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Bourbon & Banter
by Bourbon & Banter
The OFFICIAL BOURBON & BANTER podcast is all about bourbon, whiskey, distilled spirits and enjoying them with good friends. With a colorful cast of characters – from professional palates and cocktail connoisseurs to casual drinkers and bottom-shelf dwellers – our opinions may be varied but our mission singular: to help you drink curious. Please, pull up a chair and let the banter begin.
Episodes
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Ramble On - 2025 Summit Special Edition
In this very special 2025 Summit episode, Pops and Bob take a spirited look back at how it all began — from a small Facebook group in 2011 to one of the most respected voices in bourbon today. Joined by editor Steve Coomes, community manager Brent Joseph and industry legend Dan Gardner, the crew...
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#39 - Gitche Gumee Cometh
In this episode of the Bourbon and Banter podcast, the hosts dive into a variety of topics surrounding bourbon culture, including the controversial pumpkin spice trend, the success of Bourbon Month, and the upcoming Bourbon and Banter Summit. They also recap their experiences at the Kentucky...
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#38 - Size Matters
Episode 38 of the Bourbon & Banter podcast - Size Matters - is here, and Bob and Pops are finally back after a 19-month break—just in time for Bourbon Heritage Month. We're talking all things 30 Days of Bourbon Challenge, dropping hot takes with our new Whiskey Hot Wash segment, and unleashing…
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#37 - Taylor Takes A Drink
Dive into Episode 37, Taylor Takes A Drink, and get ready for a wild ride through bourbon town this Valentine's. We're spilling the tea on those eye-watering barrel pick prices and sharing tales from our barrel-hunting escapades. Our Discord fam's been buzzing, and you're missing out if you're…
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#36 - Welcome to the Hellidays
Episode 36 of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Welcome to the Hellidays - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. We're here to help you through the ridiculousness of the holidays, or "hellidays" as may be more appropriate. That's right, we all learn a new word in this episode!...
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#35 - Squatting on Bublé
Episode 35 of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Squatting on Bublé - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. We're heading into the holidays with excitement following our first ever Bourbon & Banter Community Summit, that is until Bob hears about Michael Bublé's new whiskey…. Have...
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#34 - Right In The Nards
Episode 34 of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Right In The Nards - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Best enjoyed with a barrel-strength bourbon and an open mind! We're sobering up after Bourbon Heritage Month and have quite a few things we want to tell you. Are you ready?...
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#33 - Count the Bourbons
Episode 33 of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Count the Bourbons - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Best enjoyed with a barrel-strength bourbon and an open mind! We're super excited as we kick off the best damn month of the year: BOURBON HERITAGE MONTH! Have comments or...
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#32 - Back in the Saddle
Episode 32 of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Back in the Saddle - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Best enjoyed with a barrel-strength bourbon and an open mind! Pops and Bob are back after a few months off for reasons you won't believe. Tune in to discover why Bob isn't...
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#31 - Bourbon...The BS Frontier
The 31st episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Bourbon…The BS Frontier - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. It's a new year, but we're still bringing you the same brutally honest commentary on the bourbon and whiskey world. Have comments or questions? Drop us a line at...
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Special – Visiting Wyoming Whiskey
Oh give us a home, where the buffalo roam, and the bourbon is flowing all daaaaay…. That's right folks, Pops and Steve Coomes were heard singing that very tune as they walked the grounds at Wyoming Whiskey. A long-time desire for Bourbon & Banter, we finally had the opportunity to secure a single...
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#30 - Craft Shoot
The 30th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Craft Shoot - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Join us for the most epic Craft Shoot segment of all time. Will Pops' and Bob's taste buds survive? Only one way to find out. Tune in now! Have comments or questions? Drop…
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#28 – Jack Bourbon
The 28th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Jack & Bourbon Went Up A Hill - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. We dedicate this podcast to those who have started a bar fight by merely asking the question, "Is Jack Daniels a bourbon?" Have comments or questions? Drop...
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#27 – Sleep Deprived & Bourbonized
The 27th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Sleep Deprived & Bourbonized - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. We dedicate this podcast to those awake at 3 am, thinking about all the limited-release bottles coming out this fall that you'll never see. We feel your…
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Special – The Doctor Is In
In this special episode, Pops makes his way to Breckenridge Distillery to visit with founder Bryan Nolt. What makes a doctor trade in their stethoscope for a Glencairn? Big Foot may or may not have walked by the distillery during this interview, we can't say for sure. One thing's for sure…
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#26 – Kissimmee My Ass
The 26th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Kissimmee My Ass - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Just be sure to stay inside in the AC for the best enjoyment, as we're all tired of the ridiculous summer heat. Nowhere is that more prevalent than the state of…
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#25 – Wind Beneath My Wings
The 25th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Wind Beneath My Wings - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. No, we're not channeling our inner Bette Midler. But we might be channeling some gas from all the bullshit we've consumed since our last episode. Take baked beans,...
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#24 – The Bullshit Cometh
The 24th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – The Bullshit Cometh - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Having had a little time off, Pops and Bob return after being bombarded with bourbon bullshit over the last several weeks. So much so that this episode is dedicated...
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#23 – The Horsemen Ride
The 23rd episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – The Horsemen Ride - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. With the Midwest weather, Pops and Bob have braved wind, sleet, snow, ice, hail, and bad bourbon to bring you this month's installment of the most honest podcast in...
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#22 – Kentucky Fried Bourbon
The 22nd episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Kentucky Fried Bourbon - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Pops and Bob ring in 2022 in trademark fashion, not only bringing you the best bourbon podcast anywhere but making a plea for replenishing of their Christmas Tree...
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#21 – Storytime With Dan Gardner
The 21st episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Storytime With Dan Gardner - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Sit back, grab a pour, and join the biggest and MOST HONEST podcast in bourbon. The Bourbon & Banter team celebrated our 10th anniversary earlier this year…
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#20 – This Little Piggy Drank Some Bourbon
The 20th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – This Little Piggy Drank Some Bourbon - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Sit back, grab a pour, and join the biggest and MOST HONEST podcast in bourbon. This month's Whiskey News looks at whether or not the whiskey bubble...
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Special – Visiting KO Distilling
Join Pops and Bob for this special episode podcast as they sit down with the team at KO Distilling for an in-depth look at the growth, operation, and future of their distillery. They're joined by Bill Karlson (co-owner), Ryan Hendricks (head distiller), and Peter Mowery (Virginia Sales &…
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#19 – Taking One For The Team
The 19th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – The Slapdick Challenge - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Sit back, grab a pour, and join the biggest and MOST HONEST podcast in bourbon. We start by recapping our 2021 Bourbon Heritage Month celebration that saw 4,000+...
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#18 – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The 18th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Sit back, grab a pour, and join the biggest and MOST HONEST podcast in bourbon as we celebrate the most wonderful time of the year…that's right…
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#17 – Everything Is Better On A Stick
The 17th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Everything Is Better On A Stick - is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. Sit back, grab a pour, and join the most honest AND BIGGEST podcast in bourbon as we celebrate a decade of Bourbon & Banter. Your hosts, full of bourbon,...
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#16 – Bring Us All the Bourbon…and Biscuits
The 16th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Bring Us All the Bourbon…and Biscuits - is now available, just in time for your July 4th weekend. Sit back, grab a pour, and join the most honest AND BIGGEST podcast in bourbon as we celebrate a decade of Bourbon & Banter. Coming to you from the...
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#15 – My Pewter Pony
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! In this episode we cover everything from a drop in worldwide liquor consumption and new whiskey releases to surprise news of Buffalo Trace's upcoming release of My Pewter Pony. And don't forget another episode of The Craft Shoot and…
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#14 – Fireball Infiltration
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! This episode covers everything from Sazerac exporting Fireball to China, rapid aging techniques, and the direct-to-consumer advantage for craft distillers. Not to be threatened with legal action, we also take another swipe at South…
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#13 – Cease & Desist
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join Pops and Bob for a whirlwind of breaking news and one-of-a-kind reporting that you only get from Bourbon & Banter. There's even a special surprise at the end where a lucky listener can win a great prize! Our second year of the most...
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Special – Bourbon & Banter & Barrels...Oh My!
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join Pops, Erin, Brent and Jim for a special episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us as the team recaps picking private barrels at Barton 1792, Four Roses, Luxco, and a very special pick at Limestone Branch that featured a…
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#12 – How Much Is That Tube In The Window?
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join Pops and Bob for another unfiltered, unapologetic and filled with independent thought episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us as we discuss the ultimate use for a bottle of Jack Daniel's, a landmark Four Roses…
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#11 – Texas Redemption
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us as we discuss the MGP and LUXCO merger, attempt to figure out why William H. Macy is shilling a...
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#10 – And the Award Goes To
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us as we debut our new Bourbon Built segment, expand your bourbon flavor knowledge, bravely taste...
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#9 – Texas Loses Again
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us as we discuss trends we hope will disappear in 2021, investigate the recount of Woodford's 200...
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#8 – Hipster In A Bottle
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us as we discuss bourbon plans for 2021, introduce a new hipster product - Millennial Bourbon…
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#7 – Booth Babes: Buh-Bye
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us as we recap an amazing Bourbon Heritage Month, explore Woodford Reserve's foray into ice cream,...
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#6 – America Needs A Drink
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Join us to celebrate Bourbon Heritage Month while we sample 4R Small Batch LE, Michter's 10 yr &...
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#5 – Who Let The Dogs Out?
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Topics on this episode include Kicking The Beer Industry In The Can, Ways 2020 Continues to F#ck With…
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#4 – Kali Ma Pro Tips
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Topics on this episode include Operation Blue Agave, Liquor Self Defense, Jefferson's Ocean Spray…
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#3 – A Kick in the Crotch Shot
Welcome to the most honest bourbon podcast on the planet! Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Topics this episode include new whiskeys you'll never taste, Peyton Manning's non-celebrity celebrity...
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#2 – Dancing With Myself
Can you believe we actually recorded a second episode? Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for another unfiltered and brutally honest episode of the official Bourbon & Banter podcast. Topics include Italians drinking 150 silver bullets, award-winning COVID-19 signs, a Fred Minnick media...
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#1 – Waffle House Armageddon
Debut Episode - Join @BourbonBanter and @DodgerBlueBourbon for the first-ever official Bourbon & Banter podcast episode. Topics include the COVID-19 Liver Update, Waffle House Armageddon, Whiskey Headlines, Reviews Revisited, CraftShoot, and Bourbon Bullshit. Have comments or questions? Drops us…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The OFFICIAL BOURBON & BANTER podcast is all about bourbon, whiskey, distilled spirits and enjoying them with good friends. With a colorful cast of characters – from professional palates and cocktail connoisseurs to casual drinkers and bottom-shelf dwellers – our opinions may be varied but our mission singular: to help you drink curious. Please, pull up a chair and let the banter begin.
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The OFFICIAL BOURBON & BANTER podcast is all about bourbon, whiskey, distilled spirits and enjoying them with good friends. With a colorful cast of characters – from professional palates and cocktail connoisseurs to casual drinkers and bottom-shelf dwellers – our opinions may be varied but our...
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