Bourbon Showdown Podcast

This week we welcome Bruce Russell from Wild Turkey back to The Bourbon Showdown! We sit down and crack a fresh bottle of Rare Breed and we talk Jimmy Russell! More specifically we talked about the accomplishment of Jimmy's 70 years at Wild Turkey, the commemorative 70th anniversary bottle that bears his name and of course we shared a few pours while Bruce recounted some of his favorite Jimmy stories on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast.  

This week we welcome Dan McKee and Andrea Wilson from Michter's to the show! Dan is of course the Master Distiller and Andrea the Master of Maturation! We got together in Kentucky a few months ago and discussed all the goodness that is Michter's Whiskey and I have to say I can't remember the last time I laughed so much during an interview. We talk through the Michter's brand, their dedication to quality the goodness that is Fort Nelson in Louisville and we drink some delicious Michter's Toasted Bourbon! So get ready this week because its all Michter's with the people that know it best, the Master Distiller and the Master of Maturation on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Aaron Harris, Head Distiller at Green River to the Bourbon Showdown!  We talk about how he got into whiskey, how he became the head distiller at Green River, the history of the brand and how Green River has been has rocking and rolling across the whiskey landscape since its re-introduction in 2022.  It's a great conversation about good whiskey with the Whiskey Without Regrets on this week on the Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week we welcome Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, founders of Brother's Bond Bourbon. You may know them best from their hit show the Vampire Diaries, they have now focused their attention on whiskey! We sit down and talk about all things Brother's Bond. Everything from drinking whiskey on the set of the Vampire Diaries to being named by Forbes as one of the top 5 whiskeys in the market today. It's a great episode with Brother's Bond on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Lynette Green from Jack Daniel's and Brown-Forman to the Bourbon Showdown to talk all things Marketing and Jack Daniel's! Lynette and I sit down and we do a deep dive on how you build a brand from a marketing perspective, we talk about how the market has changed for spirits, how her team focuses on a  global audience and how she works to bring Brown-Forman brands to the masses not by the barrel but by the click. It's a great conversation and I get to geek out with Lynette on the other side of whiskey this week on The Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week we welcome Pete Barger from Southern Distilling Co. to the Bourbon Showdown to talk all things Contract Distilling! We talk about how Southern Distilling Co. got started, what their goal was for North Carolina and how they are giving our state its Whiskey Identity back through their Southern Star Bourbon, Hunting Creek Straight Rye, countless other expressions and by distilling for over 150 brands worldwide! It's a deep dive into the business of Contract Distilling and good whiskey on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week we welcome Glenn Thomas, the Founder and CEO of John Lee Hooker legacy spirits, maker of Boogie Chillin Bourbon and grandson of Blues legend John Lee Hooker to the show! This episode has something for everybody! We talk rock, blues, hip-hop, soap operas, we talk about what it was like growing up with John Lee Hooker as your grandfather, we talk about how he went from real estate into whiskey and everything that goes along with standing up a whiskey brand. Its a great conversation this week on the Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski from Lost Lantern back to The Bourbon Showdown to talk about their new Spring Collection. They have curated fantastic whiskey from all over the country and they walk me through how this new collection came together. This Spring Collection has whiskey from New York, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas and Indiana and I was happy to drink through a few pours with Adam and Nora on this week's episode! Its a whiskey road trip, so buckle up and get ready for Lost Lantern and good whiskey on the Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome David Bock from A. Smith Bowman and we talk the new A. Smith Bowman, Cask Strength #4! He walks me through what went into making this new cask strength expression as well as his journey to the master distiller chair and the whiskey insight he still gets from previous master distillers as he puts his stamp on the current bourbon being put down by A. Smith Bowman.  Its a tasty episode on this weeks Bourbon Showdown and I think you guys are really going to to enjoy this episode! 

This week we welcome David Coors from Coors Whiskey Company to the show and we talk all things Coors! David and I pour up some bourbon goodness as we walk through the Coors whiskey catalog and he tells what led to the company's  inception, the idea behind Five Trail and how he stood that brand up in the midst of a pandemic, how Barmen 1873 came to be and then how Blue Run got added to the portfolio. It's a great conversation and I want to thank David for coming on the show! Its all things Coors on this weeks Bourbon Showdown and I think you guys are really going to to enjoy this episode! 

This week we welcome Maker's Mark back to the show! Trevor Bowles, the Manager of VIP Tour and Trade engagement at Makers Mark distillery on Star Hill Farm sits down with me and we talk whiskey! Not only is he an expert on all things Maker's Mark, but he is a true steward of the whiskey culture. He appreciates good bourbon and the community it can create and it was a blast picking his brain for a couple hours while him and I drank through some delicious Maker's Mark pours culminating in the new 2025 The Keepers Release! Him and I dive into this new release while also discussing Maker's Mark history, the impact the Samuels family has had on the whiskey industry and how he came to be the Manager of VIP Tour and Trade Engagement on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week we welcome the 2024 Master Blender of the year and Master Blender for Joseph A. Magnus & Company, Nancy Fraley to the show! Her and I sit down and we talk Blending! We talk Whiskey! We talk Joseph A. Magnus and how she came to be the master blender for that brand and how she brought what we know today as the Cigar blend to the market! We talk about that and so much more! We talk blending methodology, we talk antique spirits, we talk brandy, we talk about the underlying fellowship at the bottom of every glass all while sipping some delicious Joseph A. Magnus whiskey! It's a phenomenal episode of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast  this week! 

The Season 10 premiere is here! We welcome Angel's Envy Master Distiller, Owen Martin onto the show and we talk whiskey!!! We sit down and talk about everything under the whiskey sun. We talk history, secondary finishes, how he came to be the Master Distiller for Angel's Envy while of course drinking some delicious Angel's Envy whiskey while we talk! It's a fantastic first episode of the 10th season of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Wes Henderson back to The Bourbon Showdown! Wes and I sit down with a couple big pours of True Story Bourbon and Rye and he walks me through what led to this new whiskey brand. We talk about its inception, what he had to say with these new expressions and why he had to come out of retirement to buy castles and make more whiskey! Its a great conversation that I think you guys are really going to enjoy on this weeks episode of The bourbon showdown podcast!

This week we welcome Barry Brinegar from RD ONE to the Bourbon Showdown. Barry is a co-founder and National Brand Ambassador for RD One and we sit down and do what we do when we get together…. We talk whiskey, then we drink whiskey! We talk about how he got started, how the brand got started and what RD One has in store for not only the whiskey loving public but for Lexington Kentucky in 2025. Then we dive into a bottle of his 10 year Amburana Straight Bourbon Whiskey and let me tell you guys, it is a super tasty pour! Its a great conversation this week as we welcome Barry Brinegar and RD One to the bourbon showdown podcast!

This week we welcome WhistlePig back to the show to talk about The Boss Hog XI: The Juggernaut! We sit down with chief blender Meghan Ireland and  Research and Development Distiller, Mitch Mahar to talk all things Boss Hog! Whistlepig always delivers with The Boss Hog and Meghan and Mitch walk us through how they got to this years signature release.  It's a globe traveling episode this week as they take us through their journey to India and how that inspired the flavors you find in The Boss Hog XI. How they were so hyper-focused on putting out the best liquid possible that they went straight to the source of the flavors they were looking for and utilized that Indian influence to craft a rye whiskey unlike any other Boss Hog put out before it. It's a fantastic episode this week that will take you to India and back through the drinking glass on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

High West is back! This week I get to sit down with Isaac Winter, the Distilling Manager at High West and he walks me through this years Midwinter Nights Dram. We talk about how they start the process each year and what goes into making one of their most sought after annual releases. Then we crack a bottle of act 12 and (spoiler alert) it's really damn good! It's a fun episode this week on the Bourbon Showdown podcast and I think you guys are really going to enjoy it!

This week we welcome Heath Schneider from Sextro Rye to the show. Sextro Rye, steeped in whiskey history, Heath and his Whiskey making bootleg partner Whiskey Rich discovered that Heaths Grandmother, Lorine Sextro had supported the family through the Great Depression by learning how to distill and making her own rye whiskey during prohibition. This rye became very popular in certain circles, becoming known as one of Al Capones favorites. Cut to 2015, where Heath is now making whiskey and carrying on the family legacy with the release of Sextro Rye, a rye whiskey made from his Grandmothers prohibition recipe. This is a fun interview with a lot of honesty from Heath about his family's connection to bootlegging and his own whiskey journey. It has all the elements of a classic whiskey story, bootlegging, long lost family recipes, the mob…. the beauty of this story is that it's true! So sit back and pour a tall glass of rye as we go back to prohibition days on this weeks Bourbon Showdown podcast. 

This week we welcome Found North Whisky to the show! We sit down with co-founder and head blender Nick Taylor to talk all things Found North! This is my favorite kind of whisky conversation. Found North has their finger on the pulse of what the whiskey consumer wants right now and Nick walks me through how they got it there. Their Batch 10 Wheated whisky should be hitting stores next week and we are so grateful to Nick for coming on the show and giving us a sneak peak of this awesome bottle of whisky. It's a damn good episode this week! So sit back, pour yourself a tall pour of some Found North and get ready for Nick Taylor and Found North on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Rick and Ricky Johnson from 15 Stars Bourbon to the show and they walk me through everything 15 stars. We talk how they got started in whiskey and how this whiskey got as good as it is. It's a great conversation where we do a deep dive on good whiskey! We talk blending, secondary finishes and good business as it pertains to this industry.  We drink through their Three Kings and Triple Cask II expressions all while talking about how they got this goodness in the bottle. It's a good time with 15 Stars Bourbon on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast

This week we welcome Jodie Filiatreau, Artisanal Distiller for Evan Williams and The Evan Williams Experience in Louisville Kentucky to the show! Jodie is a wealth of whiskey knowledge and we sit down to talk all things Evan Williams! We talk about how Jodie got started in whiskey, how he became the Artisanal Distiller for Evan Williams, all the good whiskey he is making in Kentucky, the Evan Williams Experience and some of the fun things he has coming up next. It's a fun conversation with Jodie this week on The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Mystic Farm & Distillery to the show! Whiskey made in North Carolina is always one of my favorite topics and we sit down with co-founder Michael Sinclair to talk Broken Oak whiskey and what it takes to make whiskey in the Carolinas. He walks me through all the wonderful things they are doing at Mystic right now. We talk about how he got into the whiskey game, the story behind the name and how the whiskey gets made. Throw in some comedy and some wrestling and this episode has it all this week on The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Caryn Wells and Green River to the show! It's always a blast having Caryn on and this week we sit down and do a DEEP DIVE on all things Green River! We talk about the bourbon, the wheated, the rye, the full proof, we talk barrel picks we talk “make mine an 85”,  we talk about everything under the whiskey sun! It's a phenomenal conversation with Caryn Wells and Green River on this week's Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Number JUAN tequila to the show. Thats right Tequila!  We celebrate all good spirits on The Bourbon Showdown, and today we sit down with the entire Number Juan team and do a deep dive on all things tequila. We sit down with Alex Reymundo, Rich Espe, Master Distiller Nestor Rivera and a surprise call-in from Ron White.  We talk about literally everything in this episode, we talk tequila, yachts, dental work…. You name it, it comes up, all while drinking Number Juan's, Juan in a million! It's a Tequila showdown today on the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Whiskey Journalist and American Whiskey Magazine contributor, Maggie Kimberl to the show! Recently named 2024 Bourbon Women Spirits Writer of the Year, she is one of the premiere whiskey journalist in the industry and she is helping shape the narrative of the current whiskey landscape through the articles that she writes. I can't think of anyone better to have on the show as we get ready for September and National Bourbon Heritage Month! We talk the current state of whiskey, we talk how she got into the industry, some of our shared influences, our love of vinyl and everything in between. Its a super fun show to kick off Bourbon Heritage Month on this episode of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Widow Jane for the SEASON 9 Premiere of The Bourbons Showdown Podcast! We sit down with Head Distiller and Blender, Sienna Jevremov  and we do a deep dive on all things Widow Jane! We talk whiskey, we talk New York, we talk blending, we talk process all while sipping on some damn good Widow Jane whiskey! This is my favorite kind of conversation because Sienna's passion for what she does comes out in every story she tells and every sip we take! She walks me through how she got started in whiskey and what led her to the big chair as head distiller at Widow Jane. Its a super fun episode for this SEASON 9 Premiere of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we have the return of SMOKE WAGON, that's right, I sit down with Aaron Chepenik from Smoke Wagon and him and I do what we do, we talk whiskey, we talk music we talk classic cars all while sipping on some damn good smoke wagon single barrel whiskey! So go pour yourself a big pour of your favorite Smoke Wagon Whiskey, light up your favorite cigar and get ready for Aaron from Smoke Wagons return to the Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Tim Heuisler back to the show, Tim is a wealth of knowledge on all things Jim Beam and is currently an international brand ambassodar for Beam Suntory, bringing the good word of Jim Beam to the masses across the globe. And he is BACK to talk more good whiskey with us today as we do a DEEP DIVE on Old Overholt and how it is being given its well earned day in the sun. We talk about the history of this brand and dig deep into its Pennsylvania rye roots and how Beam is paying homage to that PA Rye with the new Old Overholt coming out of Kentucky. We also talk to Tim about what it's like being an international man of whiskey and how he spends his days globe trotting from one country to the next with good bottles of whiskey in tow. It's a fantastic episode of The Bourbon Showdown this week. Tims one of my buddies and it's always good to catch up, especially when we get to talk about good whiskey. So buckle Up buttercup as we talk about Old Overholt on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week we welcome Ray Franklin from Garrard County Distilling Company to the show and they talk All Nations whiskey! Him and Jesse do a deep dive on how to stand up a distillery and what it takes to make good whiskey. They start from the beginning and Ray walks Jesse through everything he had to work through to get All Nations on the shelf (including a pandemic) and then they dive into three amazing bottles of All Nations Bourbon! It's a great conversation and we can't thank Ray enough for being on the show. He has really put the time in on this whiskey and it has totally paid off which is evident in the fantastic whiskey going into the bottle for All Nations bourbon right now! 

This week we welcome Carter Collins from Pennington Distilling Co., and Master Distiller of Davidson Reserve to the show! Him and I sit down and talk all things whiskey! We talk distillation, we talk maturation, we talk blending, it is truly a master class on whiskey production! He walks us through the Davidson Reserve Grain to Glass mentality and we have a damn good time on this episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Redwood Empire back to the show!  Thats right, we welcome Jeff Duckhorn and Lauren Patz back to the Bourbon Showdown and we talk about all the good whiskey they have on the shelves right now! We talk their new Screaming Titan, their Rocket Top Bottled in Bond Rye and we bring it home with their Cask Strength Lost Monarch! And what do we do on this show after we talk about good whiskey? WE DRINK IT!!! As always it's so much fun talking to Jeff and Lauren about Redwood Empire. We share some good pours, we talk about what's next and spend as much time laughing as we do sipping. It's a fantastic conversation and I think you guys are really going to enjoy this episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!  

This week we welcome Carey Bringle to the show from Peg Leg Porker! Thats right, on this episode we are talking WHISKEY AND BBQ! We cover everything from how to smoke the perfect boston butt to how Peg Leg Porker came to be and of course we do so all while drinking some delicious Peg Leg Porker whiskey. It's a tasty episode this week on the Bourbon Showdown with something for everyone as long as you love whiskey, bbq and good conversation. 

This week we welcome Tara Lindley and the return of High West! Tara is of course High West's Director of Sensory QA & New Product Development, one of the coolest titles in whiskey and her and I sit down and we talk BOU-RYE! It's a fantastic conversation with Tara this week as we talk about what brought her to whiskey and how she has built her palette and developed her sensory skills. She also lets me geek out on how she puts her blends together and how people just getting started in whiskey can set their palette up for success, it's a great episode and we can't thank Tara enough for coming back on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Oaklore Distilling to the show! Coming to you straight from the distillery in North Carolina, we sit down with cofounders Matt Simpkins and Tom Bogan and head of sales & commercial operations Jack Shute to talk NC whiskey! We talk about how this North Carolina whiskey brand came to be, what it takes to stand up a new brand in todays whiskey landscape and all the good whiskey that is coming out of Oaklore right now. We drink through Oaklore's Bourbon and Rye whiskey with a surprise Port finished whiskey to take us home. It's a fantastic conversation that we got to do at the distillery, which is always special because you get to sit and share whiskey in person and that's really what it's all about. We were excited to have Oaklore Distilling on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast. 

This week we welcome Rifino Valentine, founder of Valentine Distilling and Mayor Pingree Whiskey. We sit down and talk about how he got into the whiskey business and all the changes and growth he has seen since starting Valentine Distilling. He has an awesome perspective on what it takes to make good whiskey and has been in the game since before the boom. It was great having him on the show, learning more about the good whiskey the state of Michigan is making and tasting through some badass bottles of Mayor Pingree on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week, Jesse welcome Ari Sussman back onto the show to talk the new Whiskey JYPSI, Explorer. The first in a series of whiskey releases that embodies that JYPSI spirit for whiskey adventure. Him and I dive into a tall pour and he walks me through what went into this inaugural Explorer release and how this whiskey truly embodies that EXPLORER spirit. We go everywhere from the forests of France to the hills of the Appalachian mountains with a pit stop in Eric Church's backyard, we talk about the whole teams involvement in making this unique and flavor-forward whiskey and then WE DRINK IT! It's a great conversation with Ari, and we were happy to have him back on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.

This week we welcome Mike Montgomery and Blue Run back to the show, that's right my buddy Mike is back on to talk all things BLUE RUN!  We talk  Trifecta and Emerald Rye, which both recently won double gold and gold respectively at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. We talk about how Blue Run got started and how Mike assembled a whiskey dream team when starting the brand, how the living legend Jim Rutledge has been such an intricate part of the Blue Run story  and of course we we dive into how they are now part of the Molson Coors family and how that will help them continue their growth into the whiskey future. A brilliant move by both Blue Run and Coors Spirits co.. It's a fantastic conversation and as always I can't thank Mike enough for being on the show. It's Blue Run and Mike Montgomery on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Elizabeth McCall, the Master Distiller from Woodford Reserve back to the show to talk all things Kentucky Derby! We talk about how Woodford is the Presenting Sponsor of the Kentucky Derby, “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” and we talk about the release of the 2024 commemorative Derby bottle, featuring the artwork of Kentucky native Wylie Caudill, and of course we talk their new Woodford Reserve Kentucky Derby 150 Baccarat Edition! It's the Kentucky Derby go home show on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Kyle Merklein from Holladay Bourbon to the show and we sit down and talk everything Holladay! We talk about how how the brand got started, how he got started and what it takes to make whiskey in Missouri. It's a great conversation and we dig deep into how Holladay has created such delicious whiskeys and how enamored the whiskey loving public is with them. It's Kyle Merklein and Holladay Bourbon on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Aaron Goldfarb, author of "Dusty Booze", and we sit down and talk dusty's! He has written this book, which I am completely enamored with about the whiskey loving publics fascination with spirits from yester-year and how there is an entire community of whiskey hunters tracking down whiskey's from the past. It is a phenomenal read and it was a pleasure talking to him about the book and the dusty culture on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome 1792 Master Distiller, Ross Cornelissen to the show! Ross walks us through the history of 1792 and his journey to the coveted title of Master Distiller all while we sip through some amazing bottles of 1792 12 Year, Full Proof and Thomas S. Moore. We cover everything from cereal, to mushrooms to whiskey and back again all on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Lost Lantern Whiskey back to the show! Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski join us to talk about their new Spring 2024 Midwest Collection! We go into how every region has its own whiskey personality and how they scoured the midwest for the best whiskies possible to make up this new Sprint 2024 Collection. It's a great conversation and I can't thank Nora and Adam enough for coming back on the show and sharing this good whiskey with us on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we celebrate EPISODE 100 of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast! It's a big milestone for the Bourbon Showdown and HOW do we CELEBRATE? By having Harlen Wheatley from Buffalo Trace Distillery on the show! That's right, the Master Distiller from Buffalo Trace Distillery joins us on the program for a great conversation about whiskey, the bourbon boom, Buffalo Trace Distillery and where he sees the brand going in the future. It's a proper celebration for our 100th episode and I can't thank Harlen enough for coming on the show for this weeks 100th Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Old Elk's, Melinda Maddox to talk CASK Finishing! It's a great conversation as Mel and Jesse drink through some Old Elk Port Cask Finish, some Cigar Cut and then she invites him to be a part of the tasting panel for the NEW Old Elk Wheat Whiskey Cognac Finish! It's a great episode as we get closer to Episode 100! It's Episode 99 of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast with Melinda Maddox from Old Elk!

This week we welcome Majure Markow from Cathead Distillery and Old Soul back to the show! We sit down and we talk Tin Type 2, Tin Type 1, Old Soul Barrel picks and then we do what we do when we have someone at The Showdown Hotel, we DRINK the whiskey we're talking about! We talk concerts, whiskey and the blues, everything you need to make it a damn good episode for this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Graham McTavish from McTavish Spirits onto the show! You might know him from The Hobbit, Game of Thrones, Outlander, Men in Kilts, his list of TV and film credits go on and on and now he adds McTavish Spirits to his long list of accomplishments! He is a modern day raconteur and we can't thank him enough for coming onto the show! It's a great conversation this week as we talk whiskey, acting, comedy and of course McTavish Spirits!

This week we welcome A. Smith Bowmans Master Distiller, David Bock to the show! A wealth of knowledge on all things whiskey, David and Jesse go through the A. Smith Bowman history, the whiskey and David's own whiskey journey to Master Distiller. All while sipping on some delicious A. Smith Bowman whiskey! It's a great conversation on this weeks Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme from Tacoma FD to the show! You may know them best as Farva and Mac from ‘Super Troopers' or Landfill and Fink from ‘Beerfest', they stop by to talk whiskey, comedy and Tacoma FD! Tacoma FD is a hilarious show that follows the hijinks of Kevin and Steve as Firefighters in Tacoma WA and just had all 4 seasons added to Netflix so you can go on and binge every episode now! It was a great conversation! We talk Tacoma FD, we talk Super Troopers, Super Troopers 3, Pappy Van Winkle, WhistlePig, we cover the gambit and it makes for a damn good conversation! So check out Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome UFC Legend Bruce Buffer, the voice of mixed martial arts and Umberto Luchini the founder and proprietor of Wolf Spirit Distillery to talk Puncher's Chance whiskey! It's a great conversation where we talk Puncher's Chance, MMA, Comedy and Whiskey Production! We also drink a lot of good whiskey and I can't thank Bruce and Umberto enough for taking time out of their busy schedules to talk/drink some Puncher's Chance with me on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! 

This week we welcome Ari Sussman and Whiskey JYPSI to the show. We talk about the new expression from Eric Church and how this new premium whiskey came to be. We also talk about how Ari got started in the whiskey business and what's next for him and Whiskey JYPSI. It's a great conversation about Whiskey, Whiskey-making and Rock and Roll, this week on The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!

This week we welcome Founder and Distiller from FEW Spirits Paul Hletko to the show! Jesse and Paul sit down and crack a few bottles of FEW whiskey and talk about everything from prohibition to FEW being at the forefront of the current whiskey boom. They also talk about FEW's collaboration with Alice In Chains and how that collab led to the "ALL SECRETS KNOWN" expression that saw FEW whiskey finished in Tequila barrels! It's a great episode and we can't thank Paul enough for joining on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast!