RNDC Bankruptcy and MGP's 59-Percent Slide — The Cut Weekend — S02E104

This week's current ran under every headline: what happens to the pipeline that gets bourbon from barrel to glass when parts of it stumble. Franklin covers RNDC's bankruptcy and wind-down, MGP's steep drop in contract-distilling, and Oaklore's bet on lower prices — plus a run of distilleries earning trust the hard way, from Old Elk to Garrison Brothers to Stetson's three-year bourbon debut. The feature stop is Starlight Distillery in Borden, Indiana, marking 25 years with a 10-year single barrel bottled unfiltered at 120.4 proof, on-site only, while it lasts.