Great American Whiskey Cookers
Welcome to The Great American Whiskey Cookers, your exclusive pass to the world of craft distilling. Join us on this captivating video series and podcast as we venture behind the curtain with America's finest distillers. Get ready to meet the passionate souls who work the stills, discover the exquisite spirits they craft, and uncover the rich stories that embody America's liquid heritage.
Episodes
We are at the Bourbon Bunker for this blind tasting with some friends of the show. This time it’s kind of a double whammy. We try a Blaum Brothers Bourbon out of Galena Illinois, and then break out one of their original Knotter bourbons that are extremely hard to find. The discussion and comparison is a lot of fun.
Welcome to Episode #78 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Casey Jones Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.
Casey Jones was known for making square pot stills. His last one sat in a museum of sorts for decades. Then AJ and Peg had a brand new one built using Casey Jones’s plans. What was once old is bran...
It’s another Super Premium vs a Shelfer blind tasting on this episode. For this challenge we put a Michter’s 10 Year Rye up against big bourbon’s Sazerac Rye. I’ve never even seen the Michter’s 10 year rye in the wild. So, does this hard to find whiskey beat out whiskey that is easily found on the shelf?
Welcome to Episode #77 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.
Craft distillers face many uphill battles and one of those major battles is distribution. Getting their product out to market is always a struggle. We talk about that with Kip and Cody at Sideshow s...
On this Friday Blind Tasting…the Big Human breaks out one of his Redbreast 12 year Irish whiskies and blinds myself. Now I’m not really an Irish drinker so….what do I think of this whiskey? Will I put it on his buy list? Watch and find out.
Welcome to Episode #76 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Harvard Illinois and Rush Creek Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.
We sit down at the bar at Rush Creek Distilling for a tasting of their Flagship Wheated Bourbon. It's 90 proof and was a big hit. Not only for Jeff, but for the entire crew. A super easy sipper that p...
It’s another Super Premium blind tasting. This time in the blind we have an Old Elk Infinity up against the solid stalwart Bakers 7 Year. Olk Elk could be considered a craft, and Bakers comes from the Beam house. So which is it this time? The hard to find Old Elk Infinity, or much easier to find Baker’s 7?
Welcome to Episode #75 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.
In this episode with Matt and Mike Blaum, we are talking Small Batch, and what that means to them. Different Whiskey expressions, their single barrel program...ish, cutting Jalepeno's and Habenero pep...
For this tasting, I put a brand new Mary Dowling (who has been labeled as the Mother of Bourbon) in front of the Big Human blind to get his take on the whiskey. I know he’s never had it, so it will be interesting to see what kind of tasting notes he comes up with. Check it out.
Welcome to Episode #74 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Franklin, Kentucky and Dueling Grounds Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.
Most all craft distillers start off very small, and as they find their groove, and get some success, they have to grow to meet demand. That’s the case at Dueling Grounds distillery in Franklin Kentu...
On this super premium bind tasting we go back to one of our blind tasting sessions with some friends of the show to see what will come out on top. It's a Little Book Path Not Taken #8 Rye vs. a Lonely Oak Cask Strength Rye. The results of this blind tasting was a bit of a shock.
Welcome to Episode #73 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Earling, Iowa and Lonely Oak Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.
At Lonely Oak Distillery in Earling Iowa, the emphasis on making whiskey is not about making the same thing as everyone else. When everyone is going right, Pat Hoffmann is going left and producing whiskey tha...
In this episode, the Big Human breaks into his collection and breaks out a Whiskey Acres Blue Popcorn to blind me with. Now this is a once a year release, and pretty hard to come by. So, what do I think of it? Check out episode and find out.
Welcome to Episode #72 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Harvard Illinois and Rush Creek Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.
In this episode we talk all sorts of whiskey geek stuff. Barrel Char, Barrel sourcing, Entry proof, Angel Share, you name it. It's a deep dive into the inner workings of this distillery and how they h...
On this super premium bind tasting we pit an Old Forester Birthday Bourbon against an Old Forester 100 proof. Does the sub $25 dollar bourbon beat out the highly allocated Birthday bourbon. We put it to the test. Check out the episode.
Welcome to Episode #71 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.
Murphy Quint, the Master Distiller at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher, Iowa has a passion for making whiskey. And more specifically, a passion for making American Single Malt. Now that it's an official...
On this Friday Blind Tasting…. It’s another Blind tasting for the Big Human. This time its a Casey Jones Eclipse Cask that I have him try blind. He had no idea that I had this bottle. I’m not sure you can even get it anymore. So it really is one of those bottles that is a rare find. Let’s find out what the Big Human thinks of it.
Welcome to Episode #70 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.
A still hidden from the Nazis’ so they wouldn’t melt it down for World War II. Buying it sight unseen on the internet. And then trying to figure out how to put it back together. The still at Old Monroe Di...
On this Friday Blind Tasting…. At the suggestion of a viewer, we put a craft whiskey, Wollersheim Single Barrel up against a common shelfer Benchmark Full Proof. Now the Benchmark is everywhere nowadays, you can find it all over the place but the Wollersheim, you really can't, it's out of Wisconsin. It's a nice craft whiskey. So which one comes out on top? Check out the episode and find out.
Welcome to Episode #69 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.
Buying a barrel of whiskey from a distillery is one of those bucket list items for whiskey geeks. And, they usually come with a heavy price tag. However at Side Show Spirits in Lincoln Nebraska, you...
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