Dads Drinking Bourbon

Our friends at Campari sent us over the latest Master's Keep from Wild Turkey, a 17 Year Bottled in Bond that we couldn't wait to review. The fun one with this episode is we released a live video of us recording it, so you can see how we take the raw version and turn it into what you hear on the final episode! Cheers! Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.premiumbarproducts.com

Our friends Mike, Casey, and James started a whiskey company so we sat down with them to find more about it. The interesting thing is that they aren't necessarily about finding a profile and a standard product, but about finding the best barrels they can to allow stores and groups to get barrel picks when they are becoming increasingly hard to find. You'll figure it all out when you listen. Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

The Dads just wanted to have fun and ramble for a bit. John tried the newest DDB Russell's Reserve, Smoked Turkey, and then they both drank the now discontinued Wild Turkey 80 Proof. Cheers! Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.premiumbarproducts.com

Our friend Alex, otherwise known as @ribourbonguy on Instagram, sent us over a blind of four different whiskeys to try. As always, we don't know what they are while we're tasting, but he sent us an envelope with the answers. Don't worry, we'll make sure you know what they are before we go into the notes. An extra bonus is that John got some revenge on Zeke on this one. Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.premiumbarproducts.com

Four Gate Whiskey Company just released Batch 6 which is a whiskey finished in cognac and rum casks and comes in at 126.4 proof. They were nice enough to send us over a sample that we were happy to review. Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All laser-etched glassware used on the show provided by www.premiumbarproducts.com

Our friends at Chicken Cock sent us a sample of their straight Kentucky bourbon whiskey which we were happy to review. Get your liquor shipped directly to you door at www.caskcartel.com For all your laser etched glassware and barware needs visit www.premiumbarproducts.com

Our own version of Tom Hanks on SNL, Sean Josephs, returns to DDB to talk about the newest release from Pinhook, Bohemian Bourbon, which is their first release from Castle and Key. We always appreciate Sean's honest whiskey conversations and we think you will too. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com Get your personalized laser etched glasses at www.premiumbarproducts.com

It's our 200th episode! In typical Dads Drinking Bourbon fashion, we missed the opportunity to celebrate. Honestly, I didn't even realize it until I took the time to upload it right now. Don't worry, we'll come back to it. Anyways, Split Rock in Maine had sent us a sample of their newest organic bourbon. We had it a couple years ago, so it'll be interesting to see how we thought it progressed. Thanks for sending it our way! Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com Get personalized glassware at www.premiumbarproducts.com

The good folks at Lux Row sent us over a sample of Blood Oath Pact No. 6 which is a blend of three bourbons a 14-year, an 8-year, and a 7-year which were then finished in cognac casks. Cheers! Get your liquor shipped to your door www.caskcartel.com Get your own custom laser-etched glassware at www.premiumbarproducts.com

Heath Clark, from H Clark Distillery, was nice enough to drop a bottle off on John's porch to help him through quarantine along with a little sample bottle of this 134.6 proof single barrel. That sample proved to be one we thought we should have a little conversation about. Hope y'all enjoy! Get your liquor shipped directly to you door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Our friends from Penelope Bourbon, Mike and Danny, are back with an update on what's been going on with Penelope since we last spoke and to have a good laugh. We always appreciate the honesty from these two as they talk about the process in building up their brand and this episode definitely delivers. Enjoy and cheers! Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

After talking with our friend Denver Cramer from Denver and Liely, the dads decided to dive deeper into the Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky and give it a proper review. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped directly to your door with www.caskcartel.com

We caught up with our longtime friend Denver Cramer from Denver & Liely all the way in Australia to talk about his glasses and surprisingly a lot about Tequila and Mezcal. Check out the video on how they came up with their new Agave glass at https://us.denverandliely.com/ Get your liquor shipped directly to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

The folks over at Latitude Beverage Co. sent us over a sample of their Wheel Horse Rye which was distilled and aged at O.Z. Tyler in Kentucky and bottled in New England. We of course, reviewed it for all of you. Hope y'all are staying safe! Get your liquor shipped directly to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Last fall, Junction 35, a new distillery in Pigeon Forge, TN opened up that we were both lucky enough to check out during the construction phase. Now, up and running, we were happy to be able to check out the Bourbon and Rye that they are putting out and give them a proper review. Get your liquor shipped directly to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

During the quarantine time, we figured we'd keep the review train rolling, so John left Zeke a box of samples on his porch so we can get back to doing what we do best. The folks at Cask Cartel sent us over some Blanton's Gold to try and that seemed like a great place to start. Get your liquor shipped directly to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

What better way to spend the quarantine than with two of our good friends Dan Gardner from Four Roses and Mike Hinds. Hope you enjoy this one, we know we did. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

I had asked Tim from Chattanooga Whiskey to spend some time with me to just have some fun decompress a little. Learn a little more about Tim while we spend less time talking about whiskey and more time just letting loose. Hope y'all enjoy and are staying safe. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

While we're all staying at home, we're looking for new ways to keep the show here for you all to listen to. We recently had a late night video conference with our friends Brett Atlas and Luke Castle who you may know from their work at Bourbon and Banter or through the various bourbon groups they're in like Bourbon Crusaders. This was a fun conversation y'all. Hope you all enjoy! Get your liquor shipped to your house with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

You may know Greg Metze as the former Master Distiller for MGP but that's not even half the story. Having been taught by Seagrams, and furthered his craft through LDI and MGP, he's one of the most knowledgeable distillers in the game. Now, he's finally able to let loose and bring his creativity to the table with Old Elk. We went live with Greg last Friday and spoke on his history as well as what he is doing with Old Elk. It's a master class in distilling you don't want to miss. Get your liquor delivered with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Our friend Bryant sent us over a blind tasting that had a Knob Creek pick, a Four Roses store pick, the whiskey of the year in Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, and a Willett Family Estate. How did they rank when we didn't know what they were? Listen and find out. Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Happy St. Patrick's Day, well okay, the day after! In honor of this day, we decided to sample something sent to us from the folks across the pond at Midleton. It's the third release in their Dair Ghaelach collection and has whiskey ranging from 13-26 years old finished for another two years in Irish Oak. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

John recently sat down with Charlie and Andy Nelson at the Belle Meade Honey release to catch up on what they've been up to, sample the four different barrels of BMB Honey, and to talk about the difficulties regarding the logistics of an allocated release. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Our friend Ben sent us a blind tasting of four whiskeys with an envelope containing the answers. It's been too long since we've done one of these, so we figured it's time to get back to the basics. It also let's Zeke get back to his greatest whiskey love... The one that always comes in first for him. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor delivered to your house www.caskcartel.com Catch us at Whiskey Warmer March 28th www.whiskeywarmer.com

The folks over at Jim Beam recently discontinued Baker's Small Batch and instead put two variations of a Baker's Single Barrel: one at least 7 years and one at 13 years. John picked up the 7 year at the store to review, because, well Zeke's name is on it Come see us at Whiskey Warmer March 28th in Franklin, TN www.whiskeywarmer.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped to your door www.caskcartel.com

We got ourselves involved in a huge bottle split for Michter's 20 Year Bourbon and decided to review it on the show. It's one of those ones you don't get your hands on every day, but it makes for a fun conversation. Come see the Dads at the Whiskey Warmer in Franklin, TN on March 28th. Get your tickets at www.whiskeywarmer.com Get your liquor shipped directly to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

The folks over at Pinhook let us get our hands on the newest rye release from Pinhook, Rye'd On, and of course we couldn't wait to review it. This is their first release of Castle and Key distillate, as they transitioned from MGP. Zeke also updated us on his week. Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Catch us live, March 28th, at the Whiskey Warmer in Franklin, TN http://www.whiskeywarmer.com/franklin

Neil Giraldo, a successful musician and producer, had an idea to translate his gift of making hit records into producing a hit bourbon. Enter, Three Chord Bourbon. He enlisted Master Distiller, Ari Sussman, to be his man in the control room, making the magic behind the scenes that they hope will eventually turn into No 1 hit releases. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com

Our good friends Justin and James, now JSquared Barrels, visit us in the studio and give a sneak preview to a conversation we'll be having with them next week about their future plans. We also review Oak and Eden, which is a unique company that puts spires within the individual bottles to enhance flavor and increase aging. Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Our friends, Jim and Mike, from the Bourbon Road podcast paid us a visit in Nashville to sit down and learn more about their podcast. We also reviewed the newest Cellar Collection release from Angel's Envy, a Tawny Port finished bourbon. All glassware was provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com

John gives Zeke a present, despite Zeke's critique of John's casual late night attire. Then they both drink and review a Mizunara Cask finished whiskey from Taconic Distillery. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com visit them for all your wholesale laser etched glassware needs

Spirits of French Lick had sent us their wheated bourbon as well as their four grain bourbon way back in October (Doh). Unfortunately, it was lost in a box while John moved... So we pulled them both out this week (finally) and reviewed them. As Zeke would say.... "Better late than never". Get your liquor shipped directly to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

The Dads review barrels 3 and 12 from 2019's release of King of Kentucky. To make things interesting, Zeke took the lead in hosting this show... How did he do? Listen and find out! Get your liquor shipped directly to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Adding to their portfolio which already consists of a Double Barrel Whiskey, Tennessee Straight Bourbon, and Straight Rye, the folks over at Heaven's Door sent the Dads a bottle of their 2019 Edition Bootleg Whiskey. This is a 26 year old Canadian Whisky finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak Barrels and only has an allocation of 3,000 bottles. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Our all-star panel is back recording with us on a Saturday night from the Whiskey House in Nashville. Join the Dads and their friends Chris, Gideon, John, and Sasha as they review 2019 William Laure Weller, and give each other a lot of hell in the process. Get your 10% off Nose Your Bourbon kit by using DDB10 at https://www.etsy.com/shop/NoseYourBourbon Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

It's a packed house as our friends Chris, Gideon, and John joined the Dads for a Saturday night over at the Whiskey House where we talked about the nosing kit Chris made called "Nose Your Bourbon" and drank some Country Smooth that was sent to us. Get your Nose Your Bourbon kit at https://www.etsy.com/shop/NoseYourBourbon Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Chances are if you've been a whiskey fan for a while, you've heard the name Prav Saraff. Not only is he one of the nicest in the game, he and his family have built a store that is one of the must stops in DC, and he has built a group to distribute some of the most sought after picks in the game. We sat with Prav to learn more about him and what he has in store for us in the future. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com

Sara Beth Urban, who recently took over as the Executive Director of the Tennessee Whiskey Trail comes to the DDB studio for a great conversation about Tennessee Whiskey, what she's learned travelling to distilleries in the state, what are some of the challenges Tennessee distillers face, and of course all the great things going on in Tennessee. Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

The Dads review 2019 George T. Stagg and go through their first major scandal of 2020... #corkgate Get your liquor shipped directly to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

I was going to title this one "Blind Pappy", but I knew y'all would correct me. Our friends at www.caskcartel.com sent us some Old Rip 10, Lot B, and Pappy 23 and we have been dying to do a blind, so we figured what better way to do it than with these 3 to start the year. Cheers and enjoy! Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

It's now 2020, and after a very small break for the holidays, we're back and taking one more quick look back on 2019 before we move into the new year. Although we already had a year end show, we thought there were just too many things going on we didn't want to miss! Cheers y'all and Happy New Year. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped to your door with www.caskcartel.com

Tarak Patel from Elixir Spirits and PJ Harrison join us to review a sample of Four Gate's Batch 4 Split Stave by Kelvin. We thank Four Gate for sending us this sample. This one is just four friends sitting around and enjoying a pour and discussing it. Hope you enjoy! Get your liquor delivered to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

The Dads go on location at the Whiskey House in Nashville with our good friends Andrew and the one and only JB to drink some good whiskey and discuss 2019. Don't worry, we know we missed some important ones that we will be sure to bring up soon, but this is just a fun night with great people talking whiskey honestly. Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

PJ Harrison from Papa's Pilar Rum comes in to the studio to educate the Dads about Papa's Pilar Rum and their newest Marquesas Blend, in tradition of the brand's ode to Ernest Hemmingway. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped to your door at www.caskcartel.com

Events Hatched recently held the 2019 Holiday Spirits Festival in Franklin, TN and it was a blast. Join us, and our friends, as we discuss the food, drinks, and just have a great time. Cheers and enjoy! All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your spirits delivered to your door with www.caskcartel.com

Patrick Spalding, the Sales Manager at New Riff Distilling, joins the Dads at the 21c Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee to discuss the brand's expansion into Tennessee as well as to drink and talk about New Riff's current offerings. Get your liquor shipped directly to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

Our friend Abby from the podcast Bourbon and Blondes joins us in studio to review some Peerless Bourbon we got ourselves with an assist from a family member that was in Kentucky. We get to know Abby for a bit and then get into the bourbon. Make sure to subscribe to Bourbon and Blondes wherever you get your podcasts. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your spirits delivered to your door with www.caskcartel.com

The Dads get some alone time in the studio to catch up and talk some whiskey. We thank the folks over at Barrell for sending us over some samples of their latest bourbon batches, 20 & 21, as well as some of their American Vatted Malt Whiskey to try. As always, we give an open and honest review and hope you enjoy. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped right to your door at www.caskcartel.com

Mike Paladini and Danny Polise from Penelope Bourbon stop by the studio to not only tell the incredible story of how Mike had an idea to create a bourbon when he found out the news he was having a daughter, Penelope, but also to have an incredibly candid conversation about their brand and decision making as your starting off a new label. You'll want to listen. Get the world's best spirits delivered to your door with www.caskcartel.com All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com

For the past two years, we have donated a charity tasting for St. Jude's big event in Middle TN and for the past two years, Nick and his friends have placed the winning bid to have a great night with the Dads drinking whiskey. We hope you just sit back and enjoy this conversation between us and a group that got to try some pours they don't get every day. Either way, there were a lot of laughs. All glassware provided by www.distilleryproducts.com Get your liquor shipped to your door www.caskcartel.com