The Mash Up

When Brown-Forman announced they would be releasing a new small batch version of King of Kentucky, we were excited and also had many questions. Instead of more single barrels, this remixed version of the "King" comes in the form of three batches with a brand new mashbill. For the first time, King of Kentucky has released a three-batch series, each bottled at  a distinct proof to showcase the complexity of its aging process: Batch 1: 105 proof; Batch 2: 107.5 proof; Batch 3: 110 proof. For this episode, our friend Jason was able to secure Batch 2 and we supplied some blinds to make sure that the very first time we tasted this whiskey would be blind. How did things end up? Is this new version of the king really the "King?" You'll have to listen to find out.

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In 2025, Willett quietly released a blended bourbon called "Speakeasy." Coming off our best of blinds where Willett was well represented, we thought it would be good to taste and review a shelf product that's available in most markets. Our friend Jason joins us as a guest co-host and the conversation ranges from high class seafood to amusement park lines. As always, we give you our honest take on this relatively new offering from the Willett Distillery.

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Bruce Russell is the Associate Master Blender for Wild Turkey. Over the past few years, he has been responsible for making some of the most epic Turkey releases and is making a name for himself by pushing the boundaries of what Wild Turkey can be. We've had the chance to talk to Bruce before, but it's never been like this. In this episode, we have a long form conversation and taste through some of the most revered Wild Turkey offerings in history as well as some new things that Bruce is working on. We are joined by guest co-host Ryan Alves from Bourbonoutfitter.com who also happens to be one of Bruce's closest friends. This episode really needs no description. It's 2 plus hours of Bruce sharing his vision, wisdom, and intimate stories that you've never heard before. Cheers and be on the lookout for all the goodness that is on the horizon from Wild Turkey.

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It's been a minute since we did back-to-back blind episodes, but our community keeps sending in a lot of goodness for us to taste. Our listener and long time supporter (Pu Bear) sent us a couple of blinds. Spoiler alert - we didn't do nearly as good as last episode, but we did have quite a bit of fun in the process. In this short, we talk about our upcoming episode with Bruce Russell and give an update on some upcoming events. But, most of the time is spent on the blinds. The whiskey that we liked best out of the four blind samples is a brand that you might have heard of recently : )

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For this Friday episode, we decided to dig into our backlog of blinds that have been sent by our community. Our listener and friend (Ryan from NC) sent us some blinds that drummed up some serious nostalgia. He also sent us some holiday gifts and those gifts cause quite a bit of clamor and laughter. We've been doing this podcast for nearly 5 years and this set of blinds was surprising and meaningful. Why is that the case? You'll have to listen to find out. Those of you who have been with us since the beginning will understand. It's been a minute since we've done one of these episodes, but it was really fun.

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Coming off our "best of" episode, we decided to celebrate Fat Tuesday a little early. Twice previously on the podcast, we tasted Smooth Ambler Founders' Cask Strength Bourbon (at 6 years and 8 years old). We'd like to thank a great listener (Patrick) for sending us the 9yr version of this of this bourbon. For this weeks short, we taste this new bottle against the 8yr version and the results are kind of shocking. We also taste a blind sample and stuff our faces with some King Cake courtesy of Caleb C. Another culinary focused episode from your favorite facts optional bourbon podcast.

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Finally - The Mash Up Podcast has crowned it's best whiskey of 2025! Annually, we have a "Best of Blinds" event which consists of an esteemed panel of friends tasting through some of the best whiskeys of the year. We had 67 total bottles in the field. After multiple preliminary rounds, we came up with our top 12. These "top" whiskeys were then blinded again in a championship round. Who made the top 12? Who won the whole dang competition? You'll have to listen to find out. With special guest host Ryan Alves from bourbonoutfitter.com, this conversation is an important and spirited one. While this episode is a little long, we promise that it's worth it. This blinds event is one of the funnest things we do all year and we're happy to share it with you.

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We have two upcoming barrel picks from Dark Arts Whiskey House in Lexington, Kentucky. We selected a 12 year Armagnac finished bourbon and an 11 year straight bourbon whiskey (both MGP). You've heard us discuss about Dark Arts before, but you'll have to listen to hear about how these barrels were selected and how they taste. We welcome Steven back the podcast. Also making a special appearance is our friend Ryan Alves who discusses a number of things including Bourbon Outfitters new "insider" program. Be on the lookout for these upcoming picks which will be exclusively available from bourbonoutfitter.com

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Old Dominick Distillery, located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, is a historic, family-owned distillery producing whiskey and vodka, revitalized in 2017 by the descendants of Domenico Canale, who first created the brand in 1866. For this episode, we taste and review two single barrel offerings from Old Dominick (Tennessee Whiskey and Wheat Whiskey) that were provided to the podcast by listener/friend . While we had heard of Old Dominick, we'd never tried any of their offerings. What were we waiting for? Not sure. But, better late than never as this brand seems to have much potential. So join us this week as we talk about humble beginnings of an immigrant, three 6 mafia, and a whole host of other stuff.

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For this episode, we taste and review a 13 year old Brook Hill Rye selected by Liquor Barn. It's always good when we can taste and review a bottle that was selected by one of the most well known liquor stores in Lexington. While this episode isn't a terribly long, we do manage to taste this high proof premium offering from Rare Character and we also blind it against something our listeners might be familiar with.

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