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Once a year, Kings County Distillery releases their Empire State Rye Whiskey. This catetory of New York whiskey has its very own standards of identity with this New York, legal classication. Based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, this is New York City's oldest distillery since Prohibition. Founder and distiller Colin Spoelman talks with Bourbon expert Tom Fischer in this podcast.  Kings County Empi...

Matt Farah of The Smoking Tire Podcast joins Bourbon expert Tom Fischer and Matty Rock on BourbonBlog.com 's Cigar Saturday.  Matt Farah talks about his favorite cars, his views on Tesla and electric cars, and of course, they sip some whiskey. WhisltePig 15 Rye Whiskey is even poured during the show.  Matt also recently open the Westside Collector Car Storage Facility in Culver City, Cal...

Cigar and whiskey pairings with Frankie Dranks, the host of Sips and Sticks podcast along with Joey Drew, join Bourbon Expert Tom Fischer and Matty Rock on Cigar Saturday. They talk about pairings like Drew Estate Liga Privada No. 9 Cigar, Acid Cigars, and a few favorite Bourbons including Jefferson's  Reserve Bourbon and FEW Spirits of Evanston, Illinois.  Frankie is also known as Frank...

Straight No Chaser joins Bourbon expert Tom Fischer live as the group members are all in one room preparing for their Livestream Shows during Christmas, In this podcast, Straight No Chaser sings a few  Christmas songs and tracks from their new album "Social Christmasing"  and they talk about what their virtual shows are like during the holidays. To watch one of their virtual shows, visit...

Craft Beverage Expo and Distribution Conference goes virtual for the first time and you can be part of it this week. In this podcast, Bourbon expert Tom Fischer talks with the director and founder Kellie Shevlin about the first and only show dedicated to independent beverage producers including beer, wine, spirits, whiskey, mead, cider, and saki.  They talk about this year's virtual conferenc...

Time travel with whiskey:  a 1980 Buffalo Trace Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey that aged from 1980 to 2000, The Last Drop Distillers Limited Managing Director Rebecca Jago joins Bourbon whiskey expert Tom Fischer live from London, England to taste this $4,600 a bottle. They also discuss the 1976 “Overproof” Very Old Jamaica Rum and  1959 Vintage Grande Champagne Cognac.  The Last Drop Dis...

New Thanksgiving cocktail recipes showcased with Bourbon and Rye Whiskey as we chat live with John Waddell and Cordell Lawrence of Kentucky Peerless Distilling  Co on this podcast . Bourbon expert Tom Fischer chats with Peerless as they demonstrate and discuss fall drinks  live from the  Louisville, Kentucky distillery.  They also taste some of the new distillery excuslive sing...

Town Branch Distillery of Lexington, Kentucky releases two limited-edition whiskeys this week: an 11-year-old Single Malt Cask Strength aged in ex-wine barrels and Double Oaked Bourbon Whiskey. BourbonBlog.com is first to review and report on both as Bourbon expert Tom Fischer interviews Master Distiller Mark Coffman and Marketing Manager Pete Weiss in this podcast as they taste them live. 

A rare tasting of WhistlePig Rye Boss Hog VII Magellan's Atlantic as Bourbon expert Tom Fischer tastes and chats with Doug Ward and Gregory Gatti of WhistlePig Rye Whiskey of Vermont. They discuss the new limited-edition  17-year-old in American Oak rye finished in both Spanish Oak and South American Teakwood casks. They also talk about the single barrel program, WhistlePig Piggyback Rye, and...

Stephen Amell shares exclusive insight on his new TV Starz show "Heels," a  professional wrestling television series. Amell stars as the pro-wrestler Jack Spade in the fictional series expected to be released in 2021.  Actor Stephen Amell joins Bourbon expert Tom Fischer for the podcast live from Atlanta, Georgia as Heels is set in small-town Georgia.  They also talk about the actor...

Spirits of French Lick Alchemist Alan Bishop joins Bourbon expert Tom Fischer for a Bourbon whiskey tasting of their the Bottled-In-Bond Bourbons: Mattie Gladden Bourbon and Lee Sinclair. The craft distillery is also known for their Old Clifty Hoosier Apple Brandy, delivering powerful autunmal notes.  Based in West Baden Springs, Indiana, they are known for making some of the best whiskeys in...

Italy meets Kentucky! We review and taste Italian spirits from our friends at Gruppo Montenegro including Montenegro Amaro, Vecchia Romagna, and Select Aperitivo. We discuss new cocktails and the history of each wit Marco Monefiori,  Tad Carducci, and Christina Berardi. Also, Vecchia Romagna's new release of Riserva Tre Botti is showcased, including brandy aged for 10-15 years.

As Kings County Distillery of Brooklyn, New York celebrates a decade of their distillery, they have a historic release   Kings County 7-Year-Old Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey . Kings County Founder Colin Spoelman talks with Bourbon expert Tom Fischer as they taste the new 7-Year-Old Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey which will go on sale Wednesday, October 14 both the distillery at on KingsCounty...

David Mallow, owned of Barrister Cigars in Union, New Jersey, joins Matty Rock and Tom Fischer to unveil the limited edition Liga Privada Unico Pancetta Cigar. Barrister Cigars is one of the only Liga Privada Lounges in the world.  The Cigar Saturday show happens every Saturday at 8 pm ET and you can watch on BourbonBlog.com/live or stream on this podcast channel. 

A first-ever in Whiskey: Few Spirits of Evanston, Illinois releases the Immortal Rye Whiskey,  proofed to bottling strength with cold-extracted “8 Immortals” tea from renowned Denver-based tea purveyor, The Tea Spot.  Whiskey expert Tom Fischer interviews FEW Spirits founder and distiller Paul Hletko and tastes the new Immortal Rye with him. 

Savage & Cooke Master Distiller Jordan Via joins Bourbon expert Tom Fischer to talk about what is new at their Vallejo, California distillery. The unique distillery owned by winemaker Dave Phinney takes innovative approaches to both flavor and distilling. Their whiskeys are finished in used wine barrels and their distillery on historic Mare Island showcases rare art.  For the podcast, the...

Sean Williams of Cohiba Cigars and Bourbon expert Tom Ficher pair expressions of Rye and Bourbon whiskeys from Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co. with Cohiba Cigars. As Peerless is one of Fischer's favorite whiskeys to pair with a cigar, they do a comparative tasting on how both Peerless Small Batch Whiskeys and Peerless Single Barrel expressions can enhance the flavors of the cigars in unique ways....

The first review and live tasting of the Angel’s Envy Japanese Mizunara Oak Cask Finished Bourbon Whiskey with founder Wes Henderson and Bourbon expert Tom Fischer. They taste the new limited edition Bourbon whiskey and talk about the last 10 years of Angel's Envy as they celebrate this special anniversary with the first-ever whiskey in the Angel’s Envy Founder’s Collection. The only way to get a...

Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey National Brand Ambassador Rick Edwards sips and chats with Bourbon expert Tom Fischer in this podcast. Rick and Tom taste Stranahan's expressions while telling stories of Colorado adventures and distillery friends. They also try the Stranahan's Sherry Cask and other expressions. Though no specific details are given, Rick teases forward to potential future releases of S...

Professional wrestlers Jerry Sags, of The Nasty Boys and Andrew "The Reinforcer" Anderson and join Bourbon Expert Tom Fischer and Matty Rock Cigar Saturday for a conversation about cigars, the future of wrestling and more in this podcast. Have a guest you'd like to see on our nightly show? Email tom@bourbonblog.com   

Bourbon expert Tom Fischer talks live with Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris about the $1,000 Mint Julep for Kentucky Derby 146 at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. This year's cocktail celebrating Diane Crump, the first female jockey to ride in  Kentucky Derby 50 years ago.  As the $1,000 and the $2,500 Woodford Reserve Mint Julep Program always support a good cause, t...

The new Old Forester Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey program is now bottled at 100 proof and barrel strength. Master Taste Jackie Zykan tastes through some of the new ones with Bourbon whiskey expert Tom Fischer.   The new limited edition found both as limited-edition, distillery only releases (those sold only in Louisville). They can also be a privately by holders of on-premise off-premis...

World-renowned food and beverage expert Anthony Caporale joins Bourbon whiskey expert Tom Fischer. Plus, Caporale shares more about his new Virtual Theater Festival in partnership with Playbill, learn more about that and how to submit on VTF.live . Fischer and Caporale have partnered on a number of film, spirit, and cocktail projects and events for over a decade.  Thus, bringing these two tog...

Ivy Mix, co-owner of the famous Brooklyn bar Leyenda Brooklyn Cocteleria, talks with spirits expert Tom Fischer about Latin American liquors and cocktails from her new book "Spirits of Latin America.'   The James Beard Award-nominated bartender also talks about how she is working with celebrity chef Tom Colicchio and others on the Independent Restaurant Coalition to support restaurant an...

French black Périgord truffles are infused into Sonoma County Distilling Company this a highly anticipated limited-edition release.  Learn how the flavors of France unite with California's rye whiskey as head whiskeymaker Adam Spiegel tastes with Bourbon expert Tom Fischer. They also talk about the importance of whiskey, Bourbon, and culinary pairings from a California and Sonoma County persp...