It's Whiskey #FFS | First Fill Spirits

By First Fill Spirits

Holly and Charles, the owners of First Fill Spirits, a curated whiskey shop in Saratoga Springs, New York, discuss all things whiskey and single cask spirits. New products to the shop, blind tastings,... more

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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

It's Whiskey #FFS | First Fill Spirits episodes:

January 16, 2026Lost Lantern, We're Back!
We're back! Our last episode was in November 2024, but we have to do what our customers want, and two of you mentioned that you missed our podcast. We missed it too, so we'll be releasing one episode a month. In this episode, we discuss the innovation and creativity of Lost Lantern, the independent bottler of American Whiskey. Creativity and quality whiskey are essential in the chaos of this whiskey world. Then, we taste our latest store pick single barrel of Bourbon, James E. Pepper. It literally arrived an hour before we recorded! Feels good to be back.

BOTTLES THAT SHOULD NOT STILL BE HERE:
Kilchoman Muscat & Madeira Casks
Ardnamurchan Sherry Unpeated Single Cask
Nc’Nean Calvados & Ex-Bourbon Single Casks
Craigellachie Murray McDavid Red Wine Cask 14YR
Living Souls Lagmore (Ballindalloch)
Rare Character Batch 05 Rye
Lost Lantern Frey Ranch Rye/Far North
Mars YA #03
Kanosuke 2023
Amrut Aatma Spectrum Cask
All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Please leave us a review if you can. We appreciate you listening!
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November 04, 2024Cotswolds, Hong Kong Lowers Tax
After many amazing travels to Scotland over the past few weeks, we're finally back in one place! We discuss Cotswolds Distillery, which Holly visited while in London in September, along with a review of some awesome samples from our friend David, tons of new releases to the shop, and some good news for the whisky world. It's not all doom and gloom!

NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP:
Nashville Barrel Co 7YR (Heaven Hill)

Nashville Barrel Co 8YR (Willett)

Nashville Barrel Co. 9YR (Jim Beam)

H.K. Young – toasted blend & single barrel 6YR

Nc’nean Orchard Cobbler Huntress

Kilchoman Sauternes

Lost Lantern J. Rieger Hazmat Rye + J.Rieger bourbon

Lost Lantern Boulder Armagnac Finish

Augusta 10YR Buckner’s Single Barrel

High N' Wicked 15YR the Jury Bourbon

Takamine Sakura Cask Japanese Whisky

Hillrock 5YR Double Cask Bourbon

Stellum Bourbon & Rye – if you like Stellum get it now because it’s going away

Lady of the Glen Tasting Kits

Lindores Abby Releases

OKI BIB Bourbon – OKI is back

Croithli Irish whiskeys out of Donegal

A bunch of Cadenheads, A.D Rattrays, etc.

Duncan Taylors, Dram Mors, Creetowns…..

Claxtons, more Duncan Taylor, Holyrood…. All on the way!

NEWS: ⁠Hong Kong Spirits Tax Break Set To Reignite Whisky Market⁠

All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!
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46min
August 16, 2024 Holladay, Top Scotch Distillery Experiences
We're back! Today we discuss how our whisky summer has been going along with new bottles to the shop, our latest seminars/classes and upcoming whisky travel. Then, Holly blind tastes Charles on something that may be a potential new item for the shop, does it make the cut? Followed by a discussion of Holladay Distillery in Missouri and Milroy's Whisky Travel Index and their top distillery experiences.

NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP:
Blue Note Single Barrel Store Pick Bourbon!
Dram Mor Ruadh Maor (Peated Glenturret)
Dram Mor Dailuaine Bourbon Matured
Dram Mor Linkwood Bourbon Matured
Creetown Tullibardine 18YR
Samaroli Blended Malts & Blended Scotch
Southern Star Wheated Paragon Bourbon Single Barrel
Ben Holladay Soft Red Wheat
Augusta 10YR & 8YR Kentucky Bourbon
Kings County BIB Bourbon
New World – Pokeno, Levant Heights, Lakes, Catador Itinerante, High Coast Berg, Kamet, St. Kilian etc. --- An article from The Spirits Business where Holly discusses New World Whisky. "⁠World Whisky finds its feet⁠."
Nc'nean Aon Single Cask
ON THE WAY: Town Branch & Kings County Collab

⁠Milroy's Whisky Travel Index⁠ - Top Scotch Whisky Distillery Experiences
All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.
Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠⁠
Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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June 25, 2024Clydeside, Is Brandy the New Bourbon?
Today we discuss all of the amazing trips we've just returned from -- all Scotland! There are many new releases to the shop and a lot of upcoming tastings & classes. Then we discuss Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow and the Bloomberg article that thinks "Brandy might be the next Bourbon". Thoughts??

NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP
Glenfarlcas 105
Alamabique Mexican Rum - Bourbon & French Oak Matured
Resilient 17YR Tennessee Bourbon Madeira Cask
Dad’s Hat Rye Single Barrel PM Collab (67% ABV)
New Riff Single Barrel Ryes - NYS & Skurnik
Lagavulin Nick Offerman Rum Cask Finish
Clydeside Cask Strength Limited Edition
Bardstown/Amurt Bourbon Collab

INCOMING SOON: Lost Lantern 'Saratoga Summer' Kings County Custom Blend, Lost Lantern Mississippi Memory, Blue Note Bourbon Store Pick Single Barrel, New Dram Mor, Creetown & Lady of the Glen….
All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.
Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠
Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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April 24, 2024 High Wire, Are You Drinking Less?
In this episode, we discuss South Carolina's High Wire Distilling Co. and their Jimmy Red Corn Bourbon along with one of Fred Minnick's latest articles. According to new data, all generations, across the board, are planning to drink less for a variety of reasons but many based on health reasons. We want to know your thoughts as we share ours!

NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP
Dràm Mòr Independent Bottler
Tullibardine 8YR PX Cask Finish
Inchfad 16YR
Benrinnes 12YR Rancio Sec (French Sherry) Finish
Dailuaine 13YR Port Cask Finish

Cree/Creetown Independent Bottler
Arran 18YR
Caol Ila 12YR Shiraz Finish
Balblair 10YR
Teaninich 15YR Sherry Finish
North British 31YR

Cayeya Cask Strength Single Barrel Tequila
Tumblin' Dice 8YR Rye

Midwestern Lost Lantern Collection
Tom’s Foolery 9YR Rye
FEW Spirits Bourbon
Starlight Bourbon
Middle West Rye
Wollersheim Bourbon
Cedar Ridge Wheat Whiskey
Far Flung Blended Rye

Torabhaig Allt Glean Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch

All travel trips can be found ⁠here⁠.
Check out all of our products at ⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠
Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

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March 12, 2024 GlenAllachie, Travel with us!
We discuss all of the amazing new bottles to shop and it's a lot. We then do a grab-bag of sorts for new samples that we really need to taste and discuss all of the whisky trips we have planned for 2024 and 2025. In the mix, we talk about GlenAllachie and their new mainland-peated releases called "Meikle Toir". Come travel and drink whisky with us!

NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP:
GlenAllachie Madiera 13YR
Meikle Toirs - Original, Sherry, Chinquapin & Turbo
Nc’Nean Organic Single Malt Scotch
Glen Scotias - 12YR Amontillado, 15YR, 11YR Campbeltown Malts Festival Port Finish, Victoriana
Craigellachie, Old Pulteney & Auchentoshan Signatories
Redacted Bros – SRV5 - Caol Ila & Clynelish | TB/BSW - teaspooned Macallan
Raising Glasses Ascendence Linkwood Single Malt Scotch & Westland Single Casks
Port Askaig Islay Single Malt Scotch
SweetDram Blended Scotch
Spearhead Single Grain Scotch
Fat Baby Bourbon
Bardstown BIB Wheated Bourbon
EJ Curley Small Batch & Single Barrel Bourbon
Blue Note Uncut Single Barrel Bourbon
Kanosuke Japanese Single Malt
Penderyn Headliner Single Malt – Jamaican Rum & Ruby Port Finish

All travel trips can be found here.
Check out all of our products at www.firstfillspirits.com
Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

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1h
February 09, 2024Raasay, Coastal Scotland Trip
This episode is all about Coastal Scotland. We feature Isle of Raasay Distillery and discuss our September West Coast Scotland Whisky Trip. If these distilleries and this discussion don't make you want to book at least 5 trips to Scotland, we don't know what will...
Holly blind tastes Charles and we're both a bit out of practice when it comes to blind tastings!
Douglas Laing Old Particular Jura 13YR & Authroisk 12YR

Elements of Islay - Cask Edit, Cask Strength Bourbon, Cask Strength Sherry

MacLean’s Nose Blended Scotch Whisky

Dead Reckoning Rum - Foursquare, Foursquare PX Finish, Australian

High N Wicked High Rye Kentucky Bourbon

Desert Dessert from Lost Lantern, Del Bac is back in!

Suerte 7YR Extra Anejo Tequila Single Barrel

** West Coast Scotland Experience --
Scotland - West Coast Whisky Tour 2024 - Rascal + Thorn (rascalandthorn.com)
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!

Check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com!

Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com

Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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37min
January 09, 2024Found North, 2024 Predictions
A lot of big moves and acquisitions in our Scotch & Canadian Whisky world! We discuss Found North, Single Cask Nation, and what we see happening in 2024. We also discuss a Dramface article that was pretty harsh on all of this production increase continuing to happen in the Scotch industry (and beyond).
Then, we get back to blind tastings, and Charles blind tastes Holly.
Lost Lantern Releases – Mountain Meadow, Flame & Shadow (Brooklyn Bakery gone)

Cream of Kentucky 16YR

Four Roses NY single barrels

Boone County Bourbon & Green River Bourbon Store Pick

NEW Stauning Danish Rye Whisky Store Pick

Just a heads up, these store picks are single-digit low: Stauning Tequila Finish, Black Button Bourbon & Obtainium Light Whiskey.

** Water of Life Film Speyside/Highland Trip Spring 2024 --
⁠⁠The Water of Life - Speyside & Highlands: May 4-12, 2024 | First Fill Spirits: Curate | Learn | Explore⁠⁠
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!

Check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com!

Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com

Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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December 16, 2023Spirits of French Lick, Our Holiday Picks
We discuss the experimental and delicious whisky from Spirits of French Lick in Indiana. We took in a few cases as a NYS exclusive of Hindostan Falls Bourbon and everyone is LOVING it, including us.
Every December all the influencers, magazines, and all their cousins and friends come out with their top picks of the year. We aren't going to tell you our favorite whiskies of 2023, that's just too dang difficult but we will take a look at our shelves and pick out the bottles that we would love for someone to gift to us. Our holiday picks!

** Water of Life Film Speyside/Highland Trip Spring 2024 --
⁠The Water of Life - Speyside & Highlands: May 4-12, 2024 | First Fill Spirits: Curate | Learn | Explore⁠
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!

New Bottles to the shop:
DS Tayman is back in!

GlenAllachie 12YR Oloroso Single Cask

EJ Curley Bourbon – Ashley Barnes blending

Elements of Islay

New Rice Whiskies - Fukano

Glenturret’s are back in!

Old Ezra Rye & Bourbon

King’s Honey Barrel Finished Bourbon

King’s County Cask Strength Bourbon

Suerte 7YR Anejo Tequila

Fannys Bay Tasmanian Single Malt

Glendalough 7YR Mizunara Cask

Boone County 6YR Single Barrel Bourbon STORE PICK 64% ABV

IN-STORE ONLY CALL US
Found North Peregrine 20YR

Rare Character Exceptional Series Single Barrel Bourbon

Rare Character Exceptional Series Single Barrel Malt

Check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com!

Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com

Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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November 17, 2023Kanosuke, Indian Whisky Boom
Our Japan Whisky Tour is coming up in March 2024 so we have Kanosuke on the mind! Also, in the news a ton over the past few weeks is Indian Whisky. We are so excited to see all of this press as Indri, Kamet, and other brands continue to push the category into global awareness. We discuss our next Stauning store pick single barrel and don't forget to look at our upcoming whisky trips!
** Water of Life Film Speyside/Highland Trip Spring 2024 --
The Water of Life - Speyside & Highlands: May 4-12, 2024 | First Fill Spirits: Curate | Learn | Explore
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!

New Bottles to the shop:
Murray McDavid's: Glentauchers, Braeval, Glen Keith & more!

Single Malts of India Kurinji

Dixon Dedman’s New 2X0 Doubled Oaked Release

Jimmy Red South Carolina High Wire Bourbon

Raising Glasses Australian Whisky Yowie & Venezuelan Rum

Hindostan Falls Bourbon

Boone County Amburana

James Eadie Jura, Glen Spey, and Caol Ila

check out all releases online at www.firstfillspirits.com

Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com

Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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47min

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