A New Career, But Carrying On the Family Legacy

There's an old saying that "sometimes, you choose the whisky
business...and sometimes, it chooses you." That could be said for
Victoria Eady-Butler, who retired last year after 31 years in
federal law enforcement. As it turns out, the great-great
granddaughter of Nathan "Nearest" Green inherited some of her
ancestor's talent. She was the first member of the Green family
to pick barrels for the Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch whiskey
last year, and was so good at it that she's started a second
career as the master blender for Uncle Nearest. She's also made a
place for herself in the history books as the first
African-American woman to serve as master blender for an American
whiskey brand. In the news, another milestone in whisky
collecting has fallen with the first million-dollar bid for a
whisky in an online auction. We'll have the details, along with
highlights from this week's World Whisky Forum in Seattle, the
Distilled Spirits Council's conference in Louisville, and a bunch
of ba-a-a-ad puns around Ardbeg's latest limited edition release.
Yes, we're a bit sheepish about that!