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Whiskey Chasers
Nick, Chris, and Steve talk about whisk(e)y! Join us for a chat about the history and taste of aqua vitae, "Water of Life". Spend a night with a good pipe, a great glass, and fantastic conversation!
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Episodes
Whiskey ChasersFound North Peregrine Whiskey: The Fastest Animal On Earth And The Wettest Tobacco
Send us Fan Mail We get nerdy about pipe tobacco storage, arguing how tins, mason jars, oxygen, and humidity change what you taste months later. Then we pivot…
Whiskey ChasersFound North Hell Diver
Send us Fan Mail We pour Found North Hell Diver and end up rethinking what Canadian whiskey can taste like when it’s ultra-aged, cask strength, and…
Whiskey ChasersWestward Sherry finish: do exclusive club bottles make sense?
Send us Fan Mail We light up Star Of The East Flake and pour a Westward PX sherry cask finished American single malt, then realise the smoke changes the…
Whiskey ChasersJ. Rieger Private Stock: Tasting A 110 Proof Sweet Mash Bourbon With A Ten Year Pipe Tobacco Pairing
Send us Fan Mail We crack open a limited J. Rieger Private Stock 10 Year and chase why it tastes like a classic old-school bourbon even at 110 proof. Along the…
Whiskey Chasers30A bourbon and Cross-Eyed Cricket!
Send us Fan Mail We taste and review 30A bourbon and quickly realise the biggest story is not the beach branding but the sourcing chain, the young age, and the…
Whiskey ChasersSouthern Star Paragon Review From Grain To Glass
Send us Fan Mail We pour Southern Star Paragon Bottled in Bond and discover a high-wheat North Carolina bourbon that stays light, sweet, and surprisingly…
Whiskey ChasersWe Sit Down With 2BAR Spirits Founder Nathan Kaiser!
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Nathan Kaiser of 2BAR Spirits to unpack how a Seattle distillery builds real bourbon from scratch while staying honest about…
Whiskey ChasersIron Vault Batch One Distillers Select!
Send us Fan Mail We pour Iron Vault Distiller Select Batch 1 and can’t stop talking about how a one-year, 120-proof whiskey lands with huge flavor and a finish…
Whiskey ChasersTasting Iron Vault’s Stowel Evergreen White Corn Bourbon
Send us Fan Mail We taste Iron Vault’s Stowel Evergreen white corn whiskey and try to decide if a tiny, hyper-local process can justify a young, limited…
Whiskey ChasersPenntucky: Tasting Liberty Pole’s Bold Rye Bourbon Blend
Send us Fan Mail We pour Liberty Pole’s Pentucky and end up in a deep tasting spiral about rye sweetness, blending shortcuts that somehow work, and why the…
Whiskey ChasersKentsylvania: Two Craft Distilleries Blend Bourbon And Rye Into One Bottle
Send us Fan Mail We pour MB Roland’s Kentsylvania, a rare Kentucky bourbon and Pennsylvania rye collaboration, and figure out why it tastes like a completely…
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A Deep Dive Into Redwood Empire’s Haystack Needle Grain To Glass Single Barrel
Send us Fan Mail We pour Redwood Empire Haystack Needle and get a high-proof bourbon that drinks surprisingly friendly while still delivering dense, layered…
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Interview with Smokeye Hill Bourbon! A Colorado Bourbon with an Arizona Feel!
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Blake, founder of Smokeye Hill, to talk about building a blue corn driven bourbon brand in Colorado and why their whiskey can…
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Blackened! When Does A Gimmick Become Real Craft?
Send us Fan Mail We pour Metallica’s Blackened whiskey and test whether “born in cask forged by sound” is a real finishing technique or just a loud story. We…
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Traveler Full Proof, Finally With Backbone
Send us Fan Mail Traveler Full Proof takes everything we found “fine but forgettable” about the 90 proof bottle and turns it into a high proof pour with real…
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Eric Church's Jypsi Explorer!
Send us Fan Mail We put Eric Church’s Jypsi Explorer under a serious tasting lens and end up surprised by how intentional it feels for a sourced celebrity…
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Redwood Empire Lost Monarch Cask Strength!
Send us Fan Mail We chase a California bottle that drinks like it has a wine-world edge, then use it to talk about blending, value, and where American whiskey…
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A Fourth Of July Pour With Heirloom Corn Bourbon from First West!
Send us Fan Mail A Fourth of July pour turns into a bigger talk about what it means to live in a 250-year-old country that is still figuring itself out. We…
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A Private Stock Single Barrel From J Rieger Co
Send us Fan Mail We crack open a J Rieger Co private stock single barrel bourbon and chase the story behind how it was picked, bottled, and shared. Along the…
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We Tried Elijah Craig’s First Barrel Proof Rye And It Left Us Confused
Send us Fan Mail We pour Elijah Craig’s first Barrel Proof Rye and get stuck on one detail that changes everything: 12 years old, “uncut,” and somehow only 108…
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Cedar Ridge Double Barrel Rye!
Send us Fan Mail We pour Cedar Ridge Double Barrel Rye Batch 2 and get honest about what we love, what feels thin, and why a short finish can hold a bottle…
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Watershed Rye batch 3 Turns Into A Lesson On Flavor And Patience
Send us Fan Mail We finally get Steve back behind the mic, then crack open Watershed Rye Batch Three, and it immediately resets our idea of what Ohio rye can…
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Four Branches Bourbon And The Stories Behind Every Pour- Interview!
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Mike Trott and Harold Underdown from Four Branches Bourbon to unpack how a loss in the field turned into a whiskey built for…
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Hugh Hamer Cherry Brandy finish!
Send us Fan Mail We crack a Hugh Hamer cherry brandy barrel finished bourbon and end up with a shockingly sweet, creamy, cherry-forward pour that drinks…
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Bear Wallow Liars Bench Rye!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: First NEW distillery to open in Indiana after 2 years of fighting to change the laws. Bear Wallow has…
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Doc Whiskey!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: This is an MGP product, but not their normal mashbill or mashbills Key MGP Mashbills: Rye Whiskey…
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Sonoma Cherry Wood Smoked Bourbon!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Became one of the first 200 Craft distilleries in the US Utilizes traditional Cognac and Scottish pot…
Whiskey ChasersMckenzie Rye and the Story of Empire Rye
Send us Fan Mail Opened in March, not until August of 2007. The Farm Distillery Bill was signed in August, making it easier for people to open farm…
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ruddells Mill Rye!
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Whiskey ChasersBobby with Blind Barrels!
Send us Fan Mail Thank you to Bobby DeMars, founder of Blind Barrels, for joining us for an interview! Be sure to check out Blind Barrels for a great tasting…
Whiskey ChasersEcho Engineer Bee my Neighbor!
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Neeley Family Distillery!
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Iron Shoe Rye!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Owners previously owned Whistling Hare Distillery in Colorado Now called Turnbuckle Distilling after…
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Casey Jones Eclipse and Casey Jones tobacco!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Features a square still Casey was a famous still maker in the land between the lakes area He started…
Whiskey ChasersJohnnie Walker Rye Cask!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Johnnie Walker and Sons have been around since roughly 1854. Johnnie, known as John, owned a grocery…
Whiskey ChasersGlenglassaugh Portsoy
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Bruichladdich the Classic Laddie!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Head Distiller, Adam Hannett The name Bruichladdich is an anglicisation of Bruthach a' Chladaich…
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Cardhu 12 with Prince Albert!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: take their name from the Gaelic for “Black Rock.” The main Speyside part of Johnnie Walker Helen…
Whiskey ChasersInterview with Iron Vault Distillery in Galion, Ohio!
Send us Fan Mail Nick, Chris, and Steve sat down with Master Distiller Rob Hudson at Iron Vault Distillery. After an amazing tour, we sat down to try a lot of…
Whiskey ChasersMuckedy Muck and Sutliff Eastfarthing!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: These guys are not well-liked online! Lots of questions about their legitimacy, especially when they…
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Glenallachie Cuvee finish and GL Pease Stonehenge Flake!
Send us Fan Mail Micah joins us again on our scotch series! Interesting things about the distillery: In 2017, it was bought by Billy Walker and his business…
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Isle of Skye and Petersons Sherlock Holmes!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Go to their website! Really fun way of showing the distillery off Has Speyside, Highland, and peated…
Whiskey ChasersMonkey Shoulder and Cornell and Diehl Cross-Eyed Cricket!
Send us Fan Mail Welcome Micah! Discovering the Legacy of William Grant & Sons: A Journey Through Whiskey Nestled in the heart of Scotland, William Grant &…
Whiskey ChasersHappy New Year from the Whiskey Chasers!
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! For today's episode, we talk about the future of whiskey and what we think will happen in the coming year for our spirit of…
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Merry Christmas from the Whiskey Chasers!
Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Whiskey Chasers! We sat down to discuss our favorite bottles from the Podcast or for the club. If…
Whiskey ChasersBozal Ensemble Mezcal with Peterson Irish Cask!
Send us Fan Mail Our Bottle: Ensemble We picked this because of how smoky and scotch like it was The ad for this bottle say its light but with a complex finish…
Whiskey ChasersChristmas Present with Gregarious Grump and Hearth and Home Magnum Opus!
Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about Brandy and Cognac while enjoying Magnum Opus from Hearth and Home! Support the show Website:www.whiskeychaserspod.com…
Whiskey ChasersChristmas Past with Rabbit Hole gin and La Gloria Cubana by STG
Send us Fan Mail Before Gin there was Genever: Malt Wine distilled Wasn't very good, so they started adding Juniper Old Tom came next in the 18th century This…
Whiskey ChasersHappy Thanksgiving from the Whiskey Chasers!
Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, we all picked a bottle that evoked memories. We are getting personal on this one! Our smoke for this episode was Father…
Whiskey ChasersOur interview with Liberty Pole Spirits
Send us Fan Mail The Whiskey Chasers were joined by the whole Hough Family: Jim, Ellen, Rob, and Kevin, to discuss Liberty Pole Spirits. It is always a joy to…
Whiskey ChasersAn Interview with Wigle Whiskey!
Send us Fan Mail We had the opportunity to sit down with Alex Trask, the Production manager and head blender of Wigle Whiskey. We had an amazing time…
Whiskey ChasersA Overholt Monogahela Rye and Cornell and Diehl riverboat gambler!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton…
Whiskey ChasersJourneyman's The Raven Whiskey and Cornell and Diehl Haunted Bookshop!
Send us Fan Mail Happy halloween from the Whiskey Chasers! The Raven is a blend of Journeyman whiskeys in an awesome decanter. Support the show…
Whiskey ChasersOld Overholt 10 year and Peterson's Irish Flake!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton…
Whiskey ChasersOld Overholt 114 proof and Peterson's Hyde Park!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton…
Whiskey ChasersOld Overholt Bonded and Cornell and Diel Eight State Burley!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton…
Whiskey ChasersOld Overholt 80 proof and Cornell and Diehl Gentleman Caller!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton…
Whiskey ChasersDaufuskie Low Country Bourbon!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Tony is a retired pharmacist and had no distilling experience when they started In 2016, the owner…
Whiskey ChasersLiberty Pole Old Monongahela Full Proof Rye!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Expanded in 2023 and now makes about 2000 bottles a year Pot still only Uses Bloody Butcher corn Low…
Whiskey ChasersJimmy Red and Blockade Runner!
Send us Fan Mail Interesting things about the distillery: Background in Agriculture Drinking is an “Agricultural Act” Jimmy Red Corn Dwindled to 2 cobs…