The Whiskey Ring Podcast

Welcome Whiskey Ringers to Episode 40! Today's guest is Joshua Hatton, co-founder of Single Cask Nation (SCN). SCN is one of the most popular independent bottlers on the planet, with every release a near-instant sellout. But it wasn't always this way. Join us as we talk starting up an independent bottler, how to choose where to pick your barrels, turning barrels down, and the picks that went under the radar. 

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Welcome Whiskey Ringers! Today's guest comes to me via Bourbon & Banter, where I reviewed Watershed Distillery's Apple Brandy-finished Bourbon and their Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon last year. I got to try their original cask strength (5-grain, including spelt) and their apple brandy, too. TL;DR, I'm impressed. Watershed is putting out solid bourbon with its own unique twist, and it's priced at a point where you can take a flier and not regret it if it's not your thing. 

I also won the Watershed/Eaves Blind bottling, but I'll get to that later...

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Welcome Whiskey Ringers! Today we venture to the great north - Rochester, NY. Black Button Distilling is doing grain-to-glass right, using New York grain in their Four-Grain Straight Bourbon, Empire Rye, Cask Strength Bourbon, and more. 

You'll taste the grains, you'll taste the bourbon - and you'll love it. Don't skip the cream, by the way. 

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Today we venture to the Midwest - Wisconsin - to Dancing Goat Distillery. Founder Nick Maas and his team are doing things that few distilleries would do (or would admit to doing), blending their own product with sourced whiskey to achieve something greater than the sum of its parts. 

Plus, Nick is insane in the best way (as he will admit) and this is a blast of an interview. 

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Today is Barrell Day! Barrell Craft Spirits takes up more room on my shelves than any distillery or producer other than Heaven Hill and Highland Park. Their 95/5 rye single barrels are my go-to, the experimental finishes are at minimum interesting and often extraordinary, and the new Gray Label Seagrass and Gray Label 24 Year Old are whiskies to hunt for. 

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Today we're getting nerdy with Dr. Pat Heist, fermentation specialist extraordinaire and distiller at Wilderness Trail Distillery. We get deep into the science and variations on fermenting, distillation, enzymatic activity, and sweet mash. It's a geek-out, but I think you'll love it. 

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This one's a biggie! Bernie Lubbers of Heaven Hill fame (and Jim Beam, and Bottled in Bond, and more!) joins the Whiskey Ring Podcast. 

We're taking a deep dive into Heaven Hill - Parker's Heritage Collection, Heaven Hill Select Stock, Gift Shop releases, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, all the heavy hitters us whiskey nerds go crazy for. 

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ImpEx Beverages might not be the name you know best, but here are some others: Kilchoman. Single Cask Nation. Adelphi Selection. Ohishi and Fukano. Port Askaig. These are just some of the brands, independent bottlers, and distilleries within the ImpEx umbrella. 

Join Sam and me as we talk about starting an import-export (Imp-Ex, get it?) company, the three-tier system, independent bottlers, and the joys of Islay (I'm getting there, ok?). 

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You might be more familiar with Daylight Wine and Spirits' Ammunition Wines, a California winery producing bold reds. What you might not know is that under a year ago, Ammunition branched out into whiskey, finishing MGP bourbon in their own Cabernet Sauvignon barrels and MGP rye in their own Pinot Noir barrels. Both show a skillful balance of spirit and finish - and a deep understanding of how their wine can elevate the bourbon and rye to the next level.

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Back in 2016, Clay Risen wrote an article for the Times about a man named Nathan “Nearest” Green. Fawn Weaver, an author and entrepreneur, was halfway around the world in Singapore when she read the article. That moment would change both of their lives. 

This week’s episode and the live event focused on the man and his legacy, the growth and future of his eponymous whiskey brand, and how Uncle Nearest is pushing the industry to face its own history, even if that history shakes them to the core.

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