Over the past three years, American whiskey exports dropped 37 percent, from $702 million to $440 million due to European Union tariffs. With bourbon being in Sen. Mitch McConnell’s backyard, after Trump’s steel tariffs, European lawmakers hit American industry where key political leaders lived. Most … Continue readingAfter 3 years, Whiskey Tariffs End
Listen to this on Apple Podcast, iHeart, Spotify, Google Podcast, Amazon or Podcast One. On this week’s show, Fred Minnick pulls one out from the vault. Interviewed in 2019 at Hometown Rising Country Music Festival, Dillon Carmichael’s the nephew of John Michael Montgomery and has carved out his own country music fame. … Continue readingWho Doesn’t Like Banana Notes in Bourbon? Country Star Dillon Carmichael
Listen to this on Apple Podcast, iHeart, Spotify, Google Podcast, Amazon or Podcast One. Controversial celebrity gossip personality Perez Hilton joins The Fred Minnick Show and tastes some ultra rare bourbons for the first time: Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Old, Michter’s 10 Year, 1940s Old Schenley, Wild Turkey Bottled in … Continue readingPerez Hilton Gags on Van Winkle Bourbon
Listen to this on Apple Podcast, iHeart, Spotify, Google Podcast, Amazon or Podcast One. Award winning country band Whiskey Myers joins The Fred Minnick Show and gets an education on bourbon. But they flip the script and have some big news to share: They’re starting a bourbon.
Fetching a price of $15,000, a rare, numbered bottle of Van Winkle Family Reserve 15-year from the 1990s – with its distinctive dripping red wax – broke a record for that particular bottle at the Sept. 23 Art of Bourbon auction. “The red wax collection … Continue readingVan Winkle 15-year Sells For $15,000
Listen to this on Apple Podcast, iHeart, Spotify, Google Podcast, Amazon or Podcast One. In 2019, Fred met the newly crowned Miss America at a USA banquet. Nia Imani Franklin, who just released an EP Extended, showed a great interest in bourbon and the two have stayed in touch since.Nia is now … Continue readingMiss America Nia Imani Franklin | Basil Hayden’s 10 Year | What’s It Like Being Miss America?