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:

December 31, 2022 Bardstown Bourbon Co., 2022 Recap
It is so difficult to pick our favorite bottles for 2022 but we can pick out a few of the brands that really impressed us. Charles and I discuss which brands really hit it out of the park in 2022 and we can't wait to see what 2023 holds. We also discuss Bardstown Bourbon Company and how impressive their releases have been. They have grown so quickly! Holly blind tastes Charles on a potentially "off" whisky and we thank you all for your support this past year. See you next year!
Our Podcast Name: It’s Whiskey #FFS (For F****’s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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48min
December 16, 2022 Mini Episode | Light Whiskey
In this episode, there are no new releases, blind tastings, or anything like you're used to from us! This is a "mini" episode focusing on a particular style of whiskey. We will be doing more of these throughout 2023. In this episode, we review our latest store pick single barrel, Obtainium 15YR Light Whiskey.
We discuss the history of light whiskey, and where it is coming from and give you our tasting notes live!
The ABV on this is 68.1% ABV and sips like it is 60% ABV. You're welcome!
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20min
December 06, 2022Scapa, Whisky Advent Calendars
The NOT-to-be-forgotten Orkney Distillery: Scapa! We discuss all things Scapa during this episode. Even though it can be a difficult malt to find, if you do see it, order it and take some time to sit with it. These are thinker whiskies. We also go through all of our adventures over the past few weeks in Kentucky and New York City. The holidays are here and the bottles keep comin'!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Found North 8YR Batch 5 & 17YR batch 6

Castle & Key Batch 6 Bourbon

New Riff & Blue Note Single Barrels Store Picks!

Douglas Laing Rock Oyster Mezcal Cask

Nulu Small Batch Bourbon Toasted French Oak Staves

Nulu Single Barrel 8YR 61.3% ABV

Nulu High Malt 9YR Bourbon -- so, so good.

King’s Thrice Barreled Ryeconic - Toasted

King’s Tennessee Whiskey

Garrison Brother’s Single Barrel

Penderyn Hiraeth Single Malt

Wild N Wicked Single Grain - Midleton finished in Madeira Casks

Mars — YA #1, Komagatake 2022 Edition

Rolling Fork Rums: Barbados & Jamaican Single Casks
For more information on IWAI check out this link. We mentioned it in the podcast. >> https://www.nomunication.jp/distillery/tsunuki/
Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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October 27, 2022Mars/Iwai, Whiskey Travel
We head back over to Japan with a look at Mars Distilleries including Shinshu and Tsunuki. Both Charles and I have visited Shinshu and had different experiences but all in all, this is a distillery worth the 4 hours one-way on public transit.
We also would like to hear from all of you about our 2023 whiskey travel plans. Charles owns a company called Rascal + Thorn which is a culinary and whiskey tour company. He has led trips to Japan, Scotland, Kentucky, Ireland, and other destinations with groups looking to hunt down the most immersive and fun whiskey experiences! We discuss some of our travel ideas and want to hear from all of you on what you would like to see and maybe you can join us on some of these travels. Write to us at [email protected] with your comments & ideas.
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Distiller’s Art
Tamdhu 14YR Sherry Butt Matured

Craigellachie 13YR Sherry Butt Matured

Dailuaine 21YR Hogshead Matured

Tamnavulin 11YR Hogshead Matured

Macduff 14YR Hogshead Matured

Blair Athol 11YR Bourbon Barrel Matured
Blackadder
Peat Reek - Sherry & Amontillado & Re-charred Cask

32YR Wardhead Teaspooned Blended Malt ( Google Wardhead ;) )

Old Man of Hoy 16YR Highland Park Raw Cask

Macduff Raw Cask 14YR

Raw Cask Bunna 16YR Moine

Miltonduff 10YR PX Cask

Tomatin 10YR PX Sherry Cask Matured

The Legendary 10YR Single Malt
Keeper’s Heart - Brian Nation
Irish + American Whiskey

Bourbon + American Whiskey
Penderyn 10YR Ruby Port Single Cask English Whisky

Filey Bay Flagship Welsh Whisky

Kilchoman Loch Gorm & Sanaig

Castle & Key Bourbon Batch 4
For more information on IWAI check out this link. We mentioned it in the podcast. >> https://www.nomunication.jp/distillery/tsunuki/
Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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October 12, 2022Waterford, Van Winkle 2022 Releases
The first truly Irish Peated Whiskey arriving this year? Charles and I take a look at Waterford Distillery and their farm-bottle, terroir-driven whiskeys along with a discussion of their highly anticipated peated release. We also discuss the exciting yet sad news of what the 2022 Van Winkle Family of Whiskeys are and what their suggested retail price is versus reality. But don't fret, there are so many new & fantastic whiskeys out there so go out and try them!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
King’s 15-Year-Old Light Whiskey Finished in a Toasted Barrel

Alton Distillery New York Straight Rye Whiskey

DS Taymans - Glen Elgin & Caol Ila 12 Year Olds finished in a Tulip Vinyard Syrah Red Wine (Israeli Red Wine)

Ki One Korean Whisky: Tiger & Unicorn Edition

Many new Blackadders are on the way!

Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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47min
September 22, 2022Stauning, New Celebrity Partnerships, do we like them?
New World Whisky is on our minds this episode as we discuss Stauning Danish Whisky along with new celebrity partnerships for brands like The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) and Monkey Shoulder. Holly sounds tired and Charles sounds very energetic so the dynamic has switched this episode, enjoy!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Edradour Burgundy Cask, 10YR Single Cask 60.3% ABV

Lochlea Sowing Edition Single Malt Scotch

Bladnoch Vinaya Single Malt

Starlight Rye, Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon, and Double Oaked Bourbon

Pere Labatt Agricole Rhum 12YR 61% ABV

Rolling Fork Four Square Rum 9YR 55.8% ABV

Amrut Cask Strength 61.8% ABV

Eifel German Rye, Peated Rye, Malt and Peated Malt
Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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49min
September 07, 2022New Riff, Blenders & Distillers Leaving the Big Brands
Holly guesses that the whisky Charles blind tastes her on is from Arran in Scotland and that's about all she got right, that it was from an Island but it was NOT Arran! We talk about all of the new Scotch Whisky that has arrived at the shop and Holly's trip to Kentucky and Tennessee. Did we mention we got a few Buffalo Trace products in too? We feel odd about it but hey, it's good whiskey. New Riff is our featured distillery this episode and we discuss the mass exodus of big-timers like Denny Potter & Jane Bowie leaving Maker's Mark. Here is the link for details about our 1YR Anniversary Celebration to benefit The Saratoga County Animal Shelter -- https://www.firstfillspirits.com/one-year-anniversary-party/
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Single Cask, Cask Strength Bottlings: Glentauchers 13YR, Glenallachie 14YR, Macduff 14YR, Caol Ila 15YR

Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Label Series: Mortlach 15YR, Linkwood 15YR, Scapa 13YR

Gordon & MacPhail Discovery Series Caol Ila 13YR, Glen Grant 11YR, Miltonduff 10YR

Small Batch Bottlers Glen Garioch 13YR 54.4% ABV Single Cask

Glenallachie French Virgin Oak 10YR

Glenallachie Chinquapin Oak 10YR

New England Barrel Company 6YR Single Barrel Bourbon

Frank August Bourbon

Kings County Distillery 7YR Bourbon Bottled-in-Bond

And many more, check out our website because I got tired of typing! :)
Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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August 18, 2022Glenturret, An "Almost Live" Single Barrel Store Pick Session!
The blind tasting for this podcast is us walking through samples of a potential new store pick single barrel. We don't tell you the distillery, only the style so maybe you can guess it. Did we end up selecting one? What's our process? You'll find out soon enough! We also discuss Glenturret Distillery and all of their fantastic & new, heavily sherried single malt releases. Go highland malts!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye 63.7% ABV

Teeling Pot Still Irish Whiskey

Horse Soldier Bourbon - 62.3% ABV

New Scotland Helderberg – Bourbon, Rye, Wheat Whiskey & Single Malt

New Riff Balboa Rye
Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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43min
July 29, 2022 Hillrock & Holly
I went rogue for this podcast and recorded solo! Although I missed Charles, I wanted to share my fantastic visit to Hillrock Distillery earlier this week. The summer has been madness and trying to catch any extra time to record with us both in the same room has been tricky! I also have been asked quite a bit about "how I got into whisky" so I decided to share my whisky journey in the episode as well. Enjoy.
A quick list of new & cool bottles to the shop:
Penelope Architect
Lucky Seven Frenchman
Lucky Seven 14YR Single Barrel
Nulu Wheated Bourbon
King's 14YR Light Whiskey
Filey Bay Yorkshire Single Malt, Fino Single Cask
Stauning Rye El Clasico Vermouth Finish
Holmes Cay Barbados (Foursquare) Rum - Port Finish
Holmes Cay Uitvlugt 18YR Rum
and so many more. See you at the shop soon!

Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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28min
July 08, 2022Laphroaig, Bardstown Bourbon Co. buys Green River
Holly blind tastes Charles as they discuss Laphroaig, upcoming & insane rum seminars and Bardstown Bourbon Co. is growing!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Mic Drop L22-01 Bourbon

Laphroaig Cairdeas 2022 Maker's Mark Cask Warehouse 1

Nashville Barrel Co - Bourbon New York 2 / Rye New York / Single Barrel Rye New York

New England Barrel Co. - 7YR Single Barrel / 4YR Small Batch

Proof & Wood Crossborder Jackpot American Whiskey

Proof & Wood Good Day 21YR Canadian Whiskey

Lucky Seven 14YR Single Barrel #35

Glenturret Triple Wood & 10YR Peat Smoke

Asaka Single Malt Bourbon Cask

Shizuoka Contact S
Our Podcast Name: It's Whiskey #FFS (For F****'s Sake!) #FirstFillSpirits @firstfillspirits www.firstfillspirits.com
Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal
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46min

FAQs about It's Whiskey #FFS | First Fill Spirits:

How many episodes does It's Whiskey #FFS | First Fill Spirits have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.