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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, while we hang out at our shop. www.firstfillspirits.com

  1. Lost Lantern, We're Back!

    JAN 16

    Lost Lantern, We're Back!

    We're back! Our last episode was in November 2024, but we have to do what our customers want, and two of you mentioned that you missed our podcast. We missed it too, so we'll be releasing one episode a month. In this episode, we discuss the innovation and creativity of Lost Lantern, the independent bottler of American Whiskey. Creativity and quality whiskey are essential in the chaos of this whiskey world. Then, we taste our latest store pick single barrel of Bourbon, James E. Pepper. It literally arrived an hour before we recorded! Feels good to be back. BOTTLES THAT SHOULD NOT STILL BE HERE: Kilchoman Muscat & Madeira CasksArdnamurchan Sherry Unpeated Single CaskNc’Nean Calvados & Ex-Bourbon Single CasksCraigellachie Murray McDavid Red Wine Cask 14YRLiving Souls Lagmore (Ballindalloch)Rare Character Batch 05 RyeLost Lantern Frey Ranch Rye/Far NorthMars YA #03Kanosuke 2023Amrut Aatma Spectrum CaskAll 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!

    49 min

  2. 11/04/2024

    Cotswolds, Hong Kong Lowers Tax

    After many amazing travels to Scotland over the past few weeks, we're finally back in one place! We discuss Cotswolds Distillery, which Holly visited while in London in September, along with a review of some awesome samples from our friend David, tons of new releases to the shop, and some good news for the whisky world. It's not all doom and gloom! NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP: Nashville Barrel Co 7YR (Heaven Hill) Nashville Barrel Co 8YR (Willett) Nashville Barrel Co. 9YR (Jim Beam) H.K. Young – toasted blend & single barrel 6YR Nc’nean Orchard Cobbler Huntress Kilchoman Sauternes Lost Lantern J. Rieger Hazmat Rye + J.Rieger bourbon Lost Lantern Boulder Armagnac Finish Augusta 10YR Buckner’s Single Barrel High N' Wicked 15YR the Jury Bourbon Takamine Sakura Cask Japanese Whisky Hillrock 5YR Double Cask Bourbon Stellum Bourbon & Rye – if you like Stellum get it now because it’s going away Lady of the Glen Tasting Kits Lindores Abby Releases OKI BIB Bourbon – OKI is back Croithli Irish whiskeys out of Donegal A bunch of Cadenheads, A.D Rattrays, etc. Duncan Taylors, Dram Mors, Creetowns…..  Claxtons, more Duncan Taylor, Holyrood…. All on the way!  NEWS: ⁠Hong Kong Spirits Tax Break Set To Reignite Whisky Market⁠ 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!

    46 min

  3. 08/16/2024

    Holladay, Top Scotch Distillery Experiences

    We're back! Today we discuss how our whisky summer has been going along with new bottles to the shop, our latest seminars/classes and upcoming whisky travel. Then, Holly blind tastes Charles on something that may be a potential new item for the shop, does it make the cut? Followed by a discussion of Holladay Distillery in Missouri and Milroy's Whisky Travel Index and their top distillery experiences. NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP: Blue Note Single Barrel Store Pick Bourbon! Dram Mor Ruadh Maor (Peated Glenturret) Dram Mor Dailuaine Bourbon Matured Dram Mor Linkwood Bourbon Matured Creetown Tullibardine 18YR Samaroli Blended Malts & Blended Scotch Southern Star Wheated Paragon Bourbon Single Barrel Ben Holladay Soft Red Wheat Augusta 10YR & 8YR Kentucky Bourbon Kings County BIB Bourbon New World – Pokeno, Levant Heights, Lakes, Catador Itinerante, High Coast Berg, Kamet, St. Kilian etc. --- An article from The Spirits Business where Holly discusses New World Whisky. "⁠World Whisky finds its feet⁠." Nc'nean Aon Single Cask ON THE WAY: Town Branch & Kings County Collab ⁠Milroy's Whisky Travel Index⁠ - Top Scotch Whisky Distillery Experiences All travel trips can be found ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.Check out all of our products at ⁠⁠⁠www.firstfillspirits.com⁠⁠⁠Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening!Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

    48 min

  4. 06/25/2024

    Clydeside, Is Brandy the New Bourbon?

    Today we discuss all of the amazing trips we've just returned from -- all Scotland! There are many new releases to the shop and a lot of upcoming tastings & classes. Then we discuss Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow and the Bloomberg article that thinks "Brandy might be the next Bourbon". Thoughts?? NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP Glenfarlcas 105 Alamabique Mexican Rum - Bourbon & French Oak Matured Resilient 17YR Tennessee Bourbon Madeira Cask Dad’s Hat Rye Single Barrel PM Collab (67% ABV) New Riff Single Barrel Ryes - NYS & Skurnik Lagavulin Nick Offerman Rum Cask Finish Clydeside Cask Strength Limited Edition Bardstown/Amurt Bourbon Collab INCOMING SOON: Lost Lantern 'Saratoga Summer' Kings County Custom Blend, Lost Lantern Mississippi Memory, Blue Note Bourbon Store Pick Single Barrel, New Dram Mor, Creetown & Lady of the Glen…. 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! Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

    1h 1m

  5. 04/24/2024

    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 Please leave us a review if you can, we appreciate you listening! Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

    47 min

  6. 03/12/2024

    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! Podcast Music: Isaac Joel, Goldenseal

    59 min

  7. 02/09/2024

    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) 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

    37 min

  8. 01/09/2024

    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

    53 min
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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, while we hang out at our shop. www.firstfillspirits.com

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