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On today's episode we have a glass of Redbreast 12! This is a go to for many that like Irish whiskey.  We cover the power of the pot still and the joys of irish.  All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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Happy halloween! On today's episode we have a glass of Rittenhouse rye! We talk about rittenhouse rye and its namesake, while sharing stories of conspiracy, history, and ghosts!  All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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On today's episode we have a glass of Balvenie 12 year, the sweet toast of American oak!  A Speyside single malt That is finished in a toasted barrel.  We talk scotch ages, Speysides, and who is this bottle made for? All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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This is not our first speyside. In fact the majority of Scotch Bottles we have done reign from Speyside. 

-Funny thing is that it is not Nick’s favorite flavor when it comes to Scotches

-It’s very friendly and light, but most speyside bottles lack boldness. They tend not to stand out in a crowd of speyside whiskeys 

I want to say that this bottle will make a move towards the front of the speyside whiskey list for us because it is finished in toasted american oak barrels, but we will have to wait and see. 

The Bottle: 

• Single Malt Whiskey 
• This is a blend of several barrels from the Balvenie Distillery and the youngest that was blended in this was 12 years old 
  • Too young for Nick 
• 86 proof which is very typical for scotch 
• Part of the Stories Series 
  • Each bottle has a story behind the bottle
  • The feel that you get to know the distillery even more
  • These bottles are also a way for them to experiment 
• First aged in ex bourbon barrels
• They bring in virgin american oak barrels from Kentucky and toast them there 
• They then finish the whiskey in the toasted barrels 
• Price: $90

Tasting notes:

• Smells very young 
• Fruity
• Not the same flavor as toasted bourbon 

History: 

• Ironically same owner as Glenfiddich 
  • Opened in 1892 (Gelnfidich opened 1887)
  • Production starts 1893
• Son takes over in 1923
• Still use the traditional malting floor

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On today's episode we have a glass of  Crown Royal Reserve.  This bottle came out of a visit with the Queen to Canada to show that England still cared for its Red Headed Step Child.  The episode was recorded before Queen Elizabeth Passed away so there isn’t any reference to that, but rest in peace. Crown has certainly stepped up their game and i'm glad we have gone back to talk more about them! All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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Intro: 

-We have now had two Crown Royal bottles on this podcast, but we haven’t talked about the history of the company before.

History: 

In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth made history when they became the first reigning monarchs to visit Canada, arriving by boat and traveling the vast North American distance by train.

-this was to show that britain cared about their canadian dominion before WW2 to hel them not get bombed

-Upon hearing the historic news, a Canadian spirits entrepreneur set out to craft a whisky suited for the Royal Couple. He meticulously tried more than 600 blends before outfitting the final product in a cut-glass decanter and regal purple bag with gold stitching. The whisky he presented to the King and Queen was an exquisitely smooth blend of roughly fifty whiskies which became known, fittingly, as Crown Royal.

Their process: 

-Five different recipes (mash bills) and twelve distillation columns produce the individual whiskies that comprise our blends, which are then aged for varying periods of time in either new or re-use charred oak barrels. Once the whiskies have been aged to our blenders’ satisfaction, they are meticulously blended to create the signature rich 

Bottle:

-Our Master Blender hand selects less than 1% of our exceptionally aged whiskies, creating a blend that is aged longer than most for the perfect balance of flavor and depth. This whiskey is our Blender’s gift to Crown Royal enthusiasts: a creamy, rich, reserve-grade blend, with a velvety long lasting finish.

-This was first released in 1992 as "Special Reserve", but has recently been dropped to just "Reserve".

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On today's episode we have a glass of Willet Pot still! Its a bottle loved my some, but also well hated online.  Does it deserve the hate? We sure don't think so!  We discuss the history of the willet brand, sourcing, and online reviews.  All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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https://www.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com/the-whiskeys/willett-pot-still-reserve/ 

History: 

-In 1684 Edward Willet travels to London to become an apprentice and learn how to work with pewter

-Metal alloy that contains copper, along with other metals 

-Then in 1862 they made their way to America and lived near what is now Washington DC. 

-Jump ahead to 1940 and the Willet family is living in Kentucky and are dipping their toes into the whiskey world.

-They team up with Thomas Moore, and with a man by the last name of Franke. Thus creating the Moore, Willet & Franke distillery 

-Thomas S Moore was a big name back in the day and Sazerac started to bring it back about 2 years ago

-1936 Willet decides to break ground on their own distillery.

-Just three years after prohibition (ballsy move) 

- early 1980’s.  Times are hard for the whiskey industry, and the willet distillery shuts down

-they attempted to switch from whiskey to producing ethanol to help with the energy crisis.  However, when gas prices lowered this tanked then and they shut down operation. 

-1984- Martha Willet and her husband Even Kulsveen, purchase and reopen the distillery, though they do not distill at this point.

-Here is the crazy thing, the bottle we are having today, the pot still was not the first, second or third bottle that willet put out. 

-Based on the history I could find, this was the last bottle to come out of willet, but it is one of the more sought after ones. 

-Bottling History:

-1940’s - Old Bardstown Bourbon

-1960’s - Johnny Drum (which was made for only one specific wholesaler)

-1990’s - Rowan’s creek/Noah’s Mill/Pure Kentucky/Kentucky vintage 

-2008 - Reserve series released (Family Estate bourbon and rye, along with this bottle)

Bottle:

-Come to find out, when the bottle was released in 2008, it was sourced. People are not sure where from and it is impossible to find out, but it is believed to have come from Kentucky. 

-It was also said to be about 8 years old when they first released, which I believe is younger now.

-In 2012, after their renovation, they started producing their own stuff again

-2016 was the first release of bottles with their own bourbon in it. 

-The mashbill is undisclosed 

- I have looked all over for this and can only find the assumed mashbill 

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On today's episode we have a glass of Still austin Cask Strength Bourbon Whiskey! We talk about a common topic for us, CORN! As well as the Elevage process, and FFA and the cattle business.  All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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History: 

-Founded in 2015 by three Austin families, Still Austin Whiskey Co. is a true grain-to-glass distillery, located in the heart of Austin, Texas. 

-All spirits are handcrafted using grains grown by Texas farmers. 

-Still Austin places a high value on sustainability, with a focus on cutting carbon emissions through local sourcing, increasing the biodiversity of the region through heritage grains, returning spent grains to local ranchers to feed their animals, and operating a distillery that is designed for energy efficiency and water conservation.

-Still Austin Whiskey Co. performs a very unique process during the aging of its bourbon. Referred to as “Élevage”, a small amount of water is added during each month of aging to gradually proof down the bourbon and accentuate its interaction with the wood.

Bottle:

-In 2021 they decided to release their cask strength bourbon. This bottling does not use the same unique process to proof it down. 

-Mashbill: 70% Non-GMO White Corn, 25% Elbon Rye and 5% Wildfire Malted Barley

-It would seem that most distilleries in Texas have started to us White corn instead of yellow dent corn. 

-Specialty and white corn are typically grown for specific purposes. White corn contains higher levels of starch, which make it perfect to be used in corn chips, tortillas, and other popular food products. 

-Texas is a large producer of dent corn and white corn.

-They have two permanent bottling offerings 

-Cask Strength and the “Musician” 

-They have over 11 different special releases that they have done. 

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Journeyman Distillery Part 2

today's episode is the second and final part of our interview with Journeyman Distillery.  We talk about their expansion into Valparaiso as well as try a few more bottles, including one that has never been released, until now!  If you are planning a trip to Journeyman, check out their calendar page at journeyman.com. There you can find events as well as event spaces and tours of the distillery.

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https://www.journeyman.com/calendar 

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Journeyman Distillery Part 1

On today's episode is part one in a two week series on Journeyman distillery!  We had their last feather Rye on the show a while back, and we liked it so much we decided we had to get to the distillery, so that’s what we did! Join us as we talk to brand ambassador Grant and Production manager Tom as we drink a line up of their bottles and talk journeyman!

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On today's episode we have a glass of Hotel Tangle Reserve number 3.  Hotel Tango is the first disabled veteran owned whiskey company.  Number 3 is sourced out of Fairbanks, Ohio from some old barrels.  Since this is released right before the 21st anniversary we talk about our experience on 9/11, and what it meant to us.  All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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https://shop.hoteltangodistillery.com/products/reserve-bourbon-003 

Smell

• Chocolate smell (dark or milk depending on who you ask)

Flavor

• Drinks above its weight
• Complex flavor
• Maltiness
• Dry dustiness
• Some rye spiciness
• Cocoa
• Dark cherry

History: 

-Travis saw what happened on 9/11 and after being profoundly affected by the attacks decided to enlist on 4/14/02. 

-He serves three tours in operation Iraqi freedom and is given an honorable discharge after being hit by several IEDS during his tours. 

-For this alone, most people would say you did well, you deserve to take a break, but Travis had other plans. 

-Travis decides to attend and graduate Law School, where he meets his wife Hilary. 

-He graduates and decides why don’t I put all of the rigorous, meticulous, training that I had from the military to good use and decides to start making whiskey. 

-Apparently the whiskey is so good that his friends encourage him to start a company, and in true military fashion, he decides to name is based off the NATO phonetic alphabet and calls it Hotel Tango

-Hotel - for Hilary

-Tango - for Travis

-Hotel Tang starts in 2014

Bottle: 

-This is the Reserve Bourbon (Batch 003) 

-Middle west distillery is where they currently make their bourbon, but they decided to do a reserve bottle a couple of years ago and it did so well that they are on their 3rd batch.

-For the “Reserve” they purchase barrels from other distilleries and either blend them themselves. 

-Batch 002 was from George Dickel

-Batch 003 is from Flat Rock Spirits Distillery in Fairborn OH

-Stillwrights

-According to Hotel Tango, the bourbon in this bottle and in their batch 3 is no longer being produced. 

-They bought the last remaining barrels(of this juice) for this batch and they believe it is their best one yet

-Mashbill: 75% corn 15% wheat 10% barley 

-Aged 6 years. 

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On today's episode we have a glass of  Oak and Eden Spire select, a Store Pick from Handy Spot Liqour in Ashley, Indiana.  A revolutionary new way of finishing whiskey with a stave in the bottle! We talk french oak, Finishings, and sourcing.  All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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https://oakandeden.com 

-Oak & Eden was born out of an ideal for innovation in 2017 by Joe Giildenzopf (CEO), his brother Jamie Giildenzopf (Co-Founder) and Brad Neathery in Texas. 

-They believe authority is released when a creator creates, and we believe everyone carries the spirit of creation in them. 

-Oak & Eden Whiskey created and pioneered a precious technique that would become the lifeblood of Oak & Eden

- in-bottle finishing™.

-They follow the traditional distillation process and aging to the letter. 

-They age 3 years in american oak barrels 

-They then break the tradition in the finishing (or double barrel) process. 

-Instead of finishing a whole barrel in a second one, they take a Spire and put it in the bottles 

-A spire is a spiral cut piece of oak that is made from the same species and goes through the same treatment as the barrel oak goes through. 

-They started this method with the belief that it will allow each bottle to change in flavor and has the potential to change the flavor of the bottle over the years 

-If you look at the back of every bottle it gets religious, but it becomes less standoff-ish as the founders talk about it. 

-They are Christians. That being said, this is not a Christian whiskey. They are not attempting to convert anyone with this whiskey. They do however, because of their faith and their understanding of Scripture, see the world through that lens, including the production of whiskey. As they see it, when He turned His attention to making mankind, he did not speak us into existence, he instead used his hands. Taking the elements of the earth and forming a being… breath(ed) into us, which is translated in Hebrew (as) ‘inspire.’ … We call the whiskey Oak & Eden, in-bottle finished, inspired whiskey. And because that great creation story began with God in the garden, we named our product Oak & Eden. Oak is emblematic of wood in the bottle. Eden is the perfection of God’s creation. 

-The founders were pressed once, during an interview, on how much religious undertones there was in their company and their response was “This is merely our perspective on the world” 

-The company plans on making their own juice as soon as possible and replacing what is in the bottle, currently, with their own stuff; however, until that time they are pulling from MGP. 

-This Specific Bottle of Oak and Eden is a store pick from Handy Spot Liquor

-It is a wheated bourbon that has a port wine soaked french oak spire in it and is bottled at 116 proof.

-FUN FACT: This is the only bottle that I know of that has the potential to change flavors over time, and depending on climate

-The wood spire inside allows the juice to interact with it as it wood in the barrel

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