Good friend and Lustau National Brand Ambassador, Steven Dragun tastes us through five sherry wines from the Bodegas Lustau. Steven also explains a detailed history of the company and the complex organization of aging sherry in a solera system. We also discuss the versatility of their wines in cocktails. Sit back, grab a sherry from your local independent retailer and sip some sherry along with us.

Guest: Steven Dragun

Hosts: Jake Hukee & Callum O’Donnell

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Live from the world’s best whiskey bar, Delilah’s, I record a Drammers - Chicago whisky event. I’m an ambassador for Starward Whisky, and this episode gives insight to what it’s like to be an ambassador at a branded event. Thank you to Drammers for having me and thank you for being great friends and people.

Host: Jake Hukee

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I visit the the conversation of contemplation and preservation of the body and the mind as being a whiskey brand ambassador.

Host: Jake Hukee

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Live from The Franklin Room in Chicago, IL, we record the February outrun for Scotch Malt Whisky Society. We blindly sip on six different drams from the club with 34 our dearest friends. We give our tastings notes, reveal the distilleries on the bottle, and talk through history of the club and the scotch distilleries.

Hosts: Jake Hukee & Callum O’Donnell

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Key In The Lake

I share my guide to the great city of Austin, TX. This isn’t a best of list, instead, it’s a curation of how I explore cities as a whisky ambassador on the road. Find great coffee shops, breakfast spots, whiskey haunts and cocktail joints.

Host: Jake Hukee

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Jake shares his time at Starward Whisky and handling the distillery’s single barrel program in the United States. He also tastes and shares the story of Starward’d first Tawny Cask Single Barrel—that’s hitting the market later this year.

Host: Jake Hukee

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Live from The Green Post in Chicago, we escape whiskey and focus on barrel-aged gin from Tattersall. Our old friend Ambrosia Borowski of Green Post and Marcus Reidy of Tattersall sit down to explain how this delicious gin came to be a single barrel for the restaurant. We also discuss the foundation of Minnesota distillery, and focus on Green Post resurrecting both former Northside restaurants Fountainhead and The Northman.

Guest: Ambrosia Borowski & Marcus Reidy

Hosts: Jake Hukee

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Jake, Wilson, and Brett Bauer of Sagamore Spirit analyze the future of their collective distillery’s single barrel programming, and how distributors /retailers value single barrels from mid-size distilleries.

Guest: Brett Bauer

Hosts: Jake Hukee & Wilson Torres

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Old Elk’s new market manager, Eric Rosentreter explains the rise of their single barrel program, and the responsibility of selling/representing a whiskey made by a living legend like Greg Metze.

Guest: Eric Rosentreter

Hosts: Jake Hukee

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Brett Bauer is back to share the development of Sagamore’s private barrel program. Sagamore has a unique blending process of seven-year-old rye whiskey to create private selects for retailers, bars and clubs across the country. Brett breaks down the Maryland distillery's intricate process private rye barrels.

Guest: Brett Bauer

Hosts: Jake Hukee

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