Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (WhiskyCast Episode 713: July 12, 2018)

Mark Gillespie
WhiskyCast
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1 min readJul 13, 2018
Barrels in a Heaven Hill rickhouse in Bardstown, Kentucky. Photo ©2017, Mark Gillespie/CaskStrength Media.

Heaven Hill has unveiled the 2018 edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection whiskey. It’s a Bourbon finished in Orange Curaçao liqueur barrels, and that has some purists raising an eyebrow. Heaven Hill Master Distiller Denny Potter joins us on WhiskyCast In-Depth to explain — and defend the process that went into creating this year’s release as a chance to try something different…the way Parker Beam would have. In the news, Western Kentucky is getting a new whiskey distillery that’s actually an old one about to be used for the first time, while Angel’s Envy in Louisville is starting an expansion project just two years after the distillery opened. We’ll also explain why liquor reform in British Columbia will have to wait until after cannabis reform, and taste four craft whiskies in this week’s tasting notes.

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Links: Heaven Hill | RH Resolute Distillery | Angel’s Envy | Business in Vancouver | Sagamore Spirit | Ellicott City Partnership | Buchanan’s | Aberfeldy | PUNI | Boot Hill Distillery | Mad River Distillers | Bare Knuckle | Watershed Distillery | James E. Pepper Distillery

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Mark Gillespie
WhiskyCast

Host and producer of WhiskyCast, a weekly podcast focusing on whiskies from around the world. Veteran broadcast journalist, writer, & photographer.