This week we welcome Amir Peay and Cody Giles back to the show! Amir is of course the man responsible for brining James E. Pepper back to life and Cody, the head distiller is putting down some delicious whiskey for the brand! We sit down and talk about their history, how the whiskey gets made and what went into their new Barrel Proof, James E. Pepper offering, this week on The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

his week we welcome Lindsay Gulics and Barrell Craft Spirits back to the show for another episode of good whiskey and good conversation! Lindsay is the Regional Manager of the NorthEast for Barrell and her and I pour up a couple delicious drams and talk all things Barrell Craft Spirits! We talk about how Joe Beatrice started the brand and how far they’ve come since the company began, we talk about all the new expressions Barrell has coming out both in 2023 and in 2024 and we talk how Lindsay came to be a part of the company and her current role with Barrell. It’s a great conversation and I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with Lindsay and learning more about her whiskey journey and the future of Barrell on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week I welcome Caryn Wells from Green River to the show! Caryn is the National Brand Ambassador for Green River and her and I got to sit down for a pour of some delicious Green River whiskey. We talk about how she got into this wonderful world of whiskey and the history behind the Green River brand. Then as always after we talk about the whiskey… we drink the whiskey! It’s a fun conversation with Caryn that I think you guys are really going to enjoy on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week I welcome Celina Perez from Great Jones Distilling Co. to the program for a great conversation about all things New York City and New York City Whiskey. We go through how she got started in whiskey as well as what it took for her and the team at Great Jones to get a distillery off the ground in the middle of a pandemic. It’s a great conversation and I thoroughly enjoyed having Celina on the show. The art that she puts into her whiskey shines through on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.  

This week we welcome Victoria Horn and Brandi Bowles, the founders of Boss Molly Bourbon onto the show and we talk about everything under the bourbon sun. We talk about what it takes to start a bourbon brand, the sleepless nights spent making sure you get your recipe 100% perfect, the endless hours spent introducing your brand to new consumers and how it is all totally worth it when you see someones reaction to that first sip of good whiskey. It's a great conversation and we were super excited to welcome the ladies into the whiskey den for a great pour of Boss Molly and a damn good conversation on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Liz Rhoades and WhistlePig back to the Bourbon Showdown and we talk BOSS HOG X! That’s right, Liz is back and we do a deep dive into Boss Hog X and Robbie’s Blend, two distinct whiskey’s that properly represent why WhistlePig is and has always been at the forefront of pushing boundaries in the whiskey world! So sit back, pour a big dram of WhistlePig rye and get ready for Jesse and Liz to explore the wonderful world of WhistlePig on this weeks episode of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Lori Fetrick, better know as ICE from the American Gladiators to the Bourbon Showdown Podcast! Thats right Ice herself is on the show today to talk all things whiskey and American Gladiators. We talk about the new Docuseries on Netflix "Muscles & Mayhem" which acts as an unauthorized deep dive into the the American gladiator story, we talk about how she got started with the gladiators and what she has been doing since the show ended… and of course we do this while drinking on some delicious whiskey. So get your jousting sticks ready and pour up a tall glass of something tasty as we welcome Lori Fetrick to the Bourbon Showdown podcast. 

This week we welcome Bruce Russell back to the show and talk about the new Wild Turkey Generations expression! The first time in the history of Wild Turkey that there are three generations of Russell's collaborating on one bottle. We talk about how this expression came to be and what it felt like to get his name on the bottle alongside his Grandfather Jimmy Russell and his father Eddie Russell. It's a great conversation and an amazing whiskey! We can't thank Bruce enough for sitting down with us to talk Generations on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome High West Distillery back to the show! Tara Lindley and Holly Booth join us and take us on a sensory and cocktail journey through everything High West! We talk about how the brand got started, what led both of them to whiskey and then we drink some whiskey! Tara takes me through the sensory process of identifying whats in the glass and Holly teaches me how to make a High West Old Fashioned, there is literally something for everyone in this episode and we can’t thank Tara and Holly enough for being on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome back long time friends of the show, Michael and Danny from Penelope. We sit down and discuss everything from the success of Rio to the recent acquisition by MGP. It's a great conversation that covers the full scope of Penelopes rise in whiskey and a comprehensive look at what they have in store for whiskey lovers in the future. Its a deep dive into Penelope Bourbon on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast.