Holly and Charles, the owners of First Fill Spirits, a curated whiskey shop in Saratoga Springs, New York, discuss all things whiskey and single cask spirits. New products to the shop, blind tastings, distillery reviews, and more, while we hang out at our shop. www.firstfillspirits.com
In this episode we talk about our upcoming Coastal Scotch & Lost Lantern Seminar along with our April 24th Independent Spirits Film Screening in Saratoga! Charles is headed for Japan but we still got a podcast in, yes!
NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP
Hard Truth Rye Single Barrel Cask Strength
Bardstown Bourbon Co. Collaborative Series Silver Oak
Kings County Barrel Strength Peated Bourbon
Rare Character Bourbon Batch 14
Heaven Hill Bourbon & Rye Grain to Glass Chinquapin Oak
Old Carter Batch 15 Rye
Lucky Seven The Hold Up 9YR Bourbon
Hurst & Knoll Rare Character Rye
H.K. Young Wheated Bourbon Toasted Finish
Glaschu GlenAllachie 10YR Pedro Ximenez
Glaschu Ledaig 10YR Pedro Ximenez
Uncharted "Park Life" Highland Park 20YR
Nc'nean Quiet Rebels "Simon" Stout Finished Single Malt
Ardnamurchan Peated Sauternes
Kilchoman 100% Islay Batch 13
Daftmill 2010 12YR Cask Strength USA Single Malt
Filey Bay English Single Malt
Whisky Festival Lists
https://whiskycast.com/calendar-of-events/
https://drammer.com/whisky-festivals-calendar
https://insidethecask.com/whisky-events-festivals/
Check out firstfillspirits.com for all bottles, travel & news.
Thanks for listening!
20 Feb 2026
J.J. Corry, Four Roses Sale
In this episode we taste some limited edition J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey releases that may be something special at the shop soon. What perfect timing as well, since we just had Louise McGuane, the founder and blender, in the shop this past week. Then we discuss the Four Roses sale and all of our latest seminars.
NEW BOTTLES TO THE SHOP -- WHY ARE THESE HERE?
Glaschu Glenallachie 10YR
Uncharted Park Life (Highland Park) 20YR
Nulu Hazmat Bourbons - over 70% ABV!
New Louisville Bourbon/Rye Hazmats
Super Freak 11+YR Bourbon
Shady Knoll Rye & Four Grain Whiskey
Croithli Irish Whiskeys
Holmes Cay - Venezuelan Rum
Rolling Fork Barbados & Jamaican Rums
FOUR ROSES SALE Article from Distillery Trail (https://www.distillerytrail.com/blog/four-roses-distillery-sold-to-u-s-based-and-family-owned-e-j-gallo-winery-for-775-million/)
*cool graphic about beer, wine and spirits sales in this.
Check out firstfillspirits.com for all bottles, travel & news. Thanks for listening!
16 Jan 2026
Lost Lantern, We're Back!
We're back! Our last episode was in November 2024, but we have to do what our customers want, and two of you mentioned that you missed our podcast. We missed it too, so we'll be releasing one episode a month. In this episode, we discuss the innovation and creativity of Lost Lantern, the independent bottler of American Whiskey. Creativity and quality whiskey are essential in the chaos of this whiskey world. Then, we taste our latest store pick single barrel of Bourbon, James E. Pepper. It literally arrived an hour before we recorded! Feels good to be back.
BOTTLES THAT SHOULD NOT STILL BE HERE:
Kilchoman Muscat & Madeira Casks
Ardnamurchan Sherry Unpeated Single Cask
Nc’Nean Calvados & Ex-Bourbon Single Casks
Craigellachie Murray McDavid Red Wine Cask 14YR
Living Souls Lagmore (Ballindalloch)
Rare Character Batch 05 Rye
Lost Lantern Frey Ranch Rye/Far North
Mars YA #03
Kanosuke 2023
Amrut Aatma Spectrum Cask
All travel trips can be found here (https://www.firstfillspirits.com/category/travel/).
Check out all of our products at www.firstfillspirits.com (http://www.firstfillspirits.com/)
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