Great American Whiskey Cookers

In this craft vs shelfer, we let a Benchmark Full Proof go head to head with an Eleanor Batch 14 in this blind tasting. The Benchmark Full Proof is a wide release and can be found all over. If you are lucky enough to score an Eleanor, you know what we are talking about. So…how does a craft stack up against big bourbon? Check it out.

Welcome to Episode #86 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Harvard Illinois and Rush Creek Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Do you know what a whiskey thief is? Or in the case of Rush Creek Distillery…a Whiskey Pirate. What would you do if a Barrel ring came loose on a barrel and how would yo...

Have we got a blind tasting challenge for you on this episode. Our whiskey club recently did a barrel pick at Pursuit Spirits of their Double Oak bourbon. So I thought, let’s put it up against another of my favorite craft distillers, Sideshow Spirits and their Double Oak expression and see who wins. The results were….well, you should watch.

Welcome to Episode #85 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Clarksville, Tennessee and Old Glory Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Palletized storage or traditional rick house. It's a debate every distiller has. And, one Matt Cunningham of Old Glory Distilling in Clarksville, Tennessee fou...

Friend and Patreon Supporter of the show, Nate Pilcher pulls a bottle from his locked bourbon cellar and put's Jeff on the hotseat to try Boone County Bourbon blind. Jeff is on the hot seat as he has no idea what he's tasting. Craft or big bourbon. Does this bourbon hold up to be a regular everyday sipper or not. Listen to the episode and find out.

Welcome to Episode #84 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Louisville Kentucky and Pursuit Spirits.  What do cows have to do with starting a whiskey company? Well, In the case of Pursuit Spirits…it seems it was one of the key selling points to Kenny Coleman and Ryan Cecil securing the loan they needed to get their whiskey company off the...

 It's another Big Human Whiskey Blind tasting. This time, we blind a Makers Mark against a 45th Parallel Red Fife Wheat. Both wheated bourbons. This is a David and Goliath fight. In order to find out which one we chose, you have to watch the episode. 

When we were in Clarksville Tennessee, we got a guided tasting from the head blender, Tour Guide and Head Distiller of their Tennessee whiskey. It’s not everyday that you get to have all three of these dudes on the same tasting. Check it out. 

Welcome to Episode #83 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Clarksville, Tennessee and Old Glory Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. There was a time period when people gave a damn about what they made. They put their name on it to represent who they were and so that others knew they were getting...

On this Friday blind tasting challenge, It's a viewers challenge that we are using. we take a bourbon from a distillery we have visited this year, MB Roland, and put it up against a shelfer, David Nicholson. And this time, we are joined by some friends of the show. Is it a unanimous win for the shelfer or the craft? Watch and find out.

Welcome to Episode #82 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Earling, Iowa and Lonely Oak Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. We get an inside look into the new rickhouse at Lonely Oak distillery with Pat Hoffman. We talk about some of the normal whiskey geek stuff, like barrel entry proof, Angel...

On this Friday blind tasting challenge. I put the venerable Buffalo Trace up against one of our new favorites Rush Creek. The Big Human has no idea what he is trying. it's truly a blind tasting. Watch the episode to see if the OG Buffalo Trace wins, or if the craft Rush Creek takes the prize.

Welcome to Episode #81 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Galena Illinois and Blaum Bros. Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. When you go whiskey shopping you are bound to see a selection of all sorts of whiskey’s that are finished in a different type of cask. In this episode, we talk with Matt...

Oxmoor farm has resurrected the Oxmoor brand of bourbon that used to call this working farm home. They have stayed true to how it was done back in the day by sourcing the bourbon. We get a guided tasting from the Currator, Shirley of their Small Batch Bourbon.

This episode goes back a ways to a proof 319 club event. We had the club taste a Linkumpinch Bourbon from Franklin Kentucky blind. This was a fun blind tasting and as usual, whiskey drinkers are pretty vocal. Check out the episode. 

Welcome to Episode #80 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! Single barrels can be found from distilleries at all sorts of locations. Lots of barrels from lots of Name brand distilleries. But what if you could get your hands on a sourced single barrel from two distilleries that was blended specifically for one location, and that’s the only location you can get it at? Thats the case with Oxmoor Bo...

It’s a wheated bourbon challenge on this blind tasting episode. Heaven Hills regular offering..Larceny against the recently released Penelope Wheated. Which the penelope is made by MGP. So it’s two big bourbons duking it out. Similar price points, but ones been around a long time and one is fairly new. Check it out.

Welcome to Episode #79 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! Nestled in the middle of Louisville Kentucky is Oxmoor Farms. An actual working farm that has roots all the way back to the writing of the Bottled In Bond Act. Matter of fact, part of it was written here. You might recognize the name of the owners. Bullitt. Who still own it today. Evan Williams provided the bricks that build the chimney...

We are at the Bourbon Bunker for this blind tasting with some friends of the show. This time it’s kind of a double whammy. We try a Blaum Brothers Bourbon out of Galena Illinois, and then break out one of their original Knotter bourbons that are extremely hard to find. The discussion and comparison is a lot of fun.

Welcome to Episode #78 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to  Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Casey Jones Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Casey Jones was known for making square pot stills. His last one sat in a museum of sorts for decades. Then AJ and Peg had a brand new one built using Casey Jone...

It’s another Super Premium vs a Shelfer blind tasting on this episode. For this challenge we put a Michter’s 10 Year Rye up against big bourbon’s Sazerac Rye. I’ve never even seen the Michter’s 10 year rye in the wild. So, does this hard to find whiskey beat out whiskey that is easily found on the shelf?

Welcome to Episode #77 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Lincoln, Nebraska and Sideshow Spirits Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Craft distillers face many uphill battles and one of those major battles is distribution. Getting their product out to market is always a struggle. We talk about...

On this Friday Blind Tasting…the Big Human breaks out one of his Redbreast 12 year Irish whiskies and blinds myself. Now I’m not really an Irish drinker so….what do I think of this whiskey? Will I put it on his buy list? Watch and find out.

Welcome to Episode #76 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Harvard Illinois and Rush Creek Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. We sit down at the bar at Rush Creek Distilling for a tasting of their Flagship Wheated Bourbon. It's 90 proof and was a big hit. Not only for Jeff, but for the ent...

It’s another Super Premium blind tasting. This time in the blind we have an Old Elk Infinity up against the solid stalwart Bakers 7 Year. Olk Elk could be considered a craft, and Bakers comes from the Beam house. So which is it this time? The hard to find Old Elk Infinity, or much easier to find Baker’s 7?