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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The BWF crew are at Bowmore Distillery on Islay Scotland speaking with Distillery Manager David Turner. 

Bowmore is a pioneering house and the oldest licensed distillery on Islay. They have been refining their craft for over 240 years, and still do to this day. They have their our own proprietary malt barns, hand-turning our barley. They allow for perfectly timed fermentation periods. And  take their time to hand-select casks, nosing every single one before it is filled with new make. This care and attention to detail is what creates the complex balance of not just smoke, but also rich fruit and sea salt which is so characteristic of their timeless house style. This is the reason why Bowmore ages like no other, the reason why it is the world’s most collectible Islay malt today.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The BWF crew are back with CEO and Founder of Blind Barrels Bobby Demers to uncover their latest box!

Blind Barrels is a Blind Whiskey Tasting Kit that was born to disrupt the whiskey industry by showcasing American craft whiskey that don’t make their way to liquor store shelves due to distribution limitations. Blind tastings are all about discovery, education, and removing brand bias, and Blind Barrels hits home with whiskey communities by supporting the very best in smaller distillers who are making the most amazing, innovative, and delicious products that you can't get at your liquor store.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The team is continuing its shows from our Tour Of Scotland! This time, we are at Kilchoman distillery on Islay. We even get to hear from the newest member of our team Breagh in this episode and I am sure you will all agree she is a whisky rockstar in the making!

Founded in 2005, Kilchoman was the first new distillery to be built on Islay in over 124 years. Anthony Wills, Kilchoman Founder, set out to resurrect the grass roots tradition of farm distilling. Our 100% Islay range represents the revival of those traditions, standing alone as Islay’s only Single Farm Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The crew on location at Caol Ila distillery Islay Scotland. We are sitting down with Sam Hale the distillery manager of Caol Ila.

Pronounced “Cull Eela." It’s the Gaelic name for the Sound of Islay, which separates the island from Jura. For some, the distillery’s pronunciation is as remote as its location, sitting as it does on the rugged eastern coast, where it has remained hidden from view since 1846.

Reopened in August 2022 after an exciting renovation project, visit Caol lla, The Islay Home of Johnnie Walker. Join us for our signature tour at Caol Ila, Flavour Journey, for a full-sensory, immersive experience. Includes a distillery tour followed by a guided tasting of 3 drams and a wee cocktail, served in our bar with views of the Paps of Jura. Book your tour online now or visit our bar and retail area to discover Distillery Exclusives and more.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The team is on set in Islay Scotland at Ardbeg Distillery.  Ardbeg is a special place for Connor who shares a special affiliation with the brand.

For over 200 years, Ardbeg has been made on the small, remote Scottish Isle of Islay. Some people travel to Ardbeg along the winding road from Port Ellen. Ardbeg has been called “as close to perfection as makes no difference,” by whisky connoisseurs. Proof then, that Ardbeg truly deserves its incredible reputation. It’s a whisky that’s worshipped around the world. In the past ten years, six different Ardbeg expressions have won prestigious titles including World Whisky of the Year, Scotch Whisky of the Year and World’s Best Single Malt.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The guys sit down with Graeme Robertson. The team met Graeme and his wife in Edinburgh Scotland at Sam Heughans release of his book Waypoints. Graeme met Sam on the West Highland Way. The two quickly bonded with the trials and tribulations the West Highland Way present and Graeme ultimately ended up in Sam's book. He also shared the stage with Sam at his book release that we attended.

Now, there is more to Graem than just being in Waypoints and chatting about his relationship with Sam. Graeme has an amazing story and a great whisky journey. This is a really fun episode that we know you all are really going to enjoy!

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You can also read about Graeme in Sam's book. You can find the link to order the book here. 
https://www.amazon.com/Waypoints-Scottish-Journey-Sam-Heughan/dp/0316495530

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The team is on Islay at Lagavulin Distillery. We started the day in the barrelhouse with distillery icon Ian McArthur getting 17 and 25 year Lagavulin straight from the barrel! After an amazing tour, we sit down with distillery manager Jordan Paisley. 

Founded on Islay’s south [Kildalton] coast and situated between Ardbeg and Laphroaig, legal distilling was started at Lagavulin in 1816 by John Johnston. A second distillery shared the site which was first bought by the same family in 1825, before production was absorbed into Lagavulin in 1837.

It came to wider public awareness in 1862 when blender John Logan Mackie bought the distillery. His nephew Peter J. Mackie made the first of many trips to Islay in 1878 to learn the secrets of distilling and eventually take over production of Lagavulin. Sir Peter Mackie, as he became, was one of the pre-eminent figures of late 19th century whisky. He created the White Horse blend in 1890, co-founded Craigellachie distillery and was noted as a great innovator.

In 1908, irritated by the loss of the agency for Laphroaig, Mackie built a replica distillery at Lagavulin which he called Malt Mill. It ran until 1962 and though it was set up to produce the same character as Laphroaig – which is only two miles away – it never did. Neither did it make Lagavulin. A (fictitious) cask of Malt Mill played a central role in film director Ken Loach’s comedy The Angel’s Share.

The distillery floor maltings shut in 1974. They now form the visitor’s centre and admin offices.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The team sits down with Jason Patton who is a full-time firefighter and VP for Fire Department Coffee.

Fire Dept. Coffee is a veteran-owned business and certified by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA), we're dedicated to providing great-tasting coffee to people everywhere. Our coffee is freshly roasted in Rockford, IL by our dedicated team of firefighters, first responders, and coffee experts.

Inspired by the vital role that coffee plays in helping firefighters stay alert and energized through long shifts, Fire Dept. Coffee was founded in 2016. Founder and CEO Luke Schneider is a retired firefighter/paramedic and a U.S. Navy veteran.

Fire Department Coffee is run by active and retired firefighters, including our operations officer and chief coffee roaster.

Along with providing a growing selection of incredible coffee — including our proprietary Spirit Infused Coffee since 2016 — Fire Dept. Coffee also supports our fellow first responders in need through the Fire Dept. Coffee Foundation by giving back to those who have been injured on the job, mentally or physically, or who are facing other serious health challenges.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The Crew are in Aberfeldy Scotland at the Dewars Aberfeldy Distillery. We are once again joined by Craig who showed us around and pretty sure formed a brolationship with Connor as they bonded over their love of comic book movies. 

First planned in 1896 by the sons of John Dewar, Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery is the onlyScotch whisky distillery built by the Dewar family. Dewar’s was already a highly successful brand of blended whisky, renowned for its quality, and the company needed more single malt whisky to use in its blend.

The Dewar family’s pursuit of whisky perfection continues to this day, and they still produce whisky in a way that they would recognise instantly. In common with most Scotch whisky distilleries, malted Scottish barley to make the whisky is brought to site, with the old Malting House now home to our beautiful Whisky Lounge and Cafe. Due to vastly increased demand, we now mature our spirit elsewhere in Scotland, meaning our former filling station and warehouse have escaped modernisation and serve as a highly atmospheric tour area and home to our Cask Tasting.

This is the ideal backdrop to explain how Dewar’s premium blends are ‘double-aged’, with a secondary resting in oak barrels once the blend is created. The costly process gives an extra smoothness to the final whisky.

The creation of the distinctive Aberfeldy spirit all takes place onsite, with our extra long fermentation in larch washbacks, and distillation in our tall pot stills overlooking the rolling Perthshire hills. These processes create the honeyed-richness for which Aberfeldy whisky is renowned. Now popular in its own right as a single malt, Aberfeldy still makes up the heart of the Dewar’s blend, contributing its heather honey flavour to America’s best selling Scotch whisky.

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In this episode of Bourbon With Friends. The team sits down with actress, director and producer Leigha Kingsley to talk about the Spirit Of Women Film. Having signed on big names such as Peggy Noe Stevens, Marianne Eaves and Jackie Zykan. The Spirit Of Women takes an intimate look at the trailblazing women who are changing the entire landscape for females in the male-dominated world of whiskey and bourbon.

THE SPIRIT OF WOMEN is a female driven piece that takes an intimate look at the women paving the way for females in the male dominated world of whiskey and bourbon. The film will sit down with these trailblazing women, who are changing the entire landscape of the what the world thinks it knows about women and whiskey and most of them are the first in their field. This includes the first female bourbon taster in the world, the first female Master Distiller in Kentucky, the first female African-American Master Blender, the first female African-American CEO of any major spirit brand among others. We will also take on the important social issue of sexism, as well as how women's involvement in the alcohol industry has been buried throughout the ages.

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