Bourbon Lens Podcast

The Bourbon Lens Podcast features friends Jake Lewellen and Scott Dilley sharing drams, stories, and insights that shape the bourbon and whiskey industry

Bourbon Lens Podcast

243: Freddie Johnson on Why Buffalo Trace is One of America’s Most Popular Distilleries

243: Freddie Johnson on Why Buffalo Trace is One of America’s Most Popular Distilleries Read Post »

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27992292/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/1085999/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] We continue our 5 Year Anniversary and Bourbon Heritage Month celebration with a legend in the Kentucky Bourbon industry, Freddie Johnson from Buffalo Trace Distillery.   Stream this episode on your favorite podcast app and be sure to drop us a review while you’re there.  […]

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242: Five Year Anniversary Celebration Kick-Off with Heaven Hill Distillery

242: Five Year Anniversary Celebration Kick-Off with Heaven Hill Distillery Read Post »

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27927117/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/1085999/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] We’re kicking off our month-long celebration of our 5 Year Anniversary and Bourbon Heritage Month with DSP-KY-1.  That’s right, its our Five Year Anniversary and we travel to Heaven Hill’s “Bernheim” Distillery in Louisville to visit with Master Distiller, Conor O’Driscoll.  It has been

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241: The Evolution of Shortbarrel Whiskey

241: The Evolution of Shortbarrel Whiskey Read Post »

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27861900/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/1085999/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] About the Episode Clinton Dugan, co-founder of Shortbarrel, joins Bourbon Lens to talk about Shortbarrel and their journey from barrel-picking group, to non-distilling producer, to distillery.  This is a unique look at the evolution of a brand in the whiskey world. Stream this episode

Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon as featured in the Bourbon Lens Podcast
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240: Three Exciting New Bourbons from Heaven Hill Distillery

240: Three Exciting New Bourbons from Heaven Hill Distillery Read Post »

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27798333/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/1085999/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Jake and Scott line up some of the newest releases from Heaven Hill Distillery including the Spring 2023 release of Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond, a 10 year wheated bourbon.  We also get our first taste of the new Larceny Barrel Proof C923 and

Diageo’s Orphan Barrel Scarlet Shade Rye
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239: Diageo Master Blender and Orphan Barrel’s New ‘Scarlet Shade’ Rye

239: Diageo Master Blender and Orphan Barrel’s New ‘Scarlet Shade’ Rye Read Post »

In this week’s epsiode of the Bourbon Lens Podcast, we are joined by Samantha Johnson, Master Blender for Diageo and their most recent Orphan Barrel Series release, Scarlet Shade Rye Whiskey.  For those unfamiliar, Orphan Barrel Whiskey Co. is a project to save nearly forgotten barrels of well-aged whiskey and share them with the world.

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