The barrel is a magical component to the creation of bourbon and nearly 95% of all bourbon goes into white oak. But what's the problem with this? Bourbon can only be used in a charred barrel once. After that, it needs to find a new home. Now that may sound wasteful but the bourbon market is only a very small contributor to the current white oak problem. To help us better understand about forestry and the white oak supply I've invited Daana Baxley from the Nature Conservancy in Kentucky to join the show. She gives some great insight into the current state of white oak trees and what is currently being done to protect our forests. I've never known what it takes to manage forests and this episode will give you an insight into grading and how invasive species of trees continue to decline the white oak population. But more so, Daana gives us some insight if we will ever experience a white oak shortage in the future and what we can do to help protect it.
Show Notes:
Whiskey Quickie: Town Branch Straight Rye Whiskey Review
Behind The Pursuit: Will People Get Tired of Kentucky Bourbon?
464 - Have We Eclipsed the Bourbon Peak? on Bourbon Community Roundtable #94
Whiskey Quickie: High Bank Distillery Whiskey War Double Double Review
TWiB: Ozempic Investigates Its Effect on Drinking, Woodford Reserve Toasted Bourbon, Beam 20 Year Bardstown Collection
463 - Expanding Whiskey Riot Festivals to a City Near You with Bobby Finan
Whiskey Quickie: Bernheim Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey Batch A224 Review
TWiB: Four Roses Has Two New Bourbon Mash Bills, Ol’ New Riff, Bardstown Bourbon Company Amrut Collaboration
462 - The Unheralded Life of a Dad with Jim Gaffigan of Fathertime Bourbon
Whiskey Quickie: Whiskey JYPSI Explorer Bourbon Review
TWiB: Wild Turkey VIsitor Center is Open, Maker's Mark x TravisMathew New Golf Shoes, Prairie, American Solera, and Pursuit New Beer
461 - A Famous Name In Bourbon Takes on Rum with Turner Wathen of Rolling Fork
Whiskey Quickie: JT Meleck Distillers Louisiana Rice Whiskey Review
TWiB: Beam Suntory is Now Suntory Global Spirits, Blue Note Bourbon and Major League Pickleball, Whiskeyland Season 1 Premiers on May 14th
460 - What's the Value in Reviving Vintage Labels? with Bourbon Community Roundtable #93
Whiskey Quickie: Frey Ranch Single Grain Series 100% Wheat Whiskey Review
TWiB: Master Distiller Alex Castle Leaves Old Dominick, Bourbon Market Size to Reach $12 Billion by 2030, Raconteur Rye
459 - Are You A Whiskey Company or a Marketing Company?
Whiskey Quickie: High N' Wicked Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Review
TWiB: A New Knife Collaboration, 2024 SIP Scholarship Program, Keeneland and Maker’s Launch Greats of the Gate
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