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

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187: Discovering America’s Best Craft Whiskey with Blind Barrels

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24048285/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] Our guest this week is Bobby DeMars, founder and CEO of Blind Barrels. Bobby developed Blind Barrels as a quarterly blind tasting experience that ships straight to your door. Blind Barrels is an exploration of the craft whiskey scene of America and we were […]

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186: Reintroducing Old Potrero Straight Rye Whiskey

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23982501/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] Our guest is Bruce Joseph, Master Distiller of Old Potrero Straight Rye Whiskey for Hotaling & Co.  Bruce previously appeared back in Episode 74 (circa June 2020), but he’s back with his unique malted rye whiskey and it is now bearing a higher age

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Off Hours with Bourbon Lens Episode 8: Marcus Niemann

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23946705/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 back for Episode 8 of “Off Hours with Bourbon Lens” featuring Marcus Niemann, the future Director of Quality and R&D at Michter’s Distillery and former guest of our Behind the Scenes at Four Roses Episode way back on Episode 39.  Marcus is a

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185: Carefully Crafting Bourbon and Rye Whiskey with Pinhook

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23913411/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] Putting a wine-maker’s spin on blending bourbon and rye, Sean Joseph’s utilizes his background as a Wine Sommelier to blend yearly vintages of Pinhook.  We discuss the Pinhook approach to blending and the work behind the horse racing-inspired branding.  It’s clear that there is

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Off Hours with Bourbon Lens Episode 7: Penelope Bourbon

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23871612/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 back for Episode 7 of “Off Hours with Bourbon Lens” featuring Michael Paladini, co-founder of Penelope Bourbon. This episode is brought to you by Off Hours Bourbon. Off Hours Bourbon is made for the moments in between. After a long week or just

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184: Making ‘Painfully Craft’ Whiskey at Preservation Distillery

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23839397/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] Rare, old whiskies are the subject of today’s podcast as we sit down with Preservation Distillery in Bardstown Kentucky.  Jake tastes through a flight of Preservation whiskies, including Rare Perfection, Very Olde St. Nick, and Wattie Boone & Sons. Our guest today is Jake

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