Jews in American Distilling History
Despite what we may think about distilling in America, in general, and Bourbon, in particular, Jews have been involved in significant ways in American distilling history. The focus of the 88th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is exactly that: Jews in American distilling history. The featured guest to discuss this topic is Maggie Kimberl, who […]
New Kosher Beverage Resources
Four new resources have been launched to help kosher-concerned consumers consider kosher drinks. Specifically, these pages are on beer wine whiskey whiskey aged in containers that previously held gentile wine (e.g. Scotch in Sherry casks) While these resources are still quite new, I welcome any feedback, suggestions, questions, or more at Drew [at] JewishDrinking.com.
Distilling & Beer in Israel During the Pandemic – Clips From Episode #79
In case you were curious about checking out the recent episode of The Jewish Drinking Show on Pandemic Pivoting in Israel with Joel Haber, here are a couple of video clips from the episode:
Distilleries Selling Their Hametz
Introduction For the 65th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Chaim Litvin returns to the show to discuss distilleries selling their chametz for Passover. Guest Bio Rabbi Litvin is a Chabad rabbi based out of Louisville, Kentucky. Rabbi Litvin provides kosher supervision to distilleries in Kentucky, and received the moniker “Bourbon Rabbi” from this […]
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Why High-Rye for New Riff Distilling? [Video Clip]
In the clip below from this week’s episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Mollie Lewis of New Riff Distilling shares how New Riff went with a high-rye mash bill:
New Riff Distilling
{2023 update on ḥametz} The 54th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is now out, featuring Mollie Lewis, the sales director for New Riff Distilling, in which we discuss New Riff Distilling🥃🥃🥃 Video: Audio: And here is a clip from the episode, on selling chametz for Passover:
Selling Chametz as a Kentucky Distillery
In this video clip from tomorrow’s episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Mollie Lewis, the sales director for New Riff Distilling shares about the company’s selling their chametz for Passover:
Beer and Whiskey in Wine Containers That Previously Contained Gentile Wine
For the 53rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Joshua Schwartz joins the show in discussing beer, whiskey, and other beverages in containers that previously contained gentile wine. The co-creator of the world’s first art bentscher, Seder Oneg Shabbas, and editor of the first-ever Talmudic graphic novel, The Illustrated Pirkei Avot, Joshua Schwartz serves as […]
The Bourbon Rabbi
The 52nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is now out, featuring Rabbi Chaim Litvin, the Bourbon Rabbi. A Chabad rabbi based out of Louisville, Kentucky, Rabbi Litvin provides kosher supervision to distilleries in Kentucky. He received the moniker “Bourbon Rabbi” from this Wall Street Journal article he referenced. Here is his Instagram account, YouTube […]
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Which Whiskey Was Rav Moshe Referring To? [Iggerot Moshe YD 62-64]
Introduction In a trilogy of responsa from the spring of 1948, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein responds to Rabbi Pinchas Teitz regarding the permissibility of drinking blended whiskey that may have had had wine blended in to them (אגרות משה, יורה דעה סב-סד).1 What goes entirely unspecified is the origin/type of whiskey. Is it Scotch whisky? Could […]