Episode #79: Kentucky Road Trip - Part 1 | Dive Bars and Hot Browns and Explosions Oh My!

Distilleries: Evan Williams • Angel’s Envy • Prohibition Craft Spirits (Nulu) • Kentucky Peerless • Old Forester • Bardstown Bourbon Company • Lux Row • Heaven Hill

Whiskeys: JTS Brown Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whiskey • Lux Row Four Grain Double Single Barrel Bourbon

Tangents: Jeff joins us for an epic—and literally explosive—journey to Bourbon Country! • Ed’s already taking offense • Why aren’t there just crates of Buffalo Trace laying around on the side of the road? • We literally stayed in a Hobbit house • Scott does an “unparking” • Tanker trucks in Kentucky might have Bourbon in them • Manhattan Monday! • Scott cosplays as Carrie Nation • WTF is a Hot Brown?! • Jeff shames Ed at every meal • We tasted a lot of unaged distillate and fermented mash • Bob at Nulu almost killed us with whiskey • Ed’s not sliding the cheap one to Gabe • We tasted Bourbon straight from the barrel at Peerless • Jeff is the cat whisperer • Ed got a half-ounce pour (#foreverjoke) • Jeff Blanton’s “B” cork story • Best. Salads. Ever. • We almost died in an explosion (but not really) • Kentucky McDonald’s have Krispy Kremes! • Ed pulls a Mario Andretti • Lux Row tried to out-Nulu Nulu • Heaven Hill employees rescued yeast strains from that epic 1996 fire • Hushpuppies and fried mushrooms at the Bluegrass Tavern in Bardstown • #thehouseofthehighbeds • Scott likes bitter because that’s what he is • Stay tuned for Part 2!

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi • Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 • Fireflies by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Road Trip by Frank Schroeter | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9761-road-trip | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license