Aug. 8, 2024

Chasing Whiskey, Ep. 2

Podcast news

Barrel picks are in the works
Samples
Fanmail
- Laura Finson says we should check out men in kilts episode one, so I did!
  - Cool look at scottish food, mainly seafood
  - Awesome look at a malting floor and digging peat.
Craft distillery news
- Election day rye from Journeyman
- Buzzards roost has their first BIB bottle!
  - 51% corn, 45% wheat and 4% malted barley
  - $71.99 SRP
  - https://craftspiritsmag.com/2024/07/23/buzzards-roost-launches-first-bottled-in-bond-bourbon/
- Ironton Distillery has their first BIB ASM
  - ASM is breaking into BIB! Westward is also doing this this year
  - Available at the distillery and throughout colorado
  - https://www.irontondistillery.com/bib-singlemalt
- Bourbon and Beyond fest
  - Louisville Sept 19-22
  - Heck of a music lineup!
    - Zach Bryan, tyler childers, cody jinks, Sierra Ferrel, Amigo the Devil, Vincent Neil Emerson, and so many more
  - Also a great lineup of Bourbon speakers
    - Fred Minnick, Freddie Noe, Booker Noe, and many more
  - https://bourbonandbeyond.com/
- Grove City Bourbon and Spirits Fest
  - This Saturday Aug 10th
  - $30 for 8 tickets and $10 for 3 more, most tastings are one ticket but they may have some high end stuff they will make a bit more
  - Cigar tastings will also be there along with food trucks
  - https://www.heartofgrovecity.org/bourbontasting/