Let’s explore the stories around products, places and people that make them inherently interesting. Stories full of drama and passion. Stories filled with history. New stories. True stories. Less than true stories. We’ll mostly talk about bourbon and wh

A bourbon-forward smash built around backyard produce: blackberries and mint

eavesdropper ;; the crash | MEGGO | Self-released | July 17, 2026

Hemingway, Embellished

Inside the Kentucky Bourbon Festival with Randy Prasse

Hit Like a Girl made an album that'll cost you something. It's worth it.

An Irish Whiskey Sour for people who don’t want green beer

I don't know enough about jazz to pretend at a dinner party. But I will.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SHIPS YOUR BOTTLE

From Berlin cocktail bars to building an international whiskey brand, one conversation about finding your lane

Eight Cocktails. Three Sessions. One Recipe Worth Making.

Lowland & Campbeltown: Elegance & Rarity

History Repeats itself

What happens when a Detroit bartender who helped open America’s first fragrance bar joins one of bourbon’s most innovative distilleries?

Sometimes you get an idea and just start running with it.

Finding the Signal Through the Noise

There’s something deeply uncomfortable about blind tastings if you’ve spent years developing preferences in whiskey.

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival Identity Crisis

Western Kentucky Distilling, though new to the scene, brings seasoned expertise through Master Distiller Jacob Call.

MB Roland’s experimental fill-your-own bottle program yielded this unique single barrel selection.

Golden Sheaf, under David Mark Young’s guidance, crafts intentionally blended whiskeys that aim to capture historical flavor profiles.

This special release from Casey Jones represents their first five-year four-grain wheated single barrel program.

High ‘n Wicked represents an intentional approach to whiskey making, with their straight rye offering demonstrating their commitment to quality.

Boulder’s entry into the American Single Malt category brings a peated expression that bridges Scottish tradition with American innovation.

Blue Note’s return to rye whiskey production marks an interesting evolution for the brand.

New Riff’s 8-year bourbon represents an important milestone for this relatively young distillery.

Barrel Bourbon Company’s Mizunara Cask Finish represents their exploration into Japanese oak finishing.

Is the Kentucky Bourbon Festival broken, or are attendees just doing it wrong?

Owen Martin, Master Distiller at Angels Envy, joins EmbellishPod to discuss the unique challenge of stewarding a bourbon brand through time.