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Bourbon Showdown Podcast
The official podcast of the Bourbon Showdown! Featuring reviews, news, tastings and interviews with the top names in the Bourbon industry. Learn how your favorite bourbons get made as the leaders of the industry walk you through their process. We'll be talking to Master Distillers, authors, industry insiders and more! A new podcast every week as we do a deep dive on what makes bourbon America's spirit of choice.
Episodes
- Bourbon Showdown Podcast
True Story: Wes Henderson
This week we welcome Wes Henderson back to The Bourbon Showdown! Wes and I sit down with a couple big pours of True Story Bourbon and Rye and he walks me…
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RD One: Barry Brinegar
This week we welcome Barry Brinegar from RD ONE to the Bourbon Showdown. Barry is a co-founder and National Brand Ambassador for RD One and we sit down and do…
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WhistlePig: The Boss Hog XI
This week we welcome WhistlePig back to the show to talk about The Boss Hog XI: The Juggernaut! We sit down with chief blender Meghan Ireland and Research and…
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High West: Isaac Winter
High West is back! This week I get to sit down with Isaac Winter, the Distilling Manager at High West and he walks me through this years Midwinter Nights Dram…
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Sextro Rye: Heath Schneider
This week we welcome Heath Schneider from Sextro Rye to the show. Sextro Rye, steeped in whiskey history, Heath and his Whiskey making bootleg partner Whiskey…
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Found North Whisky: Nick Taylor
This week we welcome Found North Whisky to the show! We sit down with co-founder and head blender Nick Taylor to talk all things Found North! This is my…
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15 Stars Bourbon: Rick & Ricky Johnson
This week we welcome Rick and Ricky Johnson from 15 Stars Bourbon to the show and they walk me through everything 15 stars. We talk how they got started in…
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Evan Williams: Jodie Filiatreau
This week we welcome Jodie Filiatreau, Artisanal Distiller for Evan Williams and The Evan Williams Experience in Louisville Kentucky to the show! Jodie is a…
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Michael Sinclair: Mystic Farm & Distillery
This week we welcome Mystic Farm & Distillery to the show! Whiskey made in North Carolina is always one of my favorite topics and we sit down with co-founder…
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Green River: Caryn Wells
This week we welcome Caryn Wells and Green River to the show! It’s always a blast having Caryn on and this week we sit down and do a DEEP DIVE on all things…
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Number Juan Tequila
This week we welcome Number JUAN tequila to the show. Thats right Tequila! We celebrate all good spirits on The Bourbon Showdown, and today we sit down with…
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Maggie Kimberl: Whiskey Journalist
This week we welcome Whiskey Journalist and American Whiskey Magazine contributor, Maggie Kimberl to the show! Recently named 2024 Bourbon Women Spirits Writer…
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Widow Jane: Sienna Jevremov
This week we welcome Widow Jane for the SEASON 9 Premiere of The Bourbons Showdown Podcast! We sit down with Head Distiller and Blender, Sienna Jevremov and we…
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Smoke Wagon: Aaron Chepenik
This week we have the return of SMOKE WAGON, that’s right, I sit down with Aaron Chepenik from Smoke Wagon and him and I do what we do, we talk whiskey, we…
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Old Overholt: Tim Heuisler
This week we welcome Tim Heuisler back to the show, Tim is a wealth of knowledge on all things Jim Beam and is currently an international brand ambassodar for…
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Garrard County Distilling Company: Ray Franklin
This week we welcome Ray Franklin from Garrard County Distilling Company to the show and they talk All Nations whiskey! Him and Jesse do a deep dive on how to…
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Davidson Reserve: Carter Collins
This week we welcome Carter Collins from Pennington Distilling Co., and Master Distiller of Davidson Reserve to the show! Him and I sit down and talk all…
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Redwood Empire: Jeff Duckhorn & Lauren Patz
This week we welcome Redwood Empire back to the show! Thats right, we welcome Jeff Duckhorn and Lauren Patz back to the Bourbon Showdown and we talk about all…
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Peg Leg Porker: Carey Bringle
This week we welcome Carey Bringle to the show from Peg Leg Porker! Thats right, on this episode we are talking WHISKEY AND BBQ! We cover everything from how…
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High West Distillery: Tara Lindley
This week we welcome Tara Lindley and the return of High West! Tara is of course High West’s Director of Sensory QA & New Product Development, one of the…
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Oaklore Distilling Company
This week we welcome Oaklore Distilling to the show! Coming to you straight from the distillery in North Carolina, we sit down with cofounders Matt Simpkins…
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Mayor Pingree: Rifino Valentine
This week we welcome Rifino Valentine, founder of Valentine Distilling and Mayor Pingree Whiskey. We sit down and talk about how he got into the whiskey…
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Ari Sussman: Whiskey Jypsi - Explorer
This week, Jesse welcome Ari Sussman back onto the show to talk the new Whiskey JYPSI, Explorer. The first in a series of whiskey releases that embodies that…
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Blue Run: The Return of Mike Montgomery
This week we welcome Mike Montgomery and Blue Run back to the show, that’s right my buddy Mike is back on to talk all things BLUE RUN! We talk Trifecta and…
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Woodford Reserve: Elizabeth McCall
This week we welcome Elizabeth McCall, the Master Distiller from Woodford Reserve back to the show to talk all things Kentucky Derby! We talk about how…
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Holladay Bourbon: Kyle Merklein
This week we welcome Kyle Merklein from Holladay Bourbon to the show and we sit down and talk everything Holladay! We talk about how how the brand got started…
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Dusty Booze: Aaron Goldfarb
This week we welcome Aaron Goldfarb, author of "Dusty Booze", and we sit down and talk dusty’s! He has written this book, which I am completely enamored with…
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1792: Ross Cornelissen
This week we welcome 1792 Master Distiller, Ross Cornelissen to the show! Ross walks us through the history of 1792 and his journey to the coveted title of…
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Lost Lantern Whiskey Returns!
This week we welcome Lost Lantern Whiskey back to the show! Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski join us to talk about their new Spring 2024 Midwest Collection!…
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Buffalo Trace: Harlen Wheatley
This week we celebrate EPISODE 100 of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast! It’s a big milestone for the Bourbon Showdown and HOW do we CELEBRATE? By having Harlen…
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Old Elk: Melinda Maddox
This week we welcome Old Elk's, Melinda Maddox to talk CASK Finishing! It's a great conversation as Mel and Jesse drink through some Old Elk Port Cask Finish…
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Old Soul: Majure Markow returns
This week we welcome Majure Markow from Cathead Distillery and Old Soul back to the show! We sit down and we talk Tin Type 2, Tin Type 1, Old Soul Barrel picks…
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McTavish Spirits: Graham McTavish
This week we welcome Graham McTavish from McTavish Spirits onto the show! You might know him from The Hobbit, Game of Thrones, Outlander, Men in Kilts, his…
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A. Smith Bowman: David Bock
This week we welcome A. Smith Bowmans Master Distiller, David Bock to the show! A wealth of knowledge on all things whiskey, David and Jesse go through the A…
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Kevin Heffernan & Steve Lemme: Tacoma FD
This week we welcome Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme from Tacoma FD to the show! You may know them best as Farva and Mac from ‘Super Troopers’ or Landfill and…
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Puncher's Chance: Bruce Buffer & Umberto Luchini
This week we welcome UFC Legend Bruce Buffer, the voice of mixed martial arts and Umberto Luchini the founder and proprietor of Wolf Spirit Distillery to talk…
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Whiskey JYPSI: Ari Sussman
This week we welcome Ari Sussman and Whiskey JYPSI to the show. We talk about the new expression from Eric Church and how this new premium whiskey came to be…
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FEW Spirits: Paul Hletko
This week we welcome Founder and Distiller from FEW Spirits Paul Hletko to the show! Jesse and Paul sit down and crack a few bottles of FEW whiskey and talk…
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James E. Pepper returns!
This week we welcome Amir Peay and Cody Giles back to the show! Amir is of course the man responsible for brining James E. Pepper back to life and Cody, the…
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Barrell Craft Spirits: Lindsay Gulics
his week we welcome Lindsay Gulics and Barrell Craft Spirits back to the show for another episode of good whiskey and good conversation! Lindsay is the…
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Green River: Caryn Wells
This week I welcome Caryn Wells from Green River to the show! Caryn is the National Brand Ambassador for Green River and her and I got to sit down for a pour…
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Great Jones: Celina Perez
This week I welcome Celina Perez from Great Jones Distilling Co. to the program for a great conversation about all things New York City and New York City…
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Boss Molly Bourbon
This week we welcome Victoria Horn and Brandi Bowles, the founders of Boss Molly Bourbon onto the show and we talk about everything under the bourbon sun. We…
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WhistlePig: Liz Rhoades returns
This week we welcome Liz Rhoades and WhistlePig back to the Bourbon Showdown and we talk BOSS HOG X! That’s right, Liz is back and we do a deep dive into Boss…
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Lori Fetrick (ICE) : American Gladiators
This week we welcome Lori Fetrick, better know as ICE from the American Gladiators to the Bourbon Showdown Podcast! Thats right Ice herself is on the show…
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Wild Turkey: Generations
This week we welcome Bruce Russell back to the show and talk about the new Wild Turkey Generations expression! The first time in the history of Wild Turkey…
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High West Returns: Tara Lindley & Holly Booth
This week we welcome High West Distillery back to the show! Tara Lindley and Holly Booth join us and take us on a sensory and cocktail journey through…
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Penelope Bourbon Returns
This week we welcome back long time friends of the show, Michael and Danny from Penelope. We sit down and discuss everything from the success of Rio to the…
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Kentucky Owl: Maureen Robinson
While we were at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival last week, we were fortunate enough to be a part of Kentucky Owl’s unveiling of their new Maighster edition…
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Old Forester: Melissa Rift
This week we welcome Old Forester Master Taster, Melissa Rift to the show! We talk about what brought her to Old Forester and her whiskey journey, all while…
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Rare Character: Peter Nevenglosky
This week we welcome Peter Nevenglosky from Rare Character onto the show. Pete and Jesse talk about Fortuna and everything it takes to bring a classic brand…
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Blood Oath Pact No. 9 - John Rempe
It is the official SEASON PREMIERE of the Bourbon Showdown and we have our buddy John Rempe from Lux Row Distillers on the show to talk BLOOD OATH PACT 9! It’s…
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Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2023
The Bourbon Showdwon is back for a new season and we have Randy Prasse with us to talk everything Kentucky Bourbon Festival! The festival is less than a month…
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Broad Branch Distillery: Dan Spivey
This week Jesse welcomes one of his good whiskey buddies Dan Spivey from Broad Branch Distillery onto the show! Jesse and Dan go way back and this conversation…
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Heaven's Door: Ryan Perry Returns
This week Jesse welcomes Ryan Perry from Heaven’s Door back to the show! The Founder and Master Blender at Heaven’s Door, Ryan walks Jesse through his 10 year…
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Lance Winters: St. George Spirits
This week we welcome Lance Winters to the show! The Master Distiller at St. George Spirits, Lance is a recent inductee into the Whiskey Hall of Fame and one…
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Nick Scarff: Bear Fight American Single Malt Whiskey
This week Jesse welcomes Nick Scarff, the Master Blender & VP of Business Development at Next Century Spirits to talk about Bear Fight American Single Malt…
- Bourbon Showdown Podcast
Chicken Cock: Gregg Snyder
This week Jesse welcomes Chicken Cock Whiskeys Master Distiller Gregg Snyder to the show! Gregg walks Jesse through the history of the brand, it's ups and…
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Method + Madness: Gerard Patrick Garland
This week Jesse welcomes Gerard Patrick Garland to the show for Irish Whiskey Day! That's right, it's St. Patrick's Day and what better way to celebrate than…
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Blue Run: Trey Wade
This week I welcome my buddy Trey Wade to the show! Trey is the NEW Chief Experience Curator for Blue Run and has been selected to lead their first Private…