Whiskey's High Wire Act (WhiskyCast Episode 775: July 7, 2019)

The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall
opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South
Carolina to make whiskey, gin, vodka, and an Amaro liqueur. Now,
they're turning a corner...literally. They're investing $3
million to move the distillery into a much larger building a few
blocks - and around a corner - from their original site, along
with adding a second still just for whiskey, an expanded tasting
room, and what they're happiest about...a real loading dock!
We'll talk with them on WhiskyCast In-Depth. There's enough news
to fill a second episode this week! After four days, the fire
that destroyed a Jim Beam warehouse with 45,000 barrels of
bourbon has finally burned itself out, though the environmental
damage to the Kentucky River is still being felt. The trade war
between the U.S. and Europe could expand to include punitive
tariffs on Scotch and Irish whiskies in a dispute over aviation
subsidies, while U.S. regulators are moving forward with a
proposal to deregulate most bottle sizes for whiskies and other
distilled spirits. There's also a truckload of new whiskies to
mention, and we'll have an unusual head-to-head comparison: a
whiskey and the beer it was distilled from.