Great American Whiskey Cookers

Welcome to Episode #35 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Louisville Kentucky and Pursuit Spirits. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.  As if three podcasts, two full time jobs, and a distillery weren’t enough, Ryan and Kenny from Pursuit Spirits decided to open a downtown location. We get a behind the sce...

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. The Big Human has had Cedar Ridge several times. But never blind. No matter what anyone says, if you know the brand or bottle, you have a bias. But trying something blind, it’s only your nose and pallet that colors your decision. Where does his nose and pallet...

Welcome to Episode #34 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Columbia Illinois and Old Monroe Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Rye whiskey can be …well, something that a lot of people don’t think they like. Enter the single barrel Rye Whiskey from Old Monroe Distilling. They turn many a Non-Rye...

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. The Big Human gets his first taste of Chattanooga Whiskey 91 proof out of Tennessee. I’m making him try it blind of course so the only thing he has to go on is his nose and his pallet. Is he going to have to make a trip to the store?

Welcome to Episode #33 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Columbia Illinois and Old Monroe Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Kentucky whiskey may be King, but did you know that Illinois was once a prime whiskey state? Several brands, now long forgotten, came out of Illinois. Old Monroe Distil...

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. The Big Human has never had George Dickel Bourbon. Does his pallet pick up the peanut and flintstone notes that so many people remark about? Where is his pallet on his whiskey journey? And, is he a thumbs up or thumbs down on this 8 year George Dickel Bourbon?

Welcome to Episode #32 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. Does the back of the bottle have to be whiskey related? Does a Rye whiskey have to follow the same mash bill as everyone else to be tasty. The Blaum Brothers, Matt and M...

Welcome to Episode #31 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. On this episode, we head back to Lincoln, Nebraska and have a discussion with Sideshow Spirits about what they had to do to get up and running as a new distillery....

Welcome to Episode #30 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Louisville Kentucky and Pursuit Spirits. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. 108 is the magic number for Pursuit Spirits. In this episode Kenny and Ryan of Pursuit Spirits walk us through a tasting of their flagship bourbon and how they landed on 10...

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. The Big Human likes the Magi whiskey, which is made by Cat’s Eye, in Bettendorf Iowa. But has he ever had their bourbon. In this episode, the big human gets to taste Cat’s Eye Essence of Iowa Blind. What does he think?

Welcome to Episode #29 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Louisville Kentucky and Pursuit Spirits. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. What do you do if you have the number one bourbon podcast? Well…you start a whiskey company. And that’s exactly what Kenny Coleman and Ryan Cecil of Louisville Kentucky did...

Welcome to Episode #28 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Riverside Illinois and Quincy Street Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Tasting whiskey with Derrick Mancini at Quincy Street Distillery is nothing short of a whiskey history lesson. Derrick pours us a sample of his 3 year Laughton Brot...

Welcome to Episode #27 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Faribault Minnesota and 10,000 Drops Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. When making whiskey, the corn has to be ground up. Most distilleries automate this process. But not the guys at 10,000 drops distillery. It’s one bucket at a time.

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. Blinding the Big Human on whiskey he has never heard of or seen is a trip. So his reaction to this whiskey, Burning Chair from California, is something you want to see. Where does it take him on his whiskey journey.

Welcome to Episode #26 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Swisher Iowa and Cedar Ridge Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. Tasting whiskey from the barrel is a great experience. And, sometimes the flavors can be overwhelming. When Murphy Quint taps one of his QuintEssential barrels and lets the...

Welcome to Episode #25 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. Let’s say you are a distillery, and you have a building where part of it used to be used for a church. What would you use that part of the building for? Well…if you are...

Welcome to Episode #24 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. Allocated whiskey’s and Single barrels, are all the rage and often times limited time offerings for Big Bourbon. But, if you are a small craft distiller, you can...

Welcome to Episode #23 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to New Richmond, Wisconsin and 45th Parallel Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery. If you want to make a great wheat whiskey do you follow the tried and true recipe and use the same wheat that everyone else is using, or do you look for a heri...

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. Jack Daniels can be a bit polarizing. And I know the Big Human has tried a Jack Daniels Single Barrel before and didn’t like it. But every single barrel can be different. So, I had the Big Human try this blind to see what his pallet thought of it. Does it chan...

Welcome to Episode #22 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. What’s the next big thing in Whiskey? Single Malt. And Sideshow Spirits in Lincoln, Nebraska seems to have it dialed in. We get to try their Single Barrel Single...

Welcome to Episode #21 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. Nebraska might not be at the top of your list for Bourbon, but maybe it should. We took a trip out to Lincoln and discovered a distillery who has brewing in their...

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. 2X0 Whiskey has burst onto the whiskey scene and is Dixon Deadman’s 2nd Act. The American Oak is a regular expression from 2X0, so let’s see what the Big Human thinks of this. Could it be an everyday drinker?

This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. Driftless Glen Distillery in Baraboo Wisconsin is making some great whiskey, and not too long ago, they came out with a Single Malt Whiskey. So I thought, lets put this in front of the Big Human (blind of course) and see what he thinks of Driftless Glen Single...

Welcome to Episode #20 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. We get to sit down with Matt & Mike Blaum of Blaum Brothers Distillery and have them walk us through a tasting of their flagship bourbon, and hear directly from the...

Welcome to Episode #19 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. Does Size Matter? It’s an age old question. And, when starting a whiskey company, it’s a key decision. Matt and Mike Blaum of Blaum Brothers (yes, they are real brothers...