Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast

Every year, the Barrel to Bottle crew is lucky enough to get an early preview of Goose Island’s Bourbon County Brand Stout. This year’s line-up is focused on the importance of barrels, and revisits some favorite recipes from the past with new twists.   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 third Thursday of November is Beaujolais Nouveau Day. It also happens to be a week before Thanksgiving, which is convenient because this wine is easy to pair with the vast array of flavors on your holiday table. Take a quick sip of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2024 with Barrel to Bottle.  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.

For the second year, Binny’s presents its list of the Top 50 Wines Under $50. Wine consultants from every Binny’s location conducted their own tasting of their top wines of 2024; from favorites in crowded categories to esoteric, off-the-beaten path offerings, this list has something for everyone. This week on Barrel to Bottle, we’re highlighting ten to try from this year’s list, in no particular order. Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2022 Trefethen Dry Riesling 2023 Turley White Zinfandel 2023 Ramey Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2022 Domaine Jean Marc Burgaud Morgon Les Charmes 2022 Girolamo Russo a Rina Etna Rosso 2022 Raul Perez Ultreia St. Jacques 2021 Domaine Drouhin Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2022 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Telegramme Chateauneuf du Pape 2021 Jansz Premium Rosé 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.  

Master Blender Ashley Barnes is a super taster with an analytical mind. With a background in molecular biology, she consults with distilleries on quality control and other aspects of their business. This week we’re sampling some of her favorite releases. E.J. Curley & Company Small Batch Bourbon Lucky Seven ‘The Frenchman’ French Oak Finishing Barrel #20 Binny’s Handpicked Lucky Seven ‘The Holiday Toast’ Double Oak Finish 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.  

Dr. Rachel Barrie is the Master Blender for Glenglassaugh, BenRiach and Glendronach. On this episode of Barrel to Bottle, Dr. Rachel meditatively guides us through the sweet side of Speyside. Then we meditatively guide her through a Scotch and flavored popcorn pairing.  Glenglassaugh Sandend Highland Single Malt BenRiach Cask Edition 10-Year-Old ex-Tennessee Whiskey Barrel #6247 2009 BenRiach Cask Edition 10-Year-Old Virgin Oak Barrel #7731 2010 Garrett Popcorn Caramel Crisp Garrett Popcorn Cheese Corn 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 never been easier to flex your mixology skills at home than it is now. The ingredients are better, the equipment is more advanced, the techniques are easy to master. This week on Barrel to Bottle we’re going to teach you how to impress your friends and family with five cocktails, along with recommendations for accessories and ingredients you can purchase or make yourself. Check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog.  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.    

If you can’t handle the tannins, get out of Montalcino. Or grab some rich, fatty foods like pecorino toscano, fennel-rich finnochiona, butter and crusty Tuscan bread. This week we’re highlighting Tuscan wines from Montalcino and the surrounding area.   Altesino Rosso 2022 Caprili Rosso di Montalcino 2022 Caprili Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Tenute Silvio Nardi Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino White Label 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.  

It’s Pumpkin SZN! It’s been here for a while because seasonal creep starts earlier and earlier. At the height of the pumpkin craze, our stores were packed with pumpkin and pumpkin-spiced beverages. But after a bit of a lull, pumpkin is on the rise again and the great news is all our favorites are still around.           We’ve got a whole patch of pumpkin beers, wines and spirits to try this week. If you like pumpkin, you’re not basic! Drink what you like! Big Muddy Pumpkin Smasher Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale Schlafly Pumpkin Ale Schlafly Vanilla Pumpkin Ale Off Color Pumpkin Beer for Cafés Southern Tier Caramel Pumking New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin Leelanau Cellars Witches Brew Spiced Apple Prairie State Pumpkin Wine St. Julian Pumpkin Spice Latte Fulton’s Harvest Pumpkin Pie Cream Liqueur Buzzballz Pumpkin 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.  

There are always new items in the spirits aisles of Binny’s. While bourbon is still very much the focus, don’t forget about Scotch, Rye and even Scottish Rye. Jim Beam Sunshine Blend J. Reiger & Co. Straight Bourbon Bardstown Bourbon Company Origin Series Wheated Still Austin High Rye Bourbon Single Barrel #2020/008-1 Binny’s Handpicked Angel’s Envy Bourbon Sherry Barrel Select #CE055 Binny’s Handpicked SirDavis Rye RyeLaw Scottish Rye Whisky Yellowstone American Single Malt Single Barrel #SM090 Yellowstone American Single Malt Single Barrel #SM056 FEW Spirits Chicago Smokeworks Cherrywood Smoked Malt Whiskey Gordon Daniels Linkwood 15-Year-Old Speyside 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.  

Oktoberfest is probably our most beloved seasonal beer style, so it just makes sense for Barrel to Bottle to regularly revisit Märzens and Festbiers. There are so many Oktoberfest-adjacent beers on our shelves that we can do an episode almost every year with little to no overlap. This year, we’ve got a slew of American craft takes on the styles, and only one from Germany. So lace up your dirndl and grab your liter glass, it’s time for Gemütlichkeit. Urban Chestnut O-Katz Oachkatzlschwoaf Oktoberfest Pollyanna Fruhauf Oktoberfest Art History Artoberfest Central Waters Octoberfest Lager Rhinegeist Franz Hofbrauhaus-Freising Festbier Maplewood Festbier Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest collaboration with Brauerei Gutmann 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.  

Pinot Noir can sometimes seem daunting to some wine drinkers, but it’s not. This week, Chris has five wines from the Willamette Valley 2022 vintage. Originally, experts thought 2022 was going to be a continuation of a run of bad vintages, but things turned around with high quality fruit and better yields than predicted. Maison Noir OPP Other People’s Pinot 2022 Hyland Estates Petit Pinot Noir 2022 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Dundee Hills 2022 Cristom Pinot Noir Mt. Jefferson Cuvee 2022 Patricia Green Pinot Noir La Belle Promenade Vineyard 2022 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.  

Summer may be drawing to a close, but it’s going to stay warm for a while. That means there’s plenty of time to fire up your blender and rethink frozen cocktails.  They don’t need to be sweet and overbearing, they can be balanced and still refreshing and delicious. You can check out all the cocktail recipes on our blog.  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.

Rum: underappreciated and misunderstood. That’s why we keep doing rum episodes, because it deserves the attention, Plus, it’s the Summer of Rum. Pat has brought in a treasure trove of new and new-to-Binny’s rums that run the gamut from lighter to funky, blended to single barrel, flavored to full-proof, sweet to estery.  Virago Four Port Rum Virago Ruby Port Cask Rum DeHart Grander Trophy Release Small Batch Single Origin Panama Rum Diplomatico Selección de la Familia Rum Planteray Mr. Fogg Sail Navy Rum Sail no. 1 Rhum JM 8-Year-Old ex-Bourbon Barrel #0001 Binny’s Handpicked 2014 Rhum Clement 5-Year-Old ex-Scotch Barrel #0034 Binny’s Handpicked Holmes Cay Fiji Single Origin Blend Rum Holmes Cay Reunion Island Grande Arome Rhum Worthy Park Single Estate 109 Proof Jamaica Pot Distilled Rum Worthy Park Estate White Overproof Pot Still Jamaica Rum Planteray Rum Cut & Dry Coconut 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.  

Like the Quadrennial Summer Sports Competition, Binny’s shelves have representation from all over the world. Pat didn’t bring a bottle from every country, luckily, but he, Roger and Chris brought spirits, beer and wine from around the world. Let the games begin! South Korea: SoonHari Apple Mango Switzerland: Chateau de Trevelin Chasselas Aubonne 2022 Canada: Unibroue Don de Dieu China: Kweichow Moutai (coming soon) Serbia: Vinarija Deurić Severna Morava 2020 Germany: Flensburger Pilsner Turkey: Tekirdag Rakisi Gold Series Aged 100% Grape Raki Mexico: Monte Xanic Sauvignon Blanc Mexico: Mezcal Vago by Tio Rey Binny’s Ensamble Poland: Zywiec Porter South Africa: Bayab African Grown Classic Dry Gin Georgia: Kakhuri Gvinis Marani Mukuzani Dry Georgian Red Czech Republic: BrouCzech Dark Lager Sweden: Åhus Akvavit North Macedonia: Ezimit Vranec 2020 Jamaica: Dragon Stout Japan: Suntory Hakushu 12-Year-Old Peated Japanese Single Malt Whisky Armenia: Tree of Life Pomegranate Wine Belgium: Trappistes Rochefort 8 Scotland: Laphroaig Cairdeas 10-Year-Old Cask Strength 2024 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.  

America’s Founding Fathers loved Madeira, and so does our own Roger Adamson. Regular listeners will know how much he brings it up and how much he’s been wanting to do a Madeira episode. Who better to talk Madeira with than Chris Blandy? His family has been involved in making Madeira on the island for seven generations.   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.  

Viral cocktails have been on Pat’s radar for years now, and we finally have a Gen Z co-host in touch with what the kids (21+) are drinking these days. This week Lexi does all the work for Pat and mixes Tik-Tok worthy cocktails for her unenthusiastic co-hosts.  Grab all the recipes on our blog.  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 winter, Binny’s spirits buyers gather all the new ready-to-drink canned cocktails for a massive tasting. This event, known as Canapalooza, is where they narrow down hundreds of products to the ones that are worth drinking. For every can you find on the shelf, there are probably 10 or more that were rejected. Are you stilly, or bubby? These are this year’s standouts. Good Boy Vodka John Daly Cocktail Surfside 8 Pack Cans Vosa Vodka Water Vosa High Line Minus 196 Vodka Seltzer Variety Carbliss Passion Fruit Vodka Cocktail Carbliss Margarita Three Floyds Vodka Splash Orange, Lemon & Pineapple The Long Drink Company Peach Cocktail Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop Cutwater Grape Vodka Transfusion Pusser’s Rum Painkiller Cocktail Tip Top Bees Knees 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 the second part of our two-parter highlighting some of the many new arrivals to our stores. Last week we covered beer, cider, and wine. This week, we’re on to spirits. Dewar’s Double Double 21-Year-Old Ruby Marsala Cask Finished Binny’s Handpicked Santa Teresa 1796 Limited Edition Arabica Coffee Cask Finished Rum Mount Gay Eclipse Navy Strength Rum Patron Cristalino Tequila WhistlePig CampStock Wheat Whiskey 2024 Ardnamurchan First Fill ex-PX Sherry Hogshead #1322 Binny’s Handpicked Highland Single Malt Lagavulin 11-Year-Old Offerman Edition Finished in Caribbean Oak Casks Limited Release 2024 Sunshine Punch Orange Cream Cocktail 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.

Things are never quiet at the receiving dock of your local Binny’s. New items are coming in constantly and it’s hard to keep track of everything. As usual, Barrel to Bottle is here with some helpful recommendations. We have so many new arrivals that we had to do a two-parter. First up is beer, cider, and wine. Urban Chestnut Old Maibock collaboration with Old Nation Roaring Table Holiday Romance Hopewell Noble Device collaboration with Binny’s JK’s Farmhouse Ciders Patriotic Paw Paw Three Floyds Battle of the Barbarians collaboration with Binny’s Three Floyds Bubblegumhead Straight Malt Whiskey Luis Pato Vinho Espumante Maria Gomes Francis Blanchet Pouilly Fume Calcite 2023 Attems Pinot Grigio 2023 Chateau Trinquevedel Tavel Rosé 2023 Turley Zinfandel Juvenile 2022 Chateau Poujeaux Moulis 2015 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.  

Have you ever had Danish whisky? Neither have we! Lasse Vesterby is one of nine co-founders of Stauning Whisky. At Stauning, they distill Danish-grown rye and barely and floor malt everything at their facility. Stauning Rye Whisky Stauning Bastard Rye Whisky Finished in ex-Mezcal Barrels Stauning El Clasico Rye Whisky Finished in Vermouth Barrels Stauning Kaos Blended Malt Whisky Stauning Smoke Single Malt Danish Whisky 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.