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Send us a textInteresting things about the distillery:Background in AgricultureDrinking is an “Agricultural Act”Jimmy Red CornDwindled to 2 cobsPartnered with Clemson to grow 2.5 acres and made 2 batchesThey know grow 1.3 million pounds!Now makes about 30 barrels a weekLast still was only about 8 a weekOur Bottle: Jimmy Red Straight Bourbon Whiskey100% Jimmy Red CornSweet MashPipe Pairings: Cornell and diehl blockade runnerCocktails:Research Sourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5zGb7O78E Support the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting 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 bottles on the shelfThe Gaffer collection is their limited release, and a Gaffer is the head glassblowerThe First batch just released includes 20% Amaranth which is similar to wheatVERY Small production.  You can join the founders club on their website to help them grow and purchase a distilleryOur Bottle: Didymium Bourbon Batch:Batch 1: Release Nov. 2024. Mash bill 80% purple corn, 15% rye, 5% malt. Barrel Char 3Batch 2: Release Dec. 2024. Mash bill 80% purple corn, 5% rye, 5% malt. Barrel Char 3Batch 3: Release Mar. 2025. Mash bill 75% purple corn, 15% rye, 10% malt. Barrel Char 3Batch 4: Release Jun. 2025. Mash bill 75% purple corn, 15% rye, 10% malt. Barrel Char 4Pipe Pairings: Dunhill flakeCocktails:Support the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textBased 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 fermentation and distilling process and his own work in biochemistry during a trip to a whiskey distillery in Kentucky.High West began with humble roots, opening a small, 250-gallon still and Saloon in an historic livery stable and garage.Started with sourced but are now phasing that out with blending their own with the sourced to finish up the sourcedSupport the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting 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 where their website is more a gear site than a whiskey site in a lot of waysJess Graber first was a co-founder to stranahans, and branched out ot tincup to go a more bourbon directionWas a volunteer firefighter and responded to a barn fire at George Stranahans place.He distilled at stranahans Our Bottle: the originalMashbill is high rye, made with corn, rye, and malted barleyBlend of bourbon (64% Corn, 32% Rye, 4% Malted Barley) and single malt whiskey (100% Malted Barley) We dont know how much single malt, but we know it isnt a lotPipe Pairings: junkyard dawg by Cornell and diehl Cocktails:Research Sourceshttps://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/tincup-10-year-american-whiskeyhttps://www.tincupwhiskey.com/https://www.thepracticalstill.com/tincup-whiskey-founder-jess-graber/Support the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting 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 Boulevard Distillery and renamed it Wild Turkey1980-pernod Richard PurchasedMay 9, 2000A fire destroyed a warehouse holding 17,000 barrelsThe Whiskey flowed out on fire, catching the woods on fire, and flowing into the river.The alcohol content in the river caused the water treatment plant to be shut down, boil advisories for the whole area as well as a water shortage66 miles of river was depleted of oxygen in the water killing 228,000 fishPaid KY Fish an d Wildlife $256,000 to help with fish repopulation2009 campari purchased2011 distillery rebuilt 2013 a bottling facility added (Also bottles SKYY Vodka)Before this Wild Turkey was sent to Indiana and later Arkansas to be bottled)Our Bottle: Long BranchCreated by eddie Russel and Matthew McConaughey Uses charcoal filtering with the charcoal from Mesquite and oak charcoal75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Malted BarleyReleased in 2018Press release says 8 year but no age statement on the bottleMatthew McConaugheyHired as creative Director in 2016Highest paid Creative director in historyPipe Pairings: seersucker by Cornell and diehl Cocktails:Research Sourceshttps://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/wild-turkey-longbranchhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Turkey_(bourbon)https://www.wildturkeybourbon.comhttps://www.longbranchbourbon.com/Support the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting things about the distillery:Distilled in Hilliard, Ohio, in a garageFormerly Mill Street Distillery in UticaSame owners and master distiller, just bought out some others and movedRickhouse is in GroveportHas cask strength single barrelsOpa’s has oneOur Bottle: Bourbon100% cornPipe Pairings: Boswell northwoodsCocktails:Research Sourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilzesbv1sJwhttps://www.leatherandoakspirits.com/homeSupport the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting things about the distillery:Started with whiskey, then limoncello, and last vodka.  Bootstrapped, so didn't have a large bank loan to force them to get out something to start.  They used “Creative aging” to get whiskey done faster.  Natural, not pressurizedMost likely small barrelsHas a second location in Put-in-BayOur Bottle: Dark CherryThis was their very first bottlePipe Pairings:Cocktails:Research Sourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbIG8JNsVY&t=405sSupport the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting things about the distillery:Most awarded flavored whiskey brandBottles at full proofThey don't have a Wikipedia Page!Our Bottle: BlackberryPipe Pairings:Cocktails:Blackberry Bramble2 oz Bird Dog Blackberry2 Oz Rum Chatta (Rum cream Liquor)Blackberries and Cream Whiskey Martini1.5 oz Bird Dog Blackberry1 Oz Ameretto.5 oz Vanilla Vodka.25 Oz Lemon JuiceResearch SourcesJust the websiteSupport the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting things about the distillery: The pot still was made in South BendVeteran OwnedCharlie was infantry for 12 yearsDiagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome and medically dischargedCauses nerve pain in the legs and feetHas an MBA from Notre Dame, and that is where he thought to start, since there wasn't any small batch in Indiana 80% corn, 10% wheat, and 10% rye is the signature blendOur Bottle:Breakfast of DegeneratesFlavored whiskeyHas maple flavoring addedPipe Pairings:Cocktails:IWC Maple Smash2 Orange Wedges2 Lemon Wedges4 oz Breakfast Of Degenerates1/2 oz - 1 oz Simple SyrupGarnish: Mint SpringBreakfast is servedIngredients:2 oz Breakfast Of Degenerates1 oz Hoosier Sweet HeatOrange JuiceMaple Old FashionedResearch Sourceshttps://www.inwhiskey.com/cocktailshttps://bizmagazine.nd.edu/issues/2014/fall-2014/charles-florance-inspirational-spirits/Support the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Send us a textInteresting things about the distillery:Has 4 locations (two in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Nashville) and a 5th set to open in 2026 with Yee Haw Brewing in Myrtle Beach.Sold to APEX Private equity in 2022Our Bottle: Salted WatermelonPipe Pairings:Cocktails:Research Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Smoky_Distilleryhttps://olesmoky.com/https://www.whiskeyuniv.com/b-joe-bakerSupport the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!