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!

This week we welcome Brandon McCraney from Olde Raleigh onto the show! Brandon and Jesse talk about what led Brandon to start Old Raleigh and what it takes to start a distillery in North Carolina. His passion for whiskey really shows in this interview and we want to thank him for coming on! Located in Zebulon NC right outside of Raleigh it is fantastic to see Brandon representing North Carolina as well as all the other local distillers that are showing NC has a place at the table when it comes to producing good whiskey!

This week Jesse welcomes Caleb Kilburn from Peerless to the program. The Master Distiller of Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co., Caleb and Jesse talk about Peerless’s return to the whiskey landscape and the history behind one of the old brands in bourbon. They talk about how Caleb got started in distilling and his path to Master Distiller. It’s a fun episode where they everything from whiskey to Greg Allman with a hint of Al Gore, so get ready for another fun ride on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

You asked for it and we listened! This week Jesse welcomes Jay Erisman, the Vice President and Distiller of New Riff Distilling onto the show! They talk about everything whiskey under the sun. They talk about how he got into whiskey, how New Riff got started, what kind of liquid they produce and what they have coming up next. On top of that they talk gin, cars and guitars, it’s a damn good conversation and we want to thank Jay for coming onto the show. Him and Jesse hit it off proper and we hope everyone enjoys this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast with New Riff!