Bourbon episodes, reviews, and tasting notes from The Liquor Connoisseur.
Glenn Thomas sits down for over an hour with Crystal and Roger to tell the full story of Boogie Chillen Bourbon — the bottle that carries John Lee Hooker's legacy, and what it means to do that responsibly.
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This week we review Old Forester single barrel pick 1NCE AGAIN from e-commerce liquor store Taste Select Repeat!
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Three Chord Bourbon sources rare barrels from Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Indiana and finishes them in unconventional casks. Crystal and Roger work through four expressions — from a Cherry bounce-finished Hellstrom to the 120-proof Goodbye June.
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In this episode of The Liquor Connoisseur, we sit down with Fallon, aka Its Bourbon Baby, to discuss her journey into the world of whiskey.
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This week we review black owned, woman owned New Dawn Distilling's New York 10 Year Wheated Whiskey!
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Crystal and Roger get a behind-the-scenes rick house tour at Bardstown Bourbon Company — one of Kentucky's most ambitious new distilleries — and talk about what happens to bourbon between distillation and the glass.
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Crystal and Roger bring in community member Angry Mac to taste through Still Austin's Cask Strength expression — a Texas-made straight bourbon bottled without dilution.
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The family of blues icon John Lee Hooker launched Boogie Chillen Bourbon to preserve his legacy — named for his first hit single, a spirit that carries the Delta blues into the glass.
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Hochatown Distilling Co. releases the second bottle of their OSU Cowboy Football trilogy — and Crystal and Roger taste through it at the launch event with whiskey author Fred Minnick.
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Crystal and Roger run a live experiment — using a charred oak barrel at home to finish a corn whiskey and see if they can push it toward bourbon character.
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Join us this week for a spirited review of New Dawn Distilling's 6 yr New York Bourbon.
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The second half of the Hochatown story — Tommy 'Blue' McDaniel finishes telling how he built one of Oklahoma's most talked-about distilleries in the mountains, from the ground up.
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