Ending 2020 On a High Note

2020 will not be remembered well by many people, but there have
been a few bright spots for whisky lovers. One is the arrival of
the first official distillery bottling from Kentucky's Castle
& Key Distillery, the 3-year-old Restoration Rye. The
historic Old Taylor Distillery had been closed since 1972 and
left to fall into ruins when Will Arvin and Wes Murry bought the
113-acre site in 2014. Six years, millions of dollars, and a new
name later, one of the early landmarks of Kentucky Bourbon is
back. We'll talk with Wes Murry and Will Arvin, along with Brett
Connors and Jon Brown from the distillery team on this week's
WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, U.S. President Donald Trump has
now signed a massive federal spending and Covid-19 relief package
into law, including a permanent reduction in federal excise taxes
for small-scale distillers. We'll have the details and the rest
of the week's whisky news, including the passing of a Scotch
Whisky icon.