It's Whiskey #FFS | First Fill Spirits First Fill Spirits
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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, distillery reviews, and more in a compact 30 or so minutes. www.firstfillspirits.com
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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
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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!
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Raasay, 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)
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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
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Found 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 -
Spirits 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
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Kanosuke, 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