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068 - Staring Down the Barrel - American Woman Spirits

Kurtron lands a great bourbon from a friend of a friend of a friend. We travel to Steamboat Springs, Colorado to catch-up with John and Ann for an hour of innovation and creativity, celebrating the artistic spirit of American women. This is a very unique story about a new way of making a really tasty bourbon with a purpose to keep the arts flowing. Featuring a high-corn mashbill, American Woman Bourbon has a smooth, sweet taste but the story behind how this came together is unlike anything we have heard. Did you know all bottles need to pass a 92 point test to ensure the bottle wont crack under pressure? But the pressure of putting a new bourbon in the bottle is even higher. We'll hear about a new craft barreling and bottling process that makes American Woman bourbon an award winner. If you see it in your local bar or restaurant, ask for a pour. If you can't find it, check out www.AWSpirits.com to find a bottle near you.

067 - To Infinity, And Bourbon!

What does an $1800 bottle of Bourbon taste like?

The Bourbon Boys settle in for their first tasting of a $1800 bottle they blended. The 2023 Infinity Bottle. After recording each episode in 2023, we poured a shot of what we tasted into a gifted, crystal decanter with our names engraved on it. This became the 2023 Infinity Bottle. Hear about how this became an $1800 bottle, how Kratt was able to pull fast math on it, how Kurt's neighbors gifted this bottle, what we reflect on in 2023, the year in review, great tastes from our favorite episodes. You be the judge on the existance of an Infinity bottle. Our team is split 50/50, pour the last bit of bourbon into an Infinity bottle or just finish the bottle. 

066 - Christmas Movie Toasts

It's time for a long last call to wrap up a big year. We hear about three classic Christmas movies, their lead characters and the bourbon you'd toast them with. From Die Hard with Bruce Willis, to Scrooged with Bill Murray, to Christmas Vacation with Randy Quaid and Chevy Chase. Grab the popcorn, put on your slippers, settle in for a long winter's episode as we raise a glass of good, terrible, meh and decent bourbon to these stories and traditions. And in the words of Tiny Tim, Bourbon On!

#DieHard #ChristmasVacation #Scrooged #BruceWillis #BillMurray #ChevyChase #RandyQuaid #Blantons #BulleitBouron #HenryMcKenna #BourbonRabi #BourbonOn #BourbonBoys #MerryChristmas

065 - Field of Dreams - Staring Down The Barrel

If you bottle it, they will drink it… and love it.  

While not exactly as well-known as #ShoelessJoe whispering “if you build it, he will come” to Ray in the #FieldOfDreams classic, we’re pretty sure someone was whispering this to #DrewStoren and #TylerClippard as they worked to create the Field of Dreams bourbon. Or maybe Drew was just hearing things. 
 
Regardless, these two former major leaguers set an audacious goal to bring together two of America’s greatest heirlooms – baseball and bourbon.  After sharing a bottle and some laughs, we are living proof (93, to be exact) that the baseball and bourbon communities should be excited about @drinkfieldofdreams and Field of Dreams bourbon.  Listen in as these former bullpen mates and friends talk about where it started, the journey, and what’s next.  And don’t miss the last call where they share who they would like one shot to face in the batter’s box.
 
“This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and what it could be again.  Oh… people will come, Ray, people will most definitely come.” Encouraging, wise, prophetic words from Terence Mann. And, if they are lucky enough to get their hands on a bottle of Field of Dreams bourbon, they will be very happy.  Whiskey from the most famous cornfield in the world - play ball and #BourbonOn!
 
#FieldofDreams

#ShoelessJoe

#ShoelessJoeJackson

#DrewStoren

#TylerClippard

#KevinCostner

#TerenceMann

#ShawnFinger

#Isthisheaven

#baseball

#bourbon

#bourbonon

#fieldofdreamsbourbon

#MLB

#Barrybonds

#KenGriffeyJr

#baseballreference

@blbonds25

@therealkengriffeyjr

@drinkfieldofdreams

@tylerclippard36

@kevincostnermodernwest

064 - The Luck of the Draw

What does the luck of the draw mean to you? Listen as the boys try two really lucky finds. First up is the Weller black label that Kurton secured through some connections after he tried it at a spirits conference in NYC last year. This is smooooother than the backside of a spoon. Next up is Kratt's lottery winner in the NC ABC allocation lottery - the Woodford Reserve Masters Collection coming in at a hot 124+ proof. This lottery is a little different, you don't win the bottle, you win the right to BUY the bottle. I know, it's different down here. What are the luckiest moments in the BourbonBoys lives? Listen to find out.

#WoodfordReserve #MastersCollection #Weller #BourbonOn

063 - Whooooo is it?

This is just a week after Episode 062 - Room 206, so we are feeling loose. There's a very thin thread of a storyline in this episode, but we do cover Kentucky Owl from Kentucky of course, Monk's Road also from Kentucky and David E. from Hershey PA. Alton and Kratt did their homework, while Kurton and DEW just interrupted the entire time. We sample a great range of flavors mixed together with plenty of sharp banter between Kurt and Kratt. Shocker. Grab a bottle and a glass, sit back, enjoy the episode and ask yourself, whoooooo would you want to share a bourbon with at a concert of a lifetime.

#DavidE, #KentuckyOwl, #MonksRoad

062 - Room 206

What happens when you bury a bottle of bourbon upside down, in the middle of the summer, behind a church, at night? Find out and hear about what tasty bottles were hidden behind the door of Room 206. This episode talks about newlyweds, drink packages, boot legging bourbon, The Spire, deep friendships, meeting Bourbon Tom and toasting to a bright future.

If you can find a bottle of Horse Soldier, Blue Run (it's a rye this time) and Fugitive, pour a glass and enjoy!

#horsesoldier

#bluerun

#fugitive

#weddingbourbon

061 - Northern Taste and Lots of Travel

Where have you fellas been?

We have put on thousands of miles of travel over the past three months. We did our homework and tasted, collected, reviewed some great bourbons and other whisky and whiskey. From Berkshires in western Massachusetts to the red corn fields of Wisconsin to the shores of southern Alaska. Plus there was always time to taste Canadian, Irish, Scottish whiskies. 

Southern Alaska is where we find Boatwright, a young bourbon blend featuring a bourbon from Kentucky and their own Alaskan mashbill. Its bright, young, full of wood. Then we move to the Berkshires and taste a 5 year old craft bourbon from a Real Housewife of NYC, Blue Manor. Great color, even greater taste. Get one if you can find one, they are now impossible to track down. Finally, we taste the special release bourbon from Wisconsin, J.Henry Anniversary blend. This hot as hell, cask strength bourbon is so unique with its heirloom Red Corn and special mashbill. 

Plus, Kratt and Kurt actually agree on something! Maybe 3 months apart does make realize how much they are alike. Pour a glass, sit back, listen to the guys catch up after a short break and enjoy.

Bourbon on! 

060 - Staring Down The Barrel - Daufuskie Distillery

What Daufuskie?  

That’s what we all said when Kratt got pulled away for a company dinner last minute and couldn’t join us tonight.  So Alton picked up Kratt's role and gave Kurt are hard time. We learned a lot in this eposide about starting businesses, ladders and frat houses, stealing second and living on an island, this is one worth a listen.

Everybody, meet Tony.  What started as a conversation about what retirement looks like with his wife led to a beach house on a remote island off the shore of SC and, oh yeah…a distillery.

And if you don’t know about Daufuskie (pronounce Dah-fuss-key) you need to.  This little remote island has so much to offer and only accessible via ferry.  But don’t be fooled, while remote, it’s an amazing place.  

Tony takes us through his journey from chemist to CEO to producing rum to now producing what we think is some pretty damn good bourbon.  Ever hear of Breakfast Bourbon – well it’s a real thing at 80 proof.  From there we tried the Daufuskie Three Year Straight Bourbon at 92 proof and lastly and amazing 117.8 proof Single Barrel Cask Strength.

Great stories to be heard from days gone by, Tony takes us back to where it all started for him and how he came to the great place of Daufuskie.  So join us for the journey and listen in.

#DaufuskieIslandRumCompany

#DaufuskieIsland

#DaufuskieDistillery

#BourbonOn

#BreakfastBourbon

#TenPercent

 

059 - Staring Down The Barrel - Rotten Little Bastard

Staring Down The Barrel - Rotten Little Bastard

The irony in the name Rotten Little Bastard wasn’t lost on us. In this episode of Staring Down The Barrel, we chat with the owner and founders of Rotten Little Bastard Distillery. Hailing from the low country Beaufort, SC, this young distillery is hiding its age in some pretty amazing tasting bourbon for a soon to be three year old distillery. The brain child of Master Distiller Brian Fackrell, the idea came to him during his Distilling Masterclass. When he and his wife, Brigid, decided to go for it, the world through a pandemic at them. Despite all of the challenges that came with the lock-down, these two pushed on and finally opened their dream to the public. What was once the automotive bays of a K-Mart department story, RLB sits on Boundary Street in a refurbished K-Mart. The space is open, facing the marshes of the low-country intracoastal and has unlimited access to the humidity and Beaufort seasons. This episode we hear all about what it takes to start a distillery, what they hope their legacy becomes, what goes into the–incredibly mature for a two-year–bourbon and what’s next for the Rotten Little Bastard. Give it a listen, give them a visit, show your support for the craft distillery near you. And as Alton says, the best way to enjoy bourbon is low and slow. #RLB, #RottenLittleBastard #LowCountry #LowandSlow #BourbonOn