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The 2022 Bourbon Charity Ball is just around the corner! Visit www.bourbonballky.com for more information on how you can be a part of this amazing charity event to raise money for Folds of Honor. A charity that supports children and spouses of fallen service members from each branch of the military.

About Hood River Distillers
Rooted in Oregon for the past 86 years, Hood River Distillers began by making fruit wines and brandies from the apples and pears that were going to waste as excess production from the valley’s abundant harvests. Located along the Columbia River with majestic Mt. Hood as its backdrop, Hood River Distillers has been at its current bottling facility in Hood River since 1969. The company has expanded the plant for storage and made production line upgrades several times throughout the years. Although our core distribution began in the Pacific Northwest, we are currently producing close to one million cases per year, and distributing our products nationwide.

CLEAR CREEK DISTILLERY
Clear Creek Distillery was founded in 1985 with a vision to use the bountiful fruits of the Pacific Northwest to create fruit-based spirits that rivaled the best of their European counterparts. Using old-world techniques and sourcing ingredients from the local orchards and fresh water springs of Mount Hood in the Oregon countryside, Clear Creek became one of the first craft distilleries in the United States.

Clear Creek joined the Hood River Distillers family in 2014 and is currently led by Master Distiller Joseph O’Sullivan and Head Distiller Caitlin Bartelmay. With their breadth of experience and passion for their craft, they produce some of our most beloved spirits, including all Clear Creek brandies and liqueurs, as well as McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey, Old Delicious Double Bourbon Barreled Apple Brandy and Timberline Vodka.

Hood River Distillers
Website - www.hrdspirits.com
Instagram - @trails_end , @mccarthyswhiskey , @clearcreekdistillery , @HoodRiverDistillers
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ClearCreekDistillery/ , https://www.facebook.com/HoodRiverDistillers

Double Mountain Brewery
Instagram - @doublemountain
Facebook - @doublemountainbrewery
TikTok (this is New) - @doublemountainbrewery
Website - www.doublemountainbrewery.com

Whisk(e)y's in this episode
Trail’s End 10 - 105 Proof
McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey - 85 Proof, 100% peat-malted Scottish barley. Barrel-aged in Oregon oak for 3 years
McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey - 100 Proof, 100% peat-malted Scottish barley. Barrel-aged in Oregon oak

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In this episode, Connor from @whogivesadram joins me as we chat bourbon and shenanigans with Paige Mills aka @bikerbiddie 🔥.

Paige is the first international guest of the show and an all around bad ass! She hails from Melbourne Australia. Paige is a professional athlete and a rising star in the Instagram world. 

Paige competed succesfully in strength sports (Powerlifting and Strongman) All over Australia and internationally.

Paige is a personal trainer and she wants to make you stronger, faster, look better naked, or all of the above.

You’re going to laugh your ass off in this episode!

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Also check out her website. bikerbiddie.com

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In this episode, the man, the myth, the legend Bill Binder joins the show!

Bill Binder has been a constant in the whiskey world. From doing golf course reviews, to his large social media following, designing bars or his docuseries Binder Stash. Bill is one of the foremost names in the bourbon community! 

You can see Bills Show - Binder Stash on YouTube here. 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1TVuq8CF2qCaNwaz01AVg

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In this special episode. Paul & Stacey sit down with USMC Veteran Rocky Sickmann. 

Rodney “Rocky” Sickmann graduated from Washington High School in 1976 and immediately entered the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1979, just 28 days into his tour of duty at American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Sickmann became a player in one of the most terrifying events in U.S. history. 

On November 4, 1979, after months of turmoil marked by the return of the exiled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun by militants and its employees taken captive. Sergeant Rocky Sickmann, then just 22, was one of 65 Americans taken hostage. Sickmann remained a hostage for 444 days before being released on Jan. 20, 1981 following 14 months of diplomacy by President Jimmy Carter.

Three months later, Sickmann was Honorably Discharged after six years in the U.S. Marine Corps and received several accolades during his service including the Prisoner of War Medal, The Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Award of Valor, and Good Conduct Medal. Following the military, he began working in advertising for KMOX radio in St. Louis, Mo. and then entered the private sector for Anheuser-Busch InBev. He spent the next 34 years with the company, most recently as the U.S. National Director for Military and Industry Affairs, until his retirement in July 2016. Sickmann’s personal diary, “Iranian Hostage: A Personal Diary of 444 Days in Captivity” is also the only known diary to have been smuggled out of Iran and published. The diary is no longer in publication.  

As the U.S. National Director for Military and Industry Affairs at Anheuser-Busch InBev, Sickmann oversaw all Military Special Events, Military and Industry Trade Media Publications, and National Industry Trade Shows. Throughout his career at Anheuser-Busch, Sickmann also played a key role in increasing Anheuser-Busch’s market penetration among the Military by training wholesalers, coordinating marketing and publicity, executing national sales promotions, and planning special military events. Sickmann helped coordinate the “Here’s to the Heroes Tour” which salutes the men and women of the armed forces, allowing Americans to show their support for the troops via recorded messages filmed on location at community events, celebrations, and festivals nationwide and shared with U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Personally and professionally, Sickmann has been fortunate to share his story on many different platforms including ABC News, ESPN, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, NFL Time Line Series, The New York Times, to the cast of the Oscar award-winning film Argo (starring Ben Affleck), national and local Veteran and Military organizations, and educational institutions across the country. 

In August 2016, Sickmann’s military and professional experience, coupled with his passion for our armed forces, led him to pursue an opportunity with his favorite non-profit organization: Folds of Honor. In this new role, Sickmann helps advance the Folds mission: To stand in the financial gap of the more than one million dependents adversely affected by war, providing educational scholarships to the children and spouses of those killed or disabled while serving our nation. 

If you would like to learn more or donate to Folds Of Honor. Please visit their website. 
https://foldsofhonor.org/

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In this episode, we are joined by Logan & Mac of the Basement Rickhouse!

When they started their TikTok page, they thought this would be a casual hobby to do sporadically. That quickly changed as their first video recieved over 183,000 views. Today, they have more than 37,000 followers and are one of the largest Bourbon TikTok accounts today! While you may know them from TikTok, they are so much more! Doing tastings in their amazing basement bar. Bringing a wealth of bourbon education or attending festivals and events. Logan & Mac are big players on the bourbon stage and we are really happy we can call them firends!

If you don't follow them. Make sure you do!

TikTok - @basement_rickhouse
Instagram - @basement_rickhouse

Check their website out for cool Basement Rickhouse Gear. http://Thebasementrickhouse.com/

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In this episode, AJ is BACK and we are chatting all things Woodinville Whiskey Co.!  We recorded this episode at Logan & Mac's from the Basement Rickhouse and Logan joins us as a guest host. Our special guest for this episode is Ariel Jahn, Woodinville Development Manager. 

We had a BLAST making this episode! We did not have a lot of history with Woodinville and are really surprised at how this small company is making waves in the bourbon world!

What we are drinking in this episode. 

Woodinville Straight Bourbon Whiskey - 90 Proof

Woodinville Straight Rye Whiskey - 100% Rye, 90 Proof

Woodinville Straigh Bourbon Whiskey Port Finish - 90 Proof

Woodinville Straight Bourbon Whiskey Moscatel Finished - 100 Proof

You can learn more about Woodinville on their website 

https://www.woodinvillewhiskeyco.com/

Or follow them on Instagram @woodinvillewhiskeyco

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In this episode. Paul and Stacey delve into a few bottles of bourbon you may not have heard of before. We had a really good time recording this! We always love trying to bourbons/whiskeys for you all! 

Remember, no matter what any review says always try something for yourself! You never know, you may find something that fits your palate! 

What we tried in this episode. 

Walkers Cay Bourbon - Mashbill -  70% Corn, 21% Rye, 9% Malted Barley, 90 proof

Ghostwood - 90 Proof Blended Bourbon Whiskey, 4 Grain & Aged  4 Years+

Union Horse Chicago Sting Single Barrel Straight Rye - Mashbill 100% Rye, 126.9 Proof

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In this episode, Paul and Stacey sit down with the Bourbon On The Banks team to talk about this years festival!

You can learn more about Bourbon On The Banks here https://bourbononthebanks.org/

Tickets are going fast so make sure to get yours today! Especially if you are someone who enjoys a VIP Experience!

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In this episode. The guys talk to well know Instagram bourbon influencer Nate Woodruff. Nate has been in the bourbon world for years and has a great background and some funny stories! We know you all will love this episode!

Sorry for the sound quality, not sure what happened but this was too cool not to release!

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@whisky_nate

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In this episode. Paul & Stacey have a bit of fun. We picked 3 different places we wanted to go, what we would want to drink there and cool people we would want to share those drinks with! And, maybe we talk about a few shenanigans too 🤷‍♂️

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