Bourbon Showdown Podcast

This week we welcome the man himself, Mr. Eric Bischoff to the program! We talk whiskey and wrestling and its a damn good time! He is a legend of the wrestling world and one of the  brilliant minds of the television age. It was a pleasure to pick his brain and sit under the learning tree of someone who changed the face of professional wrestling. It's Eric Bischoff day here at The Bourbon Show...

Welcome to the Season 3 premiere of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast! Today we are talking to Brent Elliott, the master distiller of Four Roses bourbon! We talk about the history of Four Roses, its resurgence in the early 2000s, what led him to the whiskey world and what Four Roses has coming up in 2021 and beyond. It's a great conversation that is very befitting for the season 3 premiere, and this is...

On this special episode of The Bourbon Showdown podcast we welcome David Mandell, the festival board chair onto the program to discuss the 30th annual Kentucky Bourbon festival which takes place September 16-19, 2021. We have a great conversation and talk about how he got started in Whiskey, his involvement with the festival and everything this 30th anniversary of the festival is going to have to...

It is the SEASON 2 FINALE of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast and to celebrate we bring you Kait Whitenack with Bulleit Bourbon! It is a great episode where we talk everything whiskey and everything Bulleit! We talk about how the brand got started, how Kait got started in spirits her role with the company and where she sees the company going in 2021. It is a great episode to close out season 2 and we...

This week we welcome Sean Josephs, the founder and master blender of Pinhook Bourbon. We go everywhere in this marathon conversation, covering it all from his start in NYC to the inception of Pinhook and where he sees the brand going next. We drink whiskey and shoot the shit about sourcing, marketing and the state of bourbon today. 

This week on the Bourbon Showdown Podcast, we welcome Rob Dietrich from BLACKENED Whiskey onto the show, and we have a damn good conversation. If you like Metallica and you like whiskey then this is the episode for you. We go through Metallica's partnership with the legendary Dave Pickerell, to how Rob went from working rock shows to making whiskey. This episode covers two of my favorite things in...

It's a special day on the Bourbon Showdown podcast, because today we are talking to Ron White and Alex Reymundo about... Tequila? That's right! It's tequila day on the Bourbon Showdown and we have Mr. Ron White himself on to talk Number JUAN tequila with his partner Alex Reymundo! The two of them learn us up on how tequila gets made, how its different from other spirits and how Number JUAN is the...

This week we welcome Chris Morris and Elizabeth McCall the Master Distiller and Assistant Master Distiller of Woodford Reserve onto the show. We talk about the history of Woodford, how Chris came to be their Master Distiller and all of his contributions to the whiskey industry. We also talk about how Elizabeth got into the whiskey game, what she's learned from Chris and what she has in store for t...

This week we welcome the dynamic duo of Jeff Duckhorn & Dave Trebilcock, the Master Distiller and head of Marketing for Redwood Empire Whiskey. They share with me the history of the company and how the giant Redwoods they are surrounded by play a role in their mythos and how each expression is inspired by a specific Redwood tree. We discuss their roots in preservation and how John Muir and his...

This week we welcome Spirits of French Lick, with Head Distiller Alan Bishop and Marketing Director Jolee Kasprzak. This conversation was one of the most fun we have had during our time putting this show together. Alan is a mad scientist of whiskey distilling and Spirits of French Lick has continually coming out with some of the most innovative and tasty liquid on the market today! Him and Jolee c...

This week we welcome William Schragis, Chief Sales Officer and Chief Product Innovation Officer at Barrell Bourbon. Will and I discuss everything Barrell Bourbon and have a damn good time doing it. We talk about how the brand got started, how he got started in whiskey and the art of the blend. We go through 3 amazing Barrell Craft Spirits and talk about New York, fine wine and our love of whiskey....

This week we welcome Fawn Weaver to the program. She is the founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest and we dive into not only the history of the Uncle Nearest brand but the history of the man behind this whiskey. She walks me through the contributions that Nathan "Nearest" Green made to the whiskey world, the special relationship he had with Jack Daniel, and how his legacy has been restored thanks in a l...

This week we welcome Scott Nelson, President of Preservation Distillery. We go through the history of the company starting with its founder Marci Palatella and how she capitalized on the growing whiskey trend in Japan back in the 80s and how that set this now famous brand name on a path to create some of the tastiest whiskey on the market today. We talk about what it takes to compete in todays mar...

This week on the show we have Nicole Austin, General Manager / Distiller at Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. and we talk about her journey from New York to Tennessee with a pit stop in Ireland along the way. She was such a fun guest and we hit if off right off from the start. She truly is doing great things with Cascade Hollow and the George Dickel brand! Her and I shoot the shit and talk some whiske...

We welcome Penelope Bourbon to the show this week and what a damn good time we had! Mike Paladini and Danny Polise join the showdown to talk New Jersey, how awesome the Bourbon community is and that sweet sweet whiskey! Mike and Danny have been friends since childhood and they turned their passion for bourbon into one of the fastest growing bourbon brands on the market. This is one of the most fun...

On the first episode of Season 2 we are joined by Aaron Chepenik from Smoke Wagon and man do we have a good time! Aaron and I talk about everything from how he got into Whiskey to 8-Track tapes and 70's sci-fi! It's a great kick off to season two and it's just the beginning! Tune in every Tuesday as we keep talking to the biggest names in the whiskey world!

It's the season finale of the first season of Bourbon Showdown and we are ending strong with Wes Henderson from Angel's Envy! He is our guest for this last episode of season 1 and we had an amazing conversation! We talk bourbon, we talk stand-up comedy, we talk Boyz II Men, there may even be the worst Tracy Morgan impersonation of ALL TIME on this episode! It has everything! So we thank Wes for hi...

This week we welcome Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart, Founder and President of KOVAL Distillery, one of the largest independent and female-owned craft distilleries in the US! She talks us through what it took to distill whiskey in Chicago for the first time since prohibition. How her and her husband Dr. Robert Birnecker started KOVAL and how they built their business from the ground up, leaving her job i...

This week we welcome Tim Piersant from Chattanooga Whiskey onto the program, and him and I cover everything under the sun. We talk about the history of Chattanooga Whiskey, founded in 2011 with a mission to bring back "Whiskey to the People.” We dive into the products they distill and… we talk everything else. It’s a very fun episode where we jump back and forth from whiskey to music, to Harry Pot...

This week we welcome the Brand Ambassador for Woodinville Whiskey, Mrs. Ariel Jahn onto the program! She walks us through what it means to be a brand ambassador and why it just may be the best damn job in whiskey! She tells us the story of Woodinville, how their delicious juice gets made and whats next for this craft whiskey juggernaut. It's a great conversation and we thank her for her time this...

This week we welcome Erik Wolfe of Stoll & Wolfe Distillery out of Pennsylvania onto the program. This episode has it all, we talk Bourbon, we talk history, we talk New York, comedy, Broken Lizard, Surfing, you name it, it comes up! Erik was such a great guest and brings with hims such a great story, that has a little bit of everything. A piece of bourbon history combined with the good fortune...

On this week's episode of the Bourbon Showdown podcast we have Marianne Eaves on the program. You may know her from Brown-Forman, Castle & Key, Eaves Blind or maybe the documentary "Neat" she has accomplished so much in her career and we are absolutely thrilled to have her on the program today! She was an absolute delight to speak to and learn more about and I really hope you enjoy this episod...

This week we welcome Dan Garrison, the founder of Garrison Brothers, the first legal whiskey distiller in Texas in over 100 years. We talk about everything from how he got into the whiskey game to control state laws and proper whiskey distribution. Its a great conversation and I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Dan about Texas whiskey. Give this episode a listen and hear the trials and tribulations h...

This week we welcome Head Distiller of Widow Jane, Lisa Wicker. Her expansive career has led her to Widow Jane, where as Head Distiller, she has helped to build one of the best craft brands on the market today. We were lucky enough to talk to this legend of the whiskey game about where she started, how she made the move from wine to whiskey and what's next for her and Widow Jane. She was an absolu...

On this episode of the Bourbon Showdown Podcast we welcome Rob Samuels of Maker's Mark. Many people would say that without his family and their contribution to the whiskey industry that bourbon would not be where it is today. I agree with that sentiment and welcome him onto the show where we discuss that history, what he sees for their future and of course good bourbon.