The Bourbon Lens Podcast features friends Jake Lewellen and Scott Dilley sharing drams, stories, and insights that shape the bourbon and whiskey industry
299: Building the Best 5 Bottle American Whiskey Bar Read Post »
It’s the question that every whiskey enthusiast has been asked: What’s the one bottle of whiskey you keep on your bar? Since one bottle clearly wouldn’t make a great podcast, we decided to up the ante a bit and decided to build the Ultimate 5 Bottle American Whiskey Bar. Jake and Scott run through how […]
298: The Most Exciting New Whiskey Releases for Fall 2024 Read Post »
It’s been a wild season of new whiskey and bourbon releases and we’re catching up on some of the ones you may have missed. The press releases have been coming in fast and furious of late and Bourbon Lens is doing our best to keep you abreast of all the news. We recap some of
297: Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2024 Recap and Planning for Next Year Read Post »
Scott and Jake sit down to debrief after a long weekend at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. We discuss some of our favorite pours and experiences from yet another memorable Festival. We must give a shoutout to our AirBnB housemates who joined us to celebrate and to all our listeners who introduced themselves over the weekend.
296: Our Trip to New Riff Distilling with Jay Erisman Read Post »
Scott and Jake travel to Newport Kentucky to visit New Riff Distilling and sit down with co-founder Jay Erisman. We kick back inside the Aquifer Bar to discuss New Riff’s history, their whiskey portfolio, and what’s ahead now that the distillery recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. In this episode, we taste New Riff Bottled in
295: Unpacking Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch With Brent Elliott Read Post »
We continue our coverage for Bourbon Heritage Month. We explore Four Roses Bourbon. This includes their new Limited Edition Small Batch release for 2024. We are joined by Brent Elliott, Master Distiller for Four Roses Bourbon Distillery. We discuss Brent’s process for crafting this limited edition bourbon. We also talk about the 10 different recipes
294: James B. Beam Distilling Co. is Celebrating a Big Milestone Read Post »
Kicking off National Bourbon Heritage Month with James B. Beam Distilling Co. Homeplace We’re kicking off National Bourbon Heritage Month with one of the legendary distilleries of Kentucky Bourbon. We’ve traveled to James B. Beam Distilling Co. to chat about the Homeplace, located in Clermont, Kentucky, and their 90th year at that location. Alex Bowie,
