Most of the time when a Binny’s Handpicked Single Barrel comes in, it’s gone within a few weeks.  Sometimes even quicker. The good news is the Whiskey Hotline picks hundreds of barrels every year, and because of there are a lot of hidden gems that get lost in the shuffle. Pat brought Joe, and a box of hidden Irish Whiskey, Bourbon, Rye, Armagnac, Rum and Scotch gems.

The Binny’s name goes on these bottles because the Whiskey Hotline is excited about them. They turn down barrels all the time if they don’t meet their standards. And contrary to internet chatter, the Whiskey Hotline samples everything before buying a barrel, they don’t just let a Master Distiller picks a cask and then slaps a Binny’s logo on it. Sometimes there are so many Handpicked bottles in stores that it can become overwhelming, and they slip out of consciousness.

Check your local Binny’s for all these hidden gems:

• Kilbeggan 16 year old Single Grain Select Batch # K05/218 Binny's Handpicked 
• Teeling 15 year old Single Malt Finished in Amburana Cask # 6203 Binny's Handpicked 
• Teeling Pure Pot Still Virgin American Oak Cask # 58518 Binny's Handpicked 
• Teeling Pure Pot Still ex Sherry Cask # 67909 Binny's Handpicked
• Pinhook Bourbon Small Batch Binny's Handpicked Distilled at Castle & Key
• Jack Daniel's Single Barrel # 22-1519 Binny's Handpicked
• Rebel Distiller's Collection 120 Proof Wheated Bourbon Single Barrel # 7655464 Binny's Handpicked  
• Rebel Distiller's Collection 120 Proof Wheated Bourbon Single Barrel # 7784813 Binny's Handpick 
• Ezra Brooks Distiller's Collection Barrel Proof Single Barrel # 7851151 Binny's Handpicked
• Ezra Brooks Distiller's Collection Barrel Proof Single Barrel # 7849788 Binny's Handpicked 
• Huber's Starlight Distillery Bourbon Finished in White Port Barrel # 21-2190 Binny's Handpicked 
• Huber's Starlight Distillery Bourbon Finished in Apricot Brandy Barrel # 21-2240 Binny's Handpicked 
• WhistlePig 18 year old Straight Rye Single Barrel Sir Oinks-A-Lot Binny's Handpicked 
• Delord 12 year old Single Cask # 2130 Binny's Handpicked Vintage Armagnac 2009 
•  l'Encantada Domaine du Pouy Cask # 100 Binny's Handpicked 1998 
• Chairman's Reserve Rum 15 year old ex Bourbon Barrel # 24012000 Binny's Handpicked 2005 
• Trois Rivieres 14 year old Single Cask Rhum Agricole 2005 ­
• Signatory Edradour 10 year old Refill Sauternes Barrel # 127 Binny's Handpicked 2011 
• Compass Box Gold Standard Binny's Anniversary Selection 
• Highland Park 11 year old Refill European Oak Sherry Butt #6249 Binny's Handpicked

That brings us to the Q&A Portion of Barrel to Bottle (yes, we still do these). Listener Kim wants to know if light can damager spirits bottles.

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