From the Stanley Cup to a Double Gold Distiller

Ed Belfour has won all kinds of awards during his Hall of Fame
hockey career, from the Stanley Cup to an Olympic Gold Medal.
Last month, one of the Belfour Spirits rye whiskies he made with
his son Dayn and daughter Reaghan won their fledgling whiskey
company its highest honor yet - a Double Gold medal in the San
Francisco World Spirits Competition. We'll catch up with Ed and
Dayn Belfour on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth, and try to pin
them down for a prediction on this year's Stanley Cup playoffs
too. In the news, we'll continue the countdown to the doubling of
Europe's tariffs on American-made whiskies at the end of this
month. There's labor news facing whisky makers in Scotland and
the U.S., while Ireland's Dingle Distillery is planning a major
expansion. In our Behind the Label segment, we'll look at a
patent dispute between Australian distillers that's threatening
to become a worldwide problem.


Note: Several hours after this episode was released, the European
Union announced that it would temporarily suspend the tariff
increase on American whiskies that had been set to go into effect
on June 1. We will have complete coverage on the next episode of
WhiskyCast and elsewhere here at WhiskyCast.com.