Peerless Double Oaked Bourbon and the Perfect Distillery Experience

This episode starts with a long-awaited moment. We finally open a Peerless Double Oaked Bourbon, a bottle that’s been sitting on the shelf for a while, signed at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and calling out to be opened. We talk through what makes Peerless different as a distillery, including their sweet mash process, barrel-proof approach, and double oaked finishing. The result is a rich, dessert-like bourbon that easily stands alongside some of the best double oaked expressions out there. From there, the conversation shifts. We discuss a creator attempting to visit every stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and ask whether it’s actually possible to have a “bad” distillery experience. It leads to a surprisingly hard question: What’s the least impressive distillery experience we’ve had? And even then, the answer isn’t straightforward. This episode is about great bourbon, memorable experiences, and why some distilleries, like Peerless, are worth going back to again and again. Podcast chapters 00:00 Opening the bottle 00:45 What is Peerless Double Oaked 01:45 How Peerless is different 03:00 Colour and nose 04:15 First taste reactions 05:30 Why we opened it now 06:30 Bourbon trail creator discussion 08:00 Can you have a bad distillery 09:30 Least impressive experiences 11:30 Why Peerless stands out 13:00 Going back again 13:30 Wrap and cheers