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:

June 17, 2022Old Line Single Malt, New World Whisky - who's next?
We just picked a single barrel of rum from Old Line Distillery in Maryland so who the heck are they? The rum is just the tip of the iceberg. If you haven't tried their cask strength American Single Malt, you're missing out. A really great distillery that is one to watch. Also, are you interested in "New World Whisky"? New World = whisky from everywhere BUT Scotland, Ireland, North America (USA/Canada), and Japan. This episode is for you as we discuss a poll that Holly posted about who is going to be the next big whisky-producing country. India, France, Australia? You tell us! If you're interested in New World Whisky, follow the New World Whisky Review on Facebook.
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Sagamore Rye Rum Finish Reserve Series

Old Line American Single Malt Cask Strength

Horse Soldier Bourbon– 62.3% ABV

Virginia Distilling American Single Malt Cuvee Cask

Calumet 15, 16 & 8YR

Castle & Key Bourbon Batch 1 & 2

Hillrock Sauternes Finished Bourbon

Pinhook Bourbondini & Tiz Rye Time

Springbank 10YR
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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May 13, 2022Old Pepper, New Distillery on Islay - Portintruan
Charles and I discuss why Old Pepper Distillery should not be overlooked when visiting Lexington. We are also extremely excited about the new distillery on Islay named Port-nah-truan. The owners Elixir Distillers, once owners of The Whisky Exchange, are going to have malting floors, direct-fired wash stills and will not only produce single malt but also rum!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Douglas Laing 10YR Fettercairn 48.4% ABV

Four Roses Single Barrel OBSQ 10YR 5 Months 61.5% ABV

Castle & Key Bourbon Batch 1 & 2 49.5% ABV

Murray McDavid 6YR Peatside Single Malt 46% ABV Port & PX Finish

Firkin Royal Brackla 10YR Madeira Cask Single Cask 48.9% ABV

Firkin Ardmore Marsala Cask Single Cask 48.9% ABV
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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April 22, 2022Tobermory/Ledaig, SF World Spirits Competition
Okay, we were venting a bit on this episode but I promise, we really do enjoy following along with all of the spirits competitions. I guess there are just a few things we would change! We also discuss one of our favorite island distilleries in Scotland, Tobermory, the producers of the unpeated Tobermory malt and the peated Ledaig. Charles blind tastes Holly and let's just say a certain style of cask maturation tripped her up!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Old Pepper Single Barrel - First Fill Spirits Store Pick

Cardinal Single Barrel Bourbon - First Fill Spirits Store Pick

Westland Garryana 6th Edition

Pinhook 6 yr Rye "Tiz Rye Time"

Dram Hunters 14YR Ledaig, Rum Finish 57.2% ABV Single Cask

Dram Hunters 34YR Invergordon 50% ABV Single Cask

Kilkerran 12 and 16 Year Old

Nikka Miyagikyo NAS

Rhumb Runner Foursquare Barbados 15YR Rum 62.4% ABV Single Cask

Rhumb Runner Venezuelan Corporation Alcooles del Caribe (CADC) 16YR Rum French Oak Cask Finish 59% ABV

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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April 04, 2022Dingle Distillery, UK Cancels American Whiskey Tariffs!
Holly picked a doozy bottle this week to blind taste Charles on, let's see if he can guess it :) We discuss our fantastic Saratoga Whiskey Club Shibui tasting and look at ways to re-think Japanese Whisky. Then we discuss Dingle Distillery in Ireland and the good news for American Distillers - the UK is dropping tariffs on Bourbon on June 1st, 2022!
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening as well. We appreciate you! Cheers!
New Bottles to the shop:
Colkegan American Single Malt - Sante Fe Spirits Mesquite Smoked

Mad River Revolution Roasted Rye - Vermont

High N' Wicked The Wild Rover Triple Distilled Malt Whiskey finished in PX Casks 58.7% ABV
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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March 23, 2022Boone County, FEW & Widow Jane Acquisition
Charles and Holly discuss the dozens of new bottles that have arrived at the shop over the past few weeks. Everything from Scotch to Bourbon & Rye and of course, New World! Oh and Irish too. Then we discuss Boone County and their "Made by Ghosts" story and the recent Heaven Hill acquisition of Samson & Surrey. Charles also blind tastes Holly and she gets close but not quite right.
New Bottles to the shop:
Ingelred 13YR Ben Nevis X2

Ingelred 17YR Ben Nevis

Ingelred 10YR Caol Ila

Lady of the Glen Mannochmore 13YR

Lady of the Glen Dufftown 12YR

Blackadder Raw Cask Bunnahabhain Staoisha 7YR

Blackadder Raw Cask Ledaig 16YR

Blackadder Raw Cask Aultmore 11YR

Blackadder Red Snake Peated 20PPM

Benriach Smoky 12

Cotswolds Peated

Boone County 6YR Single Barrel - RYE & BOURBON

Boone County Pot Still Bourbon

Lucky Seven 6YR Single Cask the Proprietor

King’s Family Distillery Wheated Single Barrel 5YR

Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Day Collab

ALL THE SINGLE CASK RUM YOU COULD EVER WANT FROM BLACKADDER!

Amrut Spectrum 004

Amrut Single Malts of India Neidhal

Cadenhead’s Dailuaine & Tomintoul Cask Strength
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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February 25, 2022 Caol Ila, Two New Distilleries in Campbeltown
Charles and Holly discuss a few of the impressive tastings they have attended over the past two weeks along with new releases to the shop, Caol Ila, and why people should stop hating on them. Then we end the episode with the announcement of two new distilleries to be built in/near Campbeltown! Oh, and Holly blind tastes Charles on a fantastic whiskey, does he guess it?!
New Bottles to the shop:
Smoke Wagon Uncut
Method & Madness
- Pot Still Chestnut Cask
- Single Grain Spanish Oak
- Single Malt French Oak
Heaven Hill BIB
DS Tayman Single Malt Scotch Bordeaux Finishes including; Caol Ila, Linkwood & Blair Athol

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
February 11, 2022Penelope, Chocolate & Whiskey Pairings for V-Day
Charles blind tastes Holly while we talk about Penelope Bourbon from down in New Jersey and what our favorite Bourbon & Chocolate pairings are for this upcoming loooove holiday <3 Enjoy!
New Bottles to the shop:
Stauning El Clasico Vermouth Finish

Stauning Bastard Mezcal Finish

McNair’s Lum Reek Blended Malt all of the latest Whiskey News & Deals and become a member of our Middle Cut Club!
Current Single Barrels:
Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV
Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV - SOLD OUT!
Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV
Town Branch Bourbon 53.25% ABV
Nulu Toasted Rye 58% ABV
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 27, 2022Wolfburn, Soon to be Mainstream Bourbon Brands
While tasting our latest store pick single barrel, Nulu Toasted Rye, we discuss Burn's Night, new bottles to the shop, and the most northerly distillery in Mainland Scotland, Wolfburn.
New Bottles to the shop:
Leopold Dickel Collaboration Rye Whiskey

Ohishi 8YR Sherry Cask

Fukano 2021 Limited Edition Rice Whiskey
Blackadders:
Chimera Blended Malt 59% abv

Sherry Snake Single Cask Single Malt 1st & 3rd Edition at 61.9% abv / 58.2% abv

Smoking Islay 10YR 59.3% abv

10YR Barbados Foursquare Rum 61.2%
Fukano 2021 Limited Edition Rice Whiskey
Barrell 16YR Seagrass
If you haven't yet, sign up for all of the latest Whiskey News & Deals and become a member of our Middle Cut Club!
Current Single Barrels:
Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV
Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV - SOLD OUT!
Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV
Town Branch Bourbon 53.25% ABV
Nulu Toasted Rye 58% ABV - A rollercoaster of a whisky!
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 13, 2022 Town Branch, Breckenridge & Jameson News
January can be a bit odd for whiskey and the beginning of 2022 is proving to be quiet and bizarre already. We do have a fantastic new single barrel of Bourbon hitting the shelves from Town Branch so that is some great news! They will be our featured distillery today, along with Holly guessing the totally wrong country on her blind tasting, Breckenridge is now owned by a cannabis company and Jameson Orange was just released? Let's get whiskey weird!
New Bottles to the shop:
IWAI Chestnut Cask
Wemyss Glenrothes 19YR Single Cask, Hogshead
The Single Malts of Scotland Teaninich 12YR Single Cask, 57.7% ABV
LAWS San Luis Cask Strength Rye, 65.7% ABV
and more!
If you haven't yet, sign up for all of the latest Whiskey News & Deals and become a member of our Middle Cut Club!
Current Single Barrels:
Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV
Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV - ONLY 6 BOTTLES LEFT!
Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV
Town Branch Bourbon 53.25% ABV - BRAND NEW!
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 23, 2021Fuji Gotemba, Whiskey Advocate Awards
An episode for you to listen to while sneaking away from your family for a quick breather this holiday weekend! Our featured distillery is Fuji Gotemba in Japan right at the foot of Mt. Fuji and that's because we got another one of their first-ever US releases this month! Also, what do you think of Whiskey Awards? We talk about Whiskey Advocate's latest Top 20 Whiskeys of 2021.
New Bottles to the shop:
Single Cask Nation Inchfad (Loch Lomond) Finished in Bordeaux casks 53.5% ABV

Single Cask Nation Linkwood Ruby Port Finish 54.4% ABV

Single Cask Nation Water of Life Undisclosed Island Distillery 48.8% ABV

Blackadder Single Cask Rums including: 10YR Guayana Diamond Rum @ 56% ABV // 9YR Fiji Rum @ 64.1% ABV

IWAI Japanese Whisky - 1.8L! What?!

Komagatake Chichibu Malt Duo Partnership

Pinhook Artist’s Series - Castle & Key

Fuji Blend
and more!
Don't forget about our single barrels. The full story of how we chose them can be found here: www.firstfillspirits.com/learn-explore/
Starward Australian Single Malt 55.7% ABV
Stellum Bourbon 60.91% ABV
Tumblin' Dice Bourbon 59.01% ABV
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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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.