Whiskey Chasers

We are members of the Whiskey Chasers Club, A national network of small whiskey clubs that celebrates the community of whiskey. Other Whiskey Chasers join Steve, Nick, and Chris to interview distilleries or talk about bottles and their history, while often enjoying a pipe!

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Sept. 18, 2025

Liberty Pole Old Monongahela Full Proof Rye!

Send us a text Interesting things about the distillery:Expanded in 2023 and now makes about 2000 bottles a yearPot still onlyUses Bloody Butcher cornLow yield, about 25% lessA “Liberty Pole” was kind of like a banner posted by the Mingo Creek Society to protest the excise tax imposed on whiskey to …
Sept. 11, 2025

Jimmy Red and Blockade Runner!

Send us a text Interesting things about the distillery: Background in Agriculture Drinking is an “Agricultural Act” Jimmy Red Corn Dwindled to 2 cobs Partnered with Clemson to grow 2.5 acres and made 2 batches They know grow ...
Sept. 4, 2025

Fire and Flask!

Send us a text Interesting things about the distillery:Ryan is from the military and Holly worked with airlinesRyan is also a glassblowerNames of the bottles are based on glassblowing itemsDidymium is a purple filtering glass that glassblowers wear to protect their eyes, filtering out all the other…
Aug. 28, 2025

High West Prairie Bourbon!

Send us a text Based out of Utah High West Distillery was founded in 2006 by David Perkins and his wife, Jane. David, a former biochemist, was inspired to open his own distillery after seeing the parallels between the ferment...
Aug. 21, 2025

Tincup and Junkyard Dawg!

Send us a text Interesting things about the distillery:Proximo Started the brand, Spinoff of stranahan which was purchased in 2010Named after a mining town in colorado and for the tin cups that people drank fromPartners with stranahan Distillery Is fully marketed as an outdoor brand, to the point w…
Aug. 14, 2025

Long Branch!

Send us a text Interesting things about the distillery:The Name came from an Austin Nichols Exec (Who distributed the whiskey made by the ripy’s) who took it on a turkey hunt, and his friends kept asking for that wild turkey bourbonAustin Nichols Was a distributor until 1971, when they Bought the B…

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Feb. 1, 2024

Joseph A. Magnus: A Man of Commerce, But Maybe Not Whiskey

Joseph A. Magnus: A Man of Commerce, But Maybe Not Whiskey The man of commerce When someone thinks of whiskey, they are drawn to the stories of grandparents in their younger years working at stills, early on fighting “the man” and runn…

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Jan. 18, 2024

The First American Distillery

Michter's Distillery has gone through many hands, each one adding their own flare and lore to the story.  The tale begins in 1753, with a mennonite farmer named John Shenk.  Swiss mennonite tradition is steeped in whiskey production. …

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Jan. 4, 2024

Jack Daniels Barrel Proof Single Barrel Rye

Jack Daniels is one of those names that can only be known for whiskey.  Jack has a few different origin stories but one is that it comes from a Celtic word meaning “healthy, Strong, and full of Vital energy”. I am not so sure on the…

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About the Hosts

Chris Hubachek

co-host

Nick Berkey

co-host

Steve Heyman

Co-Host/Editor

Steve is the newest to the whiskey game, only really getting into whiskey the since 2019, but he has been bartending since 2011. He enjoys hiking and camping with his wife and border Collie, Sulley.