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• History of distillery
• John E Fitzgerald
  • Worked as a treasury agent guarding the bonded warehouses
  • With access to great bottles, he would sneak in at night and steal sips of whiskey from the barrels.
  • When it came time to bottle, some barrels were lighter than others and some thought them to be good barrels
    • These became known as fitzgerald barrels, and later bottled and sold as old fitzgerald bottled in bond
• Truth in story
  • It is said that fitz had a private still that he sold only to select people
    • In a later biography we learn he never distilled himself, but his work as a treasury agent has been proved
• Heaven hill
  • Heaven hill acquired old fitz in 1999
  • They released larceny in 2012
    • Named after the act that made John Fitzgerald famous
• History of heaven hill Distillery
  • 1934-The 5 Shapira Brothers were approached by Joseph L Beam and other investors to start a distillery
    • Joseph Beam was the first master distiller, and all master distillers since have been members of the beam family
  • 12/13/1935, first barrels began to be filled, Bourbon Falls is the first brand
  • 1996, Massive fire destroys the still and 90,000 barrels. At one time the creek that supplied the water was on fire for 2 miles
  • Until 1999 brown-forman and jim beam let them use their facilities
  • In 1999 heaven hill purchased the Bernheim distillery and could start production again
• The name heaven hill
  • Named after the former owner of the distillery site, William Heavenhill
    • Legend is he was born in 1783 under a waterfall during an indian attack
• The bottle
  • 6 years old
  • 68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley

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We went to Name Brandt Distillery in Middletown, Ohio to interview Peter and Paul Brandt! Check them out Here!

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We are re-releasing our Halloween episode from a few years back; enjoy!

Happy Halloween! On today's episode we have a glass of Rittenhouse rye! We talk about Rittenhouse rye and its namesake while sharing stories of conspiracy, history, and ghosts! All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers!

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Be sure to show some love for the company that brought you today's bottle!

https://heavenhilldistillery.com/rittenhouse-rye.php

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• The heat of texas
  • The texas heat is to much for a normal whiskey barrel, SO they have special barrels made that are thicker than normal to stand the heat
  • In Hye, Texas
  • Started in 2006, and became the first bourbon distillery outside of TN or KY
  • First bottle came out in 2010
• The founders
  • Dan and Nancy (Married) Garrison

https://craftspiritsmag.com/2021/05/25/bourbon-vision-the-origins-of-garrison-brothers-distillery/

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• William Dalton
  • Distiller in the area
  • This was his mashbill
  • Uses a brandy yeast as well as their normal
• Flavor
  • Breadyness
  • Fruitcake
  • Raisen/fig
  • Dusty Barn
  • Has wheated cream but its savory
  • Dark for its age (4.5 years)
• www.flaskap.com

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• Club News
  • Looking to start tasting in and around Columbus. What does a tasting event look like to you? Text us!
• Podcast news
  • Updates on cincinnati distilling,
    • They changed their name in 2020 from sycamore distilling
    • Cincinnati makes their own, Sycamore sourced
  • We have a few interviews
• Distillery news
  • Hayner distilling
    • 1866: an american whiskey launches 10/12
    • Blend of their Bourbon and Rye
    • They also have a barrel experience with an 8.5 year rye!
      • You fill a bottle from the barrel, sign the barrel, and take hame the bottle. When the barrel is empty, its raffled to one of the signers
  • Jay reger Kansas City
    • Added port
  • Detroit city
    • Birthday bourbon
    • Blend of 10 barrels
  • Virginia distilling
    • Brewery finish
    • Goose Island stout
    • Hardy wood gingerbread stout finish h
  • Hidden barn
    • Organic wheat sourced from Michigan
    • Don’t know where

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• History of distillery
  • Nov. 18, 2022 opens its doors
  • In Milford,OH
  • Millcroft building has a lot of history
    • Built by a founding family
    • No connection to the distilleries history
    • Distillery doesn't have a history
    • Purched in 2018 to become the home of the distillery
  • Distillery founded by an IT guy
  • https://www.cincinnatidistilling.com/millcroft-history
  • https://www.cincinnatidistilling.com/kugler-waldschmidt-history
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• Tasting
  • Mellow
  • If you take a big sip, creaminess at the end
  • Thin
  • Salty
  • A lot of vanilla
  • Butterscotch
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• The juice
  • 51% corn, 45% wheat, 4% malted barley
  • 2 years old
• When did they change from sycamore to cincinnati distilling?
  • 2020

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• Club news
  • Prince dinner
• Podcast news
  • Cincinnati Distilling company Amber waves
  • Wheated bourbon!
• Craft Distillery News
  • Copperworks Distilling Co.
    • A new 5.5 year american single malt
    • $10 per bottle goes to the seattle aquarium
    • https://store.copperworksdistilling.com/products/copperworks-american-single-malt-whiskey-single-cask-322-750ml?variant=42230119137395
  • Tamworth Distilling
    • Graverobber Unholy Rye was seasonal, but becoming year round this year!
    • 80 proof, aged 3 years, Maple syrup added
      • Maple syrup tapped from trees in a new england graveyard
    • $34.99
    • https://tamworthdistilling.com/
  • Filmland spirits Co.
    • Quadraforce release!
    • Bland of 4 bourbons with 4 grains from 4 areas, aged 4 years
    • From KY, TN, CA, and …. Somewhere else
      • So open and honest, why hide the last one?
    • https://www.filmlandspirits.com/

OHIO CRAFT WHISKEY FESTIVAL!!!

https://www.visitdelohio.com/event/ohio-craft-whiskey-festival/

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