Advertise with Googlier.com Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:09:37 +0000 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:09:37 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 150869 2026-05-15T15:21:56Z https://binnys.com en-us https://binnys.com https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/5/2/d/852d4d33dbecd3d416c3140a3186d450/Thumbnail-BarreltoBottle.jpg Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast Binny's Beverage Depot false Greg Versch greg@binnys.com episodic 8671cd00-cf00-11f0-a56d-879ac1b10c23 no The British Ales The British Ales Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000

This week we're taking a tour of the British Isles with British Ales. It's not just centuries-old UK breweries either; we have local breweries embracing milds, bitters, olds, browns and more.

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This week we're taking a tour of the British Isles with British Ales. It's not just centuries-old UK breweries either; we have local breweries embracing milds, bitters, olds, browns and more.

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!

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]]> 01:11:15 false full 43413194 2026-10-23T05:07:09Z Turley Wine Cellars' Whitney Turley Turley Wine Cellars' Whitney Turley Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Turley Wine Cellars was founded in 1993 by Larry Turley. It has since become a Napa Valley legend, highlighting Zinfandel grapes. But they've branched out with the help of Larry's daughters. This week Barrel to Bottle welcomes Whitney Turley, Wholesale Manager for Turley. 

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]]> Turley Wine Cellars was founded in 1993 by Larry Turley. It has since become a Napa Valley legend, highlighting Zinfandel grapes. But they've branched out with the help of Larry's daughters. This week Barrel to Bottle welcomes Whitney Turley, Wholesale Manager for Turley.

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]]> 01:07:53 false full 43315869 2026-10-16T05:10:09Z Buffalo Trace's Freddie Johnson pt. 2 Buffalo Trace's Freddie Johnson pt. 2 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Join us for part 2 of our wide-ranging conversation with Buffalo Trace Global Ambassadro Freddie Johnson. He has more stories to share, more insight to give us and more products to sample.

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]]> Join us for part 2 of our wide-ranging conversation with Buffalo Trace Global Ambassadro Freddie Johnson. He has more stories to share, more insight to give us and more products to sample.

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!

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]]> 53:09 false full 43224903 2026-10-09T05:06:38Z Buffalo Trace's Freddie Johnson pt. 1 Buffalo Trace's Freddie Johnson pt. 1 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Freddie Johnson is the third generation in his family to work for Buffalo Trace. While his career didn't start there, he ended up there as a tour guide and eventually Global Ambassador for the brand. Freddie is full of stories and insights into the bourbon industry, so much so that we had to make this a two-parter.

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]]> Freddie Johnson is the third generation in his family to work for Buffalo Trace. While his career didn't start there, he ended up there as a tour guide and eventually Global Ambassador for the brand. Freddie is full of stories and insights into the bourbon industry, so much so that we had to make this a two-parter.

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]]> 01:01:46 false full 43128343 2026-10-08T16:55:24Z Fortified Wine Cocktails Fortified Wine Cocktails Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000 We're following up last week's Fortified Wine podcast episode with an episode on Fortified Wine Cocktails. You don't just have to drink fortified wine from a fancy glass at the holidays; they also make great cocktail ingredients.

Find all the recipes on our blog.

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]]> We're following up last week's Fortified Wine podcast episode with an episode on Fortified Wine Cocktails. You don't just have to drink fortified wine from a fancy glass at the holidays; they also make great cocktail ingredients.

Find all the recipes on our blog.

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]]> 42:34 false full 43024633 2026-10-01T00:00:12Z Fortified Wines and Spirits Barrel Finishes Fortified Wines and Spirits Barrel Finishes Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000 If Chris is here with six or so bottles, usually it's a casual episode. But someone let Chris team up with Dan and suddenly we have more than double the number of bottles. That's because we're trying fortified wines along with the spirits that they are traditionally barrel-finished in. It's arguably the best way to understand how a cask influences a spirit.

 

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]]> If Chris is here with six or so bottles, usually it's a casual episode. But someone let Chris team up with Dan and suddenly we have more than double the number of bottles. That's because we're trying fortified wines along with the spirits that they are traditionally barrel-finished in. It's arguably the best way to understand how a cask influences a spirit.

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!

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]]> 43:08 false full 42945303 2026-10-01T00:00:12Z Sauternes from Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes from Chateau d'Yquem Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000 We were just minding our own business when Chris showed up with five different vintages of Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes. He was also joined by friend of the pod and Montgomery Binny's wine manager Emily. These are the most lauded sweet wine on the planet, so getting to try five different vintages is quite a treat.

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]]> We were just minding our own business when Chris showed up with five different vintages of Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes. He was also joined by friend of the pod and Montgomery Binny's wine manager Emily. These are the most lauded sweet wine on the planet, so getting to try five different vintages is quite a treat.

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!

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]]> 29:04 false full 42860600 2026-10-01T00:00:12Z Binny's Tasting Panel - Spring 30 Wines Under $30 Binny's Tasting Panel - Spring 30 Wines Under $30 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Chris has six bottles of wine, and they're very special. We've done spring, we've done holiday, now it's fall. Staff from all 46 Binny's locations nominated wines that were then narrowed down to 30 wines, under $30. We're sampling six of them today.

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]]> Chris has six bottles of wine, and they're very special. We've done spring, we've done holiday, now it's fall. Staff from all 46 Binny's locations nominated wines that were then narrowed down to 30 wines, under $30. We're sampling six of them today.

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!

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]]> 35:03 false full 42732245 2026-10-01T00:00:12Z Waiting For Jadot Waiting For Jadot Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:18:00 +0000 Chris is here, with a bunch of wines. Specifically, from Louis Jadot, the legendary Burgundian winemaker. Jadot both grows their own grapes, and buys grapes from other growers. In the US, they are known for entry-level wines like Beaujolais Villages and Macon Villages, but in France they are known for their Premier and Grand Cru wines. And we happen to sell them at great prices.

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]]> Chris is here, with a bunch of wines. Specifically, from Louis Jadot, the legendary Burgundian winemaker. Jadot both grows their own grapes, and buys grapes from other growers. In the US, they are known for entry-level wines like Beaujolais Villages and Macon Villages, but in France they are known for their Premier and Grand Cru wines. And we happen to sell them at great prices.

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!

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]]> 45:31 false full 42620745 2026-09-01T00:01:32Z B2B Quick Sips: Chartreuses B2B Quick Sips: Chartreuses Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000 While it may be difficult to get in the US, it's pretty easy to find Chartreuse in France. Especially if you happen to be traveling there. Lexi recently visited the official Chartreuse store in Paris and brought back a variety pack of six different Chartreuse bottles, plus some Chartreuse hard candy. If you can't find Chartreuse don't worry, we have some alternatives to try also.

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]]> While it may be difficult to get in the US, it's pretty easy to find Chartreuse in France. Especially if you happen to be traveling there. Lexi recently visited the official Chartreuse store in Paris and brought back a variety pack of six different Chartreuse bottles, plus some Chartreuse hard candy. If you can't find Chartreuse don't worry, we have some alternatives to try also.

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!

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]]> 20:00 false bonus 42551680 2026-09-01T00:01:32Z Voted Best of Binny's - Bourbon Bracket Tournament Voted Best of Binny's - Bourbon Bracket Tournament Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Tasting blind is the only unbiased way to determine the best items on our shelves. This past spring, the Whiskey Hotline undertook a companywide blind bourbon tasting tournament to determine the best bourbon on our shelves without bias. Expert spirits staff from each of our 46 stores were brought together for a multiple round blind tasting that included 64 unique bourbons. We narrowed it down to 16, then tasted the top 4, determining the 4 best bourbons on our shelves tasted blind. This week on Barrel to Bottle we got to taste the top four.

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!

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]]> Tasting blind is the only unbiased way to determine the best items on our shelves. This past spring, the Whiskey Hotline undertook a companywide blind bourbon tasting tournament to determine the best bourbon on our shelves without bias. Expert spirits staff from each of our 46 stores were brought together for a multiple round blind tasting that included 64 unique bourbons. We narrowed it down to 16, then tasted the top 4, determining the 4 best bourbons on our shelves tasted blind. This week on Barrel to Bottle we got to taste the top four.

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.

]]> 50:15 false full 42502660 2026-09-01T00:01:32Z What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - August 2026 What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - August 2026 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000 The Whiskey Hotline isn't just whiskey; it's specialty spirits from around the globe. And also, whiskey/whisky of course. This week, Dan stops by with new releases from Scotland, Kentucky, Vermont, Kentucky, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Kentucky, Scotland and France

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]]> The Whiskey Hotline isn't just whiskey; it's specialty spirits from around the globe. And also, whiskey/whisky of course. This week, Dan stops by with new releases from Scotland, Kentucky, Vermont, Kentucky, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Kentucky, Scotland and France

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!

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]]> 45:10 false full 42422695 2026-09-01T00:01:32Z Will It Slush? vol. 2 Will It Slush? vol. 2 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000 As the days get hotter and hotter, we're firing up the slushi machine once again to cool you off.  We've got cocktails from the complicated to the RTS (ready to slush). 

Check out the recipes on our blog. 

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]]> As the days get hotter and hotter, we're firing up the slushi machine once again to cool you off. We've got cocktails from the complicated to the RTS (ready to slush).

Check out 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!

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]]> 43:43 false full 42349570 2026-09-01T00:01:32Z Jordan Winery Jordan Winery Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Maggie Kruse is only the second winemaker in the history of Jordan Winery. Jordan makes textbook California wine. You might even say it's category-defining. But it's also approachable luxury.

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]]> Maggie Kruse is only the second winemaker in the history of Jordan Winery. Jordan makes textbook California wine. You might even say it's category-defining. But it's also approachable luxury.

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!

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]]> 47:48 false full 42131825 2026-08-01T00:00:28Z What's New in Beer - July 2026 What's New in Beer - July 2026 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 What's new in beer? In a word: everything. New beers from classic breweries, classic beers making a return, the latest trends and a style we've never tried before on 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!

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]]> What's new in beer? In a word: everything. New beers from classic breweries, classic beers making a return, the latest trends and a style we've never tried before on 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.

]]> 51:26 false full 42152910 2026-08-01T00:00:28Z Binny's vs. The Machines Binny's vs. The Machines Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 AI is everywhere these days; it's even made its way into the aisles of Binny's. Gabe and Jon, members of our crack wine team, compiled a list of questions they regularly receive. We'll ask AI for its answer and then ask Gabe and Jon to clean those answers up.

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]]> AI is everywhere these days; it's even made its way into the aisles of Binny's. Gabe and Jon, members of our crack wine team, compiled a list of questions they regularly receive. We'll ask AI for its answer and then ask Gabe and Jon to clean those answers up.

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.

]]> 01:00:13 false full 42103910 2026-08-01T00:00:28Z Summer Scotches Summer Scotches Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Dan loves Scotch. While he will drink it all year, not everyone is the same. This week he brought a sample box brimming with Summer Scotches. Perfect for hot days and ice-cold Highballs. Or maybe for cool summer nights around the fire.

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]]> Dan loves Scotch. While he will drink it all year, not everyone is the same. This week he brought a sample box brimming with Summer Scotches. Perfect for hot days and ice-cold Highballs. Or maybe for cool summer nights around the fire.

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!

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]]> 42:57 false full 42024900 2026-08-01T00:00:28Z Kölsch Kölsch Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Kölsch, the beer of Cologne, Germany and a favorite among Chicago-area drinkers for several decades now. This week we're trying authentic German Kölsch, local favorites, and the beer that made Chicago fall in love with Kölsch. Plus an NA version for good measure.

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]]> Kölsch, the beer of Cologne, Germany and a favorite among Chicago-area drinkers for several decades now. This week we're trying authentic German Kölsch, local favorites, and the beer that made Chicago fall in love with Kölsch. Plus an NA version for good measure.

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.

]]> 41:30 false full 41936000 2026-08-01T00:00:28Z Will It Slush? vol. 1 Will It Slush? vol. 1 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Will it slush? This is the age-old question we will finally answer on Barrel to Bottle. Somehow, we got a slushie machine and every time we think of something that might be better as a semi-frozen drink, we fire up the machine and the record and answer the question, will it slush?

See the cocktail recipes that worked, on our blog. 

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]]> Will it slush? This is the age-old question we will finally answer on Barrel to Bottle. Somehow, we got a slushie machine and every time we think of something that might be better as a semi-frozen drink, we fire up the machine and the record and answer the question, will it slush?

See the cocktail recipes that worked, 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.

]]> 42:41 false full 41806690 2026-07-01T00:01:41Z All Things Agave Speed Dating All Things Agave Speed Dating Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 All Things Agave is Binny's yearly celebration of tequila, mezcal and other agave spirits. As we did for World of Whiskies, Barrel to Bottle set up our podcast equipment to grab interviews with industry folks who are passionate about all things agave.

Lizzy Lopez, Tequila 1349 Founder and CEO

Lucia Narez, La Catrina Imports Co-Founder

David, PM Spirits

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!

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]]> All Things Agave is Binny's yearly celebration of tequila, mezcal and other agave spirits. As we did for World of Whiskies, Barrel to Bottle set up our podcast equipment to grab interviews with industry folks who are passionate about all things agave.

Lizzy Lopez, Tequila 1349 Founder and CEO

Lucia Narez, La Catrina Imports Co-Founder

David, PM Spirits

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.

]]> 01:04:11 false full 41693185 2026-07-01T00:01:41Z Icons of Belgian Beer Icons of Belgian Beer Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 The icons of Belgian beer are the perfect gateway for new beer drinkers. They're also great for veteran beer drinkers who have grown tired of the current offerings. The also pair great with all manner of foods.

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!

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]]> The icons of Belgian beer are the perfect gateway for new beer drinkers. They're also great for veteran beer drinkers who have grown tired of the current offerings. The also pair great with all manner of foods.

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.

]]> 01:14:28 false full 41614350 2026-07-01T00:01:41Z Q Mixers Q Mixers Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 At Barrel to Bottle, we have always preached the importance of quality in cocktail ingredients. High quality spirits, fresh-squeezed juices and of courses. Mixers make up a huge percentage of cocktails, which is why we upgrade to a brand like Q.

This week BreakThru's Beverage Development Manager Lisa Selman joins us to make five cocktails with Q mixers and refreshers.

Check out 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!

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]]> At Barrel to Bottle, we have always preached the importance of quality in cocktail ingredients. High quality spirits, fresh-squeezed juices and of courses. Mixers make up a huge percentage of cocktails, which is why we upgrade to a brand like Q.

This week BreakThru's Beverage Development Manager Lisa Selman joins us to make five cocktails with Q mixers and refreshers.

Check out all the recipes on our blog.

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]]> 36:53 false full 41524125 2026-07-01T00:01:41Z What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - May 2026 What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - May 2026 Fri, 29 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000 It's been a while since someone from the Whiskey Hotline rolled into the podcast studio, arms full of new and interesting things to try. This week we're trying the latest tequilas, bourbons, whiskies, scotches and RTDs.

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]]> It's been a while since someone from the Whiskey Hotline rolled into the podcast studio, arms full of new and interesting things to try. This week we're trying the latest tequilas, bourbons, whiskies, scotches and RTDs.

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!

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]]> 44:01 false full 41457500 2026-06-03T16:40:27Z Rosés For Summer Rosés For Summer Fri, 22 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Rosés are a perfect summer wine; crisp, refreshing, light, pairs well with the kind of foods you want in warm weather. This week Lexi and Jim did the shopping while Chris walks us through some frizzy, fizzy, off-the-beaten path wines.

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]]> Rosés are a perfect summer wine; crisp, refreshing, light, pairs well with the kind of foods you want in warm weather. This week Lexi and Jim did the shopping while Chris walks us through some frizzy, fizzy, off-the-beaten path wines.

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]]> 34:53 false full 41381125 2026-06-01T00:00:28Z Frey Ranch Master Distiller Russell Wedlake Frey Ranch Master Distiller Russell Wedlake Fri, 15 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Farm distilleries are becoming a frequent topic on Barrel to Bottle. This week we're welcoming Russell Wedlake, master distiller at Frey Ranch, another Nevada farm distillery.

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]]> Farm distilleries are becoming a frequent topic on Barrel to Bottle. This week we're welcoming Russell Wedlake, master distiller at Frey Ranch, another Nevada farm distillery.

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]]> 59:12 false full 41282280 2026-06-01T00:00:28Z Central Illinois Beers Central Illinois Beers Fri, 08 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000 This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're showing Central Illinois some love. We asked our Central Illinois stores (Peoria, Springfield, Champaign and Bloomington) to bring their favorite local beers to Dan, who muled them back to Chicago.

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]]> This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're showing Central Illinois some love. We asked our Central Illinois stores (Peoria, Springfield, Champaign and Bloomington) to bring their favorite local beers to Dan, who muled them back to Chicago.

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]]> 56:59 false full 41205335 2026-06-01T00:00:28Z World of Whiskies Speed Dating pt. 2 World of Whiskies Speed Dating pt. 2 Fri, 01 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000 We had too much content for one episode of World of Whiskies Speed Dating, so we're back for part two this week.

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]]> We had too much content for one episode of World of Whiskies Speed Dating, so we're back for part two this week.

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]]> 56:53 false full 41061230 2026-05-29T15:37:43Z World of Whiskies Speed Dating pt. 1 World of Whiskies Speed Dating pt. 1 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Binny's has been hosting World of Whiskies, the Midwest's largest whiskey tasting, for over twenty years. For the first time, Barrel to Bottle set up our podcast equipment nearby to grab interviews with some of the distillers and founders in town for the event.

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]]> Binny's has been hosting World of Whiskies, the Midwest's largest whiskey tasting, for over twenty years. For the first time, Barrel to Bottle set up our podcast equipment nearby to grab interviews with some of the distillers and founders in town for the event.

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]]> 43:04 false full 40993490 2026-05-29T15:38:31Z Canapalooza 2026 Canapalooza 2026 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Spirits buyer Jeff only appears on the podcast twice a year and since it's not winter, it means it's time for Canapalooza. Every year, we sample hundreds of canned beverages from new brands and new innovations from existing brands. This week on Barrel to Bottle we're trying some of the highlights from Canapalooza that you can look forward to this spring and summer.

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]]> Spirits buyer Jeff only appears on the podcast twice a year and since it's not winter, it means it's time for Canapalooza. Every year, we sample hundreds of canned beverages from new brands and new innovations from existing brands. This week on Barrel to Bottle we're trying some of the highlights from Canapalooza that you can look forward to this spring and summer.

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]]> 40:05 false full 40890925 2026-05-29T15:39:30Z Binny's Tasting Panel Top 30 Under $30 2026 Binny's Tasting Panel Top 30 Under $30 2026 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Binny's is in the list business! Our yearly 50 Under $50 and 30 Under $30 lists are always popular with both Binny's staff and customers. This week on Barrel to Bottle we're tasting highlights from this spring's 30 Under $30 list with wine managers Gabe and Jon.

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]]> Binny's is in the list business! Our yearly 50 Under $50 and 30 Under $30 lists are always popular with both Binny's staff and customers. This week on Barrel to Bottle we're tasting highlights from this spring's 30 Under $30 list with wine managers Gabe and Jon.

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!

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]]> 30:52 false full 40725915 2026-05-29T15:39:55Z Citrusy Cocktails Citrusy Cocktails Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 It's no secret that we love cocktails on Barrel to Bottle. We also love fruits, and fruit juices. With warm-weather approaching it's the perfect time for fresh, zippy cocktails that go perfect with outdoor brunch, or a lazy Sunday on the patio.

Check out all the recipes on our blog. 

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]]> It's no secret that we love cocktails on Barrel to Bottle. We also love fruits, and fruit juices. With warm-weather approaching it's the perfect time for fresh, zippy cocktails that go perfect with outdoor brunch, or a lazy Sunday on the patio.

Check out all the recipes on our blog.

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]]> 46:58 false full 40702185 2026-05-29T15:40:20Z Light Lager Blind Tasting Light Lager Blind Tasting Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000 There are always new trends in beer, and surprisingly the latest trend are breweries making "premium American lagers" or low-calorie beers. Thing macro lagers like Miller Lite or Bud Light. Roger gathered twelve beers that are craft, craft-adjacent or macro, for a blind taste test.

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]]> There are always new trends in beer, and surprisingly the latest trend are breweries making "premium American lagers" or low-calorie beers. Thing macro lagers like Miller Lite or Bud Light. Roger gathered twelve beers that are craft, craft-adjacent or macro, for a blind taste test.

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]]> 01:03:01 false full 40631430 2026-05-29T15:39:00Z Bottled in Bond Spirits Bottled in Bond Spirits Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000 March is Bottled in Bond Month, but if you're anything like the Barrel to Bottle crew you live every month like it's Bottled in Bond Month. If you don't know what it is, we're going to tell you, and sample thirteen Bottled in Bond spirits.

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]]> March is Bottled in Bond Month, but if you're anything like the Barrel to Bottle crew you live every month like it's Bottled in Bond Month. If you don't know what it is, we're going to tell you, and sample thirteen Bottled in Bond spirits.

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]]> 47:20 false full 40546190 2026-05-21T21:31:15Z L'Ecole No. 41's David Rosenthal L'Ecole No. 41's David Rosenthal Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000 This week, we're schooling you on the wines of L'Ecole No 41. David Rosenthal is the new Director of Wine Making for the longtime Washington winery. They were pivotal in establishing the Walla Walla AVA, literally putting Washington wines on the map.

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]]> This week, we're schooling you on the wines of L'Ecole No 41. David Rosenthal is the new Director of Wine Making for the longtime Washington winery. They were pivotal in establishing the Walla Walla AVA, literally putting Washington wines on the map.

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!

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]]> 56:07 false full 40414335 2026-05-21T21:31:46Z Irish Whiskies Irish Whiskies Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Take the rocky road to Dublin with the Whiskey Hotline as we explore the latest innovations in Irish whiskey, as well as revisit some classics. From blended to single grain to single pot still, the Emerald Isle has a lot to offer spirits drinkers. Whack-follol-le-dah!

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]]> Take the rocky road to Dublin with the Whiskey Hotline as we explore the latest innovations in Irish whiskey, as well as revisit some classics. From blended to single grain to single pot still, the Emerald Isle has a lot to offer spirits drinkers. Whack-follol-le-dah!

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]]> 51:41 false full 40333740 2026-05-21T21:43:25Z Minden Mill Distillery Minden Mill Distillery Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Minden Mill Distillery does not take the easy way out. This estate distillery grows all their grains in the mountains of Nevada, which has a 90-day growing season. Master Distiller Joe O'Sullivan lays out the challenges of distilling in the high desert, making vodka with rye and being part of the nascent American Single Malt movement.

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]]> Minden Mill Distillery does not take the easy way out. This estate distillery grows all their grains in the mountains of Nevada, which has a 90-day growing season. Master Distiller Joe O'Sullivan lays out the challenges of distilling in the high desert, making vodka with rye and being part of the nascent American Single Malt movement.

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!

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]]> 01:05:46 false full 40244495 2026-05-21T21:44:01Z Flagship February: Oops! All Chicagoland Edition Flagship February: Oops! All Chicagoland Edition Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Every February the Beer Buzz celebrates the great flagship beers from some of our favorite, long-running breweries. These are the beers that keep the lights on, that are reliable, that win awards. This year we're celebrating flagships from Chicago, the suburbs and just over the border.

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]]> Every February the Beer Buzz celebrates the great flagship beers from some of our favorite, long-running breweries. These are the beers that keep the lights on, that are reliable, that win awards. This year we're celebrating flagships from Chicago, the suburbs and just over the border.

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!

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]]> 47:22 false full 40157055 2026-05-21T21:44:37Z Italian Wines for Winter Sports Italian Wines for Winter Sports Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The games of 2026 are taking place right now in the Alpine regions of Italy. Specifically, Lombardy, Veneto and neighboring areas. You may have noticed watching the games that the area looks very German, and the wines often reflect that influence. So, sit on your couch, watch some stupendous athletic feats and enjoy these gold medal wines (and one aperitif) at bronze medal prices.

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]]> The games of 2026 are taking place right now in the Alpine regions of Italy. Specifically, Lombardy, Veneto and neighboring areas. You may have noticed watching the games that the area looks very German, and the wines often reflect that influence. So, sit on your couch, watch some stupendous athletic feats and enjoy these gold medal wines (and one aperitif) at bronze medal prices.

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!

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]]> 46:20 false full 40091420 2026-05-21T21:45:06Z Dry February Dry February Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 So long, Dry January. Hello Dry February! If your time exploring NA drinks has come to an end, kick things off by dialing back the sweetness. We're trying dry wines, cocktails, ciders and beers.

Check out the cocktail recipes on our blog.

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]]> So long, Dry January. Hello Dry February! If your time exploring NA drinks has come to an end, kick things off by dialing back the sweetness. We're trying dry wines, cocktails, ciders and beers.

Check out the cocktail recipes on our blog.

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]]> 55:37 false full 40010305 2026-05-21T21:45:33Z UGC 2026 Recap UGC 2026 Recap Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Every January the French come to town. Specifically, the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux. UGC is your chance to try the newest Bordeaux vintage, and to buy these wines before they hit our stores shelves. This year, the 2023 vintage is featured, and we have wine managers Gabe and Jon to walk us through the event and some highlights from the vintage.

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]]> Every January the French come to town. Specifically, the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux. UGC is your chance to try the newest Bordeaux vintage, and to buy these wines before they hit our stores shelves. This year, the 2023 vintage is featured, and we have wine managers Gabe and Jon to walk us through the event and some highlights from the vintage.

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!

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]]> 43:20 false full 39925880 2026-05-21T21:45:59Z So You Bought a Bottle of Absinthe So You Bought a Bottle of Absinthe Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 So you bought a bottle of absinthe? Maybe you wanted to make Sazeracs for Mardi Gras. Maybe you were watching Moulin Rouge and got curious. But you used your rinse of absinthe, and you still have most of the bottle left? Now what? We've got cocktail ideas for you beyond the Sazerac, from the basic to the complex.

Check out our blog for cocktail recipes

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]]> So you bought a bottle of absinthe? Maybe you wanted to make Sazeracs for Mardi Gras. Maybe you were watching Moulin Rouge and got curious. But you used your rinse of absinthe, and you still have most of the bottle left? Now what? We've got cocktail ideas for you beyond the Sazerac, from the basic to the complex.

Check out our blog for 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!

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]]> 35:33 false full 39829420 2026-05-21T21:46:27Z NA Beers NA Beers Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 It's been a few years since Barrel to Bottle strolled down the NA beer aisle. The options have never been better for Dry January, and beyond. There are more styles than ever, from breweries of all sizes.

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]]> It's been a few years since Barrel to Bottle strolled down the NA beer aisle. The options have never been better for Dry January, and beyond. There are more styles than ever, from breweries of all sizes.

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!

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]]> 44:14 false full 39751390 2026-05-21T21:46:55Z Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2025 Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2025 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Every year, we're seeing more bottles from Whisky Advocate's Top 20 hit our shelves. Throughout the year these bottles come and go, and this year is no different. The Whiskey Hotline grabbed five from the list to sample, and they'll countdown the entire list.

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]]> Every year, we're seeing more bottles from Whisky Advocate's Top 20 hit our shelves. Throughout the year these bottles come and go, and this year is no different. The Whiskey Hotline grabbed five from the list to sample, and they'll countdown the entire list.

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!

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]]> 47:45 false full 39566720 2026-05-21T21:47:19Z Binny's Buyers' Picks 2025 pt. 2 Binny's Buyers' Picks 2025 pt. 2 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 We're back with part two of Binny's Buyers' Picks for 2025.

Jeff M. – Spirits Buyer

Kyle F – Beer Buyer

Mark S – Wine Buyer

Barb H – Wine Buyer

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]]> We're back with part two of Binny's Buyers' Picks for 2025.

Jeff M. – Spirits Buyer

Kyle F – Beer Buyer

Mark S – Wine Buyer

Barb H – Wine Buyer

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]]> 30:44 false full 39520340 2026-05-21T21:48:16Z Binny's Buyers' Picks 2025 pt. 1 Binny's Buyers' Picks 2025 pt. 1 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 The end of the year means a chance to welcome Binny's expert team of wine, spirits and beer buyers. They try thousands of things every year, but what is their pick of the year?

Bill N. – Wine Buyer

Jack S. – Cigar Buyer

Tübr Gordo and Stash Can

Brett P. – Spirits Buyer

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]]> The end of the year means a chance to welcome Binny's expert team of wine, spirits and beer buyers. They try thousands of things every year, but what is their pick of the year?

Bill N. – Wine Buyer

Jack S. – Cigar Buyer

Tübr Gordo and Stash Can

Brett P. – Spirits Buyer

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]]> 30:44 false full 39461140 2026-05-21T21:48:43Z Master Blender Stephanie Macleod Master Blender Stephanie Macleod Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Stephanie Macleod is the Master Blender of Scotch Whiskey for Bacardi, and this week we're talking to her about her history with Bacardi and the innovations at Dewar's and Aberfeldy.

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]]> Stephanie Macleod is the Master Blender of Scotch Whiskey for Bacardi, and this week we're talking to her about her history with Bacardi and the innovations at Dewar's and Aberfeldy.

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]]> 01:01:34 false full 39375440 2026-05-21T21:49:18Z Barton 1792's Ross Cornelissen Barton 1792's Ross Cornelissen Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Ross Cornelissen is the Master Distiller at Barton 1792. From a background in cereal engineering, he became obsessed with fermentation. That eventually led him to Barton 1792, where Binny's partnered with them for our line of Clark & Sheffield bourbons.

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]]> Ross Cornelissen is the Master Distiller at Barton 1792. From a background in cereal engineering, he became obsessed with fermentation. That eventually led him to Barton 1792, where Binny's partnered with them for our line of Clark & Sheffield bourbons.

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]]> 39:51 false full 39278975 2026-05-21T21:11:07Z Espresso Martinis Espresso Martinis Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Remember Espresso Martinis? They're back! It's never been easier to get great coffee, which means it's never been easier to make delicious espresso martinis, or buy some of our favorite ready-to-drink espresso martinis.

Check out the cocktail recipes on our blog.

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]]> Remember Espresso Martinis? They're back! It's never been easier to get great coffee, which means it's never been easier to make delicious espresso martinis, or buy some of our favorite ready-to-drink espresso martinis.

Check out the cocktail recipes on our blog.

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]]> 29:32 false full 39182020 2026-05-21T21:09:34Z Thanksgiving Pairings Thanksgiving Pairings Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Everyone has different Thanksgiving traditions, but one thing remains the same: great food and great drinks. We can't help you with ingredients, but we can help you with easy pairings for your starters, mains and deserts.

This week we're recommending beers, wines and cocktails to pair with your holiday feast:

Beer

 Wine

Visit our blog for cocktail recipes for your Thanksgiving dinner

]]> Everyone has different Thanksgiving traditions, but one thing remains the same: great food and great drinks. We can't help you with ingredients, but we can help you with easy pairings for your starters, mains and deserts.

This week we're recommending beers, wines and cocktails to pair with your holiday feast:

Beer

Wine

Visit our blog for cocktail recipes for your Thanksgiving dinner

]]> 52:31 false full 39111460 2026-05-21T21:07:07Z B2B Quick Sips: Chartreuse Élixir Végétal B2B Quick Sips: Chartreuse Élixir Végétal Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Chartreuse can be hard to find, but there are many great alternatives. And maybe there's a replacement from the same Carthusian monks who have been making Chartreuse for centures. 

]]> Chartreuse can be hard to find, but there are many great alternatives. And maybe there's a replacement from the same Carthusian monks who have been making Chartreuse for centures.

]]> 14:42 false bonus 39026600 2025-12-01T00:01:07Z Bourbon County Brand Stout 2025 Preview Bourbon County Brand Stout 2025 Preview Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 It's Stout Season, which means we once again had the chance to sit down with the team at Goose Island to try the newest Bourbon County Brand Stout releases. There's a lot of interesting innovation this year, from bottle size to barrel to finishes and as always, unique adjuncts.

  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Original
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Reserve (Parker's Heritage)
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Double Barrel (Heaven Hill)
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Chocolate Praline
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Cherries Jubilee
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Proprietor's 2025

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]]> It's Stout Season, which means we once again had the chance to sit down with the team at Goose Island to try the newest Bourbon County Brand Stout releases. There's a lot of interesting innovation this year, from bottle size to barrel to finishes and as always, unique adjuncts.

  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Original
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Reserve (Parker's Heritage)
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Double Barrel (Heaven Hill)
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Chocolate Praline
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Cherries Jubilee
  • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Proprietor's 2025

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]]> 38:46 false full 39022730 2026-05-29T15:23:05Z Binny's Tasting Panel Top 50 Under $50 2025 - This Year's Highlights Binny's Tasting Panel Top 50 Under $50 2025 - This Year's Highlights Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 For the third year in a row, Binny's has asked staff from all 46 stores to conduct blind tastings of their favorite wines, under $50. The massive list is pared down to 50 wines that you can grab for under $50. This week, we're trying seven highlights from the list.

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]]> For the third year in a row, Binny's has asked staff from all 46 stores to conduct blind tastings of their favorite wines, under $50. The massive list is pared down to 50 wines that you can grab for under $50. This week, we're trying seven highlights from the list.

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]]> 35:45 false full 38942680 2026-05-21T21:08:53Z Wet Hopped American Fall Wet Hopped American Fall Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 It's the most wonderful time for a beer, wet hopped beers to be specific. Bines are harvested and then hops are quickly raced to a nearby (ish) brewery, where they are thrown right into the boil kettle. There aren't as many wet hopped beers as there used to be, but there are still some great ones from local favorite breweries.

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]]> It's the most wonderful time for a beer, wet hopped beers to be specific. Bines are harvested and then hops are quickly raced to a nearby (ish) brewery, where they are thrown right into the boil kettle. There aren't as many wet hopped beers as there used to be, but there are still some great ones from local favorite breweries.

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]]> 39:52 false full 38827850 2026-05-21T21:08:13Z Teeling Whiskey Master Distiller Alex Chasko Teeling Whiskey Master Distiller Alex Chasko Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Teeling's Master Distiller, Alex Chasko, got his start during the nascent days of the craft beer industry in the US. That probably explains why he's always driving innovation for Teeling Whiskey's barrel regiments.

It's those unique barrel regiments that keeps the Whiskey Hotline returning to the Teeling barrel warehouse every year to dig through thousands of casks to find unique and interesting barrel finishes. 

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]]> Teeling's Master Distiller, Alex Chasko, got his start during the nascent days of the craft beer industry in the US. That probably explains why he's always driving innovation for Teeling Whiskey's barrel regiments.

It's those unique barrel regiments that keeps the Whiskey Hotline returning to the Teeling barrel warehouse every year to dig through thousands of casks to find unique and interesting barrel finishes.

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]]> 45:17 false full 38747620 2025-11-01T00:00:33Z Building a Cellar Building a Cellar Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Do you like collecting things? Or do you want to start? Do you have an empty wine cellar or a new fridge that needs filling? Should you even start collecting and aging, or just drink when you buy? Either way, Binny's has you covered. This week we're talking to spirits and wine experts about the dos and dont's of collecting.

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]]> Do you like collecting things? Or do you want to start? Do you have an empty wine cellar or a new fridge that needs filling? Should you even start collecting and aging, or just drink when you buy? Either way, Binny's has you covered. This week we're talking to spirits and wine experts about the dos and dont's of collecting.

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]]> 59:08 false full 38530575 2025-11-01T00:00:33Z Pumpkin and Fall Beers Pumpkin and Fall Beers Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Pumpkin Spice Latte Season (PSL SZN) is upon us. For beer and cider drinkers, that can sometimes mean big gloppy messes. But this week's lineup features a selection of some of Roger's favorites, that are all exercises in subtly and the art of balance. Also, a listener question about the status of a beloved Scottish lager.

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]]> Pumpkin Spice Latte Season (PSL SZN) is upon us. For beer and cider drinkers, that can sometimes mean big gloppy messes. But this week's lineup features a selection of some of Roger's favorites, that are all exercises in subtly and the art of balance. Also, a listener question about the status of a beloved Scottish lager.

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]]> 33:33 false full 38442460 2025-11-01T00:00:33Z Luxardo Luxardo Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Another episode, another multi-generational Italian liqueur producer named Matteo. This week, Barrel to Bottle welcomes Matteo Luxardo, Global Export Director, and Gareth "G" Franklin, Global Brand Ambassador.

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]]> Another episode, another multi-generational Italian liqueur producer named Matteo. This week, Barrel to Bottle welcomes Matteo Luxardo, Global Export Director, and Gareth "G" Franklin, Global Brand Ambassador.

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]]> 48:55 false full 38353050 2025-10-01T00:00:38Z Matteo Meletti Matteo Meletti Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 We love amaro on Barrel to Bottle, but shockingly, we've never spoke to an Italian Amaro maker. That changes today as we welcome Matteo Meletti. For nearly 155 years, the Meletti family has been making anisettes and amari in the Le Marche region of Italy.

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]]> We love amaro on Barrel to Bottle, but shockingly, we've never spoke to an Italian Amaro maker. That changes today as we welcome Matteo Meletti. For nearly 155 years, the Meletti family has been making anisettes and amari in the Le Marche region of Italy.

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]]> 38:33 false full 38184380 2025-10-01T00:00:38Z What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - September 2025 What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - September 2025 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 It's Bourbon Heritage Month, so this week we're trying…tequila, Scotch, rum, whiskey and of course bourbon. Dan from the Whiskey Hotline is here with a round-up of the latest offerings from the world of spirits.

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]]> It's Bourbon Heritage Month, so this week we're trying…tequila, Scotch, rum, whiskey and of course bourbon. Dan from the Whiskey Hotline is here with a round-up of the latest offerings from the world of spirits.

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]]> 50:55 false full 38088710 2025-10-01T00:00:38Z Oktoberfest 2025 Oktoberfest 2025 Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:00:00 +0000 It's the prost wonderful time of the year for beer geeks! The dog days of summer are probably over and it's time to get your malt on. Specifically, the malty beers of Munich and the surrounding areas. This week we're trying copper-colored Marzens and their paler but still strong Festbier counterparts.

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]]> It's the prost wonderful time of the year for beer geeks! The dog days of summer are probably over and it's time to get your malt on. Specifically, the malty beers of Munich and the surrounding areas. This week we're trying copper-colored Marzens and their paler but still strong Festbier counterparts.

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]]> 55:13 false full 38002350 2025-09-01T00:00:08Z Bardstown Bourbon Company's Steve Nally Bardstown Bourbon Company's Steve Nally Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Steve Nally is the master distiller at Bardstown Bourbon Company. His "schooling" came during 17 years at Maker's Mark before becoming master distiller. At Bardstown Bourbon Company, he made dozens of recipes per year contract distilling, while also creating collaborative blends and the company's own line of bourbons.

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]]> Steve Nally is the master distiller at Bardstown Bourbon Company. His "schooling" came during 17 years at Maker's Mark before becoming master distiller. At Bardstown Bourbon Company, he made dozens of recipes per year contract distilling, while also creating collaborative blends and the company's own line of bourbons.

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]]> 57:13 false full 37720140 2025-09-01T00:00:08Z What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - July 2025 What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - July 2025 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 05:00:00 +0000 What have they been up to in the cluttered Whiskey Hotline office? As usual, there's always something new on our shelves and it can be hard to figure out what's what. This week Dan brought a box of new releases; new handpicked tequilas and Irish whiskies, single barrel Scotches and other fun stuff.

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]]> What have they been up to in the cluttered Whiskey Hotline office? As usual, there's always something new on our shelves and it can be hard to figure out what's what. This week Dan brought a box of new releases; new handpicked tequilas and Irish whiskies, single barrel Scotches and other fun stuff.

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]]> 42:20 false full 37610490 2025-08-01T05:05:59Z Lagunitas Brewmaster Jeremy Marshall Lagunitas Brewmaster Jeremy Marshall Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Somehow, in the nearly 8 years of doing this podcast we have never had a guest from Lagunitas. That's because we wanted Jeremy Marshall or nothing. Lagunitas' brewmaster (head brewmonster) has been with the company for 18 years and has seen almost everything in craft beer.

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]]> Somehow, in the nearly 8 years of doing this podcast we have never had a guest from Lagunitas. That's because we wanted Jeremy Marshall or nothing. Lagunitas' brewmaster (head brewmonster) has been with the company for 18 years and has seen almost everything in craft beer.

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]]> 01:05:01 false full 37448745 2025-08-01T00:01:41Z Old Forester Master Taster Melissa Rift Old Forester Master Taster Melissa Rift Fri, 11 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Old Forester is one of the oldest whiskey brands in America, steeped in history but still innovating. Melissa Rift is the Master Taster at Old Forester. What is a Master Taster? We'll find out this week, while tasting some Old Forester.

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]]> Old Forester is one of the oldest whiskey brands in America, steeped in history but still innovating. Melissa Rift is the Master Taster at Old Forester. What is a Master Taster? We'll find out this week, while tasting some Old Forester.

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]]> 01:02:06 false full 37365525 2025-08-01T00:01:41Z Fourth of July Cocktails Fourth of July Cocktails Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Roger loves Fourth of July. He loves most holidays because it's an excuse to make holiday-themed cocktails. Unfortunately, we had to record this episode without him, but he's here in spirit. Celebrate the long weekend with these themed cocktails from the easy to the complex.

Check out all the recipes on our blog

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]]> Roger loves Fourth of July. He loves most holidays because it's an excuse to make holiday-themed cocktails. Unfortunately, we had to record this episode without him, but he's here in spirit. Celebrate the long weekend with these themed cocktails from the easy to the complex.

Check out all the recipes on our blog

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]]> 36:30 false full 37264075 2025-08-01T00:01:41Z J. Rieger & Company J. Rieger & Company Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000 This week we're catching up with Ryan Maybee and J. Rieger & Co., who was last on the podcast in 2018. A lot has changed since then; they're bottling their own juice and they have a visitor's center with four bars and a 40-foot slide. We're also joined by Rieger Master Distiller, Nathan Perry.

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]]> This week we're catching up with Ryan Maybee and J. Rieger & Co., who was last on the podcast in 2018. A lot has changed since then; they're bottling their own juice and they have a visitor's center with four bars and a 40-foot slide. We're also joined by Rieger Master Distiller, Nathan Perry.

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]]> 01:02:19 false full 37167915 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z B2B Quick Sips: A Tropical Cider B2B Quick Sips: A Tropical Cider Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Seattle Cider's Imperial Guava Citrus is new for summer and perfect for a quick tiki cocktail. We're trying it this week on the latest B2B Quick Sip. 

]]> Seattle Cider's Imperial Guava Citrus is new for summer and perfect for a quick tiki cocktail. We're trying it this week on the latest B2B Quick Sip.

]]> 06:51 false bonus 37116040 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z What's New in Beer - Oops! All Collabs What's New in Beer - Oops! All Collabs Fri, 20 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000 What's new in beer? Oops, it's all collabs! We have had a slew of beer collabs in the last couple of months, so this week we're trying them; from crispy and refreshing to big barrel aged stouts, there's something for everyone here.

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]]> What's new in beer? Oops, it's all collabs! We have had a slew of beer collabs in the last couple of months, so this week we're trying them; from crispy and refreshing to big barrel aged stouts, there's something for everyone here.

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]]> 34:59 false full 37079855 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z El Mexicano Tequila El Mexicano Tequila Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Léon Bañuelos Jr. is a third generation tequilero. His father and grandfather founded Cazadores, so he grew up around a distillery. Securing the name El Mexicano was all it took to get his father back into the business making tequila again.

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]]> Léon Bañuelos Jr. is a third generation tequilero. His father and grandfather founded Cazadores, so he grew up around a distillery. Securing the name El Mexicano was all it took to get his father back into the business making tequila again.

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]]> 40:07 false full 36972885 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z Martinis Martinis Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000 The Martini was a once simple cocktail that then became very complicated. At some point the definition of a martini changed and it became more about the vessel and the ingredients were anything you wanted them to be. But there's also nothing wrong with a "martini" that has no gin and no vermouth either.

This week we're making a slew of martinis, from the simple to the complex. You can find the recipes on our blog.

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]]> The Martini was a once simple cocktail that then became very complicated. At some point the definition of a martini changed and it became more about the vessel and the ingredients were anything you wanted them to be. But there's also nothing wrong with a "martini" that has no gin and no vermouth either.

This week we're making a slew of martinis, from the simple to the complex. You can find the recipes on our blog.

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]]> 38:32 false full 36853375 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - May 2025 What's New From the Whiskey Hotline - May 2025 Fri, 30 May 2025 05:00:00 +0000 When the Whiskey Hotline isn't traveling the world looking for the best spirits at the best prices, they're joining us on Barrel to Bottle to talk about the best spirits at the best prices.

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]]> When the Whiskey Hotline isn't traveling the world looking for the best spirits at the best prices, they're joining us on Barrel to Bottle to talk about the best spirits at the best prices.

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]]> 40:42 false full 36772020 2025-06-01T00:01:46Z The Drinks of Summer The Drinks of Summer Fri, 23 May 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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. 

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]]> 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.

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]]> 01:03:55 false full 36681190 2025-06-01T00:01:46Z The Gin Hotline? The Gin Hotline? Fri, 16 May 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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.

Check out our blog for this episode's cocktail recipes

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]]> 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.

Check out our blog for this episode's cocktail recipes

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]]> 58:01 false full 36582195 2025-06-01T00:01:46Z Cristom's Daniel Estrin Cristom's Daniel Estrin Fri, 02 May 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 41:03 false full 36394665 2025-06-01T00:01:46Z B2B Quick Sips: Paloma B2B Quick Sips: Paloma Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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?  

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]]> 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?

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]]> 10:39 false bonus 36342290 2025-06-23T17:02:02Z Drew Mayville Drew Mayville Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 49:08 false full 36070625 2025-05-01T00:00:23Z All Things Alsace All Things Alsace Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 01:03:53 false full 36052445 2025-05-01T00:00:23Z What's New in Beer - April 2025 What's New in Beer - April 2025 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 57:34 false full 36005655 2025-05-01T00:00:23Z Spring Wines 30 Under $30 Spring Wines 30 Under $30 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 54:57 false full 35974805 2025-05-01T00:00:23Z Bargain Tequila Blind Taste Bargain Tequila Blind Taste Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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

Reposado

Añejo

Bonus

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]]> 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

Reposado

Añejo

Bonus

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]]> 50:45 false full 35891000 2025-04-01T00:01:16Z New Wines For Spring New Wines For Spring Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 55:18 false full 35793880 2025-04-01T00:01:16Z Hirsch Whiskey's Kevin Aslan Hirsch Whiskey's Kevin Aslan Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 41:30 false full 35673690 2025-04-01T00:01:16Z Bourbon Bargains Bourbon Bargains Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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!

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]]> 55:13 false full 35566010 2025-04-01T00:01:16Z Kimio Yonezawa Kimio Yonezawa Fri, 28 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 47:50 false full 35464630 2025-03-01T00:01:18Z B2B Quick Sips: The New Orleans Sazerac B2B Quick Sips: The New Orleans Sazerac Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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. 

]]> 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.

]]> 12:16 false bonus 35429820 2025-03-01T00:01:18Z De-Cider For Yourself - Barrel to Bottle Makes a Case for Hard Cider De-Cider For Yourself - Barrel to Bottle Makes a Case for Hard Cider Fri, 21 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 52:33 false full 35369055 2025-03-01T00:01:18Z West Coast IPAs West Coast IPAs Fri, 24 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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! 

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]]> 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!

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]]> 46:10 false full 34972430 2025-02-01T00:01:49Z Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2024 Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2024 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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

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]]> 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

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]]> 56:05 false full 34885110 2025-02-01T00:01:49Z Yes Mex!co - It's More Than Just Tequila Yes Mex!co - It's More Than Just Tequila Fri, 10 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 40:38 false full 34790425 2025-02-01T00:01:49Z Binny's Buyers' Picks 2024 Binny's Buyers' Picks 2024 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000 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!

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]]> 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

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]]> 01:03:00 false full 34534815 2025-01-01T00:00:27Z Winter and Christmas Beers Winter and Christmas Beers Fri, 06 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000 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!

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]]> 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!

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]]> 50:28 false full 34306575 2025-01-01T00:00:27Z Bourbon County Brand Stout 2024 Preview Bourbon County Brand Stout 2024 Preview Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 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.  

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]]> 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!

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]]> 37:53 false full 34047296 2024-12-01T00:00:48Z B2B Quick Sips: Beaujolais Nouveau 2024 B2B Quick Sips: Beaujolais Nouveau 2024 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 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. 

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]]> 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!

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]]> 10:47 false bonus 34037127 2024-12-01T00:00:48Z Binny's Tasting Panel Top 50 Under $50 2024 - Ten to Try Now Binny's Tasting Panel Top 50 Under $50 2024 - Ten to Try Now Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 01:01:29 false full 33915567 2024-12-01T00:00:48Z Master Blender Ashley Barnes Master Blender Ashley Barnes Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 51:17 false full 33834252 2024-12-01T00:00:48Z Dr. Rachel Barrie Dr. Rachel Barrie Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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. 

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]]> 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.

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]]> 01:02:43 false full 33707007 2024-11-01T05:00:31Z At Home Mixology At Home Mixology Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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. 

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]]> 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.

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]]> 48:55 false full 33319257 2024-11-01T00:00:18Z Brunellos Brunellos Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.  

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]]> 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.

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]]> 49:37 false full 33222767 2024-10-01T00:01:40Z Pumpkin SZN Pumpkin SZN Fri, 20 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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!

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]]> 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!

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!

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]]> 58:19 false full 33122882 2024-10-01T00:01:40Z What's New From the Whiskey Hotline What's New From the Whiskey Hotline Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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!

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]]> 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.

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!

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]]> 49:28 false full 33025912 2024-10-01T00:01:40Z Oktoberfest 2024 Oktoberfest 2024 Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 47:29 false full 32911182 2024-10-01T00:01:40Z Willamette Valley's 2022 Pinot Noirs Willamette Valley's 2022 Pinot Noirs Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

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]]>
  • 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!

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    ]]>     43:09 false full 32799477 2024-09-01T00:02:02Z     Frozen Cocktails with Brrrrrel to Bottle Frozen Cocktails with Brrrrrel to Bottle Fri, 23 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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!

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    ]]>     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.

    ]]>     52:49 false full 32696897 2024-09-01T00:02:02Z     What's New in Rum What's New in Rum Fri, 16 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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. 

    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!

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    ]]>     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.

    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.

    ]]>     53:47 false full 32589982 2024-09-01T00:02:02Z     The Competitive Spirits (and Wine and Beer) The Competitive Spirits (and Wine and Beer) Fri, 09 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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!

    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!

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    ]]>     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!

    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.

    ]]>     01:11:54 false full 32499547 2024-09-01T00:02:02Z     Chris Blandy Chris Blandy Fri, 02 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.  

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    ]]>     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!

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    ]]>     56:16 false full 32349537 2024-08-02T05:03:13Z     Welcome to #DrinkTok Welcome to #DrinkTok Fri, 26 Jul 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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!

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    ]]>     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.

    ]]>     50:35 false full 32178482 2024-08-01T00:00:33Z     Canapalooza Canapalooza Fri, 19 Jul 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     01:03:20 false full 32143267 2024-08-01T21:39:27Z     What's New pt. 2 What's New pt. 2 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     47:45 false full 32055602 2024-08-01T00:00:33Z     What's New pt. 1 What's New pt. 1 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     50:13 false full 31986492 2024-08-01T00:00:33Z     Stauning Whisky Co-Founder Lasse Vesterby Stauning Whisky Co-Founder Lasse Vesterby Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     51:54 false full 31902402 2024-07-01T00:00:23Z     Half Acre's Matt Young Half Acre's Matt Young Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.  

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     59:06 false full 31809192 2024-07-01T00:00:23Z     World Beer Cup 2024 World Beer Cup 2024 Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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. 

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     01:04:01 false full 31738647 2024-07-01T00:00:23Z     Porch Pounders, Gazebo Guzzlers & Barbecue Bangers Porch Pounders, Gazebo Guzzlers & Barbecue Bangers Fri, 07 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     01:25:49 false full 31635037 2024-07-01T00:00:23Z     Classic Cocktail Riffs Classic Cocktail Riffs Fri, 31 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

     

    ]]>     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.

    ]]>     01:05:13 false full 31516027 2024-06-01T00:00:56Z     The Return of Matt Brynildson The Return of Matt Brynildson Fri, 24 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     01:13:51 false full 31420892 2024-06-01T00:00:56Z     Grigch Hills Estate's Ivo Jeramaz Grigch Hills Estate's Ivo Jeramaz Fri, 17 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     56:45 false full 31340327 2024-06-01T00:00:56Z     Crispy Bois and Salty Snacks Crispy Bois and Salty Snacks Fri, 10 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    Snack Along At Home:

    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.

    Snack Along At Home:

    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.

    ]]>     01:18:22 false full 31213967 2024-06-01T00:00:56Z     Rosé Can You See: Rosés From Around the World Rosé Can You See: Rosés From Around the World Fri, 03 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     56:13 false full 31075968 2024-06-01T00:00:56Z     Pat & Rog's Excellent Wine Adventure Pat & Rog's Excellent Wine Adventure Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     56:59 false full 30983153 2024-05-01T00:00:17Z     What's New in Beer What's New in Beer Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     54:27 false full 30873743 2024-05-01T00:00:17Z     Piedmont Piedmont Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000 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.

    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.

    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.

    ]]>     55:58 false full 30785748 2024-05-01T00:00:17Z     B2B TMZ Celebrity Wine Edition B2B TMZ Celebrity Wine Edition Fri, 05 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000 Celebrities, they're just like you: they love wine. In some cases they like wine so much they create their own brand or buy an existing brand. Taking us down this Hollywood Walk of Fame of celebrity wines is Ray Denton, from our Elmwood Park store.

    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.

    ]]>     Celebrities, they're just like you: they love wine. In some cases they like wine so much they create their own brand or buy an existing brand. Taking us down this Hollywood Walk of Fame of celebrity wines is Ray Denton, from our Elmwood Park store.

    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.

    ]]>     50:31 false full 30682373 2024-05-01T00:00:17Z     Bock in Business Bock in Business Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000 We've covered bocks before on Barrel to Bottle, but as interest in lagers continues to grow at a rapid pace, Roger thought this was the best time to revisit the style. 

    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've covered bocks before on Barrel to Bottle, but as interest in lagers continues to grow at a rapid pace, Roger thought this was the best time to revisit the style.

    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.

    ]]>     01:04:07 false full 30583338 2024-04-01T00:01:13Z     What's New From the Whiskey Hotline What's New From the Whiskey Hotline Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000 The Whiskey Hotline is constantly bringing in new and interesting single barrels from your favorite distilleries. Some even Whiskey Hotline Handpicks are the best value in spirits. This week we're sampling Tequila, Irish Whiskey and Bourbon. Also this week, a question from a listener about adding water to your bourbon or whiskey.

    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 Whiskey Hotline is constantly bringing in new and interesting single barrels from your favorite distilleries. Some even Whiskey Hotline Handpicks are the best value in spirits. This week we're sampling Tequila, Irish Whiskey and Bourbon. Also this week, a question from a listener about adding water to your bourbon or whiskey.

    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.

    ]]>     47:11 false full 30478613 2024-04-01T00:01:13Z     What the Hell Does That Taste Like? vol. 4 What the Hell Does That Taste Like? vol. 4 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000 Even the Barrel to Bottle crew can walk the aisles of Binny's, with our thousands of bottles and cans, and wonder "What the Hell Does That Taste Like?" Occasionally it behooves us then, to do an episode dedicated to answering this question.

    Roger, Chris and Pat have assembled a line-up of beer, wine and spirits that are a little esoteric, a little off the beaten path or just plain odd. Plus, a special treat: the first-ever Binny's Barrel to Bottle 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.

     

    ]]>     Even the Barrel to Bottle crew can walk the aisles of Binny's, with our thousands of bottles and cans, and wonder "What the Hell Does That Taste Like?" Occasionally it behooves us then, to do an episode dedicated to answering this question.

    Roger, Chris and Pat have assembled a line-up of beer, wine and spirits that are a little esoteric, a little off the beaten path or just plain odd. Plus, a special treat: the first-ever Binny's Barrel to Bottle 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.

    ]]>     01:29:44 false full 30375973 2024-04-01T00:01:13Z     German Dark Lagers German Dark Lagers Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000 This week, we head to Germany for the second in our series of dark larger podcasts. Get ready for Dunkels and Schwarzbierss and Emmenthalers and Thuringers. Roger brought the goods with a Brophy's worth of beer and the finest meats and cheeses to pair with them. Prost!

     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.

     

    ]]>     This week, we head to Germany for the second in our series of dark larger podcasts. Get ready for Dunkels and Schwarzbierss and Emmenthalers and Thuringers. Roger brought the goods with a Brophy's worth of beer and the finest meats and cheeses to pair with them. Prost!

    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.

    ]]>     56:46 false full 30260288 2024-04-01T00:01:13Z     Bill Foley Bill Foley Fri, 01 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000 Bill Foley has irons in a lot of fires. He owns the Las Vegas Golden Knights and AFC Bournemouth in the English Premiere League. More relevant to Barrel to Bottle, he also owns Foley Family Wines, Charles Goodnight Bourbon in Texas, and Lighthouse Gin in New Zealand.

    This week on Barrel to Bottle we'll cover the ins and outs of the wine and spirits world as well as the NHL and the EPL.

    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.

     

    ]]>     Bill Foley has irons in a lot of fires. He owns the Las Vegas Golden Knights and AFC Bournemouth in the English Premiere League. More relevant to Barrel to Bottle, he also owns Foley Family Wines, Charles Goodnight Bourbon in Texas, and Lighthouse Gin in New Zealand.

    This week on Barrel to Bottle we'll cover the ins and outs of the wine and spirits world as well as the NHL and the EPL.

    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.

    ]]>     45:01 false full 30169478 2024-03-01T06:06:36Z     Shochu Shochu Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000 We like to get esoteric on Barrel to Bottle, but this might be our most esoteric topic yet: Shochu (not to be confused with Soju). What is it, how is it made, what does it taste like and what do you do with it?

    This week we welcome Jay, Binny's resident Shochu expert/enthusiast, to answer these questions. He's here to guide us through Shochu 101, sampling Shochus from four different styles.

    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 like to get esoteric on Barrel to Bottle, but this might be our most esoteric topic yet: Shochu (not to be confused with Soju). What is it, how is it made, what does it taste like and what do you do with it?

    This week we welcome Jay, Binny's resident Shochu expert/enthusiast, to answer these questions. He's here to guide us through Shochu 101, sampling Shochus from four different styles.

    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.

    ]]>     59:43 false full 30055168 2024-03-01T00:00:12Z     The Rum Show: You've Been...Dunderstruck! The Rum Show: You've Been...Dunderstruck! Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000 Head on down to the RUM SHOW! Over the busy holiday season, we quietly got shipments of six Binny's Handpicked rums and you're in luck because we still have them in stock!

    Forget everything you think you know about rum, because you've been missing out on some of the best bang for your buck in the category of aged spirits.

    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.

    ]]>     Head on down to the RUM SHOW! Over the busy holiday season, we quietly got shipments of six Binny's Handpicked rums and you're in luck because we still have them in stock!

    Forget everything you think you know about rum, because you've been missing out on some of the best bang for your buck in the category of aged spirits.

    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.

    ]]>     56:49 false full 29954873 2024-03-01T00:00:12Z     Wine, Lose or Draw: A Barrel to Bottle Quiz Show Wine, Lose or Draw: A Barrel to Bottle Quiz Show Fri, 09 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000 Whose Wine Is It Anyway? Are You Smarter Than a Podcast Host? Wine, Lose or Draw! This week on Barrel to Bottle, Pat, Greg and Roger are competing to see who knows the most about wine.

    Your hosts, Alicia and Chris, brought along some wine to sample just so Pat wouldn't get too bored and start complaining.

    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.

     

    ]]>     Whose Wine Is It Anyway? Are You Smarter Than a Podcast Host? Wine, Lose or Draw! This week on Barrel to Bottle, Pat, Greg and Roger are competing to see who knows the most about wine.

    Your hosts, Alicia and Chris, brought along some wine to sample just so Pat wouldn't get too bored and start complaining.

    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.

    ]]>     01:01:48 false full 29859873 2024-03-01T00:00:12Z     Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2023 pt. 2 Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2023 pt. 2 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000 We're back with part 2 of our two-parter covering Whisky Advocate's top 20 of 2023. Check out part 1 on our blog. 

    10. Glendronach Cask Strength Batch #12
    9. Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Foursquare Rum Cask Finish
    8. Glenmorangie A Tale of Forest Limited Release #9 Botanical Infusion
    7. Dewar's Double Double 21-Year-Old Mizunara Cask Finished
    6. Maker's Mark 11-Year-Old Cellar Aged 2023 Limited Release
    4. Little Book Chapter 7 In Retrospect Blended American Whiskey 2023 Limited Release
    3. Westland Garryana 2023 Edition 8 Native Oak Series
    2. Highland Park Cask Strength Release No. 4
    1. Glenglassaugh Sandend Highland 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!

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    ]]>     We're back with part 2 of our two-parter covering Whisky Advocate's top 20 of 2023. Check out part 1 on our blog.

    10. Glendronach Cask Strength Batch #12 9. Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Foursquare Rum Cask Finish 8. Glenmorangie A Tale of Forest Limited Release #9 Botanical Infusion 7. Dewar's Double Double 21-Year-Old Mizunara Cask Finished 6. Maker's Mark 11-Year-Old Cellar Aged 2023 Limited Release4. Little Book Chapter 7 In Retrospect Blended American Whiskey 2023 Limited Release3. Westland Garryana 2023 Edition 8 Native Oak Series2. Highland Park Cask Strength Release No. 41. Glenglassaugh Sandend Highland 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.

    ]]>     01:00:01 false full 29739608 2024-02-02T06:05:32Z     Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2023 pt. 1 Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2023 pt. 1 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000 Every year, Binny's sees more and more bottles from Whisky Advocate's Top 20 on our shelves. With seventeen bottles this year, we had to make this a two-parter.  

    We'll be counting down from 20 to 11 this week, check back next week for the final ten.

    20. Ezra Brooks Straight Rye Whiskey 99 Proof
    18. Teeling Single Pot Still Portuguese Oak Wonders of Wood
    17. Crown Royal Noble Collection Barley Edition
    15. Old Elk Port Cask Finished Bourbon Limited Release
    14. Glenfiddich 12-Year-Old Sherry Cask
    13. Hemingway Rye Signature Edition Blend of Straight Rye Finished in Rum Seasoned Oloroso Sherry Casks
    12. Blue Run Trifecta 2023 Limited Release 3 Barrel Bourbon Blend
    11. Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 Aged 6, 7, 8 & 13-Year-Old From IN, KY and TN

    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!

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    ]]>     Every year, Binny's sees more and more bottles from Whisky Advocate's Top 20 on our shelves. With seventeen bottles this year, we had to make this a two-parter.

    We'll be counting down from 20 to 11 this week, check back next week for the final ten.

    20. Ezra Brooks Straight Rye Whiskey 99 Proof18. Teeling Single Pot Still Portuguese Oak Wonders of Wood17. Crown Royal Noble Collection Barley Edition15. Old Elk Port Cask Finished Bourbon Limited Release14. Glenfiddich 12-Year-Old Sherry Cask 13. Hemingway Rye Signature Edition Blend of Straight Rye Finished in Rum Seasoned Oloroso Sherry Casks12. Blue Run Trifecta 2023 Limited Release 3 Barrel Bourbon Blend11. Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 Aged 6, 7, 8 & 13-Year-Old From IN, KY and TN

    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.

    ]]>     41:39 false full 29649748 2024-02-01T00:01:50Z     What's New in Beer What's New in Beer Fri, 19 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000 What's new in beer? There's ALWAYS something new in beer, because beer drinkers have become accustomed to breweries releasing a new beer every week. One positive that comes from this onslaught of new beers is breweries revisiting classic styles.

    Roger brought in a slew of new releases, re-releases and one rebrand, plus none of them are Czech Dark Lagers!

    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? There's ALWAYS something new in beer, because beer drinkers have become accustomed to breweries releasing a new beer every week. One positive that comes from this onslaught of new beers is breweries revisiting classic styles.

    Roger brought in a slew of new releases, re-releases and one rebrand, plus none of them are Czech Dark Lagers!

    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.

    ]]>     58:48 false full 29549748 2024-02-01T00:01:50Z     Angel's Envy Master Distiller Owen Martin Angel's Envy Master Distiller Owen Martin Fri, 12 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000 It's yet another Whiskey Hotline episode, this must be some kind of record. Owen Martin is master distiller at Angel's Envy, but his career in the beverage alcohol industry goes back years and covers both brewing and distilling.

    Studying distilling at the illustrious Harriet Watt and working in Stranahan's cask-finishing program was a natural precursor to working at Angel's Envy. Angel's Envy just released their cask-strength rye to go along with the cask-strength bourbon. We also have five new Binny's Handpicked single barrels in stores now.

    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 yet another Whiskey Hotline episode, this must be some kind of record. Owen Martin is master distiller at Angel's Envy, but his career in the beverage alcohol industry goes back years and covers both brewing and distilling.

    Studying distilling at the illustrious Harriet Watt and working in Stranahan's cask-finishing program was a natural precursor to working at Angel's Envy. Angel's Envy just released their cask-strength rye to go along with the cask-strength bourbon. We also have five new Binny's Handpicked single barrels in stores now.

    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.

    ]]>     01:04:49 false full 29433218 2024-02-01T00:01:50Z     Mark Reynier Mark Reynier Fri, 05 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000 Mark Reynier has a lot to say about terroir, but this isn't a wine episode. While Mark does have an extensive wine background, his passion now is spirits terroir. After re-establishing Bruichladdich, he founded Waterford Whisky in Ireland and the Renegade Rum Distillery in Grenada.

    This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're sampling Waterford single malts and Renegade rum, while Mark shares his thoughts on barley and sugar cane terroir. 

    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.

     

    ]]>     Mark Reynier has a lot to say about terroir, but this isn't a wine episode. While Mark does have an extensive wine background, his passion now is spirits terroir. After re-establishing Bruichladdich, he founded Waterford Whisky in Ireland and the Renegade Rum Distillery in Grenada. This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're sampling Waterford single malts and Renegade rum, while Mark shares his thoughts on barley and sugar cane terroir.

    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.

    ]]>     01:08:48 false full 29328473 2024-02-01T00:01:50Z     Czech Dark Lagers Czech Dark Lagers Fri, 29 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 Czech Dark Lager is a thing, Roger isn't just willing it into existence. Over the past year many local breweries have paid homage to the style.

    This week, Roger brought in a Brophy's worth of Czech Dark Lagers, both local and imported, for a blind taste test. We're also pairing these beers with walnuts, Arkansas Black apples, smoked goose breast and two kinds of cheese. Na zdraví!

    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.

     

    ]]>     Czech Dark Lager is a thing, Roger isn't just willing it into existence. Over the past year many local breweries have paid homage to the style.

    This week, Roger brought in a Brophy's worth of Czech Dark Lagers, both local and imported, for a blind taste test. We're also pairing these beers with walnuts, Arkansas Black apples, smoked goose breast and two kinds of cheese. Na zdraví!

    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.

    ]]>     01:00:58 false full 29247838 2024-01-01T00:01:15Z     Barrel to Bottle's Picks of the Year 2023 Barrel to Bottle's Picks of the Year 2023 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 Last week, we welcomed Binny's team of experienced buyers and asked them to pick their favorite or favorites from 2023. Now, it's Barrel to Bottle's turn to tackle this difficult question. Wine, spirits and beer, what are Barrel to Bottle's favorites from 2023?  

    Roger's Picks

    Chris' Picks

    Pat's two and only two Picks

    Jim's Picks

    Alicia's Picks

    Jenna's Pick

    Greg's Pick

    Jim's Honorable Mention

    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.

    ]]>     Last week, we welcomed Binny's team of experienced buyers and asked them to pick their favorite or favorites from 2023. Now, it's Barrel to Bottle's turn to tackle this difficult question. Wine, spirits and beer, what are Barrel to Bottle's favorites from 2023?

    Roger's Picks

    Chris' Picks

    Pat's two and only two Picks

    Jim's Picks

    Alicia's Picks

    Jenna's Pick

    Greg's Pick

    Jim's Honorable Mention

    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.

    ]]>     01:29:36 false full 29168748 2024-01-01T00:01:15Z     Binny's Buyers' Picks 2023 Binny's Buyers' Picks 2023 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 Every year, Binny's wine, spirits, beer and cigar buyers sample thousands of products to find the best stuff for the best price. Also every year, we at Barrel to Bottle ask the buyers to answer a nearly impossible question: what was at the best thing you had this year? 

    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, Binny's wine, spirits, beer and cigar buyers sample thousands of products to find the best stuff for the best price. Also every year, we at Barrel to Bottle ask the buyers to answer a nearly impossible question: what was at the best thing you had this year?

    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.

    ]]>     01:06:17 false full 29065598 2024-01-01T00:01:15Z     Lochlea Distillery Master Distiller John Campbell Lochlea Distillery Master Distiller John Campbell Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 John Campbell might be a familiar name to Scotch drinkers because of his 27 years at Laphroaig. Now he's the master distiller of Lochlea, which is part of a wave of new single malt Scotch distilleries that have opened in the last few years.

    Lochlea grows 100% of the malt for their distillate, making them a true farm distillery. As a lowland distillery, Lochlea doesn't make peated whisky. It wouldn't be true to their environment as it is mostly farm land and rolling hills.

    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.

     

    ]]>     John Campbell might be a familiar name to Scotch drinkers because of his 27 years at Laphroaig. Now he's the master distiller of Lochlea, which is part of a wave of new single malt Scotch distilleries that have opened in the last few years.

    Lochlea grows 100% of the malt for their distillate, making them a true farm distillery. As a lowland distillery, Lochlea doesn't make peated whisky. It wouldn't be true to their environment as it is mostly farm land and rolling hills.

    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.

    ]]>     53:48 false full 28946128 2024-01-01T00:01:15Z     Dr. Don Livermore Dr. Don Livermore Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 It's a Whiskey Hotline episode, which means were at the Lincoln Park store with Brett. More importantly, we're welcoming Dr. Don Livermore master blender at one of the largest distilleries on the continent, Hiram Walker.

    So, what is Canadian Whisky and why should you drink it? Dr. Don is here to answer these questions and explain the process of blending Canadian 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.

    ]]>     It's a Whiskey Hotline episode, which means were at the Lincoln Park store with Brett. More importantly, we're welcoming Dr. Don Livermore master blender at one of the largest distilleries on the continent, Hiram Walker.

    So, what is Canadian Whisky and why should you drink it? Dr. Don is here to answer these questions and explain the process of blending Canadian 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.

    ]]>     01:03:27 false full 28845343 2023-12-01T06:04:35Z     Barleywine III Barleywine III Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Barleywine! All the cool kids are drinking it. It's a perfect food beer, especially with the holiday season approaching. Our third Barleywine episode is finally being recorded during appropriate weather, and Roger couldn't help but bring a delicious spread of cheeses, dried fruits, and crackers.

    Barleywine used to be all the rage with beer nerds, but sadly it has fallen by the wayside. But the style is so much more than an old man beer that Pat buries in his backyard.

    Featuring:

    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.

     

    ]]>     Barleywine! All the cool kids are drinking it. It's a perfect food beer, especially with the holiday season approaching. Our third Barleywine episode is finally being recorded during appropriate weather, and Roger couldn't help but bring a delicious spread of cheeses, dried fruits, and crackers.

    Barleywine used to be all the rage with beer nerds, but sadly it has fallen by the wayside. But the style is so much more than an old man beer that Pat buries in his backyard.

    Featuring:

    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.

    ]]>     59:45 false full 28743573 2023-12-01T00:00:49Z     The Whiskey Hotline's 2023 Signatory Handpicked Round-Up The Whiskey Hotline's 2023 Signatory Handpicked Round-Up Fri, 17 Nov 2023 06:00:25 +0000 As sprawling as the Binny's Handpicked Single Barrel program has become, it all started with a single cask of Scotch in 1997. The Whiskey Hotline's 2023 Signatory Handpicked Single Barrels have hit stores and this week we're sampling all eight offerings.

    Signatory labels are very information-heavy but leave a lot to be desired stylistically. The liquid inside is far from boring though because with Signatory picks, the Whiskey Hotline strives to find distilleries that are not usually available in the US.

    Bonus Tasting:

    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.

     

    ]]>     As sprawling as the Binny's Handpicked Single Barrel program has become, it all started with a single cask of Scotch in 1997. The Whiskey Hotline's 2023 Signatory Handpicked Single Barrels have hit stores and this week we're sampling all eight offerings.

    Signatory labels are very information-heavy but leave a lot to be desired stylistically. The liquid inside is far from boring though because with Signatory picks, the Whiskey Hotline strives to find distilleries that are not usually available in the US.

    Bonus Tasting:

    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.

    ]]>     50:44 false full 28638383 2023-12-01T00:00:49Z     Bourbon County Brand Stout 2023 Preview Bourbon County Brand Stout 2023 Preview Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 It's that time of year again, when we at Barrel to Bottle have the opportunity to visit the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse and sample the new line-up of Bourbon County Stout. Then we race back to the studio to record our thoughts on this year's beers.

    Before we get into it though, we grabbed some of Goose's new Christmas IPA because Roger knows it's right up Greg's alley. It's a West Coast IPA! It's got bitterness and a malt backbone! 

    Bourbon County Stout 2023

    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Original 2023
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Eagle Rare 2-Year Reserve Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Angel's Envy 2-Year Cask Finish Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Backyard Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Bananas Foster Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Proprietor's Stout 2023

    Goose Island's 2023 Bourbon County Brand Stout goes on sale at all Binny's locations on Friday, November 24th   

    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 that time of year again, when we at Barrel to Bottle have the opportunity to visit the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse and sample the new line-up of Bourbon County Stout. Then we race back to the studio to record our thoughts on this year's beers.

    Before we get into it though, we grabbed some of Goose's new Christmas IPA because Roger knows it's right up Greg's alley. It's a West Coast IPA! It's got bitterness and a malt backbone!

    Bourbon County Stout 2023

    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Original 2023
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Eagle Rare 2-Year Reserve Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Angel's Envy 2-Year Cask Finish Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Backyard Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Bananas Foster Stout
    • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Proprietor's Stout 2023

    Goose Island's 2023 Bourbon County Brand Stout goes on sale at all Binny's locations on Friday, November 24th

    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.

    ]]>     58:39 false full 28561187 2023-12-01T00:00:49Z     Binny's Tasting Panel Top 50 Under $50 - Ten to Try Now Binny's Tasting Panel Top 50 Under $50 - Ten to Try Now Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 The Binny's Tasting Panel and wine consultants from all 45 Binny's locations have curated a list of the top 50 wines under $50 for 2023. 

    This week on Barrel to Bottle, we wanted to draw your attention to 10 wines that we really think you should check out, especially as the holidays approach.

    You can check out the full list 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.

    ]]>     The Binny's Tasting Panel and wine consultants from all 45 Binny's locations have curated a list of the top 50 wines under $50 for 2023.

    This week on Barrel to Bottle, we wanted to draw your attention to 10 wines that we really think you should check out, especially as the holidays approach.

    You can check out the full list 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.

    ]]>     55:01 false full 28486892 2023-12-01T00:00:49Z     Byron Copeland - Jack Daniel's Jack-of-all-Trades Byron Copeland - Jack Daniel's Jack-of-all-Trades Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Byron Copeland has worn a lot of hats at the Jack Daniel's Distillery. He started in their cooperage, where he led teams in various points of the barrel making process from making heads, to hoops, to toasting, charring, and seasoning of barrels. He's now an ambassador for Jack Daniel's and Manager of Leadership Acceleration and Maturation Innovation.

    Byron is also a master taster and conducts barrel selections, including Binny's Handpicked single barrels with the Whiskey Hotline. Luckily for Greg, Byron brought along some bottles to taste.

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    ]]>     Byron Copeland has worn a lot of hats at the Jack Daniel's Distillery. He started in their cooperage, where he led teams in various points of the barrel making process from making heads, to hoops, to toasting, charring, and seasoning of barrels. He's now an ambassador for Jack Daniel's and Manager of Leadership Acceleration and Maturation Innovation.

    Byron is also a master taster and conducts barrel selections, including Binny's Handpicked single barrels with the Whiskey Hotline. Luckily for Greg, Byron brought along some bottles to taste.

    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.

    ]]>     48:44 false full 28430306 2023-11-01T00:01:12Z     There's No Place Like Napa for the Holidays There's No Place Like Napa for the Holidays Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000 We're opening some big Napa wines that are always popular around the holidays, along with some other Napa favorites that are perfect for gifts or holiday feasts. These aren't outrageously-priced and they aren't hard to find.

    Today, we're tasting wines side-by-side from the Napa area to prove that there is a lot of diversity in this region.

    Featured this week on 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.

     

    ]]>     We're opening some big Napa wines that are always popular around the holidays, along with some other Napa favorites that are perfect for gifts or holiday feasts. These aren't outrageously-priced and they aren't hard to find.

    Today, we're tasting wines side-by-side from the Napa area to prove that there is a lot of diversity in this region.

    Featured this week on 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.

    ]]>     50:41 false full 28303502 2023-11-01T00:01:12Z     What's New from the Whiskey Hotline? What's New from the Whiskey Hotline? Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000 The Whiskey Hotline has a tough job; traveling the globe for the best spirits at the best price sampling all these spirits, making the hard decisions about which ones meet their high standards.

    That also means you, the customer, always have something new and unique to try. Sometimes it can be hard to make a choice, and that's where Barrel to Bottle steps in. We're here to round up some of the latest Whiskey Hotline offerings that we think you won't want to miss.

    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 Whiskey Hotline has a tough job; traveling the globe for the best spirits at the best price sampling all these spirits, making the hard decisions about which ones meet their high standards.

    That also means you, the customer, always have something new and unique to try. Sometimes it can be hard to make a choice, and that's where Barrel to Bottle steps in. We're here to round up some of the latest Whiskey Hotline offerings that we think you won't want to miss.

    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.

    ]]>     01:02:13 false full 28234586 2023-11-01T00:01:12Z     Stewart Buchanan - Global Brand Ambassador for Glenglassaugh, BenRiach and Glendronach Stewart Buchanan - Global Brand Ambassador for Glenglassaugh, BenRiach and Glendronach Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 All the way from Scotland, Stewart Buchanan is the Global Brand Ambassador for Glenglassaugh, BenRiach, and Glendronach. Stewart is one of the few global brand ambassador's Pat knows that worked in a distillery.

    Stewart brought three bottles of the latest offerings from Glenglassaugh. The distillery had previously been mothballed from 1986 to 2008 but since its reopening it has been subsequently sold to Brown-Forman. Since then, they've reopened and begun distilling again, as well as reviving their floor malting program.

    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.

     

    ]]>     All the way from Scotland, Stewart Buchanan is the Global Brand Ambassador for Glenglassaugh, BenRiach, and Glendronach. Stewart is one of the few global brand ambassador's Pat knows that worked in a distillery.

    Stewart brought three bottles of the latest offerings from Glenglassaugh. The distillery had previously been mothballed from 1986 to 2008 but since its reopening it has been subsequently sold to Brown-Forman. Since then, they've reopened and begun distilling again, as well as reviving their floor malting program.

    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.

    ]]>     59:32 false full 28168319 2023-10-01T00:01:28Z     Sherry Bonus Episode - More Cocktails for Fino Fiends and Manzanilla Maniacs Sherry Bonus Episode - More Cocktails for Fino Fiends and Manzanilla Maniacs Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Chris brought too much sherry, too much food and made too many cocktails and we didn't want you to miss out so here's a bonus episode from our recent deep dive into sherry. You can see all the cocktail recipes on our blog. 

    ]]>     Chris brought too much sherry, too much food and made too many cocktails and we didn't want you to miss out so here's a bonus episode from our recent deep dive into sherry. You can see all the cocktail recipes on our blog.

    ]]>     10:07 false bonus 28133591 2023-10-01T00:01:28Z     Sherry - Fino Fiends and Manzanilla Maniacs Sherry - Fino Fiends and Manzanilla Maniacs Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Sherry, what is it? What do you do with it? What does it go with? The answers to these questions are much simpler than you might think. Sherry isn't just for Brits. It's actually very popular with tapas, so next time you're digging into some small plates, skip the sangria and go for some PX, Manzanilla, or Cream.

    Like a bunch of sardines in a can, Chris has packed a lot into this week's episode. We're trying sherry, we're pairing them with a delicious array of meats, cheeses, nuts, fruits, and canned fish, then we're mixing up an array of sherry cocktails. You can find all the cocktail recipes from this episode on our blog. 

    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.

     

     

    ]]>     Sherry, what is it? What do you do with it? What does it go with? The answers to these questions are much simpler than you might think. Sherry isn't just for Brits. It's actually very popular with tapas, so next time you're digging into some small plates, skip the sangria and go for some PX, Manzanilla, or Cream.

    Like a bunch of sardines in a can, Chris has packed a lot into this week's episode. We're trying sherry, we're pairing them with a delicious array of meats, cheeses, nuts, fruits, and canned fish, then we're mixing up an array of sherry cocktails. You can find all the cocktail recipes from this episode on our blog.

    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.

    ]]>     01:09:58 false full 28093076 2023-10-01T00:01:28Z     Molti Altri Amari (Many More Amaros) Molti Altri Amari (Many More Amaros) Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:20:00 +0000 If it feels like we've done multiple episodes about amaro, it's because we have a loud guy on the show who always has some amaro on him. It's actually been almost four years since we had an entire episode dedicated to Pat's favorite bitter Italian liqueur.

    Last time we had twelve amari, and that was only scratching the surface. Roger is back, to have his taste buds tortured by these Italian bitter digestives.

    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 it feels like we've done multiple episodes about amaro, it's because we have a loud guy on the show who always has some amaro on him. It's actually been almost four years since we had an entire episode dedicated to Pat's favorite bitter Italian liqueur.

    Last time we had twelve amari, and that was only scratching the surface. Roger is back, to have his taste buds tortured by these Italian bitter digestives.

    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.

    ]]>     01:01:40 false full 28023141 2023-10-01T00:01:28Z     The Last Word on Chartreuse and Chartreuse Alternatives The Last Word on Chartreuse and Chartreuse Alternatives Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Chartreuse has been around for centuries and always popular with mixologists. It took a global pandemic to make the French herbal liqueur a household name though. Carthusian monks have been making it by hand since the 1700s and were always able to keep up with demand. In the last few years, they have decreased production to focus more on being monks instead of liquor executives. Now you can pretty much only get it in the US if you own a bar.

    Roger has poured samples of Chartreuse and six alternatives. Additionally, he made seven Last Word cocktails with each of the seven samples. We're blind tasting these seven samples, hoping to find an alternative to Chartreuse that is just as good and readily available in our stores. After we try all of that, Roger will whip up two more Chartreuse cocktails.

    Check out all three cocktail recipes on our blog. 

    1.       Dolin Genepy des Chamois Bitter Liqueur 
    2.      Escorial Green 
    3.      Chartreuse 
    4.      Enrico Toro Centerba 72 Digestif
    5.      Boomsma Claerkampster Cloosterbitter 
    6.      Elixir Spirits Ver Liquore d'Erb 
    7.      Faccia Bruto Centerbe 

    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.

     

    ]]>     Chartreuse has been around for centuries and always popular with mixologists. It took a global pandemic to make the French herbal liqueur a household name though. Carthusian monks have been making it by hand since the 1700s and were always able to keep up with demand. In the last few years, they have decreased production to focus more on being monks instead of liquor executives. Now you can pretty much only get it in the US if you own a bar.

    Roger has poured samples of Chartreuse and six alternatives. Additionally, he made seven Last Word cocktails with each of the seven samples. We're blind tasting these seven samples, hoping to find an alternative to Chartreuse that is just as good and readily available in our stores. After we try all of that, Roger will whip up two more Chartreuse cocktails.

    Check out all three cocktail recipes on our blog.

    1. Dolin Genepy des Chamois Bitter Liqueur
    2. Escorial Green
    3. Chartreuse
    4. Enrico Toro Centerba 72 Digestif
    5. Boomsma Claerkampster Cloosterbitter
    6. Elixir Spirits Ver Liquore d'Erb
    7. Faccia Bruto Centerbe

    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.

    ]]>     58:29 false full 27962985 2023-10-01T00:01:28Z     Four Roses' Master Distiller Brent Elliott Four Roses' Master Distiller Brent Elliott Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Brent Elliott has been master distiller since the legendary Jim Rutledge stepped down in 2015. Brent was hired as a chemist 20 years ago, when Four Roses was only available overseas and in Kentucky. Because it was a skeleton crew, they needed help everywhere, so he was able to learn about multiple facets of production.

    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.

     

    ]]>     Brent Elliott has been master distiller since the legendary Jim Rutledge stepped down in 2015. Brent was hired as a chemist 20 years ago, when Four Roses was only available overseas and in Kentucky. Because it was a skeleton crew, they needed help everywhere, so he was able to learn about multiple facets of production.

    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.

    ]]>     01:01:25 false full 27903942 2023-09-01T11:08:14Z     Oktoberfest Blind Tasting Oktoberfest Blind Tasting Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 It seems like Oktoberfest beers come out earlier and earlier every year, which means we're recording our regular Oktoberfest beer podcast earlier and earlier. This year we're tasting these blind, with producer Jim as our dungeon master. We're sampling 12 Oktoberfest Märzens, both import and domestic, along with a line-up of delicious meat sticks from Pat's favorite butcher.

    1. Great Lakes Oktoberfest 
    2. Hopewell Oktoberfest Lager 
    3. Spaten Oktoberfest 
    4. Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest Festbier 
    5. Half Acre Lager Town 
    6. Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen 
    7. Samuel Adams Octoberfest 
    8. Goose Island Oktoberfest 
    9. Ayinger Oktoberfest Märzen 
    10. Three Floyd's Munsterfest 
    11. Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen 
    12. Metropolitan Afterburner Oktoberfest 

    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 seems like Oktoberfest beers come out earlier and earlier every year, which means we're recording our regular Oktoberfest beer podcast earlier and earlier. This year we're tasting these blind, with producer Jim as our dungeon master. We're sampling 12 Oktoberfest Märzens, both import and domestic, along with a line-up of delicious meat sticks from Pat's favorite butcher.

    1. Great Lakes Oktoberfest
    2. Hopewell Oktoberfest Lager
    3. Spaten Oktoberfest
    4. Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest Festbier
    5. Half Acre Lager Town
    6. Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen
    7. Samuel Adams Octoberfest
    8. Goose Island Oktoberfest
    9. Ayinger Oktoberfest Märzen
    10. Three Floyd's Munsterfest
    11. Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen
    12. Metropolitan Afterburner Oktoberfest

    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.

    ]]>     48:59 false full 27840927 2023-09-01T00:03:36Z     What's New in Beer? What's New in Beer? Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 What's new in beer? New bottles and cans are constantly showing up on our shelves, so it can be difficult to keep track of everything. Fatigue is certainly setting in because of the pervasiveness of certain styles. Luckily some brewers are stepping up to resurrect forgotten styles and put new spins on existing ones. Roger is here with a slew of new (and two old) brews to try from some of our favorite breweries.

    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? New bottles and cans are constantly showing up on our shelves, so it can be difficult to keep track of everything. Fatigue is certainly setting in because of the pervasiveness of certain styles. Luckily some brewers are stepping up to resurrect forgotten styles and put new spins on existing ones. Roger is here with a slew of new (and two old) brews to try from some of our favorite breweries.

    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.

    ]]>     55:09 false full 27785235 2023-09-01T00:03:36Z     Sangria Sangria Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 It's Sangria Season! Following our episode on easy-going outdoor drinkin' wines, Chris threw together four sangria recipes at the last minute, which is impressive. Part of the process of making sangria is fine-tuning the sweetness, the strength or anything else you might want to add or subtract. Follow the recipes on our blog or make them your own.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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 Sangria Season! Following our episode on easy-going outdoor drinkin' wines, Chris threw together four sangria recipes at the last minute, which is impressive. Part of the process of making sangria is fine-tuning the sweetness, the strength or anything else you might want to add or subtract. Follow the recipes on our blog or make them your own.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

    ]]>     41:11 false full 27693645 2023-09-01T00:03:36Z     Singani63 with Steven Soderbergh and Casa Real's Luis Pablo Granier Singani63 with Steven Soderbergh and Casa Real's Luis Pablo Granier Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Legendary director, producer and writer Steven Soderbergh is passionate about Singani63. But what is Singani? This week on Barrel to Bottle, Steven and Casa Real distiller Luis-Pablo Granier will answer all our questions. What is it? How is it made? What does it taste like? How can you use it?  

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

     

    ]]>     Legendary director, producer and writer Steven Soderbergh is passionate about Singani63. But what is Singani? This week on Barrel to Bottle, Steven and Casa Real distiller Luis-Pablo Granier will answer all our questions. What is it? How is it made? What does it taste like? How can you use it?

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

    ]]>     01:00:28 false full 27651891 2023-09-01T00:03:36Z     Easy-Going Outdoor Drinkin' Wines Easy-Going Outdoor Drinkin' Wines Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000 The wine department finally brought in a respectable amount of wine for a podcast. It's not quite a full Brophy's worth, but they're stepping up their game for tasty summer wines that will go great with picnics. Don't say porch pounders though! These are easy-going, outdoor drinkin' wines that are off the beaten path.

    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 wine department finally brought in a respectable amount of wine for a podcast. It's not quite a full Brophy's worth, but they're stepping up their game for tasty summer wines that will go great with picnics. Don't say porch pounders though! These are easy-going, outdoor drinkin' wines that are off the beaten path.

    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.

    ]]>     57:20 false full 27582819 2023-08-01T00:00:37Z     Whiskey Hotline Handpicked Round-Up Whiskey Hotline Handpicked Round-Up Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000 What's new in Binny's Handpicked Casks? This is an episode we could probably do every month, because the Whiskey Hotline is always scouring the globe for unique and interesting single barrels. It's time for the Hotline Handpicked Round-up!

    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 Binny's Handpicked Casks? This is an episode we could probably do every month, because the Whiskey Hotline is always scouring the globe for unique and interesting single barrels. It's time for the Hotline Handpicked Round-up!

    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.

    ]]>     56:15 false full 27521739 2023-08-01T00:00:37Z     Booze in the News Booze in the News Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Hot cracker, it's another edition of BOOZE IN THE NEWS! Our correspondents have traversed the globe to bring you, our listening public, fresh off the presses news about suds, hooch and vino!

    [prod. note: this episode was recorded before Sapporo announced that it would be completely shuttering Anchor Brewing]

    • Big news from Anchor Brewing in San Francisco
    • New Belgium has changed both the packaging and recipe for their flagship Fat Tire beer
    • Hahn Winery sells to Gallo
    • A movement in Beaujolais for Premier Cru status
    • A push in the Rhone to double production of white and rosé wine
    • August is Washington Wine Month
    • Whiskey fungus encrusts a Tennessee town
    • The Supreme Court rules against the makers of Bad Spaniels dog toys
    • The makers of Fireball were sued for false advertising
    • American Single Malt comes of age

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

    ]]>     Hot cracker, it's another edition of BOOZE IN THE NEWS! Our correspondents have traversed the globe to bring you, our listening public, fresh off the presses news about suds, hooch and vino!

    [prod. note: this episode was recorded before Sapporo announced that it would be completely shuttering Anchor Brewing]

    • Big news from Anchor Brewing in San Francisco
    • New Belgium has changed both the packaging and recipe for their flagship Fat Tire beer
    • Hahn Winery sells to Gallo
    • A movement in Beaujolais for Premier Cru status
    • A push in the Rhone to double production of white and rosé wine
    • August is Washington Wine Month
    • Whiskey fungus encrusts a Tennessee town
    • The Supreme Court rules against the makers of Bad Spaniels dog toys
    • The makers of Fireball were sued for false advertising
    • American Single Malt comes of age

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

    ]]>     01:05:31 false full 27459564 2023-08-01T00:00:37Z     Firestone Walker's Matt Brynildson Firestone Walker's Matt Brynildson Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Firestone Walker's Matt Brynildson is a legend in the brewing community. Roger is a big fanboy but this won't be an episode of the Chris Farley Show. Not only is Matt an award-winning brewer, he's a hop evangelist.

    This week on Barrel to Bottle we're talking brewing and hops with a craft beer icon, as well as sampling Firestone classics and new releases.

    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 is a legend in the brewing community. Roger is a big fanboy but this won't be an episode of the Chris Farley Show. Not only is Matt an award-winning brewer, he's a hop evangelist.

    This week on Barrel to Bottle we're talking brewing and hops with a craft beer icon, as well as sampling Firestone classics and new releases.

    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!

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    ]]>     01:08:24 false full 27317046 2023-07-07T11:05:22Z     Old Potrero Master Distiller Bruce Joseph Old Potrero Master Distiller Bruce Joseph Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 It's another Whiskey Hotline episode! Bruce Joseph is the master distiller at Hotaling & Company, formerly Anchor Brewing & Distilling. Hotaling is best known for their Old Potrero ryes.

    Bruce started working at Anchor Brewing straight out of college in 1980. He was a brewer for 13 years until they got licensed to distill and he switched over. Fritz Maytag was interested in making rye whiskey, particularly its historical ties to Colonial America. Also he liked taking on products that were unpopular and at the time, rye wasn't very popular. 

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    ]]>     It's another Whiskey Hotline episode! Bruce Joseph is the master distiller at Hotaling & Company, formerly Anchor Brewing & Distilling. Hotaling is best known for their Old Potrero ryes.

    Bruce started working at Anchor Brewing straight out of college in 1980. He was a brewer for 13 years until they got licensed to distill and he switched over. Fritz Maytag was interested in making rye whiskey, particularly its historical ties to Colonial America. Also he liked taking on products that were unpopular and at the time, rye wasn't very popular.

    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.

    ]]>     45:07 false full 27275124 2023-07-01T00:00:19Z     Elixir Spirits with Co-Founder Andrea Loreto Elixir Spirits with Co-Founder Andrea Loreto Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 How did an outwardly Italian man end up in Eugene, Oregon making amaro? This week we're talking to Andrea Loreto, co-founder of Elixir Spirits about his journey to making botanical liqueurs in the Pacific Northwest.

    Andrea's love of cooking led him to discover liqueur recipes in his grandmother's cookbook. After three years of tinkering he had his first product, Calisaya.

    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.

    ]]>     How did an outwardly Italian man end up in Eugene, Oregon making amaro? This week we're talking to Andrea Loreto, co-founder of Elixir Spirits about his journey to making botanical liqueurs in the Pacific Northwest.

    Andrea's love of cooking led him to discover liqueur recipes in his grandmother's cookbook. After three years of tinkering he had his first product, Calisaya.

    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.

    ]]>     59:57 false full 27227868 2023-07-01T00:00:19Z     Even More Damn Fine Coffee Beers Even More Damn Fine Coffee Beers Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 It's summer, the perfect time to drink hot coffee and barrel-aged coffee stouts, right? This is part three of Roger's coffee beer trilogy. This time, we're trying four classic coffee beers that have stood the test of time. Roger still loves tea, but he has gotten really into coffee even if he doesn't like the fussy process of brewing it. 

    Just like previous episodes, we're going to try the beers then drink the coffee that was used to make the beer.  

    Also today, we crack open the mailbag for a question about American Single Malt Whiskey.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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!

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    ]]>     It's summer, the perfect time to drink hot coffee and barrel-aged coffee stouts, right? This is part three of Roger's coffee beer trilogy. This time, we're trying four classic coffee beers that have stood the test of time. Roger still loves tea, but he has gotten really into coffee even if he doesn't like the fussy process of brewing it.

    Just like previous episodes, we're going to try the beers then drink the coffee that was used to make the beer.

    Also today, we crack open the mailbag for a question about American Single Malt Whiskey.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

    ]]>     52:02 false full 27124554 2023-07-01T00:00:19Z     Get Your Glass in Gear II - The Importance of Spirits Glassware Get Your Glass in Gear II - The Importance of Spirits Glassware Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 A few weeks ago, Roger had us trying different beers out of different glasses. It was an enlightening experience and inspired Pat to do a similar episode with various spirits in three different glasses, along with a control plastic tumbler.

    The Spirits:

    The Glasses

    Also this week, a listener wants to know what about the upper limits of aging beer in wood.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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!

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    ]]>     A few weeks ago, Roger had us trying different beers out of different glasses. It was an enlightening experience and inspired Pat to do a similar episode with various spirits in three different glasses, along with a control plastic tumbler.

    The Spirits:

    The Glasses

    Also this week, a listener wants to know what about the upper limits of aging beer in wood.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

    ]]>     44:43 false full 27082383 2023-07-01T00:00:19Z     A Lotta Chelada A Lotta Chelada Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Roger is always reliable for predicting the latest trends in beer and beer-adjacent drinks, having  previously predicted Ranch Water and Long Drink. Now, declaring this will be the Summer of Chelada. Micheladas have already been popular for a while, but now cheladas are all the rage.  

    We're going to try a Brophy-sized quantity of ready-to-drink versions, then we're going to make one from a mix and finally make one from scratch. Get ready for a lotta chelada, all summer long.

    Cheladas

    Micheladas

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    ]]>     Roger is always reliable for predicting the latest trends in beer and beer-adjacent drinks, having previously predicted Ranch Water and Long Drink. Now, declaring this will be the Summer of Chelada. Micheladas have already been popular for a while, but now cheladas are all the rage.

    We're going to try a Brophy-sized quantity of ready-to-drink versions, then we're going to make one from a mix and finally make one from scratch. Get ready for a lotta chelada, all summer long.

    Cheladas

    Micheladas

    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.

    ]]>     55:21 false full 27015264 2023-07-01T00:00:19Z     All About Saké All About Saké Fri, 26 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Saké, don't sleep on it. That's the theme of our first ever saké episode. To help us dive into the world of rice wines, we're welcoming wine consultant Neeve from our Lincoln Park store. Greg sat next to the saké buyer for four years, tried a bunch of saké, and never retained anything so she has her work cut out for her.

    Saké is made from rice, water, yeast and koji which is a type of mold. Koji was naturally occurring on rice, but these days there are special starters. For yeast, they have many common strains that give the saké different aromas and flavors. We'll be tasting saké by how polished the rice grains are for each batch.

    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.

    ]]>     Saké, don't sleep on it. That's the theme of our first ever saké episode. To help us dive into the world of rice wines, we're welcoming wine consultant Neeve from our Lincoln Park store. Greg sat next to the saké buyer for four years, tried a bunch of saké, and never retained anything so she has her work cut out for her.

    Saké is made from rice, water, yeast and koji which is a type of mold. Koji was naturally occurring on rice, but these days there are special starters. For yeast, they have many common strains that give the saké different aromas and flavors. We'll be tasting saké by how polished the rice grains are for each batch.

    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.

    ]]>     57:59 false full 26951115 2023-06-01T00:01:01Z     Ten to One Rum Ten to One Rum Fri, 19 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Chris is making daiquiris, we've got a table full of rum, several rum enthusiasts and most importantly, Marc Farrell. Marc is the CEO and founder of Ten to One Rum. 

    Marc was frustrated with the public perception of rum, so he decided to do something about it. Ten to One is a blended rum brand that sources from Caribbean distilleries. He combines pot and column still rums, Agricoles, dark and white rums and rums of various ages into his blends.

    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!

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    ]]>     Chris is making daiquiris, we've got a table full of rum, several rum enthusiasts and most importantly, Marc Farrell. Marc is the CEO and founder of Ten to One Rum.

    Marc was frustrated with the public perception of rum, so he decided to do something about it. Ten to One is a blended rum brand that sources from Caribbean distilleries. He combines pot and column still rums, Agricoles, dark and white rums and rums of various ages into his blends.

    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.

    ]]>     59:00 false full 26882544 2023-06-01T00:01:01Z     En Primeur 2022 En Primeur 2022 Fri, 12 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Binny's is committed to finding world class wines for its customers, so every year we send a small group of wine consultants and buyers to En Primeur. Here, at a marathon pace, we sample hundreds of wines still in barrels to make the difficult decision of what to offer our customers as Bordeaux Futures

    This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're welcoming Bordeaux buying legend Barbara Hermann, along with wine buyer Bill Newton, Wine Educator Alicia Barrett, and Lincoln Park wine consultant Ben Madeska. Fresh off their trip to France, they'll tell you everything you need to know about the 2022 Bordeaux vintage, and about Binny's robust futures program.

    While the 2022 wines aren't available yet, there are still some great, affordable wines that are relevant to this year's vintage:

    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 committed to finding world class wines for its customers, so every year we send a small group of wine consultants and buyers to En Primeur. Here, at a marathon pace, we sample hundreds of wines still in barrels to make the difficult decision of what to offer our customers as Bordeaux Futures

    This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're welcoming Bordeaux buying legend Barbara Hermann, along with wine buyer Bill Newton, Wine Educator Alicia Barrett, and Lincoln Park wine consultant Ben Madeska. Fresh off their trip to France, they'll tell you everything you need to know about the 2022 Bordeaux vintage, and about Binny's robust futures program.

    While the 2022 wines aren't available yet, there are still some great, affordable wines that are relevant to this year's vintage:

    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.

    ]]>     52:20 false full 26815929 2023-06-01T00:01:01Z     Revisiting 2022 Bourbon County Brand Stout Revisiting 2022 Bourbon County Brand Stout Fri, 05 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Barrel-aged beer, lots of cheese, warm weather; that seems like a perfect combo. This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're revisiting the 2022 Bourbon County Stout line-up with some fun easter eggs and easy food pairings.

    We sent Roger on a treasure hunt to track down the single-distillery variants of Bourbon County Brand Stout that saw limited release in 12-ounce four packs. Beer aged in barrels from those distilleries-Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey and Willett-was blended and bottled for the majority of 12-ounce four packs. Additionally, this is a different blend then what was in the 16.9-ounce bottles. Confused? Don't worry, we're going to walk you through it.

    When you're pairing food with any alcohol you can go one of two ways; complimentary or contrasting. Roger brought some examples of each, with bleu cheese, chèvre, fig butter, dried apricots, and Fig Newton-like fig cookies. All these pair with today's beers in different way.

    While some of these bottles might take a little work to track down, Sir Issac's is still out there and tasting great. Don't like the concept fool you into thinking it's just another pastry boy. It's stands well enough on its own, but Roger has brought a few food pairings to take it to another level.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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-aged beer, lots of cheese, warm weather; that seems like a perfect combo. This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're revisiting the 2022 Bourbon County Stout line-up with some fun easter eggs and easy food pairings.

    We sent Roger on a treasure hunt to track down the single-distillery variants of Bourbon County Brand Stout that saw limited release in 12-ounce four packs. Beer aged in barrels from those distilleries-Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey and Willett-was blended and bottled for the majority of 12-ounce four packs. Additionally, this is a different blend then what was in the 16.9-ounce bottles. Confused? Don't worry, we're going to walk you through it.

    When you're pairing food with any alcohol you can go one of two ways; complimentary or contrasting. Roger brought some examples of each, with bleu cheese, chèvre, fig butter, dried apricots, and Fig Newton-like fig cookies. All these pair with today's beers in different way.

    While some of these bottles might take a little work to track down, Sir Issac's is still out there and tasting great. Don't like the concept fool you into thinking it's just another pastry boy. It's stands well enough on its own, but Roger has brought a few food pairings to take it to another level.

    If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

    ]]>     55:14 false full 26748912 2023-06-01T00:01:01Z     Additive-Free Tequila Additive-Free Tequila Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Here at Barrel to Bottle, we're big proponents of tasting blind. We're also big proponents of additive-free tequilas, which are becoming more and more popular with consumers. Without a government oversight body, it's up to producers disclosing it and tequila fans tracking it.

    Pat has brought nine blanco tequilas and two reposado tequilas. Additive-free, no crap on tap, all bangers.   

      Blind taste along at home with the following additive-free tequilas

      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.

       

      ]]>       Here at Barrel to Bottle, we're big proponents of tasting blind. We're also big proponents of additive-free tequilas, which are becoming more and more popular with consumers. Without a government oversight body, it's up to producers disclosing it and tequila fans tracking it.

      Pat has brought nine blanco tequilas and two reposado tequilas. Additive-free, no crap on tap, all bangers.

        Blind taste along at home with the following additive-free tequilas

        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.

        ]]>         01:02:43 false full 26674254 2023-05-01T00:01:01Z         Wines of the Central Coast Wines of the Central Coast Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000 This week, Alicia has nine wines that showcase the variety and incredible value of California's Central Coast. 

        Monterrey County

        San Luis Obispo County

        Santa Barbara County

        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.

        ]]>         This week, Alicia has nine wines that showcase the variety and incredible value of California's Central Coast.

        Monterrey County

        San Luis Obispo County

        Santa Barbara County

        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.

        ]]>         47:03 false full 26604963 2023-05-01T00:01:01Z         Get Your Glass in Gear - The Importance of Beer Glassware Get Your Glass in Gear - The Importance of Beer Glassware Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000 This isn't the first time we've discussed the importance of glassware. But today we're doing a deeper, more scientific dive specifically on beer glasses.

        We at Barrel to Bottle firmly believe you should always drink your beer out of a glass. But will one of those straight-sided pint glasses suffice, or is it worth spending some money on a beer glass that had fluid dynamics test performed on it? We're here to definitively answer that question today.

        Roger brought in three beer glasses that we will be comparing to the straight sided shaker pint control glass:

        Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass
        Duvel Chalice
        Dogfish Head IPA Glass

        We'll be sampling these three beers in each of the four glasses:

        Sam Adams Golden Pilsner
        Duvel
        Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA

        After our scientific sampling, we'll also try some of the new innovations from Sam Adams, Duvel and Dogfish Head, each in their brewery's respective glass:

        Sam Adams Boston Lager (Remastered)
        Duvel 6.66
        Dogfish Head Citrus Squall

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         This isn't the first time we've discussed the importance of glassware. But today we're doing a deeper, more scientific dive specifically on beer glasses.

        We at Barrel to Bottle firmly believe you should always drink your beer out of a glass. But will one of those straight-sided pint glasses suffice, or is it worth spending some money on a beer glass that had fluid dynamics test performed on it? We're here to definitively answer that question today.

        Roger brought in three beer glasses that we will be comparing to the straight sided shaker pint control glass:

        Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass Duvel Chalice Dogfish Head IPA Glass

        We'll be sampling these three beers in each of the four glasses:

        Sam Adams Golden Pilsner Duvel Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA

        After our scientific sampling, we'll also try some of the new innovations from Sam Adams, Duvel and Dogfish Head, each in their brewery's respective glass:

        Sam Adams Boston Lager (Remastered) Duvel 6.66 Dogfish Head Citrus Squall

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         54:58 false full 26533788 2023-05-01T00:01:01Z         Binny's Wine Legend Gregory Fulham Binny's Wine Legend Gregory Fulham Fri, 07 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000 This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're sitting down with retiring wine consultant Gregory Fulham. Gregory has been with Binny's for the better part of the last four decades. In that time, he's become both a Binny's institution and a Hyde Park institution.

        In celebration of his retirement, we're opening wines from two of his favorite varieties: Riesling and Port.

        Gregory's other recommendations include:

        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.

         

        ]]>         This week on Barrel to Bottle, we're sitting down with retiring wine consultant Gregory Fulham. Gregory has been with Binny's for the better part of the last four decades. In that time, he's become both a Binny's institution and a Hyde Park institution.

        In celebration of his retirement, we're opening wines from two of his favorite varieties: Riesling and Port.

        Gregory's other recommendations include:

        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.

        ]]>         50:37 false full 26469678 2023-05-01T00:01:01Z         Any Port (Cocktail) in the Storm Any Port (Cocktail) in the Storm Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000 This is a Chris episode, which means it's esoteric but fun and someone will probably get well actually'd. What's more esoteric than port cocktails? It's probably not as far-fetched as you think though. We cracked open a bottle of Clark & Sheffield 10-Year-Old Tawny Port for these cocktails that range from simple to complicated and would be perfect for Elevenses, brunch or even a night cap.

        Check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog. 

        The Q&A portion of Barrel to Bottle is back this week! Today's question comes from Michael, who wants to know everyone's favorite method to transport cans and bottles. He really just wanted to show off a picture of his Hamm's Sack, for storing Hamm's.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

         

        ]]>         This is a Chris episode, which means it's esoteric but fun and someone will probably get well actually'd. What's more esoteric than port cocktails? It's probably not as far-fetched as you think though. We cracked open a bottle of Clark & Sheffield 10-Year-Old Tawny Port for these cocktails that range from simple to complicated and would be perfect for Elevenses, brunch or even a night cap.

        Check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog.

        The Q&A portion of Barrel to Bottle is back this week! Today's question comes from Michael, who wants to know everyone's favorite method to transport cans and bottles. He really just wanted to show off a picture of his Hamm's Sack, for storing Hamm's.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         54:20 false full 26384505 2023-04-01T00:01:01Z         What the Hell Does That Taste Like? vol. 3 pt. 2 What the Hell Does That Taste Like? vol. 3 pt. 2 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Because Pat is Pat, we had to turn What Does That Taste Like vol. 3 into a two-parter. For part two, Pat has brought a wide range of spirits from all over the world.

        What the hell do these taste like? Find out!

        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.

         

        ]]>         Because Pat is Pat, we had to turn What Does That Taste Like vol. 3 into a two-parter. For part two, Pat has brought a wide range of spirits from all over the world.

        What the hell do these taste like? Find out!

        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.

        ]]>         01:00:53 false full 26320356 2023-04-01T00:01:01Z         What the Hell Does That Taste Like? vol. 3 pt. 1 What the Hell Does That Taste Like? vol. 3 pt. 1 Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000 It's time once again to answer the world's oldest question, "What the Hell Does That Taste Like?" Have you ever seen a bottle of some wine, beer or spirit at Binny's and wondered what it is? This is the episode for you. And because Pat can't help himself, this ended up being a two parter.

        Roger's Beers:

        Chris' Wines:

        That's it for beer and wine. Join us next week for part two, What the Hell Does That Taste Like? Spirits.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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!

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        ]]>         It's time once again to answer the world's oldest question, "What the Hell Does That Taste Like?" Have you ever seen a bottle of some wine, beer or spirit at Binny's and wondered what it is? This is the episode for you. And because Pat can't help himself, this ended up being a two parter.

        Roger's Beers:

        Chris' Wines:

        That's it for beer and wine. Join us next week for part two, What the Hell Does That Taste Like? Spirits.

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        ]]>         55:36 false full 26250447 2023-04-01T00:01:01Z         Dingle Distillery Dingle Distillery Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Elliot Hughes of is the managing distillery director for Dingle Distillery. What started as a bar outside of Dublin has become a distillery in Dingle, in the southwest corner of Ireland. Dingle is far-flung, but it's also a popular tourist destination with mild weather perfect for aging whiskey.

        Dingle's yearly releases pay homage to the town's connection to Celtic pagan traditions, which include various festivals, equinoxes and solstices.

        This week on Barrel to Bottle we sampled:

        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!

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        ]]>         Elliot Hughes of is the managing distillery director for Dingle Distillery. What started as a bar outside of Dublin has become a distillery in Dingle, in the southwest corner of Ireland. Dingle is far-flung, but it's also a popular tourist destination with mild weather perfect for aging whiskey.

        Dingle's yearly releases pay homage to the town's connection to Celtic pagan traditions, which include various festivals, equinoxes and solstices.

        This week on Barrel to Bottle we sampled:

        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.

        ]]>         57:45 false full 26179737 2023-04-01T00:01:01Z         The Gang Picks a Fight With America's Dad, Tom Hanks The Gang Picks a Fight With America's Dad, Tom Hanks Fri, 03 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 The last time we took on a major celebrity and their absurd cocktail, it was Stanley Tucci's shaken Negroni with vodka. Things didn't so great for The Tooch, but will America's Dad fare better? Earlier this year, Jim sent the group an article about Tom Hanks appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Hanks is not a big drinker, but he will add a splash of champagne to his Diet Coke. And that's how an episode topic is born.  

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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 last time we took on a major celebrity and their absurd cocktail, it was Stanley Tucci's shaken Negroni with vodka. Things didn't so great for The Tooch, but will America's Dad fare better? Earlier this year, Jim sent the group an article about Tom Hanks appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Hanks is not a big drinker, but he will add a splash of champagne to his Diet Coke. And that's how an episode topic is born.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         58:39 false full 26110437 2023-04-01T00:01:01Z         Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2022 Bonus Episode: Pat's Unobtanium and Unsure What It Is Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2022 Bonus Episode: Pat's Unobtanium and Unsure What It Is Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Whenever Pat brings bottles in for an episode, you can safely assume he's going to bring way more than we can ever get to. After tasting through the Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2022, Pat pulled out two mystery bottles; something he would have added to the list, and something he's not quite sure what it is but it has a memorable taste. 

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

        ]]>         11:31 false bonus 26034597 2023-03-01T00:00:10Z         Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2022 Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2022 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Once again, we're running down the list of Whisky Advocate's top 20 whiskies of the year and sampling the ones we have available. What was once a list of unobatnium bottles has now expanded with more readily available products and better price points. 

        #20 – Craigellachie 13-Year-Old Armagnac Finish 
        #19 – Teeling Single Pot Still Virgin Chinkapin Oak Wonders of Wood
        #18 – Hardin's Creek Colonel James B. Beam 2 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Limited Release
        #17 – Indri Trini The Three Wood
        #11 – Sweetens Cove Kennessee Kentucky & Tennessee Bourbon Finished with Toasted Sugar Maple Wood
        #10 – Nelson Brothers Bourbon Reserve
        #8 – Limavady Single Malt Irish Whiskey
        #5 – Westward Cask Strength American Single Malt Whiskey
        #4 – Dewars 12 Year Double Aged Scotch
        #3 – Barrell Bourbon Vantage Finished in Mizunara, French, and Virgin Oak Barrels
        #1 – Jack Daniel's Bonded  

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

         

        ]]>         Once again, we're running down the list of Whisky Advocate's top 20 whiskies of the year and sampling the ones we have available. What was once a list of unobatnium bottles has now expanded with more readily available products and better price points.

        #20 – Craigellachie 13-Year-Old Armagnac Finish #19 – Teeling Single Pot Still Virgin Chinkapin Oak Wonders of Wood #18 – Hardin's Creek Colonel James B. Beam 2 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Limited Release #17 – Indri Trini The Three Wood #11 – Sweetens Cove Kennessee Kentucky & Tennessee Bourbon Finished with Toasted Sugar Maple Wood #10 – Nelson Brothers Bourbon Reserve #8 – Limavady Single Malt Irish Whiskey #5 – Westward Cask Strength American Single Malt Whiskey #4 – Dewars 12 Year Double Aged Scotch #3 – Barrell Bourbon Vantage Finished in Mizunara, French, and Virgin Oak Barrels #1 – Jack Daniel's Bonded

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         57:11 false full 26024667 2023-03-16T16:40:42Z         Your Mixological & Gastronomical Tour of New Orleans Your Mixological & Gastronomical Tour of New Orleans Fri, 17 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 This is probably our most ambitious episode ever. We'll be eating well-known New Orleans dishes, along with Abita beer, and then making New Orleans cocktails and pairing them with paczkis. We apologize in advance for all the mouth noises.

        Abita is the classic New Orleans beer and a lot of their offerings pair great with local cuisine. Mardi Gras Bock is a more of a Maibock than a doppelbock, which makes it a clean, easy-drinking beer. It pairs perfectly with the shrimp étoufée, red beans & rice and jambalaya.

        Check out the full recipes on our blog:

        In addition to all that, Pat brought Cheramie Rum. Made in New Orleans from fresh-pressed cane juice. It's a bit like an Agricole rum but not as funky.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         This is probably our most ambitious episode ever. We'll be eating well-known New Orleans dishes, along with Abita beer, and then making New Orleans cocktails and pairing them with paczkis. We apologize in advance for all the mouth noises.

        Abita is the classic New Orleans beer and a lot of their offerings pair great with local cuisine. Mardi Gras Bock is a more of a Maibock than a doppelbock, which makes it a clean, easy-drinking beer. It pairs perfectly with the shrimp étoufée, red beans & rice and jambalaya.

        Check out the full recipes on our blog:

        In addition to all that, Pat brought Cheramie Rum. Made in New Orleans from fresh-pressed cane juice. It's a bit like an Agricole rum but not as funky.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         01:01:36 false full 25953813 2023-03-01T00:00:10Z         Guigal Wines with Patrick Will Guigal Wines with Patrick Will Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 As the premiere producer in the Rhone, you would assume Guigal has been around for centuries. Guigal is in their third generation, which is relatively young for the Rhone and France overall. Joining us today is Patrick Will, brand development director at Vintus, importer of Guigal. He has worked with the Guigal family for 26 years.

        featuring these wines:

        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.

        ]]>         As the premiere producer in the Rhone, you would assume Guigal has been around for centuries. Guigal is in their third generation, which is relatively young for the Rhone and France overall. Joining us today is Patrick Will, brand development director at Vintus, importer of Guigal. He has worked with the Guigal family for 26 years.

        featuring these wines:

        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.

        ]]>         55:45 false full 25883256 2023-03-01T00:00:10Z         Blackened Whiskey with Rob Dietrich Blackened Whiskey with Rob Dietrich Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 This week we welcome Rob Dietrich, master distiller of Blackened Whiskey. If you're not familiar, Blackened started as a collaboration between Metallica and distilling legend Dave Pickerell.

        Drink along at home with the following whiskies:

        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.

         

        ]]>         This week we welcome Rob Dietrich, master distiller of Blackened Whiskey. If you're not familiar, Blackened started as a collaboration between Metallica and distilling legend Dave Pickerell.

        Drink along at home with the following whiskies:

        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.

        ]]>         48:22 false full 25811403 2023-03-01T00:00:10Z         B2B Q&A pt. 2 B2B Q&A pt. 2 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 We're back with part 2 of our Barrel to Bottle Q&A episode. Check out part 1 on our blog or wherever you download podcasts. 

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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 part 2 of our Barrel to Bottle Q&A episode. Check out part 1 on our blog or wherever you download podcasts.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         37:25 false full 25725828 2023-02-01T00:00:24Z         B2B Q&A pt. 1 B2B Q&A pt. 1 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 We used to tackle listener questions on a regular basis, but over the years the episodes kept getting longer and longer. We miss the listener interaction, and we miss giving away $20 Binny's gift cards, so periodically we do these all Q&A episodes. It's time for us to A your Qs.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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 used to tackle listener questions on a regular basis, but over the years the episodes kept getting longer and longer. We miss the listener interaction, and we miss giving away $20 Binny's gift cards, so periodically we do these all Q&A episodes. It's time for us to A your Qs.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         52:21 false full 25661826 2023-02-01T00:00:24Z         Dry January 2023 Dry January 2023 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 We haven't done a Non-Alc episode in two years, and a lot has changed in that time. The entire category has exploded; not only are there more options than ever, but the options are better than they've ever been.

        This week, Roger, Alicia, and Pat have brought the newest and best options for Dry January and beyond in beer, wine, and spirits.

        Roger's NA Beer/Seltzer Options:

        Alicia's NA Wine Options:

        Pat's NA Spirits:

        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 haven't done a Non-Alc episode in two years, and a lot has changed in that time. The entire category has exploded; not only are there more options than ever, but the options are better than they've ever been.

        This week, Roger, Alicia, and Pat have brought the newest and best options for Dry January and beyond in beer, wine, and spirits.

        Roger's NA Beer/Seltzer Options: Alicia's NA Wine Options: Pat's NA Spirits:

        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.

        ]]>         56:13 false full 25590015 2023-02-01T00:00:24Z         More Damn Fine Coffee Beers More Damn Fine Coffee Beers Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Coffee: the original beer adjunct before that became a dirty word. We only just did a coffee episode in late 2022 but there are so many coffee stouts being released, especially in the winter months, that it makes sense to do another one.

        This time in addition to drinking coffee beer, and the coffee these beers are made with, Roger has baked several cookies that pair great with the beer and the coffee.

        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.

         

        ]]>         Coffee: the original beer adjunct before that became a dirty word. We only just did a coffee episode in late 2022 but there are so many coffee stouts being released, especially in the winter months, that it makes sense to do another one.

        This time in addition to drinking coffee beer, and the coffee these beers are made with, Roger has baked several cookies that pair great with the beer and the coffee.

        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.

        ]]>         43:51 false full 25515318 2023-02-01T00:00:24Z         Barrel to Bottle Picks of the Year 2022 pt. 2 Barrel to Bottle Picks of the Year 2022 pt. 2 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 And now for the epic conclusion of Barrel to Bottle's Picks of the Year 2022.

        Honorable Mentions

        ]]>         And now for the epic conclusion of Barrel to Bottle's Picks of the Year 2022.

        Honorable Mentions ]]>         50:46 false full 25450809 2023-01-01T00:00:15Z         Barrel to Bottle's Picks of the Year 2022 pt. 1 Barrel to Bottle's Picks of the Year 2022 pt. 1 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 It's time for the Barrel to Bottle Pick(s) of the Year. For the first time ever, we have seven people on mics, so it should be obvious why we had to split this into two episodes.

        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 time for the Barrel to Bottle Pick(s) of the Year. For the first time ever, we have seven people on mics, so it should be obvious why we had to split this into two episodes.

        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.

        ]]>         45:38 false full 25401561 2023-01-01T00:00:15Z         Bonus Episode: 2022 Nog Update Bonus Episode: 2022 Nog Update Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 It's time to check back in on Chris and Pat's respective aged eggnogs. We last checked in on these over a year ago, but how are they now? Will the Barrel to Bottle Crew survive or is this the last episode? 

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

        ]]>         13:02 false bonus 25384839 2023-01-01T00:00:15Z         Binny's Buyers' Picks 2022 pt. 2 Binny's Buyers' Picks 2022 pt. 2 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 We're back with part two of our yearly Binny's Buyer's Picks episode.

        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 part two of our yearly Binny's Buyer's Picks episode.

        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.

        ]]>         33:24 false full 25338429 2023-01-01T00:00:15Z         Binny's Buyers' Picks 2022 pt. 1 Binny's Buyers' Picks 2022 pt. 1 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 It's December, which means we're once again talking with Binny's category buyers about what they were most impressed with this year. These people taste everything, so this is the best of the best for 2022.

        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 December, which means we're once again talking with Binny's category buyers about what they were most impressed with this year. These people taste everything, so this is the best of the best for 2022.

        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.

        ]]>         50:37 false full 25270707 2023-01-01T00:00:15Z         Shattering Wine Myths Shattering Wine Myths Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 There are a lot of guidelines and rules around drinking wine that may or may not apply anymore and Lincoln Park wine manager Ben is here to smash them. Or confirm them.

        Shatter some myths with the following wines:

        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 a lot of guidelines and rules around drinking wine that may or may not apply anymore and Lincoln Park wine manager Ben is here to smash them. Or confirm them.

        Shatter some myths with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         01:03:13 false full 25193529 2023-01-01T00:00:15Z         Keeper's Heart Irish American Whiskey Keeper's Heart Irish American Whiskey Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Nation (formerly of Midleton) and David Perkins (formerly of High West) are two heavy hitters in the spirits industry. So, Pat was quite shocked when he heard that an upstart distillery in Minnesota had hired both of them, he had to check them out. That lead him to Keeper's Heart, where they're making Irishized American Whiskey and Americanized Irish Whiskey.

        Right now, Keeper's Heart is sourcing bourbon and rye from MGP in Indiana. Since last year they've also been laying down their own distillate. The first thing they've produced is an American Single Pot Still. 

        Drink along at home with the following whiskies:

        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.

        ]]>         Brian Nation (formerly of Midleton) and David Perkins (formerly of High West) are two heavy hitters in the spirits industry. So, Pat was quite shocked when he heard that an upstart distillery in Minnesota had hired both of them, he had to check them out. That lead him to Keeper's Heart, where they're making Irishized American Whiskey and Americanized Irish Whiskey.

        Right now, Keeper's Heart is sourcing bourbon and rye from MGP in Indiana. Since last year they've also been laying down their own distillate. The first thing they've produced is an American Single Pot Still.

        Drink along at home with the following whiskies:

        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.

        ]]>         53:52 false full 25102281 2022-12-01T00:00:10Z         Barrel to Bottle Thanksgiving Pairings Barrel to Bottle Thanksgiving Pairings Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000 What are you drinking for Thanksgiving? We've got recommendations for spirits before, during and after dinner, beers that pair with a wide range of dishes and wines to pair with specific types of guests at your dinner table.

        Check out Pat's Thanksgiving Picks:

        Check out Roger's Thanksgiving Picks:

        Check out Chris and Alicia's Thanksgiving Picks:

        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 are you drinking for Thanksgiving? We've got recommendations for spirits before, during and after dinner, beers that pair with a wide range of dishes and wines to pair with specific types of guests at your dinner table.

        Check out Pat's Thanksgiving Picks: Check out Roger's Thanksgiving Picks: Check out Chris and Alicia's Thanksgiving Picks:

        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.

        ]]>         01:05:57 false full 25054545 2022-12-01T00:00:10Z         Damn Fine Coffee Beers Damn Fine Coffee Beers Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Coffee. It's probably one of the most popular adjuncts in craft beer. Most of the coffee Roger drinks is through beer because he's a tea guy. But he assembled some coffee guys for today's episode. Then he picked some great coffee beers and also sourced the coffee used in the beers so we could try it all side-by-side.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        This week's listener question comes from Bill, who loves the show. This is more of a comment than a question, but he wants to know why Abita changed the Turbodog label from the adorable puppy to the generic-looking black and yellow label.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

         

        ]]>         Coffee. It's probably one of the most popular adjuncts in craft beer. Most of the coffee Roger drinks is through beer because he's a tea guy. But he assembled some coffee guys for today's episode. Then he picked some great coffee beers and also sourced the coffee used in the beers so we could try it all side-by-side.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        This week's listener question comes from Bill, who loves the show. This is more of a comment than a question, but he wants to know why Abita changed the Turbodog label from the adorable puppy to the generic-looking black and yellow label.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at 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.

        ]]>         54:48 false full 24973581 2022-12-01T00:00:10Z         Milam & Greene's Marsha Milam Milam & Greene's Marsha Milam Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Marsha Milam is one of the founders of Milam & Greene, a Texas distillery that makes their own juice, but also blends and ages sourced liquid. Marsha started the distillery after having an epiphany while on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. She recruited world-renowned spirits expert Heather Greene to be her partner and blender. Then she brought in Marlene Holmes, formerly of Jim Beam, to be her Master Distiller.

        Drink along at home with the following bourbons:

        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.

         

        ]]>         Marsha Milam is one of the founders of Milam & Greene, a Texas distillery that makes their own juice, but also blends and ages sourced liquid. Marsha started the distillery after having an epiphany while on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. She recruited world-renowned spirits expert Heather Greene to be her partner and blender. Then she brought in Marlene Holmes, formerly of Jim Beam, to be her Master Distiller.

        Drink along at home with the following bourbons:

        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.

        ]]>         47:47 false full 24898719 2022-12-01T00:00:10Z         Whiskey Hotline Handpicked Scotch Whiskey Hotline Handpicked Scotch Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Pat loves Scotch. Scotchy Scotch Scotch. We haven't done an episode on Handpicked Scotches in a while, so to recap the process: Brett, and sometimes Pat and Joe, travel to Scotland once or twice a year and visit as many distilleries as possible every day. If it's at an independent bottler, the entire day is spent crawling around in barrel warehouses picking casks they want to try.  

        Binny's has carefully cultivated relationships with independent bottles going back nearly twenty years. What they taste in Scotland gets narrowed down to around 30 candidates. They sample those 30 samples again back home and then choose which casks they want to buy. Because of these relationships, Binny's gets access to some special stuff.

        Drink along at home with the following Handpicked Scotches:

        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 loves Scotch. Scotchy Scotch Scotch. We haven't done an episode on Handpicked Scotches in a while, so to recap the process: Brett, and sometimes Pat and Joe, travel to Scotland once or twice a year and visit as many distilleries as possible every day. If it's at an independent bottler, the entire day is spent crawling around in barrel warehouses picking casks they want to try.

        Binny's has carefully cultivated relationships with independent bottles going back nearly twenty years. What they taste in Scotland gets narrowed down to around 30 candidates. They sample those 30 samples again back home and then choose which casks they want to buy. Because of these relationships, Binny's gets access to some special stuff.

        Drink along at home with the following Handpicked Scotches:

        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.

        ]]>         56:32 false full 24821793 2022-11-01T00:01:01Z         Bourbon County Stout 2022 Preview Bourbon County Stout 2022 Preview Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 It's the end of October, which means it's time to taste some Bourbon County Stout. Our friends at Goose Island were good enough to invite the Barrel to Bottle crew to their Barrel House and taste through the 2022 line-up. We took copious notes and then raced back to the Barrel to Bottle Studios to record this episode. 

        Goose Island Bourbon County Stout – The original always changes slightly and this year, like last, it was a mixture of Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey and Buffalo Trace barrels, but they also added Four Roses barrels to the mix. This is still the defining beer for the category, and it will be plentiful. And also, some of it will be in four packs!

        Goose Island Bourbon County 30th Anniversary Reserve Stout ­­– It's the 30th anniversary of Bourbon County Stout and this one returns to where it all began. Greg Hall was talking to Booker Noe, which led to putting stout in Jim Beam Small Batch Bourbon Collection. They used a variety of Booker, Knob Creek, Basil Hayden and Baker's barrels that were then purposefully blended.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Two-Year Barleywine Reserve – It's hard to tell from looking at it that this is a barleywine and not a stout. Two years in the barrel have made it darker, but it tastes like a barleywine. It's aged in Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Decanter Series barrels.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout – Coffee is back! Greg couldn't be happier for this one, the original BCBS variant that returns after a 5-year hiatus. This was once again brewed with Intelligentsia coffee. Goose used a liquid coffee concentrate as well as whole beans from Burundi for this beer.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Sir Isaac's Stout – This beer is inspired to Fig Newton cookies. Figs can be sweet, sometimes too sweet. Goose's solution was to go with dried figs, specifically Black Mission. Roger loves these figs for beer pairings. The beer was circulated through 10,000 pounds of figs, then the beer sat on those figs for two weeks. After that they added graham cracker flavoring.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Biscotti Stout – *Italian finger pinch gesture* This one went a little heavy-handed on the anise, and there are a lot of other Italian cookies that have even more anise, such as pizzelles. The anise is balanced though, with almonds and cocoa nibs.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Proprietor's Stout – This beer was inspired by the Jungle Bird cocktail and features banana, coconut, lime and pineapple. Roger got hung up on the missing Campari, although he's also not sure how that would work in a beer.

        But wait, there's more! Two years ago, Goose released Bourbon County Kentucky Fog, which featured tea and honey. Greg was a big fan, Pat was not. We should have drank this 18 months ago, but Greg never did.  

        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 the end of October, which means it's time to taste some Bourbon County Stout. Our friends at Goose Island were good enough to invite the Barrel to Bottle crew to their Barrel House and taste through the 2022 line-up. We took copious notes and then raced back to the Barrel to Bottle Studios to record this episode.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Stout – The original always changes slightly and this year, like last, it was a mixture of Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey and Buffalo Trace barrels, but they also added Four Roses barrels to the mix. This is still the defining beer for the category, and it will be plentiful. And also, some of it will be in four packs!

        Goose Island Bourbon County 30th Anniversary Reserve Stout ­­– It's the 30th anniversary of Bourbon County Stout and this one returns to where it all began. Greg Hall was talking to Booker Noe, which led to putting stout in Jim Beam Small Batch Bourbon Collection. They used a variety of Booker, Knob Creek, Basil Hayden and Baker's barrels that were then purposefully blended.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Two-Year Barleywine Reserve – It's hard to tell from looking at it that this is a barleywine and not a stout. Two years in the barrel have made it darker, but it tastes like a barleywine. It's aged in Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Decanter Series barrels.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout – Coffee is back! Greg couldn't be happier for this one, the original BCBS variant that returns after a 5-year hiatus. This was once again brewed with Intelligentsia coffee. Goose used a liquid coffee concentrate as well as whole beans from Burundi for this beer.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Sir Isaac's Stout – This beer is inspired to Fig Newton cookies. Figs can be sweet, sometimes too sweet. Goose's solution was to go with dried figs, specifically Black Mission. Roger loves these figs for beer pairings. The beer was circulated through 10,000 pounds of figs, then the beer sat on those figs for two weeks. After that they added graham cracker flavoring.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Biscotti Stout – *Italian finger pinch gesture* This one went a little heavy-handed on the anise, and there are a lot of other Italian cookies that have even more anise, such as pizzelles. The anise is balanced though, with almonds and cocoa nibs.

        Goose Island Bourbon County Proprietor's Stout – This beer was inspired by the Jungle Bird cocktail and features banana, coconut, lime and pineapple. Roger got hung up on the missing Campari, although he's also not sure how that would work in a beer.

        But wait, there's more! Two years ago, Goose released Bourbon County Kentucky Fog, which featured tea and honey. Greg was a big fan, Pat was not. We should have drank this 18 months ago, but Greg never did.

        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.

        ]]>         52:05 false full 24740610 2022-11-01T00:01:01Z         B2B TMZ Celebrity Tequila Edition B2B TMZ Celebrity Tequila Edition Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Celebrities, they love tequila just like you! They love tequila so much in fact that they started their own brand of tequila! Sixteen to be exact, or at least that's what we have today, in our blind tasting of 16 celebrity tequilas. Blind is best, that's what the Whiskey Hotline always says. It's the only honest way to taste anything, so leave your preconceived notions at the door!

        As the Barrel to Bottle crew tastes along at home, blind, Future Pat will tell you the listener which tequila we are sampling.

        Drink along at home with the following celebrity tequilas:

        1. Jaja Reposado - (F**k Jerry and The Chainsmokers)
        2. Gran Coramino Reposado Cristalino Tequila – (Kevin Hart)
        3. Lobos 1707 Reposado – (LeBron James)
        4. 818 Blanco – (Kendall Jenner)
        5. Teremana Reposado Tequila – (The People's Champ)
        6. Flecha Azul Añejo – (Mark Wahlberg)
        7. Casamigos Reposado Tequila – (Cloon Dog)
        8. Santo Fino Blanco Tequila – (The Mayor of Flavortown)
        9. La Gritona Reposado – (Andy Coronado)
        10. Cincoro Anejo Tequila – (Michael Jordan etc…)
        11. El Bandido Reposado Tequila – (Chris Chelios)
        12. Calirosa Tequila Añejo – (Adam Levine)
        13. Codigo Reposado – (George Strait)
        14. Don Ramon Tequila Reposado – (Pierce Brosnan)
        15. DeLeón's Reposado Tequila – (Diddy)
        16. Dos Primos Blanco Tequila – (Thomas Rhett)

        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.

         

        ]]>         Celebrities, they love tequila just like you! They love tequila so much in fact that they started their own brand of tequila! Sixteen to be exact, or at least that's what we have today, in our blind tasting of 16 celebrity tequilas. Blind is best, that's what the Whiskey Hotline always says. It's the only honest way to taste anything, so leave your preconceived notions at the door!

        As the Barrel to Bottle crew tastes along at home, blind, Future Pat will tell you the listener which tequila we are sampling. Drink along at home with the following celebrity tequilas:

        1. Jaja Reposado - (F**k Jerry and The Chainsmokers)
        2. Gran Coramino Reposado Cristalino Tequila – (Kevin Hart)
        3. Lobos 1707 Reposado – (LeBron James)
        4. 818 Blanco – (Kendall Jenner)
        5. Teremana Reposado Tequila – (The People's Champ)
        6. Flecha Azul Añejo – (Mark Wahlberg)
        7. Casamigos Reposado Tequila – (Cloon Dog)
        8. Santo Fino Blanco Tequila – (The Mayor of Flavortown)
        9. La Gritona Reposado – (Andy Coronado)
        10. Cincoro Anejo Tequila – (Michael Jordan etc…)
        11. El Bandido Reposado Tequila – (Chris Chelios)
        12. Calirosa Tequila Añejo – (Adam Levine)
        13. Codigo Reposado – (George Strait)
        14. Don Ramon Tequila Reposado – (Pierce Brosnan)
        15. DeLeón's Reposado Tequila – (Diddy)
        16. Dos Primos Blanco Tequila – (Thomas Rhett)

        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.

        ]]>         01:09:22 false full 24680706 2022-11-01T00:01:01Z         What's New in Beer and Cider What's New in Beer and Cider Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000 We've done new wines and new spirits, so obviously we're following the rule of threes and doing an episode on new beers (and ciders). This category is very different though. New beers and ciders come and go so quickly. In craft beer, it's "sure this is great but what have you got that's new?"

        There's constant turnover as more and more breweries have abandoned the concept of year-round and seasonal flagships. But Roger was undeterred and found six beers and two ciders that should be sticking around all year or will be brewed again next year as a seasonal.

        Drink along at home with the following beers and ciders:

        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've done new wines and new spirits, so obviously we're following the rule of threes and doing an episode on new beers (and ciders). This category is very different though. New beers and ciders come and go so quickly. In craft beer, it's "sure this is great but what have you got that's new?"

        There's constant turnover as more and more breweries have abandoned the concept of year-round and seasonal flagships. But Roger was undeterred and found six beers and two ciders that should be sticking around all year or will be brewed again next year as a seasonal.

        Drink along at home with the following beers and ciders:

        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.

        ]]>         55:05 false full 24610524 2022-11-01T00:01:01Z         What's New in Spirits What's New in Spirits Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Once again, Pat was asked at the last minute to assemble a spirits podcast on a Friday afternoon. And once again, he assembled enough bottles for four podcast episodes.

        Last week, we covered wines that are new to stores but might have fallen through the cracks because of the sheer volume of product we receive. The spirits category is no different; we see thousands of new products every year from Irish Whiskey, Tequila, Mezcal, Bourbon…the list goes on. We're going to set the timer for 50 minutes and see how much we can try this week.

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        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.

        ]]>         Once again, Pat was asked at the last minute to assemble a spirits podcast on a Friday afternoon. And once again, he assembled enough bottles for four podcast episodes.

        Last week, we covered wines that are new to stores but might have fallen through the cracks because of the sheer volume of product we receive. The spirits category is no different; we see thousands of new products every year from Irish Whiskey, Tequila, Mezcal, Bourbon…the list goes on. We're going to set the timer for 50 minutes and see how much we can try this week.

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        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.

        ]]>         52:36 false full 24533499 2022-10-01T00:01:56Z         What's New in Wine What's New in Wine Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:16:35 +0000 Binny's has a lot of wine. A LOT. This year, we're on pace to add over 4,000 new wines.  That means you could come into Binny's every day for a year, buy a mixed case, and not taste the same wine twice.

        There's no way around it though, some of this stuff is going to fly under the radar. We can't talk about all of it, so this week Chris put together a tasting of 9 wines that are worth checking out.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        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 lot of wine. A LOT. This year, we're on pace to add over 4,000 new wines. That means you could come into Binny's every day for a year, buy a mixed case, and not taste the same wine twice.

        There's no way around it though, some of this stuff is going to fly under the radar. We can't talk about all of it, so this week Chris put together a tasting of 9 wines that are worth checking out.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         01:05:21 false full 24468954 2022-10-01T00:01:56Z         Whiskey Hotline Handpicked Sleepers Whiskey Hotline Handpicked Sleepers Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Most of the time when a Binny's Handpicked Single Barrel comes in, it's gone within a few weeks.  Sometimes even quicker. The good news is the Whiskey Hotline picks hundreds of barrels every year, and because of there are a lot of hidden gems that get lost in the shuffle. Pat brought Joe, and a box of hidden Irish Whiskey, Bourbon, Rye, Armagnac, Rum and Scotch gems.

        The Binny's name goes on these bottles because the Whiskey Hotline is excited about them. They turn down barrels all the time if they don't meet their standards. And contrary to internet chatter, the Whiskey Hotline samples everything before buying a barrel, they don't just let a Master Distiller picks a cask and then slaps a Binny's logo on it. Sometimes there are so many Handpicked bottles in stores that it can become overwhelming, and they slip out of consciousness.

        Check your local Binny's for all these hidden gems:

        That brings us to the Q&A Portion of Barrel to Bottle (yes, we still do these). Listener Kim wants to know if light can damager spirits bottles.

        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.

        ]]>         Most of the time when a Binny's Handpicked Single Barrel comes in, it's gone within a few weeks. Sometimes even quicker. The good news is the Whiskey Hotline picks hundreds of barrels every year, and because of there are a lot of hidden gems that get lost in the shuffle. Pat brought Joe, and a box of hidden Irish Whiskey, Bourbon, Rye, Armagnac, Rum and Scotch gems.

        The Binny's name goes on these bottles because the Whiskey Hotline is excited about them. They turn down barrels all the time if they don't meet their standards. And contrary to internet chatter, the Whiskey Hotline samples everything before buying a barrel, they don't just let a Master Distiller picks a cask and then slaps a Binny's logo on it. Sometimes there are so many Handpicked bottles in stores that it can become overwhelming, and they slip out of consciousness.

        Check your local Binny's for all these hidden gems:

        That brings us to the Q&A Portion of Barrel to Bottle (yes, we still do these). Listener Kim wants to know if light can damager spirits bottles.

        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.

        ]]>         01:10:40 false full 24388707 2022-10-01T00:01:56Z         Try If You Like: More Wines to Expand Your Horizons Try If You Like: More Wines to Expand Your Horizons Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000 TIYL. If you're stuck in a rut with your wine purchases, but are looking to get adventurous, this is the episode for you. Today we'll be tasting well-known wines or wines from well-known regions; if you like those wines, we can recommend something to elevate your wine game and move your palate into new and exciting things.

        If you like these wines try these wines:

        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.

        ]]>         TIYL. If you're stuck in a rut with your wine purchases, but are looking to get adventurous, this is the episode for you. Today we'll be tasting well-known wines or wines from well-known regions; if you like those wines, we can recommend something to elevate your wine game and move your palate into new and exciting things.

        If you like these wines try these wines:

        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.

        ]]>         47:10 false full 24312501 2022-10-01T00:01:56Z         Vienna Lagers Vienna Lagers Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Usually, the beer styles near and dear to Roger's heart get no love. That's not the case this week, as we delve into Vienna Lagers. Over the last few years, several local breweries have added Vienna Lagers to their line-ups. There are also some craft stalwarts that you might not have even realized were Vienna Lagers.

        If you're a fan of Oktoberfest beers, and want them year-round, you'll love Vienna Lagers. Viennas and Märzens were created at essentially at the same time, by a pair of friends who engaged in a little industrial espionage.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         Usually, the beer styles near and dear to Roger's heart get no love. That's not the case this week, as we delve into Vienna Lagers. Over the last few years, several local breweries have added Vienna Lagers to their line-ups. There are also some craft stalwarts that you might not have even realized were Vienna Lagers.

        If you're a fan of Oktoberfest beers, and want them year-round, you'll love Vienna Lagers. Viennas and Märzens were created at essentially at the same time, by a pair of friends who engaged in a little industrial espionage.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         43:14 false full 24245127 2022-10-01T00:01:56Z         Kolo'a Rum with Bob Gunter Kolo'a Rum with Bob Gunter Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Mahalo! Here at Barrel to Bottle, we've been touting rum for years. This week, we're sitting down with Bob Gunter, President and CEO of Kolo'a Rum. Hawaii's remoteness presents challenges in sourcing equipment and ingredients. Environmental standards in Hawaii also mean using molasses for the rum is not a viable option.

        Drink along at home with the following rums:

        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.

        ]]>         Mahalo! Here at Barrel to Bottle, we've been touting rum for years. This week, we're sitting down with Bob Gunter, President and CEO of Kolo'a Rum. Hawaii's remoteness presents challenges in sourcing equipment and ingredients. Environmental standards in Hawaii also mean using molasses for the rum is not a viable option.

        Drink along at home with the following rums:

        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.

        ]]>         57:41 false full 24167706 2022-09-01T00:01:02Z         Man, It's a Hot One (Hot Sauce Pairings) Man, It's a Hot One (Hot Sauce Pairings) Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle Crew has never shied away from spicy food, so it's kind of hard to believe it's taken us this long to do a hot sauce episode. Jenna recently attended a hot sauce festival, which Greg was prevented from going to by his significant other, and she brought back a slew of sauces, then added some of her own, along with one from producer Jim.

        The plan is simple: crack open a selection of beers, wines and spirits and sample sauces from mild to hottest and attempt to find which, if any of these beverage alcohols pair with spicy, vinegary, fruity, garlicky hot sauces.

        Pair along at home with the following:

        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 Barrel to Bottle Crew has never shied away from spicy food, so it's kind of hard to believe it's taken us this long to do a hot sauce episode. Jenna recently attended a hot sauce festival, which Greg was prevented from going to by his significant other, and she brought back a slew of sauces, then added some of her own, along with one from producer Jim.

        The plan is simple: crack open a selection of beers, wines and spirits and sample sauces from mild to hottest and attempt to find which, if any of these beverage alcohols pair with spicy, vinegary, fruity, garlicky hot sauces.

        Pair along at home with the following:

        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.

        ]]>         01:14:29 false full 24100509 2022-09-01T00:01:02Z         As Drank on TV As Drank on TV Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Chances are, if you make a pop culture reference on Barrel to Bottle, Jim will laugh at it, off mic. Tapping into his vast knowledge of useless information, Jim has crafted seven fictional cocktails from TV (and one book). From small town Indiana to medium city Pennsylvania to a bar where everybody knows your name to the deepest reaches of space, these cocktails are definitely liquid and they won't make you sick. 

        Before the cocktails though, a little house cleaning; the Barrel to Bottle Crew made good on their promise to try Pakistani Mangoes. 

        Visit the Barrel to Bottle blog for these 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.

        ]]>         Chances are, if you make a pop culture reference on Barrel to Bottle, Jim will laugh at it, off mic. Tapping into his vast knowledge of useless information, Jim has crafted seven fictional cocktails from TV (and one book). From small town Indiana to medium city Pennsylvania to a bar where everybody knows your name to the deepest reaches of space, these cocktails are definitely liquid and they won't make you sick.

        Before the cocktails though, a little house cleaning; the Barrel to Bottle Crew made good on their promise to try Pakistani Mangoes.

        Visit the Barrel to Bottle blog for these 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.

        ]]>         51:47 false full 24017868 2022-09-01T00:01:02Z         Booze in the News - Talkin' Vino Booze in the News - Talkin' Vino Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Every day at Binny's, our inboxes are flooded with beverage alcohol news. This week, we're going to look at some of the latest word in wine in a new series we're calling Booze in the News.

        This week, we'll cover two newly created American Viticultural Areas, in Oregon and California. We'll also look into the state of Napa Valley as more and more family-owned wineries sell to large corporations. Finally, there's a new trend on Tik-Tok, fresh cut jalapeõs in rosé: gross or great? 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        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 day at Binny's, our inboxes are flooded with beverage alcohol news. This week, we're going to look at some of the latest word in wine in a new series we're calling Booze in the News.

        This week, we'll cover two newly created American Viticultural Areas, in Oregon and California. We'll also look into the state of Napa Valley as more and more family-owned wineries sell to large corporations. Finally, there's a new trend on Tik-Tok, fresh cut jalapeõs in rosé: gross or great?

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         44:48 false full 23962203 2022-09-01T00:01:02Z         Barrel to Bottle 269th Episode Spectacular Barrel to Bottle 269th Episode Spectacular Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 It's that time again…time for the Barrel to Bottle crew and producer Jim to take a break from podcasting. Luckily, we've been compiling clips from episodes that ran too long, segments that felt out-of-place and montages galore!

        But these clips are no mere castoffs. They are artfully curated segments that let the Barrel to Bottle crew dig deeper, get more esoteric, or say "Smooj" way too many times in a ten-minute span.

        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 that time again…time for the Barrel to Bottle crew and producer Jim to take a break from podcasting. Luckily, we've been compiling clips from episodes that ran too long, segments that felt out-of-place and montages galore!

        But these clips are no mere castoffs. They are artfully curated segments that let the Barrel to Bottle crew dig deeper, get more esoteric, or say "Smooj" way too many times in a ten-minute span.

        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.

        ]]>         01:02:34 false full 23890932 2022-08-01T00:01:44Z         Sorel Liqueur Founder Jack Summers Sorel Liqueur Founder Jack Summers Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Jack Summers is the founder of Jack From Brooklyn and Sorel Liqueur. He's the first African-American man, after prohibition, to be granted a license to produce liquor in America. People have been drinking hibiscus flower tea for centuries. He's the first to bottle Sorel, a hibsicus-based 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.

        ]]>         Jack Summers is the founder of Jack From Brooklyn and Sorel Liqueur. He's the first African-American man, after prohibition, to be granted a license to produce liquor in America. People have been drinking hibiscus flower tea for centuries. He's the first to bottle Sorel, a hibsicus-based 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.

        ]]>         41:06 false full 23869563 2022-08-01T00:01:44Z         Ruben Aceves From Tequila Herradura Ruben Aceves From Tequila Herradura Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Ruben Aceves is the global brand ambassador for Tequila Herradura. The family sold to Brown-Forman in 2007 but before that there were seven generations working at the hacienda. Tequila Herradura has the last remaining hacienda in the tequila industry.

        Ruben has been in the industry for several decades now, but where does he see it going? How does Herradura expand around the world? What will happen to all of the celebrity tequila brands?

        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.

        ]]>         Ruben Aceves is the global brand ambassador for Tequila Herradura. The family sold to Brown-Forman in 2007 but before that there were seven generations working at the hacienda. Tequila Herradura has the last remaining hacienda in the tequila industry.

        Ruben has been in the industry for several decades now, but where does he see it going? How does Herradura expand around the world? What will happen to all of the celebrity tequila brands?

        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.

        ]]>         01:02:20 false full 23821112 2022-08-01T00:01:44Z         Cigars for Summer Cigars for Summer Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Jack's back! Binny's cigar buyer Jack Spethman makes his annual visit to the Barrel to Bottle studios to talk sticks with Pat and Roger. Roger wanted to focus on golf course cigars, even though he doesn't really golf. But it is warm out and that's when Roger smokes cigars (and pipes).

        Check out this guide to some great cigars for summer, along with new accessories and a pairing with Calumet Farms 16-Year-Old Bourbon. 

        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.

        ]]>         Jack's back! Binny's cigar buyer Jack Spethman makes his annual visit to the Barrel to Bottle studios to talk sticks with Pat and Roger. Roger wanted to focus on golf course cigars, even though he doesn't really golf. But it is warm out and that's when Roger smokes cigars (and pipes).

        Check out this guide to some great cigars for summer, along with new accessories and a pairing with Calumet Farms 16-Year-Old Bourbon.

        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.

        ]]>         59:44 false full 23749391 2022-08-01T00:01:44Z         Old Ales and Barleywines part 2 Old Ales and Barleywines part 2 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Welcome to part two of Old Ales and Barleywines. In part one, we covered old ales, this week, we're exploring the American side of these styles. Barleywine used to be huge among craft beer nerds, it was the hot beer style and was often viewed as a thank you from breweries to their hardcore fans.

        Drink along at home or start your own vertical with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         Welcome to part two of Old Ales and Barleywines. In part one, we covered old ales, this week, we're exploring the American side of these styles. Barleywine used to be huge among craft beer nerds, it was the hot beer style and was often viewed as a thank you from breweries to their hardcore fans.

        Drink along at home or start your own vertical with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         54:19 false full 23668535 2022-08-01T00:01:44Z         Old Ales and Barleywines part 1 Old Ales and Barleywines part 1 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Pat considers himself an adventurous guy. Drinking a bunch of old ale and barleywine when it's 100º is not his idea of adventurous though. Luckily the studio is cold, and the fan is on so he should be quite comfortable drinking all these heavy, high alcohol beers.

        Roger has been planning this episode for a very long time. He has verticals, he has barrel-aged variants. He even has a beer that he had to hunt down and bring into our Willowbrook location. Chris is a barleywine aficionado, who had the foresight to age barleywines.

        Start cellaring your own North Coast Old Stock ale now. 

        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 considers himself an adventurous guy. Drinking a bunch of old ale and barleywine when it's 100º is not his idea of adventurous though. Luckily the studio is cold, and the fan is on so he should be quite comfortable drinking all these heavy, high alcohol beers.

        Roger has been planning this episode for a very long time. He has verticals, he has barrel-aged variants. He even has a beer that he had to hunt down and bring into our Willowbrook location. Chris is a barleywine aficionado, who had the foresight to age barleywines.

        Start cellaring your own North Coast Old Stock ale now.

        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.

        ]]>         50:31 false full 23594147 2022-07-28T19:26:14Z         Dogfish Head Brewery's Sam Calagione pt. 2 Dogfish Head Brewery's Sam Calagione pt. 2 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Canned cocktails are all the rage right now, but Dogfish Head has been perfecting their own recipes for the last twenty years. In part 2 of our interview with Sam Calagione we're sampling through some of their vodka-based cocktails.

        When we first started tasting cocktails at Barrel to Bottle, we asked the question "if you were served this at a bar, would you order another one?" But now that the category has exploded, we have different parameters for how to judge them.

        Some beers in the Dogfish line didn't quite take off with customers, because they were a little bit too out there. And speaking of that vast portfolio, how do they balance producing old favorites with continuing to innovate?

        Drink along at home with the following cocktails:

        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.

        ]]>         Canned cocktails are all the rage right now, but Dogfish Head has been perfecting their own recipes for the last twenty years. In part 2 of our interview with Sam Calagione we're sampling through some of their vodka-based cocktails.

        When we first started tasting cocktails at Barrel to Bottle, we asked the question "if you were served this at a bar, would you order another one?" But now that the category has exploded, we have different parameters for how to judge them.

        Some beers in the Dogfish line didn't quite take off with customers, because they were a little bit too out there. And speaking of that vast portfolio, how do they balance producing old favorites with continuing to innovate?

        Drink along at home with the following cocktails:

        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.

        ]]>         42:05 false full 23453177 2022-07-01T00:01:53Z         Dogfish Head Brewery's Sam Calagione pt. 1 Dogfish Head Brewery's Sam Calagione pt. 1 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Roger has been working on getting Sam Calagione for an in-person podcast basically since the last time he was on, several years ago. We made the most of this in-person opportunity and ended up with a two-part podcast. In part one, the Barrel to Bottle crew samples through some of Dogfish Head's most well-known beers, and discusses innovation in craft beer. 

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         Roger has been working on getting Sam Calagione for an in-person podcast basically since the last time he was on, several years ago. We made the most of this in-person opportunity and ended up with a two-part podcast. In part one, the Barrel to Bottle crew samples through some of Dogfish Head's most well-known beers, and discusses innovation in craft beer.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         52:04 false full 23450012 2022-07-01T00:01:53Z         Beaujolais 2020 Preview Beaujolais 2020 Preview Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Summer is the time for white wines, rosés and Beaujolais. That's right, you don't need to drink Beaujolais in late November because they're also great summer wines that you can drink chilled on a hot day. Beaujolais is technically part of Burgundy, and it's made up of three categories. Today we're focusing on the 2020 vintage.   

        Drink along at home with the following wines: 

        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 is the time for white wines, rosés and Beaujolais. That's right, you don't need to drink Beaujolais in late November because they're also great summer wines that you can drink chilled on a hot day. Beaujolais is technically part of Burgundy, and it's made up of three categories. Today we're focusing on the 2020 vintage.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        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.]]>         50:22 false full 23380394 2022-07-28T19:26:27Z         Lexie Phillips of Jack Daniel's Lexie Phillips of Jack Daniel's Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Lexie Phillips, assistant distiller at Jack Daniel's, stops by the Lincoln Park tasting room to sample a line-up of the famous Tennessee Whiskey with the Barrel to Bottle Crew. There's a lot of innovation coming out of Lynchburg these days, but there's still the classic Old No. 7

        Drink along at home with the following:

        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.

        ]]>         Drink along at home with the following:

        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.

        ]]>         01:00:09 false full 23307929 2022-07-28T19:26:39Z         Rosés For All Seasons Rosés For All Seasons Fri, 27 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Drink along at home with the following Rosés

        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.

        ]]>         Drink along at home with the following Rosés

        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.

        ]]>         55:33 false full 23238659 2022-07-28T19:27:01Z         Crushable Summer Beers Crushable Summer Beers Fri, 20 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Cue the Meatballs theme song…are you ready for the summer? It's a Roger episode, specifically summer beers. And while it's still spring, we record this episode when it's swelteringly hot. Seasonality means almost nothing in beer now, which means we have summer beers already (and we'll have Oktoberfest beers in July).

        Summer beers should be-as a guest once said- "CRUSHABLE". That means they're very drinkable, which is probably why breweries love summer beers so much. After sneaking in an 8.5% hard cider during last year's Summer Beer episode, Roger understood the assignment this year. Some of these beers are seasonal offerings, while some of them are year-round beers that fit the general idea of an easy-drinking beer that you want to load into a cooler and drink very cold.

        Drink along at home with the following crushable summer beers:

        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.

        ]]>         Cue the Meatballs theme song…are you ready for the summer? It's a Roger episode, specifically summer beers. And while it's still spring, we record this episode when it's swelteringly hot. Seasonality means almost nothing in beer now, which means we have summer beers already (and we'll have Oktoberfest beers in July).

        Summer beers should be-as a guest once said- "CRUSHABLE". That means they're very drinkable, which is probably why breweries love summer beers so much. After sneaking in an 8.5% hard cider during last year's Summer Beer episode, Roger understood the assignment this year. Some of these beers are seasonal offerings, while some of them are year-round beers that fit the general idea of an easy-drinking beer that you want to load into a cooler and drink very cold.

        Drink along at home with the following crushable summer beers:

        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.

        ]]>         54:13 false full 23168909 2022-06-01T00:00:10Z         Four Pillars Australian Gin Four Pillars Australian Gin Fri, 13 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Joining us all the way from Down Under are Stu and Cam, co-founders of Australian gin distillery Four Pillars. After working in the Australian wine industry for about twenty years they decided that they could make a bigger impact in spirits. They landed on gin because they were drinking a lot of gin.

        Drink along at home with the following gins:

        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.

        ]]>         Joining us all the way from Down Under are Stu and Cam, co-founders of Australian gin distillery Four Pillars. After working in the Australian wine industry for about twenty years they decided that they could make a bigger impact in spirits. They landed on gin because they were drinking a lot of gin.

        Drink along at home with the following gins:

        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.

        ]]>         59:44 false full 23093105 2022-06-01T00:00:10Z         Jason Lede of Lede Family Wines Jason Lede of Lede Family Wines Fri, 06 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Jason Lede (LAY-DEE) grew up around wine. Living in Canada, his father Cliff was a Bordeaux collector. Eventually Cliff's collecting turned into opening a winery in Napa. Soon Jason was visiting the winery during summer breaks, then he was taking semesters off school to work the harvest. At that point, he was fully in on working in wine and that led him around the world before settling back at Lede Family Wines as Director of Communications.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         Jason Lede (LAY-DEE) grew up around wine. Living in Canada, his father Cliff was a Bordeaux collector. Eventually Cliff's collecting turned into opening a winery in Napa. Soon Jason was visiting the winery during summer breaks, then he was taking semesters off school to work the harvest. At that point, he was fully in on working in wine and that led him around the world before settling back at Lede Family Wines as Director of Communications.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         55:00 false full 23019398 2022-06-01T00:00:10Z         Wine & Music Wine & Music Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 The last time Binny's wine consultant Emily visited the Barrel to Bottle studios, she brought snacks. Her pitch for that episode was pairing wine with junk food, which eventually spun off into a second episode with classier wine pairings and popular Asian takeout foods.

        Today's episode pitch from Emily is pairing wine and music. It might seem like it's too abstract to make any sense, but the more we thought about how music and wine are made and experienced, the more it made sense to tackle this topic.

        Drink and listen with the following wines:

        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 last time Binny's wine consultant Emily visited the Barrel to Bottle studios, she brought snacks. Her pitch for that episode was pairing wine with junk food, which eventually spun off into a second episode with classier wine pairings and popular Asian takeout foods.

        Today's episode pitch from Emily is pairing wine and music. It might seem like it's too abstract to make any sense, but the more we thought about how music and wine are made and experienced, the more it made sense to tackle this topic.

        Drink and listen with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         59:26 false full 22943105 2022-05-01T00:00:32Z         Chris Cottrell from Bedrock Wine Co Chris Cottrell from Bedrock Wine Co Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Chris Cottrell is the partner/consigliere at Bedrock Wine Company, where they're dedicated seeking out and preserving vineyards all over California. He met future owner/winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson while working at a wine shop in New York.   Morgan eventually opened Bedrock in a converted chicken coop in California. Chris joined Morgan in 2012 officially, after being an unofficial advisor for him.

        Drink along with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         Chris Cottrell is the partner/consigliere at Bedrock Wine Company, where they're dedicated seeking out and preserving vineyards all over California. He met future owner/winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson while working at a wine shop in New York. Morgan eventually opened Bedrock in a converted chicken coop in California. Chris joined Morgan in 2012 officially, after being an unofficial advisor for him.

        Drink along with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         52:30 false full 22868282 2022-05-01T00:00:32Z         Flavor Blasted Spirits Flavor Blasted Spirits Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 One episode just wasn't enough to cram in all the flavor-blasted products on Binny's shelves. So we're back with part two, focusing on spirits.

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        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.

        ]]>         One episode just wasn't enough to cram in all the flavor-blasted products on Binny's shelves. So we're back with part two, focusing on spirits.

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        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.

        ]]>         54:21 false full 22795385 2022-05-01T00:00:32Z         Flavor Blasted Beers, Ciders and Meads Flavor Blasted Beers, Ciders and Meads Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Drink along at home:

        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.

        ]]>         Drink along at home:

        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.

        ]]>         49:36 false full 22716848 2022-05-01T00:00:32Z         Q&A vol. 5 Q&A vol. 5 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 We've assembled our wine, beer and spirits experts for another Q&A episode. No, we aren't out of ideas! We still get questions from listeners all the time, but our episodes always run too long and we can never fit them in. So we're dedicating an entire episode to getting to the bottom of some of your queries.

        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've assembled our wine, beer and spirits experts for another Q&A episode. No, we aren't out of ideas! We still get questions from listeners all the time, but our episodes always run too long and we can never fit them in. So we're dedicating an entire episode to getting to the bottom of some of your queries.

        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.

        ]]>         59:06 false full 22641596 2022-04-01T11:12:01Z         The (Barrel to Bottle) Muppets Make Manhattans The (Barrel to Bottle) Muppets Make Manhattans Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000 We promised to follow that up with a bitters tasting and we're finally getting around to it. Greg pulled nineteen bitters from our shelves, then batched up Manhattans in adorable mini Ball Jars. Each Manhattan is two parts whiskey and one part vermouth. They combine to make a relatively neutral, easy-going Manhattan that will allow the bitters to shine through more.  

        Try your own Manhattan experiment at home:

        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 promised to follow that up with a bitters tasting and we're finally getting around to it. Greg pulled nineteen bitters from our shelves, then batched up Manhattans in adorable mini Ball Jars. Each Manhattan is two parts whiskey and one part vermouth. They combine to make a relatively neutral, easy-going Manhattan that will allow the bitters to shine through more.

        Try your own Manhattan experiment at home:

        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.

        ]]>         57:54 false full 22548011 2022-04-01T00:00:25Z         What's in the Box(ed Wine)?! or Slappin' the Bag What's in the Box(ed Wine)?! or Slappin' the Bag Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Boxed wines have been around for decades, and they've always been popular without ever completely taking off. Boxed wines have long been associated with cheaper wines, and there are a lot of bargains still be had, but higher end wines are ending up in boxes now.

        Taste along at home with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         Boxed wines have been around for decades, and they've always been popular without ever completely taking off. Boxed wines have long been associated with cheaper wines, and there are a lot of bargains still be had, but higher end wines are ending up in boxes now.

        Taste along at home with the following wines:

        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.

        ]]>         45:49 false full 22483781 2022-04-01T00:00:25Z         IPA III IPA III Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 IPAs can be a bit polarizing. Some people love them, some people hate them. Some people miss the classic bitter IPAs, while some people love searching out the latest hazy IPA with some new, experimental hop combo they've never had before. The good news is there's still plenty of IPA out there for all tastes.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         IPAs can be a bit polarizing. Some people love them, some people hate them. Some people miss the classic bitter IPAs, while some people love searching out the latest hazy IPA with some new, experimental hop combo they've never had before. The good news is there's still plenty of IPA out there for all tastes.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        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.

        ]]>         49:58 false full 22406303 2022-04-01T00:00:25Z         What's New (and Old) for St. Patrick's Day? What's New (and Old) for St. Patrick's Day? Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Drink along at home with the following:

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew about wine, spirirts or beer 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.

         

        ]]>         Drink along at home with the following:

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew about wine, spirirts or beer 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.

        ]]>         57:15 false full 22328900 2022-04-01T00:00:25Z         Lab to Vineyard with Geneviève Janssens and Chrissy Whittmann Lab to Vineyard with Geneviève Janssens and Chrissy Whittmann Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Geneviève Janssens and Chrissy Whittmann started in different places on their journey to becoming winemakers at Robert Mondavi and The Prisoner, respectively. They did both take similar paths to get there though, starting in the lab.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         Geneviève Janssens and Chrissy Whittmann started in different places on their journey to becoming winemakers at Robert Mondavi and The Prisoner, respectively. They did both take similar paths to get there though, starting in the lab.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         48:04 false full 22246070 2022-03-01T00:00:36Z         Long Drinks Long Drinks Fri, 18 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Drink along at home with the following:

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew about wine, spirirts or beer 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.

         

        ]]>         Drink along at home with the following:

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew about wine, spirirts or beer 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.

        ]]>         51:07 false full 22169102 2022-03-01T00:00:36Z         Flagship February 2022 Flagship February 2022 Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Flagship February is a yearly opportunity to revisit some craft beer classics. These are the beers that keep the lights on for their respective breweries. They often reflect the period of craft beer history during which they were conceived. Some of these are relatively new flagship beers, while others have been going strong for decades. Flagship February started as a viral tweet and has grown into one of Roger's favorite times of year. These beers are classics for a reason, and they're also great examples of their style. If you're serious about beer, you need to know them.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew about wine, spirirts or beer 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.

         

        ]]>         Flagship February is a yearly opportunity to revisit some craft beer classics. These are the beers that keep the lights on for their respective breweries. They often reflect the period of craft beer history during which they were conceived. Some of these are relatively new flagship beers, while others have been going strong for decades. Flagship February started as a viral tweet and has grown into one of Roger's favorite times of year. These beers are classics for a reason, and they're also great examples of their style. If you're serious about beer, you need to know them.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew about wine, spirirts or beer 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.

        ]]>         48:42 false full 22093313 2022-03-01T00:00:36Z         Naturally Lo-Alc Wines Naturally Lo-Alc Wines Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000 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.

        ]]>         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.

        ]]>         47:37 false full 22016066 2022-07-28T19:27:19Z         Would You Rather? Would You Rather? Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Just how much more do you want to learn about the Barrel to Bottle Crew? If the answer is "lots" then this episode is for you. This is a Greg Episode, so he has compiled the list of questions both shallow and deep, alcohol-related and not. 

        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.

        ]]>         Just how much more do you want to learn about the Barrel to Bottle Crew? If the answer is "lots" then this episode is for you. This is a Greg Episode, so he has compiled the list of questions both shallow and deep, alcohol-related and not.

        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.

        ]]>         59:02 false full 21925676 2022-07-28T19:27:38Z         Quarantoddies Quarantoddies Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000 The temperatures are plummeting after a relatively warm start to the winter season. There's no better time to whip up some hot cocktails to get you through the grey winter days and long, dark winter nights. It's Quarantoddy Time! While many cocktail recipes have so many origin stories, riffs and variants but with Toddies, it really can be any spirit mixed with some sort of hot liquid.

        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 temperatures are plummeting after a relatively warm start to the winter season. There's no better time to whip up some hot cocktails to get you through the grey winter days and long, dark winter nights. It's Quarantoddy Time! While many cocktail recipes have so many origin stories, riffs and variants but with Toddies, it really can be any spirit mixed with some sort of hot liquid.

        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.

        ]]>         54:18 false full 21838967 2022-02-01T00:00:04Z         Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2021 Whisky Advocate Top 20 of 2021 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Every year, Whisky Advocate releases their list of the Top 20 Whiskies of the Year. Invariably, we get many customers coming in looking for bottles on the list and unfortunately, we have to tell them "You can't have this", because we never had the bottle, or had six bottles months ago. This year is different, because you can get more than half of the Whisky Advocate Top 20 whiskies at a Binny's near you.

        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, Whisky Advocate releases their list of the Top 20 Whiskies of the Year. Invariably, we get many customers coming in looking for bottles on the list and unfortunately, we have to tell them "You can't have this", because we never had the bottle, or had six bottles months ago. This year is different, because you can get more than half of the Whisky Advocate Top 20 whiskies at a Binny's near you.

        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.

        ]]>         58:36 false full 21766220 2022-02-01T00:00:04Z         Haus Alpenz' Jake Parrott Haus Alpenz' Jake Parrott Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Pat is constantly extolling the virtues of aromatized wines. Finally, we have a guest who will actually agree with him and won't just make fun of him. Jake Parrott is a friend of the pod and the Whiskey Hotline and is also the national sales director of Haus Alpenz. What Jake sells, and Pat loves, is woefully esoteric. But Binny's customers, and Barrel to Bottle listeners, are enthusiasts.

        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 is constantly extolling the virtues of aromatized wines. Finally, we have a guest who will actually agree with him and won't just make fun of him. Jake Parrott is a friend of the pod and the Whiskey Hotline and is also the national sales director of Haus Alpenz. What Jake sells, and Pat loves, is woefully esoteric. But Binny's customers, and Barrel to Bottle listeners, are enthusiasts.

        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.

        ]]>         48:21 false full 21699974 2022-02-01T00:00:04Z         Barrel to Bottle 2021 Picks Barrel to Bottle 2021 Picks Fri, 31 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000 The end of the year means year-end lists. You've heard from the Binny's buyers over the last two weeks, now it's Barrel to Bottle's turn. The entire team has assembled with their favorites of 2021. Everyone was supposed to pick two, but of course that didn't happen. So thanks for listening to all these long episodes lately.

        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 end of the year means year-end lists. You've heard from the Binny's buyers over the last two weeks, now it's Barrel to Bottle's turn. The entire team has assembled with their favorites of 2021. Everyone was supposed to pick two, but of course that didn't happen. So thanks for listening to all these long episodes lately.

        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.

        ]]>         01:01:23 false full 21628598 2022-01-01T00:00:09Z         Binny's Buyer's Picks 2021 pt. 2 Binny's Buyer's Picks 2021 pt. 2 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000 We're back for part two of Binny's Buyer's Picks for 2021.  This week, we welcome wine buyer Bill, beer buyer Kyle, cigar buyer Jack and specialty spirits buyer Brett.

        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 for part two of Binny's Buyer's Picks for 2021. This week, we welcome wine buyer Bill, beer buyer Kyle, cigar buyer Jack and specialty spirits buyer Brett.

        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.

        ]]>         39:14 false full 21578150 2022-01-01T00:00:09Z         Binny's Buyer's Picks 2021 pt. 1 Binny's Buyer's Picks 2021 pt. 1 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000 The buying teams at Binny's try thousands of wines, beers and spirits over the course of a year. They pick the best of the best and always keep pocketbook in mind. Getting these very busy people to record a podcast is like herding cats, but Pat was able to get it done. 

        In part one we welcome Binny's Wine Director Barb Hermann, wine buyer Mike and spirits buyer Jeff. 

        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 buying teams at Binny's try thousands of wines, beers and spirits over the course of a year. They pick the best of the best and always keep pocketbook in mind. Getting these very busy people to record a podcast is like herding cats, but Pat was able to get it done.

        In part one we welcome Binny's Wine Director Barb Hermann, wine buyer Mike and spirits buyer Jeff.

        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.

        ]]>         42:31 false full 21495977 2024-04-22T04:55:12Z         Holiday Cocktails Holiday Cocktails Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Last year on our Batch Cocktails episode, Pat and Chris made big batches of eggnog and aged them for 12 months. Now it's time to try them and hopefully not get sick. Additionally, Roger has cooked up a really easy cranberry simple syrup and has three cocktails to try out.

        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.

        ]]>         Last year on our Batch Cocktails episode, Pat and Chris made big batches of eggnog and aged them for 12 months. Now it's time to try them and hopefully not get sick. Additionally, Roger has cooked up a really easy cranberry simple syrup and has three cocktails to try out.

        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.

        ]]>         42:17 false full 21425159 2022-01-01T00:00:09Z         Approachable Champagnes for the Holidays Approachable Champagnes for the Holidays Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000 You may have heard that there's a Champagne shortage going on. First, we all drank too much of it during the early stages of the pandemic. Then supply chain issues caused even more problems. Luckily, Binny's crack team of buyers saw the writing on the wall early and made some big purchases for all of our thirsty customers around the holidays. Alicia has selected five Champagnes today that are available in our stores right now at great prices. Cheers!

        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 may have heard that there's a Champagne shortage going on. First, we all drank too much of it during the early stages of the pandemic. Then supply chain issues caused even more problems. Luckily, Binny's crack team of buyers saw the writing on the wall early and made some big purchases for all of our thirsty customers around the holidays. Alicia has selected five Champagnes today that are available in our stores right now at great prices. Cheers!

        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.

        ]]>         37:28 false full 21356885 2022-01-01T00:00:09Z         Woody Creek Distillers with William H. Macy and David Matthews Woody Creek Distillers with William H. Macy and David Matthews Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Acclaimed actor William H. Macy is a bourbon fan. Luckily his neighbors are a distillery, specifically Woody Creek. They used one of his fields to grow potatoes for their vodka and that's how Bill became their spokesguy. David Matthews, master distiller at Woody Creek had a goal to make to make the best potato vodka in the world. Since then they've been able to get some aged whiskey out into the market as well. 

        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.

        ]]>         Acclaimed actor William H. Macy is a bourbon fan. Luckily his neighbors are a distillery, specifically Woody Creek. They used one of his fields to grow potatoes for their vodka and that's how Bill became their spokesguy. David Matthews, master distiller at Woody Creek had a goal to make to make the best potato vodka in the world. Since then they've been able to get some aged whiskey out into the market as well.

        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.

        ]]>         47:07 false full 21250796 2021-12-01T00:00:04Z         Thanksgiving Pairings Bonus Episode: Even More Pairings Thanksgiving Pairings Bonus Episode: Even More Pairings Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle crew is always excited to talk about wine, beer and spirits. Sometimes we talk too long and stuff gets cut out. Sometimes Pat brings seven different bottles when everyone else brings two. Sometimes we start riffing on cocktails and things get crazy. Enjoy this bonus episode of more Thanksgiving pairings. 

        ]]>         The Barrel to Bottle crew is always excited to talk about wine, beer and spirits. Sometimes we talk too long and stuff gets cut out. Sometimes Pat brings seven different bottles when everyone else brings two. Sometimes we start riffing on cocktails and things get crazy. Enjoy this bonus episode of more Thanksgiving pairings.

        ]]>         08:04 false full 21248696 2021-12-01T00:00:04Z         Thanksgiving Pairings Thanksgiving Pairings Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 This year for Thanksgiving, the Barrel to Bottle crew wants to make it simple to buy beer, wine, and spirits for your feast. Instead of pairing individual drinks with dishes, we've selected some items that pair with nearly everything you might eat on Thanksgiving.

        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.

        ]]>         This year for Thanksgiving, the Barrel to Bottle crew wants to make it simple to buy beer, wine, and spirits for your feast. Instead of pairing individual drinks with dishes, we've selected some items that pair with nearly everything you might eat on Thanksgiving.

        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.

        ]]>         59:38 false full 21214070 2021-12-01T00:00:04Z         Local Gins Local Gins Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Greg 2.0 is the other Greg at the Binny's offices. He's a longtime listener and he jumped at the chance to come on the podcast. He wanted to share his passion for gin, specifically local gins that are more in the Modern American style.

        We're going to sample five gins today on their own, then mixed with tonic water. After that we'll determine which gins would work best in classic gin cocktails like the Negroni and Martinez.

        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.

        ]]>         Greg 2.0 is the other Greg at the Binny's offices. He's a longtime listener and he jumped at the chance to come on the podcast. He wanted to share his passion for gin, specifically local gins that are more in the Modern American style.

        We're going to sample five gins today on their own, then mixed with tonic water. After that we'll determine which gins would work best in classic gin cocktails like the Negroni and Martinez.

        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.

        ]]>         52:07 false full 21027491 2021-12-01T00:00:04Z         David Phillips of Michael David Winery David Phillips of Michael David Winery Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 This week, our guest is David Phillips, co-owner of Michael David Winery. While in town to run the Chicago Marathon, he stopped by the Barrel to Bottle Studio to talk about his popular winery and the Lodi AVA.

        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.

        ]]>         This week, our guest is David Phillips, co-owner of Michael David Winery. While in town to run the Chicago Marathon, he stopped by the Barrel to Bottle Studio to talk about his popular winery and the Lodi AVA.

        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.

        ]]>         43:23 false full 21024611 2021-12-01T00:00:04Z         What The Hell Does That Taste Like? Vol. 2 What The Hell Does That Taste Like? Vol. 2 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000 It's been nearly two years since we answered the question "What the Hell Does That Taste Like?" For every Jack Daniels, Bud Light or Apothic Red, there are even more products in our stores that most customers aren't familiar with. Another Lithuanian beer, German bubbly with gold flakes, a Mexican corn whisky and most importantly: Smooj.

        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 been nearly two years since we answered the question "What the Hell Does That Taste Like?" For every Jack Daniels, Bud Light or Apothic Red, there are even more products in our stores that most customers aren't familiar with. Another Lithuanian beer, German bubbly with gold flakes, a Mexican corn whisky and most importantly: Smooj.

        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.

        ]]>         58:08 false full 20962256 2021-11-01T00:00:19Z         Bourbon County Brand Stout 2021 Preview Bourbon County Brand Stout 2021 Preview Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:44:09 +0000 We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of this year's Bourbon County Brand Stout line-up. Goose Island sent us all eight beers and walked us through the process of creating and brewing these beers. Then we jumped on mic to share our thoughts on each of this year's offerings. For more information on how to sign-up for this year's raffle, click here. 

        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 were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of this year's Bourbon County Brand Stout line-up. Goose Island sent us all eight beers and walked us through the process of creating and brewing these beers. Then we jumped on mic to share our thoughts on each of this year's offerings. For more information on how to sign-up for this year's raffle, click here.

        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.

        ]]>         47:52 false full 20898542 2021-11-01T00:00:19Z         Spirited Halloween Drinks Spirited Halloween Drinks Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000 It's the spooky time of year, so it's time to talk about Halloween beers and Halloween cocktails. A cocktail episode means that Greg and Pat get to hang out while Roger makes them cocktails. And Chris will make his own while spending way too much time crafting the garnish.

        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 the spooky time of year, so it's time to talk about Halloween beers and Halloween cocktails. A cocktail episode means that Greg and Pat get to hang out while Roger makes them cocktails. And Chris will make his own while spending way too much time crafting the garnish.

        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.

        ]]>         53:37 false full 20818025 2021-11-01T00:00:19Z         Czech Out These Beers Czech Out These Beers Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Roger put some real time and effort into this week's episode of Barrel to Bottle, all about Czech Pilsners. He's also asking Greg to be on his best behavior since he usually doesn't like these kinds of beers. Roger has long encouraged listeners to check out lagers and more and more local breweries are making pilsners, so it's never been easier to czech these beers out.

        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.

        ]]>         Roger put some real time and effort into this week's episode of Barrel to Bottle, all about Czech Pilsners. He's also asking Greg to be on his best behavior since he usually doesn't like these kinds of beers. Roger has long encouraged listeners to check out lagers and more and more local breweries are making pilsners, so it's never been easier to czech these beers out.

        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.

        ]]>         48:37 false full 20745137 2021-11-01T00:00:19Z         Bodega Garzón with Alec Griffiths Bodega Garzón with Alec Griffiths Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Uruguay is a wine region you may have not heard of before. Luckily, we have two special guests to introduce you to this category. Alec Griffiths, export manager of Bodega Garzón came all the way from Uruguay to do the podcast. Also joining Alicia is Bill Newton, Binny's wine buyer for Uruguay.

        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.

        ]]>         Uruguay is a wine region you may have not heard of before. Luckily, we have two special guests to introduce you to this category. Alec Griffiths, export manager of Bodega Garzón came all the way from Uruguay to do the podcast. Also joining Alicia is Bill Newton, Binny's wine buyer for Uruguay.

        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.

        ]]>         49:09 false full 20658986 2021-10-01T10:06:46Z         100 Proof Bourbon Blind Tasting 100 Proof Bourbon Blind Tasting Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000 We have twelve…yes twelve…100 proof bourbons to sample today on Barrel to Bottle. Pat just couldn't help himself; once he started picking, he just couldn't bear to leave something out. Once again, we're blind tasting, which is the best way to taste anything. Once again, producer Jim is conducting the tasting and as we go, Future Pat will be telling you, the listener, which bourbon is being sampled so you'll be in the know.

        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 have twelve…yes twelve…100 proof bourbons to sample today on Barrel to Bottle. Pat just couldn't help himself; once he started picking, he just couldn't bear to leave something out. Once again, we're blind tasting, which is the best way to taste anything. Once again, producer Jim is conducting the tasting and as we go, Future Pat will be telling you, the listener, which bourbon is being sampled so you'll be in the know.

        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.

        ]]>         57:42 false full 20568860 2021-10-01T00:00:21Z         IPAs for Pat and Greg IPAs for Pat and Greg Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Pat and Greg are notoriously...difficult...about the current state of IPAs. So Roger tailor made today's selection of IPAs to hopefully satisfy them. He's selected seven IPAs that offer a snapshot of the current state of IPAs in craft beer. 

        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 and Greg are notoriously...difficult...about the current state of IPAs. So Roger tailor made today's selection of IPAs to hopefully satisfy them. He's selected seven IPAs that offer a snapshot of the current state of IPAs in craft beer.

        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.

        ]]>         55:10 false full 20497322 2021-10-01T00:00:21Z         Robert Eden of Chateau Maris Robert Eden of Chateau Maris Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Robert Eden is the winemaker and co-owner of Chateau Maris and considered to be the grandfather of the biodynamic movement in the Languedoc. His journey has taken him from England to Australia to the South of France. Join the Barrel to Bottle crew as we sample some of his wines and learn about his commitment to biodynamics.

        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.

        ]]>         Robert Eden is the winemaker and co-owner of Chateau Maris and considered to be the grandfather of the biodynamic movement in the Languedoc. His journey has taken him from England to Australia to the South of France. Join the Barrel to Bottle crew as we sample some of his wines and learn about his commitment to biodynamics.

        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.

        ]]>         48:07 false full 20421653 2021-10-01T00:00:21Z         Rye Whiskey Blind Tasting Rye Whiskey Blind Tasting Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Rye Whiskey, it's a category that is a mystery to a lot of people. "Spicy" is the main descriptor most people have for rye, but there are also sweet ryes and fruity ryes. Join the Barrel to Bottle crew as they blind taste six ryes that run the gamut.

        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.

        ]]>         Rye Whiskey, it's a category that is a mystery to a lot of people. "Spicy" is the main descriptor most people have for rye, but there are also sweet ryes and fruity ryes. Join the Barrel to Bottle crew as they blind taste six ryes that run the gamut.

        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.

        ]]>         49:06 false full 20341163 2021-10-01T00:00:21Z         The Red Wine Drinker's Pairing Dilemma The Red Wine Drinker's Pairing Dilemma Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 A few weeks ago, Binny's wine manager Emily joined us for a junk food and wine pairing. When Binny's Wine Director Barb Hermann heard about that episode, she wanted in on the action. Barb is fundamentally a red wine drinker, especially when she's sitting down with food. But very often, white wine is the standard recommendation for her favorite Thai, Indian and Chinese dishes. Today, she'll help solve this dilemma. We're also joined by wine manager Scott Becker, a classically trained chef in a previous life.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reaceh 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 on Apple Podcasts, where you can also rate and review us. Keep tasting!

        ]]>         A few weeks ago, Binny's wine manager Emily joined us for a junk food and wine pairing. When Binny's Wine Director Barb Hermann heard about that episode, she wanted in on the action. Barb is fundamentally a red wine drinker, especially when she's sitting down with food. But very often, white wine is the standard recommendation for her favorite Thai, Indian and Chinese dishes. Today, she'll help solve this dilemma. We're also joined by wine manager Scott Becker, a classically trained chef in a previous life.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reaceh 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 on Apple Podcasts, where you can also rate and review us. Keep tasting!

        ]]>         40:53 false full 20273408 2021-09-01T00:00:51Z         Oktoberfeast Oktoberfeast Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Welcome to Barrel to Bottle, the podcast where Roger forces his strange, obscure interests on the listening audience. We're changing things up this year though, and not sampling the same six Märzens and Festbiers. This week's episode is a peek into the Adamson Oktoberfest Celebration, which is much more than just beer. We do have some beer, but also wine, Brophy-approved cocktails, and some digestifs to help you reset after a long day of partying.

        ]]>         Welcome to Barrel to Bottle, the podcast where Roger forces his strange, obscure interests on the listening audience. We're changing things up this year though, and not sampling the same six Märzens and Festbiers. This week's episode is a peek into the Adamson Oktoberfest Celebration, which is much more than just beer. We do have some beer, but also wine, Brophy-approved cocktails, and some digestifs to help you reset after a long day of partying.

        ]]>         57:11 false full 20194928 2021-09-01T00:00:51Z         Savory Cocktails Savory Cocktails Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 When you think savory cocktails, the Bloody Mary is probably the first thing to pop into your mind. But there's more to Bloody Mary's than just the standard brunch fare with a giant garnish, and there's more to savory cocktails too! This week, our resident Fancy Mixologists Roger and Chris, along with our Lazy Mixologist Pat, are whipping up some umami bombs.

        Check out our blog for all of the cocktail recipes featured in this episode. 

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reaceh 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 on Apple Podcasts, where you can also rate and review us. Keep tasting!

        ]]>         When you think savory cocktails, the Bloody Mary is probably the first thing to pop into your mind. But there's more to Bloody Mary's than just the standard brunch fare with a giant garnish, and there's more to savory cocktails too! This week, our resident Fancy Mixologists Roger and Chris, along with our Lazy Mixologist Pat, are whipping up some umami bombs.

        Check out our blog for all of the cocktail recipes featured in this episode.

        If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reaceh 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 on Apple Podcasts, where you can also rate and review us. Keep tasting!

        ]]>         54:11 false full 20126057 2021-09-01T00:00:51Z         Fruit King Syrup Spectacular (or Making Simple Syrup Anything But) Fruit King Syrup Spectacular (or Making Simple Syrup Anything But) Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 We at Barrel to Bottle have always advocated for treating yourself to high quality ingredients. Sugars are no different. Simple syrup is simple to make, it's right in the name. But the sugars you can use to make simple syrup have deep, complex flavors that will elevate your cocktails.

        ]]>         We at Barrel to Bottle have always advocated for treating yourself to high quality ingredients. Sugars are no different. Simple syrup is simple to make, it's right in the name. But the sugars you can use to make simple syrup have deep, complex flavors that will elevate your cocktails.

        ]]>         54:30 false full 20047352 2021-09-01T00:00:51Z         So It's Come to This: A Barrel to Bottle Outtakes Show So It's Come to This: A Barrel to Bottle Outtakes Show Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 We all knew that at some point, Producer Jim would need to take a vacation. We ended up with a bunch of outtakes from over the years, and he compiled them in one place for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

        ]]>         We all knew that at some point, Producer Jim would need to take a vacation. We ended up with a bunch of outtakes from over the years, and he compiled them in one place for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

        ]]>         54:51 false full 19911287 2021-08-01T00:00:52Z         Junk Food and Wine Pairings Junk Food and Wine Pairings Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:59:33 +0000 Not every meal is sitting down with five courses that took hours to prepare. Sometimes you're just vegging out on the couch with whatever you have in your kitchen. Microwave nachos, grocery store donuts, cheap ramen, cheap pizza. That doesn't mean you can't pair those up with some delicious, reasonably priced wines. Wine Manager Emily takes the Barrel to Bottle Crew through some of her favorite junk food and wine pairings. 

        ]]>         Not every meal is sitting down with five courses that took hours to prepare. Sometimes you're just vegging out on the couch with whatever you have in your kitchen. Microwave nachos, grocery store donuts, cheap ramen, cheap pizza. That doesn't mean you can't pair those up with some delicious, reasonably priced wines. Wine Manager Emily takes the Barrel to Bottle Crew through some of her favorite junk food and wine pairings.

        ]]>         44:39 false full 19861526 2021-08-01T00:00:52Z         Our Second Cigar Episode Our Second Cigar Episode Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Jack's back! Binny's Cigar Buyer Jack Spethman joins Pat and Roger to talk all things sticks. Jack has put together a sampling of some of his favorite cigars right now. Pat and Roger checked out some breakfast cigars, as well as some for everyday smoking. Plus some tips on accessories and humidor maintenance and a preview of some upcoming Binny's collaborations. 

        ]]>         Jack's back! Binny's Cigar Buyer Jack Spethman joins Pat and Roger to talk all things sticks. Jack has put together a sampling of some of his favorite cigars right now. Pat and Roger checked out some breakfast cigars, as well as some for everyday smoking. Plus some tips on accessories and humidor maintenance and a preview of some upcoming Binny's collaborations.

        ]]>         53:01 false full 19824434 2021-08-01T00:00:52Z         Summer Cocktails Summer Cocktails Fri, 09 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Summer is here and Roger has a line-up of fruity, spritz, easy-to-make cocktails for the hot days ahead. When you Google "summer cocktails", the usual suspects come up. Roger wanted to shake things up with some similarly refreshing and simple cocktails that maybe you haven't heard of before. The great thing about summer is all the fresh, on-hand fruit and herb ingredients that you can get from the store or even your backyard garden.

        For all the cocktail recipes, check out our blog. 

        ]]>         Summer is here and Roger has a line-up of fruity, spritz, easy-to-make cocktails for the hot days ahead. When you Google "summer cocktails", the usual suspects come up. Roger wanted to shake things up with some similarly refreshing and simple cocktails that maybe you haven't heard of before. The great thing about summer is all the fresh, on-hand fruit and herb ingredients that you can get from the store or even your backyard garden.

        For all the cocktail recipes, check out our blog.

        ]]>         49:14 false full 19737821 2021-08-01T00:00:52Z         Macro Lager Blind Tasting Macro Lager Blind Tasting Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000 If you're a regular Barrel to Bottle listener, you may have noticed that Pat Brophy likes Hamm's beer. A lot. Possibly in an attempt to illicit Pavlovian response in listeners and co-hosts alike, Pat brings up Hamm's-the beloved, the crispiest of Crispy Boys-in nearly every episode. If you haven't noticed his ubiquitous mentions of Hamm's, in a way we envy you.

        With this massive target on his back Pat (along with Greg, Roger and Shannon) partakes in a blind tasting of macro lagers, administered by producer Jim. 

        Drink along at home with the following crispy boys:

        Subscribe to our podcast and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle crew, email comments@binnys.com or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question on a podcast, you'll win a $20 Binny's Gift Card!  

        ]]>         If you're a regular Barrel to Bottle listener, you may have noticed that Pat Brophy likes Hamm's beer. A lot. Possibly in an attempt to illicit Pavlovian response in listeners and co-hosts alike, Pat brings up Hamm's-the beloved, the crispiest of Crispy Boys-in nearly every episode. If you haven't noticed his ubiquitous mentions of Hamm's, in a way we envy you.

        With this massive target on his back Pat (along with Greg, Roger and Shannon) partakes in a blind tasting of macro lagers, administered by producer Jim.

        Drink along at home with the following crispy boys:

        Subscribe to our podcast and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle crew, email comments@binnys.com or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question on a podcast, you'll win a $20 Binny's Gift Card!

        ]]>         55:22 false full 19664234 2021-07-02T10:03:32Z         Lo-Cal Wines Lo-Cal Wines Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 The Wellness Movement has blown up over the last year and a half.  Gabriel Z, wine manager at Lincoln Park, joins the Barrel to Bottle crew for a "run" through four examples of "better for you" wines on our shelves. This is just the kind of topic Pat can get behind, the light beer episode of wine podcasts. But he still remains skeptical of the entire category, because alcohol is calories. Is this all just marketing BS or is there more to it? What's going on to make these wines low calorie?

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         The Wellness Movement has blown up over the last year and a half. Gabriel Z, wine manager at Lincoln Park, joins the Barrel to Bottle crew for a "run" through four examples of "better for you" wines on our shelves. This is just the kind of topic Pat can get behind, the light beer episode of wine podcasts. But he still remains skeptical of the entire category, because alcohol is calories. Is this all just marketing BS or is there more to it? What's going on to make these wines low calorie?

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         44:37 false full 19585526 2021-07-01T00:00:20Z         Porch Pounders Porch Pounders Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 You've probably heard us mentioning Porch Pounders, in passing, on Barrel to Bottle. But what are they? Wine Manager Jenna is here with some recommendations to help you pass the long, hot summer days. Sit back in the shade and check out these inexpensive, easy-to-drink wines. Plus, a listener q&A about preparing your palate for tasting wine, beer and spirits. 

        Drink along at home with the following Porch Pounders and Gazebo Guzzlers:

         

        ]]>         You've probably heard us mentioning Porch Pounders, in passing, on Barrel to Bottle. But what are they? Wine Manager Jenna is here with some recommendations to help you pass the long, hot summer days. Sit back in the shade and check out these inexpensive, easy-to-drink wines. Plus, a listener q&A about preparing your palate for tasting wine, beer and spirits.

        Drink along at home with the following Porch Pounders and Gazebo Guzzlers:

        ]]>         48:44 false full 19514981 2021-07-01T00:00:20Z         Summer Beers Summer Beers Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 What are summer beers, exactly? The good news is, summer beers can be almost anything you want.  Whether you're looking for a crispy boi, a quenching sour or a wheat, there are tons of options available. You'll also get some recommendations for Witbiers and Hefe Weizens, plus an informative lesson about how you've been mispronouncing "Kölsch" 

        Drink along at home with these warm weather beers:

         

        ]]>         What are summer beers, exactly? The good news is, summer beers can be almost anything you want. Whether you're looking for a crispy boi, a quenching sour or a wheat, there are tons of options available. You'll also get some recommendations for Witbiers and Hefe Weizens, plus an informative lesson about how you've been mispronouncing "Kölsch"

        Drink along at home with these warm weather beers:

        ]]>         51:09 false full 19430327 2021-07-01T00:00:20Z         B2B TMZ B2B TMZ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Celebrities have been getting into the adult beverage game for a while now. But are these drinks worth paying the celebrity tax? Who better to give you their honest opinion on celebrity libations than four cynics who don't care that much about pop culture? 

        Grab your selfie stick, pick your favorite Insta filter and drink along at home with the following: 

         

        ]]>         Celebrities have been getting into the adult beverage game for a while now. But are these drinks worth paying the celebrity tax? Who better to give you their honest opinion on celebrity libations than four cynics who don't care that much about pop culture?

        Grab your selfie stick, pick your favorite Insta filter and drink along at home with the following:

        ]]>         51:35 false full 19342235 2021-07-01T00:00:20Z         Save or Splurge - Spirits Edition Save or Splurge - Spirits Edition Fri, 28 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Spirits come in a wide range of prices. Sometimes it can be hard to know if it's worth spending the extra money on something. The Barrel to Bottle Crew is here to help make your decision a little easier. Pat has prepared blind samples of four categories: Whiskey, Single Malt, Gin and Mezcal and this week we'll answer the question (insert echo sound effect here) SAVE OR SPLURGE?

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        ]]>         Spirits come in a wide range of prices. Sometimes it can be hard to know if it's worth spending the extra money on something. The Barrel to Bottle Crew is here to help make your decision a little easier. Pat has prepared blind samples of four categories: Whiskey, Single Malt, Gin and Mezcal and this week we'll answer the question (insert echo sound effect here) SAVE OR SPLURGE?

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        ]]>         40:25 false full 19262078 2021-06-01T00:01:39Z         Red Burgundy Red Burgundy Fri, 21 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle Crew is heading back to Burgundy and we've got two heavy hitters to take us on this journey. Wine Director Barbara Hermann has been buying Burgundies for Binny's since the 80s. George Molitor, owner of Fine Vines, has been importing Burgundies since the 90s. Who better to hold your had through this daunting wine region?

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

        ]]>         The Barrel to Bottle Crew is heading back to Burgundy and we've got two heavy hitters to take us on this journey. Wine Director Barbara Hermann has been buying Burgundies for Binny's since the 80s. George Molitor, owner of Fine Vines, has been importing Burgundies since the 90s. Who better to hold your had through this daunting wine region?

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         47:25 false full 19153985 2021-06-01T00:01:39Z         Ranch Water Ranch Water Fri, 14 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Ranch Water is hot right now, but what it is it? It's not agricultural runoff, nor is it a new style of IPA that mimics the Midwest's favorite dip. Ranch Water is a refreshing, three ingredient cocktail popularized in Texas. Now it's crossing over into the seltzer and ready-to-drink categories just in time for the hot weather. The Barrel to Bottle Crew tries a few of the latest offerings and also mixes up their own Ranch Water from scratch.  

        Drink along at home with the following:

        ]]>         Ranch Water is hot right now, but what it is it? It's not agricultural runoff, nor is it a new style of IPA that mimics the Midwest's favorite dip. Ranch Water is a refreshing, three ingredient cocktail popularized in Texas. Now it's crossing over into the seltzer and ready-to-drink categories just in time for the hot weather. The Barrel to Bottle Crew tries a few of the latest offerings and also mixes up their own Ranch Water from scratch.

        Drink along at home with the following:

        ]]>         50:16 false full 19078508 2021-06-01T00:01:39Z         White Burgundy White Burgundy Fri, 07 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle crew takes on the daunting task of dissecting white Burgundy. Pat learns that it's not just for obnoxious people and Greg's anxiety eases as Alicia and Chris take them on a journey from Chablis to Pouilly-Fuisse. Plus, Alicia shares her picks for the best "Bargain Burgundy."
         
        Drink along at home with the following wines:
         
        ]]>
      • Domaine Servin Chablis Vieilles Vignes Selection Massale 2018
      • Paul Pernot et Ses Fils Bourgogne Cote d'Or 2018
      • Domaine Sylvain Langoureau Saint-Aubin 2016
      • Michel Bouzereau Meursault Les Grand Charrons 2018
      • Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuisse 2019
        • ]]>         49:59 false full 18993968 2021-06-01T00:01:39Z         The Wines of Piedmont Bonus Episode: The Food of Piedmont The Wines of Piedmont Bonus Episode: The Food of Piedmont Wed, 05 May 2021 15:38:02 +0000 Chris couldn't pass up an opportunity to talk about the unique foods of the Piedmont region, which of course all pair well with the wines discussed in last week's episode. Also some tips from Chris on how to cook with Piedmont's famous white truffles. 

        ]]>         Chris couldn't pass up an opportunity to talk about the unique foods of the Piedmont region, which of course all pair well with the wines discussed in last week's episode. Also some tips from Chris on how to cook with Piedmont's famous white truffles.

        ]]>         07:50 false full 17523476 2021-06-01T00:01:39Z         Handpicked Barrels with Whiskey Acres Handpicked Barrels with Whiskey Acres Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Travel out to Whiskey Acres in DeKalb for a Whiskey Hotline/Barrel to Bottle field trip. Pat, Brett and Alicia have the tough job of tasting barrel samples and selecting upcoming releases for the Binny's Handpicked program. Plus, get an inside look at the past, present and future of Whiskey Acres from Nick and Rob. 

        ]]>         Travel out to Whiskey Acres in DeKalb for a Whiskey Hotline/Barrel to Bottle field trip. Pat, Brett and Alicia have the tough job of tasting barrel samples and selecting upcoming releases for the Binny's Handpicked program. Plus, get an inside look at the past, present and future of Whiskey Acres from Nick and Rob.

        ]]>         57:45 false full 18901871 2021-05-01T00:01:12Z         Home Bar Draft Home Bar Draft Fri, 23 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Sixteen rounds, 16 categories, 4 teams. It's the Barrel to Bottle Home Bar Draft. Home bars have become more relevant than ever lately, and people have been stepping up their game. Who will have the best draft day, as judged by Pat Kiper Jr, and who will be Cleveland?

        ]]>         Sixteen rounds, 16 categories, 4 teams. It's the Barrel to Bottle Home Bar Draft. Home bars have become more relevant than ever lately, and people have been stepping up their game. Who will have the best draft day, as judged by Pat Kiper Jr, and who will be Cleveland?

        ]]>         01:07:04 false full 18795449 2021-05-01T00:01:12Z         The Wines of Argentina The Wines of Argentina Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Join the Barrel to Bottle crew as we celebrate Malbec World Day and take a closer look at the wines of Argentina. Though Argentine wines have gained momentum on the export markets in the last 20 years, they are certainly not new to winemaking. In fact, #MalbecArgentino arrived in Argentina in 1853 in the hands of Michel Aimé Pouget (1821-1875), a French agronomist.
         
        Malbec has become Argentina's flagship grape, and while it's grown throughout the country, we focused our attention on the prized Uco Valley region within Mendoza. With a greater emphasis on terroir than ever before, Argentina is producing a range of styles and expressions that Alicia and Chris unpack in this episode. Plus a look at Torrontes and Cabernet Sauvignon, which Chris claims is Argentina's secret weapon.
         
        Drink along at home with the following wines:
        ]]>
      • Colomé Torrontes 2019
      • Catena Zapata White Stones Chardonnay 2018
      • Susana Balboa Malbec 2018
      • Familia Zuccardi Concreto Malbec 2017
      • Cuvelier Los Andes Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
        • ]]>         41:07 false full 18737768 2021-05-01T00:01:12Z         Bocks Bocks Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Roger and Chris' day has finally come, and not just because Pat is on vacation. Bocks, the original G.O.A.T. beer, are back! Local breweries are producing both traditional and modern American takes on the style. Take a journey around the world with bocks of all kinds. 

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

         

        ]]>         Roger and Chris' day has finally come, and not just because Pat is on vacation. Bocks, the original G.O.A.T. beer, are back! Local breweries are producing both traditional and modern American takes on the style. Take a journey around the world with bocks of all kinds.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        ]]>         45:58 false full 18655820 2021-05-01T00:01:12Z         80s Cocktails 80s Cocktails Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 The 1980s were a time of excess, and that included the cocktails. The drinks were overly sweet and overly proofed. The Barrel to Bottle Crew is here to elevate some of the classic cocktails from the Me First Decade, or maybe just to drink them in their original, gaudy form. Plus, a bonus segment on the Shooters of the 80s. 

        ]]>         The 1980s were a time of excess, and that included the cocktails. The drinks were overly sweet and overly proofed. The Barrel to Bottle Crew is here to elevate some of the classic cocktails from the Me First Decade, or maybe just to drink them in their original, gaudy form. Plus, a bonus segment on the Shooters of the 80s.

        ]]>         47:15 false full 18572498 2021-05-01T00:01:12Z         Merlot Merlot Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Merlot deserves a second chance, and the Barrel to Bottle crew is here to give it one. This wine was huge in the 90s, but was already trending in the wrong direction by the time Sideways turned it into a punchline. Alicia and Lincoln Park wine manager Ben are here to open your eyes to the world of Merlot that you've been missing out for these past 17 years. Plus a listener Q&A about laying down wine for a newborn's 21st birthday. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

        ]]>         Merlot deserves a second chance, and the Barrel to Bottle crew is here to give it one. This wine was huge in the 90s, but was already trending in the wrong direction by the time Sideways turned it into a punchline. Alicia and Lincoln Park wine manager Ben are here to open your eyes to the world of Merlot that you've been missing out for these past 17 years. Plus a listener Q&A about laying down wine for a newborn's 21st birthday.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         36:01 false full 18456257 2021-04-01T00:00:32Z         Beer Cocktails Beer Cocktails Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Pat is a lazy mixologist, so Roger thought he'd do him a favor with a Beer Cocktails episode. There's nothing easier to make than beer cocktails. Plus, all the hip kids are doing it. From the modern Spaghet to the classic Radler, the Barrel to Bottle crew has some tasty and easy-to-make beer cocktails for you to try out. Find all the recipes on our blog. 

        ]]>         Pat is a lazy mixologist, so Roger thought he'd do him a favor with a Beer Cocktails episode. There's nothing easier to make than beer cocktails. Plus, all the hip kids are doing it. From the modern Spaghet to the classic Radler, the Barrel to Bottle crew has some tasty and easy-to-make beer cocktails for you to try out. Find all the recipes on our blog.

        ]]>         48:58 false full 18377399 2021-04-01T00:00:32Z         Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena Bonus Episode Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena Bonus Episode Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 We were lucky enough to spend a lot of time a few weeks ago with Bo Barrett. So much that we were able to get a bonus episode out of it. We're jumping into your feed with a deeper dive into the AVA, as well as the past, present and future of Chateau Montelena. 

        ]]>         We were lucky enough to spend a lot of time a few weeks ago with Bo Barrett. So much that we were able to get a bonus episode out of it. We're jumping into your feed with a deeper dive into the AVA, as well as the past, present and future of Chateau Montelena.

        ]]>         21:17 false full 18338522 2021-04-01T00:00:32Z         Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 In the early 70s, when Bo Barrett and his father James started at Chateau Montelena, wine hadn't been made there since before Prohibition. A few years later, their Chardonnay would beat out French Chardonnays at the Judgment of Paris. It's the kind of scrappy, underdog story that Hollywood loves. Alicia, Greg and Chris taste through four wines with Bo and talk about the history of his game-changing winery. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

        ]]>         In the early 70s, when Bo Barrett and his father James started at Chateau Montelena, wine hadn't been made there since before Prohibition. A few years later, their Chardonnay would beat out French Chardonnays at the Judgment of Paris. It's the kind of scrappy, underdog story that Hollywood loves. Alicia, Greg and Chris taste through four wines with Bo and talk about the history of his game-changing winery.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         50:14 false full 18285179 2021-04-01T00:00:32Z         Irish Creams and Irish Whiskies Irish Creams and Irish Whiskies Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 It's March, which means the Barrel to Bottle Crew is contractually obligated to talk about Irish spirits. Last year, we tackled some of Pat's favorite Irish whiskies. This time around, Pat has some new and notable Irish whiskies-along with the always popular Irish cream liqueurs-for Greg and Roger to blind taste. Plus, a preview of some upcoming Binny's Handpicked Irish Whiskies. 

        Drink along at home with the following:

        ]]>         It's March, which means the Barrel to Bottle Crew is contractually obligated to talk about Irish spirits. Last year, we tackled some of Pat's favorite Irish whiskies. This time around, Pat has some new and notable Irish whiskies-along with the always popular Irish cream liqueurs-for Greg and Roger to blind taste. Plus, a preview of some upcoming Binny's Handpicked Irish Whiskies.

        Drink along at home with the following:

        ]]>         55:50 false full 18194702 2021-04-01T00:00:32Z         Flagship February Flagship February Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Every February, for the last few years, the Beer Buzz has celebrated some of the classic beers that helped establish the American craft beer scene. In celebration of Flagship February, Roger has selected six beers that defined their styles in American craft. 

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        ]]>         Every February, for the last few years, the Beer Buzz has celebrated some of the classic beers that helped establish the American craft beer scene. In celebration of Flagship February, Roger has selected six beers that defined their styles in American craft.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        ]]>         47:05 false full 18097427 2021-03-01T00:01:44Z         Bordeaux 2018 Preview Bordeaux 2018 Preview Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Binny's received 50 cases of 2018 Bordeaux samples, which were shared across the chain so wine staff from all stores could better understand the vintage. Whether you'd like to drink now or cellar for later, there are some outstanding 2018 Bordeaux wines to discover. 

        Listen to our wine team, including our Director of Wine (and buyer of Bordeaux), Barbara Hermann, as we talk En Primeur, how to barrel taste, Barb's aggressive Bordeaux tasting schedule, the original garagistes and, of course, the 2018 vintage. 

        ]]>         Binny's received 50 cases of 2018 Bordeaux samples, which were shared across the chain so wine staff from all stores could better understand the vintage. Whether you'd like to drink now or cellar for later, there are some outstanding 2018 Bordeaux wines to discover.

        Listen to our wine team, including our Director of Wine (and buyer of Bordeaux), Barbara Hermann, as we talk En Primeur, how to barrel taste, Barb's aggressive Bordeaux tasting schedule, the original garagistes and, of course, the 2018 vintage.

        ]]>         50:26 false full 18004448 2021-05-01T00:01:12Z         Q&A vol. 4 Q&A vol. 4 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 The Q&A segment used to be a regular segment on Barrel to Bottle, but our hosts and guests are so interesting that episodes started running long and we ran out of time. So we put out the call and assembled the best questions for a somewhat rapid fire question and answer episode. We're giving away so much of the boss' money this week. If you have a question for a future episode, reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. 

        ]]>         The Q&A segment used to be a regular segment on Barrel to Bottle, but our hosts and guests are so interesting that episodes started running long and we ran out of time. So we put out the call and assembled the best questions for a somewhat rapid fire question and answer episode. We're giving away so much of the boss' money this week. If you have a question for a future episode, reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

        ]]>         56:00 false full 17917397 2021-03-01T00:01:44Z         Herman Story's Russell From Herman Story's Russell From Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle crew digs deep this week with Russell From of Herman Story. Herman Story does things a little differently, but their goal is to make the best wine while having a great time. Russell discusses the process of making Herman Story wines, from the concept to the unique methods to the eye-catching labels. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         The Barrel to Bottle crew digs deep this week with Russell From of Herman Story. Herman Story does things a little differently, but their goal is to make the best wine while having a great time. Russell discusses the process of making Herman Story wines, from the concept to the unique methods to the eye-catching labels.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         52:46 false full 17811866 2021-03-01T00:01:44Z         Try If You Like: Wine Try If You Like: Wine Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 This week, the Barrel to Bottle crew is answering a question we regularly get in our stores, "If I like this wine, what else should I try?" We'll use some of our best selling wines as a jumping off point to explore other wines of the same or similar style. 

        If You Like Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, try:

        If You Like Mark West Pinot Noir, try:

        If You Like Joel Gott Cabernet Sauvignon, try

        ]]>         This week, the Barrel to Bottle crew is answering a question we regularly get in our stores, "If I like this wine, what else should I try?" We'll use some of our best selling wines as a jumping off point to explore other wines of the same or similar style.

        If You Like Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, try:

        If You Like Mark West Pinot Noir, try:

        If You Like Joel Gott Cabernet Sauvignon, try

        ]]>         31:52 false full 17711528 2021-02-01T00:01:28Z         Non-Alcoholic Options Non-Alcoholic Options Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 It's been about a year since the Barrel to Bottle Crew tackled non-alcoholic beverages. We decided to revisit the topic though, because the category has blown up since then. This week, we'll taste through some products that prove you don't have to sacrifice flavor and quality if you're looking for non-alcoholic options. 

        Drink along at home with the following:

        ]]>         It's been about a year since the Barrel to Bottle Crew tackled non-alcoholic beverages. We decided to revisit the topic though, because the category has blown up since then. This week, we'll taste through some products that prove you don't have to sacrifice flavor and quality if you're looking for non-alcoholic options.

        Drink along at home with the following:

        ]]>         54:32 false full 17628083 2021-02-01T00:01:28Z         Armagnac Armagnac Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Think of Armagnac as Cognac's country cousin. It's an older, more rustic style that predates Cognac. Pat, Greg and Alicia are joined by Armagnac enthusiast-and Mousquetaire d'Armagnac-Brett Pontoni. Who better to guide you through this somewhat mysterious category. 

        Drink along at home with the following armagnacs:

        ]]>         Think of Armagnac as Cognac's country cousin. It's an older, more rustic style that predates Cognac. Pat, Greg and Alicia are joined by Armagnac enthusiast-and Mousquetaire d'Armagnac-Brett Pontoni. Who better to guide you through this somewhat mysterious category.

        Drink along at home with the following armagnacs:

        ]]>         50:27 false full 17533874 2021-02-01T00:01:28Z         Wines of Piedmont Wines of Piedmont Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle Crew heads to Piedmont for a deep dive beyond the traditional Nebbiolo variety. Piedmont isn't obscure, but it might be a little unfamiliar to wine novices and we're here to help. Piedmont produces some of the finest wines in the world, but also wines that are great with pizza and takeout pasta. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         The Barrel to Bottle Crew heads to Piedmont for a deep dive beyond the traditional Nebbiolo variety. Piedmont isn't obscure, but it might be a little unfamiliar to wine novices and we're here to help. Piedmont produces some of the finest wines in the world, but also wines that are great with pizza and takeout pasta.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         46:07 false full 17436917 2021-02-01T00:01:28Z         Barrel to Bottle 2020 Picks pt. 2 Barrel to Bottle 2020 Picks pt. 2 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Just like with our Binny's Buyer's Picks episodes, the Barrel to Bottle Crew couldn't be contained in just one episode. We here at Barrel to Bottle loved a lot of stuff this year and we want to make sure you know all about our favorites of 2020. 

        Roger's Picks

        Greg's Picks

        Pat's Picks

        Alicia's Picks

        • See part 1

        Chris' Picks

         

         

        ]]>         Just like with our Binny's Buyer's Picks episodes, the Barrel to Bottle Crew couldn't be contained in just one episode. We here at Barrel to Bottle loved a lot of stuff this year and we want to make sure you know all about our favorites of 2020.

        Roger's Picks Greg's Picks Pat's Picks Alicia's Picks
        • See part 1
        Chris' Picks

        ]]>         31:04 false full 17383562 2021-01-01T11:08:13Z         Barrel to Bottle 2020 Picks pt. 1 Barrel to Bottle 2020 Picks pt. 1 Fri, 25 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000 You've heard the buyer's picks the last two weeks, but now it's time for the true authority, your beloved friends from the Barrel to Bottle Crew. We've assembled some wacky 2020 picks for you to check out as the year comes to a close. This is in no particular order of rank, or how they stack up to Hamm's.  

        Roger's Picks

        Greg's Picks

        Pat's Picks

        Alicia's Picks

        Chris' Picks

        • Check back next week for part 2

         

        ]]>         You've heard the buyer's picks the last two weeks, but now it's time for the true authority, your beloved friends from the Barrel to Bottle Crew. We've assembled some wacky 2020 picks for you to check out as the year comes to a close. This is in no particular order of rank, or how they stack up to Hamm's.

        Roger's Picks Greg's Picks Pat's Picks Alicia's Picks Chris' Picks
        • Check back next week for part 2

        ]]>         36:25 false full 17322962 2021-01-01T00:00:13Z         Binny's Buyer's Picks pt. 2 Binny's Buyer's Picks pt. 2 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000 We couldn't fit all our Buyer's Picks into one episode, so we had to do a two parter. This week we'll continue Brett's long list of picks and then move on to the rest of our buyers. Check out last week's episode for part 1. 

         
        Specialty Spirits Buyer Brett, continued 
        Wine Buyer Barb
        Beer Buyer Kyle
        Private Label Buyer Mike
        Cigar Buyer Jack
        • CAO Vision 2020 Limited Edition
        • Lotus Viper V-Cut
        • Four Star Society Expo

         

         
        ]]>         We couldn't fit all our Buyer's Picks into one episode, so we had to do a two parter. This week we'll continue Brett's long list of picks and then move on to the rest of our buyers. Check out last week's episode for part 1.

        Specialty Spirits Buyer Brett, continued Wine Buyer Barb Beer Buyer Kyle Private Label Buyer Mike Cigar Buyer Jack
        • CAO Vision 2020 Limited Edition
        • Lotus Viper V-Cut
        • Four Star Society Expo

        ]]>         34:23 false full 17219963 2021-01-01T00:00:13Z         Binny's Buyer's Picks pt. 1 Binny's Buyer's Picks pt. 1 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        When the Barrel to Bottle crew wants to know what to drink, they turn to the Binny's buyers. Our buyers try thousands of products every year and have, collectively, hundreds of years of experience in this business. Greg, Pat and Roger sat down with wine, beer, spirits and cigar buyers and asked them for their pick of the year. 
         
        Drink along at home with the following products:

         

         

        ]]>
      • Crafthouse Cocktails
      • Plantation Isle of Fiji Rum
      • Cristom Pinot Noir Mt Jefferson Cuvee 2018
      • Renato Ratti Barolo Conca 2016
      • Penley Estate Tolmer Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
      • Bourbon County Brand Stout 2020
      • Superstition Peanut Butter Jelly Crime
      • La Luna Mezcal Cupreata
      • Highland Park 12 year old First Fill European Oak Sherry Hogshead # 5046 Binny's Handpick 2006
      • Mezonte Raicilla Japo by Hildegaro Joya

        • ]]>         35:20 false full 17144348 2021-01-01T00:00:13Z         Holiday Beers Bonus Episode: Old Beers and Funky Cheeses Holiday Beers Bonus Episode: Old Beers and Funky Cheeses Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Sometimes there's too much content for a regular episode, so once again we're dropping into your feed with some bonus content. Chris has some vintages of Anchor Christmas, as well a very very old bottle of something very special. We've also got some great cheese pairings to go along with these holiday beers. 

        ]]>         Sometimes there's too much content for a regular episode, so once again we're dropping into your feed with some bonus content. Chris has some vintages of Anchor Christmas, as well a very very old bottle of something very special. We've also got some great cheese pairings to go along with these holiday beers.

        ]]>         09:13 false full 17097554 2021-01-01T00:00:13Z         Holiday Beers Holiday Beers Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        "It's the holiday season (the holiday season)" and that means it's time for the holiday releases from some of our favorite breweries. We could probably do one of these episodes every year because these beers are always changing. But they reliably deliver bold flavors that are perfect to pair with holiday dinners and holiday desserts. 
         
        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

         

         

        ]]>
      • Victory Winter Cheers
      • Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale
      • Southern Tier Old Man Winter Ale
      • Anchor Christmas Ale
      • Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

        • ]]>         44:38 false full 17055023 2021-01-01T00:00:13Z         Dessert Wines Dessert Wines Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        Roger is a beer and spirits guy, so wine is usually a little overwhelming for him. The one area of wine he has delved into a bit are fortified wines. The methods around the world might be similar, but each country interprets them differently. Take a tour of these sweet wines with Roger, Alicia and Chris, they're the perfect pairing for many holiday desserts. Roger is a beer and spirits guy, so wine is usually a little overwhelming for him. The one area of wine he has delved into a bit are fortified wines. The methods around the world might be similar, but each country interprets them differently. Take a tour of these sweet wines with Roger, Alicia and Chris, they're the perfect pairing for many holiday desserts. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

         

         

        ]]>         Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         48:25 false full 16960607 2020-12-01T00:01:47Z         Batch Cocktails Batch Cocktails Fri, 20 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        Batch cocktails are always a good idea, even if this year's holiday season features much smaller gatherings. That also means this is a great year to experiment with some recipes and methods you've never tried before. Pat, Roger, Alicia and Chris have you covered with tips and tricks to take your cocktail game to the next level. 
         
        Check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog.

         

        ]]>         blog.

        ]]>         51:35 false full 16876058 2020-12-01T00:01:47Z         Tripels Tripels Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:25:15 +0000
        Roger was recently asked about his "Aha Moment" in beer; that one drink that makes you realize what beer (or wine, or spirits) is capable of. For him, it was tripels. The beer scene is dominated by bold flavors, and tripels are not lacking in that department. Bold, complex and very easy to pair with food. Take a trip from the Trappist breweries of Belgium to a walled city in Canada, to America's best takes on the style.  

        Drink along at home with following beers:

         

        ]]>         Drink along at home with following beers:

        ]]>         58:14 false full 16797329 2020-12-01T00:01:47Z         Starward Australian Whisky Starward Australian Whisky Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        Add another country to the ever-growing whisky/whiskey producers available to Binny's customers: Australia. David Vitale, founder of Starward Whisky, joins Pat and Greg to talk about defining Australian whisky. Also a preview of the upcoming Starward Single Cask Handpicked. 
         

        Drink along at home with following spirits:

         

        ]]>         Drink along at home with following spirits:

        ]]>         50:41 false full 16700612 2020-12-01T00:01:47Z         Quarantinis vol. 6: Fall Into Flavor Quarantinis vol. 6: Fall Into Flavor Fri, 30 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 The weather is turning colder, so it's time to move away from negronis and tiki drinks to something that warms you up. And no, we're not talking about pumpkin cocktails. From Colonial classics to modern favorites, there's something for every palate and every level of home mixologist. 

        ]]>         The weather is turning colder, so it's time to move away from negronis and tiki drinks to something that warms you up. And no, we're not talking about pumpkin cocktails. From Colonial classics to modern favorites, there's something for every palate and every level of home mixologist.

        ]]>         51:48 false full 16605242 2020-11-01T00:01:22Z         Bourbon County Brand Stout 2020 Preview Bourbon County Brand Stout 2020 Preview Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:20:38 +0000

        In this very special bonus episode of Barrel to Bottle, the team shares a sneak peek at Goose Island's 2020 Bourbon County lineup. From the special barrel finishes of the highly limited Birthday and Anniversary variants, to the caramel apple wheatwine Caramella, and the artfully flavored Kentucky Fog, Proprietor's and Special #4, there's a lot to love in this year's variant lineup. And don't sleep on the OG BCBS, it's a classic.

        For more info on this year's socially distanced drawing head to our BCBS info page, and check out the conversation over on the Binny's Blog BCBS post.

        ]]>         In this very special bonus episode of Barrel to Bottle, the team shares a sneak peek at Goose Island's 2020 Bourbon County lineup. From the special barrel finishes of the highly limited Birthday and Anniversary variants, to the caramel apple wheatwine Caramella, and the artfully flavored Kentucky Fog, Proprietor's and Special #4, there's a lot to love in this year's variant lineup. And don't sleep on the OG BCBS, it's a classic.

        For more info on this year's socially distanced drawing head to our BCBS info page, and check out the conversation over on the Binny's Blog BCBS post.

        ]]>         28:12 false full 16529552 2020-11-01T00:01:22Z         Seipp Brewing Co. Seipp Brewing Co. Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Seipp Brewing Co. was known as the Beer that Built Chicago, and at one time it was the best selling beer in America. It survived the Chicago Fire, but like many other Chicago breweries, couldn't survive Prohibition. 

        Laurin Mack, Conrad Seipp's great great great granddaughter joins the Barrel to Bottle Crew to talk about reviving her family's brewery. 

        ]]>         Seipp Brewing Co. was known as the Beer that Built Chicago, and at one time it was the best selling beer in America. It survived the Chicago Fire, but like many other Chicago breweries, couldn't survive Prohibition.

        Laurin Mack, Conrad Seipp's great great great granddaughter joins the Barrel to Bottle Crew to talk about reviving her family's brewery.

        ]]>         44:58 false full 16507748 2020-11-01T00:01:22Z         Fever Tree - It's the Quenchiest Fever Tree - It's the Quenchiest Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Fever Tree is a favorite of the Barrel to Bottle Crew. Pat samples a lot of mixers so he would know. But we want to know, why does Fever Tree have so many varieties? Alex Brick is here to answer that question, and mix up a range of cocktails from the traditional to the unique. 

        ]]>         Fever Tree is a favorite of the Barrel to Bottle Crew. Pat samples a lot of mixers so he would know. But we want to know, why does Fever Tree have so many varieties? Alex Brick is here to answer that question, and mix up a range of cocktails from the traditional to the unique.

        ]]>         48:23 false full 16419956 2020-11-01T00:01:22Z         Chardonnay Chardonnay Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Chardonnay is a versatile grape that can be grown almost anywhere by almost anyone. That means you can coax a wide variety flavors out of the grape. Many listeners might know Chardonnay for being buttery and heavily oaked, but the Barrel to Bottle crew is here with some more subtle expressions. Plus a listenera Q&A about identifying corked wine.   

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

        ]]>         Chardonnay is a versatile grape that can be grown almost anywhere by almost anyone. That means you can coax a wide variety flavors out of the grape. Many listeners might know Chardonnay for being buttery and heavily oaked, but the Barrel to Bottle crew is here with some more subtle expressions. Plus a listenera Q&A about identifying corked wine.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         46:00 false full 16329293 2020-11-01T00:01:22Z         Quarantinis vol. 5: Quarantikis Quarantinis vol. 5: Quarantikis Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Tiki cocktails are one of Roger's passions. But some members of the Barrel to Bottle Crew don't want to go through the hassle of mixing a 15-ingredient cocktail. Maybe you're the same way? If you don't want to stock up on multiple fruit juices, syrups, liqueurs and types of rum, this is the perfect episode for you.

        Check out our blog post for all the Quarantiki recipes featured in today's episode. 

         

        ]]>         Tiki cocktails are one of Roger's passions. But some members of the Barrel to Bottle Crew don't want to go through the hassle of mixing a 15-ingredient cocktail. Maybe you're the same way? If you don't want to stock up on multiple fruit juices, syrups, liqueurs and types of rum, this is the perfect episode for you.

        Check out our blog post for all the Quarantiki recipes featured in today's episode.

        ]]>         01:08:14 false full 16239911 2020-11-01T00:01:22Z         Canadian Whisky Canadian Whisky Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Canadian Whisky is still a bit of a mystery to many drinkers, including some Barrel to Bottle hosts. The Whiskey Hotline is here to help, blind tasting six bottles from the Great White North, to prove that Canadian Whisky is more than just big plastic bottles you find in your grandparent's liquor cabinet. Plus an in-house Q&A about barrel charring. 

        Drink along at home with the following whisky:

         

        ]]>         Canadian Whisky is still a bit of a mystery to many drinkers, including some Barrel to Bottle hosts. The Whiskey Hotline is here to help, blind tasting six bottles from the Great White North, to prove that Canadian Whisky is more than just big plastic bottles you find in your grandparent's liquor cabinet. Plus an in-house Q&A about barrel charring.

        Drink along at home with the following whisky:

        ]]>         46:21 false full 16145756 2020-10-01T00:01:39Z         Bordeaux Bordeux Bordeaux Bordeux Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        We asked Lincoln Park wine manager Gabe what topic he could talk about for a half an hour. Besides video games, Gabe's passion is Bordeaux. Not only does he love Bordeaux, but he's been there for En Primeur. Gabe takes the B2B through some of his favorite Bordeaux selections and gives a behind the scenes look at En Primeur. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

        ]]>         We asked Lincoln Park wine manager Gabe what topic he could talk about for a half an hour. Besides video games, Gabe's passion is Bordeaux. Not only does he love Bordeaux, but he's been there for En Primeur. Gabe takes the B2B through some of his favorite Bordeaux selections and gives a behind the scenes look at En Primeur.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         53:10 false full 16055069 2020-10-01T00:01:39Z         Oktoberfestbiers Oktoberfestbiers Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        You might think that all Oktoberfest beers are the same, but Roger is here to show you that's not the case. The Barrel to Bottle Crew will help you clear up some of the confusing aspects of Oktoberfest, starting with why it's in September. They'll run through a sampling of German and American offerings, as well as give you some great food pairings. Plus, in a very convenient Q&A session, a listener wants to know the best glass for serving Oktoberfest and Festbiers. Prosit! 

         Dink along at home with the following beers:

         

        ]]>         You might think that all Oktoberfest beers are the same, but Roger is here to show you that's not the case. The Barrel to Bottle Crew will help you clear up some of the confusing aspects of Oktoberfest, starting with why it's in September. They'll run through a sampling of German and American offerings, as well as give you some great food pairings. Plus, in a very convenient Q&A session, a listener wants to know the best glass for serving Oktoberfest and Festbiers. Prosit!

        Dink along at home with the following beers:

        ]]>         46:45 false full 15966062 2020-10-01T00:01:39Z         A Rhone Rager A Rhone Rager Fri, 04 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Resident wine guy Chris takes the Barrel to Bottle Crew through some of the lesser known appellations of the Rhone Valley. The Rhone Valley offers wines that are easily accessible or very complex, so it's the perfect region to start your wine journey. 

         Dink along at home with the following wines:

         

        ]]>         Resident wine guy Chris takes the Barrel to Bottle Crew through some of the lesser known appellations of the Rhone Valley. The Rhone Valley offers wines that are easily accessible or very complex, so it's the perfect region to start your wine journey.

        Dink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         45:50 false full 15861557 2020-10-01T00:01:39Z         The Gang Picks a Fight with Stanley Tucci The Gang Picks a Fight with Stanley Tucci Fri, 28 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Stanley Tucci has a lot to learn about making a Negroni. The question is, does he hunger for knowledge on this classic cocktail, or does he just want to play games? As Roger runs through all the ways in which The Tooch screwed up this cocktail, the Barrel to Bottle spends their big night screwing up this cocktail. But the great thing about a Negroni is you can transform it into almost anything. 

        Mix up some Negronis at home by visiting our blog for all the recipes featured in this episode. 

         

        ]]>         Stanley Tucci has a lot to learn about making a Negroni. The question is, does he hunger for knowledge on this classic cocktail, or does he just want to play games? As Roger runs through all the ways in which The Tooch screwed up this cocktail, the Barrel to Bottle spends their big night screwing up this cocktail. But the great thing about a Negroni is you can transform it into almost anything.

        Mix up some Negronis at home by visiting our blog for all the recipes featured in this episode.

        ]]>         46:36 false full 15784097 2020-09-01T00:00:09Z         Hard Seltzer with Joel Brower of Odd Side Ales Hard Seltzer with Joel Brower of Odd Side Ales Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        At this point it's pretty obvious that hard seltzers are more than just a passing fad. One of the biggest questions we get at Binny's is "what are these things exactly?" Hard Seltzers can be made many different ways , as Odd Side Ales' plant manager Joel Brower explains to the Barrel to Bottle crew. After the interview, Roger, Pat and Chris sample through different brands and flavors of hard seltzer. 

        Drink along at home with these hard seltzers:

        ]]>         At this point it's pretty obvious that hard seltzers are more than just a passing fad. One of the biggest questions we get at Binny's is "what are these things exactly?" Hard Seltzers can be made many different ways , as Odd Side Ales' plant manager Joel Brower explains to the Barrel to Bottle crew. After the interview, Roger, Pat and Chris sample through different brands and flavors of hard seltzer.

        Drink along at home with these hard seltzers:

        ]]>         50:19 false full 15694664 2020-09-01T00:00:09Z         Half Acre Co-Founder Gabriel Magliaro Half Acre Co-Founder Gabriel Magliaro Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        It's hard to believe Half Acre Brewing Co. is now considered a veteran of the Chicago craft beer scene. But 14 years will change a lot of things. Co-founder Gabriel Magliaro sits down with the Barrel to Bottle crew to discuss the history of the brewery and the challenges they've faced over the last decade plus. 

        Drink along at home with these beers:

        ]]>         It's hard to believe Half Acre Brewing Co. is now considered a veteran of the Chicago craft beer scene. But 14 years will change a lot of things. Co-founder Gabriel Magliaro sits down with the Barrel to Bottle crew to discuss the history of the brewery and the challenges they've faced over the last decade plus.

        Drink along at home with these beers:

        ]]>         41:17 false full 15606095 2020-09-01T00:00:09Z         Alaskan Brewing Bonus Episode Alaskan Brewing Bonus Episode Tue, 11 Aug 2020 22:21:29 +0000 We couldn't fit all our time with Geoff and Marcy Larson into our weekly episode, so we're sliding into your feed with a bonus ep. Hear about some of the other creative ways Alaskan Brewing has survived and thrived in the Last Frontier. 

        ]]>         We couldn't fit all our time with Geoff and Marcy Larson into our weekly episode, so we're sliding into your feed with a bonus ep. Hear about some of the other creative ways Alaskan Brewing has survived and thrived in the Last Frontier.

        ]]>         16:02 false full 15577181 2020-09-01T00:00:09Z         Geoff and Marcy Larson from Alaskan Brewing Geoff and Marcy Larson from Alaskan Brewing Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Geoff and Marcy Larson have faced many unique challenges brewing beer in landlocked Juneau, Alaska. In addition to a stable of core beers, they've branched out and kept up with the latest trends in craft beer. 

        Drink along at home with these beers:

        ]]>         Geoff and Marcy Larson have faced many unique challenges brewing beer in landlocked Juneau, Alaska. In addition to a stable of core beers, they've branched out and kept up with the latest trends in craft beer.

        Drink along at home with these beers:

        ]]>         47:24 false full 15511730 2020-09-01T00:00:09Z         Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle Crew is looooooooong overdue for this episode. Luckily, we've got someone to guide us through this unexplored category; Binny's Buyer Jack Spethman. Jack takes us through the basics, including some tips for cutting and smoking. Then Pat and Roger run through a few sticks that Jack gave them to sample. Also, a listener Q&A about how to pair with spirits. 

         

        ]]>         The Barrel to Bottle Crew is looooooooong overdue for this episode. Luckily, we've got someone to guide us through this unexplored category; Binny's Buyer Jack Spethman. Jack takes us through the basics, including some tips for cutting and smoking. Then Pat and Roger run through a few sticks that Jack gave them to sample. Also, a listener Q&A about how to pair with spirits.

        ]]>         52:17 false full 15419021 2020-08-01T00:00:31Z         You Don't Know Jackfruit You Don't Know Jackfruit Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:45:05 +0000 It's You Don't Know Jackfruit, the Barrel to Bottle game show. Your contestants this week are Pat, Chris and Greg, who go head to head taking on the hardest fruit questions presented by your host, Roger. Fruit notes are frequent descriptors in the world of wine, spirits and beer. But why do your favorite beverages have these tasting notes? Play along and see how you stack up against the Barrel to Bottle team. 
         
        ]]>         54:59 false full 15339461 2020-08-01T00:00:31Z         Rosé All...Year? Rosé All...Year? Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000

         Is this the Summer of Rosé pt. Deux or should it be Rosé All Year? Alicia and Chris take us on a journey around the world of Rosé. From California to France and back again, these refreshing wines (porch pounders, really) are great in the warm weather, but they're excellent to drink year-round as well. 

        Drink along at home with the following rosés, all day or all year.  

         

        ]]>         Is this the Summer of Rosé pt. Deux or should it be Rosé All Year? Alicia and Chris take us on a journey around the world of Rosé. From California to France and back again, these refreshing wines (porch pounders, really) are great in the warm weather, but they're excellent to drink year-round as well.

        Drink along at home with the following rosés, all day or all year.

        ]]>         44:34 false full 15235739 2020-08-01T00:00:31Z         Quarantinis Ultra Lazy Edition: Highballs Quarantinis Ultra Lazy Edition: Highballs Fri, 10 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        The Highball is the ultimate lazy cocktail. By definition, it should only be two ingredients. Pat's not even sure it deserves its own episode. But-not ones to leave well enough alone-Roger and Chris are here to prove that you can get a little fancy with a Highball, elevating it from a two-ingredient cocktail to something a little more complex. 

        Mix along at home with the following cocktail ingredients:

         

        ]]>         The Highball is the ultimate lazy cocktail. By definition, it should only be two ingredients. Pat's not even sure it deserves its own episode. But-not ones to leave well enough alone-Roger and Chris are here to prove that you can get a little fancy with a Highball, elevating it from a two-ingredient cocktail to something a little more complex.

        Mix along at home with the following cocktail ingredients:

        ]]>         55:37 false full 15150386 2020-08-01T00:00:31Z         Highway to Helles Highway to Helles Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        The beer scene is dominated by flavor-blasted IPAs and stouts, but the German Helles style has been making a quiet comeback. Roger and Chris, the masters of nuance, are here to show you that subtle does not equal boring. The Barrel to Bottle crew has 5 refreshing beers that are perfect for the hottest summer days. In the listener Q&A, the Barrel to Bottle crew tackles the loaded question of beer expiriation/born-on dates. 

        Drink along at home with the following light and crispy boys that aren't Hamm's:

        ]]>         The beer scene is dominated by flavor-blasted IPAs and stouts, but the German Helles style has been making a quiet comeback. Roger and Chris, the masters of nuance, are here to show you that subtle does not equal boring. The Barrel to Bottle crew has 5 refreshing beers that are perfect for the hottest summer days. In the listener Q&A, the Barrel to Bottle crew tackles the loaded question of beer expiriation/born-on dates.

        Drink along at home with the following light and crispy boys that aren't Hamm's:

        ]]>         43:02 false full 15048092 2020-08-01T00:00:31Z         Brunch Cocktails Brunch Cocktails Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        OK, so maybe you aren't going to brunch very often right now. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy these cocktails on your own, whatever time of day, wherever you are. Greg, Roger, Alicia and Chris take you from the basics to the more advanced. As always, the Barrel to Bottle crew is more than willing to offer up a few variations to suit your ingredient list. 

         Drink along at home with the following brunch cocktail ingredients

        ]]>         OK, so maybe you aren't going to brunch very often right now. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy these cocktails on your own, whatever time of day, wherever you are. Greg, Roger, Alicia and Chris take you from the basics to the more advanced. As always, the Barrel to Bottle crew is more than willing to offer up a few variations to suit your ingredient list.

        Drink along at home with the following brunch cocktail ingredients

        ]]>         46:26 false full 14970152 2020-07-01T00:01:38Z         Chèvre Which Way: Cheese Pairings Chèvre Which Way: Cheese Pairings Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        It doesn't get any cheddar than this. It's unbrielievable that it took this long, really. The Barrel to Bottle Crew is finally doing cheese pairings. Chris has some bonafides in this department, so he'll be leading us through a selection of wine and cheese pairings. Roger isn't forgetting about the beer-loving curd nerds either, he's got some great IPA, Belgian, sour and cider pairings. We promise you'll have a gouda time listening to this episode. 

         

        ]]>         It doesn't get any cheddar than this. It's unbrielievable that it took this long, really. The Barrel to Bottle Crew is finally doing cheese pairings. Chris has some bonafides in this department, so he'll be leading us through a selection of wine and cheese pairings. Roger isn't forgetting about the beer-loving curd nerds either, he's got some great IPA, Belgian, sour and cider pairings. We promise you'll have a gouda time listening to this episode.

        ]]>         44:59 false full 14878181 2020-07-01T00:01:38Z         Quarantini Sessions III: After the Gold Rush Quarantini Sessions III: After the Gold Rush Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        The Quarantini series rolls on with a twofer: The Gold Rush and the Margarita. While Greg and Pat stick with the basics, Roger and Chris get very fancy with several variations. It wouldn't be a cocktail episode without The Fruit King making an appearance to Tiki things up. Then, a listener wants to know the Barrel to Bottle Crew's favorite champage cocktails.  

        Mix along at home with the following cocktails:

        Pat's Gold Rush

        INGREDIENTS:

        • 2 oz bourbon or rye
        • 3/4 oz lemon juice
        • 3/4 oz honey simple syrup

          SIMPLE STEPS:

          To make honey simple syrup, combine three parts honey and one part water, heat in sauce pan until combined. Try Chris' version with an egg white. Or with ginger beer and lime juice instead of lemon juice. Roger substituted Laird's Apple Brandy with bourbon and also added a dash of All Spice Dram.

        The Mrs. Versch Margarita

        INGREDIENTS:

        SIMPLE STEPS:

        Build in a measuring cup with ice, mix with a knife. Do not rim the glass. Try Chris' version with Key lime juice and Herradura Blanco. 

        Pat's Spicy Paloma 

        INGREDIENTS:

        SIMPLE STEPS:

        Build in a shaker over ice. Rim glass with tajine and salt. Add pinch of Tajine to cocktail. 

        Roger's Rum-a-Rita

        INGREDIENTS:

         

        ]]>         The Quarantini series rolls on with a twofer: The Gold Rush and the Margarita. While Greg and Pat stick with the basics, Roger and Chris get very fancy with several variations. It wouldn't be a cocktail episode without The Fruit King making an appearance to Tiki things up. Then, a listener wants to know the Barrel to Bottle Crew's favorite champage cocktails.

        Mix along at home with the following cocktails:

        Pat's Gold Rush INGREDIENTS:
        • 2 oz bourbon or rye
        • 3/4 oz lemon juice
        • 3/4 oz honey simple syrup SIMPLE STEPS:

          To make honey simple syrup, combine three parts honey and one part water, heat in sauce pan until combined. Try Chris' version with an egg white. Or with ginger beer and lime juice instead of lemon juice. Roger substituted Laird's Apple Brandy with bourbon and also added a dash of All Spice Dram.

        The Mrs. Versch Margarita INGREDIENTS: SIMPLE STEPS:

        Build in a measuring cup with ice, mix with a knife. Do not rim the glass. Try Chris' version with Key lime juice and Herradura Blanco.

        Pat's Spicy Paloma INGREDIENTS: SIMPLE STEPS:

        Build in a shaker over ice. Rim glass with tajine and salt. Add pinch of Tajine to cocktail.

        Roger's Rum-a-Rita INGREDIENTS:

        ]]>         54:30 false full 14791103 2020-07-01T00:01:38Z         Jesse Lange Jesse Lange Fri, 05 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        The Lange Family are pioneers of Oregon and Willamette Valley wines, an aisle that continues to grow in our stores. Jesse is the winemaker and general manager at Lange, taking over from his father, and the founder of Lange Family Vineyards, Don Lange. Stick around for a listener Q&A about the conundrum of White Zinfandel. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         The Lange Family are pioneers of Oregon and Willamette Valley wines, an aisle that continues to grow in our stores. Jesse is the winemaker and general manager at Lange, taking over from his father, and the founder of Lange Family Vineyards, Don Lange. Stick around for a listener Q&A about the conundrum of White Zinfandel.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         40:03 false full 14701748 2020-07-01T00:01:38Z         Desert Island Beers Desert Island Beers Fri, 29 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        We're all kind of on our own desert islands right now, so it's a great time to run through the Barrel to Bottle crew's desert island beers. These cans and bottles have stood the test of time, be they tall cripsy boys from the land of sky blue waters, or malty and spicy Belgian classics. These are the beers that mean something, the ones that we'd want to be stranded with. During Q&A, a listener wants to know what the Barrel to Bottle crew looks for when cellaring beer.

        Presented in no particular order, drink along at home with the following beers:

        ]]>         We're all kind of on our own desert islands right now, so it's a great time to run through the Barrel to Bottle crew's desert island beers. These cans and bottles have stood the test of time, be they tall cripsy boys from the land of sky blue waters, or malty and spicy Belgian classics. These are the beers that mean something, the ones that we'd want to be stranded with. During Q&A, a listener wants to know what the Barrel to Bottle crew looks for when cellaring beer.

        Presented in no particular order, drink along at home with the following beers:

        ]]>         44:50 false full 14607764 2020-06-01T00:00:11Z         Mr. Black Bonus Episode: Ask an Australian Mr. Black Bonus Episode: Ask an Australian Tue, 26 May 2020 15:16:59 +0000 Barrel to Bottle is dropping into your feed with another bonus episode. We had a little extra time with Mr. Black co-founder Tom Baker, so Roger wanted to play "Ask an Australian". 

        ]]>         Barrel to Bottle is dropping into your feed with another bonus episode. We had a little extra time with Mr. Black co-founder Tom Baker, so Roger wanted to play "Ask an Australian".

        ]]>         13:28 false full 14571620 2020-06-01T00:00:11Z         Mr. Black Mr. Black Fri, 22 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Mr. Black is the best coffee liqueur the Barrel to Bottle Crew has ever tasted. So it was a no-brainer to have Tom Baker, co-founder of Mr. Black, on the podcast. This is our first international and intercontinental episode of Barrel to Bottle as Tom is dialing in all the way from Australia. The crew will also be making cocktails using Mr. Black. Plus a listener Q&A about what makes whiskey so special. 

        Mix along at home with the Coffee Negroni

         

        ]]>         Mr. Black is the best coffee liqueur the Barrel to Bottle Crew has ever tasted. So it was a no-brainer to have Tom Baker, co-founder of Mr. Black, on the podcast. This is our first international and intercontinental episode of Barrel to Bottle as Tom is dialing in all the way from Australia. The crew will also be making cocktails using Mr. Black. Plus a listener Q&A about what makes whiskey so special.

        Mix along at home with the Coffee Negroni

        ]]>         48:51 false full 14502230 2020-06-01T00:00:11Z         Quarantinis Vol. 2: Actual Martini Edition Quarantinis Vol. 2: Actual Martini Edition Fri, 15 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Everyone is making quarantinis, which can really be anything (including a can of PBR if you're Pat). The Barrel to Bottle Crew was inspired to go back to the actual old school martini, which itself can be almost anything these days. Roger runs through some of the classic recipes including the original martini with sweet vermouth, the Vesper and more. Plus, a rousing listener Q&A about guilty pleasure drinks.  

        ]]>         Everyone is making quarantinis, which can really be anything (including a can of PBR if you're Pat). The Barrel to Bottle Crew was inspired to go back to the actual old school martini, which itself can be almost anything these days. Roger runs through some of the classic recipes including the original martini with sweet vermouth, the Vesper and more. Plus, a rousing listener Q&A about guilty pleasure drinks.

        ]]>         50:26 false full 14424143 2020-06-01T00:00:11Z         Pop the Top: Virtual Tasting Bonus Episode Pop the Top: Virtual Tasting Bonus Episode Tue, 12 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000 We're jumping into your podcast feed with a bonus episode of Barrel to Bottle. We've been hosting a series of virtual tastings on Zoom. In this week's bonus episode Alicia and Barb, along with Lincoln Park wine manager Gabriel, taste through their favorite canned wines and canned wine cocktails. 

        For more information about our virtual tastings, please visit our website. 

        ]]>         We're jumping into your podcast feed with a bonus episode of Barrel to Bottle. We've been hosting a series of virtual tastings on Zoom. In this week's bonus episode Alicia and Barb, along with Lincoln Park wine manager Gabriel, taste through their favorite canned wines and canned wine cocktails.

        For more information about our virtual tastings, please visit our website.

        ]]>         31:40 false full 14328902 2020-06-01T00:00:11Z         Beaujolais Beaujolais Fri, 08 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Beaujolais is gonna work for you. They're not in plastic bottles any more and they're not your father's Beaujolais. This week on Barrel to Bottle, Pat is joined by Binny's educator Alicia along with wine manager Ben to help set the record straight on Beaujolais. The Barrel to Bottle Crew will taste through the entire Beaujolais region while discussing its history and sharing Beaujolais food pairings.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         
        ]]>         Beaujolais is gonna work for you. They're not in plastic bottles any more and they're not your father's Beaujolais. This week on Barrel to Bottle, Pat is joined by Binny's educator Alicia along with wine manager Ben to help set the record straight on Beaujolais. The Barrel to Bottle Crew will taste through the entire Beaujolais region while discussing its history and sharing Beaujolais food pairings.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         27:58 false full 14329796 2020-06-01T00:00:11Z         Quarantinis vol. 1 Quarantinis vol. 1 Fri, 01 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Make do with what you have, that's the theme of this week's episode. You might not have all the ingredients for your favorite cocktail, but there's almost always a substitute you can make. This week the Barrel to Bottle Crew scours their respective basements for ingredients that will still make an excellent cocktail. At the end, Greg, Roger, Pat and Alicia each put their own quarantini spin on a negroni. 

        You can find all of our Barrel to Bottle Quarantini recipes on the Confessions of a Mixologist page. 

         

         
        ]]>         Make do with what you have, that's the theme of this week's episode. You might not have all the ingredients for your favorite cocktail, but there's almost always a substitute you can make. This week the Barrel to Bottle Crew scours their respective basements for ingredients that will still make an excellent cocktail. At the end, Greg, Roger, Pat and Alicia each put their own quarantini spin on a negroni.

        You can find all of our Barrel to Bottle Quarantini recipes on the Confessions of a Mixologist page.

        ]]>         48:55 false full 14206715 2020-05-01T10:03:40Z         Wines of Alsace Wines of Alsace Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:02:40 +0000

        Alsace, an underappreciated wine region and the Barrel to Bottle Crew would love for our customers to know more about. Alsatian wines are food-friendly and budget friendly. Binny's Wine Educator Alicia tastes through five wines from Alsace, and throws in some trivia along the way. She also has some excellent food pairings. Plus, a customer wants to know what to do with a bottle of wine they don't really like. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

         

        ]]>         Alsace, an underappreciated wine region and the Barrel to Bottle Crew would love for our customers to know more about. Alsatian wines are food-friendly and budget friendly. Binny's Wine Educator Alicia tastes through five wines from Alsace, and throws in some trivia along the way. She also has some excellent food pairings. Plus, a customer wants to know what to do with a bottle of wine they don't really like.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         42:53 false full 14129015 2020-05-01T00:01:53Z         Beer Geek Basement Clean Out 2: Basement Edition Beer Geek Basement Clean Out 2: Basement Edition Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Since we're all at home looking at all the beers we've been collecting for years, it's a good time to open some more of them. Because of the breadth of their collections, the Barrel to Bottle Crew was lucky enough to have some overlap. Except Greg, who likes to actually drink the beer he buys. 

        ]]>         Since we're all at home looking at all the beers we've been collecting for years, it's a good time to open some more of them. Because of the breadth of their collections, the Barrel to Bottle Crew was lucky enough to have some overlap. Except Greg, who likes to actually drink the beer he buys.

        ]]>         50:28 false full 14021948 2020-05-01T00:01:53Z         Q&A-Palooza Vol. 3 Q&A-Palooza Vol. 3 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:17:04 +0000 We asked for questions and you asked us questions. Lots of questions. This week the Barrel to Bottle Crew will answer 19 of your burning questions. What's the best way to store wine? Is this bottle worth anything? Does lactose effect a beer's shelf life? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

        ]]>         We asked for questions and you asked us questions. Lots of questions. This week the Barrel to Bottle Crew will answer 19 of your burning questions. What's the best way to store wine? Is this bottle worth anything? Does lactose effect a beer's shelf life? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

        ]]>         50:09 false full 13938911 2020-05-01T00:01:53Z         Mezcal Mezcal Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        Mezcal, it's not just smoky tequila with a worm in the bottle. On this special Whiskey Hotline & Friends edition of Barrel to Bottle, Pat, Brett and friend-of-the-pod Monique Houston are going to help demystify mezcal. 

        Drink along at home with the following mezcals:

        ]]>         Mezcal, it's not just smoky tequila with a worm in the bottle. On this special Whiskey Hotline & Friends edition of Barrel to Bottle, Pat, Brett and friend-of-the-pod Monique Houston are going to help demystify mezcal.

        Drink along at home with the following mezcals:

        ]]>         50:57 false full 13825676 2020-05-01T00:01:53Z         Whiskey Blind Tasting Whiskey Blind Tasting Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +0000

        This week on Barrel to Bottle we're doing another blind taste test. Because that's the best way to test anything, in the opinion of the Whiskey Hotline. Speaking of which, we've got a Whiskey Hotline quorum this week, with Pat and Brett Pontoni stepping up to the mics. Also along for the ride is longtime Binny's buyer Mike Baba. Greg and Roger round out the panel. Five hosts, 10 whiskeys and only you'll know what they're tasting. 

        Blind taste along at home with the following spirits:

         
        ]]>         This week on Barrel to Bottle we're doing another blind taste test. Because that's the best way to test anything, in the opinion of the Whiskey Hotline. Speaking of which, we've got a Whiskey Hotline quorum this week, with Pat and Brett Pontoni stepping up to the mics. Also along for the ride is longtime Binny's buyer Mike Baba. Greg and Roger round out the panel. Five hosts, 10 whiskeys and only you'll know what they're tasting.

        Blind taste along at home with the following spirits:

        ]]>         47:31 false full 13703006 2020-04-01T00:00:25Z         Cabernet Around the World Cabernet Around the World Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:57:10 +0000 There's more to Cabernet than Napa and France. Jason Palma steps back into the Barrel to Bottle studios for a Cabernet world tour. Cabernet is grown on six continents and each one has it's own unique flavors and aromas. 

        Drink Along at Home with the Following Wines: 

        • Daou Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
        • Antinori Guado al Tasso Il Bruciato 2017
        • Primus Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
        • d'Arenberg Cabernet Sauvignon The High Trellis 2016
        • Meerlust Rubicon 2015
        • Chateau Musar Hochar
        ]]>         There's more to Cabernet than Napa and France. Jason Palma steps back into the Barrel to Bottle studios for a Cabernet world tour. Cabernet is grown on six continents and each one has it's own unique flavors and aromas.

        Drink Along at Home with the Following Wines:

        • Daou Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
        • Antinori Guado al Tasso Il Bruciato 2017
        • Primus Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
        • d'Arenberg Cabernet Sauvignon The High Trellis 2016
        • Meerlust Rubicon 2015
        • Chateau Musar Hochar
        ]]>         41:25 false full 13629719 2020-04-01T00:00:25Z         Barrel-Aged Beer Blind Barrel-Aged Beer Blind Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +0000
        Barrel-aged beers are still a hot commodity, but Roger is here to show that you don't have to wait in line or pay a lot for a high quality barrel-aged beer. Breweries are also moving behind traditional bourbon barrels to age all sorts of beers in different spirits barrels. Also a listener Q&A that isn't really a Q&A but proves Pat was wrong. 
         
        Drink along at home with the following beers:  
         
        ]]>
      • Odd Side Ales MacDougal's Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Scotch Ale
      • Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwhal
      • Greenbush Delusion Barrel Aged Imperial Cream Stout
      • Boulevard Rye on Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Ale
      • Founders Curmudgeon's Better Half
        • ]]>         36:09 false full 13529189 2021-02-18T06:57:55Z         Irish Whiskey Irish Whiskey Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 What's the craic? It's the time of year to brush up on all that our Irish Whiskey aisle has to offer. Barrel to Bottle's resident Irishman (and whiskey expert) Pat Brophy has brought in six of his favorites to help you change your perception of this style. Plus, listener Q&A is back with question about the best crowd-pleasing beer to serve at your wedding. 
         
        Drink along at home with the following whiskeys  
         
        ]]>
      • Slane Irish Whiskey Triple Casked
      • The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey
      • The Whistler 10 Year
      • Glendalough Pure Pot Still Irish Whiskey
      • Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
      • Redbreast 12 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
      • Powers John's Lane 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey
        • ]]>         35:46 false full 13429541 2020-04-01T00:00:25Z         What the Hell Does That Taste Like? What the Hell Does That Taste Like? Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        You know the classics. You know your favorites. But what about the rest? Our stores are home thousands of bottles of spirits, wine and beer. There are so many bottles that even the Barrel to Bottle Crew haven't tried all of them. Liqueurs with milk and eggs, Hungarian wines, 16% ABV beers! If you've ever wandered our aisles wondering "What the hell does that taste like?" this is the episode for you.
         
        Drink along at home with the following oddballs and headscratchers:
         
         
        ]]>
      • Rujero Singani
      • Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto
      • Becherovka Carlsbad
      • Gilka Kummel
      • Casa d'Aristi Xtabentun
      • Rompope Vanilla Liquer
      • Donausonne Blaufrankisch 2018
      • Cherry Kijafa
      • Fuggin' Awesome
      • Schlenkerla Marzen
        • ]]>         38:53 false full 13319399 2020-03-01T00:01:07Z         Glassware and Ice Glassware and Ice Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        Glassware. It's an essential part of the drinking experience, but there are so many options in wine, spirits and beer. Stemmed or stemless? Big bowl or small? Shaker pint or tulip? And what about ice? Big cube, small cube, sphere? Filtered water or tap? The Barrel to Bottle crew is here to help you sort through this madness and also prove that despite all the pretension it really does make a difference in how your drink tastes. Throughout the episode Pat will also be measuring how fast (or slow) the ice cubes are melting into the drinks with his fancy/ridiculous laser thermometer.
         
        Drink along at home with the following wine, spirits and beer:
         
        With the following glasses and ice cubes:
         
        •  
         
        ]]>
      • Bear Path Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
      • Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon
      • Half Acre Bodem IPA
      • Odd Side Ales Rye Hipster Brunch (Binny's Handpicked)
        • With the following glasses and ice cubes:
        ]]>         47:16 false full 13236422 2020-03-01T00:01:07Z         New Orleans Cocktails New Orleans Cocktails Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Laissez les bon temps rouler! It's Mardi Gras season and Barrel to Bottle's resident mixologist and New Orleans enthusiast, Roger Adamson, is here to give you an authentic taste of the French Quarter. Get yourself set up for Fat Tuesday with two easy New Orleans cocktails plus some strong opinions on paczkis. 
         
        Mix along at home with the following spirits and bitters:
         

         

        ]]>
      • Rittenhouse Rye 100 Proof
      • Dolin Sweet Vermouth
      • Peychaud's Bitters
      • Angostura Bitters
      • Hardy VS Cognac
      • Dom Benedictine Liqueur

        • ]]>         39:19 false full 13143998 2020-03-01T00:01:07Z         Australian Wines Australian Wines Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000 That's not a podcast! THIS is a podcast! Binny's Wine Manager Mike Bach spent two weeks in Australia last May, and this week he's joining the Barrel to Bottle Crew to share some of his favorites wines from the land down under. Forget about throwing a shrimp on the barbie, because Mike has wine and kangaroo pairings. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         35:52 false full 13046675 2020-03-01T00:01:07Z         Vermouths and Mahattans Vermouths and Mahattans Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        What is vermouth? Where does it come from and why does Pat Brophy love it so much? This week, the Barrel to Bottle Crew will be sampling through an array of vermouths, while Pat tries to find one that will pry Greg away from his beloved Cocchi di Torino. After that, we will take all those vermouths, combine then with a variety of bitters and see who can craft the best Manhattan. Will it be The Greghattan? El Broph? The Rogehattan? 
         
        Mix along at home with the following vermouths and bitters:
         
        ]]>
      • Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth
      • Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
      • Carpano Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth
      • Noilly Prat Sweet Vermouth
      • Dolin Vermouth de Chambery Rouge
      • Martinez Lacuesta Vermut Rojo
      • Comoz Vermouth de Chambery Blanc
      • Byrrh Grand Quinquina
      • Angostura Bitters
      • Angostura Orange Bitters
      • Peychaud's Bitters
      • Fee Brothers Old Fashioned Aromatic Bitters
      • Fee Brothers Cherry Bitters
      • Fee Brothers Peach Bitters
        • ]]>         48:33 false full 12951830 2020-02-01T00:00:16Z         Lo-Cal Beers Lo-Cal Beers Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000
        If you're not quite ready to commit to Dry January, how about Lo-Cal January? Specifically, low calorie beer options that still taste good. Roger has assembled 9 flavor-packed beers, ciders and hard waters from some well-known breweries, plus one surprising stalwart that has been making low-calorie, flavorful beer for decades. Plus, listener questions are back and this week we've got a controversial topic: aging whiskey in small barrels. 

        Drink along at home with the following beers

        ]]>         Dry January, how about Lo-Cal January? Specifically, low calorie beer options that still taste good. Roger has assembled 9 flavor-packed beers, ciders and hard waters from some well-known breweries, plus one surprising stalwart that has been making low-calorie, flavorful beer for decades. Plus, listener questions are back and this week we've got a controversial topic: aging whiskey in small barrels.

        Drink along at home with the following beers

        ]]>         35:52 false full 12860960 2020-02-01T00:00:16Z         Bordeaux Basics Bordeaux Basics Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000 This week the Barrel to Bottle team covers the basics of the world's most prestigious region: Bordeaux! Doug Jeffirs, Director of Wine Sales for Binny's, joins the team to help demystify the topic and cover a few wines that provide excellent value. 

        Drink along at home with the following wines

         

        ]]>         Drink along at home with the following wines

        ]]>         35:52 false full 12772106 2020-02-01T00:00:16Z         Dry January Dry January Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Are you doing Drynuary? Dry January? Non-Alc New Year? Whatever it's called, there are many reasons our customers seek out non-alcoholic offerings. Non-alcholic beers have been around for several decades, but now craft breweries have begun producing them in addition to the old stalwarts. Meanwhile, Pat has a whole new category for the Barrel to Bottle crew to sample, whiskey and gin alternatives. 

        Drink along at home with the following non-alcoholic beers and spirits:

         

        ]]>         Are you doing Drynuary? Dry January? Non-Alc New Year? Whatever it's called, there are many reasons our customers seek out non-alcoholic offerings. Non-alcholic beers have been around for several decades, but now craft breweries have begun producing them in addition to the old stalwarts. Meanwhile, Pat has a whole new category for the Barrel to Bottle crew to sample, whiskey and gin alternatives.

        Drink along at home with the following non-alcoholic beers and spirits:

        ]]>         49:22 false full 12675023 2020-02-01T00:00:16Z         Louis Martini Louis Martini Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Michael Eddy is the first winemaker at Louis Martini that doesn't share a last name with winery's founder. In his tenure with Louis Martini, Michael has witnessed a huge transition for this legacy brand. He's been presented with the unique challenge of growing the winery and moving it in new directions, while also maintaining the standards wine drinkers have come to expect. 

         

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         Michael Eddy is the first winemaker at Louis Martini that doesn't share a last name with winery's founder. In his tenure with Louis Martini, Michael has witnessed a huge transition for this legacy brand. He's been presented with the unique challenge of growing the winery and moving it in new directions, while also maintaining the standards wine drinkers have come to expect.

        Drink along at home with the following wines:

        ]]>         37:22 false full 12597050 2020-02-01T00:00:16Z         Redemption Redemption Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0000 It's a special Whiskey Hotline edition of Barrel to Bottle with David Carpenter of Redemption Whiskey. As the master blender, David likes to focus on the grains because they're the star of the show. David is also master blender for Bib & Tucker, a Tennesee whiskey brand that focuses more on the barrel than the grain. Finally, the Barrel to Bottle crew heads north of the border to try some 100% rye Canadian whisky, but it's not your typical Canadian whisky. Don't forget to check out our Redemption Handpicks, which are still available in limited quantities. 

         

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        ]]>         It's a special Whiskey Hotline edition of Barrel to Bottle with David Carpenter of Redemption Whiskey. As the master blender, David likes to focus on the grains because they're the star of the show. David is also master blender for Bib & Tucker, a Tennesee whiskey brand that focuses more on the barrel than the grain. Finally, the Barrel to Bottle crew heads north of the border to try some 100% rye Canadian whisky, but it's not your typical Canadian whisky. Don't forget to check out our Redemption Handpicks, which are still available in limited quantities.

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        ]]>         45:30 false full 12535739 2020-01-01T00:01:49Z         Holiday Beers Holiday Beers Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0000 'Tis the season for malty, spicy beers with a little extra kick to them. Just don't call them old man beers. Roger has brought the good stuff; from longtime classics to new takes on the holiday style. From Germany to California and everywhere in between, Happy Holidays from the Barrel to Bottle Crew. 

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

         

        ]]>         'Tis the season for malty, spicy beers with a little extra kick to them. Just don't call them old man beers. Roger has brought the good stuff; from longtime classics to new takes on the holiday style. From Germany to California and everywhere in between, Happy Holidays from the Barrel to Bottle Crew.

        Drink along at home with the following beers:

        ]]>         47:58 false full 12453893 2020-01-01T00:01:49Z         Champagne and Other Bubbly Champagne and Other Bubbly Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0000 The last time Bob Calamia stopped by the Barrel to Bottle studio, it was to talk about something he loves but doesn't know, amaro. Now he's here to talk about something he both knows and loves: Champagne and bubbly. The holidays are a perfect time to have Binny's longtime Champagne buyer on the podcast. Although we here at Barrel to Bottle feel that every time of year is a good time for Champagne. Plus, we'll teach you how to taste and how to find what you like. Pop the cork on this vintage dated episode. 

        Drink along at home with the following Champagnes and sparkling wines:

         

        ]]>         The last time Bob Calamia stopped by the Barrel to Bottle studio, it was to talk about something he loves but doesn't know, amaro. Now he's here to talk about something he both knows and loves: Champagne and bubbly. The holidays are a perfect time to have Binny's longtime Champagne buyer on the podcast. Although we here at Barrel to Bottle feel that every time of year is a good time for Champagne. Plus, we'll teach you how to taste and how to find what you like. Pop the cork on this vintage dated episode.

        Drink along at home with the following Champagnes and sparkling wines:

        ]]>         49:56 false full 12378383 2020-01-01T00:01:49Z         Fortified Wines Part 1: Madeira Fortified Wines Part 1: Madeira Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Fortified wine, it's not just for grandma's post-dinner drink. Binny's Wine Educator Alicia Barrett joins the Barrel to Bottle to Crew this week to share her passion for fortified wines, particularly Madeira. Roger loves Madeira too and he is very eager to discuss it. So what is it? Why should you drink it? Where does it come from? All your questions will be answered on this week's Barrel to Bottle.

        Drink along at home with the following Madeiras:

        ]]>         Fortified wine, it's not just for grandma's post-dinner drink. Binny's Wine Educator Alicia Barrett joins the Barrel to Bottle to Crew this week to share her passion for fortified wines, particularly Madeira. Roger loves Madeira too and he is very eager to discuss it. So what is it? Why should you drink it? Where does it come from? All your questions will be answered on this week's Barrel to Bottle.

        Drink along at home with the following Madeiras:

        ]]>         28:07 false full 12294950 2020-01-01T00:01:49Z         CH Distillery CH Distillery Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:00:00 +0000 CH Distillery has arguably the widest ranging portfolio in the Midwest. At CH, they can only serve what they make, which has presented unique challenges but also allowed them to offer an incredible breadth of spirits. Owner and distiller Tremaine Atkinson was good enough to bring some spirits for the Barrel to Bottle crew to sample. Most importantly, CH is now the shepherd of Malört, favorite child of the Barrel to Bottle podcast. They're trying all sorts of new things with Malört, including barrel-aging. But can it live up (down?) to the Malört legacy? 

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

         

        ]]>         CH Distillery has arguably the widest ranging portfolio in the Midwest. At CH, they can only serve what they make, which has presented unique challenges but also allowed them to offer an incredible breadth of spirits. Owner and distiller Tremaine Atkinson was good enough to bring some spirits for the Barrel to Bottle crew to sample. Most importantly, CH is now the shepherd of Malört, favorite child of the Barrel to Bottle podcast. They're trying all sorts of new things with Malört, including barrel-aging. But can it live up (down?) to the Malört legacy?

        Drink along at home with the following spirits:

        ]]>         48:24 false full 12205061 2019-12-01T00:00:50Z         Your Gummy Hop Showcase Your Gummy Hop Showcase Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Your Gummy, our exciting new collaboration with Noon Whistle Brewing Company is finally here. Earlier this fall, we asked our customers to select three hops to use in this New England-style IPA. The people spoke and selected Citra, Mosaic and Lemondrop. Roger selected a few beers that highlight the individual hops and brought in hop samples for us to waft and quaff. Plus, stick around for a very relevant customer question about fresh hops vs. wet hops.

        ]]>         Your Gummy, our exciting new collaboration with Noon Whistle Brewing Company is finally here. Earlier this fall, we asked our customers to select three hops to use in this New England-style IPA. The people spoke and selected Citra, Mosaic and Lemondrop. Roger selected a few beers that highlight the individual hops and brought in hop samples for us to waft and quaff. Plus, stick around for a very relevant customer question about fresh hops vs. wet hops.

        ]]>         42:32 false full 12129527 2019-12-01T00:00:50Z         Beer Geek Basement Clean Out Episode 1 Beer Geek Basement Clean Out Episode 1 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Cellared beer everywhere but too afraid to drink it. What are we waiting for exactly? The Barrel to Bottle crew has cleaned out our basement fridges and cellars. Some of these beers are among the rarest of the rare and some of them can still be found on Binny's shelves. Did we wait too long to drink them, or is it just the right time? Should you even bother aging beer at all? Join us as we try to answer these questions.  

        ]]>         Cellared beer everywhere but too afraid to drink it. What are we waiting for exactly? The Barrel to Bottle crew has cleaned out our basement fridges and cellars. Some of these beers are among the rarest of the rare and some of them can still be found on Binny's shelves. Did we wait too long to drink them, or is it just the right time? Should you even bother aging beer at all? Join us as we try to answer these questions.

        ]]>         54:54 false full 12027746 2019-12-01T00:00:50Z         10 Wines for (around) $10 10 Wines for (around) $10 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:00:00 +0000 What can you get for around ten dollars? You can get a lot of quality wines for (around) a Hamilton. Barb and Alicia, Binny's Wine Educator, have selected ten wines that you can get for around $10.  They'll also help you identify grape varietes and winegrowing regions that offer quality wines at great prices. Don't throw away your shot at these quality wines for such a great price. 

        ]]>         What can you get for around ten dollars? You can get a lot of quality wines for (around) a Hamilton. Barb and Alicia, Binny's Wine Educator, have selected ten wines that you can get for around $10. They'll also help you identify grape varietes and winegrowing regions that offer quality wines at great prices. Don't throw away your shot at these quality wines for such a great price.

        ]]>         31:43 false full 11938346 2019-12-01T00:00:50Z         New Riff Distilling New Riff Distilling Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Jay Erisman loves Cincinnati Chili, but don't hold that against him. As co-founder of New Riff Distilling, Jay has helped turn this young distillery into one of the most exciting brands we carry. It's not common for a new distillery to make Bottled in Bond bourbon, but they wouldn't do it any other way at New Riff. Join the Barrel to Bottle Crew as we sample through our three Binny's Handpicks, as well as the new barrel proof rye and even a Kentucky terroir-driven gin. 

        ]]>         Jay Erisman loves Cincinnati Chili, but don't hold that against him. As co-founder of New Riff Distilling, Jay has helped turn this young distillery into one of the most exciting brands we carry. It's not common for a new distillery to make Bottled in Bond bourbon, but they wouldn't do it any other way at New Riff. Join the Barrel to Bottle Crew as we sample through our three Binny's Handpicks, as well as the new barrel proof rye and even a Kentucky terroir-driven gin.

        ]]>         48:08 false full 11862248 2019-11-01T21:01:37Z         Amaro Amaro Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Pat Brophy loves amaro, and so does our special guest, longtime Binny's wine buyer Bob Calamia. Amari are more than just bitter beverages that make Roger miserable, they serve a real, biological puprose. Pat samples out 11 amari with the Barrel to Bottle crew and the gastric juices get flowing. 

        "If you ever accidentally drank your dad's cologne as a child and want to relive that experience..." - Roger Adamson

        ]]>         Pat Brophy loves amaro, and so does our special guest, longtime Binny's wine buyer Bob Calamia. Amari are more than just bitter beverages that make Roger miserable, they serve a real, biological puprose. Pat samples out 11 amari with the Barrel to Bottle crew and the gastric juices get flowing.

        "If you ever accidentally drank your dad's cologne as a child and want to relive that experience..." - Roger Adamson

        ]]>         35:51 false full 11770508 2019-11-01T00:01:38Z         Bourbon County Stout 2019 Preview Bourbon County Stout 2019 Preview Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:30:00 +0000 Roger had the pleasure of attending this year's Bourbon County sneak peek, and he's happy to report there are some stunning releases in this year's lineup.  Here are his initial impressions, along with some suggested dessert pairings. We're looking forward to greeting all the thirsty devotees at Binny's Lincoln Park on Black Friday! 

        ]]>         Roger had the pleasure of attending this year's Bourbon County sneak peek, and he's happy to report there are some stunning releases in this year's lineup. Here are his initial impressions, along with some suggested dessert pairings. We're looking forward to greeting all the thirsty devotees at Binny's Lincoln Park on Black Friday!

        ]]>         20:26 false full 11770253 2019-11-01T00:01:38Z         Jean-Charles Boisset's JCB Vodka Bonus Episode Jean-Charles Boisset's JCB Vodka Bonus Episode Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Jean-Charles Boisset's visit to the Barrel to Bottle studios was a whirlwind. He couldn't be contained to just one episode, so we're releasing a bonus episode. Jean-Charles has also began dabbling in spirits, and he was nice enough to bring his three vodkas with him. 

        ]]>         Jean-Charles Boisset's visit to the Barrel to Bottle studios was a whirlwind. He couldn't be contained to just one episode, so we're releasing a bonus episode. Jean-Charles has also began dabbling in spirits, and he was nice enough to bring his three vodkas with him.

        ]]>         16:34 false full 11682173 2019-11-01T00:01:38Z         Jean-Charles Boisset Jean-Charles Boisset Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Ladies and gentlemen, bon jour from the heart of Burgundy! The Barrel to Bottle crew has welcomed many guests over the last few years, but none of them have been quite like Jean-Charles Boisset. Trying to summarize this episode couldn't possibly do it justice. This flamboyant Frenchman walks the Barrel to Bottle team through his sparkling offers from Burgundy, and his award winning California property, Raymond Estates and more.

        ]]>         Ladies and gentlemen, bon jour from the heart of Burgundy! The Barrel to Bottle crew has welcomed many guests over the last few years, but none of them have been quite like Jean-Charles Boisset. Trying to summarize this episode couldn't possibly do it justice. This flamboyant Frenchman walks the Barrel to Bottle team through his sparkling offers from Burgundy, and his award winning California property, Raymond Estates and more.

        ]]>         48:37 false full 11680958 2019-11-01T00:01:38Z         Old Elk Bonus Episode Old Elk Bonus Episode Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:07:33 +0000 A few weeks ago, the entire Whiskey Hotline crew joined Barrel to Bottle to pick out four new Binny's Handpicks from Old Elk Distillery. Now they're finally hitting stores. 

        ]]>         A few weeks ago, the entire Whiskey Hotline crew joined Barrel to Bottle to pick out four new Binny's Handpicks from Old Elk Distillery. Now they're finally hitting stores.

        ]]>         01:29 false full 11578499 2019-11-01T00:01:38Z         Alexandre Gabriel Alexandre Gabriel Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000 As the Master Blender at Maison Ferrand, Alexandre Gabriel has been producing quality French spirts for 30 years. When he's not redefining Cognac and grape distillates with new and unique cooperage, he's preserving the incredible history of the Ferrand family.

        ]]>         As the Master Blender at Maison Ferrand, Alexandre Gabriel has been producing quality French spirts for 30 years. When he's not redefining Cognac and grape distillates with new and unique cooperage, he's preserving the incredible history of the Ferrand family.

        ]]>         43:25 false full 11581190 2019-11-01T00:01:38Z         Rum II: Molasses Boogaloo Rum II: Molasses Boogaloo Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000 At Barrel to Bottle, we're all about giving the people what they want. And what you wanted was more Rum. To start things off, Pat brings in five special rums for all the rum geeks out there. Do not sleep on these rums. Then, Roger "The Tiki King" Adamson prepares not one, not two, but fourrum-based tiki drinks. If you'd like to impress your friends with your tiki cocktail skills, all the recipes are available on our blog. 

        ]]>         At Barrel to Bottle, we're all about giving the people what they want. And what you wanted was more Rum. To start things off, Pat brings in five special rums for all the rum geeks out there. Do not sleep on these rums. Then, Roger "The Tiki King" Adamson prepares not one, not two, but fourrum-based tiki drinks. If you'd like to impress your friends with your tiki cocktail skills, all the recipes are available on our blog.

        ]]>         53:51 false full 11489888 2019-11-01T00:01:38Z         You Say Garnacha, I Say Grenache You Say Garnacha, I Say Grenache Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Garnacha, Grenache; no matter how you say it, it's the grape you love to hate; it's the grape that has it all and is well traveled. It's the Most Interesting Grape in the World. From Spain to Australia, Binny's resident Garnacha/Grenache-lover, Jason Palma, takes the Barrel to Bottle Crew on a tour of everything this grape can do. Stick around for a customer Q&A about wine etiquette at dinner parties. 

        ]]>         Garnacha, Grenache; no matter how you say it, it's the grape you love to hate; it's the grape that has it all and is well traveled. It's the Most Interesting Grape in the World. From Spain to Australia, Binny's resident Garnacha/Grenache-lover, Jason Palma, takes the Barrel to Bottle Crew on a tour of everything this grape can do. Stick around for a customer Q&A about wine etiquette at dinner parties.

        ]]>         41:17 false full 11411411 2019-10-01T00:01:12Z         Courtney Foley Courtney Foley Fri, 20 Sep 2019 21:12:33 +0000 Wine royalty visits the Barrel to Bottle studios once again. This week, it's Courtney Foley, winemaker at Chalk Hill Estate. She discusses the challenges of jumping from a 4,000 cases to a 40,000 case production facility, implementing a sparkling program across the Foley Portfolio, and what "Estate Bottled" means at Chalk Hill. We've got more hockey talk then we've ever had, too! Stick around for a customer Q&A about grape stomping. 

        ]]>         Wine royalty visits the Barrel to Bottle studios once again. This week, it's Courtney Foley, winemaker at Chalk Hill Estate. She discusses the challenges of jumping from a 4,000 cases to a 40,000 case production facility, implementing a sparkling program across the Foley Portfolio, and what "Estate Bottled" means at Chalk Hill. We've got more hockey talk then we've ever had, too! Stick around for a customer Q&A about grape stomping.

        ]]>         36:09 false full 11333882 2019-10-24T18:24:18Z         Hazy Bois Hazy Bois Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000 The haze craze isn't just a phase. At long last and by popular request, we are tackling Hazy IPAs. Also known as New England IPAs. Or Juicy IPAs. Producer Jim, long just a background laugh, hops (pun!) on the mic to blind taste the Barrel to Bottle Crew on six Hazy IPAs. Will the holdouts finally be convinced of the validity of this style? Download to find out.

        ]]>         The haze craze isn't just a phase. At long last and by popular request, we are tackling Hazy IPAs. Also known as New England IPAs. Or Juicy IPAs. Producer Jim, long just a background laugh, hops (pun!) on the mic to blind taste the Barrel to Bottle Crew on six Hazy IPAs. Will the holdouts finally be convinced of the validity of this style? Download to find out.

        ]]>         37:39 false full 11239604 2019-10-01T00:01:12Z         Handpicking a Cask with Greg Metze and the Whiskey Hotline Handpicking a Cask with Greg Metze and the Whiskey Hotline Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000 The industry has fallen in love with Binny's Handpicked Casks, but how does the Whiskey Hotline pick spirits for the legendary program?

        This episode of Barrel to Bottle is your chance to be there for the handpicking process. The Whiskey Hotline is joined by Greg Metze, Master Distiller at Old Elk Distillery and formerly of Seagram's Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, one of the world's largest distilleries. Together they'll pick four new barrels of Binny's Handpicks. 

        Listen for industry secrets from Old Elk and insider dirt on MGP. Plus a customer Q&A about whiskey on the rocks.

        ]]>         The industry has fallen in love with Binny's Handpicked Casks, but how does the Whiskey Hotline pick spirits for the legendary program?

        This episode of Barrel to Bottle is your chance to be there for the handpicking process. The Whiskey Hotline is joined by Greg Metze, Master Distiller at Old Elk Distillery and formerly of Seagram's Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, one of the world's largest distilleries. Together they'll pick four new barrels of Binny's Handpicks.

        Listen for industry secrets from Old Elk and insider dirt on MGP. Plus a customer Q&A about whiskey on the rocks.

        ]]>         45:38 false full 11142389 2019-10-01T00:01:12Z         Q&Apalooza 2: Phoning It In Q&Apalooza 2: Phoning It In Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000 So it's come to this, another Barrel to Bottle Q&A episode. It's the holiday weekend and the Barrel to Bottle Crew felt like taking a break, luckily we've got a huge backlog of listener questions to tackle. Vacation, we had to get away

        ]]>         So it's come to this, another Barrel to Bottle Q&A episode. It's the holiday weekend and the Barrel to Bottle Crew felt like taking a break, luckily we've got a huge backlog of listener questions to tackle. Vacation, we had to get away

        ]]>         33:19 false full 11060018 2019-09-02T10:03:23Z         Party Planning with Alex Tornai Party Planning with Alex Tornai Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Did you know that Binny's can also help you plan the biggest moments of your life? Binny's event planner, Alex Tornai joins the Barrel to Bottle Crew as they throw out some common party-planning scenarios he might encounter. Alex also shares a few tips and secrets, then stick around for a customer Q&A question about an engagement whiskey bottle.

         

         

         

        ]]>         Did you know that Binny's can also help you plan the biggest moments of your life? Binny's event planner, Alex Tornai joins the Barrel to Bottle Crew as they throw out some common party-planning scenarios he might encounter. Alex also shares a few tips and secrets, then stick around for a customer Q&A question about an engagement whiskey bottle.

        ]]>         26:07 false full 10971653 2019-09-01T00:01:02Z         Cans: Reloaded Cans: Reloaded Mon, 19 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 CAN. YOU. DIG. IT? Team Truly or Team White Claw? Since the last time the Barrel to Bottle crew covered this topic, cans have blown up. Binny's stores have stacks on stacks on stacks of hard seltzers, hard waters and canned cocktails, and there are new products every week. And don't forget about canned wines either! How did we get here? What are these things exactly? All of your questions will be answered, plus wind down your summer with some warm weather drink recs during the Customer Q&A.

        Here's what we sampled on this week's episode:

        • Truly Wild Berry
        • Smirnoff Cranberry Lime Spiked Sparking Seltzer
        • White Claw Mango
        • Bon & Viv Variety Pack 
        • Cupcake Rosè
        • Capriccio Rosè
        • High Noon Sun Sips Watermelon
        • High Noon Sun Sips Grapefruit
        • Two Brothers Artisan Spirits Pineapple Mango Vodka Soda
        • Boulevard Fling Blood Orange Vodka Soda
        • Two Brothers Artisan Spirits Moscow Mule
        • The Copper Can Moscow Mule
        • New Holland Spirits Holland Mule
        • Cutwater Spirits Lime Margarita
        • BuzzTallz Lime Rita
        • Two Brothers Artisan Spirits Mojito
        • Boulevard Fling Mai Tai
        • New Holland Spirits Blueberry Gin Lemonade
        • Boulevard Fling Cucumber Lime Gin and Tonic
        • Boulevard Fling Margarita
        • Two Brothers Bloody Mary
        ]]>         CAN. YOU. DIG. IT? Team Truly or Team White Claw? Since the last time the Barrel to Bottle crew covered this topic, cans have blown up. Binny's stores have stacks on stacks on stacks of hard seltzers, hard waters and canned cocktails, and there are new products every week. And don't forget about canned wines either! How did we get here? What are these things exactly? All of your questions will be answered, plus wind down your summer with some warm weather drink recs during the Customer Q&A.

        Here's what we sampled on this week's episode:

        • Truly Wild Berry
        • Smirnoff Cranberry Lime Spiked Sparking Seltzer
        • White Claw Mango
        • Bon & Viv Variety Pack
        • Cupcake Rosè
        • Capriccio Rosè
        • High Noon Sun Sips Watermelon
        • High Noon Sun Sips Grapefruit
        • Two Brothers Artisan Spirits Pineapple Mango Vodka Soda
        • Boulevard Fling Blood Orange Vodka Soda
        • Two Brothers Artisan Spirits Moscow Mule
        • The Copper Can Moscow Mule
        • New Holland Spirits Holland Mule
        • Cutwater Spirits Lime Margarita
        • BuzzTallz Lime Rita
        • Two Brothers Artisan Spirits Mojito
        • Boulevard Fling Mai Tai
        • New Holland Spirits Blueberry Gin Lemonade
        • Boulevard Fling Cucumber Lime Gin and Tonic
        • Boulevard Fling Margarita
        • Two Brothers Bloody Mary
        ]]>         55:42 false full 10892459 2019-09-01T00:01:02Z         Portugal. The Podcast Portugal. The Podcast Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Portugal: it's not just fortified sweet wines and inexpensive vinho verde. Barb traveled to Portugal and it left such an impression, so she had to share it with the Barrel to Bottle crew. From Dão to Douro and all points in between, Barb sampled a wide and diverse variety of wines and ate a lot of salted cod. Plus, the challenges of making Portuguese appealing to U.S. drinkers. Stick around for the Q&A segment and learn why white wine usually doesn't age as long as red wine. Taste along at home with DAC Red Blend, São Miguel do Sul, Pratts & Symington Post Scriptum de Chyrseia plus Caso do Valle Vinho Verde.

        ]]>         Portugal: it's not just fortified sweet wines and inexpensive vinho verde. Barb traveled to Portugal and it left such an impression, so she had to share it with the Barrel to Bottle crew. From Dão to Douro and all points in between, Barb sampled a wide and diverse variety of wines and ate a lot of salted cod. Plus, the challenges of making Portuguese appealing to U.S. drinkers. Stick around for the Q&A segment and learn why white wine usually doesn't age as long as red wine. Taste along at home with DAC Red Blend, São Miguel do Sul, Pratts & Symington Post Scriptum de Chyrseia plus Caso do Valle Vinho Verde.

        ]]>         41:21 false full 10836344 2019-09-01T00:01:02Z         Flavor Blasted Flavor Blasted Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Are you ready to get FLAVOR BLASTED?! If you like bolder flavors, if you only vacation in Flavor Country, if you like things turned up to 11, then this is the episode for you! The Barrel to Bottle crew blind tastes four flavor-blasted whiskies and then follows that up with six flavor-blasted beers. Plus, how do they fare on the vaunted Flavor-Blasted Scale? You'll have to listen to find out! Plus in the Customer Q&A, Top 3 Desert Island Beers from the Barrel to Bottle crew. 

        ]]>         Are you ready to get FLAVOR BLASTED?! If you like bolder flavors, if you only vacation in Flavor Country, if you like things turned up to 11, then this is the episode for you! The Barrel to Bottle crew blind tastes four flavor-blasted whiskies and then follows that up with six flavor-blasted beers. Plus, how do they fare on the vaunted Flavor-Blasted Scale? You'll have to listen to find out! Plus in the Customer Q&A, Top 3 Desert Island Beers from the Barrel to Bottle crew.

        ]]>         42:12 false full 10752323 2019-09-01T00:01:02Z         Greg Hall Bonus Episode Greg Hall Bonus Episode Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Sometimes at Barrel to Bottle there's just too much good stuff for one episode. When you get someone like Greg Hall into the podcast studio, it's hard to stop asking him questions. 

        ]]>         Sometimes at Barrel to Bottle there's just too much good stuff for one episode. When you get someone like Greg Hall into the podcast studio, it's hard to stop asking him questions.

        ]]>         10:55 false full 10659770 2019-08-01T10:05:39Z         Greg Hall: Man of Many Apple Tattoos Greg Hall: Man of Many Apple Tattoos Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +0000 How do you follow up Bourbon County Stout? For Greg Hall, son of Goose Island founder John Hall, it started nearly 20 years ago during a trip to England. Ciders became a passion, but they took a backseat to the barrel-aged beer phenomenon. After leaving Goose Island, Greg founded Virtue Cider and began producing some of our bestselling ciders from the heart of Michigan apple country. Join the Barrel to Bottle crew as they taste Virtue Michigan Brut and Virtue Rosè. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the Barrel to Bottle Team (and Greg Hall!) share their favorite beers ever.

        ]]>         How do you follow up Bourbon County Stout? For Greg Hall, son of Goose Island founder John Hall, it started nearly 20 years ago during a trip to England. Ciders became a passion, but they took a backseat to the barrel-aged beer phenomenon. After leaving Goose Island, Greg founded Virtue Cider and began producing some of our bestselling ciders from the heart of Michigan apple country. Join the Barrel to Bottle crew as they taste Virtue Michigan Brut and Virtue Rosè. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the Barrel to Bottle Team (and Greg Hall!) share their favorite beers ever.

        ]]>         36:48 false full 10659362 2019-08-01T00:01:09Z         Justin Seidenfeld Protects the Heritage at Rodney Strong Justin Seidenfeld Protects the Heritage at Rodney Strong Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +0000 In the sixty years since its founding, Rodney Strong Vineyards has grown to near ubiquity in the world of wine. Director of Winemaking Justin Seidenfeld joins Greg and Binny's Head of Wine Barbara Hermann to speak to the historic importance of the winery, including the founding for the Russian River Valley and Chalk Hill regions. He shares how he uses a modern, state of the art winery and vineyard management to produce classically styled, consistent wines in large enough quantities to be available everywhere. And he shares his experience tasting holy s*** wines. Wines tasted include Rodney Strong Charlotte's Home Sauvignon Blanc, Chalk Hill Sauvignon Blanc,  Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon and Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. Stick around for the Q&A segment, where Justin answers your question about harvesting grapes.

        ]]>         In the sixty years since its founding, Rodney Strong Vineyards has grown to near ubiquity in the world of wine. Director of Winemaking Justin Seidenfeld joins Greg and Binny's Head of Wine Barbara Hermann to speak to the historic importance of the winery, including the founding for the Russian River Valley and Chalk Hill regions. He shares how he uses a modern, state of the art winery and vineyard management to produce classically styled, consistent wines in large enough quantities to be available everywhere. And he shares his experience tasting holy s*** wines. Wines tasted include Rodney Strong Charlotte's Home Sauvignon Blanc, Chalk Hill Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon and Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. Stick around for the Q&A segment, where Justin answers your question about harvesting grapes.

        ]]>         38:30 false full 10586234 2019-08-01T00:01:09Z         RUM RUM Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:30:00 +0000 It's finally here: the long-awaited RUM episode. Pat breathlessly shares his passion for this often misunderstood spirits category, and although it's a podcast and you can't see it, Roger dressed up like a pirate. You'll learn all about the rich Caribbean and global history of rum, and all about rum's complicated production including what a "muck pit" is. Actually, it's exactly what you're imagining. The team tastes El Dorado 3 Year, El Dorado 15 year, Plantation Fiji, the shockingly funky Two James Doctor Bird and Foursquare Premise. Stick around for listener Q&A, when the team explains charcoal filtering and the Lincoln County process, and other bourbon myths. 

        ]]>         It's finally here: the long-awaited RUM episode. Pat breathlessly shares his passion for this often misunderstood spirits category, and although it's a podcast and you can't see it, Roger dressed up like a pirate. You'll learn all about the rich Caribbean and global history of rum, and all about rum's complicated production including what a "muck pit" is. Actually, it's exactly what you're imagining. The team tastes El Dorado 3 Year, El Dorado 15 year, Plantation Fiji, the shockingly funky Two James Doctor Bird and Foursquare Premise. Stick around for listener Q&A, when the team explains charcoal filtering and the Lincoln County process, and other bourbon myths.

        ]]>         44:57 false full 10515506 2019-08-01T00:01:09Z         Sour Styles II: Electric Boogaloo (aka Kettle Sours) Sour Styles II: Electric Boogaloo (aka Kettle Sours) Mon, 08 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Barrel Sours are where it's at, right? Think again! Roger walks the team through the difference and highlights some excellent examples in an absurd lineup of American sours: beers tasted include Dogfish Head Sea Quench and Super Eight (which not only contains eight super foods, but can also be used to develop film), Logsdon Spontane Wilde (which Pat calls "one of the best American made sour beers" he's ever tasted) and The Convesion Series 2, Firestone Walker Paw2 Prints, Off Color The One Percent, and finally, The Rare Barrel Wise Guise. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team shines light on the mysterious golden stout style. 

        ]]>         Barrel Sours are where it's at, right? Think again! Roger walks the team through the difference and highlights some excellent examples in an absurd lineup of American sours: beers tasted include Dogfish Head Sea Quench and Super Eight (which not only contains eight super foods, but can also be used to develop film), Logsdon Spontane Wilde (which Pat calls "one of the best American made sour beers" he's ever tasted) and The Convesion Series 2, Firestone Walker Paw2 Prints, Off Color The One Percent, and finally, The Rare Barrel Wise Guise. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team shines light on the mysterious golden stout style.

        ]]>         46:09 false full 10417877 2019-08-01T00:01:09Z         Dave Phinney Dave Phinney Mon, 01 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Even if you're not that into wine, you've probably heard of The Prisoner, which is just one of the many wines created by Dave Phinney. Dave shares his experience in wine making in California and beyond and shares tastes of Orin Swift wines Blank Stare, Mannequin, Slander and Abstract with the Barrel to Bottle team. Topics include the benefits of partnering with Gallo, the origin stories of some of his distinctive labels, balancing the dirty work of vineyard management and wine making with the inspiration of marketing, and making a 200 point wine that sells for a trillion dollars. Plus Pat shares the details of an upcoming release of exclusive Binny's Handpicked expressions from Phinney's distillery project Savage & Cooke.

        ]]>         Even if you're not that into wine, you've probably heard of The Prisoner, which is just one of the many wines created by Dave Phinney. Dave shares his experience in wine making in California and beyond and shares tastes of Orin Swift wines Blank Stare, Mannequin, Slander and Abstract with the Barrel to Bottle team. Topics include the benefits of partnering with Gallo, the origin stories of some of his distinctive labels, balancing the dirty work of vineyard management and wine making with the inspiration of marketing, and making a 200 point wine that sells for a trillion dollars. Plus Pat shares the details of an upcoming release of exclusive Binny's Handpicked expressions from Phinney's distillery project Savage & Cooke.

        ]]>         44:03 false full 10345847 2019-07-01T10:06:29Z         Growing the Little Guy with Koval's Sonat Birnecker Hart Growing the Little Guy with Koval's Sonat Birnecker Hart Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 What started as a cool little Chicago darling has grown to become a global distilling presence: Koval. President and cofounder Sonat Birnecker Hart started Koval with her husband Robert, opting to buy a still instead of a house. Sonat walks the team through what it takes to grow the little guy: a lot of effort, knowledge and care. The team tastes Koval Bourbon and rye, and Koval gin and cranberry gin. Sonat covers the range, from an insider's view into distilling whiskies the brandy way, to the magic behind Koval's award winning package designs. Oh, and what happened to the spelt whiskey. Plus, in this week's Q&A segment, what bourbon would Animal drink, if he were real (and not a muppet)?

        ]]>         What started as a cool little Chicago darling has grown to become a global distilling presence: Koval. President and cofounder Sonat Birnecker Hart started Koval with her husband Robert, opting to buy a still instead of a house. Sonat walks the team through what it takes to grow the little guy: a lot of effort, knowledge and care. The team tastes Koval Bourbon and rye, and Koval gin and cranberry gin. Sonat covers the range, from an insider's view into distilling whiskies the brandy way, to the magic behind Koval's award winning package designs. Oh, and what happened to the spelt whiskey. Plus, in this week's Q&A segment, what bourbon would Animal drink, if he were real (and not a muppet)?

        ]]>         52:28 false full 10255802 2019-07-01T00:00:25Z         I Say Saison I Say Saison Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Saison may be the easiest style of beer to brew - and the hardest to master. Roger walks the Barrel to Bottle team through this classic style, showcasing timeless examples including Saison Dupont, Brasserie Dupont Cuvee Dry Hop, Allagash Saison and Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale. Then the rest of the team mutines, opening some additional American craft examples, and hilarity ensues. Stick around for the Q&A segment for your chance to win a $20 if your question is answered on the podcast. This week's question pits "micro brew" vs. "craft brew."

        ]]>         Saison may be the easiest style of beer to brew - and the hardest to master. Roger walks the Barrel to Bottle team through this classic style, showcasing timeless examples including Saison Dupont, Brasserie Dupont Cuvee Dry Hop, Allagash Saison and Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale. Then the rest of the team mutines, opening some additional American craft examples, and hilarity ensues. Stick around for the Q&A segment for your chance to win a $20 if your question is answered on the podcast. This week's question pits "micro brew" vs. "craft brew."

        ]]>         39:50 false full 10155713 2019-07-01T00:00:25Z         Michael Mondavi Michael Mondavi Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 This week on Barrel to Bottle, a man whose name is synonymous with Napa Valley, Michael Mondavi. Michael shares his unique perspective in a conversation that's lighthearted but touches on some vital issues in the wine world and beyond: from natural, organic and biodynamic viticulture; labor shortages in an age when a legal, documented migrant workforce is scarce: the impact climate change is having on grape vines today; the changing role of the wine critic; to the timeless, refreshing taste of rose over ice. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about where to start with old world wine.

        ]]>         This week on Barrel to Bottle, a man whose name is synonymous with Napa Valley, Michael Mondavi. Michael shares his unique perspective in a conversation that's lighthearted but touches on some vital issues in the wine world and beyond: from natural, organic and biodynamic viticulture; labor shortages in an age when a legal, documented migrant workforce is scarce: the impact climate change is having on grape vines today; the changing role of the wine critic; to the timeless, refreshing taste of rose over ice. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about where to start with old world wine.

        ]]>         36:16 false full 10092869 2019-07-01T00:00:25Z         Ian Chang and Kavalan Single Malt Whisky Ian Chang and Kavalan Single Malt Whisky Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000 World class whisky from a sub tropical climate? Kavalan makes it look easy. In this special Whiskey Hotline episode of Barrel to Bottle, Pat, Brett and Joe taste their way through Kavalan's offerings with Master Blender Ian Chang. Taiwan's first distillery has been running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since opening in 2006. Ian also teases Kavalan's upcoming triple pot distilled single malt gin, and helps the guys during the Q&A segment, featuring your question about barrel placement in rackhouses. 

        ]]>         World class whisky from a sub tropical climate? Kavalan makes it look easy. In this special Whiskey Hotline episode of Barrel to Bottle, Pat, Brett and Joe taste their way through Kavalan's offerings with Master Blender Ian Chang. Taiwan's first distillery has been running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since opening in 2006. Ian also teases Kavalan's upcoming triple pot distilled single malt gin, and helps the guys during the Q&A segment, featuring your question about barrel placement in rackhouses.

        ]]>         42:06 false full 9996497 2019-06-03T10:04:43Z         A Walk Down Gin Lane A Walk Down Gin Lane Mon, 27 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Gin: it's a canvas for expression to distillers, a clutch tool to elevate cocktails for mixologists, and an excitingly diverse spirit for the Barrel to Bottle team to taste. Binny's Skokie Assistant Manager Shannon leads the podcast team through a tour of some of her recent gin discoveries: Boone County Jail Gin, Old Elk Distillery Dry Town Gin, Copper & Kings American Dry Gin, Few Spirits Bourbon Barrel Aged Gin, Sipsmith London Sloe Gin and the limited Hendrick's Midsummer Solstice.  Stick around for this week's Q&A segment: it's a stumper that tests the team's Scotch smarts. ]]> 40:40 false full 9912374 2019-06-01T00:00:50Z #TryRye and More with Old Forester's Jackie Zykan #TryRye and More with Old Forester's Jackie Zykan Mon, 20 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Old Forester is making a huge comeback, propelled by great new releases and the contributions of fresh blood including Master Taster Jackie Zykan. Jackie joins the Barrel to Bottle team to taste through some excellent bottles from Old Forester, including two now nearly unobtainable Binny's handpicks (a few bottles are still out there, so if you see one, buy it!) plus Old Fo's 1897 Bottled in Bond and their new 100 Proof Rye. Topics include tasting to a brand's profile, what is the mullet of bourbon whiskey, not being an ageist or a floorist, tasting flaws and blind spots and why having more or fewer taste buds don't specifically make you a better or worse taster. And stick around for the Q&A segment - this week the team gives away three $20 gift cards and answers your questions. #tryrye #oldfonotjustforoldfolks

        ]]>         Old Forester is making a huge comeback, propelled by great new releases and the contributions of fresh blood including Master Taster Jackie Zykan. Jackie joins the Barrel to Bottle team to taste through some excellent bottles from Old Forester, including two now nearly unobtainable Binny's handpicks (a few bottles are still out there, so if you see one, buy it!) plus Old Fo's 1897 Bottled in Bond and their new 100 Proof Rye. Topics include tasting to a brand's profile, what is the mullet of bourbon whiskey, not being an ageist or a floorist, tasting flaws and blind spots and why having more or fewer taste buds don't specifically make you a better or worse taster. And stick around for the Q&A segment - this week the team gives away three $20 gift cards and answers your questions. #tryrye #oldfonotjustforoldfolks

        ]]>         41:43 false full 9825653 2019-06-01T00:00:50Z         Spanish Wine Highlights with Binny's Wine Manager Jon Adam Spanish Wine Highlights with Binny's Wine Manager Jon Adam Mon, 13 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Spain is more than old school! Just back from his trip to Spain, Binny's Oak Brook Wine Manager Jon Adam joins the Barrel to Bottle team to highlight wines from two thriving Spanish winemaking regions: Rueda and Ribera del Duero. The team tastes whites from Rueda: Jose Pariente Sauvignon Blanc, Naia Rueda and Naia Naiades; and reds from Ribera del Duero: Torres Celeste Crianza Blue Label, Protos Reserva and Vega Sicilia Valbuena. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when your questions are answered for a $20 Binny's Gift Card. This week, the team explains why wine prices can vary so much from bottle to bottle.]]> 39:00 false full 9735506 2019-06-01T00:00:50Z The Triumphant Return of David Guffy The Triumphant Return of David Guffy Mon, 06 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Director of Winemaking at Hess, David Guffy, is back on the Barrel to Bottle podcast. Topics include his love of malbec and cabernet, earthquakes and fires and his daily commute, the impact of elevation, and of course, winery dogs. The team tastes through a flight of Hess cabernet, including Hess Select, Hess Collection Allomi Vineyard, Hess Collection Mount Veeder, and the iconic The Lion. Stick around for the Q&A portion of the podcast, when David and the Barrel to Bottle Team share their favorite wine coffee table books.

        ]]>         Director of Winemaking at Hess, David Guffy, is back on the Barrel to Bottle podcast. Topics include his love of malbec and cabernet, earthquakes and fires and his daily commute, the impact of elevation, and of course, winery dogs. The team tastes through a flight of Hess cabernet, including Hess Select, Hess Collection Allomi Vineyard, Hess Collection Mount Veeder, and the iconic The Lion. Stick around for the Q&A portion of the podcast, when David and the Barrel to Bottle Team share their favorite wine coffee table books.

        ]]>         32:30 false full 9643760 2019-06-01T00:00:50Z         Stone Brewing's Greg Koch is No Arrogant Bastard Stone Brewing's Greg Koch is No Arrogant Bastard Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Another industry giant joins the Barrel to Bottle podcast. This week, it's Stone Brewing Executive Chairman and Co-founder Greg Koch. Greg and the team taste Stone IPA, Arrogant Consortia's Arrogant Bastard and Enter Night, plus Courage Russian Imperial Stout (made by Wells &Young, not by Stone) and Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2014 (from Roger's personal stash). This episode marks Greg's first Malort experience. Other topics include hanging with Metallica, helping to make "Russian Imperial Stout" a thing, staying fresh in a beer scene that's always chasing what's new, and how PET is destroying the planet. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when Greg tackles the perennial listener question "bottles or cans?"

        ]]>         Another industry giant joins the Barrel to Bottle podcast. This week, it's Stone Brewing Executive Chairman and Co-founder Greg Koch. Greg and the team taste Stone IPA, Arrogant Consortia's Arrogant Bastard and Enter Night, plus Courage Russian Imperial Stout (made by Wells &Young, not by Stone) and Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2014 (from Roger's personal stash). This episode marks Greg's first Malort experience. Other topics include hanging with Metallica, helping to make "Russian Imperial Stout" a thing, staying fresh in a beer scene that's always chasing what's new, and how PET is destroying the planet. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when Greg tackles the perennial listener question "bottles or cans?"

        ]]>         41:37 false full 9546920 2019-05-01T00:01:07Z         Descriptors! Descriptors! Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 How do you describe what you're tasting? How do you put into words the difference between a navel orange and a mandarin orange? This week's Barrel to Bottle podcast is all about the language we - tasters and critics both professional and amateur - use to describe wine, spirits and beer, from flavor to texture and beyond. And stick around to the end. Host Kristen has some big news.

        ]]>         How do you describe what you're tasting? How do you put into words the difference between a navel orange and a mandarin orange? This week's Barrel to Bottle podcast is all about the language we - tasters and critics both professional and amateur - use to describe wine, spirits and beer, from flavor to texture and beyond. And stick around to the end. Host Kristen has some big news.

        ]]>         47:19 false full 9462386 2019-05-01T00:01:07Z         German Wine Across the Decades German Wine Across the Decades Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Aging red wines is common - but what about aging white wines? Kristen is joined by Binny's Wine Buyer Bill Newton and legendary German wine importer Derek Vinnicombe, plus producers Paul Anheuser and Stefen Bollig. The team talks recent German vintages, differences across years and drinking these wines aged and unaged. To illustrate, the team tries young and old bottles from the same vineyard side by side: Bollig Lehnert Piesporter Goldtropfchen Riesling Spatlese from 2018 and 2006. Also Paul Anheuser Keuznacher Krotenpfuhl Riesling Auslese 2001. And it's not all about white! Germany also makes great red wines, and the team tastes Heyden Pinot Noir 2016. These guys are fun!

        ]]>         Aging red wines is common - but what about aging white wines? Kristen is joined by Binny's Wine Buyer Bill Newton and legendary German wine importer Derek Vinnicombe, plus producers Paul Anheuser and Stefen Bollig. The team talks recent German vintages, differences across years and drinking these wines aged and unaged. To illustrate, the team tries young and old bottles from the same vineyard side by side: Bollig Lehnert Piesporter Goldtropfchen Riesling Spatlese from 2018 and 2006. Also Paul Anheuser Keuznacher Krotenpfuhl Riesling Auslese 2001. And it's not all about white! Germany also makes great red wines, and the team tastes Heyden Pinot Noir 2016. These guys are fun!

        ]]>         29:24 false full 9369575 2019-05-01T00:01:07Z         Ian Millar Talks Glenfiddich and More Ian Millar Talks Glenfiddich and More Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Ian Millar has seen it all and has the stories and knowledge to prove it. Ian and Kirstin Grant of William Grant & Sons join the Barrel to Bottle Crew for a conversation about the past, present and future of Glenfiddich. It wouldn't be a Barrel to Bottle podcast without sampling some of their fine Scotch, including the Glenfiddich 12-year-old, Glenfiddich 14-year-old and Fire & Cane, a blend of peated and unpeated Scotch, aged in Rum barrels. Plus, Ian and the team revisit the legendary Annasach Reserve 25 Year blend.]]> 39:12 false full 9288734 2019-05-01T00:01:07Z It's All Tradition at Samuel Smith's Old Brewery It's All Tradition at Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 In a beer scene dominated by all the hottest styles and latest releases, sometimes it's refreshing to take a look at the classics. On this week's episode of Barrel to Bottle, Master Brewer Gavin Scoreby shares all the ways Samuel Smith's Old Brewery keeps things traditional, from their centuries-old brewhouse to local delivery powered by horse. The team tastes Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale, Organic Lager, Oatmeal Stout, Organic Chocolate Stout, and Apple and Perry Ciders. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about gluten free and reduced beers.

        ]]>         In a beer scene dominated by all the hottest styles and latest releases, sometimes it's refreshing to take a look at the classics. On this week's episode of Barrel to Bottle, Master Brewer Gavin Scoreby shares all the ways Samuel Smith's Old Brewery keeps things traditional, from their centuries-old brewhouse to local delivery powered by horse. The team tastes Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale, Organic Lager, Oatmeal Stout, Organic Chocolate Stout, and Apple and Perry Ciders. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about gluten free and reduced beers.

        ]]>         39:03 false full 9181154 2019-04-01T10:03:18Z         Barbara Widmer shares Brancaia Barbara Widmer shares Brancaia Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:00:00 +0000 In 1981, the Widmer family fell in love with Tuscany, purchasing the Brancaia estate in Castellina in Chianti. Since then, with oenologist Barbara Widmer at the winemaking helm, Brancaia has grown to include three estates across Tuscany and a portfolio of accessible and world-class wines. Barbara walks the Barrel to Bottle team through some of her favorites, including Brancaia Tre, Chianti Classico Riserva, Ilatraia and Il Blu. And stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about Bordeaux futures.

        ]]>         In 1981, the Widmer family fell in love with Tuscany, purchasing the Brancaia estate in Castellina in Chianti. Since then, with oenologist Barbara Widmer at the winemaking helm, Brancaia has grown to include three estates across Tuscany and a portfolio of accessible and world-class wines. Barbara walks the Barrel to Bottle team through some of her favorites, including Brancaia Tre, Chianti Classico Riserva, Ilatraia and Il Blu. And stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about Bordeaux futures.

        ]]>         26:42 false full 9081575 2019-04-01T00:01:36Z         Westland's Matt Hofmann Defines American Single Malt Westland's Matt Hofmann Defines American Single Malt Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Not only is Westland Distillery leading the charge for American single malt whiskey, but they're capturing the Pacific Northwest in every bottle of single malt whiskey they produce (yes, whiskey with an E, it's American). Westland cofounder and master distiller Matt Hofmann leads the Barrel to Bottle team through an in-depth tour of his whiskies, from their core range - American Oak, Peated, and Sherry Wood - plus multiple years from their limited Peat Week and Garryana releases. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question for a $20 Binny's gift card. This week, it's all about grain whiskey.

        ]]>         Not only is Westland Distillery leading the charge for American single malt whiskey, but they're capturing the Pacific Northwest in every bottle of single malt whiskey they produce (yes, whiskey with an E, it's American). Westland cofounder and master distiller Matt Hofmann leads the Barrel to Bottle team through an in-depth tour of his whiskies, from their core range - American Oak, Peated, and Sherry Wood - plus multiple years from their limited Peat Week and Garryana releases. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question for a $20 Binny's gift card. This week, it's all about grain whiskey.

        ]]>         50:43 false 78 full 9035600 2019-04-01T00:01:36Z         Hypeworthy? Hypeworthy? Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:00:00 +0000 All those legendary, unobtainable bottles - are they worth the hype? The Barrel to Bottle crew tastes iconic, collectible whiskey, so you don't have to. Featuring top-notch bottlings from Old Forester, Eagle Rare, Wild Turkey, Angel's Envy and Pappy Van Winkle, this episode took some work. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question for a $20 Binny's Gift Card. In this week's question, the takes on "peak bourbon bubble."

        ]]>         All those legendary, unobtainable bottles - are they worth the hype? The Barrel to Bottle crew tastes iconic, collectible whiskey, so you don't have to. Featuring top-notch bottlings from Old Forester, Eagle Rare, Wild Turkey, Angel's Envy and Pappy Van Winkle, this episode took some work. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question for a $20 Binny's Gift Card. In this week's question, the takes on "peak bourbon bubble."

        ]]>         33:55 false full 8935391 2019-04-01T00:01:36Z         Sour Styles: Lambic and Geuze Sour Styles: Lambic and Geuze Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:53:30 +0000 Sour beers make up one of the most sought after styles around today. Sours are the ultimate beers for beer nerds, perfectly illustrating how beer is a combination of science and art. Roger walks the Barrel to Bottle team through a few favorite Lambic and Geuze examples, and he has a couple tricks up his sleeve, too. Beers tasted include Lindemans Framboise, Lindemans Cuvee Rene, Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait and Firestone Walker Paw Prints, a special collaboration with Binny's Beverage Depot. Plus a couple surprises tasted blind. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the Barrel to Bottle team list their favorite barleywines.]]> 38:12 false full 8841635 2019-04-01T00:01:36Z B2B - Ep. 75 Syrah from the Northern Rhone B2B - Ep. 75 Syrah from the Northern Rhone Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Fruit, earth, meaty and savory and floral characteristics: when you're talking about wine, syrah from the Northern Rhone includes some of the most intense and complex reds in the world. Kristen leads the Barrel to Bottle team through a guided tour of the region and a tasting of excellent examples including Domaine Jamet Cote Rotie 2014, Barruol Lynch Hermitage 2016,  J.L. Chave Selection Crozes Hermitage Silene 2016 and Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas 2016. It's wine for wine nerds. Stick around for this week's Q&A segment, when the team takes on three questions with a focus on the evolution of food and wine in the same region. 

        ]]>         Fruit, earth, meaty and savory and floral characteristics: when you're talking about wine, syrah from the Northern Rhone includes some of the most intense and complex reds in the world. Kristen leads the Barrel to Bottle team through a guided tour of the region and a tasting of excellent examples including Domaine Jamet Cote Rotie 2014, Barruol Lynch Hermitage 2016, J.L. Chave Selection Crozes Hermitage Silene 2016 and Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas 2016. It's wine for wine nerds. Stick around for this week's Q&A segment, when the team takes on three questions with a focus on the evolution of food and wine in the same region.

        ]]>         32:58 false full 8748911 2019-03-01T00:00:13Z         B2B - Ep. 74 Fire & Ice B2B - Ep. 74 Fire & Ice Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:21:21 +0000 Winter keeps holding on in Chciago, so we're talking about wine perfect for the weather: mulled wine and ice wine. Part one: Fire. Mulled wine is a style that includes glogg and gluhwein - spiced wine traditionally served warm. The Barrel to Bottle team tastes Glunz Glogg and St. Christopher Gluhwein as examples. Part two: IOce. Ice wine is a dessert style where grapes reach extreme ripeness by hanging late into the season. The team compares Jackson Estate Vidal Ice Wine to Huia Botrytis Riesling. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about different kinds of glassware.]]> 30:27 false full 8687798 2019-03-01T00:00:13Z B2B - Bonus: Wine Expo Preview Wine Expo Preview Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:47:53 +0000 Tickets are available now for the 2019 WINE EXPO. In this special bonus episode, the Barrel to Bottle team is joined by Barb Steadman, Assistant Director of Wine Sales at Binny's, who covers highlights from the Wine Expo - stuff like guided tours, seminars, the rose garden, a special VIP room, and a bunch more. Plus, the B2B team calls up the newest wine critic to write for robertparker.com, Anthony Mueller. Anthony shares his take on last year's Expo, and previews the seminar he is hosting at this year's Expo. Plus, the Barrel to Bottle team answers questions recorded live at last year's event. This year's big event is happening on Saturday, April 6th at Arlington International Racecourse. Get more info at binnys.com.

        ]]>         Tickets are available now for the 2019 WINE EXPO. In this special bonus episode, the Barrel to Bottle team is joined by Barb Steadman, Assistant Director of Wine Sales at Binny's, who covers highlights from the Wine Expo - stuff like guided tours, seminars, the rose garden, a special VIP room, and a bunch more. Plus, the B2B team calls up the newest wine critic to write for robertparker.com, Anthony Mueller. Anthony shares his take on last year's Expo, and previews the seminar he is hosting at this year's Expo. Plus, the Barrel to Bottle team answers questions recorded live at last year's event. This year's big event is happening on Saturday, April 6th at Arlington International Racecourse. Get more info at binnys.com.

        ]]>         15:09 false bonus 8652107 2019-03-01T00:00:13Z         B2B - Ep. 73 The GlenAllachie is Finally Here B2B - Ep. 73 The GlenAllachie is Finally Here Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:59:25 +0000 Despite being constructed in the 1960's, the only way to get a taste of GlenAllachie over the last half-century was through rare independent bottlings or as a component in favorite blended Scotch. That's all changing with new ownership, and Binny's is excited to share the new OB GlenAllachie bottlings. Noted Distillery personality David Keir offers the Barrel to Bottle team an insider's view of the distillery and offers a taste of the new GlenAllachie lineup. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about how tariffs affect the whiskey trade, both locally and internationally.

        ]]>         Despite being constructed in the 1960's, the only way to get a taste of GlenAllachie over the last half-century was through rare independent bottlings or as a component in favorite blended Scotch. That's all changing with new ownership, and Binny's is excited to share the new OB GlenAllachie bottlings. Noted Distillery personality David Keir offers the Barrel to Bottle team an insider's view of the distillery and offers a taste of the new GlenAllachie lineup. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about how tariffs affect the whiskey trade, both locally and internationally.

        ]]>         32:17 false full 8631524 2019-03-01T00:00:13Z         B2B - Ep. 72 Master Cicerone Jason Pratt B2B - Ep. 72 Master Cicerone Jason Pratt Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:49:04 +0000 What does it take to persevere through the many trials and tribulations to reach the highest recognized level of education in the beer world? The Barrel to Bottle team is joined by the Golden Nose himself, Master Cicerone Jason Pratt, one of just eighteen in the world to reach Master Cicerone status. Jason shares his sensory perception techniques and encyclopedic knowledge, covering topics including the latest trends and classic styles, plus his favorite flaws in beer. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when Jason helps the team take on your question about the true shelf life of different IPA styles. This one is for the nerds.

        ]]>         What does it take to persevere through the many trials and tribulations to reach the highest recognized level of education in the beer world? The Barrel to Bottle team is joined by the Golden Nose himself, Master Cicerone Jason Pratt, one of just eighteen in the world to reach Master Cicerone status. Jason shares his sensory perception techniques and encyclopedic knowledge, covering topics including the latest trends and classic styles, plus his favorite flaws in beer. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when Jason helps the team take on your question about the true shelf life of different IPA styles. This one is for the nerds.

        ]]>         38:10 false full 8631446 2019-03-01T00:00:13Z         B2B – Ep. 71 Far North Spirits B2B – Ep. 71 Far North Spirits Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:00:52 +0000 It's easy to get caught up in local craft spirits, especially living in an area like Chicagoland that's home to an incredible collection of craft options. Just don't miss out on highlights from far away, including insanely remote places such as Hallock, Minnesota, home of Far North Spirits. This week, Johny Barbosa of Far North shares his incredible portfolio of criminally underappreciated craft spirits, from vodka to gin, rum to rye, plus a surprise or two. And of course, the team covers which spirits are best paired with hot dishes. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the Barrel to Bottle team takes on the question of best beverages for cooking.

        ]]>         It's easy to get caught up in local craft spirits, especially living in an area like Chicagoland that's home to an incredible collection of craft options. Just don't miss out on highlights from far away, including insanely remote places such as Hallock, Minnesota, home of Far North Spirits. This week, Johny Barbosa of Far North shares his incredible portfolio of criminally underappreciated craft spirits, from vodka to gin, rum to rye, plus a surprise or two. And of course, the team covers which spirits are best paired with hot dishes. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the Barrel to Bottle team takes on the question of best beverages for cooking.

        ]]>         33:16 false full 8486750 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 70 Zinfandel B2B – Ep. 70 Zinfandel Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:00:39 +0000 Is that the red or the white? The Barrel to Bottle team takes a look at California's 'own grape' from the craze of the 1980s to today's high quality dry red versions. Zinfandel has a rather arcane history and no French connection, meaning this underdog had to grow into prominence all on it's own, of course with the help of a few dedicated grape growers and winemakers. You can't ignore how important it has been to the larger wine culture in the United States. The Barrel to Bottle crew samples Biale Black Chicken, Tommasi Heracles Primativo and the one that started it all, Sutter Home White Zinfandel. Plus, in this week's Q&A and in response to the more expensive versions displayed in the Holiday Cali Cab cast, the team shares their favorite value California Cabernets clocking in around $20.

        ]]>         Is that the red or the white? The Barrel to Bottle team takes a look at California's 'own grape' from the craze of the 1980s to today's high quality dry red versions. Zinfandel has a rather arcane history and no French connection, meaning this underdog had to grow into prominence all on it's own, of course with the help of a few dedicated grape growers and winemakers. You can't ignore how important it has been to the larger wine culture in the United States. The Barrel to Bottle crew samples Biale Black Chicken, Tommasi Heracles Primativo and the one that started it all, Sutter Home White Zinfandel. Plus, in this week's Q&A and in response to the more expensive versions displayed in the Holiday Cali Cab cast, the team shares their favorite value California Cabernets clocking in around $20.

        ]]>         35:31 false full 8486753 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 69 Brut IPA B2B – Ep. 69 Brut IPA Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:00:47 +0000 Juicy, fruity, dank and hazy – these are all buzzwords to describe the direction of IPA today. But for every action, there's an opposite reaction. Enter brut IPA, the dry new IPA style that's crisp, clean and focused. Roger leads the Barrel to Bottle team through a tasting including examples from Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, Ommegang, Revolution, Hopewell and Miskatonic Brewing, plus a hoppy sparkling water from Lagunitas. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team shares their favorite Bourbons (and more) to make the perfect old fashioned.

        ]]>         Juicy, fruity, dank and hazy – these are all buzzwords to describe the direction of IPA today. But for every action, there's an opposite reaction. Enter brut IPA, the dry new IPA style that's crisp, clean and focused. Roger leads the Barrel to Bottle team through a tasting including examples from Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, Ommegang, Revolution, Hopewell and Miskatonic Brewing, plus a hoppy sparkling water from Lagunitas. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team shares their favorite Bourbons (and more) to make the perfect old fashioned.

        ]]>         35:34 false full 8486756 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 68 Fred Noe Pt II B2B – Ep. 68 Fred Noe Pt II Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000 We're back with Part II of Brett Pontoni's interview with Jim Beam Master Distiller Fred Noe. This distilling industry legend shares keeping the family tradition going as he brings his son into the fold and offers some insights into how the business has changed over the years after growth and merging with international partnerships. Plus, Fred tackles your questions in our Q&A segment, and powers through a lightning round Q&A.

        ]]>         We're back with Part II of Brett Pontoni's interview with Jim Beam Master Distiller Fred Noe. This distilling industry legend shares keeping the family tradition going as he brings his son into the fold and offers some insights into how the business has changed over the years after growth and merging with international partnerships. Plus, Fred tackles your questions in our Q&A segment, and powers through a lightning round Q&A.

        ]]>         26:23 false full 8486759 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 67 Fred Noe Pt I B2B – Ep. 67 Fred Noe Pt I Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:00:48 +0000 Spirits industry history runs deep for Fred Noe. The Master Distiller of Jim Beam Distillery, Fred is the seventh in his family to hold the position over the last two hundred years. Brett Pontoni from the Whiskey Hotline chats with this industry veteran, covering topics from how to taste whiskey and favorite flavor descriptors, to the Fred keeping the tradition going with the next generation. Plus some dishing about other industry giants. Keep an eye out for Part II, coming next week.

        ]]>         Spirits industry history runs deep for Fred Noe. The Master Distiller of Jim Beam Distillery, Fred is the seventh in his family to hold the position over the last two hundred years. Brett Pontoni from the Whiskey Hotline chats with this industry veteran, covering topics from how to taste whiskey and favorite flavor descriptors, to the Fred keeping the tradition going with the next generation. Plus some dishing about other industry giants. Keep an eye out for Part II, coming next week.

        ]]>         31:32 false full 8486762 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 66 Ryan Maybee Brings Distilling Back to KC with J. Rieger Distillery B2B – Ep. 66 Ryan Maybee Brings Distilling Back to KC with J. Rieger Distillery Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:00:54 +0000 Kansas Whiskey? Not only is it a thing, but Kansas City, Missouri's J. Rieger distillery was once the largest mail-order whiskey producer in the US. This week, the Barrel to Bottle team is joined by Brett and Joe from The Whiskey Hotline to interview Ryan Maybee, who in 2014 resurrected this historic brand along with some help from industry icons like Tom Nichols and Dave Pickerell. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team gets technical about charred barrels.

        ]]>         Kansas Whiskey? Not only is it a thing, but Kansas City, Missouri's J. Rieger distillery was once the largest mail-order whiskey producer in the US. This week, the Barrel to Bottle team is joined by Brett and Joe from The Whiskey Hotline to interview Ryan Maybee, who in 2014 resurrected this historic brand along with some help from industry icons like Tom Nichols and Dave Pickerell. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team gets technical about charred barrels.

        ]]>         38:16 false full 8486765 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 65 Holiday Beers B2B – Ep. 65 Holiday Beers Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:00:08 +0000 Seasons Greetings from Binny's and the Barrel to Bottle Crew! This week, we're talking about the best part of Christmas: winter beers, of course. From old world classics to the craft seasonals they inspired, the team covers the whole holiday beer range. Beers tasted include Weltenberger Asam Bock, Rochefort 10, Avery Old Jubilation, Sierra Nevada Celebration, Great Lakes Christmas and Lagunitas Brown Shugga'. And in this week's Q&A segment, the team gives their favorite holiday gift ideas. Happy Holidays!

        ]]>         Seasons Greetings from Binny's and the Barrel to Bottle Crew! This week, we're talking about the best part of Christmas: winter beers, of course. From old world classics to the craft seasonals they inspired, the team covers the whole holiday beer range. Beers tasted include Weltenberger Asam Bock, Rochefort 10, Avery Old Jubilation, Sierra Nevada Celebration, Great Lakes Christmas and Lagunitas Brown Shugga'. And in this week's Q&A segment, the team gives their favorite holiday gift ideas. Happy Holidays!

        ]]>         29:02 false full 8486768 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 64 Port 2016 B2B – Ep. 64 Port 2016 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:00:44 +0000 If you take out all the glamorous wine categories… Binny's Wine Buyer Bill Newton is responsible for everything else. One of his favorite categories is Port, which is getting extra attention for the release of the 2016 vintage – the first declared Port vintage since 2011. What Port lacks in glamour, it more than makes up for in intensity and ageability. Bill shares a favorite vintage aged Port and talks about this great vintage. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about red wine and cold weather.

        ]]>         If you take out all the glamorous wine categories… Binny's Wine Buyer Bill Newton is responsible for everything else. One of his favorite categories is Port, which is getting extra attention for the release of the 2016 vintage – the first declared Port vintage since 2011. What Port lacks in glamour, it more than makes up for in intensity and ageability. Bill shares a favorite vintage aged Port and talks about this great vintage. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team answers your question about red wine and cold weather.

        ]]>         24:19 false full 8486771 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 63 Cali Cab B2B – Ep. 63 Cali Cab Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:00:24 +0000 Cabernet is king, especially during the holidays. The full Barrel to Bottle team is in the house, joined by Binny's Wine Buyer Bill Newton, to talk through everything California Cabernet Sauvignon, tasting samples from Sonoma to Napa. Wines featured include cabernet bottlings from Gundlach Bundschu, Rodney Strong Alexander's Crown, Ulysees and Robert Mondavi. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team tackles your question about Malbec.

        ]]>         Cabernet is king, especially during the holidays. The full Barrel to Bottle team is in the house, joined by Binny's Wine Buyer Bill Newton, to talk through everything California Cabernet Sauvignon, tasting samples from Sonoma to Napa. Wines featured include cabernet bottlings from Gundlach Bundschu, Rodney Strong Alexander's Crown, Ulysees and Robert Mondavi. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team tackles your question about Malbec.

        ]]>         27:53 false full 8486774 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 62 HOPS! B2B – Ep. 62 HOPS! Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:00:44 +0000 Autumn brings the annual hop harvest, which means it's time for fresh-hopped beer! Roger leads the Barrel to Bottle team through a flight of everything hoppy, from single hop pale ales through fresh hopped IPA's. Beers featured include Bell's Two Hearted Ale, SweetWater Mosaic, Lagunitas Super Cluster, Founder's Harvest Ale, Deschutes Chasin Freshies and Half Acre Now & Then. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team gets to talk about themselves, and their favorite beer styles.

        ]]>         Autumn brings the annual hop harvest, which means it's time for fresh-hopped beer! Roger leads the Barrel to Bottle team through a flight of everything hoppy, from single hop pale ales through fresh hopped IPA's. Beers featured include Bell's Two Hearted Ale, SweetWater Mosaic, Lagunitas Super Cluster, Founder's Harvest Ale, Deschutes Chasin Freshies and Half Acre Now & Then. Stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team gets to talk about themselves, and their favorite beer styles.

        ]]>         34:01 false full 8486777 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 61 Tokaji with Laszlo Meszaroz B2B – Ep. 61 Tokaji with Laszlo Meszaroz Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:39:53 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle crew takes a walk on the sweet side this week. Tokaji is Hungary's sweet white, loved for complexity and class on par with the sweet wines of Bordeaux in France. Laszlo Meszaroz, Director of the Disznoko winery, joins the podcast team and shares the rich history of the region, plus examples of the region's sweet and dry white wines. Egeszsegere! Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a […]

        ]]>         The Barrel to Bottle crew takes a walk on the sweet side this week. Tokaji is Hungary's sweet white, loved for complexity and class on par with the sweet wines of Bordeaux in France. Laszlo Meszaroz, Director of the Disznoko winery, joins the podcast team and shares the rich history of the region, plus examples of the region's sweet and dry white wines. Egeszsegere! Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a […]

        ]]>         26:45 false full 8486780 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 60 Bubbles for the Holidays (and any time) B2B – Ep. 60 Bubbles for the Holidays (and any time) Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:43:24 +0000 When you think celebration, think Champagne! But it works well on any Tuesday night as well. The Barrel to Bottle team tastes through six sparklers from around the world, including Aubry Le Nombre d'Or, Louis Bouillot Cremant de Bourgogne, Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs, Segura Viudas Heredad Brut Reserva,  and a pairing of Fossetta Prosecco and Bollinger Special Cuvee. Plus, stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team offers their favorite Friendsgiving wines.

        ]]>         When you think celebration, think Champagne! But it works well on any Tuesday night as well. The Barrel to Bottle team tastes through six sparklers from around the world, including Aubry Le Nombre d'Or, Louis Bouillot Cremant de Bourgogne, Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs, Segura Viudas Heredad Brut Reserva, and a pairing of Fossetta Prosecco and Bollinger Special Cuvee. Plus, stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team offers their favorite Friendsgiving wines.

        ]]>         32:57 false full 8486783 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 59 Porters & Stouts B2B – Ep. 59 Porters & Stouts Mon, 05 Nov 2018 12:00:32 +0000 All stouts are porters, but not all porters are stouts. As the weather cools off, it's time for Roger to lead the Barrel to Bottle crew through a tasting of darker beers. Featured beers include Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald, Guinness Draught, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, North Coast Old Rasputin, Stone Xocoveza and Central Waters Cassian Sunset. And stick around for the Q&A segment when the team tackles your question about grain whisky and Scotch for a $20 Binny's Gift Card.

        ]]>         All stouts are porters, but not all porters are stouts. As the weather cools off, it's time for Roger to lead the Barrel to Bottle crew through a tasting of darker beers. Featured beers include Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald, Guinness Draught, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, North Coast Old Rasputin, Stone Xocoveza and Central Waters Cassian Sunset. And stick around for the Q&A segment when the team tackles your question about grain whisky and Scotch for a $20 Binny's Gift Card.

        ]]>         37:51 false full 8486786 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 58 Greek Wine with Ted Diamantis B2B – Ep. 58 Greek Wine with Ted Diamantis Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:00:27 +0000 Greek wine has experienced a resurgence in the last few decades, thanks in no small part to Ted Diamantis and his company, Diamond Importers. Ted joins the Barrel to Bottle crew to taste highlights from his collection and to discuss this historic and vibrant wine growing country. Wines tasted include Santo Assyrtiko, Douloufakis Dafnios Vidiano, Skouras Saint George and Alpha Estate Xinomavro.

        ]]>         Greek wine has experienced a resurgence in the last few decades, thanks in no small part to Ted Diamantis and his company, Diamond Importers. Ted joins the Barrel to Bottle crew to taste highlights from his collection and to discuss this historic and vibrant wine growing country. Wines tasted include Santo Assyrtiko, Douloufakis Dafnios Vidiano, Skouras Saint George and Alpha Estate Xinomavro.

        ]]>         34:38 false full 8486789 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Bonus: Game of Thrones Single Malts B2B – Bonus: Game of Thrones Single Malts Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:00:57 +0000 Brace yourselves, Game of Thrones Scotch is coming. In the middle of recording the recent two-part "All the Islay" podcast, the Whiskey Hotline's Brett Pontoni wandered off. And when he wandered back into the room, he had news about the upcoming Game of Thrones single malt releases. Listen as the Barrel to Bottle crew reacts to the news and shares specifics about each bottling. Game of Thrones Scotches are coming, and you won't have to pay the iron price.

        ]]>         Brace yourselves, Game of Thrones Scotch is coming. In the middle of recording the recent two-part "All the Islay" podcast, the Whiskey Hotline's Brett Pontoni wandered off. And when he wandered back into the room, he had news about the upcoming Game of Thrones single malt releases. Listen as the Barrel to Bottle crew reacts to the news and shares specifics about each bottling. Game of Thrones Scotches are coming, and you won't have to pay the iron price.

        ]]>         10:39 false full 8486792 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 57 All the Islay Pt II B2B – Ep. 57 All the Islay Pt II Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:00:37 +0000 Picking up from last week, the Barrel to Bottle crew is joined by the Whiskey Hotline to taste through all eight active distilleries in Scotland's Islay region. Part II covers the more peaty distilleries: Lagavulin, Caol Ila, Laphroaig and Ardbeg. Also silly hats. And stick around for our customer Q&A segment, when the Whiskey Hotline discuss what it takes for a distillery to get into the Binny's Handpicked Casks program.

        ]]>         Picking up from last week, the Barrel to Bottle crew is joined by the Whiskey Hotline to taste through all eight active distilleries in Scotland's Islay region. Part II covers the more peaty distilleries: Lagavulin, Caol Ila, Laphroaig and Ardbeg. Also silly hats. And stick around for our customer Q&A segment, when the Whiskey Hotline discuss what it takes for a distillery to get into the Binny's Handpicked Casks program.

        ]]>         37:30 false full 8486795 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 56 All the Islay Pt I B2B – Ep. 56 All the Islay Pt I Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:00:18 +0000 Scotland's Islay makes some of the most distinctive and immediately recognizable whiskey in the world, from graceful and honeyed to richly peated, smoky and briny. The Barrel to Bottle crew teams up with the Whiskey Hotline in a guided tasting of all eight active distilleries on the Island, with lots of fun facts and Islay info along the way. Part I covers the less peaty distilleries: Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bowmore and Kilchoman. Keep an eye out for Part II coming next week!

        ]]>         Scotland's Islay makes some of the most distinctive and immediately recognizable whiskey in the world, from graceful and honeyed to richly peated, smoky and briny. The Barrel to Bottle crew teams up with the Whiskey Hotline in a guided tasting of all eight active distilleries on the Island, with lots of fun facts and Islay info along the way. Part I covers the less peaty distilleries: Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bowmore and Kilchoman. Keep an eye out for Part II coming next week!

        ]]>         32:31 false full 8486798 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 55 Sneak Peek: 2018 Goose Island BCBS B2B – Ep. 55 Sneak Peek: 2018 Goose Island BCBS Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:03:52 +0000 Black Friday in Chicago means heading to Binny's Lincoln Park for the annual release of one of the most collectible and desirable beers out there: Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout. This year's release includes eight unique versions: Original, Wheatwine, Reserve, Midnight Orange, Coffee Barleywine, Proprietor's, Vanilla and Bramble Rye. The Binny's crew got a sneak preview of the full lineup, and they run through their tasting notes, insider info and more in this week's Barrel to Bottle breaking news episode. […]

        ]]>         Black Friday in Chicago means heading to Binny's Lincoln Park for the annual release of one of the most collectible and desirable beers out there: Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout. This year's release includes eight unique versions: Original, Wheatwine, Reserve, Midnight Orange, Coffee Barleywine, Proprietor's, Vanilla and Bramble Rye. The Binny's crew got a sneak preview of the full lineup, and they run through their tasting notes, insider info and more in this week's Barrel to Bottle breaking news episode. […]

        ]]>         42:17 false full 8486801 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 54 Brunello di Montalcino B2B – Ep. 54 Brunello di Montalcino Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:00:35 +0000 Brunello – it's one of the most iconic wines from Italy. On this admittedly geeky episode of Barrel to Bottle, Kristen leads the Binny's team through this world-famous Tuscan sub-region and the grape that makes it great. The team talks sangiovese at its finest, tasting 2012 Donatello Cinelli Colombini Brunello di Montalcino and 2013 Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino. And stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team explains what makes a wine good for aging.

        ]]>         Brunello – it's one of the most iconic wines from Italy. On this admittedly geeky episode of Barrel to Bottle, Kristen leads the Binny's team through this world-famous Tuscan sub-region and the grape that makes it great. The team talks sangiovese at its finest, tasting 2012 Donatello Cinelli Colombini Brunello di Montalcino and 2013 Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino. And stick around for the Q&A segment, when the team explains what makes a wine good for aging.

        ]]>         25:16 false full 8486804 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 53 Binny's Wine Buyer Barb Hermann B2B – Ep. 53 Binny's Wine Buyer Barb Hermann Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:00:01 +0000 Have you ever wondered what it's like to live the glamorous life of a Binny's Wine Buyer? Meet Barbara Hermann. For the last 30 years, Barb has spearheaded the wine buying program at Binny's Beverage Depot. She joins the Barrel to Bottle team to cover how the wine world has evolved over the decades, about her extensive travel around the globe, about the Good Old Days, and how she works as a consumer advocate to find the best wines at the best prices.

        ]]>         Have you ever wondered what it's like to live the glamorous life of a Binny's Wine Buyer? Meet Barbara Hermann. For the last 30 years, Barb has spearheaded the wine buying program at Binny's Beverage Depot. She joins the Barrel to Bottle team to cover how the wine world has evolved over the decades, about her extensive travel around the globe, about the Good Old Days, and how she works as a consumer advocate to find the best wines at the best prices.

        ]]>         26:28 false full 8486807 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 52 Garrett Oliver B2B – Ep. 52 Garrett Oliver Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:00:07 +0000 When beer has needed a voice, Garrett Oliver has supplied it. Author of The Brewmaster's Table, regarded by many as the quintessential guide to beer and food pairing, and editor of the Oxford Companion to Beer – he has traveled the world, championing the cause of beer. He always found his way back home to the Brooklyn Brewery, where he's served as brewmaster for over 20 years. The Barrel to Bottle crew had the pleasure of sitting down with this industry icon, where they chatted about everything from classics styles to recent trends.

        ]]>         When beer has needed a voice, Garrett Oliver has supplied it. Author of The Brewmaster's Table, regarded by many as the quintessential guide to beer and food pairing, and editor of the Oxford Companion to Beer – he has traveled the world, championing the cause of beer. He always found his way back home to the Brooklyn Brewery, where he's served as brewmaster for over 20 years. The Barrel to Bottle crew had the pleasure of sitting down with this industry icon, where they chatted about everything from classics styles to recent trends.

        ]]>         33:38 false full 8486810 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 51 All About Alsace B2B – Ep. 51 All About Alsace Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:18:12 +0000 What do you get when you mix traditionally French varietals (plus a little riesling and gewurztraminer) with German winemaking knowhow? Alsace! The Barrel to Bottle team takes a closer look at one of the world's most iconic wine regions dedicated almost entirely to white wine production. Alsace is legendary for its benchmark examples of some of the world's most popular white wine varietals, unmatched in balance and concentration.

        ]]>         What do you get when you mix traditionally French varietals (plus a little riesling and gewurztraminer) with German winemaking knowhow? Alsace! The Barrel to Bottle team takes a closer look at one of the world's most iconic wine regions dedicated almost entirely to white wine production. Alsace is legendary for its benchmark examples of some of the world's most popular white wine varietals, unmatched in balance and concentration.

        ]]>         28:34 false full 8486813 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 50 Q&Aapalooza B2B – Ep. 50 Q&Aapalooza Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:00:52 +0000 The Barrel to Bottle podcast crew celebrates 50 episodes with a special Q&A roundup. Submit your questions to @binnysbev on twitter, facebook or instagram, or email your questions to comments@binnys.com. If the team answers your question on the podcast, you'll win a $20 Binny's Gift Card. This fun episode collects some lost Q&A segments, and that means we're giving away a whole bunch of Binny's Gift Cards.

        ]]>         The Barrel to Bottle podcast crew celebrates 50 episodes with a special Q&A roundup. Submit your questions to @binnysbev on twitter, facebook or instagram, or email your questions to comments@binnys.com. If the team answers your question on the podcast, you'll win a $20 Binny's Gift Card. This fun episode collects some lost Q&A segments, and that means we're giving away a whole bunch of Binny's Gift Cards.

        ]]>         31:01 false full 8486816 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 49 Wes Henderson Talks Angel's Envy B2B – Ep. 49 Wes Henderson Talks Angel's Envy Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:00:05 +0000 This week on Barrel to Bottle, Pat and Roger sit down with Kentucky bourbon dignitary Wes Henderson. Along with his father, Lincoln Henderson, Wes created the category-defining Angel's Envy by blending bourbons finished in Port barrels. Wes talks bourbon heritage, his brand new Louisville distillery, and what's on the horizon for his iconic brand. Plus, Wes sticks around for our Q&A segment to answer your question about barrel toast and char.

        ]]>         This week on Barrel to Bottle, Pat and Roger sit down with Kentucky bourbon dignitary Wes Henderson. Along with his father, Lincoln Henderson, Wes created the category-defining Angel's Envy by blending bourbons finished in Port barrels. Wes talks bourbon heritage, his brand new Louisville distillery, and what's on the horizon for his iconic brand. Plus, Wes sticks around for our Q&A segment to answer your question about barrel toast and char.

        ]]>         31:24 false full 8486819 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B Ep.48 Wine in Cans, Cocktails in Cans B2B Ep.48 Wine in Cans, Cocktails in Cans Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:00:16 +0000 Cans aren't just for beer! These days, innovative wineries and distilleries are joining breweries in packaging their beverages in this portable, lightweight and environmentally friendly aluminum container. The Barrel to Bottle crew breaks convention and tastes a collection of wines, cocktails and more from cans. Things get weird. Plus, stick around for this week's Q&A segment, when the team tackles your question about rose wine.

        ]]>         Cans aren't just for beer! These days, innovative wineries and distilleries are joining breweries in packaging their beverages in this portable, lightweight and environmentally friendly aluminum container. The Barrel to Bottle crew breaks convention and tastes a collection of wines, cocktails and more from cans. Things get weird. Plus, stick around for this week's Q&A segment, when the team tackles your question about rose wine.

        ]]>         38:43 false full 8486822 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 47 Adjuncts! B2B – Ep. 47 Adjuncts! Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:30:44 +0000 Beer is simple – just water, barley, hops and yeast, right? These days, breweries are adding all kinds of stuff to their beer, from fruit and spices all the way through candy and breakfast cereal. Roger leads the Barrel to Bottle crew through an epic tour and blind tasting across the spectrum of adjuncts in beer. And stick around for this week's double Q&A segment, where the team tackles two listener questions.

        ]]>         Beer is simple – just water, barley, hops and yeast, right? These days, breweries are adding all kinds of stuff to their beer, from fruit and spices all the way through candy and breakfast cereal. Roger leads the Barrel to Bottle crew through an epic tour and blind tasting across the spectrum of adjuncts in beer. And stick around for this week's double Q&A segment, where the team tackles two listener questions.

        ]]>         31:21 false full 8486825 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 46 Cali Wine with Chris Benziger and John Concannon B2B – Ep. 46 Cali Wine with Chris Benziger and John Concannon Mon, 06 Aug 2018 11:30:56 +0000 This week on Barrel to Bottle, Kristen and Greg sit down with two VIPs of California wine, Chris Benziger and John Concannon. Chris Benziger carries the tradition of his family's winery into the next generation, with all of Benziger's releases certified sustainable, organic or biodynamic. John Concannon is an advocate for environmental stewardship and sustainability. As a fourth generation vintner, he is hoping for a future as bright as his family's rich legacy: from bottling the first petite sirah in 1961 to importing key cab clones from Chateau Margaux in 1893 that are now found throughout California. Plus, Chris and John stick around to help with this week's customer Q&A about wine in cans.

        ]]>         This week on Barrel to Bottle, Kristen and Greg sit down with two VIPs of California wine, Chris Benziger and John Concannon. Chris Benziger carries the tradition of his family's winery into the next generation, with all of Benziger's releases certified sustainable, organic or biodynamic. John Concannon is an advocate for environmental stewardship and sustainability. As a fourth generation vintner, he is hoping for a future as bright as his family's rich legacy: from bottling the first petite sirah in 1961 to importing key cab clones from Chateau Margaux in 1893 that are now found throughout California. Plus, Chris and John stick around to help with this week's customer Q&A about wine in cans.

        ]]>         36:50 false full 8486828 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 45 Demystifying the Bottom Shelf: Whiskey B2B – Ep. 45 Demystifying the Bottom Shelf: Whiskey Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:30:52 +0000 Trophy hunting is a big thing in the whiskey world, but those bottles might only be available one day a year. The Barrel to Bottle team flips whiskey on its head by focusing on the bottom shelf – great whiskeys at a great price available every day. And in the Q&A segment, the Barrel to Bottle team gives their favorite non-Kentucky Bourbon picks.

        ]]>         Trophy hunting is a big thing in the whiskey world, but those bottles might only be available one day a year. The Barrel to Bottle team flips whiskey on its head by focusing on the bottom shelf – great whiskeys at a great price available every day. And in the Q&A segment, the Barrel to Bottle team gives their favorite non-Kentucky Bourbon picks.

        ]]>         24:01 false full 8486831 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 44 Rollin Soles and Oregon Wine B2B – Ep. 44 Rollin Soles and Oregon Wine Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:30:08 +0000 This week on Barrel to Bottle, Rollin Soles is a scientist. An early "flying winemaker," Rollin gained experience as a fixer at wineries around the world before founding Argyle in Dundee, Oregon. Rollin sits down with Kristen to talk about Oregon's natural splendor, his no-nonsense approach to winemaking, and his newest project, ROCO Winery. Stick around for customer Q&A, when Kristen and Greg recommend citrusy wines.

        ]]>         This week on Barrel to Bottle, Rollin Soles is a scientist. An early "flying winemaker," Rollin gained experience as a fixer at wineries around the world before founding Argyle in Dundee, Oregon. Rollin sits down with Kristen to talk about Oregon's natural splendor, his no-nonsense approach to winemaking, and his newest project, ROCO Winery. Stick around for customer Q&A, when Kristen and Greg recommend citrusy wines.

        ]]>         23:56 false full 8486834 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B – Ep. 43 Turner Wathen's Fortuitous Union B2B – Ep. 43 Turner Wathen's Fortuitous Union Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:30:11 +0000 What would you do if your prized stock of Trinidad rum – the inaugural release of your passion project and longshot startup – was accidentally blended with some random whiskey? If you were Turner Wathen, you would bottle it and sell it under the name Fortuitous Union (it helps that it's delicious). Wathen shares FU with the Barrel to Bottle Crew, plus he talks through the influence his family has had on the whiskey industry over the last two centuries.

        ]]>         What would you do if your prized stock of Trinidad rum – the inaugural release of your passion project and longshot startup – was accidentally blended with some random whiskey? If you were Turner Wathen, you would bottle it and sell it under the name Fortuitous Union (it helps that it's delicious). Wathen shares FU with the Barrel to Bottle Crew, plus he talks through the influence his family has had on the whiskey industry over the last two centuries.

        ]]>         24:07 false full 8486837 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B- Ep. 42 Prost! to Pilsner B2B- Ep. 42 Prost! to Pilsner Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:30:49 +0000 When anyone mentions beer, the first thing that comes to mind is probably Pilsner – the brilliantly golden, effervescent and refreshing style. Born in Bohemia, Pilsner has become one of the most widely brewed and recognized styles of beer in the world. The Barrel to Bottle crew covers everything Pilsner, from classic Czech and German examples to heavily hopped American favorites. And in a customer Q&A segment, Roger answers your question about Sierra Nevada's influence on the craft beer scene. Prost!

        ]]>         When anyone mentions beer, the first thing that comes to mind is probably Pilsner – the brilliantly golden, effervescent and refreshing style. Born in Bohemia, Pilsner has become one of the most widely brewed and recognized styles of beer in the world. The Barrel to Bottle crew covers everything Pilsner, from classic Czech and German examples to heavily hopped American favorites. And in a customer Q&A segment, Roger answers your question about Sierra Nevada's influence on the craft beer scene. Prost!

        ]]>         21:17 false full 8486840 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B- Ep. 41 What did the Framers of the Constitution Drink? B2B- Ep. 41 What did the Framers of the Constitution Drink? Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:30:38 +0000 Happy Independence Day! The Barrel to Bottle Crew celebrates the 4th with a special episode. What did people drink in revolutionary times? From rum to rye… from cider to sherry, you might be surprised at the variety of drinks the founding fathers enjoyed. Plus, Roger brings you revolutionary cocktail secrets.

        ]]>         Happy Independence Day! The Barrel to Bottle Crew celebrates the 4th with a special episode. What did people drink in revolutionary times? From rum to rye… from cider to sherry, you might be surprised at the variety of drinks the founding fathers enjoyed. Plus, Roger brings you revolutionary cocktail secrets.

        ]]>         21:08 false full 8486843 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 40 Beers of Summer with Sam Calagione and Josh Noel B2B-Ep. 40 Beers of Summer with Sam Calagione and Josh Noel Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:30:04 +0000 Brewer, author, music geek and raconteur – Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione is one of the leading voices in the craft beer industry. This champion of independent craft joins us to discuss his refreshingly unique SeaQuench Ale, the leading pick in Chicago Tribune beer writer Josh Noel's 2018 Beers of Summer. We taste some of Josh's other picks, discussing beer styles, tastes and trends along the way. Plus, Sam answers your questions in a lightning round Q&A on this episode of Barrel to Bottle.

        ]]>         Brewer, author, music geek and raconteur – Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione is one of the leading voices in the craft beer industry. This champion of independent craft joins us to discuss his refreshingly unique SeaQuench Ale, the leading pick in Chicago Tribune beer writer Josh Noel's 2018 Beers of Summer. We taste some of Josh's other picks, discussing beer styles, tastes and trends along the way. Plus, Sam answers your questions in a lightning round Q&A on this episode of Barrel to Bottle.

        ]]>         25:50 false full 8486846 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 39 Fawn Weaver and Uncle Nearest B2B-Ep. 39 Fawn Weaver and Uncle Nearest Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:30:40 +0000 The difference between history and legend is sometimes murky. Whiskey insiders were shaken to learn that the long held story of Jack Daniel's wasn't exactly true. The legendary distiller actually learned his craft from a slave – Nathan "Uncle Nearest" Green. Author and historian Fawn Weaver joins the Barrel to Bottle crew to share Green's story, his impact on distilling, and about the research and experiences that led her to launch Uncle Nearest 1856, a new award-winning Tennessee whiskey.

        ]]>         The difference between history and legend is sometimes murky. Whiskey insiders were shaken to learn that the long held story of Jack Daniel's wasn't exactly true. The legendary distiller actually learned his craft from a slave – Nathan "Uncle Nearest" Green. Author and historian Fawn Weaver joins the Barrel to Bottle crew to share Green's story, his impact on distilling, and about the research and experiences that led her to launch Uncle Nearest 1856, a new award-winning Tennessee whiskey.

        ]]>         26:26 false full 8486849 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 38 Claire Villars-Lurton B2B-Ep. 38 Claire Villars-Lurton Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:30:29 +0000 Claire Villars-Lurton is the embodiment of centuries of Bordeaux winemaking know how. She joins host Kristen to discuss the culture of French winemaking, managing a multi-generation family business across continents, and bringing that old-world experience into her new-world Sonoma winery. Plus, in this episode's Q&A segment, Kristen and Greg square up against the red wine headache.

        ]]>         Claire Villars-Lurton is the embodiment of centuries of Bordeaux winemaking know how. She joins host Kristen to discuss the culture of French winemaking, managing a multi-generation family business across continents, and bringing that old-world experience into her new-world Sonoma winery. Plus, in this episode's Q&A segment, Kristen and Greg square up against the red wine headache.

        ]]>         28:21 false full 8486852 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 37 Italian Bubbles B2B-Ep. 37 Italian Bubbles Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:36:40 +0000 What's fizzy and refreshing, delicious and mixable, always fun and an absolute value? Prosecco! In this week's Barrel to Bottle, Kristen leads the team through one of her favorite categories: Italian sparkling wine. Topics range from affordable Prosecco to world class Franciacorta to sparkling wine cocktails. Stick around for the Q&A segment, as the team tackles the mystery of the punt.

        ]]>         What's fizzy and refreshing, delicious and mixable, always fun and an absolute value? Prosecco! In this week's Barrel to Bottle, Kristen leads the team through one of her favorite categories: Italian sparkling wine. Topics range from affordable Prosecco to world class Franciacorta to sparkling wine cocktails. Stick around for the Q&A segment, as the team tackles the mystery of the punt.

        ]]>         22:50 false full 8486855 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 36 Vodka Tasted Blind B2B-Ep. 36 Vodka Tasted Blind Mon, 28 May 2018 11:29:36 +0000 The only way to be completely objective when rating wine, spirits and beers is to taste blind. Kristen, Pat and Greg put their palates – and several popular vodkas – to the test. Even this famously neutral spirit shows variety and character when tasted blind. Learn a thing or two about vodka and discover the Barrel to Bottle team's favorite in this week's podcast.

        ]]>         The only way to be completely objective when rating wine, spirits and beers is to taste blind. Kristen, Pat and Greg put their palates – and several popular vodkas – to the test. Even this famously neutral spirit shows variety and character when tasted blind. Learn a thing or two about vodka and discover the Barrel to Bottle team's favorite in this week's podcast.

        ]]>         19:35 false full 8486858 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 35 Alberto Bianchi and Wine Making at Newton Vineyard B2B-Ep. 35 Alberto Bianchi and Wine Making at Newton Vineyard Mon, 21 May 2018 11:48:01 +0000 Kristen sits down with Alberto Bianchi, Winemaker at Napa Valley's Newton Vineyard. Alberto traces his winemaking journey from Italy to New Zealand to Napa Valley, highlighting vineyard management in Napa and around the world. Plus, the Barrel to Bottle team tackles your listener Q&A about neutral oak barrels and their use in wine, spirits and beer production.

        ]]>         Kristen sits down with Alberto Bianchi, Winemaker at Napa Valley's Newton Vineyard. Alberto traces his winemaking journey from Italy to New Zealand to Napa Valley, highlighting vineyard management in Napa and around the world. Plus, the Barrel to Bottle team tackles your listener Q&A about neutral oak barrels and their use in wine, spirits and beer production.

        ]]>         22:59 false full 8486861 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 34 All About Rye B2B-Ep. 34 All About Rye Mon, 14 May 2018 11:37:13 +0000 Craft whiskey is hot, but there's still a lot of confusion surrounding rye. From rye whiskey to high-rye bourbon, The Barrel to Bottle Podcast team covers the basics of this hot category. Kristen, Pat and Roger taste several examples from Whiskey Acres, High West and Rittenhouse (plus Pat's favorite everyday high-rye bourbon from Old Forester) plus two different versions of the classic Old Fashioned cocktail side by side.

        ]]>         Craft whiskey is hot, but there's still a lot of confusion surrounding rye. From rye whiskey to high-rye bourbon, The Barrel to Bottle Podcast team covers the basics of this hot category. Kristen, Pat and Roger taste several examples from Whiskey Acres, High West and Rittenhouse (plus Pat's favorite everyday high-rye bourbon from Old Forester) plus two different versions of the classic Old Fashioned cocktail side by side.

        ]]>         23:38 false full 8486864 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 33 Forbidden Root with Randy Mosher and Nick Williams B2B-Ep. 33 Forbidden Root with Randy Mosher and Nick Williams Mon, 07 May 2018 11:57:20 +0000 It takes something extra to make it in Chicago's craft beer scene, but Forbidden Root makes it look easy. In this episode, the Barrel to Bottle team chats with Forbidden Root Head Brewer Nick Williams and craft brewing guru Randy Mosher. They explain what sets their beer apart, their cutting edge use of bark, stems, flowers, herbs and spices, all based on the foundation of brewing tradition.

        ]]>         It takes something extra to make it in Chicago's craft beer scene, but Forbidden Root makes it look easy. In this episode, the Barrel to Bottle team chats with Forbidden Root Head Brewer Nick Williams and craft brewing guru Randy Mosher. They explain what sets their beer apart, their cutting edge use of bark, stems, flowers, herbs and spices, all based on the foundation of brewing tradition.

        ]]>         34:00 false full 8486867 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 32 Oloroso Sherry and Sherry aged Whisky B2B-Ep. 32 Oloroso Sherry and Sherry aged Whisky Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:35:34 +0000 What's the connection between this classic Spanish wine region and some of the most respected whiskies in the world? In this week's episode of Barrel to Bottle: The Binny's Podcast, Kristen, Pat and Roger talk through Sherry 101 and taste several examples of Oloroso Sherry cask aged whiskies, including examples ranging from local craft distilleries to global single malts from India and Scotland.

        ]]>         What's the connection between this classic Spanish wine region and some of the most respected whiskies in the world? In this week's episode of Barrel to Bottle: The Binny's Podcast, Kristen, Pat and Roger talk through Sherry 101 and taste several examples of Oloroso Sherry cask aged whiskies, including examples ranging from local craft distilleries to global single malts from India and Scotland.

        ]]>         32:38 false full 8486870 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 31|Revolution Brewing's Marty Scott dives into what keeps Chicago's iconic 'Fist Brand' innovating B2B-Ep. 31|Revolution Brewing's Marty Scott dives into what keeps Chicago's iconic 'Fist Brand' innovating Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:09:06 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot- Kristen Ellis & Jeff Carlin, along with Binny's Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson & the Whiskey Hotline's Pat Brophy, welcome Marty Scott from Revolution Brewing Company to the podcast to talk about one of the most iconic independent breweries in the country. As Quality and Innovation Lead for Revolution Brewing Company, Marty has his hands in almost every aspect of brewing of Revolution's dynamic line of offerings but his passion is […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot- Kristen Ellis & Jeff Carlin, along with Binny's Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson & the Whiskey Hotline's Pat Brophy, welcome Marty Scott from Revolution Brewing Company to the podcast to talk about one of the most iconic independent breweries in the country. As Quality and Innovation Lead for Revolution Brewing Company, Marty has his hands in almost every aspect of brewing of Revolution's dynamic line of offerings but his passion is […]

        ]]>         21:45 false full 8486873 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 30|On the Road at World of Whiskies 2018 feat. Charles Joly, Johny Barbosa, Turner Wathen, and more… B2B-Ep. 30|On the Road at World of Whiskies 2018 feat. Charles Joly, Johny Barbosa, Turner Wathen, and more… Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:58:44 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present the third installment of their Whiskey Week series, this time on the road at World of Whiskies 2018, to bring you incredible conversations with some of the greatest minds at the forefront of distilling, Kristen and Jeff offer a sampling of some of the 200+ offerings at one of the largest whiskey tasting in America. First up, Johny Barbosa from Far North Spirits highlights a […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present the third installment of their Whiskey Week series, this time on the road at World of Whiskies 2018, to bring you incredible conversations with some of the greatest minds at the forefront of distilling, Kristen and Jeff offer a sampling of some of the 200+ offerings at one of the largest whiskey tasting in America. First up, Johny Barbosa from Far North Spirits highlights a […]

        ]]>         45:26 false full 8486876 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 29|On the Road at Bourbon Women Night 2018 feat. Al Young, Gina Caruso, and Many More… B2B-Ep. 29|On the Road at Bourbon Women Night 2018 feat. Al Young, Gina Caruso, and Many More… Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:21:28 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin take the podcast on the road to Bourbon Women Night 2018 to talk with movers and shakers in the world of Bourbon Women. Kristen talks with legendary distiller Al Young about celebrating his 50th anniversary at Four Roses and his love of bourbon history. Branch Ambassador for Bourbon Women Gina Caruso talks about her love of bourbon and the growth of the Bourbon Women Association. […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin take the podcast on the road to Bourbon Women Night 2018 to talk with movers and shakers in the world of Bourbon Women. Kristen talks with legendary distiller Al Young about celebrating his 50th anniversary at Four Roses and his love of bourbon history. Branch Ambassador for Bourbon Women Gina Caruso talks about her love of bourbon and the growth of the Bourbon Women Association. […]

        ]]>         30:30 false full 8486879 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 28|Jimmy and Eddie Russell of Wild Turkey Sit Down with the Whiskey Hotline B2B-Ep. 28|Jimmy and Eddie Russell of Wild Turkey Sit Down with the Whiskey Hotline Mon, 02 Apr 2018 10:09:58 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis, Jeff Carlin, Pat Brophy and Roger Adamson present a unique conversation with Jimmy and Eddie Russell from Wild Turkey Distilling Co. These two icons of American whiskey talk about their combined 90+ years making whiskey in Kentucky, how the process has changed over the years, the innovation behind Wild Turkey American Honey, and handing down the distilling tradition to another generation of Russells. Plus, a lucky listener wins […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis, Jeff Carlin, Pat Brophy and Roger Adamson present a unique conversation with Jimmy and Eddie Russell from Wild Turkey Distilling Co. These two icons of American whiskey talk about their combined 90+ years making whiskey in Kentucky, how the process has changed over the years, the innovation behind Wild Turkey American Honey, and handing down the distilling tradition to another generation of Russells. Plus, a lucky listener wins […]

        ]]>         33:01 false full 8486882 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         B2B-Ep. 27|Wine Fraud: Buyer Beware, the Million Dollar Problem B2B-Ep. 27|Wine Fraud: Buyer Beware, the Million Dollar Problem Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:30:11 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present a look at the historical business of fraudulent wine, some incredibly audacious wine scams, and how modern technology is working to combat this expensive problem. Plus, Kristen and Jeff answer one lucky listener wins a wins a $20 gift card by asking a question about up-and-coming wine regions. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present a look at the historical business of fraudulent wine, some incredibly audacious wine scams, and how modern technology is working to combat this expensive problem. Plus, Kristen and Jeff answer one lucky listener wins a wins a $20 gift card by asking a question about up-and-coming wine regions. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a […]

        ]]>         19:04 false full 8486885 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel-to-Bottle, Ep. 26|Director of Winemaking for The Hess Collection, David Guffy on His Love of California Wine Barrel-to-Bottle, Ep. 26|Director of Winemaking for The Hess Collection, David Guffy on His Love of California Wine Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:10:03 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present an intimate conversation with Director of Winemaking for The Hess Collection, David Guffy. Dave talks about his passion for making fruit-forward wines, the success of the Lion & the Lion Tamer wines, why California wines are best when they forgo trying to mimic old-world styles in favor of highlighting the region's unique terroir, and of course, the importance of winery dogs. Plus, Kristen and […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present an intimate conversation with Director of Winemaking for The Hess Collection, David Guffy. Dave talks about his passion for making fruit-forward wines, the success of the Lion & the Lion Tamer wines, why California wines are best when they forgo trying to mimic old-world styles in favor of highlighting the region's unique terroir, and of course, the importance of winery dogs. Plus, Kristen and […]

        ]]>         27:31 false full 8486888 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel-to-Bottle, Ep. 25|The Wide World of Gin w/Scofflaw's Danny Shapiro Barrel-to-Bottle, Ep. 25|The Wide World of Gin w/Scofflaw's Danny Shapiro Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:19:32 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin sit down with a co-founder of Scofflaw and gin aficionado Danny Shapiro to talk about the often misunderstood world of gin as he offers a guide to tasting the complexities of quality gin. Working his way through three distinct categories of gin, Danny tastes through three unique examples: Sipsmith, Nikka Coffey, Scofflaw Old Tom.  Also on the docket, recipes for three great gin cocktails that will […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin sit down with a co-founder of Scofflaw and gin aficionado Danny Shapiro to talk about the often misunderstood world of gin as he offers a guide to tasting the complexities of quality gin. Working his way through three distinct categories of gin, Danny tastes through three unique examples: Sipsmith, Nikka Coffey, Scofflaw Old Tom. Also on the docket, recipes for three great gin cocktails that will […]

        ]]>         19:55 false full 8486891 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 24|Delphine Laborde of Maison Veuve Clicquot Celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Vueve Clicquot Rosé Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 24|Delphine Laborde of Maison Veuve Clicquot Celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Vueve Clicquot Rosé Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:00:24 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present a conversation with winemaker Delphine Laborde of Maison Veuve Clicquot. Born in the heart of France's Champagne region, Laborde shares stories about her life amongst the vines, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Madame Clicquot's Veuve Clicquot Rosé, and the difference between French and American winery dogs. Plus, one lucky listener wins a $20 Binny's gift card for asking a great question about champagnes that […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin present a conversation with winemaker Delphine Laborde of Maison Veuve Clicquot. Born in the heart of France's Champagne region, Laborde shares stories about her life amongst the vines, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Madame Clicquot's Veuve Clicquot Rosé, and the difference between French and American winery dogs. Plus, one lucky listener wins a $20 Binny's gift card for asking a great question about champagnes that […]

        ]]>         22:21 false full 8486894 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 23|Bourbon County Stout Tasting Notes with Goose Island's Head of Innovation Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 23|Bourbon County Stout Tasting Notes with Goose Island's Head of Innovation Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:05:12 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin along with Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) get a unique tasting tour of Goose Island Beer Company's 2017 Bourbon County label releases with Goose Island's head of research and development, Mike Siegel.  2017 marks one of the most extensive lineups of  Goose Island's Bourbon County offerings including the Bourbon County Brand Stout, the Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout, Bourbon County Brand Barleywine, Bourbon County Brand Northwoods Stout […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin along with Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) get a unique tasting tour of Goose Island Beer Company's 2017 Bourbon County label releases with Goose Island's head of research and development, Mike Siegel. 2017 marks one of the most extensive lineups of Goose Island's Bourbon County offerings including the Bourbon County Brand Stout, the Bourbon County Brand Coffee Stout, Bourbon County Brand Barleywine, Bourbon County Brand Northwoods Stout […]

        ]]>         28:37 false full 8486897 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 22|World renowned wine maker Paul Hobbs reflects on his career traveling the world's vineyards in search of great wine Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 22|World renowned wine maker Paul Hobbs reflects on his career traveling the world's vineyards in search of great wine Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:53:37 +0000 This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, hosts Kristin Ellis and Jeff Carlin share Kristin's one-on-one conversation with acclaimed winemaker Paul Hobbs. Paul shares stories about his work on Opus One, globetrotting around the world learning about wine, his time in Argentina and Chile helping to bring the South American wine industry into the modern era, and why he prefers Sonoma County's laidback culture over Napa's commercial scene. Plus, one lucky listener 'keeps on trocken' their way to […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel To Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot, hosts Kristin Ellis and Jeff Carlin share Kristin's one-on-one conversation with acclaimed winemaker Paul Hobbs. Paul shares stories about his work on Opus One, globetrotting around the world learning about wine, his time in Argentina and Chile helping to bring the South American wine industry into the modern era, and why he prefers Sonoma County's laidback culture over Napa's commercial scene. Plus, one lucky listener 'keeps on trocken' their way to […]

        ]]>         24:54 false full 8486900 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 21|Move over beer, cider is here (it's always been here, just ask Johnny Appleseed) Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 21|Move over beer, cider is here (it's always been here, just ask Johnny Appleseed) Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:05:43 +0000 This week on Barrel to Bottle, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin look at all things cider. Cider Director / Floor Manager for The Northman in Chicago, Brian Rutzen aka "CiderBrian" dives into the ever-growing world of cider to explain cider's historical roots, common misconceptions about cider, and to taste some unique styles. Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) also joins the conversation with a look at how modern cider production mimics the American beer scene. Want to discover cider for yourself? Check out the 6th annual […]

        ]]>         This week on Barrel to Bottle, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin look at all things cider. Cider Director / Floor Manager for The Northman in Chicago, Brian Rutzen aka "CiderBrian" dives into the ever-growing world of cider to explain cider's historical roots, common misconceptions about cider, and to taste some unique styles. Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) also joins the conversation with a look at how modern cider production mimics the American beer scene. Want to discover cider for yourself? Check out the 6th annual […]

        ]]>         24:30 false full 8486903 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 20|Binny's has you covered with Valentine's Day pairings that are sure to impress Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 20|Binny's has you covered with Valentine's Day pairings that are sure to impress Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:27:32 +0000 What's the perfect wine, spirit, or beer to go with your Valentine's Day plans? This week on Barrel to Bottle Kristen Ellis, Jeff Carlin, and Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) explore some elegant offerings from KOHLER Original Recipe Chocolates in Wisconsin and pair them with various spirits, wine, and beer. Looking for something extra special this V-Day? Try Kohler Dark Chocolate Brandy. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward […]

        ]]>         What's the perfect wine, spirit, or beer to go with your Valentine's Day plans? This week on Barrel to Bottle Kristen Ellis, Jeff Carlin, and Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) explore some elegant offerings from KOHLER Original Recipe Chocolates in Wisconsin and pair them with various spirits, wine, and beer. Looking for something extra special this V-Day? Try Kohler Dark Chocolate Brandy. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward […]

        ]]>         20:10 false full 8486906 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 19| Terroir under cork: How wine and spirits take on the personality of their origins Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 19| Terroir under cork: How wine and spirits take on the personality of their origins Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:22:00 +0000 How do the soil, terrain, climate, and tradition impact the taste of certain wines and spirits? Terroir, of course! This week on Barrel to Bottle Kristen Ellis and co-host Jeff Carlin take a trip through terroir's impact on the production of wine and spirits. Also, joining the conversation are B2B regulars Joe Maloney(Whiskey Hotline) and Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) with a look at how hops and grain are also impacted by terroir. All that, plus someone walks away with a $20 […]

        ]]>         How do the soil, terrain, climate, and tradition impact the taste of certain wines and spirits? Terroir, of course! This week on Barrel to Bottle Kristen Ellis and co-host Jeff Carlin take a trip through terroir's impact on the production of wine and spirits. Also, joining the conversation are B2B regulars Joe Maloney(Whiskey Hotline) and Roger Adamson(Beer Buzz) with a look at how hops and grain are also impacted by terroir. All that, plus someone walks away with a $20 […]

        ]]>         17:42 false full 8486909 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 18| To Pappy or Not to Pappy: Chasing the great bourbon unicorn Barrel to Bottle, Ep. 18| To Pappy or Not to Pappy: Chasing the great bourbon unicorn Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:00:12 +0000 The hunt is on in the wide-world of whiskey for all things Pappy Van Winkle, but are there cheaper alternatives that are easier to find?This week, Kirsten Ellis and Jeff Carlin welcome back to Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Whiskey Hotline expert Joe Maloney and Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson to find out. Kristen lays out the historic legacy of Pappy Van Winkle while Joe puts Roger and Jeff to the test in a blind tasting of unique alternatives […]

        ]]>         The hunt is on in the wide-world of whiskey for all things Pappy Van Winkle, but are there cheaper alternatives that are easier to find?This week, Kirsten Ellis and Jeff Carlin welcome back to Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Whiskey Hotline expert Joe Maloney and Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson to find out. Kristen lays out the historic legacy of Pappy Van Winkle while Joe puts Roger and Jeff to the test in a blind tasting of unique alternatives […]

        ]]>         24:21 false full 8486912 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle, Ep 17| Wine About the Weather: Great wines that pair perfectly with cold fare Barrel to Bottle, Ep 17| Wine About the Weather: Great wines that pair perfectly with cold fare Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:00:06 +0000 On this week's episdoe of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot as winter weather sets in, host Kristen Ellis lays out a couple of guidelines for picking the perfect cold weather wine that pairs well with football party fare and hearty cold-weather favorites like stews and roasts. Co-host Jeff Carlin and Kristen are joined by Binny's Whiskey Hotline expert Joe Maloney and Binny's Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson on tour of Italian wines that are sure to impress. Have […]

        ]]>         On this week's episdoe of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot as winter weather sets in, host Kristen Ellis lays out a couple of guidelines for picking the perfect cold weather wine that pairs well with football party fare and hearty cold-weather favorites like stews and roasts. Co-host Jeff Carlin and Kristen are joined by Binny's Whiskey Hotline expert Joe Maloney and Binny's Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson on tour of Italian wines that are sure to impress. Have […]

        ]]>         16:10 false full 8486915 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 16: Barleywine weather. A cold weather beer survival guide Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 16: Barleywine weather. A cold weather beer survival guide Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:05:57 +0000 Binny's Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson joins hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin for a cold weather survival episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot. Roger salutes old-school barleywines that are sure to keep you warm in the cold months of winter. Plus, one lucky fan gets a preview of the beer trends to keep an eye on for 2018 and a free $20 gift card to Binny's. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on […]

        ]]>         Binny's Beer Buzz expert Roger Adamson joins hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin for a cold weather survival episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot. Roger salutes old-school barleywines that are sure to keep you warm in the cold months of winter. Plus, one lucky fan gets a preview of the beer trends to keep an eye on for 2018 and a free $20 gift card to Binny's. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on […]

        ]]>         20:10 false full 8486918 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 15: A primer on Port Wine. From tawny to LBV and all the fortifications in between. Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 15: A primer on Port Wine. From tawny to LBV and all the fortifications in between. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 11:37:57 +0000 Winemaker Mike Kush has a lot of experience making wine in the Duoro region of Portugal, he joins Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin with a deep dive into the complex world of port wine. What differentiates a tawny from a ruby? Who declares a port wine is Vintage? And what is a late bottled vintage? Mike shares the knowledge he has acquired from spending over a decade on the ground in Portugal working with growers, making his own port wines, […]

        ]]>         Winemaker Mike Kush has a lot of experience making wine in the Duoro region of Portugal, he joins Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin with a deep dive into the complex world of port wine. What differentiates a tawny from a ruby? Who declares a port wine is Vintage? And what is a late bottled vintage? Mike shares the knowledge he has acquired from spending over a decade on the ground in Portugal working with growers, making his own port wines, […]

        ]]>         22:35 false full 8486921 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 14: Bring out the Fizz! A guide to all things champagne Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 14: Bring out the Fizz! A guide to all things champagne Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:00:54 +0000 There is no better wine to take us through the holiday season than Champagne. Kristen Ellis chats all things 'fizz' with her co-host Jeff Carlin in this bubbly episode of Barrel to Bottle. How do the bubbles get in there? What kind of glass should I use to serve Champagne? Why does it taste like it does? Join us as we break it all down just in time for your New Year's toast. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? […]

        ]]>         There is no better wine to take us through the holiday season than Champagne. Kristen Ellis chats all things 'fizz' with her co-host Jeff Carlin in this bubbly episode of Barrel to Bottle. How do the bubbles get in there? What kind of glass should I use to serve Champagne? Why does it taste like it does? Join us as we break it all down just in time for your New Year's toast. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? […]

        ]]>         16:56 false full 8486924 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 13: Chasing the perfect wine harvest across the globe on the path to becoming a Master of Wine Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 13: Chasing the perfect wine harvest across the globe on the path to becoming a Master of Wine Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:00:53 +0000 Can you pick up a glass of wine and in just one sip identify the grape, region, and even year it was produced? Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin try to wrap their heads around the process of becoming a Master of Wine. Joining the discussion this week on Barrel to Bottle is half of the husband-wife team behind Chasing Harvest wines and MW candidate Mike Kush. Mike offers a first-hand account of just what it takes to prepare one of […]

        ]]>         Can you pick up a glass of wine and in just one sip identify the grape, region, and even year it was produced? Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin try to wrap their heads around the process of becoming a Master of Wine. Joining the discussion this week on Barrel to Bottle is half of the husband-wife team behind Chasing Harvest wines and MW candidate Mike Kush. Mike offers a first-hand account of just what it takes to prepare one of […]

        ]]>         15:28 false full 8486927 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 12: The trick to perfect wine temps, debunking myths about sulfites, and the fear of an empty glass Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 12: The trick to perfect wine temps, debunking myths about sulfites, and the fear of an empty glass Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:24:51 +0000 Did you know someone who fears an empty glass suffers from cenosillicaphobia? This week, host Kristen Ellis takes her co-host Jeff Carlin through the world of drinking phobias/manias, unravels the mystery of sulfites in wine, and debunks common myths about wine temperature. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting or event? Check out our events page […]

        ]]>         Did you know someone who fears an empty glass suffers from cenosillicaphobia? This week, host Kristen Ellis takes her co-host Jeff Carlin through the world of drinking phobias/manias, unravels the mystery of sulfites in wine, and debunks common myths about wine temperature. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting or event? Check out our events page […]

        ]]>         13:31 false full 8486930 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel To Bottle w/ Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 11: Unraveling the monks' secrets to the perfect lambic beer Barrel To Bottle w/ Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 11: Unraveling the monks' secrets to the perfect lambic beer Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:44:23 +0000 Binny's Beverage Depot's beer guru Roger Adamson is back again to join hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin with a unique history of lambic beers and to unravel the mystery of gueuze (or Geuze). Monique Huston and Greg Versh also join the conversation breaking down the process of fermenting with wild yeasts and how these characteristics define the lambic style. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward […]

        ]]>         Binny's Beverage Depot's beer guru Roger Adamson is back again to join hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin with a unique history of lambic beers and to unravel the mystery of gueuze (or Geuze). Monique Huston and Greg Versh also join the conversation breaking down the process of fermenting with wild yeasts and how these characteristics define the lambic style. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward […]

        ]]>         14:22 false full 8486933 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 10: The incredible world of mezcal Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 10: The incredible world of mezcal Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:41:01 +0000 Binny's Beverage Depot takes you into the mysterious world of mezcal! Hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin are joined by spirit specialist Monique Huston with a detailed breakdown of the hottest and most complex spirit coming out of Mexico. From tepeztate to tobalá and everything in-between, Monique shares her experiences exploring Mexico's small batch palenques (distilleries) and their unique histories. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward […]

        ]]>         Binny's Beverage Depot takes you into the mysterious world of mezcal! Hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin are joined by spirit specialist Monique Huston with a detailed breakdown of the hottest and most complex spirit coming out of Mexico. From tepeztate to tobalá and everything in-between, Monique shares her experiences exploring Mexico's small batch palenques (distilleries) and their unique histories. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward […]

        ]]>         19:31 false full 8486936 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 9: Thanksgiving wine picks perfect for any table Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 9: Thanksgiving wine picks perfect for any table Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:16:33 +0000 Binny's Beverage Depot is setting the table for Thanksgiving dinner with the perfect wine pairings. Kristen Ellis takes her co-host Jeff Carlin, Monique Huston, and Greg Versh course-by-course through a holiday dinner, pairing unique wine profiles with all the holiday classics. Expand your holiday wine selections with Kristen's picks and be the hit of your next holiday party! Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next […]

        ]]>         Binny's Beverage Depot is setting the table for Thanksgiving dinner with the perfect wine pairings. Kristen Ellis takes her co-host Jeff Carlin, Monique Huston, and Greg Versh course-by-course through a holiday dinner, pairing unique wine profiles with all the holiday classics. Expand your holiday wine selections with Kristen's picks and be the hit of your next holiday party! Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next […]

        ]]>         13:06 false full 8486939 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 8: The ABCs of Wine (Anything But Chard/Cab) Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 8: The ABCs of Wine (Anything But Chard/Cab) Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:15:32 +0000 Binny's is breaking down the "ABCs" of wine; the Anything But Chardonnay/Cabernet movement began in the mid-'90s and is still prominent today. Kristen Ellis takes Jeff Carlin through the origins and impact of the ABC trend and how people are exploring the big "Cs" of wine in new ways. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting […]

        ]]>         Binny's is breaking down the "ABCs" of wine; the Anything But Chardonnay/Cabernet movement began in the mid-'90s and is still prominent today. Kristen Ellis takes Jeff Carlin through the origins and impact of the ABC trend and how people are exploring the big "Cs" of wine in new ways. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting […]

        ]]>         15:34 false full 8486942 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 7: A French press, an imperial stout, and infusing beer at home Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 7: A French press, an imperial stout, and infusing beer at home Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:00:31 +0000 When Binny's beer guru Roger Adamson suggested that we learn how to infuse our own barrel aged stout, hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin were all over it. Using a French press has never been more rewarding! After listening to this episode you're bound to try it yourself. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting or […]

        ]]>         When Binny's beer guru Roger Adamson suggested that we learn how to infuse our own barrel aged stout, hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin were all over it. Using a French press has never been more rewarding! After listening to this episode you're bound to try it yourself. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting or […]

        ]]>         19:08 false full 8486945 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 6: Scotchy, scotch, scotch. The Whiskey Hotline's guide to…scotch Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 6: Scotchy, scotch, scotch. The Whiskey Hotline's guide to…scotch Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:00:29 +0000 Scotchy Scotch Scotch! Pat Brophy from Binny's teams up with your hosts, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin to bring you the latest from the Whiskey Hotline. They have Scotch on the brain. Listen as this dynamic trio breaks down methods of production, styles, and to how to properly taste and enjoy, Scotch. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend […]

        ]]>         Scotchy Scotch Scotch! Pat Brophy from Binny's teams up with your hosts, Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin to bring you the latest from the Whiskey Hotline. They have Scotch on the brain. Listen as this dynamic trio breaks down methods of production, styles, and to how to properly taste and enjoy, Scotch. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend […]

        ]]>         20:12 false full 8486948 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 5: Meet Master Sommelier Fernando Beteta Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 5: Meet Master Sommelier Fernando Beteta Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:17:45 +0000 Becoming a Master Sommelier is one of the most difficult and rewarding achievements on the planet. Fernando Beteta MS joins hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin to discuss the triumphs and pitfalls of preparing for the most difficult examination in the wine world. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting or event? Check out our events […]

        ]]>         Becoming a Master Sommelier is one of the most difficult and rewarding achievements on the planet. Fernando Beteta MS joins hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin to discuss the triumphs and pitfalls of preparing for the most difficult examination in the wine world. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an upcoming tasting or event? Check out our events […]

        ]]>         17:15 false full 8486951 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 4: Explaining scarcity in beer, New England Style IPAs, and more.. Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 4: Explaining scarcity in beer, New England Style IPAs, and more.. Mon, 09 Oct 2017 10:00:56 +0000 Scarcity in beer. It sounds like an oxymoron, however, when everyone wants to get their hands on the same beer it creates hysteria! Binny's Beer Buzz team Roger Adamson and Pat Brophy join hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin to break down scarcity in beer. The Beer Buzz crew offer delicious alternatives to some favorite, and often unavailable, styles. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your […]

        ]]>         Scarcity in beer. It sounds like an oxymoron, however, when everyone wants to get their hands on the same beer it creates hysteria! Binny's Beer Buzz team Roger Adamson and Pat Brophy join hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin to break down scarcity in beer. The Beer Buzz crew offer delicious alternatives to some favorite, and often unavailable, styles. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your […]

        ]]>         17:35 false full 8486954 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 3: American Whiskey explained, bourbon v. rye, and the mystery of allocated whiskey Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 3: American Whiskey explained, bourbon v. rye, and the mystery of allocated whiskey Mon, 02 Oct 2017 10:30:52 +0000 Hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin are joined by the world-renowned Whiskey Hotline on this episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot. Special guests Brett Pontoni and Joe Maloney explain the basics of American Whiskey. What's the difference between bourbon and rye? And what about those mysterious allocated whiskeys? Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an […]

        ]]>         Hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin are joined by the world-renowned Whiskey Hotline on this episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot. Special guests Brett Pontoni and Joe Maloney explain the basics of American Whiskey. What's the difference between bourbon and rye? And what about those mysterious allocated whiskeys? Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Follow @BinnysBev Want to attend an […]

        ]]>         20:44 false full 8486960 2021-08-19T14:25:26Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 2: Win a $20 gift card, tasting notes, and wine myths Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Ep 2: Win a $20 gift card, tasting notes, and wine myths Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:06:10 +0000 Kristen teaches Jeff to taste like a pro on this episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot. Jeff learns to decipher structural elements in wine-like acidity and tannin. Plus, they debunk a popular myth that all wine gets better with age. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Want to attend an upcoming tasting or event? Check out our events page "If […]

        ]]>         Kristen teaches Jeff to taste like a pro on this episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot. Jeff learns to decipher structural elements in wine-like acidity and tannin. Plus, they debunk a popular myth that all wine gets better with age. Have a question for Binny's Beverage Depot? Hit us on Twitter and you might win a $20 gift card toward your next purchase! Want to attend an upcoming tasting or event? Check out our events page "If […]

        ]]>         14:23 false full 8486963 2019-02-01T20:46:00Z         Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Episode 1: Wine pairings, avoiding extra calories from wine, and tackling "shelf anxiety" Barrel to Bottle w/Binny's Beverage Depot, Episode 1: Wine pairings, avoiding extra calories from wine, and tackling "shelf anxiety" Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:00:35 +0000 On the inaugural episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot podcast, hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin tackle one of the most common questions people have about wine: What should I drink and when? They discuss seasonality, food pairings, and tips for avoiding extra calories from wine. Plus, Kristen offers up some strategies for getting those who might be overwhelmed by Binny's the vast selection of wine or as she calls it 'shelf anxiety.' Have a question for […]

        ]]>         On the inaugural episode of Barrel to Bottle with Binny's Beverage Depot podcast, hosts Kristen Ellis and Jeff Carlin tackle one of the most common questions people have about wine: What should I drink and when? They discuss seasonality, food pairings, and tips for avoiding extra calories from wine. Plus, Kristen offers up some strategies for getting those who might be overwhelmed by Binny's the vast selection of wine or as she calls it 'shelf anxiety.' Have a question for […]

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