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GolfCask - Originals
Where golf, whiskey, cigars, and community collide. Each week, we tee up stories that shape our adventures and pour out 19th-hole banter—served neat, with a splash of wit. Inside the Ropes (Weekly): Your steady pour of golf, whiskey, and life stories. Between the Ears (Monthly): A deep dive into the mental game with Dr. Mike Grevlos and guests. GolfCask Trails (Coming 2026, Monthly): Full-day adventures pairing golf, distilleries, and local culture—captured and shared with our members. Laughs…
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GolfCask - OriginalsFour Flights Through Golf, Whiskey, Cigars and Ireland
Welcome aboard GolfCask Flights, the audio edition where golf, whiskey, cigars and travel share one slightly overpacked carry-on.This week’s flight manifest…
GolfCask - OriginalsGolf’s Exodus, Bourbon’s Phoenix & American Muscle | Nov. 1 GolfCask Flight
✈️ Welcome aboard GolfCask Flight! Four stories. Four passions. One journey through golf, whiskey, cigars, and travel.Fasten your seatbelt, raise your glass…
GolfCask - OriginalsA Million-Dollar Putt, a Supreme Court Whiskey Fight & a Million-Yen Pour
This week on GolfCask Flights, four stories take us from a basketball arena to the Supreme Court, with stops in Puerto Rico and Japan.Tony Finau steps onto the…
GolfCask - OriginalsSmall Batch. Sweet Mash. Big Questions. | GolfCask Deeper Cut
The round is over, the clubs are put away, and there's a seat waiting at the 19th hole. Pull up a chair, light a cigar, and pour a glass of Blind Preacher…
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Jon Rahm Walks, MGP Disappears & Golf Clubs Start Brewing | GolfCask Flights
What does Jon Rahm walking away from LIV Golf have in common with a whiskey giant changing its name, cigars being rolled in New Orleans, and golf clubs…
GolfCask - OriginalsDEEPER CUT: Your Hands Have Enough Jobs. Let Your Chest Help.
Your hands called. They’re tired of saving your short game. 😂⛳ When your chest stops helping, your hands start improvising—and that routine chip becomes an…
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3 Blind Whiskeys. 1 Cigar. The Pairings Got Personal! | No Labels Ep. 2
Three whiskeys. One cigar. Four opinions. Absolutely NO LABELS. Welcome back to No Labels by GolfCask, where the GolfCask Syndicate puts its palates—and…
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- GolfCask Flights: The Stories Behind the Passions
Four stories. Four corners of the passions we chase. This week on GolfCask Flights: Robert MacIntyre battles a new kind of hazard at Carnoustie, American…
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From the Page to the Pour | GolfCask Flights September 21
What happens when golf, whiskey, cigars, travel, and storytelling all meet in one place?That’s GolfCask Life — and this episode of GolfCask Flights brings the…
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We Blinded Three Whiskeys… Then the Cigar Did THIS - No Labels
One cigar. Three whiskeys. Zero labels. Welcome to No Labels — Spark & Sip Blind by GolfCask, where the GolfCask Syndicate tastes three whiskeys and smokes one…
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What Travels With Us | Golf, Whiskey, Cigars & Brotherhood
Four stories. One journey through change, brotherhood, whiskey, cigars, and golf.In this GolfCask Flight, the newest issue of GolfCask Life comes to audio…
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Fire, Leaves & Smoke: A First Pour of September Issue of GolfCask Life
Before the September issue of GolfCask Life Magazine arrives, GolfCask Flights is offering an early listen.This special audio edition brings together an…
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Why Your Golf Goals Fade—and What Bees, Bourbon & Cigars Can Teach You | GolfCask Flights
What do next season’s golf goals, a honeybee’s happy dance, a premium cigar, and 155-proof Virginia rye have in common? More than you might think—and this…
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GolfCask Flights: Beyond the Familiar
This edition of GolfCask Flights takes us beyond the familiar through four stories celebrating golf, whiskey, cigars, and adventure.LPGA Tour coach John…
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You'll Never Master Golf... And That's the Point | GolfCask Flights
What if the secret to getting better isn't mastering the game—but embracing its complexity?In this episode of GolfCask Flights, we bring four featured articles…
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✈️ GolfCask Flights Podcast | Four Great Stories. One Great Journey.
Welcome aboard another episode of GolfCask Flights, where we curate four standout stories from the pages of GolfCask Life Magazine and bring them to life in an…
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How good can a one-year-old whiskey really be?
In Part 2 of our GolfCask Roadshow at Blue Shepherd Spirits, Brian Bailie and GolfCask Syndicate member Bo Hammond sit down with owner and head distiller Alex…
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Inside Blue Shepherd Spirits | The Nano Distillery with a Big Story | Luray, Virginia
What happens when a firefighter, a DIY obsession, and one life-changing decision collide? GolfCask Founder Brian Bailie sits down with Alex Colby, owner and…
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Welcome aboard GolfCask Flight!
In this edition, we take a journey through golf, cigars, travel, and the stories that connect them. First, Dr. Mike Grevlos imagines a letter from philosopher…
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GolfCask Flight – Hot Summer Nights Edition
✈️ GolfCask Flight – Hot Summer Nights EditionThis month's Flight takes you from scorching fairways to Irish links, boutique cigar lounges, and a whiskey house…
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The Cigar Wrapped Like Contraband
Tonight on The Syndicate Select Pairing Show, the crew dives into a smoky, hilarious, and surprisingly deep pairing session featuring the Leaf by Oscar Maduro…
GolfCask - OriginalsIrish Whiskey - GolfCask Life Audio
Welcome to the audiobook edition of GolfCask Whiskey University: Irish Whiskey. This immersive journal takes you deep into the history, culture, craftsmanship…
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Blends, Backroads & a Blank Canvas: A Trip to Zebulon, North Carolina
Step inside a hidden gem in Zebulon, North Carolina as we visit Olde Raleigh Distillery, home of “The Blend.” Meet Brandon, a blender who ditched the rulebook…
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Country Roads: The Golf, Whiskey & Cigar Trail You Didn’t Know You Needed - Audiobook
This is the audiobook version of GolfCask Trails: Country Roads—a full-day journey through the hills of Maryland and West Virginia where golf, whiskey, and…
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We Paired 5 Whiskeys with a Fuente Hemingway… Only ONE Actually Worked
Whiskey in the glass, cigar in hand—and things went off the rails fast. We put an Arturo Fuente Hemingway up against five heavy hitters: Nulu Toasted Wheated…
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GolfCask Trails Audiobook | The Atlantic Loop: Sligo & Strandhill
Experience the raw beauty of Ireland’s northwest coast through the GolfCask Trails Atlantic Loop. From the windswept fairways of County Sligo and Strandhill to…
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The Greatest Golfer Ever Wore a Dead Man’s Jacket for 35 Years
Behind every green jacket is a story—but Jack Nicklaus wore one that wasn’t even his. For over three decades, the greatest Masters champion in history slipped…
GolfCask - OriginalsSligo, Ireland: The Trip That Wasn’t Supposed to Mean This Much
Golf, Guinness & the Irish Goodbye | A Sligo Story That Hit Different This wasn’t just a trip to Ireland—it turned into something more. What started as a…
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GolfCask Syndicate Selection 🍀 Irish Whiskey vs Rocky Patel Emerald | The Variety Show Gets Loose
Whiskey in the glass, golf on the mind—let’s get started… This episode of the GolfCask Syndicate Selection & Variety Show takes a Rocky Patel Emerald Toro box…
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GolfCask Road Show - County Sligo
We made our way to the legendary County Sligo Golf Club at Rosses Point, one of Ireland’s oldest and most storied links courses, founded in 1894. In this…
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Ulysses S. Grant’s Cigar Legend
Before Ulysses S. Grant became a Civil War legend and President of the United States, he was a struggling farmer selling firewood on a St. Louis street corner…
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March 2026 edition of GolfCask Life: First Rounds of Spring.
Spring is here—and so is the March 2026 edition of GolfCask Life: First Rounds of Spring. Inside this issue: ⛳ Spring swing resets and distance gains 🥃…
GolfCask - OriginalsCorn, Smoke & Chaos: The Syndicate Pairs My Father Blue with Mellow Corn, Old Forester 1920 & Ardbeg Uigeadail
In this episode of Syndicate Selection, three brave (questionable) palates take on the My Father Blue cigar while pairing it with Mellow Corn Bottled-in-Bond…
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Tournament Prep Isn’t More Range Balls: The REAL 4-Week Game Plan
Most golfers think “tournament prep” means grinding harder on the range—then they show up and get punched in the face by wind, dew, travel fatigue, weird…
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Junior Johnson Outran the Law and Changed Racing Forever.
Pull up a stool and pour something stiff, because this is the legend of Junior Johnson—the North Carolina bootlegger who learned speed dodging revenuers, did…
GolfCask - OriginalsInside the Ropes: The Shape of Understanding: Cigars, Barrels, Bombs, and the Rituals That Keep Us Steady
January is the quiet month — cold hands, slower rounds, longer pours, and the kind of stories that don’t leave you alone. In this edition of Inside the Ropes…
GolfCask - Originals5 Whiskeys. 1 Cigar. Zero Adult Supervision. (The Winner Will Surprise You.)
Welcome to the Syndicate Pairing—where five grown men pretend this is a refined tasting and then immediately prove it isn’t. This month’s featured cigar is the…
GolfCask - OriginalsThe Cut Line Dance — Why Chasing the Number Keeps You Stuck
In the debut episode of Expected Score, Brian Bailie is joined by Dr. Mike Grevlos and Chris George to unpack a phenomenon that quietly derails golfers at…
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Bonus: What does it really take to average par?
What does it really take to average par? It’s not pretty swings. It’s not luck. And it’s definitely not hope. Par is a statistical outcome built on offense and…
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Keep Calm, Carry On and Play Through!
In 1940, while London was being carpet-bombed, members of Richmond Golf Club did something unthinkable—they played golf. With bombs falling on the fairways and…
GolfCask - OriginalsTHE QUIET WINS | Inside the Ropes – December Reflection
Why the moments no one applauded mattered most! December doesn’t shout. It settles in—and tells the truth. In this episode of Inside the Ropes, we step back…
GolfCask - OriginalsInside the Ropes: Every State Drinks Its Own Story — Closing 2025 with Craft, Candor, and What Comes Next
This final weekly episode of Inside the Ropes isn’t a goodbye—it’s a recalibration. We close 2025 the same way we played it: intentionally. In this episode, we…
GolfCask - OriginalsPassion With Purpose: Cigars, Whiskey, Golf—and Why the Off-Season Decides Everything
Most people end the year making promises they won’t keep. This episode of Inside the Ropes does the opposite. We break down what GolfCask Nation is actually…
GolfCask - OriginalsBe Calmly Impatient | Inside the Ropes (Dec 15) — Spark, Sip, Swing & Adventure
Welcome to Inside the Ropes for the week of December 15 with host Brian Bailey—where offseason golfers, whiskey lovers, and cigar folks gather quietly while…
GolfCask - OriginalsThe Art of Chaos, the Spark of Ritual, and the Whiskey That Whispers — Inside the Ropes: Revelry & Reflection
In this special follow-up edition of Revelry & Reflection, Inside the Ropes brings you five new stories from GolfCask Magazine—spanning golf performance…
GolfCask - OriginalsRevelry, Reflection & Wrigley’s: The GolfCask Year-End Pour
In this special year-end edition of Inside the Ropes, host Brian Bailie walks you through the December issue of GolfCask Magazine: Revelry &…
GolfCask - OriginalsWorld’s Best Scotch, Flamingo Prep & Top 3 Distillery Trips for 2025 | Inside the Ropes
Welcome back to Inside the Ropes for the week of November 24, 2025 — the Thanksgiving edition where your clicks, taps, and late-night scrolls decide the show…
GolfCask - OriginalsThe Whiskey That Fell Flat, 5 Muni Gems, & The Ritual Every Cigar Smoker Should Know
This week on Inside the Ropes, we cover a whiskey that failed the blind test, five Virginia munis that play like private clubs, the slow ritual of cigars done…
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Between the Ears! Attention to Training and Performance
🎯 Internal vs External Focus — and Why “Always External” Is a Myth Everyone says, “Focus on the target, not your body.” But that’s only half true. External…
GolfCask - OriginalsRituals, Roots & a Cavalier Pour
Whiskey in the glass, golf on the mind—let’s get started. This episode dives into the rituals that make life taste better and swing smoother: the art of…
GolfCask - OriginalsFrom Barrel to Green: Where Ritual Meets Readiness
In this week’s Inside the Ropes Review, host Brian Bailie blends whiskey wisdom, golf grit, and heartfelt legacy. The pour begins with “From Reuse to…
GolfCask - OriginalsThe Numbers Beneath the Surface
This week on Inside the Ropes, we dive into “The Numbers Beneath the Surface” — where precision meets feel in both golf and whiskey. From Trackman data and…
GolfCask - OriginalsThe Spark That Starts It All
Hook Summary: From the first draw to the final pour, this week’s Inside the Ropes explores the intention behind the spark, the precision behind true…
GolfCask - OriginalsBe a Dawg. Slow the Burn. Choose the Spirit. | Inside the Ropes Review – Oct 11, 2025
🎯 Social Caption Example: Whiskey in the glass, golf on the mind—let’s get started. This week’s Inside the Ropes Review is live: 🐾 Train your mind to refuse to…
GolfCask - OriginalsWhiskey Heists, Cigar Rituals & Golf Rants
This week we’re pouring mystery, ritual, and reflection into one glass: A Dragnet-style whiskey caper in Seattle with Westland’s stolen Garryana. Cigar 101—why…
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Crowds, Ducks, and Dagger Putts: The Ryder Cup We Actually Saw
Ryder Cup Roundup with Coach Brian Bailie, Dr. Mike Grevlos, and Coach Chris George. We dig into why Europe jumped out early (bonded pairings, clutch pace…
GolfCask - OriginalsEggs, Radars, Docks & Bonds: Stories Cracked Inside the Ropes
This week on Inside the Ropes, we crack into a scrambled mini-golf mystery in Cape May, debut On My Radar—GolfCask’s personal assistant for pours, puffs, and…
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Ragged Branch Tasting: Signature, 1820 Bumgardner & Cowboy Cut
Bottle Share continues at Ragged Branch Distillery in Augusta County, Virginia, with founder Brian Bailie, co-host Bo Hammond, and distiller Alex Toomy. In…
GolfCask - OriginalsInside the Ropes: Chasing Pappy, Leather Lessons, and Freedom in Smoke
Golf, whiskey, cigars — and the stories that make them worth chasing. This week we chased lightning with Pappy, proving bourbon hunting is more about the story…
GolfCask - OriginalsFrom Tack Room to Whiskey Legacy: The Ragged Branch Bottle Share Part 1
In this episode, GolfCask founder Brian Bailie sits down with Alex Toomy of Ragged Branch Distillery and co-host Bo Hammond to uncover the origins of one of…