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May 23, 2022 (Lexington, KY.)  -- Lexington-based RD1 Spirits has won Double Platinum at Fred Minnick’s 2022 ASCOT Awards for their Wm. Tarr - Manchester Reserve 114 proof. This is yet another award the young brand has won. Other awards for this expression include Platinum (2021 Las Vegas Global Spirits Awards), Gold (2021 Denver International Spirits Competition), and Gold - 94 points (2021 Beverage Tasting Institute).   “We are excited and honored to have won Double Platinum for our 114 Manchester Reserve,” said Barry Brinegar, National Brand Ambassador RD1 Spirits. “Being part of a brand with deep, historical roots is...

In 1865, the Ashland Distillery was established, the first to obtain a federally registered distillery license, and was assigned RD#1. Located on Manchester Street at the city limits of Lexington, KY, today, the remains of the original distillery can be found at what is now the entrance to Lexington's Distillery District. In 2021, RD1 Distillery was reborn with the mission to bring a portfolio that inherits the storied history of the distillery but also a quality worth of Lexington's legendary whiskey heritage.  Below is a detailed history of our Distillery and the personal stories of the key figures in our...

In this episode, they speak to Barry Brinegar of William Tarr Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky, and Moonshine University out of Louisville, Kentucky.

Co-hosts : Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Alan, Made Man Maury, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man Bob SIPS  Episode –  A bunch of sourced whiskey from MGP. Nothing worse than having the Dead Man’s Hand. You should bet on this whiskey. Thank god the lawyers are not doing the math on what makes quality whiskey. Fred Noe walks in and crushes the conversation on quality with an interesting 15-year Knob Creek. Beam is sitting on the largest inventory of well-aged whiskey in KY. We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:   6:40 Deadwood Straight Bourbon-  81 proof...