Decades Distilled // A History of Whisky

Kurt Maitland and Sarah Jeltema

Wrapping Up the 1990s: Chaos, Craft & the Stories That Saved Whiskey

MAR 4, 202637 MIN

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Send a text Single malts rise. Bourbon rebounds. Rye disappears, and then roars back. Japan prepares its quiet takeover. Ireland and Canada fight uphill battles. Bartenders rediscover technique. Writers give whiskey a new language.  In our season finale, Sarah and Kurt unpack how the chaos of the 1990s laid the groundwork for everything we drink today. The decade didn’t just change what was in the bottle....it changed who told the story.