#michter's

This time around, we're in Columbia, South Carolina for The Great American Whiskey Fair. We'll talk with local distillers creating unique whiskies with local grains, and we'll also look at a global issue: the potential impact of climate change on the whisky industry. Researchers have been looking at the impact of global warming on barley production for beer, but they also see a serious problem for whisky distillers, too. In the news, Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard is planning another expansion at Midleton Distillery and the rest of its facilities in Ireland to meet projected demand, and we'll have the latest on new whiskies and executive changes, along with a tribute to one of whisky's quiet giants.

Michter’s sour mash

Whenever Ambrosia was in the People’s Utopia of Milk and Honey, she visited the Nectar Falls. She would admire the glimmering of the three suns on the slow and majestic amber flows for hours on end.

The house was empty. All the furniture had been hauled away and the plates and glasses and toys and books packed into boxes and carried out. All that was left was a forgotten old doormat, eager to welcome anyone who would look down instead of walking over.

Michael stood on the bank of a river. A tall, lone man rowed a ferry toward the shore with a single oar. As the boat got closer, Michael recognized the ferryman. Michael was horrified to realize he didn't have a coin on him to pay for his final passage.

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

they floated into the Tunnel of Love holding hands and feeding each other cotton candy unaware that the ride was a portal to the Upside Down where they plunged into the Vortex of Hatred clenching fists and lashing each other with barbed wire unaware that the whirl was a portal to the Downside Up where