TWiB: Buffalo Trace Stops Production from Flooding, Bourbon is Exempt from EU Tariffs, The Mellwood Legacy Collection

Bourbon Pursuit

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4.9 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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It's This Week in Bourbon for April 11th, 2025. Buffalo Trace stops production from flooding, bourbon is exempt from EU tariffs, Pursuit launches the Mellwood Legacy Collection.Show Notes: Buffalo Trace Distillery temporarily closed due to Kentucky flooding. EU exempts bourbon from new US retaliatory tariffs after lobbying. EU enforces 20-year-old agreement, reclassifying European 'rye whisky'. Heaven Hill fills first barrel at new Bardstown distillery after 29 years. Gigi Burris partners with Woodford Reserve for Kentucky Derby hat collection. Oxmoor Bourbon Co. becomes official partner of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®. Westward Whiskey maker House Spirits files for bankruptcy protection. Kentucky Bourbon Trail sees record 2.7 million visitors in 2024. Woodford Reserve offers $5,000 Mint Julep Charity Cups for Kentucky Derby. Barrell Craft Spirits releases P.X. Sherry Cask Finish Bourbon, $84.99. Jack Daniel's releases McLaren F1 Team limited edition whiskey, 86 proof. Bluegrass Distillers launches Elkwood Reserve Finished Series, 119 proof, $105. Penelope Bourbon releases Peach Old Fashioned bottled cocktail, 80 proof, $29.99. Keeneland, Maker's Mark honor Lexington with "Greats of the Gate" bottle, $179.99. Dancing Goat releases #8 I Would Rye 4 U, port finished rye, 108 proof, $60. Elijah Craig named "Official Bourbon" of 2025 PGA Championship, commemorative bottle $36.99. Old Dominick releases 7-Year Wheat Whiskey Single Barrel, $60-$70. The Last Drop releases 27 Year Old Buffalo Trace Bourbon, 121.8 proof, $10,500. Maker's Mark debuts Star Hill Farm Whisky, first wheat whisky, 114.7 proof, $100. Wild Turkey 101 8-Year-Old Bourbon becomes permanent US offering, $45 Support this podcast on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's this week in Bourbon, and I don't even know what's happening anymore.
0:11.7	Here's your headlines for April 11, 2025. Buffalo Trace stops production because of flooding.
0:17.9	Bourbon is now exempt from the European Union tariffs, and pursuit launches
0:22.4	the Melwood Legacy Collection.
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1:45.5	Glasses up.
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1:52.5	It is this week in Bourbon.
1:55.0	And Ryan, I don't know what the hell's going on anymore.
1:57.9	We came back from vacation and it feels like all hell's broken loose.
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