It's This Week in Bourbon for June 23rd 2023. A new bill has been introduced that will refund duties and taxes to export bourbon, Four Roses will sell a limited supply of 10 recipe tasting kits, and Heaven's Door releases their next Decade Series.

Show Notes:
Brown-Forman sells Finladia Vodka to Coca-Cola HBC for $220M and exits Vodka completely.
A new bill has been introduced that will refund duties and taxes to export bourbon
five new bourbon-centric stops have been added to The B-Line
Four roses will sell a limited supply of 10 recipe tasting kits
Heaven's Door unveiled its Decade Series Rye release
Frey Ranch Distillery announced Frey Ranch Farm Strength Uncut Bourbon
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TWiB: Refunds on Duties and Taxes For Export Bourbons, Four Roses To Sell Limited 10 Recipe Tasting Kit, Heaven's Door Releases The Next Decade Series

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It's This Week in Bourbon for June 21st 2024. Hard Truth adds Moonshiner’s Experience, Heaven's Door wants to know what's better Kentucky or Tennessee Bourbon?, Maker's Mark announced the latest in its Wood Finishing Series.

Show Notes:
Hard Truth adds Moonshiner’s Experience
Heaven's Door wants to know what's better Kentucky or Tennessee Bourbon?
Penelope re-releases their Rose cask
Silverbelly Whiskey Batch #4 entitled I'd Love You All Over Again
Russell’s Reserve 15 Year Old
Wyoming Whiskey Outryder Straight American Whiskey
Maker's Mark announced the latest in its Wood Finishing Series
@hardtruthspirits @heavensdoorwhiskey @penelopebourbon @silverbellywhiskey @russellsreservebourbon @wyomningwhiskey @makersmark
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TWiB: What's better Kentucky or Tennessee Bourbon?, Penelope Re-releases Rose Cask, Maker's Mark Wood Finishing Series

I remember the first time I saw a bottle of WM Tarr. I didn't know much about it except that is was from a company in Lexington and there was well-known football coach supporting the brand. Fast forward a few months and that bottle disappeared from the shelves and was replaced with a new brand called RD1 and it specialized in finished bourbon whiskeys. To help share more of this story, we've invited Barry Brinegar on the show. Barry is a Co-Founder and National Brand Ambassador and gives us the scoop on how their business plan that was only going to focus on gift shop sales got completely disrupted by covid and they had to look at new ways of doing business. We talk about their mission as a company and how they are taking a modern approach to whiskey to find new customers and how a that football coach I talked about landed them a premier placement on ESPN's college football gameday coverage. 
  Show Notes:
Above the Char with Fred Minnick (@fredminnick) talks about Maker's Mark and the proof change.
How did you get started in the whiskey industry?
How did you get connected with Mark Stoops?
Why release WM Tarr?
How did you adapt when covid shut down your business plan?
What is the goal of how you are trying to be different?
Did your cutover happen overnight and was the plan to switch over already in place?
Why go with a modern brand vs traditional?
How did you land on your core four products?
How involved is Mark Stoops with the brand?
Why have so much transparency when it comes to the wood finishing process?
Why did you use amburana?


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467 - From Gift Shop to GameDay: The Disrupted Journey of RD1 Bourbon with Barry Brinegar

On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review Puncher's Chance The Unified Belt. This non-age stated whiskey is 96 proof and $150 MSRP. Let us know what you think. Cheers!

DISCLAIMER: The whiskey in this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy of the spirit producer. We were not compensated by the spirit producer for this review. This is our honest opinion based on what we tasted. Please drink responsibly.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whiskey Quickie: Puncher's Chance The Unified Belt Whiskey Review

It's This Week in Bourbon for June 13th 2024. James B. Beam Distilling Co. announces several new visitor experiences, Widow Jane releases Baby Jane, and Angel's Envy releases a Cask Strength Bottled in Bond non finished bourbon.

Show Notes:
Nancy Fraley talks cigar blend fact checks
Whiskey & Wealth Club absolved of accusations
James B. Beam Distilling Co. announces several new visitor experiences
Widow Jane releases Baby Jane
Blue Run Flight Series II
Old Forester President's Choice
Woodford Reserve Father's Day
Angel's Envy releases a Cask Strength Bottled in Bond non finished bourbon
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TWiB: Jim Beam Has New Visitor Experiences, Widow Jane Releases Baby Jane, Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bottled in Bond

The barrel is where the magic happens and it takes years for your whiskey to achieve it's optimal flavor. Most of us are familiar with the standard american white oak barrel with a char 4. Yet, there are hundreds, if not, thousands of combinations that go into creating a barrel from the wood species, stave seasoning, char, toasting and how it ages based on location in a geography or a floor in a warehouse. There's one guy that does all this research and that's Andrew Wiehebrink from Independent Stave. This is his third time on the show and this time he brings different aging experiments for us to taste through. We taste the same whiskey from different levels of a warehouse and even the same american single malt aged in texas and scotland. We also dive into the state of the barrel shortage, our shared distain of amburana, the shift to char 1, and what new innovations are coming from the barrel and oak alternative market.  
  Show Notes:
Above the Char with Fred Minnick (@fredminnick) talks about will today's bottles be a new dusty.
Talk about what stave seasoning does for the whiskey
Why does Kentucky have more extraction than Texas?
What does elevation from levels on a warehouse do to the aging process?
How often do you revisit experiments?
Does the mashbill make a difference to your experiments?
Would American Single Malt make more sense to use new vs used barrels?
What did the location differences for American Single Malt experiments make?
Has the barrel shortage been resolved?
Do you research the human element and what consumers are looking for in taste?
What do you think of Amburana and exotic wood species?
How are you smoking barrels?
Why is Char 1 creating a darker whiskey and are there diminishing returns?
Does pot vs column still play a role?
Where are oak alternatives heading?
How do you design a barrel correctly for double oaking?


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TWiB: Refunds on Duties and Taxes For Export Bourbons, Four Roses To Sell Limited 10 Recipe Tasting Kit, Heaven's Door Releases The Next Decade Series

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