Promises Made, Promises Kept

Six years ago, the wildfire known as "The Beast" devastated
Northern Alberta, forcing the evacuations of 88,000 people in the
area around Fort McMurray. At the time, Wood Buffalo Brewing
& Distilling had to leave behind a pallet of peated malt to
escape the fire, but firefighters managed to save both the
distillery and the malt, which had absorbed a lot of smoke from
the fire. The distillery pre-sold bottles of "The Beast" whisky
made from that malt to raise more than $100,000 for local
charities in the months following the fire, and while the
distillery later closed its doors, distillers Bryce Parsons and
Spike Baker returned to Fort McMurray this weekend to deliver on
the promise made six years ago. We'll catch up with them on this
week's WhiskyCast In-Depth.