Blind Faith Leads to Blind Bourbon Tastings

Marianne Eaves had a bright career path in her future as the
first female master distiller at a Kentucky Bourbon distiller
when she suddenly decided to leave Castle & Key Distillery 18
months ago - a year before the first whiskies she made there
would be ready for bottling. It was a leap of blind faith, and
now, she's living in Oregon with her young family, consulting
with makers of whiskies and other spirits, and launching another
venture - blind Bourbon tasting kits for whiskey lovers. We'll
talk with Marianne Eaves about the "Eaves Blind" project, along
with the Sweetens Cove Tennessee Bourbon she created for a team
of high-profile athletes and investors and her dream of building
a mobile blending lab. In the news, Covid-19 has now forced the
cancellation of three more major whisky events in the U.S. and
the postponement of a major event in Europe. Kentucky Distillers
Association leaders are about to get a new look at the need for
improvements in diversity and inclusion in the Bourbon industry,
and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won't be re-gifting the
Scotch Whisky he received as a gift earlier this year...he won't
be drinking it, either...his minders took it away from him for
violating the UK's limit on gifts.