We chat Blackened Whiskey with Lars Ulrich of Metallica and Master Distiller Rob Dietrich including. Dive into the history of Dave Pickerell's creation transitioning to Rob's new creativity, and what Lars thinks about the whiskey. We also touch on Metallica’s philanthropic foundation All Within My Hands.

Boys weren’t born, they were distilled. We drank through the Limestone Branch with Stephen Fante including Minor Case and Yellowstone Select, plus Bowling & Burch gin. But there’s no one more fun to do it with than Stephen, who will tell you stories from the old world of Bourbon, about the Beams and the Dants, till the sun goes down and you’ll be hanging on every word.

The El Mayor tequila lineup ranges from a Blanco all the way to Extra Anejo, with a less often explored Cristalino offering as well. We tasted the entire range with Graciela Gonzalez, or Grace as those close to her call her, as well as talked about production, process, and innovation with new types of barrel finishing on tequila coming soon. Watch the full video podcast here: https://youtu.be/AxL4z2mZP14

Philip Lux carries the weight of generations on his shoulders, but he’s handling the pressure just fine as Lux Row revamps old brands and carries new ones into this new generation while honoring their roots. We tasted Ezra Brooks, two David Nicholsons, Rebel Yell, and a few bonus bottles that you truly would have to hunt to find anymore. Also, don’t miss the surprise guest who jumps on the show to talk about the future of bourbon.

We talk with John Rempe, Master Distiller at Lux Row about the Blood Oath series, the relaunch of Daviess County, and the new Ezra Brooks Old Ezra 7

Tennessee has a whiskey term all to its own: “Charcoal Mellowed”. That is a specific designation unique to the state, governed by the Lincoln County Process and laws protecting what can and can’t be called Tennessee Whiskey. We are talking today about that process as well as the unique state distribution laws with spirits veteran Jonathan Roth. We tasted three bottles from Chattanooga Whiskey, two Jack Daniel's Single Barrel, and Bob Dylan's Heaven's Door 10 Year Old Tennessee Bourbon.

Ron White and Alex Reymundo met in the world of comedy and started a friendship led them to the world of Tequila. They tell the story of how they stumbled upon a small family distillery down in Jalisco and 7 years ago formed a partnership that brought that tequila to the United States. Number Juan is, as they put it: water, agave, and love. We hear stories of their first drinks, old comedy road trips, and behind the scenes blunders and triumphs of building their brand Number Juan to where...

On this episode we are exploring Bardstown Bourbon Company, a relatively new but award winning and quickly growing distillery. We tasted through their Fusion series, Collaboration series, and Discovery series. We were joined by Dan Callaway who hopped on a video call with us to chat through many of their products, stories behind their creation, and what Bardstown has coming up. You’ll find that segment first and then Seth and I dive into their lineup just him and I to taste ‘em and rate ‘em.

The story of Iowa Legendary is best told by our guest Heath Schneider from Iowa Legendary, and they honor their grandmother by making historically accurate Rye in Templeton, Iowa, and the team is relentless about each step of the process being done exactly as it was in 1931. We got to taste through the entire lineup, and their Rye and their process is really a genuine love letter to days gone by.

On this episode, we’re diving into the world of rum with Taylor Persh, head chef at Fish or Flesh and Jordan Fattal, bar director for Baldy’s Restaurant Group. We tasted a wide range of the spirit with a lineup from Grander Rum, the love child of a native Kentucky whiskey drinker and a small rum distillery in Panama. Their lineup was capable of with unique barrel aging and different aged blends. We ended with Lost Spirits Navy Style Rum and a collaboration with Rational Spirits clocking in at...

We brought in Blinking Owl to talk about their entire line of spirits which includes everything from an orange vodka to a barrel aged Aquavit. Their “Barrel Vacationed” Gin got excellent scores and rave reviews from us on Episode 2, so we were excited to taste through the rest of the lineup. Expect to hear from CEO Brian Christenson and Head Distiller Ryan Friesen as we talk everything from supporting local farmers, to barrel practices, to tales of Aquavit from Sweden.

We are going in blind! With Jon Boyer, the host of Blind Whiskey Reviews on YouTube, we blind tasted 6 different spirits in pairs, a throughline in each pair. We tried to guess as much as we could about each spirit, including what it was, where it is from, the proof, the price point, the finish, and of course, what our scores were for each. We were everything from right on the money to completely stumped!

We are joined by Phil Rosenthal from Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil to taste through a lineup of all brand submitted tequilas! Phil is a big tequila guy, so we chatted his favorite tequilas, picking his brain on behind the scenes footage from his show, and around the world restaurants. Here is a full list of what we drank: G4 Blanco, Reposado, Añejo, Extra Añejo, Derechito Reposado, The Bad Stuff Extra Añejo, Tavi Añejo. Somebody Feed Phil streaming on Netflix, Season 3 to...

We’re doing a challenge we’re calling Table Bourbons. Nothing we drank on this show was over $20 (in most stores), and we were surprised to find out that some of these bourbons were quite good. We were joined by Dan Dunn of the podcast “What We’re Drinking”. We drank: JTS Brown Bottled-in-Bond, Very Old Barton 100 Proof, Old Fitzgerald 80, Medley Brothers 101, Heaven Hill 6 Year, Dr. James Crow's Old Crow , Ezra Brooks Black Label 90-Proof, Old Grandad Bottled-in-Bond, and Early Times...

We are joined by Jennifer Richmond host of the blog “Kitchy Cooking” to taste through a lineup of exclusively American single malt whiskies. We talked about food pairings with different spirits as well as interesting ways to incorporate alcohol into home recipes. We drank: Hudson Single Malt Whiskey (NY), Eleven Wells Prototype Series Single Malt Batch 2 (MN), Balcones Texas Single Malt (TX), R6 Distilling Single Malt (CA), Westward Single Malt (OR), Westland Single Malt American Oak (WA)

We are taking a look white whiskey and specifically how it compares to the brown barrel aged stuff. What does that early spirit taste like? And why are we seeing a resurgence in its popularity? That’s exactly what we got to do on this episode with Eric Boujo who helped found Kin Whiskey. We drank: Buffalo Trace White Dog #1 (Uncut), Buffalo Trace Bourbon Straight Bourbon, Low Gap White Whiskey, Nagahama Peated Japanese ‘New Make', Kin White Whiskey, Kin Bourbon

On this episode we are heading to Park City Utah to drink through an incredible lineup from High West Distillery. We were joined by Philip Dobard of the Cocktail Museum. We drank: Rendezvous Rye, High Country Single Malt Whiskey, Valley Tan Wheat & Oat Whiskey, Campfire Blended Whiskey, American Prairie Single Barrel Scotch Barrel Finish, 14yr Light Whiskey, Yippie Ki Yay, Midwinter Night’s Dram, BouRye, Barrel Aged Boulevardier 

We are diving into the world of Los Angeles Tequila, we’ve put together a super interesting tasting with some star studded makers of the blue agave spirits. We’ll talk all about the different producing regions of tequila, and we’re joined by Ben Molina, founder of Angelisco Tequila. We drank: Casamigos Blanco, Reposado, and Anejo, Deleon Silver, Angelisco Tequila Blanco "Plata", Angelisco Tequila Reposado

On this episode we are going around the world, exploring whiskey from countries you may not have known even made spirits, joined by Daniel Johnson manager of the Whiskey Vault at Miro. We tasted: Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky, Mackmyra Ledin Single Malt, Zuidam Millstone Single Malt Oloroso Finish, Mehkong Thong Thai Whisky, Blend 285 (Thailand), Kavalan Sherry Cask Finish, Amrut Peated Single Malt Cask Strength

On this episode we are all about the peat! We had William Lipp of Alexander Murray & Co., an independent bottler that is doing unique barrel aging on classic scotch. We tasted our way through some truly special peated scotches including: Lagavulin 8 Year , Lagavulin 16 Year, Longrow 14 Peated Sherry Cask Limited Edition, Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2018 Single Malt, Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie, Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Heavily Peated 10 Year, Alexander Murray Laphroaig 12 Year Cask Strength

We talk through all of the methods of creating gin, from the botanicals to the steeping process, as well as what the term Navy Strength means with master distiller Marsh Mokhtari from Gray Whale Gin. We also had a fantastic flight of gin that was entirely from California:Junipero Gin from Hotaling Distilling, Old Harbor Distilling’s San Miguel Gin, Re-Find Gin, Blinking Owl’s Barrel Vacationed Gin, St. George’s Dry Rye Reposado, and Gray Whale’s Gin.

Bourbon vs. rye whiskeys, two different types we are going to go head to head from 5 different domestic distilleries from 5 states: Wyoming Whiskey Co. (WY), A.D. Laws (CO), 13th Colony (GA), Lost Republic (CA), Colonel EH Taylor from the famous whiskey producing region of (KY). We’ll talk about what makes a bourbon vs a rye, what bottled in bond means, the difference between producing and manufacturing whiskey (there is a big difference), plus all of our tasting notes!