This week we welcome Jodie Filiatreau, Artisanal Distiller for Evan Williams and The Evan Williams Experience in Louisville Kentucky to the show! Jodie is a wealth of whiskey knowledge and we sit down to talk all things Evan Williams! We talk about how Jodie got started in whiskey, how he became the Artisanal Distiller for Evan Williams, all the good whiskey he is making in Kentucky, the Evan Williams Experience and some of the fun things he has coming up next. It’s a fun conversation with Jodie this week on The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Mystic Farm & Distillery to the show! Whiskey made in North Carolina is always one of my favorite topics and we sit down with co-founder Michael Sinclair to talk Broken Oak whiskey and what it takes to make whiskey in the Carolinas. He walks me through all the wonderful things they are doing at Mystic right now. We talk about how he got into the whiskey game, the story behind the name and how the whiskey gets made. Throw in some comedy and some wrestling and this episode has it all this week on The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Caryn Wells and Green River to the show! It’s always a blast having Caryn on and this week we sit down and do a DEEP DIVE on all things Green River! We talk about the bourbon, the wheated, the rye, the full proof, we talk barrel picks we talk “make mine an 85”,  we talk about everything under the whiskey sun! It’s a phenomenal conversation with Caryn Wells and Green River on this week’s Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Number JUAN tequila to the show. Thats right Tequila!  We celebrate all good spirits on The Bourbon Showdown, and today we sit down with the entire Number Juan team and do a deep dive on all things tequila. We sit down with Alex Reymundo, Rich Espe, Master Distiller Nestor Rivera and a surprise call-in from Ron White.  We talk about literally everything in this episode, we talk tequila, yachts, dental work…. You name it, it comes up, all while drinking Number Juan’s, Juan in a million! It’s a Tequila showdown today on the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Whiskey Journalist and American Whiskey Magazine contributor, Maggie Kimberl to the show! Recently named 2024 Bourbon Women Spirits Writer of the Year, she is one of the premiere whiskey journalist in the industry and she is helping shape the narrative of the current whiskey landscape through the articles that she writes. I can’t think of anyone better to have on the show as we get ready for September and National Bourbon Heritage Month! We talk the current state of whiskey, we talk how she got into the industry, some of our shared influences, our love of vinyl and everything in between. Its a super fun show to kick off Bourbon Heritage Month on this episode of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Widow Jane for the SEASON 9 Premiere of The Bourbons Showdown Podcast! We sit down with Head Distiller and Blender, Sienna Jevremov  and we do a deep dive on all things Widow Jane! We talk whiskey, we talk New York, we talk blending, we talk process all while sipping on some damn good Widow Jane whiskey! This is my favorite kind of conversation because Sienna’s passion for what she does comes out in every story she tells and every sip we take! She walks me through how she got started in whiskey and what led her to the big chair as head distiller at Widow Jane. Its a super fun episode for this SEASON 9 Premiere of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we have the return of SMOKE WAGON, that’s right, I sit down with Aaron Chepenik from Smoke Wagon and him and I do what we do, we talk whiskey, we talk music we talk classic cars all while sipping on some damn good smoke wagon single barrel whiskey! So go pour yourself a big pour of your favorite Smoke Wagon Whiskey, light up your favorite cigar and get ready for Aaron from Smoke Wagons return to the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Tim Heuisler back to the show, Tim is a wealth of knowledge on all things Jim Beam and is currently an international brand ambassodar for Beam Suntory, bringing the good word of Jim Beam to the masses across the globe. And he is BACK to talk more good whiskey with us today as we do a DEEP DIVE on Old Overholt and how it is being given its well earned day in the sun. We talk about the history of this brand and dig deep into its Pennsylvania rye roots and how Beam is paying homage to that PA Rye with the new Old Overholt coming out of Kentucky. We also talk to Tim about what it’s like being an international man of whiskey and how he spends his days globe trotting from one country to the next with good bottles of whiskey in tow. It’s a fantastic episode of The Bourbon Showdown this week. Tims one of my buddies and it’s always good to catch up, especially when we get to talk about good whiskey. So buckle Up buttercup as we talk about Old Overholt on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week we welcome Ray Franklin from Garrard County Distilling Company to the show and they talk All Nations whiskey! Him and Jesse do a deep dive on how to stand up a distillery and what it takes to make good whiskey. They start from the beginning and Ray walks Jesse through everything he had to work through to get All Nations on the shelf (including a pandemic) and then they dive into three amazing bottles of All Nations Bourbon! It’s a great conversation and we can’t thank Ray enough for being on the show. He has really put the time in on this whiskey and it has totally paid off which is evident in the fantastic whiskey going into the bottle for All Nations bourbon right now! 

This week we welcome Carter Collins from Pennington Distilling Co., and Master Distiller of Davidson Reserve to the show! Him and I sit down and talk all things whiskey! We talk distillation, we talk maturation, we talk blending, it is truly a master class on whiskey production! He walks us through the Davidson Reserve Grain to Glass mentality and we have a damn good time on this episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!