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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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 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.

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

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.

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