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The Scotchy Bourbon Boys
The Scotchy Bourbon Boys love Whiskey and every thing about the industry! Martin "Super Nash", Jeff "Tiny", Rachel "Roxy" Karl "Whisky" and Chris "CT" all make up The Scotchy Bourbon Boys! Join us in talking everything and anything Whiskey, with the innovators, and distillers around the globe. Go behind the scenes of making great whiskey and learn how some of the best in the whiskey industry make their product! Remember good whiskey means great friends and good times! Go out and Live Your Life…
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The Scotchy Bourbon BoysPineapple Rum Finished Bourbon From BBCO! Crazy?
Send us Fan Mail We ride the high of the Brewers finally winning the World Series and talk about why it hits different when you have waited decades. Then we…
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A Halloween Bourbon Review With Blood Oath Pact 12
Send us Fan Mail We turn Halloween night into a full-on tasting booth, complete with sports chaos, referee flags, and serious bourbon notes. Blood Oath Pact 12…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWhen Does A Bourbon Become Worth It Elijah Craig 21, Rated Perfect
Send us Fan Mail We chase the truth behind premium bourbon by putting Elijah Craig 21 through our full Barrel Bottle Breakdown and debating whether an older…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysA Deep Dive Into A Three Generation Infinity Blend Little Book Infinite 3
Send us Fan Mail We taste and score Little Book The Infinite 3, a three-generation bourbon blend built around an evolving infinity system and a $199.99 price…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysInside Middle West Spirits And Old Elk Ohio Grain To Glass Whiskey!
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Steve Frederick from Middle West Spirits to talk about how Ohio-grown grain, smart production choices, and thoughtful…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWe Test The Internet’s Best Value Bourbon Picks by Reviewing AI's Best Bang For Your Buck Bourbon
Send us Fan Mail We chase the real meaning of bang for your buck bourbon, comparing the internet’s top five value bottles with Tiny’s personal lineup and the…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysBlade And Bow Vs Blade And Bow 12-Year Solera Reserve Tasting & Their 5 Key Club
Send us Fan Mail We put Blade and Bow head to head with Blade and Bow 12-Year Solera Reserve and score them on our barrel breakdown scale to see what actually…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWe Hang out with Greg Keeley Owner Distiller Larrikin Bourbon Co. at Bourbon On The Banks The Friendliest Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail A bourbon festival can feel like a giant sales floor, or it can feel like a neighborhood party where the whiskey just happens to be world…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysInside Barton 1792 With Master Distiller Ross Cornelissen at Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail We’re live at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival with Ross Cornelissen, Master Distiller at Barton 1792, talking about how a working distillery…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysBourbon On The Banks Unpacked
Send us Fan Mail We turn our Bourbon On The Banks weekend into a full Kentucky bourbon playbook, from the Thursday kickoff to the Saturday festival and the…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHillbilly Gangsters And Barrel Strength Bourbon with Steve Smith Co Founder of Uncle Boogie's Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Steve Smith of Uncle Boogie’s Distilling Company to taste barrel strength whiskey while he lays out a jaw-dropping Kentucky…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysA Live Bourbon On The Banks Festival Deep Dive Into Yellowstone’s 2026 Limited Edition with Stephen Fante
Send us Fan Mail We catch up with Stephen Fontaine live at Bourbon on the Banks and dig into what makes Yellowstone’s limited releases feel intentional instead…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysOld-School Bourbon, Made On Purpose with Royce Neeley at The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Royce Neeley to talk legacy, craft bourbon grit, and why Neeley Family Distillery bets on pot still character instead of…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWhat Turns A Bourbon Festival Into A Bourbon Town & We Breakdown Old Elk Cigar Cut Punch Cut
Send us Fan Mail We map out our Bourbon On The Banks weekend in Frankfurt, Kentucky, and share what makes this festival feel different from the bigger Kentucky…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWe Taste Baker’s 13 And Learn Who Baker Beam Is
Send us Fan Mail We crack open a Baker’s 13 Kentucky Bourbon Festival pick reportedly selected by Baker Beam at 90 years old, then put it head-to-head with…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysRussell’s Reserve 13 Breakdown Eddie Russells 45th Anniversary Bottle
Send us Fan Mail We chase the real origin story of Russell’s Reserve, comparing Wild Turkey’s official timeline with Greg Schneider’s account of how an…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Brown-Forman Turned 50 Years Of Chris Morris Into One Bourbon, Kentucky Boy
Send us Fan Mail We taste and rate Brown-Forman’s Kentucky Boy, a resurrected historic label released to honor Chris Morris’s 50-year legacy, and we push past…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysA Behind The Scenes Review of The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail We retrace our 11-day run through Kentucky leading up to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and tell the real story behind the bottles, the bus…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysKing Car A Bourbon Drinker’s Guide To Taiwanese Single Malt
Send us Fan Mail We put our “whiskey without borders” promise to the test by tasting King Car Taiwanese single malt finished in bourbon barrels and arguing…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysCan Limited Edition Festival Only Releases Fill in For Allocated Releases From The Festival
Send us Fan Mail We get ready for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and relive how a bourbon trip becomes a mix of friends, schedules, and chasing the next great…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysBourbon On The Banks 2026 Insider Guide
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Ansey and Renee to map out Bourbon On The Banks and why a Kentucky River setting, capped tickets, and smart logistics make it…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysPeanut Brittle Without The Dentist Knob Creek 12 Cask Strength
Send us Fan Mail We go head to head on Knob Creek 12 Year 2026 at 100 proof versus the rare 121.2 proof cask strength release, asking whether proof actually…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysReviving The Three-Chamber Still With Rebekah Neeley Neeley Family Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We catch up with Rebecca Neely on what’s new at Neely Family Distillery, from a hidden speakeasy room to a rare three-chamber still that’s…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysKosher Bourbon Requires Planning Years Ahead & Buffalo Trace and the cRc has done Just That
Send us Fan Mail We taste Buffalo Trace’s three CRC certified kosher whiskeys and dig into the real reason they exist: Passover rules turn barrel aging into an…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow The Kentucky Bourbon Festival Sold Out Like A Rock Concert with president Randy Prasse
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Randy Prasse president of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, to talk about how the event sold out at warp speed and why the real…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Two Merchant Mariners Built KO A Virginia Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with the founders of KO Distilling to trace how a Ravens game conversation turned into a Virginia craft distillery with serious…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysA Guided Tour Of Four Roses Ten Recipes
Send us Fan Mail We turn the Four Roses 10 Recipe Tasting Kit into a hands-on bourbon class, testing how two mash bills and five yeast strains can reshape…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysMakers Mark Star Hill Farm Showdown 2025 vrs 2026
Send us Fan Mail We put Maker’s Mark Star Hill Farm American Wheat Whiskey 2025 and 2026 in the ring and score them side by side to see what changed and which…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Ed Bley Builds Rising Tide Spirits From Barrel Picks Plus Hurry His Double Brand Rye Release
Send us Fan Mail One great bourbon story can change your whole drinking life, and Ed Blake’s starts with a bottle he avoided for years. After a bad early…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysReviving A Forgotten Bourbon Name with Bill McBrayer Of McBrayer Distilling
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Bill McBrayer to trace how a forgotten Kentucky bourbon legacy turns into a living brand, starting with a family story, a…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWhen Hype Fades, What Makes Whiskey Worth Buying & Why The Current Bourbon Market Favors Craft Distilleries
Send us Fan Mail We dig into why bourbon demand cooled after years of explosive growth and why that shift could be a gift to craft distilleries that focus on…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysBig Easy Vrs Milkshake In A Barrel-Proof Booker's Review
Send us Fan Mail We go deep on Booker’s Bourbon and put two 2026 batches head to head, chasing the uncut, unfiltered barrel-strength experience Booker Noe…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWhat Happens When Augusta Single Barrel Brand Chooses To Blend with Master Distiller Alex Castle & Brand Ambassador Matt Groves
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Alex Castle and Matt Grove to talk about how Augusta Distillery grows fast without losing its cask strength, unfiltered…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHayner Distilling Rebuilds A Legacy By Reverse-Engineering A 1904 Bourbon
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Greg from Hayner Distilling to trace a 150-year Ohio whiskey legacy from 1866 through Prohibition to a modern revival built…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysIndian Creek, Reviving A Family Whiskey Legacy On An Ohio Farm
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Missy and Joe of Indian Creek Distillery to trace a sixth-generation family whiskey legacy and the hidden copper pot stills…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Middle West Spirits Scales Craft Whiskey Without Losing Its Soul
Send us Fan Mail We sit down at Middle West Spirits in Columbus with Steve Frederick to unpack how an Ohio grain-to-glass distillery scales up without losing…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysDoug McLaughlin Master Distiller Inside M And O Spirits: Long Ferments And Double Oak Flavor
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Doug McLaughlin of M&O Spirits to hear how a film-and-production background turned into a grain-to-glass distillery south of…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Drew Thorn Builds 10 To 14 Year Whiskey & Blends SilverThorn
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Drew Thorn of Silverthorn Reserve to trace his path from brewing and engineering into building whiskey brands, then we taste…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysLiberty Reserve Bourbon With 4 Branches Gregg Snyder and Rick Franco
Send us Fan Mail We raise a sip to remember, then dig into how Four Branches turns military roots into real whiskey quality and real giveback. We taste Liberty…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysThe Fresh Victor Nine Juice Bottle Bar Cart
Send us Fan Mail We lose our planned guest and turn the night into a live cocktail lab, tasting Fresh Victor mixers straight and then building drinks with…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Rolling Fork Turns Rum, Rye, And Rare Brandy Into rare Bottles with Turner Wathen
Send us Fan Mail We taste through Rolling Fork’s most interesting bottles with Turner Wathan and unpack how a rum-first company ends up leading with Armagnac…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysAmerica 250 Barrel-Strength Bourbon with Dark Arts Whiskey House Macaulay Minton
Send us Fan Mail A barrel can be magic, or it can be ruined before it ever touches whiskey. We sit down with Macaulay Mitten (Dark Arts Whiskey House, aka The…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysGreg Keeley Master Distiller Larrikin Bourbon Co
Send us Fan Mail We hang out with Greg Keeley from Larican Bourbon Company and trace how a military career, a Kentucky road trip and a string of coincidences…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Honey Shaped Bourbon From Mead & Hot Toddies To Dark Arts
Send us Fan Mail We trace how honey moved from ancient mead to American whiskey culture, then taste modern honey expressions to see what the hype gets right…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Oregon Oak And Scottish Peat Shape A Bold American Single Malt with Master Distiller Caitlin Bartlemay
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with master distiller Caitlin Bartlemay to dig into why American single malt keeps gaining ground and why McCarthy’s still stands…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHomemade Old Fashioned Versus Bottled And Barrel-Aged with Our Scotchy Bourbon Boy Mixoligist CT!
Send us Fan Mail We put the Old Fashioned to the test by tasting bottled RTDs, pre-batched bar styles, and homemade builds to see where convenience truly holds…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Blind Barrels Turns Blind Tasting Into Discovery With Founder Bobby DeMars
Send us Fan Mail We taste and talk through the Blind Barrels model with Bobby, from sourcing craft whiskey to building a blind lineup that rewards curiosity…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWhat Is On The Bourbon Shelf In 2026 We Walk You Through 1 Brand at a Time
Send us Fan Mail We walk the bourbon aisles in May 2026 and track what is genuinely sitting on shelves, what has become a reliable repeat buy, and what still…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Oak Shapes Flavor In Bourbon And Wine
Send us Fan Mail We get honest about what really builds bourbon flavor and why the barrel may be the single most important ingredient after distillation. We…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysA Walk Through Lexington’s Brewery Distillery With Dave Bob
Send us Fan Mail We hang out with Dave Bob from Lexington Brewing & Distilling and get a guided walk through Town Branch, from the visitor center that feels…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysBuffalo Trace Expanded By Billions And Why They Still Dominate The Allocated Bourbon Market
Send us Fan Mail We taste and score Weller 12 bottle by bottle, then zoom out to why Buffalo Trace keeps winning even as the bourbon market cools. We dig into…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysA Guided Whiskey War Food Pairing At High Bank Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We set up inside High Bank’s barrel-filled war room and taste Whiskey War through a full brunch pairing that changes what we smell, taste, and…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysFermentation Is The Hidden Engine Of Bourbon, It Really Is Rocket Science
Send us Fan Mail We chase the real engine of whiskey flavor by breaking down fermentation from mash temperatures and enzymes to yeast behavior and the…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysDistillery Blind Tasting with Blender & Head of Maturation Ryan Venrick of Watershed Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We hand Watershed the keys and let Ryan Venrick run our first distillery-led blind tasting, and we learn fast that we’re not as good at…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow A Mexican Distillery Turns Native Corn Into World Class Whiskey with Master Distiller Douglas French Sierra Norte on Cinco De Mayo
Send us Fan Mail We cross borders for a Cinco de Mayo pour that rewrites what whiskey can be when the grain, the place, and the people drive the process. With…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWhat Makes Kentucky Kentucky When The Derby Starts
Send us Fan Mail We bring Kentucky Derby energy to the mic and talk about why this race hits different when bourbon tradition is part of the build-up. Along…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysWe Put Elijah Craig 15 Year Single Barrel Under The Microscope While Drinking Smoked Dr Pepper Old Fashioned's
Send us Fan Mail We mix a smoked old fashioned that riffs on Dr Pepper flavor using burnt sugar syrup, cherry and chocolate bitters, and a heavy smoke cap that…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysThe Filmland Spirits Founders Share How They Blend Bourbon With Storytelling
Send us Fan Mail We hang out with Stephen Canepa and Troy Bolotnik from FilmLand Spirits and dig into how they built a whiskey brand around vintage movie…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysHow Echo Spirits Builds Big Flavor In A Small Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with the Echo Spirits team to talk about how a Columbus, Ohio distillery builds award-winning rum, creative whiskey blends, and a…
The Scotchy Bourbon BoysInside Barton 1792 With Ross Cornelissen Joining Us on His way Home from Ohio
Send us Fan Mail We catch up after boots-on-the-ground Ohio bottle signings and get Ross Cornelison on the phone while he drives back to Kentucky. We dig into…