This week we welcome Mike Montgomery back to the show and he brings with him Blue Runs new Whiskey Director, Shaylyn Gammon, it’s a great conversation where Mike talks about what Blue Runs been up to, we talk Shaylyn’s whiskey journey to the company and of course that sweet sweet whiskey, Blue Runs newest expression… Reflection, which just so happens to be dropping today, May 4th at 3pm via bluerunspirits.com! We always love talking Blue Run with Mike, he’s such a good guy and the conversation is never boring when him and Jesse start talking whiskey. Throw Shaylyn into the mix and you have a damn good show! It was a damn good time and we thank Mike and Shaylyn for their time! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast with Blue Run! 

This week we welcome John Little from Smooth Ambler onto the show! John is the Founder of Smooth Ambler and he brings the heat in this episode! Jesse and John go through 4 bottles of his delicious Rye whiskey all while learning that they went to same college and knew some of the same people 25 years ago! It's a blast from the past while still meeting for the first time. They talk how he started Smooth Ambler, how hard it is to get a whiskey brand off the ground, owning his own narrative and telling the whiskey story he wanted to tell. He's making some delicious whiskey and we thank him for sharing it with us for this episode of The Bourbon Showdown podcast!

This week Jesse welcomes Majure Markow to the show from Cathead Distillery, the maker of Old Soul Whiskey. Jesse and Majure talk Mississippi, the Blues and whiskey! How he got into the spirits game and how Cathead got started. It's one of those great whiskey conversations and neither one of them hold back on how they feel about the state of whiskey and what makes it the best industry to be a part of. If a fun episode this week and we thank Majure for coming on the show! So grab a glass of Old Soul, sit back and enjoy this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week Jesse welcome Kristopher Hart to the program from The Prideful Goat! It's one of the most fun episodes we've had on The Bourbon Showdown and Jesse and Kristopher really go all over the world in this one. They talk whiskey, they talk comedy, they talk Epstein Island, former Presidents, boxing legends, comedy icons and everything in between! This is one of those episodes that every time you think you know the answer, they change the question and it really is a fun damn conversation to listen to. So sit back, relax and pour yourself something tasty (The Prideful Goat if you have a bottle) and get ready for The Bourbon Showdown Podcast and Kristopher Hart. 

This week we welcome our friends at Redwood Empire back to the show. We have Jeff Duckhorn, the Master Distiller and Lauren Patz, the Head Distiller of Redwood Empire who if you listen to the show you know we are huge fans! They are back for another round on the Showdown and once again its a damn good conversation. We talk about their new Bottled in bond offerings, the Grizzly Beast, their Bottled in bond bourbon and Rocket top, their bottled in bond rye! It was so good talking to Jeff again, we’ve been doing this show long enough that we have built some good friends in the industry and Jeff at Redwood has always been a friend of the show so we are so happy to have him back and learn what he’s been up to and learn more about Lauren and her whiskey journey to Redwood! It’s a great episode filled with good people and good whiskey. We thank them for their time and if you have Redwood Empire in your state I definitely recommend you go out and pick up a bottle. They are some damn tasty bottles! Photo courtesy of Redwood Empire 

This week we have Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski, co-founders of Lost Lantern whiskey! They are doing something pretty awesome in the industry right now, they track down the best whiskey in the country and then they put it out for all us whiskey nerds to experience and enjoy! They are like the Indiana Jones’s of Whiskey, they hunt down whiskies that people haven’t discovered yet and shine the spotlight on the distilleries, it's a beautiful thing! 

As you know timing is everything and the NEW Lost Lantern Whiskey 2022 collection comes out… today! Thats right on March 1st they will announce the Lost Lantern's Spring 2022 collection that will feature four limited edition single casks from four celebrated distilleries: Smooth Ambler in West Virginia, Westward in Oregon, Frey Ranch Distillery in Nevada and Spirit Works in California. Beginning March 9, the Spring 2022 single cask collection will be available for sale on LostLanternWhiskey.com and Seelbachs.com. All offerings are bottled at cask strength, are non-chill-filtered and have natural color. Do yourself a favor and experience these amazing whiskeys for yourself! I had a great time interviewing Nora and Adam about their whiskey adventures and think all of you are really going to enjoy this episode!

This week Jesse welcomes John Rempe, the Master Distiller at Lux Row! We were all so excited to have Lux Row on the show and John did not disappoint! Jesse and John do a side by side tasting of all the Daviess County whiskies plus Ezra Brooks and Rebel 100! They talk about everything from the state of whiskey today to hunting and everything in between. John is a wealth of knowledge on not just whiskey and whiskey production but building a family of products that work cohesively together to create a soulful spirits line-up. It was a great conversation and we thank John for his time! So get ready for a damn good show as we welcome John Rempe from Lux Row to The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

Today we welcome Ashley and Colby Frey of Frey Ranch Distillery onto the program! We talk about how they got started in the whiskey game and how they are producing some delicious farm to table whiskey in their home state of Nevada. Its a great conversation and we want to thank both of them for coming on the show. We love people that make things and Colby and Ashley are taking their passion for farming and agriculture and using it to produce some amazing whiskey! I think you guys will definitely learn a lot in this episode!

This week for the Season 4 premiere we welcome back Rob Dietrich, the Master Distiller and Blender of BLACKENED - the official whiskey of one of the best bands in the world Metallica! We always love having Rob on the show and this time was no different, Rob and Jesse talk about everything from whiskey to vinyl records and everything in between. It was a great conversation where we talk Blackened’s The “Masters of Whiskey Series” a new series of limited edition whiskeys that Rob has started, where he collaborates with some of his illustrious peers to create a symphony of good liquid and bring it to the masses. For this first batch he enlisted Willett Distillery’s own Master Distiller, Drew Kulsveen and together they created the BLACKENED X Willett Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in Madeira Casks. You can’t even say that it without getting excited about. And then what did they did? They drank it! Its a damn fun episode that we hope everyone enjoys for this Season 4 Premiere!

Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2022 Jesse welcomes Ryan Perry from Heaven's Door Whiskey! They hit it off and start talking about how Ryan got into spirits and how Bob Dylan came into the picture to create Heaven's Door all while drinking some of the deliciousness they produce. They sample the bourbon, the rye, the double barrel, the Redbreast finished and the Cask Strength! It's a great episode with a lot of great whiskey on this first episode of 2022 of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!