Bourbon and BS Podcast

We are joined by returning guests Hector Alfonso and Tyler Jones from Espinosa Cigars! Hector is the Operations Director and Blender for Espinosa Cigars and he brought the newest release, Laranja Azulejo. Tyler brought a bottle of Smoke Wagon Bourbon for us to review and enjoy. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   byjack.com/bourbonandbs to...

"What if" can lead into things of the past or potential in the future. We have once again turned to the Bourbon and BS Community Page on Facebook for some "What if" questions and they should lead to some great conversation.   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Dri...

We have a regular member of the community and returning guest, Shannon Chapman, back in the garage. He has brought us a treat from Montana, Big Horn Bourbon Whiskey, out of Willie's Distillery in Ennis, Montana. We are also lighting up a more recent addition to La Gloria Cubana, Spanish Press. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   byjack.com/...

When it comes to customers, friendships, personal relationships, and yourself who is it that you prioritize and make happy first? What dictates your goals, actions, and decisions.   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   byjack.com/bourbonandbs for...

Spencer Lappin joins us in the garage tonight and we are smoking a highly rated cigar for the first time on the show. He also brought a bottle of Jefferson's Ocean Aged at Sea, which is a cool concept. Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   byjack....

We are looking at the difference and relationship between change and growth in life. Does one lead to another or does one inhibit the other?   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you that have been supporting us!...

We are thrilled to have Laurel Tilley from Macanudo back in the garage this week. We are smoking a limited edition Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade with her tonight along with the Inspirado Green. We are also drinking a couple of bottles from Belle Mead, the Reserve 108.3 and the Classic. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our...

We have these two experienced cigar blenders and ambassadors joining us for the topic of Working Together. These two collaborate for some of their programs and work with teams of people to deliver some of the most popular cigars. Working together is a topic that is taken for granted a lot of the time and we want to figure out why it is important and how we can be better at it.   Ask questions on t...

We are honored to have Rick Rodriguez, CAO Cigars, and Sean Williams, Cohiba Cigars, joining us tonight for an amazing episode with some of their cigars. We are featuring the CAO Zocalo tonight with a Cohiba Blue for part two along with a bottle of Maker's Mark 101. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you th...

How do we authenticate ourselves and others? How important is it to qualify things before moving forward in the conversation or task at hand. Are we too hurried to shoot from the hip? Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation! Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together. Please Drink Responsibly Thanks to our sponsors: All of...

We are thrilled to have Anne Dimmick, Watershed Distillery's Barrel Master and Resident Bourbon Nerd, and Aaron Harris, Watershed's Head Distiller. We are looking forward to cracking the 002 batch of the Barrel Strength bottle that is aged 6 years. We are lighting up the new Avo Syncro Caribe along with the bourbon which just hit the market recently. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure...

One constant in life is change. We are chatting about as life goes on what are some approaches to change. Change happens personally, professionally, and together as a society.   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All o...

We are pleased to welcome Jarrod Saunders, Micallef Cigars, back to the garage to smoke one of their more unique cigars. We are lighting up the Leyenda No. 2 with the new Basil Hayden Toast and chatting a bit about Micallef Cigars. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you that have been supporting us! Join ou...

We are talking to Nick Perdomo about the business that he built in the cigar industry and where he started and how he got to the point it is today. We also chat about the direction of the business going forward and how he has gotten through the many obstacles over the years. We are interested in what he sees as obstacles looking ahead as well.   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after i...

We are thrilled to be joined by Nick Perdomo, owner of Perdomo Cigars, tonight to enjoy his award winning blend, his 10th Year Anniversary Maduro. We are also cracking a bottle of Four Roses Small Batch along with this cigar. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you that have been supporting us! Join our patr...

Education is always a topic for conversation and it doesn't always have to do with children's education. We are always learning and growing and trying to educate others. This will be an interesting conversation and we aren't sure where it will go!   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it ou...

We have Karen Zajac back in the garage and she brought a new bottle for us to check out, Slipknot No. 9. We are interested to see what the band's whiskey from Iowa tastes like and we are lighting up a cigar from AJ Fernandez called Viva la Vida in a size called Jester. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you...

We've got some personal questions for the group tonight about human nature. What's your take on this subject and do you think more in the part of Nature or Nurture or both?   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of y...

We are so pleased to have Josh Bentley with Montecristo back in the garage! We are smoking the new Montecristo Epic 12 tonight and learning about what happens on a Blue Moon! We also have a special guest joining us from Starlight Distillery, Christian Huber, to talk to us about the Bottled in Bond. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks...

We are diving down on consistency after we've had a couple of drinks in part one. Is anything good worth doing if you are just going to do it for awhile and then quit? Is being consistent always a good thing? What are ways we can work on being consistent?   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figu...

We have a returning guest, Robb Wilson from Rocky Patel, in the garage tonight to light up a new addition to their lineup and an important cigar to Rocky Patel. We are cracking open a bottle that should be readily available from Old Forester along with the cigar. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you that...

We are talking tonight about talking! Not talking just to talk, yet translating thoughts into words and being better on one part of your side of communication.   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you that have...

Steve and Nate are cracking open a bottle that we drank down on our Louisville trip in June, Very Old Barton 86. We are also smoking the Aging Room by Rafael Nodal Maduro along with the bottle. Pour one more...light up another...we'll figure it out together.   Please Drink Responsibly   Thanks to our sponsors:   All of you that have been supporting us! Join our patrons at patreon.com/bourbonandbsp...

This is another check in with all of you about what we've learned at this point of the show and what's going on in the world. The last few shows have been pretty impactful so we want to round those topics out and also how all of you are applying what we've learned.   Ask questions on the feed during the show or after if you want to be part of the conversation!   Pour one more...light up another......

We are pleased to have Miguel Schoedel back on the show! That means we are featuring another rum night with Brugal Añejo. Miguel brought us some goodies that are new from Crowned Heads too! We are starting with the CHC Serie E which has a cool story and also has a song that ties into the smoking experience. Next will be the Fiat Lux from ACE Prime, which a special project that Crowned Heads is dis...