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In this episode of Bourbon Lens podcast, Jake and Scott are joined by Adam Hines, co-founder of High Bank Distillery Co., to discuss the release of their highly anticipated High Bank Small Batch Bourbon. This release marks a new chapter in the distillery's journey, bringing their very own well-aged and flavorful bourbon to market. Adam talks about the six years of waiting and crafting that went into creating this unique bourbon, highlighting its wheated mash bill. According to the distillery, High Bank Small Batch Bourbon offers a rich nose of malted chocolate and oak, followed by sweet wheat, caramel, honey, and candied nuts on the palate, finishing with leather and dried apricot. Listen in as Adam shares his passion behind this release. Don't miss this conversation about craftsmanship, community, and the future of High Bank Distillery Co. Stream this episode on your favorite podcast app and be sure to drop us a review while you're there. We are thankful for your support over the last 6 years. We must give the biggest shoutout to our amazing community of Patreon supporters! As always, we'd appreciate it if you would take a few minutes time to give us feedback on Bourbon Lens podcast. If you enjoy our content, consider giving us a 5 Star rating on your favorite podcast app, leave us a written review, and tell a fellow bourbon lover about our show. Follow us @BourbonLens on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X. Also, consider supporting Bourbon Lens on Patreon for some of the behind the scenes, to earn Bourbon Lens swag, join the Bourbon Lens Tasting Club, and more. If you have any comments, questions, or guest suggestions, please email us at Info@BourbonLens.com. Check out BourbonLens.com to find our blog posts, whiskey news, podcast archive, and whiskey reviews. Cheers,Scott and JakeBourbon Lens About High Bank Distillery Co. High Bank Distillery Co. is a local Columbus distillery, founded in 2017. Operating an award-winning distillery that obsesses on the creation of high quality, handmade spirits with a focus on blended whiskey. Won Best Blended Whiskey in America in 2021, 2022 and 2023 by the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Drink Local. Drink High Bank. For more information, visit highbankdistillery.com.
Adam Hines is a master distiller, graphic designer, and co-founder of High Bank, Ohio's first combined distillery and restaurant. He is the creative force behind the award-winning Whiskey War Barrel Proof, which was voted Best Blended Whiskey in America by the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Hines started his career as a branding expert, running his own agency, States of Design, for over a decade. He met his business partner and friend, Jordan Helman, when he designed the graphics and digital presence for Helman's Zest Juice Co. The two soon discovered their shared love for American craft whiskey and decided to pursue their dream of opening their own distillery. Hines and Helman spent four years designing and building High Bank, which opened its doors in 2018. They were joined by two other partners, Jeff Ireland and Calvin Jones, who brought their expertise in finance and hospitality. Together, they created a unique and memorable experience for whiskey lovers and foodies alike. Hines is not only responsible for making the spirits, but also for designing the bottles, creating the packaging, and telling the story of High Bank. He is driven by his vision, creativity, and patience, which he believes are the key ingredients for a great craft whiskey. https://www.instagram.com/high_bank_hines https://www.highbankdistillery.com https://www.highbankco.com When you're 80 years old and looking back at your life, are you going to wonder if it was all for nothing? Be bold. Be daring. Go after the life you want. It's already happened. Time just hasn't caught up. That's the attitude you need to make sure you don't look back and wonder… This podcast is dedicated to bringing on the most inspiring guests from around the world. We'll be discussing topics related to motivation, business, investing, finance & fintech, cryptocurrency, real estate, and how to live a life worth living! Join us each week as we feature guests who will showcase their stories of overcoming challenges & rising to the occasion. If you're interested in learning more about me or the ideas discussed on this channel, check out TylerBossetti.com ► More Tyler Bossetti Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylerbossetti/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/tylerbossetti/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tyler.bossetti/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerbossetti/
We are thrilled have the gentlemen from High Bank Distillery back on the show, this time in the garage! Adam Hines, Co-Founder, and Tony Thomas, Marketing Manager, are here to walk us through some of what they are offering and what they are working on here in Columbus, OH. We are lighting up a Camacho Nicaragua along with the different selections from High Bank. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together. Please Drink Responsibly byjack.com/bourbonandbs to buy some shirts! Thanks to our sponsors: All of you that have been supporting us! Join our patrons at patreon.com/bourbonandbspodcast to help support the continuing growth of the show and the community. Tinder Box at Easton for the weekly featured cigar and check them out for their current featured cigar at eastontinderbox@gmail.com Altadis USA for the weekly second cigar and the continued support BS Cigar Company for the continued support! Check them out at bscigarcompany@gmail.com for ordering the BS Gold and BS Silver
Editor Jacy Topps chats with Adam Hines, cofounder of High Bank Distillery Co., about his award-winning blended whiskey. FOLLOW US ON: Instagram: @wineenthusiast Twitter: @WineEnthusiast Facebook: @WineEnthusiast
Guest speaker Nancy Gomez and Adam Hines share the story of Chicago's premiere art studio, Project Onward.
We welcome Jordan Helman as our guest on the podcast, to celebrate the official opening of High Bank Distillery Co.'s new Gahanna/New Albany (OH) location on 5/18/22! Intentional is the word that comes to mind when referring to High Bank Distillery and its growth process in Columbus, and it also explains the core beliefs of two men whose friendship evolved and resulted in this successful distillery and restaurant. Jordan Helman and Adam Hines believe in purpose, and as the original founders of High Bank, they admit that every step of their journey has been well thought out and built on an uncompromised approach. The High Bank story starts with Jordan and Adam's friendship and joint business dealings between Adam's business, States of Design, and Jordan's business, Zest Juice Co. As they began talking about a combined, new business venture featuring whiskey, two new partners were added to the “founding fathers” – Calvin Jones and Jeff Ireland. The four founders were all Columbus residents and very familiar with the current offerings of the local beer and whiskey scene. The founders were confident that there would be room for their new spirits in the market, so they dedicated their skills to designing a distillery and restaurant that would focus on each ingredient for each specialty that was served, whether alcohol or food. They believed this would set them apart and this intentional approach would end up leading to the inspiration for their name – High Bank! According to their website, “When Ohio forged plans for the state capital, the area is known as Franklinton, was a primary consideration due to its close proximity to the water and pre-existing infrastructure. After much consideration, they concluded the risk of flooding was too great. On February 14th, 1812, the state legislature accepted plans to lay out the capital, now known as Columbus, on the High Bank, opposite Franklinton, at the fork of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers. We take the same uncompromised approach when selecting each ingredient to create every plate of food, crafted cocktail, and bottle of High Bank spirits.” Much like the cautious planning of Columbus' founding fathers, these gentlemen have been committed to slow, intentional and organic growth. Their ultimate goal is to do this while being devoted to community partnerships from purchasing local coffee to sourcing Amish produce. They are also proud to serve beer options from Columbus neighborhood breweries that additionally offer a circle of support that has continual returns - breweries are some of their best accounts to buy from and sell to. With a business model that relies on the safety of the “High Bank” through thoughtful and purposeful actions, there is potential for growth and expansion, but again, with an intentional pace. The discovery process began in 2014, they opened the distillery/restaurant in 2018, and they are just this year expanding to a second location in Gahanna after a very successful original location in Grandview fulfilled their expectations. The Gahanna location is slated to open in May. According to Jordan, “We have so much growth left in the state of Oho, and our goal is to become the most well-known distillery in the state and to put Ohio on the map from a distillery standpoint.” In 2021, they were voted home of the best-blended whiskey in America by the San Francisco World Spirits Corporation. The restaurant was also awarded the Best Creative Cocktails in Columbus by 614 Columbest for three years running. With product in 180 of Ohio's 480 liquor stores, they feel that some of their recent awards will spur continued growth including brand recognition. Heartland was proud to partner with High Bank recently to guide them through their expansion. “We wanted to get with a smaller bank that valued our business more and believed our story because we want to grow. We need a partner who believes in what we are doing as a business and can see not just the pa...
#RideTheBucket with Nick and Jake as they sit down with owners of High Bank Distillery Adam Hines and Jordan Helman to get an insider perspective of what makes their business tick, how they pursue excellence at every turn, and the journey to bring home the hardware as BEST AMERICAN BLENDED WHISKEY from The 2021 San Fransisco World Spirits Competition.Find them online: WebsiteInstagram HIGH BANK WHISKEY WAR BARREL PROOF >>> Click Here
The oldest relationships in the world might just be the relationship between animals and humans. Cattle, sheep dogs, horses, our animal buddies have always been there for us. But what would the animals say about it? Duncan the Wonder Dog asks the deceptively simple question: What if animals were people? What would they say to us? How would society be warped and transformed by this simple but all encompassing twist? Duncan the Wonder Dog, an award winning graphic novel published in 2010, tries to answer these questions in a story of FBI agents, animal terrorists, and messiah figures using an impressive mixed media black and white art style. Music is by Free Rap Beats. Find us on Twitter at @armyofcrime and @dustin44444 or on the web at www.armyofcrime.com Topic for this episode is Duncan the Wonder Dog by Adam Hines.
MeatBucket MINI series - Appetizer sized episodes highlighting restaurants and discussing food scene news & events, typically around Columbus, OH.You may have seen it, High Bank Distillery #2 has been announced and is set to open up on Johnstown Rd. in Gahanna in Spring of 2022! In this episode with owners Jordan Helman and Adam Hines, you'll hear a teaser on this big news, how they've become gold medal winners with their Whiskey War Barrel Proof, what makes the High Bank Distillery brand special, some history about Columbus including the Whiskey War of 1875, and why you should consider High Bank Distillery Co. for your next lunch, happy hour, or football Saturday. Find them online: WebsiteFacebookInstagramNews on HBD_02About Our Sponsor:Popmenu - The restaurant technology tool designed to attract and engage guests. Popmenu gives you control over your brand story while providing tools to market to your customers and collect info to invite them back in. SCHEDULE A DEMOSEND US A MESSAGE Music by Clayton Moore - click here to see the album he produced with Caty Petersilge, Alackaday
Bob and Brad discuss the recent winners of the San Francisco World Spirits competition, perhaps the most important awards in the whiskey world. They sit down with Adam Hines of High Bank Distillery to discuss the impact of winning Best in Class for their barrel-proof blended whisky. After that, they sample four different whiskies that won either Gold or Double Gold medals at this year's competition. Whiskeys featured: High Bank Whiskey War, Found North Batches 001 and 002, Blue Run Bourbon Film & Whiskey Podcast. New episodes every Monday. Film & Whiskey Instagram Film & Whiskey Facebook Film & Whiskey Twitter Call-in Line: (216) 800-5923 Email us! Join our Discord channel! Theme music: "New Shoes" by Blue Wednesday Transition music: Delphinus by NK Music --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/filmwhiskey/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/filmwhiskey/support
This week on the Joyride Podcast we have our first remote guest. A return favorite Adam Hines from Highbank Distillery. We find out how Adam’s cars are doing and what they are doing at Pete’s house. Pete fills us in on the situation with his Audi TT. Then we talk a bit about Columbus cars and coffee. Pete does a bit of a comparison between all three of our cars. He’s currently the one with the most time behind their respective wheels. How do three similar roadsters stack up against each other? Last Adam shares his latest car acquisition dream with Rob and Pete. Pete deals with his inner turmoil of hating and respecting Adam’s idea. Someone needs to get on wikipedia and add entries for our new terms of Hinesing and Kakouled. www.joyridepod.comHellcat Disasterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjKOPaRuUc
This week on Joyride we have our friend Adam Hines back from Highbank Co. He recently added to his fleet. Got burned by a total rust bucket but was able to flip that into a wonderful sports car from Japan. Rob goes for a spin in Adam’s second generation Mazda Miata. Adam got it for an absolute bargain and what a beauty this car is. Two seats, plenty of power, manual transmission, and a perfect day to go for a drive with the top down. He’s done a handful of things and has plans for many more. We also tease out Rob’s new ride. Check out next week to see if it arrives in one piece.
Steve sits down with Adam Hines and Rudy Alexeeff from High Bank Distillery to sip on a very special bottle of their Whiskey War Double Oaked. We are attempting to pair it blindly with Oliva's Master Blends 3 robusto as we also sample other Whiskey War bottles. Sit down, pour a drink, light up, and join us in the garage. Thanks to our sponsors: All of you that have been supporting us! Join our patrons at patreon.com/bourbonandbspodcast to help support the continuing growth of the show and the community. Tinder Box at Easton for the weekly featured cigar and check them out for their current weekly sampler at eastontinderbox@gmail.com Altadis USA for the weekly second cigar and the continued support BS Cigar Company for the continued support! Check them out at bscigarcompany@gmail.com for ordering the BS Gold and BS Silver.
Adam Hines from Highbank Distillery joins the show again and this time we actually talk about cars. Promise! We go over his car history. As well as a few things that we might find in his garage someday. Then we lay down the five car garage challenge. You have five cars for everything you need and with a “reasonable” budget for each car what do you pick? We would love to hear from some of you what your dream five car garage would be. Rob is already changing his list.
Our good friend Adam Hines, head distiller for Highbank, joins the show this week. We spend some time talking old laughs mostly centering on one unfortunate visit to a BP gas station. Joyride is more than just a podcast about cars and this week we go full send on our love of two wheels. Be sure to follow us on instagram at Joyridepod to see the epic pictures Adam was talking about featuring one of our hosts.Hellcat “reverse” restomodhttp://sixtwelveautoworx.com/
In this episode, Gabby talks with Adam Hines and Bryant Cannon of Night School Studios, the creators of the critically-acclaimed game Oxenfree and the upcoming game Afterparty. They talk about writing for grief, the consequences of changing the past, and how Afterparty is going to deal with the subject of death. The music used in this episode comes from the Oxenfree and AfterParty soundtracks, both of which were composed by scntfc.
Dino and the Whiskey Business Crew went on location to High Bank Distillery and had a great talk with co-owner Adam Hines. They dig into the birth, future, and the remarkable impact High Bank has had on the industry since its inception in 2018. Of course the night was not without tastings. The boys went through a flight of all of the High Bank whiskies available and even got a sneak peak at what’s to come. Listen, learn and laugh a little too. It’s High Bank Distillery blending nicely with Whiskey Business. Dine, Drink, and Distill for yourself: https://www.highbankco.com
High Bank Distillery was founded by four partners and Columbus residents, Jordan Helman, Adam Hines, Calvin Jones, and Jeff Ireland
00:43 - "Uncle Fun: You're The One" rough cut screening at: Chicago Filmmakers http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org Hosted by: Chicago Documentarians' Support Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/999351053460656/ 01:38 - Set-up of event and "Cornucopias:" http://jamieskitchenblessings.blogspot.com/2008/11/cornucopia-treat.html 03:26 - Origin story of Uncle Fun documentary. http://unclefunchicago.com https://www.facebook.com/unclefunchicago 08:21 - Feedback. 14:04 - Adam Hines. http://projectonward.org/adam-hines/wppaspec/oc1/cv0/ab5/pt33 16:34 - Credits. 17:20 - Feedback to put more of ourselves in the film. 20:00 - Laura wants more of Jake in the documentary. 20:09 - Captain Ambivalent will be composing transitional music for the documentary! http://captainambivalent.com 22:30 - Anger and Uncle Fun. 24:02 - Ted interacting with drawer of babies. 28:21 - Romance at Uncle Fun. 29:18 - Trailer: https://youtu.be/xTEVzS-XSno Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers
Halloween, er, fall is right around the corner so to get into the spirit of the season we're kicking it off with Oxenfree (2016)! Join Kamille, Joe, George, unofficial 4th member Adrian, and new guest Anthony, as they explore this "supernatural, coming of age" story based game. Night School Studio developed and published Oxenfree, Heather Gross was the artist, Adam Hines was the writer, and scntfc (Andrew Rohrmann) composed the music, which is featured in our podcast. We discuss this game in two parts, non-spoilers and spoilers. There will be a warning before we get into our spoiler section or as we call it, Story Mode. If you want to add to the conversation, hit us up on twitter, gmail or simonscakegames@gmail.com.
As we enter a new theme month, we're talking about translation. That's translating languages and translating mediums. Colin Williamson joined us from Seattle to discuss the process of localization. Colin used to work for Square Enix as a localization expert back in the mid-2000s, and helped retranslate some of the oldest Final Fantasy games, even going back and correcting the work of industry legend, Ted Woolsey. Download Here. Subscribe on iTunes. Subscribe on Stitcher. Woolsey's work was flawed, though not for a lack of style. He did the translations largely on his own, couldn't communicate often with the design team, and had crazy deadlines to finish them. Colin meanwhile worked in a team, not too far from where the actual designers worked, and he started the translations while the game was still under development. Those circumstances also helped him codify all the language currently used in Final Fantasy games, like "Phoenix Down" over "Phoenix Feather." A lot has changed since Woolsey worked for Square, and Colin tells us all about it, starting 21:30. **Want to learn more about the history of Final Fantasy? Check out our 1, 2, 3 part history specials. ** Colin also gave us a couple games that are particularly great examples of localizations. For our own list, take a look at our primer. On May 8 and 10 we visited the Bento Miso for Comics vs Games and the Bit Bazaar to talk 3D, VR, books and board games. Comics vs Games is a yearly event in Toronto where comic artists team up with game designers to create a video game. This year, the theme was 3D, leading to the virtual reality games Altar and Libraria. Altar, created by designer Daniele Hopkins and artist Gillian Blekkenhorst, allows you to briefly walk around the ruins of an alien civilization. While designer Kyle Dwyer and artist Adam Hines teamed up for the pop-up book adventure game, Libraria. (All photos from Attract Mode's 3D gallery. Clay models were all done by Ventla are long forgotten Nintendo characters that we can't name. The two prints are meant to be 3D with red/blue glasses. If you have 'em, try 'em.) Each round of Comics vs Games is accompanied by a gallery curated by the fellows at Attract Mode, a video game art collective. This year they held a 3D gallery containing a selection of three dimensional 2D art, presented with old school red and blue glasses. We talked to Matt Hawkins, a long time member of Attract Mode about why they collect video game fanart, and some of beautiful renditions of Dark Souls and Year Walk, amongst numerous other games. You can hear from him, Gillian and Kyle starting 35:00. Then at the Bit Bazaar we checked in with Conor McCreery and Elizabeth Simins on the other ways one can turn a book into a game, or vice versa. Welcome to the Bit Bazaar at the Bento Miso on May 10. Mare Shepard shows off N++ right next to the entrance. Emily Carroll and Damian Sommer talk about their development process on the Yawhg, one of the first Comics vs Games projects. Vagabond Dog's Jake Reardon shows off Always Sometimes Monsters at his booth at the Bit Bazaar Some wares, images, zines, and postcards for sale at the Bit Bazaar. A volunteer from Snakes and Lattes shows off a version of the Machine of Death card game, based on Ryan North's anthology book of the same name. There's not just games for sale at the Bit Bazaar. You can get rare chocolates, cider, and sometimes pies on the top floor of the Bento Miso. Conor McCreery was at the Bit Bazaar, a sort-of independent video game flee market, to show off the new prototype of the upcoming Kill Shakespeare board game. Conor is one of the creators of Kill Shakespeare, a comic where all of Shakespeare's works exist in the same universe. Imagine the Marvel comic book universe, but for Hamlet and Othello. With those sorts of mashups already on the table, their publisher,IDW, invited them to turn the three-volume comic into a board game. Conor tells us about how the game works, how they got involved, and why a Kickstarter does more than raise thousands of dollars. You can hear all about it, starting 51:30. The prototype version of the Kill Shakespeare board game at the Bit Bazaar. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Simins talked about the power of video game zines at one of the panels at the Bit Bazaar. Elizabeth, an artist who occasionally does a comic for Kotaku with journalist Cara Ellison, told us about zine's appeal and their utility. For those who don't know, a zine is like a small handcrafted magazine made by only a few people. Elizabeth loves their physicality and so do the people who buy them from her, although she admits she probably won't get rich off a zine. Still, they enable her to discuss things like misogyny in games, like in "Ain't No Such Thing as Misogyny." If you'd like to hear more about video games zines, and a few of Simins projects, take a listen at 51:30. Elizabeth Simins's video game zine that collects her artwork and comics regarding misogyny in games. Courtesy Elizabeth Simins. We used music from the Free Music Archive and Soundcloud*. From the Free Music Archive, "japanese prog" by Rushus, "Sun Bum" by Monster Rally and "Touching" by Souvenir Driver. From Soundcloud, we found "Trance Transistor Radio" by Arai Akino on rachelroh's profile. We changed up our theme this week to "Daniel Kruis" by RoccoW. Built to Play was made by producer Arman Aghbali and feature editor Daniel Rosen. If you liked what you heard be sure to leave us a comment or a review on iTunes or Stitcher. It helps more people find the show. *This music was all taken under a creative commons license. If you feel your music was used inappropriately, be sure to send us an email.
After more than an hour of talk on the triumph that was the first episode of Robert Kirkman and company's The Walking Dead from AMC (via IDW's Famous Monsters of Filmland #252, Mike Mignola and Hellboy, Watchmen, and more), we hit the ground running on Skottie Young, our first impressions of Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One from Adam Hines and AdHouse Books, The Sixth Gun from Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, and ONI, Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows' Neonomicon #2 from Avatar, Lost Girls, and pornography, Marvel Heralds and Her-oes, and a whole lot more!
Woooode's nowhere to be found and audio problems abound, but it's not enough to stop us from talking about Duncan the Wonder Dog Volume 1: Show One from Adam Hines and AdHouse, Asylum Press' Zombie Terrors and EEEK! Volume 1 collections, Dynamite's Vampirella Archives Volume One, The Weird World of Eerie Publications, Creepy #3, Spawn: Origins Volume 1, Bulletproof Coffin #1 by Hine and Kane, '90s Image, DC's digital comics, Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #1 out of Wildstorm, BOOM!'s 28 Days Later, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, the Jonah Hex movie, New Avengers #1, Shield #2, Brightest Day, Fraction and company's Thor: Ages of Thunder, Amazing Spider-Man: SHED, and sooooo much more!