabique Mexican Rum - Bourbon & French Oak Matured Resilient 17YR Tennessee Bourbon Madeira Cask Dad's Hat Rye Single Barrel PM Collab (67% ABV) New Riff Single Barrel Ryes - NYS & Skurnik Lagavulin Nick Offerman Rum Cask Finish Clydeside Cask Strength Limited Edition Bardstown/Amurt Bourbon Collab INCOMING SOON: Lost Lantern 'Saratoga Summer' Kings County Custom Blend, Lost Lantern Mississippi Memory, Blue Note Bourbon Store Pick Single Barrel, New Dram Mor, Creetown & Lady of the Glen…. All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠ Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening! Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

In this episode, we discuss South Carolina's High Wire Distilling Co. and their Jimmy Red Corn Bourbon along with one of Fred Minnick's latest articles. According to new data, all generations, across the board, are planning to drink less for a variety of reasons but many based on health reasons. We want to know your thoughts as we share ours! NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP Dràm Mòr - Tullibardine 8YR PX Cask Finish - Inchfad 16YR - Benrinnes 12YR Rancio Sec (French Sherry) Finish - Dailuaine 13YR Port Cask Finish Cree/Creetown - Arran 18YR - Caol Ila 12YR Shiraz Finish - Balblair 10YR - Teaninich 15YR Sherry Finish - North British 31YR Cayeya Cask Strength Single Barrel Tequila Tumblin' Dice 8YR Rye Midwestern Lost Lantern Collection - Tom's Foolery 9YR Rye - FEW Spirits Bourbon - Starlight Bourbon - Middle West Rye - Wollersheim Bourbon - Cedar Ridge Wheat Whiskey - Far Flung Blended Rye Torabhaig Allt Glean Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch All travel trips can be found ⁠here⁠. Check out all of our products at ⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠ Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening! Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We discuss all of the amazing new bottles to shop and it's a lot. We then do a grab-bag of sorts for new samples that we really need to taste and discuss all of the whisky trips we have planned for 2024 and 2025. In the mix, we talk about GlenAllachie and their new mainland-peated releases called "Meikle Toir". Come travel and drink whisky with us! NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP: GlenAllachie Madiera 13YR Meikle Toirs - Original, Sherry, Chinquapin & Turbo Nc'Nean Organic Single Malt Scotch Glen Scotias - 12YR Amontillado, 15YR, 11YR Campbeltown Malts Festival Port Finish, Victoriana Craigellachie, Old Pulteney & Auchentoshan Signatories Redacted Bros – SRV5 - Caol Ila & Clynelish | TB/BSW - teaspooned Macallan Raising Glasses Ascendence Linkwood Single Malt Scotch & Westland Single Casks Port Askaig Islay Single Malt Scotch SweetDram Blended Scotch Spearhead Single Grain Scotch Fat Baby Bourbon Bardstown BIB Wheated Bourbon EJ Curley Small Batch & Single Barrel Bourbon Blue Note Uncut Single Barrel Bourbon Kanosuke Japanese Single Malt Penderyn Headliner Single Malt – Jamaican Rum & Ruby Port Finish All travel trips can be found here. Check out all of our products at www.firstfillspirits.com Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening! Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

This episode is all about Coastal Scotland. We feature Isle of Raasay Distillery and discuss our September West Coast Scotland Whisky Trip. If these distilleries and this discussion don't make you want to book at least 5 trips to Scotland, we don't know what will... Holly blind tastes Charles and we're both a bit out of practice when it comes to blind tastings! Douglas Laing Old Particular Jura 13YR & Authroisk 12YR Elements of Islay - Cask Edit, Cask Strength Bourbon, Cask Strength Sherry MacLean's Nose Blended Scotch Whisky Dead Reckoning Rum - Foursquare, Foursquare PX Finish, Australian High N Wicked High Rye Kentucky Bourbon  Desert Dessert from Lost Lantern, Del Bac is back in! Suerte 7YR Extra Anejo Tequila Single Barrel ** West Coast Scotland Experience -- Scotland - West Coast Whisky Tour 2024 - Rascal + Thorn (rascalandthorn.com) Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! Check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

A lot of big moves and acquisitions in our Scotch & Canadian Whisky world! We discuss Found North, Single Cask Nation, and what we see happening in 2024. We also discuss a Dramface article that was pretty harsh on all of this production increase continuing to happen in the Scotch industry (and beyond). Then, we get back to blind tastings, and Charles blind tastes Holly. Lost Lantern Releases – Mountain Meadow, Flame & Shadow (Brooklyn Bakery gone) Cream of Kentucky 16YR Four Roses NY single barrels  Boone County Bourbon & Green River Bourbon Store Pick NEW Stauning Danish Rye Whisky Store Pick Just a heads up, these store picks are single-digit low: Stauning Tequila Finish, Black Button Bourbon & Obtainium Light Whiskey. ** Water of Life Film Speyside/Highland Trip Spring 2024 -- ⁠⁠The Water of Life - Speyside & Highlands: May 4-12, 2024 | First Fill Spirits: Curate | Learn | Explore⁠⁠ Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! Check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We discuss the experimental and delicious whisky from Spirits of French Lick in Indiana. We took in a few cases as a NYS exclusive of Hindostan Falls Bourbon and everyone is LOVING it, including us. Every December all the influencers, magazines, and all their cousins and friends come out with their top picks of the year. We aren't going to tell you our favorite whiskies of 2023, that's just too dang difficult but we will take a look at our shelves and pick out the bottles that we would love for someone to gift to us. Our holiday picks! ** Water of Life Film Speyside/Highland Trip Spring 2024 -- ⁠The Water of Life - Speyside & Highlands: May 4-12, 2024 | First Fill Spirits: Curate | Learn | Explore⁠ Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: DS Tayman is back in! GlenAllachie 12YR Oloroso Single Cask EJ Curley Bourbon – Ashley Barnes blending Elements of Islay New Rice Whiskies - Fukano Glenturret's are back in! Old Ezra Rye & Bourbon King's Honey Barrel Finished Bourbon King's County Cask Strength Bourbon Suerte 7YR Anejo Tequila Fannys Bay Tasmanian Single Malt Glendalough 7YR Mizunara Cask Boone County 6YR Single Barrel Bourbon STORE PICK 64% ABV IN-STORE ONLY CALL US Found North Peregrine 20YR Rare Character Exceptional Series Single Barrel Bourbon Rare Character Exceptional Series Single Barrel Malt Check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Our Japan Whisky Tour is coming up in March 2024 so we have Kanosuke on the mind! Also, in the news a ton over the past few weeks is Indian Whisky. We are so excited to see all of this press as Indri, Kamet, and other brands continue to push the category into global awareness. We discuss our next Stauning store pick single barrel and don't forget to look at our upcoming whisky trips! ** Water of Life Film Speyside/Highland Trip Spring 2024 -- The Water of Life - Speyside & Highlands: May 4-12, 2024 | First Fill Spirits: Curate | Learn | Explore Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Murray McDavid's: Glentauchers, Braeval, Glen Keith & more! Single Malts of India Kurinji Dixon Dedman's New 2X0 Doubled Oaked Release Jimmy Red South Carolina High Wire Bourbon Raising Glasses Australian Whisky Yowie & Venezuelan Rum Hindostan Falls Bourbon Boone County Amburana James Eadie Jura, Glen Spey, and Caol Ila check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We're back! We missed you all too. During this episode we discuss both of our trips to Scotland and how whisky faired over the summer. Then we chat about Barrell Bourbon and how they truly are pioneers for American Whiskey Blenders. If you're up for it, after Barrell, we overshare our concerns or shall we say, cautious observations, regarding all of the new Scotch Distilleries in the works. Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: McLean's Nose Blended Scotch Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2014 High Coast Swedish Whisky, Berg Sherry Matured Lakes Distillery Single Malt Maker's No. 5 M&H Sherry Cask Single Malt Penelope 9YR 4-Grain Bourbon Some Adelphi Collection but now gone! -- Glen Elgin, Dailuaine and Caol Ila Barrell Amburana Finsihed Bourbon Lost Lantern Still Austin Texas Bourbon Cadenhead's Panama Rum Single Cask Barrel House 6 Sherry Finished Bourbon GlenAllachie Wood FInish Series – Hungarian & Spanish Oaks Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

It's time for a more "classic" episode with a distillery discussion around Ardnamurchan on the west coast of Scotland. Do us a favor and look it up on Google Maps. You'll see how cool and rural it is! Then Holly blind tastes Charles on a delicious, old, and rare whisky and we talk about Charle's coastal Scotland trip. Don't forget our 2-Year Anniversary Party on September 8th. It's gonna be awesome! To see our upcoming trips, look here. Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Silkie Red Wine Finish & Stout Finish Murray McDavid's new range – “Cask Finishes” Ten Mile Little Rest Single Malt Lost Lantern Bourbons Homebase Bourbon – Corbin Cash & Spirits Works Distillery Lindores STR/Ex-Bourbon/Sherry Cask Release Breckenridge Buddy pass, stout cask Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2014 King's County BIB 7YR Bourbon + Blended Bourbon Linkwood Emergence Raising Glasses Single Malt Lucky Cat Peated, Sakura IWAI, Wine Cask IWAI, new Ichiro World Blend Blackadder round 1: Miltonduff, Red Snake. IF YOU LIKE SHERRY: Glentauchers, Balblair, Caol Ila, Aberlour, North British.. Woohoo! Check them all out online. Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We were able to sneak in a podcast before Charles leaves for Scotland & Holly for NOLA! Holly is on a panel this year at Tales of the Cocktail and in honor of this New World Whisky Panel, we discuss M&H Israeli Whisky Distillery. They recently won World Whiskies Awards 2023 World's Best Single Malt with their sherry-matured single malt whisky. They beat out Scotch, Irish, and single malts from all over the world! Also, I think it's fair to say, Holly gets a grade of C for her blind tasting attempt which is not a fail so she'll take it. To see our upcoming trips, look here. Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Method & Madness Irish Rye Whiskey – Rye & Malt Dingle's New Core Range Single Malt DS Taymans – Linkwood, Caol Ila, Blair Athol, Glen Elgin Starward Nova – we just love their wine casks Abasolo Mexican Rice Whiskey Lochlea Our Barley Lowland Single Malt Scotch Del Bac Arizona Single Malt Normandie (Calvados) & Frontera (Sherry) Kilchoman STR Red Wine & PX Cask Evolution Single Casks Amrut Virgin French Oak 8YR Single Cask and more! Check out our website www.firstfillspirits.com Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

It's been a month but we have good reasons! I hope you're all up for it but Holly is going to tell you all about her Islay/Water of Life Film trip. No need to get fomo though because we let you know about upcoming trips that you can join as well! Then we discuss the exciting times for Glenglassaugh Distillery even though we're a bit nervous. That has been a hidden gem of the highlands and we hope it doesn't become too popular. I know that's selfish so, fine, we hope you all enjoy it as much as we do! Watch the Water of Life Film here! To see our upcoming trips, look here. Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Lucky Seven 6YR Single Barrel Lucky Seven Frenchman Single Barrel JW Kelly Single Barrel Bourbon Green River - Bourbon & Wheated Bourbon Penelope, King's Wheated, Woodinville, Old Forester Boone County Single Barrel Bourbon + Rye Riachi Dark Malt Lebanese Whisky Hinomaru Japanese Whisky Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

This episode has a dash of a psychology lesson. Holly thinks everything she tastes is Craigellachie and Charles thinks everything is New World Whisky. The lesson learned: blind tasting does not necessarily get easier! Our minds get in the way! In this episode, you'll watch Holly basically fall apart in her blind tasting while we discuss our upcoming trips to Scotland. Our distillery feature is Kilchoman as Holly prepares for her trip to Islay in two weeks. Did you know Kilchoman and the Wills family are building a rum distillery in Barbados too? That family is so cool. And then, it's a bit of old news but we discuss the Penelope buy-out with MGP. It makes sense for both parties and how impressive after just 5 years. Congrats, Penelope! We're lucky we got all of our single casks when we did and wow were they delicious. Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: JP Trodden Wheated Bourbon Doc Swinson's Blenders Cut Cask Strength Bourbon Doc Swinson's Bourbon Sherry & Cognac Finish Claxton's -- BenRiach, Glen Elgin, Orkney, Bunnahabhain, Dalmunach, Croftengea, Tamnavulin, Grain Barn 30YR James Eadie -- Glen Spey, Jura, Benrinnes Lost Lantern -- Balcones, Del Bac, Vatted Malt Found North Canadian Whiskey Batch 6 & 5 Raising Glasses – Port Dundas Innocence (Bourbon), Port Dundas Opulence (Sherry), RUM: 15YR Foursquare, 8YR Trinidad, 9YR Guyana  Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We just had a class with Cara & Justin King of King's Family Distillery in Tennessee so that is our featured distillery for this episode. Although they are "sourcers" they are "sorcerers" in my eyes. They come from a grain merchant family and Justin even worked at MGP so they have access to pretty amazing barrels all over the country. They also have the relationships to really get what they want. They also aren't playing with the normal mashbills and have proved their finishing skills are spot on. It's also Charles' turn to taste blind but he actually does a pretty good job. *Applause* for Charles! Then we discuss this amazing chart that's called "The Evolution of a Whiskey Drinker". We've all been there and maybe go back there quite often. Whiskey folks can be difficult to handle and know-it-alls and that's ok, we are always evolving! If you want to see the chart head to our website. We think you'll enjoy this episode because we had a lot of fun recording it! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Elements of Islay - Blended Malts (Elixer Distillers) Single Cask Nation WOLF 2nd edition Single Cask Nation Inchgower Oloroso Sherry Matured Single Cask Kilchoman STR Red Wine Cask ImPex Single Cask Kilchoman PX Sherry Cask ImPex Single Cask ImPex Collection Tormore 11YR Single Cask ImPex Collection Penderyn 5YR Madiera Cask King's Family Maple Toasted Bourbon Boone County 8YR Single Barrel Bourbon Riachi Lebanese Malt & Wheat Whisky Riachi Lebanese Roasted Malt, Single Malt Athyr (Riachi) Lebanese Single Malt NYS Exclusive Single Cask "Empire" using Lebanese Oak Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!)  #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Episode 2 of our Interview Series! This time we get to chat with the former CEO & Director of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, Douglas Murray. If you want to have the best technical knowledge of whisky production and spirits production in general, the institute is where you MUST go. I had to sit down and interview them so us folks in the USA could learn all about this UK-based program. Charles and I also have a lot to discuss before we get into the interview though. He just got back from two weeks in Japan and has a lot to share. We also talk about some new bottles in the shop since he's been away and he blind tastes me on something that he got while in Japan. But, is it Japanese Whisky?? This episode was such a blast for me and I feel honored that Douglas took an hour out of his day to chat with me. Not only do we talk about the IBD (Institute of Brewing & Distilling) and all of the courses they offer but we also chat about Talisker, Dalwhinnie, and some of the other Diageo distilleries he's worked at. He was a part of creating the Talisker Storm release and was also one of the folks who realized they needed to put the worm tubs back in at Dalwhinnie when they were renovating and changed to shell & tube! Oh and we take over ten minutes to go over worms versus shell & tube condensers. This is an audio-only podcast but if you could only see the massive smile on my face while we were chatting about worm tubs!! Maybe you can hear my heart racing in the background of the audio. Below are important links for you to check out if you're interested in the IBD. The Institute of Brewing & Distilling Essentials in Brewing & Distilling Foundations in Brewing & Distilling General Certificate in Distillation ** This is the program and exam that I went through If you're up for a trip, also check out their next conference which will have presentations from distillers all over the world and their latest findings: Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference May 9th - 11th, Edinburgh UK Thank you to Ana, Douglas, and Jerry at the IBD for all of their time and support of me, the podcast, and the shop! NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP: Kings County Barrel Proof Bourbon | 66.3% ABV Douglas Laing Port Dundas Single Grain Scotch 21YR Bardstown Origin Bourbon - their new release that is all their own whiskey! Method  & Madness Bottlings - Single Pot Still & Single Grain Starward Solera Single Malt Boone County Toasted Barrel Bourbon 58.4% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!)  #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

This is our first-ever interview podcast! You'll still get to hear us banter at the beginning where we discuss some of our new bottles to the shop, our latest seminars, and Charles' trip to Japan. Also, Charles will finally get to taste Talnua, the Colorado distillery making Irish-style pot still whiskey. The most important thing to know about this episode is that we will be chatting with Kirsty McKerrow of the Edinburgh Whisky Academy. Folks have been asking what are the most worthwhile education programs out in the market right now. With everyone designing their own ambassador-style education program, you can spend a lot of money very quickly! Just searching the internet can give you a headache. This is part 1 of a 2-part series that will showcase two education programs that focus almost exclusively on Scotch & Irish Whiskey. Find out more about the Edinburgh Whisky Academy below. Courses -- Certificate in Scotch | Certificate in Irish Whiskey | Diploma in Single Malt Whisky ||| ALL VIRTUAL/ONLINE Modules -- these are extra courses you can take in addition to the core listed above. More modules are expected this year and in-person classes here in the USA for 2024. Enjoy part 1 of this series!

We're back! Although January & February are supposed to be the retail industry's "down time", we for sure didn't feel that way and we're not even sure why. We have had quite a few amazing Saratoga Whiskey Club classes over the past few weeks and have been focusing on all of our education and travel programs that we're about to launch for 2023. It is really going to be a stellar year of whisky travel. Then, Holly blind tastes Charles on a very special pour because they both deserve it and we discuss one of our favorite Islay distilleries, Bunnahabhain! Enjoy! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Isle of Rasaay Single Malt High West Single Malt High Country Tipperary Single Malt Rioja Finish Murray McDavid Craigellachie 8YR, so juicy and good The Firkin Ten Madiera Cask – Royal Brackla LAWS Colorado Bourbon Experiential Single Barrel 7YR 9th Floor Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Charles and I discuss all of the upcoming seminars we have over the next few weeks and travel! So many great travel opportunities in 2023. To see what we've announced so far write to us or check out Rascal + Thorn. We also discuss one of our favorite New World distilleries, Amrut Indian Whisky. Truly one of the pioneers of New World Whisky. I then get close to guessing the blind dram correctly but not quite. It was and is a fantastic whisky though. Enjoy! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Morris Australian Single Malt Muscat Casks Indri Indian Single Malt Waterford Peated & Heritage – Ballybannon & Ferriscourt Bardstown West Virginia Bottling, Discovery Series 8 & 9 Barrell 2023 New Year Release Douglas Laing Chocolate Edition Smokehead Islay Malt Rum Cask Finish All the amazing finishes on Edradour: Burgundy, Bordeaux, Sauternes, etc. Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

It is so difficult to pick our favorite bottles for 2022 but we can pick out a few of the brands that really impressed us. Charles and I discuss which brands really hit it out of the park in 2022 and we can't wait to see what 2023 holds. We also discuss Bardstown Bourbon Company and how impressive their releases have been. They have grown so quickly! Holly blind tastes Charles on a potentially "off" whisky and we thank you all for your support this past year. See you next year! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

In this episode, there are no new releases, blind tastings, or anything like you're used to from us! This is a "mini" episode focusing on a particular style of whiskey. We will be doing more of these throughout 2023. In this episode, we review our latest store pick single barrel, Obtainium 15YR Light Whiskey. We discuss the history of light whiskey, and where it is coming from and give you our tasting notes live! The ABV on this is 68.1% ABV and sips like it is 60% ABV. You're welcome!

The NOT-to-be-forgotten Orkney Distillery: Scapa! We discuss all things Scapa during this episode. Even though it can be a difficult malt to find, if you do see it, order it and take some time to sit with it. These are thinker whiskies. We also go through all of our adventures over the past few weeks in Kentucky and New York City. The holidays are here and the bottles keep comin'! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Found North 8YR Batch 5 & 17YR batch 6 Castle & Key Batch 6 Bourbon New Riff & Blue Note Single Barrels Store Picks! Douglas Laing Rock Oyster Mezcal Cask Nulu Small Batch Bourbon Toasted French Oak Staves Nulu Single Barrel 8YR 61.3% ABV Nulu High Malt 9YR Bourbon -- so, so good. King's Thrice Barreled Ryeconic - Toasted King's Tennessee Whiskey Garrison Brother's Single Barrel Penderyn Hiraeth Single Malt Wild N Wicked Single Grain - Midleton finished in Madeira Casks Mars — YA #1, Komagatake 2022 Edition Rolling Fork Rums: Barbados & Jamaican Single Casks For more information on IWAI check out this link. We mentioned it in the podcast. >> https://www.nomunication.jp/distillery/tsunuki/ Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We head back over to Japan with a look at Mars Distilleries including Shinshu and Tsunuki. Both Charles and I have visited Shinshu and had different experiences but all in all, this is a distillery worth the 4 hours one-way on public transit. We also would like to hear from all of you about our 2023 whiskey travel plans. Charles owns a company called Rascal + Thorn which is a culinary and whiskey tour company. He has led trips to Japan, Scotland, Kentucky, Ireland, and other destinations with groups looking to hunt down the most immersive and fun whiskey experiences! We discuss some of our travel ideas and want to hear from all of you on what you would like to see and maybe you can join us on some of these travels. Write to us at info@firstfillspirits.com with your comments & ideas. Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Distiller's Art Tamdhu 14YR Sherry Butt Matured Craigellachie 13YR Sherry Butt Matured Dailuaine 21YR Hogshead Matured Tamnavulin 11YR Hogshead Matured Macduff 14YR Hogshead Matured Blair Athol 11YR Bourbon Barrel Matured Blackadder Peat Reek - Sherry & Amontillado & Re-charred Cask 32YR Wardhead Teaspooned Blended Malt ( Google Wardhead ;) ) Old Man of Hoy 16YR Highland Park Raw Cask Macduff Raw Cask 14YR Raw Cask Bunna 16YR Moine Miltonduff 10YR PX Cask Tomatin 10YR PX Sherry Cask Matured The Legendary 10YR Single Malt Keeper's Heart - Brian Nation Irish + American Whiskey Bourbon + American Whiskey Penderyn 10YR Ruby Port Single Cask English Whisky Filey Bay Flagship Welsh Whisky Kilchoman Loch Gorm & Sanaig Castle & Key Bourbon Batch 4 For more information on IWAI check out this link. We mentioned it in the podcast. >> https://www.nomunication.jp/distillery/tsunuki/ Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

The first truly Irish Peated Whiskey arriving this year? Charles and I take a look at Waterford Distillery and their farm-bottle, terroir-driven whiskeys along with a discussion of their highly anticipated peated release. We also discuss the exciting yet sad news of what the 2022 Van Winkle Family of Whiskeys are and what their suggested retail price is versus reality. But don't fret, there are so many new & fantastic whiskeys out there so go out and try them! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: King's 15-Year-Old Light Whiskey Finished in a Toasted Barrel Alton Distillery New York Straight Rye Whiskey DS Taymans - Glen Elgin & Caol Ila 12 Year Olds finished in a Tulip Vinyard Syrah Red Wine (Israeli Red Wine) Ki One Korean Whisky: Tiger & Unicorn Edition Many new Blackadders are on the way! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

New World Whisky is on our minds this episode as we discuss Stauning Danish Whisky along with new celebrity partnerships for brands like The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) and Monkey Shoulder. Holly sounds tired and Charles sounds very energetic so the dynamic has switched this episode, enjoy! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Edradour Burgundy Cask, 10YR Single Cask 60.3% ABV Lochlea Sowing Edition Single Malt Scotch Bladnoch Vinaya Single Malt Starlight Rye, Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon, and Double Oaked Bourbon Pere Labatt Agricole Rhum 12YR 61% ABV Rolling Fork Four Square Rum 9YR 55.8% ABV Amrut Cask Strength 61.8% ABV Eifel German Rye, Peated Rye, Malt and Peated Malt Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Holly guesses that the whisky Charles blind tastes her on is from Arran in Scotland and that's about all she got right, that it was from an Island but it was NOT Arran! We talk about all of the new Scotch Whisky that has arrived at the shop and Holly's trip to Kentucky and Tennessee. Did we mention we got a few Buffalo Trace products in too? We feel odd about it but hey, it's good whiskey. New Riff is our featured distillery this episode and we discuss the mass exodus of big-timers like Denny Potter & Jane Bowie leaving Maker's Mark. Here is the link for details about our 1YR Anniversary Celebration to benefit The Saratoga County Animal Shelter -- https://www.firstfillspirits.com/one-year-anniversary-party/ Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Single Cask, Cask Strength Bottlings: Glentauchers 13YR, Glenallachie 14YR, Macduff 14YR, Caol Ila 15YR Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Label Series: Mortlach 15YR, Linkwood 15YR, Scapa 13YR Gordon & MacPhail Discovery Series Caol Ila 13YR, Glen Grant 11YR, Miltonduff 10YR Small Batch Bottlers Glen Garioch 13YR 54.4% ABV Single Cask Glenallachie French Virgin Oak 10YR Glenallachie Chinquapin Oak 10YR New England Barrel Company 6YR Single Barrel Bourbon Frank August Bourbon Kings County Distillery 7YR Bourbon Bottled-in-Bond And many more, check out our website because I got tired of typing! :) Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

The blind tasting for this podcast is us walking through samples of a potential new store pick single barrel. We don't tell you the distillery, only the style so maybe you can guess it. Did we end up selecting one? What's our process? You'll find out soon enough! We also discuss Glenturret Distillery and all of their fantastic & new, heavily sherried single malt releases. Go highland malts! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye 63.7% ABV Teeling Pot Still Irish Whiskey Horse Soldier Bourbon - 62.3% ABV New Scotland Helderberg – Bourbon, Rye, Wheat Whiskey & Single Malt New Riff Balboa Rye Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

I went rogue for this podcast and recorded solo! Although I missed Charles, I wanted to share my fantastic visit to Hillrock Distillery earlier this week. The summer has been madness and trying to catch any extra time to record with us both in the same room has been tricky! I also have been asked quite a bit about "how I got into whisky" so I decided to share my whisky journey in the episode as well. Enjoy. A quick list of new & cool bottles to the shop: Penelope Architect Lucky Seven Frenchman Lucky Seven 14YR Single Barrel Nulu Wheated Bourbon King's 14YR Light Whiskey Filey Bay Yorkshire Single Malt, Fino Single Cask Stauning Rye El Clasico Vermouth Finish Holmes Cay Barbados (Foursquare) Rum - Port Finish Holmes Cay Uitvlugt 18YR Rum and so many more. See you at the shop soon! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Holly blind tastes Charles as they discuss Laphroaig, upcoming & insane rum seminars and Bardstown Bourbon Co. is growing! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Mic Drop L22-01 Bourbon Laphroaig Cairdeas 2022 Maker's Mark Cask Warehouse 1 Nashville Barrel Co - Bourbon New York 2 / Rye New York / Single Barrel Rye New York New England Barrel Co. - 7YR Single Barrel / 4YR Small Batch Proof & Wood Crossborder Jackpot American Whiskey Proof & Wood Good Day 21YR Canadian Whiskey Lucky Seven 14YR Single Barrel #35 Glenturret Triple Wood & 10YR Peat Smoke Asaka Single Malt Bourbon Cask Shizuoka Contact S Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We just picked a single barrel of rum from Old Line Distillery in Maryland so who the heck are they? The rum is just the tip of the iceberg. If you haven't tried their cask strength American Single Malt, you're missing out. A really great distillery that is one to watch. Also, are you interested in "New World Whisky"? New World = whisky from everywhere BUT Scotland, Ireland, North America (USA/Canada), and Japan. This episode is for you as we discuss a poll that Holly posted about who is going to be the next big whisky-producing country. India, France, Australia? You tell us! If you're interested in New World Whisky, follow the New World Whisky Review on Facebook. Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Sagamore Rye Rum Finish Reserve Series Old Line American Single Malt Cask Strength Horse Soldier Bourbon– 62.3% ABV Virginia Distilling American Single Malt Cuvee Cask Calumet 15, 16 & 8YR Castle & Key Bourbon Batch 1 & 2 Hillrock Sauternes Finished Bourbon Pinhook Bourbondini & Tiz Rye Time Springbank 10YR Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Charles and I discuss why Old Pepper Distillery should not be overlooked when visiting Lexington. We are also extremely excited about the new distillery on Islay named Port-nah-truan. The owners Elixir Distillers, once owners of The Whisky Exchange, are going to have malting floors, direct-fired wash stills and will not only produce single malt but also rum! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Douglas Laing 10YR Fettercairn 48.4% ABV Four Roses Single Barrel OBSQ 10YR 5 Months 61.5% ABV Castle & Key Bourbon Batch 1 & 2 49.5% ABV Murray McDavid 6YR Peatside Single Malt 46% ABV Port & PX Finish Firkin Royal Brackla 10YR Madeira Cask Single Cask 48.9% ABV Firkin Ardmore Marsala Cask Single Cask 48.9% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Okay, we were venting a bit on this episode but I promise, we really do enjoy following along with all of the spirits competitions. I guess there are just a few things we would change! We also discuss one of our favorite island distilleries in Scotland, Tobermory, the producers of the unpeated Tobermory malt and the peated Ledaig. Charles blind tastes Holly and let's just say a certain style of cask maturation tripped her up! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Old Pepper Single Barrel - First Fill Spirits Store Pick Cardinal Single Barrel Bourbon - First Fill Spirits Store Pick Westland Garryana 6th Edition Pinhook 6 yr Rye "Tiz Rye Time" Dram Hunters 14YR Ledaig, Rum Finish 57.2% ABV Single Cask Dram Hunters 34YR Invergordon 50% ABV Single Cask Kilkerran 12 and 16 Year Old Nikka Miyagikyo NAS Rhumb Runner Foursquare Barbados 15YR Rum 62.4% ABV Single Cask Rhumb Runner Venezuelan Corporation Alcooles del Caribe (CADC) 16YR Rum French Oak Cask Finish 59% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Holly picked a doozy bottle this week to blind taste Charles on, let's see if he can guess it :) We discuss our fantastic Saratoga Whiskey Club Shibui tasting and look at ways to re-think Japanese Whisky. Then we discuss Dingle Distillery in Ireland and the good news for American Distillers - the UK is dropping tariffs on Bourbon on June 1st, 2022! Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers! New Bottles to the shop: Colkegan American Single Malt - Sante Fe Spirits Mesquite Smoked Mad River Revolution Roasted Rye - Vermont High N' Wicked The Wild Rover Triple Distilled Malt Whiskey finished in PX Casks 58.7% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Charles and Holly discuss the dozens of new bottles that have arrived at the shop over the past few weeks. Everything from Scotch to Bourbon & Rye and of course, New World! Oh and Irish too. Then we discuss Boone County and their "Made by Ghosts" story and the recent Heaven Hill acquisition of Samson & Surrey. Charles also blind tastes Holly and she gets close but not quite right. New Bottles to the shop: Ingelred 13YR Ben Nevis X2 Ingelred 17YR Ben Nevis Ingelred 10YR Caol Ila Lady of the Glen Mannochmore 13YR Lady of the Glen Dufftown 12YR Blackadder Raw Cask Bunnahabhain Staoisha 7YR Blackadder Raw Cask Ledaig 16YR Blackadder Raw Cask Aultmore 11YR Blackadder Red Snake Peated 20PPM Benriach Smoky 12 Cotswolds Peated Boone County 6YR Single Barrel - RYE & BOURBON Boone County Pot Still Bourbon Lucky Seven 6YR Single Cask the Proprietor King's Family Distillery Wheated Single Barrel 5YR Kentucky Owl St. Patrick's Day Collab ALL THE SINGLE CASK RUM YOU COULD EVER WANT FROM BLACKADDER! Amrut Spectrum 004 Amrut Single Malts of India Neidhal Cadenhead's Dailuaine & Tomintoul Cask Strength Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Charles and Holly discuss a few of the impressive tastings they have attended over the past two weeks along with new releases to the shop, Caol Ila, and why people should stop hating on them. Then we end the episode with the announcement of two new distilleries to be built in/near Campbeltown! Oh, and Holly blind tastes Charles on a fantastic whiskey, does he guess it?! New Bottles to the shop: Smoke Wagon Uncut Method & Madness - Pot Still Chestnut Cask - Single Grain Spanish Oak - Single Malt French Oak Heaven Hill BIB DS Tayman Single Malt Scotch Bordeaux Finishes including; Caol Ila, Linkwood & Blair Athol Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Charles blind tastes Holly while we talk about Penelope Bourbon from down in New Jersey and what our favorite Bourbon & Chocolate pairings are for this upcoming loooove holiday

While tasting our latest store pick single barrel, Nulu Toasted Rye, we discuss Burn's Night, new bottles to the shop, and the most northerly distillery in Mainland Scotland, Wolfburn. New Bottles to the shop: Leopold Dickel Collaboration Rye Whiskey Ohishi 8YR Sherry Cask Fukano 2021 Limited Edition Rice Whiskey Blackadders: Chimera Blended Malt 59% abv Sherry Snake Single Cask Single Malt 1st & 3rd Edition at 61.9% abv / 58.2% abv Smoking Islay 10YR 59.3% abv 10YR Barbados Foursquare Rum 61.2% Fukano 2021 Limited Edition Rice Whiskey Barrell 16YR Seagrass If you haven't yet, sign up for all of the latest Whiskey News & Deals and become a member of our Middle Cut Club! Current Single Barrels: Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV - SOLD OUT! Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV Town Branch Bourbon 53.25% ABV Nulu Toasted Rye 58% ABV - A rollercoaster of a whisky! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

January can be a bit odd for whiskey and the beginning of 2022 is proving to be quiet and bizarre already. We do have a fantastic new single barrel of Bourbon hitting the shelves from Town Branch so that is some great news! They will be our featured distillery today, along with Holly guessing the totally wrong country on her blind tasting, Breckenridge is now owned by a cannabis company and Jameson Orange was just released? Let's get whiskey weird! New Bottles to the shop: IWAI Chestnut Cask Wemyss Glenrothes 19YR Single Cask, Hogshead The Single Malts of Scotland Teaninich 12YR Single Cask, 57.7% ABV LAWS San Luis Cask Strength Rye, 65.7% ABV and more! If you haven't yet, sign up for all of the latest Whiskey News & Deals and become a member of our Middle Cut Club! Current Single Barrels: Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV - ONLY 6 BOTTLES LEFT! Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV Town Branch Bourbon 53.25% ABV - BRAND NEW! Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

An episode for you to listen to while sneaking away from your family for a quick breather this holiday weekend! Our featured distillery is Fuji Gotemba in Japan right at the foot of Mt. Fuji and that's because we got another one of their first-ever US releases this month! Also, what do you think of Whiskey Awards? We talk about Whiskey Advocate's latest Top 20 Whiskeys of 2021. New Bottles to the shop: Single Cask Nation Inchfad (Loch Lomond) Finished in Bordeaux casks 53.5% ABV Single Cask Nation Linkwood Ruby Port Finish 54.4% ABV Single Cask Nation Water of Life Undisclosed Island Distillery 48.8% ABV Blackadder Single Cask Rums including: 10YR Guayana Diamond Rum @ 56% ABV // 9YR Fiji Rum @ 64.1% ABV IWAI Japanese Whisky - 1.8L! What?! Komagatake Chichibu Malt Duo Partnership Pinhook Artist's Series - Castle & Key Fuji Blend and more! Don't forget about our single barrels. The full story of how we chose them can be found here: www.firstfillspirits.com/learn-explore/ Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Happy December! Charles and I have been working hard on our website and we want to tell you all about it! We are live at www.firstfillspirits.com. We also want to share details on our three latest single barrels and the barrels due to the shop soon. Starward is our feature distillery. New Bottles to the shop: Murray McDavid -- so many to mention, we have over 12 new expressions in the shop (thanks 700mL law change) but here are a few highlights. - Murray McDavid Craigellachie 12YR, matured in sherry hogsheads & finished in Murca Tawny Port 50% ABV - Murray McDavid Caol Ila 6YR, matured in bourbon hogsheads & finished in first-fill Cognac 50% ABV - Murray McDavid Tobermory 20YR, matured in a Bourbon barrel and finished in a Madeira Barrique 50.4% ABV Douglas Laing Rock Oyster Cask Strength 56.1% ABV Kings County BIB Bourbon 6YR 50% ABV Resilient 16YR Tennessee Whiskey Single Cask 52.47% ABV IWAI Tradition Napa Red Wine Cask and more! Don't forget about our single barrels. The full story of how we chose them can be found here: www.firstfillspirits.com/learn-explore/ Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

We're back! Charles was in Kentucky, no excuse for the delay in releasing episode 2 but at least it was for a whiskey reason. Since we have Kentucky on the brain we discuss Peerless distillery along with the new release from Molson Coors: Five Trail Whiskey. New Bottles to the shop: Mars Tsunuki Peated | 50% ABV Compass Box Canvas | 46% ABV Sagamore 8YR Rye | 57.45% ABV Ardnamurchan Single Malt Scotch | 46.8% ABV Teerenpeli Port Cask| Finnish Whisky | 43% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Our first episode! Charles and I walk through a few new products to arrive in the shop and then a blind tasting! Charles brought in a sample of something special and by nosing & tasting, I had to try and guess the age, distillery, cask type etc. My grade was a B- according to Charles, I'll take it! We do reveal live, on the show, what the whisky was but we will also list it in the next podcast release notes. Then we go on to discuss Clynelish, one of our favorite distilleries in Northern Scotland and what makes it so special. Ending on the big, big news in the whisky industry; the purchase of The Whisky Exchange, an online retailer, by Pernod Ricard - holy crap! New Bottles to the shop: Smooth Ambler Old Scout Straight Rye Single Barrel | 4YRS | 58.4% ABV New Riff Balboa Straight Rye | BIB | Balboa Heirloom Rye Grain | 50% ABV Wemyss Malts Single Cask Clynelish "Coastal Orchard" | 19YRS | 269 Bottles | Hogshead | 46% ABV Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

Holly & Charles are two whiskey friends who have waited months and months to open up their dream, boutique whiskey shop called First Fill Spirits. Coming to you live from our shop in downtown Saratoga Springs in Upstate New York, you are about to listen to our "Welcome Episode". We will be hosting a weekly podcast to talk about what is new to the shop, whiskey news, blind tastings, distillery features and more. Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal And yes, I did say "123.8 % ABV". Dang you proof & WE WISH!