The Queen of Canadian Whisky

This week, we're in Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 24th
annual New Brunswick Spirits Festival! We'll talk with one of the
leading lights in Canadian Whisky, Canadian Club's Tish Harcus,
on WhiskyCast In-Depth. She's in her 32nd year at Canadian Club,
and plays multiple roles for the brand from serving as its global
ambassador to maintaining 161 years of CC archives and helping
lead new product development. For instance, the new Chronicles
42-year-old whisky and the entire Chronicles series came from her
insistence on finding a special home for some vintage barrels
instead of just blending them away. She's also one of the
founders of Women Who Whiskey, and has been a role model and
mentor for many of her colleagues industry-wide. In the news, a
short-term spending agreement in Washington this week headed off
a government shutdown that could have caused problems for whisky
makers, while there's still no progress on extending a federal
excise tax break for small-scale distillers that expires at
midnight on New Year's Eve. We'll have details on the week's new
whisky releases, and on Behind the Label, we'll find out how a
small-town whisky bar went high-tech to help its customers pick
their whiskies.