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    Explore "dram" with insightful episodes like "Blanton's Gold", "My Chat with Fionnan O'Connor", "Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest", "Oak and Eden with JSquared Barrels" and "Nose Your Bourbon & Country Smooth" from podcasts like ""Dads Drinking Bourbon", "Whiskey Chats", "Dads Drinking Bourbon", "Dads Drinking Bourbon" and "Dads Drinking Bourbon"" and more!

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    My Chat with Fionnan O'Connor

    My Chat with Fionnan O'Connor
    I sat down for a chat with Fionnan O'Connor, author of 'A Glass Apart' upstairs in the Whiskey Palace at The Palace Bar, Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to Willie Ahern for the use of his famous bar. 

    My drop of the night: 
    The Whiskey Exchange 26yr old Green Spot.

    Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.


    Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest

    Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest

    Happy St. Patrick's Day, well okay, the day after! In honor of this day, we decided to sample something sent to us from the folks across the pond at Midleton. It's the third release in their Dair Ghaelach collection and has whiskey ranging from 13-26 years old finished for another two years in Irish Oak. 

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    Oak and Eden with JSquared Barrels

    Oak and Eden with JSquared Barrels

    Our good friends Justin and James, now JSquared Barrels, visit us in the studio and give a sneak preview to a conversation we'll be having with them next week about their future plans. We also review Oak and Eden, which is a unique company that puts spires within the individual bottles to enhance flavor and increase aging. 

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    All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com 

     

    Nose Your Bourbon & Country Smooth

    Nose Your Bourbon & Country Smooth

    It's a packed house as our friends Chris, Gideon, and John joined the Dads for a Saturday night over at the Whiskey House where we talked about the nosing kit Chris made called "Nose Your Bourbon" and drank some Country Smooth that was sent to us.

    Get your Nose Your Bourbon kit at https://www.etsy.com/shop/NoseYourBourbon

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    All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

    Sara Beth Urban from the TN Whiskey Trail

    Sara Beth Urban from the TN Whiskey Trail

    Sara Beth Urban, who recently took over as the Executive Director of the Tennessee Whiskey Trail comes to the DDB studio for a great conversation about Tennessee Whiskey, what she's learned travelling to distilleries in the state, what are some of the challenges Tennessee distillers face, and of course all the great things going on in Tennessee.

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    Finishing our Recap of 2019

    Finishing our Recap of 2019

    It's now 2020, and after a very small break for the holidays, we're back and taking one more quick look back on 2019 before we move into the new year. Although we already had a year end show, we thought there were just too many things going on we didn't want to miss! Cheers y'all and Happy New Year.

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    Peerless Bourbon with Abby from Bourbon and Blondes

    Peerless Bourbon with Abby from Bourbon and Blondes

    Our friend Abby from the podcast Bourbon and Blondes joins us in studio to review some Peerless Bourbon we got ourselves with an assist from a family member that was in Kentucky. We get to know Abby for a bit and then get into the bourbon. Make sure to subscribe to Bourbon and Blondes wherever you get your podcasts.

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    Traverse City Whiskey Co with Chris Fredrickson

    Traverse City Whiskey Co with Chris Fredrickson
    Chris Fredrickson, Co-Founder of Traverse City Whiskey, joins the Dads at Barrels and Brews along with Justin and James to talk about the Wheat Whiskey just released by Barrels and Brews, the story of Traverse City, and to just have some fun sitting around a table sharing pours together. 
     
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    Pigeon Forge Heritage Day and Old Forge with Keener Shanton

    Pigeon Forge Heritage Day and Old Forge with Keener Shanton
    We're in Pigeon Forge for Heritage Day and after we learned what it's all about from Jimmy Profitt, we spent a lot of time with Old Forge's Head Distiller Keener Shanton to taste some rock n' rye and some whiskey.
     
    We'll be at the Grains and Grits Festival on Nov 2nd in Townsend, TN along with every distillery on the TN Whiskey Trail. Get your tickets at www.grainsandgritsfest.com
     
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    Bacon and Barrel: The Food

    Bacon and Barrel: The Food
    We were so happy to be a part of the Bacon and Barrel Festival in Nashville, TN in September but we realized we had two hours of audio because there was so much to pack in. This one will focus on the food at the event. We sat down with chefs from Honeyfire BBQ, Shake Shack, Up, and McCormick's Grill Mates to explore the best food that B&B had to offer. 
     
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    Old Dominick with Alex Castle and Meghan Bridges

    Old Dominick with Alex Castle and Meghan Bridges

    Alex Castle, the Master Distiller, and Meghan Bridges, the Program Manager, from Old Dominick visit the studio to talk about their distillery but for the most part it just seemed like three friends sitting around the table, drinking whiskey, and making each other laugh. We hope you enjoy the lighter parts of this one as well as the times we talked whiskey!

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    Bruce Russell: A Rare Breed

    Bruce Russell: A Rare Breed

    The dads are joined by the one and only Bruce Russell for a great conversation. We answer all your burning questions around Wild Turkey and learn more about Bruce, what he likes, and what he'd like to see in the future. Plus, we have a call to the bullpen and Justin from Barrels and Brews fills in when dad duty calls for Zeke. Trust us, you won't want to miss this one.

    Intro/Outro: Springtide "Fall Asleep Under the Millions of Stars"

    1/2 oz Pour: Clyde May's Rye

    1/2 oz Pour: Clyde May's Rye

    We're lucky to be sent some whiskey and from time to time, we just can't think of what to put it up against for a full episode. So, we've decided to get these to you in what we're calling 1/2 oz pour episodes. These are just quick 10-15 min episodes where we do a straight review of something that may have been sent to us from a distillery or directly from one of you. Today we sip on Clyde May's Rye. Cheers!

    Intro/Outro: Springtide "Fall Asleep Under the Millions of Stars"

    Listener Blind Number 1

    Listener Blind Number 1

    We know you all miss Zeke and his mustache, so we planned ahead. Before his daughter was born, we caught up on some blind samples that you the listeners had sent us, this is the first round of it. Hear the Dads sample three bourbons blind that they have no idea what they are. The results were locked in an envelope only to be brought out at the end. It's a fun show and one we hope to do a lot more of in the future. Thank you to Sam Clark for his service not only to our country, but to Dads Drinking Bourbon!

    Intro/Outro: Springtide "Fall Asleep Under the Millions of Stars"