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Picture this: A summer evening, the air filled with the scent of cigars, and in your hand, a glass of the finest bourbon. This was the setting where our paths crossed with our guest, CT, a bourbon connoisseur at the Bourbon and Cigars event. Since then, our friendship has grown, nurtured by our shared love for bourbon. This episode is reminiscent of that magical evening, as we explore the intriguing world of bourbon.

Bourbon, for us, is more than just a beverage. It's a shared experience, a bond builder, and a path to unforgettable friendships. CT shares his journey, starting from his first taste of bourbon, honing his palate, to the relationships he has forged within the industry. We navigate through the maze of Four Roses' mash bills and yeast strains, and discuss the different distilleries, their unique influence, and the stories they tell through their bourbon. 

Feeling adventurous? We dive into the exciting realm of bourbon collecting and barrel picks. The thrill of the hunt, the patience it requires, and the joy of discovery, makes this a rewarding journey. We also explore the work of Alan Henderson at French Leg, his use of Lost River in the barrels and his unique pot stills, painting a vivid image of his craft. Finally, we traverse into the world of small batch bourbon whiskey, the delicate balance between the standard small batch and the uncut unfiltered. So tune in, pour yourself a glass of your favorite bourbon and join us in this fascinating conversation about all things bourbon.

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Ever wondered about the unique distilling techniques used by master distillers to create their one-of-a-kind spirits? On this special episode of Scotchy Bourbon Boys, we're joined by the master distiller of the Spirit of French Lick, Alan Bishop! Get ready to dive into a captivating conversation about the history of moonshine in Southern Indiana, the fascinating world of whiskey labels, and  distilling chemistry.

Discover the challenges of barrel conservation and the oak shortage's potential ecological impacts, as well as alternative aging solutions. Listen in as Alan shares his insights on the connection between whiskey, distilling, and organized crime, while also discussing innovations in pot still distilling. Plus, you won't want to miss learning about his One Piece of Time Distilling Institute and various media projects.

But wait, there's more! We're delving into the paranormal aspects of distilling and the spirituality behind what Spirits of French Lick does. Join us as we explore the crossroads of distilling, history, agriculture, and music, and how they all come together to create unique expressions. Don't miss out on this enthralling episode featuring the master distiller of the Spirit of French, Alan Bishop, and the lively Scotchy Bourbon Boys crew!

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Tiny, CT, Super Nash were at few spirits to Hang out with Owner Operator Paul Hletko, Samson and Surey Spirits Representative Susane Rosentreter and The North American Glencarin Crystal Glass representative Martin Duffy on this podcast of The Scotchy Bourbon Boys 

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Tiny gives you a pre podcast ahead of the you tube release of our podcast with Dan Mckee at the Shively plant in Louiville on this podcast of The Scotchy Bourbon Boys

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In this episode of the Vint Podcast, Brady Weller and Billy Galanko chat about American whiskey culture and the growing community around America's favorite whiskey: Bourbon. Our guest, Heather Wibbels,  is the Managing Director of the Bourbon Women Association and an advocate for more women drinking whiskey, working in the industry, and generally being involved in Bourbon! Along with education and community building around Bourbon whiskey, Bourbon Women helps to shine a spotlight on all of the ways that women have, and are, continuing to make their mark on whiskey and drinks culture, from elevated tastings to craft cocktails, Master Distiller and every role in between. Heather is a spectacular guest able to insightfully share the story of whiskey in the US as you may not have heard it before. Enjoy!

PS, Heather is also the author of Bourbon is My Comfort Food, a spectacular guide to bourbon-infused cocktails of all kinds.
 
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Past Guests Include: William Kelley, Peter Liem, Eric Asimov, Bobby Stuckey, Rajat "Raj" Parr, Erik Segelbaum, André Hueston Mack, Emily Saladino, Konstantin Baum, Landon Patterson, Heather Wibbels, Carlton "CJ" Fowler, Boris Guillome, Christopher Walkey, Danny Jassy, Kristy Wenz, Dan Petroski, Buster Scher, Andrew Nelson, Jane Anson, Tim Irwin, Matt Murphy, Allen Meadows, Altan Insights, Tim Gaiser, Vince Anter, Joel Peterson, Megan O'Connor, Adam Lapierre, Jason Haas, Ken Freeman, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Skyler Weekes, Mary Gorman McAdams, Nick King, Bartholomew Broadbent, Nick Jackson, Dillon Sykes, Mark Bell, David Keck, John Szabo, Channing Frye, Jay Hack, Julia Harding, Austin Hope, Michael Minnillo, Jermaine Stone, Jim Madsen, Santiago Archaval, Tom Smith, and more!

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Tiny gives his opinion on the Outlook of American distilling going forward in 2023. He covers the success the goals and the challenges for the American distilling industry in 2023.. don't miss a single second of this podcast of The Scotchy Bourbon Boys #bourbon #whiskey #thescotchybourbonboys

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This is another spirits episode featuring Monique Huston, Winebow's VP of Spirits Portfolio. She helps us all understand the relatively new bourbon add-on of cask finishing. There are now quite a number of these products to explore so before you do, take 10-minutes to set a good foundation. We encourage you to explore the cask finished products of:

Hillrock Estate Distillery
Milam & Greene

Tiny finishes off season 3 and the what type of whiskey drinker are you part 4 killing 2 birds with 1 stone. He also gives you a preview into season 4. Like always It is exciting and fucked up , Don't miss a second of this podcast of the Scotchy Bourbon Boys

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Tiny & Xavier sip on 2 great Bourbons from 2 very different distilleries.  Find out all about Bookers Lumberyard Batch 2022-02, The boys go in depth with tasting notes and a Barrel Bashing review! They also tasteMaster Distiller Hunter Coffey's 3 Boys Farm Distillery Barrel Strength Malted Barley Bourbon. Join the Scotchy Bourbon Boys in this spectacular podcast!

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Tiny picks up his third podcast in his 4part podcast series of what type of whiskey drinker are you. Tiny covers 3 of the 12 categories  1. the flavored whiskey drinker he goes in depth what flavored whiskey is and the difference between flavored whiskey and finished whiskey. 2. The weekend whiskey Drinker and 3.  the Connoisseur! find out how you match up to any of these 3 Categories and enjoy this podcast of The Scotchy Bourbon Boys !

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On this weeks Words on Whiskey, Irish whiskey historian Fionnán O'Connor chats with Drew Mayville, a titan of the American Whiskey industry. Drew has over 40 years experience and has been the man behind some of Americas most iconic whiskeys, Buffalo Trace and Pappy Van Winkle just to to name a few. We'll get a great opportunity to learn about American whiskey as well as his interest in Irish whiskey.

Monique Huston, VP of Spirits Portfolio, joins me in this episode to discuss the movement and meaning of sweet mash in American Whiskey.  We set the stage with sour mash and then work from there. Take 10-minutes to find out why you know the difference and how it will change your buying and selling practices. You can explore a sweet mash bourbon through the brand below:

Field and Sound 

Lost Lantern Whiskey, a Vermont company that sources and bottles hand-selected casks from independent distillers all over the country. Founders Nora and Adam join me to talk whiskey.
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Welcome back to WMF.  In this episode we debate Buffalo Trace vs Eagle Rare vs Colonel EH Taylor JR BIB and we debate Old Rip Van Winkle vs Weller Special Reserve.  We continue on to discuss making chicken wings during the Super Bowl and how to manage traveling with children.  Give us a listen and remember to check out our WMF instagram!

This is the first of a series by tiny on different whiskey subjects! tonight he talks whiskey and taxes and what it means in the history of the country!

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Welcome back to WMF! We are calling this the final episode of the 2020 season!  I know it is already 2021, but give me a break!  Come listen to us recap the inaugural season of WhiskeyMeatsFatherhood.  We discuss the tasting the 4 bottles from the Michters US-1 line, our top 5 new bottles we tried this year, making homemade pizza, and generally how life is being a Dad right now!  We had a great time chatting with you this year and look forward to you giving us a listen next year!

For generations, independent bottlers have been part and parcel of the UK whiskey scene, yet they've not been as commonly seen in the whiskey industry in the United States. 

But this is all about to change with the first release from a new American independent bottler called Lost Lantern. 

To understand what Lost Lantern is, what they are about to release, and exactly what it means to the U.S. whiskey scene, we talked to the founders, Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski.

Things get fancy with a pairing of Cream of Kentucky and Frank’s artistic side. Plus we crack open some expensive Jack Daniels.

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In this episode of the Spirits Blind Tasting podcast I'm doing a blind tasting of the Old Weller Antique 107 & Old Weller Antique 107 La Maison Du Whisky Single Barrel. If you'd like to support this podcast and get access to the behind the scenes video recordings from this episode, please join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spiritspeople

Feel free to follow along with a dram of any of these or any other spirit you enjoy as I try to uncover the aromas and flavors of these 2 spirits. My tasting notes from this episode can be found below:

Spirit A - Old Weller Antique 107 (53.5% ABV)

Appearance

• Clarity: Clear
• Intensity: Medium
• Color: Amber
• Suggested texture: Medium

Nose

• Condition: Clean
• Intensity: Medium
• Aroma characteristics: Butterscotch, caramel, vanilla, coconut oil, charred oak, burnt toast with butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried orange peel, Gingerbread?
• Other notes: Very sweet and deep character straight out of the glass. Overall, just extremely pleasant and nicely balanced nose.
• ABV: Feels like 50%

Palate

• Sweetness: Dry
• Texture: Warming, moth filling, medium viscosity
• Intensity: Medium > pronounced
• Flavor characteristics: Caramel, vanilla, orange oils, burnt toast, oak, cinnamon, black pepper corn
• Other notes: Typically I’m getting the bitter notes of cinnamon and pepper corn on the palate, and a lot of that sweetness from the nose has taken a step back on the profile.
• Finish: Medium > long very complex (black pepper corn, caramel, orange)
• ABV: Feels like 50%

Conclusion

• Quality level: Very good > outstanding
• Blind guess: Old Weller Antique 107

Spirit B - Old Weller Antique 107 La Maison Du Whisky Single Barrel (53.5% ABV)

Appearance

• Clarity: Clear
• Intensity: Medium
• Color: Amber
• Suggested texture: High

Nose

• Condition: Clean 
• Intensity: Medium
• Aroma characteristics: Butterscotch, caramel, vanilla, charred oak, burnt toast with butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried orange peel, Gingerbread?
• Other notes: Very similar nose as expected, but less sweet and more oak driven aroma profile than spirits A. Also feels very pleasant and well balanced.
• ABV: Feels like 55%

Palate

• Sweetness: Dry
• Texture: Warm, mouth filling, high viscosity
• Intensity: Pronounced
• Flavor characteristics: Caramel, vanilla, orange oils, burnt toast, oak, cinnamon, black pepper corn, licorice, leather
• Other notes: More oak and more signs of age/maturation. Also feels less astringent on the bitter notes, more integrated and more sweeter notes coming through on the palate.
• Finish: Long and very complex (oak/char, licorice, cinnamon)
• ABV: Feels like 55%

Conclusion

• Quality level: Very good > outstanding
• Blind guess: Old Weller Antique 107 La Maison Du Whisky Single Barrel

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In this episode of the Spirits Blind Tasting podcast I'm doing a blind tasting of the E.H. Taylor Four Grain Bourbon 2018 & Michter's 10 Year Old Rye Whiskey 2018. Feel free to follow along with a dram of any of these or any other spirit you enjoy as I try to uncover the aromas and flavors of these 2 spirits.

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My tasting notes from this episode can also be found below:

Spirit A - E.H. Taylor Four Grain Bourbon 2018 (50% ABV)

Appearance

• Clarity: Clear
• Intensity: Medium
• Color: Amber
• Suggested texture: Medium > high

Nose

• Condition: Clean
• Intensity: Medium > pronounced
• Aroma characteristics: Butterscotch, Ginger bread, vanilla cream, caramelized apple, all spice, cloves, dried apricots, dried orange peel, pecan nuts, toasted/dry oak
• Other notes: Has a dusty/dry sensation to it. Like a toasted oak/sun dried oak type sensation. Very little char sensation on the palate but there was the burnt sugar note.
• ABV: ~55%

Palate

• Sweetness: Dry
• Texture: Warming, mouth filling, Medium > high viscosity 
• Intensity: Pronounced
• Flavor characteristics: Oak, burnt toast, all spice, cloves, black pepper corn, licorice, leather, hints of vanilla and caramelized apples + some floral notes after water added
• Other notes: Lost a bit of the dried fruit notes, but gained the barrel aging notes much more clearly.
• Finish: Long and complex (Oak, cloves, licorice)
• ABV: ~55%

Conclusion

• Quality level: Outstanding
• Blind guess: Bourbon, ~10 years  

Spirit B - Michter's 10 Year Old Rye Whiskey 2018 (46.4% ABV)

Appearance

• Clarity: Clear
• Intensity: Medium
• Color: Amber
• Suggested texture: Medium > high

Nose

• Condition: Clean 
• Intensity: Medium
• Aroma characteristics: Oak, sweet corn, caramel, baked apples, pie crust, leather, ground cinnamon, crushed cloves, nail varnish
• Other notes: More oak, and has a sharp note at the end of the nosing like a high ethanol spike. Could mean a younger whiskey, but not sure.
• ABV: ~55%

Palate

• Sweetness: Dry
• Texture: Watery, low > medium viscosity
• Intensity: Medium
• Flavor characteristics: Oak, leather, cloves, black pepper corn, very little hint on those baked apples + sweetness grows with water
• Other notes: All the spice and burn sits on the tongue, doesn’t follow through. Feels like higher ABV but doesn’t carry the burn, just more tongue swelling.
• Finish: Medium with some complexity (Oak and black pepper corn)
• ABV: ~60%

Conclusion

• Quality level: Very good
• Blind guess: Bourbon, younger than spirit A

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