Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast

Apr 10 2025 404 ep. 44 mins 79
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Binny's Beverage Depot is the Midwest's largest wine, spirits and beer superstore. If you can't find it at Binny's, it's probably not worth drinking.

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What's New in Beer - April 2025

Apr 10 2025 57 mins  
What’s new, and newly returned in beer? For every brewery that’s innovating, there’s another brewery revisiting classic styles, or resurrecting classic beers. Newcastle Brown Ale Noon Whistle Fortunate Day Revolution DDH Nelson Hero Off Color Sibling Rivalry Avery The Reverend Pollyanna Czech Dark Lager Phase Three Kastalia collaboration with Binny’s If you have a questio

Spring Wines 30 Under $30

Apr 03 2025 54 mins  
Binny’s wine consultants always have great wine to recommend, at any price point, in any style. For the spring season, we asked all 46 stores to hold their own blind tastings of their favorite wines under $30. The first and second place wine from each store were blind tasted by wine consultants throughout the chain at our quarterly wine meeting and narrowed down to the top 30. A

Bargain Tequila Blind Taste

Mar 27 2025 50 mins  
Barrel to Bottle is back with another blind tasting, just in time for summer tequila season. Dan brought 12 tequilas under $40; four each of blanco, reposado and añejo. These are perfect for mixing with your favorite tequila cocktail, but you might find a few you just want to sip on as well. Blanco Lunazul Blanco Tequila Cimarron Blanco Tequila Aguasol Blanco Tequila Lalo Teq

New Wines For Spring

Mar 20 2025 55 mins  
Binny’s is constantly getting new products, and Chris always has his eye on different, interesting and fun wines for us to try. After taking a stroll through the domestic wine aisles, he found eight new wines for spring. Andis Wines Semillon Bill Dillian Vineyard 2023 Presqu’ile Chardonnay 2023 Left Foot Charley Riesling Le Caban Old Mission Peninsula 2023 Giornata Orangotango

Hirsch Whiskey's Kevin Aslan

Mar 13 2025 41 mins  
Kevin Aslan is Head Distiller for Hirsch Whiskey as well as the other Hotaling brands like Old Portrero and Junipero Gin. Starting at the beloved Anchor Brewing (RIP), Kevin moved over to Anchor Distilling (now Hotaling) and spent ten years resurrecting the Hirsch brand with former guest of the pod Bruce Joseph. Hirsch ‘The Horizon’ Straight Bourbon Hirsch ‘The Bivouac’

Bourbon Bargains

Mar 06 2025 55 mins  
We at Barrel to Bottle have long maintained that blind tasting is the best way to taste anything. It can be a bit terrifying, but it’s the only way to get an unvarnished opinion on anything. Roger has long been an advocate of high proof, budget bourbons and whiskies, so we’re blinding 12 American whiskies under $30 and readily available at your neighborhood Binny’s. Old Gran

Kimio Yonezawa

Feb 27 2025 47 mins  
Kimio Yonezawa is the President and Toji (master sake distiller) at Akashi Tai Brewery, and master distiller at the Kaikyō Distillery. This week we're sampling sake and learning from an expert about the best ways to enjoy it and what you can pair it with. We're also sampling their Japanese whiskies and gin. Akashi Tai Junmai Ginjo Sparkling Akashi Tai Tokubetsu Honjozo Sake Hatoz

B2B Quick Sips: The New Orleans Sazerac

Feb 25 2025 12 mins  
On this B2B Quick Sips, we're whipping up the official cocktail of New Orleans; no it's not the Hurricane. The Sazerac has a long history, as twisty as the lemon garnish this famous cocktail calls for. Laissez les bon temps rouler! Check out the recipe on the Binny's blog.

De-Cider For Yourself - Barrel to Bottle Makes a Case for Hard Cider

Feb 20 2025 52 mins  
Do you like juicy IPAs? How about some actual juice? Hard cider was likely America’s first alcoholic beverage, but the industry was destroyed by Prohibition. Nearly 100 years later, cider is finally starting to recover. Original Sin Dry Rosé JK’s Farmhouse Ciders Scrumpy Right Bee Cider Semi-Dry Stormalong Cider Farmstand Unfiltered Schilling Excelsior Imperial Apple Se

West Coast IPAs

Jan 23 2025 46 mins  
Have you suffered in silence during the hazy days of craft beer IPA? Well, Roger has some good news! The hazy crazy is not over, but more and more people are embracing both old school and modern West Coast IPAs. Bitterness and balance are back! Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA Roadhouse Interstellar Kush collaboration with Half Acre Half Acre Sunrise Vallejo Half Acre Drip Castle