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76: Wanderback – American Single Malt Whiskey

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14910392/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] American Single Malt Whiskey is on the rise and Wanderback Whiskey is right in the middle and playing a unique role. Phil Downer, Founder of Wanderback Whiskey, joins the Bourbon Lens to discuss the growing market category and what inspired him to create his

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Early Times to be Sold to Sazerac Company

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Sazerac Company To Acquire Brands, Canadian Mist Production Assets Source: Brown-Forman Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE: BFA) (NYSE: BFB) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell the Early Times, Canadian Mist, and Collingwood brands, and the Canadian Mist production assets, to Sazerac Company. “Early Times and Canadian Mist have been valued brands in our

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75: Fistful of Bourbon

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14818448/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] “It ain’t just a bourbon. It’s a damn fistful.”  We had a great time with Anthony Bohlinger, National Brand Ambassador for Fistful of Bourbon. Fistful of Bourbon is a new, national release bourbon from William Grant & Sons. You may be more familiar with

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74: Rye Whiskey Born From Brewers

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14726957/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] Bruce Joseph, Master Distiller of Hotaling & Co., joins us to discuss one of the original craft rye whiskies post-Prohibition.  Old Potrero emerged out San Francisco after a few brewers decided to try their hand at distillation in the mid-1990s.  Hotaling & Co. (formerly

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73: Pairing Whiskey with My Cigar Pack

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14638517/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 are joined by Alexander Berezowski, founder of My Cigar Pack and Cigar Yard, to talk cigars. We discuss the parallels in cigar culture and the world of whiskey as well as what makes the modern cigar smoker different. Alexander generously shared some fine

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72: Around the World with Jefferson’s Bourbon

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14545568/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] Trey Zoeller & Jefferson’s Reserve We had a great time learning the history of Jefferson’s Reserve, sourcing whiskey in Kentucky, and sending bourbon on trips around the globe.  Trey Zoeller, Founder of Jefferson’s Reserve, joins us for a great evening enjoying two of Jefferson’s

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