Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast

What's new in beer? What's old is new again, that's what. While this may seem like an episode recorded fifteen years ago and just discovered in the vault, it's not. Because our favorite beer styles from the heyday of craft beer are making a comeback; Belgians, stouts with little to no adjuncts, and piney IPAs.

• Ommegang Hennepin
• Dupont Moinette Blonde Ale
• Allagash Foliage Report
• Allagash Cabin Weekend
• Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop IPA
• Alaskan 40th Anniversary Ale
• Three Floyds The Morrigan collaboration with Women of Binny's
• Firestone Walker Parabolita Mocha Latte

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This week we're taking a tour of the British Isles with British Ales. It's not just centuries-old UK breweries either; we have local breweries embracing milds, bitters, olds, browns and more.

• Art History Perfect 12 collaboration with White Oak and Binny's
• Bellhaven Scottish Ale
• White Oak Extra Medium Mild
• Midwest Coast Women of Binny's Brown
• Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
• Fuller's London Pride Ale
• Pollyanna Pub Ale
• Pollyanna 12th Anniversary Lager
• Goose Island Honker's Ale
• Morland Old Speckled Hen
• Goose Island Stout Cordage Cuveé collaboration with Binny's

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Turley Wine Cellars was founded in 1993 by Larry Turley. It has since become a Napa Valley legend, highlighting Zinfandel grapes. But they've branched out with the help of Larry's daughters. This week Barrel to Bottle welcomes Whitney Turley, Wholesale Manager for Turley.

• Turley Sauvignon Blanc 2025
• Turley Zinfandel Rosé
• Turley Cinsault Bechthold Vineyard 2025
• Turley Zinfandel Juvenile 2024
• Turley Zinfandel Estate Vineyard 2023
• Turley Zinfandel Fredericks Vineyard 2023

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Join us for part 2 of our wide-ranging conversation with Buffalo Trace Global Ambassadro Freddie Johnson. He has more stories to share, more insight to give us and more products to sample.

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Freddie Johnson is the third generation in his family to work for Buffalo Trace. While his career didn't start there, he ended up there as a tour guide and eventually Global Ambassador for the brand. Freddie is full of stories and insights into the bourbon industry, so much so that we had to make this a two-parter.

• E.H. Taylor Small Batch
• Buffalo Trace Bourbon

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We're following up last week's Fortified Wine podcast episode with an episode on Fortified Wine Cocktails. You don't just have to drink fortified wine from a fancy glass at the holidays; they also make great cocktail ingredients.

Find all the recipes on our blog.

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If Chris is here with six or so bottles, usually it's a casual episode. But someone let Chris team up with Dan and suddenly we have more than double the number of bottles. That's because we're trying fortified wines along with the spirits that they are traditionally barrel-finished in. It's arguably the best way to understand how a cask influences a spirit.

• Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Palomino Fino Glen Scotia 9-Year-Old Fino Cask Finish
• Emilio Lustau Don Nuño Oloroso Dry Sherry Signatory Speyside M 13-Year-Old 100 Proof Edition 2011 Penelope Project X Oloroso Sherry-Finished Bourbon Barrel #2027-2
• Emilio Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry Dunville 10-Year-Old PX Cask Finish Single Malt Irish Whiskey Lux Row Small Batch Bourbon PX Sherry-Finished
• Fonseca Bin 27 Angel's Envy Port Barrel-Finished Bourbon
• Chateau Doisy Vedrines Sauternes 2023 Ardnamurchan Highland Peated ex-Sauternes Cask Aged Highland Single Malt
• Blandy's Malmsey 5-Year-Old Nelson Brothers Madeira Cask Blended Bourbon

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We were just minding our own business when Chris showed up with five different vintages of Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes. He was also joined by friend of the pod and Montgomery Binny's wine manager Emily. These are the most lauded sweet wine on the planet, so getting to try five different vintages is quite a treat.

• Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2022
• Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2017
• Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2016
• Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2007
• Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2005

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Chris has six bottles of wine, and they're very special. We've done spring, we've done holiday, now it's fall. Staff from all 46 Binny's locations nominated wines that were then narrowed down to 30 wines, under $30. We're sampling six of them today.

• Raventos i Blanc Conca del Riu Anoia Blanc de Blancs 2023
• Georg Albrecht Schneider Niersteiner Hipping Riesling Spatlese 2022
• Torre dei Beati Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 2025
• Domaine Robert Serol Côte Roannaise Éclat de Granite Rouge 2024
• Evesham Wood Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2024
• Vietti Dolcetto d'Alba Trevie 2024

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Chris is here, with a bunch of wines. Specifically, from Louis Jadot, the legendary Burgundian winemaker. Jadot both grows their own grapes, and buys grapes from other growers. In the US, they are known for entry-level wines like Beaujolais Villages and Macon Villages, but in France they are known for their Premier and Grand Cru wines. And we happen to sell them at great prices.

• Domaine Ferret Pouilly Fuisse 2023
• Louis Jadot Chateau des Jacques Morgon 2023
• Louis Jadot Savigny Les Beaune 2021
• Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru 2023
• Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Celebration 2022
• Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Celebration 2018
• Louis Jadot Beaune Boucherottes 2023

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While it may be difficult to get in the US, it's pretty easy to find Chartreuse in France. Especially if you happen to be traveling there. Lexi recently visited the official Chartreuse store in Paris and brought back a variety pack of six different Chartreuse bottles, plus some Chartreuse hard candy. If you can't find Chartreuse don't worry, we have some alternatives to try also.

• Elixir Vegetal de la Grande Chartreuse
• Dolin Genepy des Chamois Bitter Liqueur

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Tasting blind is the only unbiased way to determine the best items on our shelves. This past spring, the Whiskey Hotline undertook a companywide blind bourbon tasting tournament to determine the best bourbon on our shelves without bias. Expert spirits staff from each of our 46 stores were brought together for a multiple round blind tasting that included 64 unique bourbons. We narrowed it down to 16, then tasted the top 4, determining the 4 best bourbons on our shelves tasted blind. This week on Barrel to Bottle we got to taste the top four.

• Angel's Envy Bourbon Port Barrel Finished Bourbon
• Noah's Mill Small Batch Bourbon
• Clark & Sheffield Original Barrel Proof Bourbon
• Maker's Mark Cask Strength 7-Year-Old Bourbon

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The Whiskey Hotline isn't just whiskey; it's specialty spirits from around the globe. And also, whiskey/whisky of course. This week, Dan stops by with new releases from Scotland, Kentucky, Vermont, Kentucky, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Kentucky, Scotland and France

• CRN 57 Vision Speyside Blended Malt
• CRN 57 12-Year-Old Speyside Blended Malt
• CRN 57 18-Year-Old Speyside Blended Malt
• CRN 57 25-Year-Old Speyside Blended Malt
• CRN 57 30-Year-Old Speyside Blended Malt
• Chicken Cock Old Glory Kentucky Straight Rye Blended with Laird's Apple Brandy
• WhistlePig Single Finish Bespoke 12-Year-Old Rye Os Rostrale Finished in ex-Monbazillac Binny's Handpicked
• Gambit No. 6 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Finished in Wine, Apple Brand, Sherry and Tokaji Casks
• Virginia Distillery Company 7-Year-Old American Single Malt Cigar Blend
• Four Roses 100 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Remus Distiller's Vault Series 9-Year-Old Straight Whiskey Binny's Handpicked
• Sazerac 125 Proof Straight Rye
• Kilchoman Loch Gorm 10-Year-Old ex-Sherry Cask Islay Single Malt Release 2026
• La Gauloise Green
• La Gauloise Yellow

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As the days get hotter and hotter, we're firing up the slushi machine once again to cool you off. We've got cocktails from the complicated to the RTS (ready to slush).

Check out the recipes on our blog.

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Maggie Kruse is only the second winemaker in the history of Jordan Winery. Jordan makes textbook California wine. You might even say it's category-defining. But it's also approachable luxury.

• Jordan Chardonnay 2022
• Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
• Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon Library Selection 2012

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What's new in beer? In a word: everything. New beers from classic breweries, classic beers making a return, the latest trends and a style we've never tried before on Barrel to Bottle.

• Hopewell Pocha Korean Lager
• Dogfish Head Grateful Dead Citrus Daydream Lager
• Stunt Double Strong Lager
• Lagunitas Trooper collaboration with Iron Maiden
• Bell's Citrus Hopslam
• Revolution Brunch Hero
• Sierra Nevada Porter
• Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Aged Cherry Stout
• Destihl Spicy Pickle Sour collaboration with Suckerpunch

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AI is everywhere these days; it's even made its way into the aisles of Binny's. Gabe and Jon, members of our crack wine team, compiled a list of questions they regularly receive. We'll ask AI for its answer and then ask Gabe and Jon to clean those answers up.

• Jean-Max Roger Menetou-Salon Morogues Le Petit Clos 2022
• Day Wines 100 Years a Lady Pinot Meunier 2022
• Alois Lageder Misto Mare Vigneti delle Dolomiti Bianco 2025
• Chateau Malartic Lagraviere Pessac Leognan Rouge 2014

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Dan loves Scotch. While he will drink it all year, not everyone is the same. This week he brought a sample box brimming with Summer Scotches. Perfect for hot days and ice-cold Highballs. Or maybe for cool summer nights around the fire.

• Auchentoshan 12-Year-Old Lowland Single Malt
• Fettercairn 12-Year-Old Highland Single Malt
• Glen Scotia 10-Year-Old Campbeltown Scotch
• Glenmorangie Single Malt Harrison Ford Edition
• Jura 12-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch
• Lochlea Our Barley Lowland Single Malt
• BenRiach 10-Year-Old Speyside Single Malt
• Glenglassaugh Portsoy Peated Highland Single Malt
• Torabhaig Taigh Isle of Skye Single Malt
• Highland Park Cask Strength Heather Limited Release 2025

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Kölsch, the beer of Cologne, Germany and a favorite among Chicago-area drinkers for several decades now. This week we're trying authentic German Kölsch, local favorites, and the beer that made Chicago fall in love with Kölsch. Plus an NA version for good measure.

• Früh Kölsch
• Gaffel Kölsch
• Reissdorf Kölsch
• Goose Island Summertime
• Three Floyds Calumet Queen
• Pollyanna Dawgma Kölsch
• Dovetail Kölsch
• Old Irving Della
• Best Day Brewing Kölsch-Style Non-Alcoholic

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Will it slush? This is the age-old question we will finally answer on Barrel to Bottle. Somehow, we got a slushie machine and every time we think of something that might be better as a semi-frozen drink, we fire up the machine and the record and answer the question, will it slush?

See the cocktail recipes that worked, on our blog.

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