Heaven Hill Celebrates 85 Years of Whiskey

85 years ago today, the five Shapira brothers and their partners
opened Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. The Shapira
family is still in charge today, with second-generation company
president Max Shapira leading the company. We'll talk with Max
about Bourbon then and now, including the company's recent
expansion into Canadian Whisky with last year's purchase of Black
Velvet and its distillery in Lethbridge, Alberta. In the news,
the clock is ticking more loudly as the deadline gets closer for
Congress to extend a critical federal tax break for small-scale
distillers, and we'll talk with one distiller who says the damage
may already have been done. There's also hope that a move in
London might help ease some of the trade tensions affecting the
whisky industry, while new data shows a significant decline in
alcohol sales worldwide this year because of the Covid-19
pandemic. We'll have the rest of the week's news and much more on
this week's WhiskyCast!