Steve Nally is the master distiller at Bardstown Bourbon Company. His “schooling” came during 17 years at Maker’s Mark before becoming master distiller. At Bardstown Bourbon Company, he made dozens of recipes per year contract distilling, while also creating collaborative blends and the company’s own line of bourbons.

• Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series #13 (coming soon)
• Bardstown Bourbon Company Origin Series Wheated
• Bardstown Bourbon Company Origin Series Bottled- in-Bond Bourbon
• Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Maison Ferrand Cognac Finish (coming soon)

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What have they been up to in the cluttered Whiskey Hotline office? As usual, there’s always something new on our shelves and it can be hard to figure out what’s what. This week Dan brought a box of new releases; new handpicked tequilas and Irish whiskies, single barrel Scotches and other fun stuff.

• El Tesoro Reposado Single Barrel #B067-1355 Binny’s Handpicked
• El Tesoro Reposado Single Barrel #B084-1355 Binny’s Handpicked
• Old Grand Dad 7-Year-Old Bottled-in-Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Booker’s Bourbon 7 Year 2025-2 By the Pond Batch
• Calumet Farm 17-Year-Old Decanter Bottle Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Teeling Irish Single Pot still ex-Calvados Cask #79286 Binny’s Handpicked
• Teeling Irish Single Malt ex-Marsala Cask #97357 Binny’s Handpicked
• Teeling Irish Crystal Malt ex-Moscatel Cask #97511 Binny’s Handpicked
• Signatory Linkwood 11-Year-Old 100 Proof Edition 2013
• Signatory Speyside M 13-Year-Old 100 Proof Edition 2011
• Laphroaig Cairdeas 10-Year-Old Cask Strength 2024
• Three Floyds Distilling Sea’s Cruelty Banana & Coconut Rum

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Somehow, in the nearly 8 years of doing this podcast we have never had a guest from Lagunitas. That’s because we wanted Jeremy Marshall or nothing. Lagunitas’ brewmaster (head brewmonster) has been with the company for 18 years and has seen almost everything in craft beer.

• Lagunitas Hazy IPA (coming soon)
• Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’
• Lagunitas Yakimopolis
• Lagunitas Lupulin Affair

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Old Forester is one of the oldest whiskey brands in America, steeped in history but still innovating. Melissa Rift is the Master Taster at Old Forester. What is a Master Taster? We’ll find out this week, while tasting some Old Forester.

• Old Forester 1870 Original Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whisky Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Old Forester Rye 100 Proof

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Roger loves Fourth of July. He loves most holidays because it’s an excuse to make holiday-themed cocktails. Unfortunately, we had to record this episode without him, but he’s here in spirit. Celebrate the long weekend with these themed cocktails from the easy to the complex.

Check out all the recipes on our blog

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This week we’re catching up with Ryan Maybee and J. Rieger & Co., who was last on the podcast in 2018. A lot has changed since then; they’re bottling their own juice and they have a visitor’s center with four bars and a 40-foot slide. We’re also joined by Rieger Master Distiller, Nathan Perry.

• J. Rieger & Company Rieger’s Kansas City Whiskey
• J. Rieger & Company Monogram Whiskey Oloroso Sherry Bota Finished Limited Release 2024
• J. Rieger & Company Straight Bourbon
• J. Rieger & Company Straight Rye
• J. Rieger & Company Extra Fine Midwestern Dry Gin

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Seattle Cider's Imperial Guava Citrus is new for summer and perfect for a quick tiki cocktail. We're trying it this week on the latest B2B Quick Sip. 

What’s new in beer? Oops, it’s all collabs! We have had a slew of beer collabs in the last couple of months, so this week we’re trying them; from crispy and refreshing to big barrel aged stouts, there’s something for everyone here.

• My Cousin Binny vol. 4 West Coast Pilsner collaboration with Binny’s
• Sketchbook Holzschnitt Franconian Red Lager collaboration with Binny’s
• Noon Whistle Hop Prism Opal collaboration with Binny’s
• Off Color Barrel Aged Growl Royale collaboration with Binny’s
• Mikerphone Three Bourbon One Rye One Beer collaboration with Binny’s

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Léon Bañuelos Jr. is a third generation tequilero. His father and grandfather founded Cazadores, so he grew up around a distillery. Securing the name El Mexicano was all it took to get his father back into the business making tequila again.

• El Mexicano Blanco Tequila
• El Mexicano Hi-Proof Blanco Tequila
• El Mexicano Reposado Tequila

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The Martini was a once simple cocktail that then became very complicated. At some point the definition of a martini changed and it became more about the vessel and the ingredients were anything you wanted them to be. But there’s also nothing wrong with a “martini” that has no gin and no vermouth either.

This week we’re making a slew of martinis, from the simple to the complex. You can find the recipes on our blog.

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