Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast

Provence might be the epicenter of Rosé but you can find the style all over the world. If you can grow grapes, you’re probably making Rosé. This week on Barrel to Bottle, with warm weather approaching, we are checking out Rosés from around the world. The grapes and methods are different everywhere but they’re all great in spring, summer and really all year round. Txomin Etxaniz Txakoli Rosé 2023Day Wines Pinot Noir Rosé Lemonade 2022Charles Gonnet Rosé Vin de Savoie 2023The Pale Rosé 2023Domaines Ott by Ott Cotes de Provence Rosé 2023Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Rosé 2023Hatziyiannis Roditis RoseSierra Cantabria Rosé 2023 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Binny’s has a vast resource of knowledgeable wine associates, probably the best in the business with arguably the biggest selection. While it is possible to stumble onto a hidden gem, Pat and Rog wanted to tap into our vast resources by engaging with our passionate staff members. Join us for Pat & Rog’s Excellent Wine Adventure. Be excellent to each other, this will not be a bogus journey. Also, a listener question about the difference between white, red and dry vermouths. Paul Prieur Sancerre 2022Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022Punta Crena Mataossu Vigneto Reine 2021Tsiakkas Xinisteri Cyprus White 2022Hyland Estates Riesling 2022Li Veli Askos Susumaniello 2022Les Vins Pirouettes Ultra Violet de David If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

What’s New in Beer? As always, the beer shelves are constantly changing and we’re here to help you make sense of the new brands, styles, returning favorites in new packaging and special releases. Firestone Walker XPAWeihenstephaner Braupakt collaboration w/St. BernardusMaplewood Belle La VieStormalong Cider UnfilteredSouthern Tier Orange Twist collaboration w/Perry’s Ice CreamDeschutes Black Butte NA PorterMaplewood In Dark TreesAleSmith Speedway Stout New Orleans Café If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Take a trip to Northern Italy with Barrel to Bottle this week. Chris brought wines from the broader Langhe Hills, along with some everyday drinking wines from the region, and wines from the much-hyped 2019 vintage. As with much of what we feature on the podcast, these wines pair great with a wide variety of food. Ca del Sarto Barbera d’Alba 2021Vietti Dolcetto d’Alba 2022Paolo Scavino Langhe Nebbiolo 2022Bruno Giacosa Nebbiola d’Alba 2020Silvio Grasso Barolo 2019GD Vajra Barolo Albe 2019Broccardo Barolo Bricco San Pietro 2019 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Celebrities, they’re just like you: they love wine. In some cases they like wine so much they create their own brand or buy an existing brand. Taking us down this Hollywood Walk of Fame of celebrity wines is Ray Denton, from our Elmwood Park store. Viarae ProseccoInvivo X SJP Sauvignon Blanc Sarah Jessica Parker 2023Plumpjack Chardonnay Reserve 2020Sun Goddess Pinot Grigio Ramato 2021Avaline RoséGnarly Head Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 2020Z Alexander Brown Ole Smoky Whiskey Barrel Aged Cabernet Sauvignon 2021Inglenook Rubicon 2018 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

We’ve covered bocks before on Barrel to Bottle, but as interest in lagers continues to grow at a rapid pace, Roger thought this was the best time to revisit the style. Ayinger MaibockRoaring Table MaibockWeihenstephaner KorbinianGoldfinger Złotonator DoppelbockMaplewood Dark Trees Sketchbook Illustrator DoppelbockBoulevard Dark CratorPollyanna JötunheimrPollyanna Double Frozen Bourbon Barrel Aged Jötunheimr If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

The Whiskey Hotline is constantly bringing in new and interesting single barrels from your favorite distilleries. Some even Whiskey Hotline Handpicks are the best value in spirits. This week we’re sampling Tequila, Irish Whiskey and Bourbon. Also this week, a question from a listener about adding water to your bourbon or whiskey. El Tesoro Reposado Single Barrel #B024L323 Binny's HandpickedEl Tesoro Reposado Single Barrel #B077L315 Binny's HandpickedTeeling Irish Single Malt finished in Virgin Chestnut Wood Cask #77557 Binny's HandpickedTeeling Single Pot Still finished in ex Ginger Beer Cask #79298 Binny's HandpickedWilderness Trail Wheated Bourbon Single Barrel #771359 Binny's HandpickedDark Arts Whiskey House Straight Bourbon Barely Legal Finished in ex Madeira Cask #MBL1 Binny's HandpickedDark Arts Straight Rye Finished with Toasted Amburana Staves in Single ex Maple Syrup Barrel # RM1 Binny's Handpicked If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Even the Barrel to Bottle crew can walk the aisles of Binny’s, with our thousands of bottles and cans, and wonder “What the Hell Does That Taste Like?” Occasionally it behooves us then, to do an episode dedicated to answering this question. Roger, Chris and Pat have assembled a line-up of beer, wine and spirits that are a little esoteric, a little off the beaten path or just plain odd. Plus, a special treat: the first-ever Binny’s Barrel to Bottle Handpicked. Three Floyds Jinx Proof LagerHopewell TankbeerMount Saint Bernard Abbey Tynt MeadowDonna’s Pickle BeerMartin House Brewing Best Made Sour Pickle BeerDestihl Suckerpunch Dill Pickle SourEvolucio Furmint 2022Domaine Ostertag Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2021Domaine Chevillon Bourgogne Rouge Passetoutgrains 2020Domaine Bernard Fleuriet Sancerre Rouge Tradition 2020Bodega Garzon Marselan Reserva 2020Elena Walch Lagrein 2022Koval Organic Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Jackfruit Barrels Binny’s Barrel to Bottle Handpicked Single BarrelThree Floyds Bubblegumhead Straight Malt WhiskeyDivine Distillers Pandan RumEmpirical Spirits Doritos SpiritZubrowka Bison Grass VodkaNorth Shore Distillery Amaro BakamaroJean Paul Mette Spiritueux de Ail If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This week, we head to Germany for the second in our series of dark larger podcasts. Get ready for Dunkels and Schwarzbierss and Emmenthalers and Thuringers. Roger brought the goods with a Brophy’s worth of beer and the finest meats and cheeses to pair with them. Prost! Hofbräu Munchen DunkelHofbräuhaus-Freising DunkelWeltenburger Barock DunkelDovetail Dunkel LagerFlensburger DunkelRoaring Table DunkelAyinger Bavarian Dark LagerUrban Chestnut DorfbierWeihenstephaner Hefeweissbier DunkelGoldfinger DunkelGoldfinger Black LagerKöstritzer Schwarzbier If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Bill Foley has irons in a lot of fires. He owns the Las Vegas Golden Knights and AFC Bournemouth in the English Premiere League. More relevant to Barrel to Bottle, he also owns Foley Family Wines, Charles Goodnight Bourbon in Texas, and Lighthouse Gin in New Zealand. This week on Barrel to Bottle we’ll cover the ins and outs of the wine and spirits world as well as the NHL and the EPL. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

We like to get esoteric on Barrel to Bottle, but this might be our most esoteric topic yet: Shochu (not to be confused with Soju). What is it, how is it made, what does it taste like and what do you do with it? This week we welcome Jay, Binny's resident Shochu expert/enthusiast, to answer these questions. He’s here to guide us through Shochu 101, sampling Shochus from four different styles. Furusawa Motoko Honkaku Shochu Made With Rice Yokka Ryukyu Awamori Made With 4 Day Koji Iichiko Shochu Tensei Mugi Hokka Honkaku Shochu Made With Barley Furusawa Masako Honkaku Shochu Made With Barley Mizu Shochu Saga Barley Fukano Cask Strength Japanese Whisky 2023 Edition Shoro Colorful Honkaku Shochu Nishihira Kana Kokuto Sugar Rice Shochu If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Head on down to the RUM SHOW! Over the busy holiday season, we quietly got shipments of six Binny’s Handpicked rums and you’re in luck because we still have them in stock! Forget everything you think you know about rum, because you’ve been missing out on some of the best bang for your buck in the category of aged spirits. El Dorado 10-Year-Old Single Barrel 032/2023 Binny’s Handpicked from Coffey Savalle and Wooden Pot StillsEl Dorado 11-Year-Old Single Barrel 031/2023 Binny’s Handpicked from Coffey Savalle and Versailles Wood Pot StillsFoursquare Rum Distillery Single Blended Rum Aged 12 Years in ex-Bourbon Casks Binny’s Private SelectRolling Fork 9-Year-Old Barbados Rum Port Cask Aged #22 4031 Binny’s HandpickedRolling Fork 13-Year-Old Jamaican Rum Worthy Park Weller Barrel Finished #22 4144 Binny’s HandpickedRolling Fork 12-Year-Old Brazilian Rum Epris #22 4057 Binny’s Handpicked If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Whose Wine Is It Anyway? Are You Smarter Than a Podcast Host? Wine, Lose or Draw! This week on Barrel to Bottle, Pat, Greg and Roger are competing to see who knows the most about wine. Your hosts, Alicia and Chris, brought along some wine to sample just so Pat wouldn’t get too bored and start complaining. Mary Taylor Cahors 2020Barista Pinotage 2022Marc Ollivier Domaine de la Pepiere Clisson Muscadet 2020Rombauer Chardonnay 2022Cave Spring Cellars Riesling Icewine 2019Pra Amarone della Valpolicella 2016 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

We're back with part 2 of our two-parter covering Whisky Advocate's top 20 of 2023. Check out part 1 on our blog. 10. Glendronach Cask Strength Batch #12 9. Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Foursquare Rum Cask Finish 8. Glenmorangie A Tale of Forest Limited Release #9 Botanical Infusion 7. Dewar’s Double Double 21-Year-Old Mizunara Cask Finished 6. Maker’s Mark 11-Year-Old Cellar Aged 2023 Limited Release 4. Little Book Chapter 7 In Retrospect Blended American Whiskey 2023 Limited Release 3. Westland Garryana 2023 Edition 8 Native Oak Series 2. Highland Park Cask Strength Release No. 4 1. Glenglassaugh Sandend Highland Single Malt If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Every year, Binny’s sees more and more bottles from Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 on our shelves. With seventeen bottles this year, we had to make this a two-parter. We’ll be counting down from 20 to 11 this week, check back next week for the final ten. 20. Ezra Brooks Straight Rye Whiskey 99 Proof 18. Teeling Single Pot Still Portuguese Oak Wonders of Wood 17. Crown Royal Noble Collection Barley Edition 15. Old Elk Port Cask Finished Bourbon Limited Release 14. Glenfiddich 12-Year-Old Sherry Cask 13. Hemingway Rye Signature Edition Blend of Straight Rye Finished in Rum Seasoned Oloroso Sherry Casks 12. Blue Run Trifecta 2023 Limited Release 3 Barrel Bourbon Blend 11. Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 Aged 6, 7, 8 & 13-Year-Old From IN, KY and TN If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

What’s new in beer? There’s ALWAYS something new in beer, because beer drinkers have become accustomed to breweries releasing a new beer every week. One positive that comes from this onslaught of new beers is breweries revisiting classic styles. Roger brought in a slew of new releases, re-releases and one rebrand, plus none of them are Czech Dark Lagers! Urban Chestnut Czech PilsnerPollyanna Rustic Route collaboration with Goldfinger and Binny’sThree Floyds Return of the AncientsFirestone Walker Mind HazeFirestone Walker Mind Haze Brain MelterFirestone Walker Mind Haze Cosmic CrusherBuckleDown Barbaric Blood Red Ale collaboration with Vault ComicsRevolution Repo Man If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It’s yet another Whiskey Hotline episode, this must be some kind of record. Owen Martin is master distiller at Angel’s Envy, but his career in the beverage alcohol industry goes back years and covers both brewing and distilling. Studying distilling at the illustrious Harriet Watt and working in Stranahan’s cask-finishing program was a natural precursor to working at Angel’s Envy. Angel’s Envy just released their cask-strength rye to go along with the cask-strength bourbon. We also have five new Binny’s Handpicked single barrels in stores now. Angel's Envy Bourbon Barrel Select #231237 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Mark Reynier has a lot to say about terroir, but this isn’t a wine episode. While Mark does have an extensive wine background, his passion now is spirits terroir. After re-establishing Bruichladdich, he founded Waterford Whisky in Ireland and the Renegade Rum Distillery in Grenada. This week on Barrel to Bottle, we’re sampling Waterford single malts and Renegade rum, while Mark shares his thoughts on barley and sugar cane terroir. Waterford Single Farm Origin Dunbell Irish Single Malt Edition 1.1Waterford Single Farm Origin Dunmore Irish Single Malt Edition 1.1Waterford Peated Fenniscourt Irish Single MaltWaterford The Cuvee Irish Single Malt If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Czech Dark Lager is a thing, Roger isn’t just willing it into existence. Over the past year many local breweries have paid homage to the style. This week, Roger brought in a Brophy’s worth of Czech Dark Lagers, both local and imported, for a blind taste test. We’re also pairing these beers with walnuts, Arkansas Black apples, smoked goose breast and two kinds of cheese. Na zdraví! Lev Lion Dark LagerDovetail Czech Dark LagerPraga Dark LagerHalf Acre Czech Dark LagerOff Color Ten Crowns Czech Dark LagerBrouCzech Dark LagerArt History VařitaceRevolution PragueressSamson Dark LagerHopewell Certified Czech Dark LagerArt History Wenceslas If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Last week, we welcomed Binny’s team of experienced buyers and asked them to pick their favorite or favorites from 2023. Now, it’s Barrel to Bottle’s turn to tackle this difficult question. Wine, spirits and beer, what are Barrel to Bottle’s favorites from 2023? Roger’s Picks Off Color Beer for Dealing With Your Family Chris’ Picks Robert Weil Kiedrich Grafenberg Riesling Spatlese 2021Val de Garrigues Cotes du Rhone Black 2022 Pat’s two and only two Picks Teeling 17-Year-Old Single Malt Finished in Loupiac Cask #16549 Binny’s HandpickedGeorge Remus 6-Year-Old Highest Rye Bourbon 51% Corn 39% Rye 10% Malted Rye Jim’s Picks Ommegang GnommegangNoon Whistle Your Gummy Vol. 4 collaboration with Binny’s Alicia’s Picks Paul Lato Pinot Noir The Matinee 2021Pierre Moncuit Millesime 2008 Jenna’s Pick Forge Cellars Riesling Classique 2021 Greg’s Pick di Padrino Rosso Sweet VermouthCappelletti Mazzura Aperitivo Bitter Jim’s Honorable Mention Great Lakes Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at comments@binnys.com, or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you’ll get a $20 Binny’s Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.