Susannah SB
@whattastesgood.bsky.social
Tasting and writing about whisky and all things spirituous since 2012. she/her
susannahskiverbarton.com
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This account and this thread truly never disappoint
Day #168: The Exciting World of the Metric System (1976)
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This account and this thread truly never disappoint
This man is goals
50 years ago the BBC filmed this incredible documentary about a Scotsman named Big Jim who regularly rode a bicycle 22 miles through the Highlands to visit a friend. This was his 105th trip, and he got completely blitzed along the way.
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This man is goals
Private equity hits scotch. (There may already be PE interests in the industry; I haven't tracked this closely. Anyone know?) www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/11/equi...
Equity firm saves Eden Mill from administration - The Spirits Business
Scottish spirits producer Eden Mill Distillery has been acquired by a private equity firm after entering administration this week.
www.thespiritsbusiness.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Private equity hits scotch. (There may already be PE interests in the industry; I haven't tracked this closely. Anyone know?) www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/11/equi...
New way to recycle bourbon barrels just dropped
Walking among the trolls takes about an hour, and that hike is part of Dambo’s goal. “My art is about getting people off of their screens and getting children out to experience all that magic that I experienced growing up, like searching in the forest,” he said.
Into the Woods With the Dix Park Trolls
Danish artist Thomas Dambo's family of five recycled troll sculptures now cavort across the Raleigh park's 308 acres.
indyweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New way to recycle bourbon barrels just dropped
BTW I'm officially on maternity leave but I will carve out the time to write an editorial about why this move sucks for whisky drinkers, and the broader industry, if anyone wants to commission it.
Just saw that Compass Box launched an AI to make whisky recommendations, apparently trained by the company's whisky makers. So now we know the direction of the post-Glaser era, and it's a total bummer.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
BTW I'm officially on maternity leave but I will carve out the time to write an editorial about why this move sucks for whisky drinkers, and the broader industry, if anyone wants to commission it.
Just saw that Compass Box launched an AI to make whisky recommendations, apparently trained by the company's whisky makers. So now we know the direction of the post-Glaser era, and it's a total bummer.
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just saw that Compass Box launched an AI to make whisky recommendations, apparently trained by the company's whisky makers. So now we know the direction of the post-Glaser era, and it's a total bummer.
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resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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Co-sign
'Tis the season never to write "'Tis the season" in any headline, ad copy, whatever.
Burn it like a Yule log.
Burn it like a Yule log.
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Co-sign
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So! What’s everyone doing tomorrow to observe the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So! What’s everyone doing tomorrow to observe the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
An interesting development. Bid does not include any of the aging stock.
US distiller in €6m bid to rescue collapsed Waterford Whisky www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
Tennessee Distilling Group is in talks about the Irish whiskey firm, which has been in receivership since November of last year
Tennessee Distilling Group is in talks about the Irish whiskey firm, which has been in receivership since November of last year
US distiller in €6m bid to rescue collapsed Waterford Whisky
Tennessee Distilling Group is in talks about the Irish whiskey firm, which has been in receivership since November of last year
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
An interesting development. Bid does not include any of the aging stock.
Bébé’s first (mandated voter ID, municipal) election
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Bébé’s first (mandated voter ID, municipal) election
This, and nothing else, has inspired me to visit Laurinburg
One of the first myths we demolished about North Carolina's ABC system when we set out to rank stores statewide is that each store is the same as the next. Many thanks to @davidwondrich.bsky.social for weighing in on a cocktail guide only found in Scotland County: thefoodsection.com/the-best-rea...
The best-read book in Scotland County - The Food Section
Laurinburg ABC store is home to unique cocktail guide
thefoodsection.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This, and nothing else, has inspired me to visit Laurinburg
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"When a bartender at Elizabeth City’s standout cocktail bar, Juniper[...] heard The Food Section was making site visits to 97 ABC stores, she nodded vigorously in approval.
'Let’s see AI do that shit!' she hollered."
'Let’s see AI do that shit!' she hollered."
We filed 171 public records requests - The Food Section
How TFS followed the ABC money
thefoodsection.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"When a bartender at Elizabeth City’s standout cocktail bar, Juniper[...] heard The Food Section was making site visits to 97 ABC stores, she nodded vigorously in approval.
'Let’s see AI do that shit!' she hollered."
'Let’s see AI do that shit!' she hollered."
Contenders for acquiring Four Roses: go! www.ft.com/content/9ef3...
Japan’s Kirin to seek buyer for Four Roses US whiskey line
Brewers and distillers are contending with declining alcohol consumption among younger consumers
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Contenders for acquiring Four Roses: go! www.ft.com/content/9ef3...
I just love the idea of drinking Colt 45 from a glass
I forgot I was meant to be putting up some of my more recent glassware finds. Here's a blast from the past from Colt 45's short existence here - it's etched as 1980. Nostalgia can take many forms ...
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I just love the idea of drinking Colt 45 from a glass
It wouldn’t have been coke in that neighborhood but man, I bet the drugs were way cheaper back then too. (Back then = 2009)
That typo had me thinking you were getting 16 lines of coke for a dollar 😅
There was a time when I could go to the C Town off Walton Avenue in the Bronx and get 16 lines for a dollar. SIX. TEEN.
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It wouldn’t have been coke in that neighborhood but man, I bet the drugs were way cheaper back then too. (Back then = 2009)
There was a time when I could go to the C Town off Walton Avenue in the Bronx and get 16 lines for a dollar. SIX. TEEN.
This???? Egregious
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There was a time when I could go to the C Town off Walton Avenue in the Bronx and get 16 lines for a dollar. SIX. TEEN.
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If you want to believe it, check it twice
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If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms just what you thought, check it twice!
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms just what you thought, check it twice!
::clap clap::
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms just what you thought, check it twice!
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms just what you thought, check it twice!
::clap clap::
Including a substantial portion of the 10th anniversary Garryana 😢 www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr...
How did 12,000 bottles of award-winning WA whiskey disappear?
In July, 12,000 bottles of whiskey went missing from a warehouse operated by Seattle’s Westland Distillery. The Skagit County sheriff's office is investigating.
www.seattletimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Including a substantial portion of the 10th anniversary Garryana 😢 www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr...
Yeah, this is not a surprise. If Balcones restarts production again under Diageo ownership that WILL be a surprise.
Diageo has temporarily ceased whiskey production at its Balcones and George Dickel distilleries with the loss of 17 jobs, as it re-evaluates its ‘productivity goals’ www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/09/diag...
Diageo halts production at Balcones and George Dickel - The Spirits Business
Diageo has temporarily ceased whiskey production at its Balcones and George Dickel distilleries with the loss of 17 jobs.
www.thespiritsbusiness.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yeah, this is not a surprise. If Balcones restarts production again under Diageo ownership that WILL be a surprise.
Fascinating thread about the evolution of alcohol metabolism in primates.
Last week a paper came out, showing that chimpanzees daily consume significant amounts of alcohol. A thread where I walk through why the paper matters, then the paper itself.
September 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Fascinating thread about the evolution of alcohol metabolism in primates.
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[tapping the sign] vinepair.com/articles/hop...
September 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
[tapping the sign] vinepair.com/articles/hop...
Can confirm, we had lunch once and i he went deep into talking about his grandfather who was into the occult and how that influenced Dan’s artistic career and other endeavors. Fascinating, cool, kind man.
A producer told me once she has to warn young crewmembers to avoid being alone with Aykroyd. "Not because he's a creep, he's a gentleman. But if you let him strike up a conversation the next thing we know all the PAs will be huddled in his dressing room learning how humans evolved from dolphins."
I love Dan Aykroyd because he has very clearly entered the stage in his life where he is going to make sure everyone knows about his special interests and he has the profile and resources to do it in a high profile manner. You are GOING to hear about rocks, dinosaurs, vodka, and ghosts dammit.
September 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Can confirm, we had lunch once and i he went deep into talking about his grandfather who was into the occult and how that influenced Dan’s artistic career and other endeavors. Fascinating, cool, kind man.
As an American whiskey writer who’s gone on weird press trips/to OTT events, some of the details in here are all too familiar. Others made my eyes pop. Kudos to Claire for recognizing in advance what a shitshow this was bound to be and declining to be part of it.
Hello BlueSky... I kind of forgot about you today. Anyway, have a read, share etc before the attention gets too much and I take it down....
clairevokins.substack.com/p/when-saltb...
clairevokins.substack.com/p/when-saltb...
When Saltburn comes to Edinburgh...
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clairevokins.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As an American whiskey writer who’s gone on weird press trips/to OTT events, some of the details in here are all too familiar. Others made my eyes pop. Kudos to Claire for recognizing in advance what a shitshow this was bound to be and declining to be part of it.