Old-School Bourbon, Made On Purpose with Royce Neeley at The Kentucky Bourbon Festival

The Scotchy Bourbon Boys · Oct 1, 2026 · 35m · transcript

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We sit down with Royce Neeley to talk legacy, craft bourbon grit, and why Neeley Family Distillery bets on pot still character instead of sourced whiskey. We taste Pappaw’s Legacy Reserve, dig into moonshine and barrel-aged experiments, and hear how Rebecca helps turn big ideas into a real business.

• the Papaw persona and why festival stories matter

• how our relationship with Neeley grows from early Bourbon Fest meetups into sponsorship

• refusing to source whiskey and building credibility the hard way

• “Taste Of What’s To Come” and selling young bourbon with honesty

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