The Spirited Enthusiast

We know it's been a minute, but this episode is DEFINITELY worth the wait and a genuine can't-miss for spirits enthusiasts of every level. Alexandre Gabriel is the owner and Master Blender of Maison Ferrand, one of the world’s premier independent producers of fine spirits, with a mission to preserve and revive traditional production methods. Born and raised on a farm in southern Burgundy,...

We're back! Our first episode of Season 2 features the one and only Leandro Di Monriva of The Educated Barfly , and is a can't-miss episode, whether you love cocktails or are a spirits-only fan (for now). Since its inception in 2017, The Educated Barfly YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/theeducatedbarfly) has been dedicated to high-quality, in-depth tutorials on classic, modern,...

We get into the holiday spirit on this episode, chatting with George Kaplan, a whisky enthusiast, who, for the past several years, has run an expertly curated Whisky Advent from December 1 to December 25th. Through George's Advent, he creates community, educates (not only about whisky but about movies and music as well), and shares some of the best whisky out there. George walks us through how he...

Daniel Whittington's Instagram bio reads: "A whisky youtuber, a whisky somm, a whiskey drinker, a Chancellor, a musician, and a business consultant with a reasonable taste in hats." That description barely seems to scratch the surface of what Daniel has done in the whisk(e)y community. Daniel's ⁠ Whiskey Vault YouTube Channel ⁠ has nearly 450,000 viewers and approximately 2,100 v...

If you want to hear from someone with a wealth of whiskey/whisky knowledge, an incredible story and career, and an infectious passion for spirits, you can't do better than Holly Seidewand, who co-owns a fantastic retail whisky shop called First Fill Spirits in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. with Charles Grabitzky, which focuses on independent bottlings and new-whisky producing regions of the world. Ho...

@weber_ninja 's handle is "Spreading Happiness with Grilling" and he does just that for his 15.3k followers on TikTok and 13.8k followers on Instagram (as well as on YouTube and Facebook). Woody is a grilling champion, including winning 1st place at Paris Steak Wars in Paris, TX in 2022 and in 2024 was ranked 13th in the world at the Steak Cookoff Association. Woody has gone "vi...

We are so excited to welcome to the podcast Jay Cocorullo, a Founder and President of the Florida Rum Society, a community group with over 2,500 members worldwide (open to everyone, not just Florida residents) committed to the education and experience of rum and bringing high quality rums to the state of Florida. This episode is a can't miss, whether you are a rum lover, rum curious or you think y...

On this episode, we are thrilled to welcome our first guest, Mark Broda of Scotch 4 Dummies ("S4D"), a group of four friends exploring the world of Scotch whisky who have a YouTube channel with 114,000 subscribers and counting: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ZL5bS6kkNVdxcnGf8NVLg . S4D are "four guys on a mission to explore the world of Scotch whisky—one dram at a time....Since...

You can purchase the Virginia Distillery Co. Scotch 4 Dummies cask we discussed here: https://shop.vadistillery.com/products/scotch-4-dummies-bourbon-cask. As always, email us with any comments, suggestions, ideas for episodes, etc. at thespiritedenthusiast@gmail.com.

Email us with any comments, suggestions, ideas for episodes, etc., at thespiritedenthusiast@gmail.com.

A sneak peek into what's in store for The Spirited Enthusiast Podcast