Bourbon Pursuit
The Official Podcast of Bourbon! The best in news, reviews and interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen. Join hosts Kenny Coleman, Ryan Cecil, and Fred Minnick as they talk with prominent guests and provide insight on American whiskey 3 times a week. Catch all new episodes every Thursday with special Whiskey Quickie reviews on Tuesday and get caught up on bourbon news with This Week in Bourbon on Friday.
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130 - Ask a Master Distiller with Shane Baker o...
You may remember of talking about the science of yeast. This episode feature his counterpart ,
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129 - Bourbon Trail meets Tobacco Road, Bourbon...
Enjoying a glass of bourbon while smoking a cigar seems like an average Friday night to some people. However, pairing a bourbon and cigar can be more complicated than you think.
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128 - Overnight Bourbon using TerrePURE with Ja...
It's a controversial topic amongst bourbon purists. Can you replicate all the effects Mother Nature and Father Time add to the bourbon that rests inside a barrel?
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127 - Sourcing High End Bourbon with Bill Thoma...
This new episode is a flash back to an interview Ryan performed while sitting with one of the shows all-time favorite guests.
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126 - Bitcoin, Community Bullying, and 2017 Bou...
In this final BCR of 2017 (it's the 15th edition) we look at the unique rise of trading bourbon for bitcoin weighing out the pros and cons, a look back into how the bourbon community has changed for the worse in 2017
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125 - The Export Market with the British Bourbo...
If you think the bourbon frenzy has gotten bad here in the US, well you don't know what it's like to live outside the borders.
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124 - How to Create Barrel Picking Groups with ...
Have you ever wondered what these bourbon barrel picking groups like , 1789b, T5C, and are all about?
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123 - Retail Pricing Wars... Part 2
MSRP pricing and how square footage, location, loyalty, and clientele all boil down into how rare bourbon is priced and sold.
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122 - Entrapment, Jefferson's Presidential, and...
There's been some sneaky releases lately from Diageo and Jefferson's so we tackle those. If you're short on Christmas gift ideas, we talk about some of those things you can give the bourbon lover in your life.
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121 - The Science Behind Bourbon and Yeast with...
Dr. Pat Heist of joins the show to explain what is chemically happening when you're producing bourbon and gives an in-depth look at yeast
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120 - High Volume Online Retailers with K&L and...
Retailers need an edge to stay competitive in today’s market.
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119 - Pivoting from a Coffee Bar to a Bourbon B...
With the current climate of overpriced rare whiskey, how do you turn that into a profitable business?
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118 - All Bad News. Murray Names EH Taylor Four...
Recent whiskey news has really been depressing. There hasn’t been much good that’s come of it so the roundtable spends an hour and complains.
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117 - The Past, Present, and Future of Bourbon ...
Is the madness ever going to end? Are those unicorn bottles going to continue to climb in price for the future? How did we end up here? , a bourbon authority, enlightens us to how the history of bourbon being an unwanted commodity created stocks of...
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116 - The Visitor Experience at Heaven Hill wit...
Have you ever visited the in Bardstown or the in downtown Louisville? It's time you meet Jeff Crowe who is the General Manager of Visitor Experiences for . Jeff takes us through what each locations have to offer and gives some insight into how he...
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115 - More Bourbon Trivia with Freddie Johnson ...
Freddie Johnson has a long resume. Previous guest on , 3rd Generation Employee at Buffalo Trace, and Tour Guide Extraordinaire. He joins to talk about , who was Thomas H Handy (THH) and other tidbits of random knowledge you only get from Freddie. Show...
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114 - A Blind Tasting of Rare Bourbons on Bourb...
The does a blind tasting with samples sent in by a fan of the show. The best bourbon bloggers out there are put to the test to see if they can figure out where it came from. You won’t believe what happens. Show notes below… Show Notes: We’ve...
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113 - Rum Pursuit with Fred Minnick
, multi-appearance guest on the show and author of the new book , educates us bourbon drinkers on why rum isn’t so bad and how the rum industry needs the passion of the bourbon community. Back in February you had a article named “”, an open...
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112 - All You Need to Know About Private Barrel...
Beau Beckman, Barrel Select Manager at Buffalo Trace, is now a 2nd time guest! We talk about how the program has matured, why you only get to taste 4 barrels rather than more, how the barrels are chosen for the program
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111 - The Kings of Barrel Picking with Reid & E...
Reid Bechtle & Emerald Adair of join the group to talk about the fascinations with the better things in life, how they started 1789b, how barrel selections have changed in 7 years, and the barrel picks they have still yet to do. Introduce...
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110 - The Eclipse Curses, Old Forester Birthday...
The roundtable is back with a new panel member. Some of us got cursed by making fun of the eclipse while others are being cursed by the vapor gods by stealing some extra alcohol for OFBB 2017. Show Notes: Thanks to Maxwell Christy of , Blake from ,...
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109 - Retail Pricing Wars!
Retail Pricing Wars! Does MSRP really mean anything? How do stores price their products relative to their size, customer base, and geographic location?
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108 - Green Bourbon Production and Age Statemen...
Denny Potter, Master Distiller and VP of Operations at Heaven Hill, , talks about his past handling dangerous chemicals, answers if bourbon production is green and the market for higher age statements.
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107 - Reviving Michter's in Kentucky Instead of...
, President of and CEO of Chatham Imports, joins the podcast to talk about the rebirth of an American Whiskey brand and how he used to sell it growing up. He talks about why he rebooted Michter’s in Kentucky rather than Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania...
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106 - Age Statement Removals, Buying Regrets, a...
BCR is back again with more questions than ever coming from our viewers. We talk about Sazerac’s devious marketing tactic with age statement removal, the regrets of past purchases, will we see a buying increase of pre-sourced NDP after their stills...
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