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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Owners previously owned Whistling Hare Distillery in Colorado
    • Now called Turnbuckle Distilling after the sale
  • Named after the St. Dunston legend, when he put hot horseshoes 

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• Interesting things about the distillery: 
  • Features a square still
  • Casey was a famous still maker in the land between the lakes area
  • He started making square stills, which made them easier to transport and move in a hurry, something that is helpful if you're being chased down.
  • He went to prison for bootlegging and stopped moonshining and building a still in 1967
  • This distillery was started by his grandson, Arlon Casey Jones (AJ)
• B3 Beverages
  • B3 is a newer beverage company, and Casey Jones is their first distillery.  They partner with 
    • Bald Birds Brewing Co. (King of Prussia & Jersey Shore, PA) & Four Birds Distilling (PA) 
    • Heavy Seas Beer (Baltimore, MD) 
    • Yards Brewing Company (Philadelphia, PA)
    • Two Roads Brewing Company (Stratford, CT) 
  • They allow companies to continue operating, and just add financial backing
  • They do talk about co-manufacturing, so I can see them attempting to either start their own brand and use Casey Jones distillery to make it, or partner with other distilleries and share capacity.
    • Casey Jones also has a 3000 barrel rickhouse
• Our Bottle: 
• Pipe Pairings:
  • Casey Jones pipe tobacco
  • Named after the railroad engineer Casey Jones.  He was killed in a railroad accident, and there are a couple of songs about him, one by the Grateful Dead and another made famous by Johnny Cash.
  • The story is that Casey is an accomplished engineer.  He was driving a passenger train (engine 382) that was running behind.  Time was mostly made up. A freight train had pulled onto a siding, but the air brakes broke and locked it up with the caboose and a couple of cars still on the main line.  Sims was the fireman.  Casey told him to bail, and he did.  If Casey had bailed, it would have hit that train going 75 miles an hour.  Since he stayed, he slowed it to 35, and the passengers all lived.  The only fatality was him.  This was in 1900.
  • Engine 382 was rebuilt, but it crashed 4 more times, the final time running into a passenger train and killing 4 people, including the former president and VP of the railroad it was on.)
  • Ironically, this Casey Jones did not drink

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Johnnie Walker and Sons have been around since roughly 1854. 
  • Johnnie, known as John, owned a grocery store and became known as the guy who could get you things.
  • By things, we mean tea, fine wines, and spirits. 
  • He found his way into the whiskey world by blending the whiskey that he got in
  • Creating something new
  • John passed away in 1857, and his son, Alexander, took over when he was old enough
  • In 1843, with railroads in place, Alexander established a distribution network that shipped his whiskey worldwide. 
  • In 1862, sales averaged 100,000 gallons each year. 
  • “Old Highland Blend” was the first copyrighted blend to hit shelves in 1867
  • Johnnie walker Black label 

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Head Distiller, Adam Hannett
  • The name Bruichladdich is an anglicisation of Bruthach a' Chladaich, Scottish Gaelic for Brae (hillside) of the Shore.
  • Originally established in 1881, it was closed many times throughout its history, and its current form opened in 2001. It has been owned by Rémy Cointreau since 2012.
  • Barley doesn't grow well on Islay, so most is imported from other regions.  But Bruichladdich didn't like that, so they worked with a local farmer and have Islay-grown barley, over half is grown in Islay now
    • To help it grow, they began rotating crops by adding Rye. Rye has not been grown on Islay, so this was brand new.  They have a rye now!
• Our Bottle: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie
  • "Trickle distilled" refers to a slow distillation process, often involving multiple runs (like triple distillation), where heat is carefully controlled for a gentle drip, resulting in a purer, lighter, smoother spirit by separating heavier compounds (congeners) and capturing lighter, more floral flavors, famously used in Irish whiskey and certain Scotch malts.
  • On average, our Classic Laddie batches are made from 76 different casks, comprising 4 vintages of spirit, 3 barley types, and 7 cask types.
  • Our bottle is 25/050
    • A VATTING OF 81 CASKS, 5 VINTAGES, 6 BARLEY TYPES AND 10 CASK TYPES

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • take their name from the Gaelic for “Black Rock.”
  • The main Speyside part of Johnnie Walker
  • Helen Cummings and her husband, John, started the distillery in 1824
  • The distillery was sited high up on Mannoch Hill, above the River Spey, due to the peat softening the water.
  • Helen was the distiller. Since the distillery was on the top of the hill, she could see the authorities coming.  She would put flour on herself to say she was baking to cover the smell, offered them tea, and put up a flag to warn other distillers in the area.
  • In 1885, they moved the distillery to grow and sold the old distillery to the Grant family; it is now where Glenfiddich began.
  • In 1893, sold to Johnnie Walker and Sons, but continued to be run by the Cummings family.
  • Joined Distillers Company in 1925, which was bought by Guinness in 1986, and became Diageo in 1997.
• Our Bottle: 
• Pipe Pairings: Prince Albert
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardhu_distillery 
  • https://www.malts.com/en-us/cardhu 

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Nick, Chris, and Steve sat down with Master Distiller Rob Hudson at Iron Vault Distillery.  After an amazing tour, we sat down to try a lot of their lineup, and we were impressed!  From their Bottled in Bond and their Frankenwhiskey, to their journey to making Aquavit, and an American Single Malt that even Chris liked!

Head up to Galion, Ohio, for some great local eats, stop in for a tour, and pick up a bottle or two!

Check them out on the socials!

https://0ecf2fa.netsolhost.com/ironvaultsite/ 

https://www.facebook.com/IronVaultDistillery/

https://www.instagram.com/ironvaultdistilleryllc/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhZuKMG1fc

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • These guys are not well-liked online!
  • Lots of questions about their legitimacy, especially when they first started
  • Bottling happens at Stitzel Weller, but the products are not from there, and the marketing didn't make that clear
• Our Bottle: Muckety Muck 24
  • From Port Dundas Distillery (1810-2010)
    • Once the Largest distillery in Scotland in the late 19th century
    • Dundashill joined in 1902, and that was the largest pot still distillery in Scotland
    • Had 3 Coffey stills, 17 pot stills, the largest chimney in the world for a time (138 meters) by the end
    • In 1997 bought by Diageo with United Distillers
    • Closed so Diageo could concentrate on Cameronbridge Distillery
• Pipe Pairings: Sutliff Eastfarthing 
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • https://www.orphanbarrel.com/our-whiskeys/muckety-muck-24.html 
  • https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/2008/port-dundas/ 

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Micah joins us again on our scotch series!

• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • In 2017, it was bought by Billy Walker and his business partners
  • Billy Walker is also their master distiller and has been in the scotch world for over 50 years
    • “About 70% of the flavor comes from the wood.”
    • Because of this, Billy really likes to finish
    • Started with Ballantine's blend in 1972, but has been owning companies since the mid-2010s
• Our Bottle: Wine Series Cuvee Cask Finish
  • Wine casks have not experienced a higher proof spirit, which is why it imparts so much flavor
• Pipe Pairings: GL Pease Stonehenge Flake
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • https://theglenallachie.com/ 

https://www.thewhiskyardvark.com/post/billy-walker-a-whisky-revivalist 

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Go to their website! Really fun way of showing the distillery off
  • Has Speyside, Highland, and peated Islay in it
  • Said to be a family recipe of the Macleod family 
• Our Bottle:
• Pipe Pairings: Peterson Sherlock Holmes 
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • https://www.ianmacleod.com/company-history 
  • https://www.isleofskyewhisky.com/ 

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