Whiskey on the Willamette (WhiskyCast Episode 719: August 12, 2018)

Mark Gillespie
WhiskyCast
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1 min readAug 12, 2018
The pot stills at House Spirits Distillery in Portland, Oregon. Photo ©2018, Mark Gillespie/CaskStrength Media.

This week, we’ll visit House Spirits Distillery — part of Portland’s “Distillery Row” along the eastern banks of the Willamette River. House Spirits is the home of Westward American Single Malt Whiskey, and head distiller Miles Munroe will take us on a tour of the distillery during WhiskyCast In-Depth. We’ll also talk with Jeneen Bell, the president of Portland’s 300-member Women Who Whiskey chapter, about what makes Portland a good place to drink. In the news, cleanup work is slowly progressing at Kentucky’s Barton 1792 Distillery following the recent rickhouse collapse, but it could take months to work through a massive pile of around 18,000 whiskey barrels. Templeton Rye has opened its $35 million distillery in Iowa, and we’ll have the latest on new whiskies from Scotland and Kentucky, too.

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Links: House Spirits Distillery | Barton 1792 Distillery | Templeton Rye | Rabbit Hole Distilling | Old Forester | Bunnahabhain | Tobermory | Deanston | The Macallan | Isle of Arran | Scotch Whisky Association | Sheep Dip | Black Dirt Bourbon | Women Who Whiskey

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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.