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GolfCask - Originals
by GolfCask
Where golf, whiskey, cigars, and community collide. Each week, we tee up stories that shape our adventures and pour out 19th-hole banter—served neat, with a splash of wit.Inside the Ropes (Weekly): Your steady pour of golf, whiskey, and life stories.Between the Ears (Monthly): A deep dive into the mental game with Dr. Mike Grevlos and guests.GolfCask Trails (Coming 2026, Monthly): Full-day adventures pairing golf, distilleries, and local culture—captured and shared with our members.Laughs, questionable wisdom, and great stories await. Cheers to slowing down and not taking too seriously!
Episodes
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Small Batch. Sweet Mash. Big Questions. | GolfCask Deeper Cut
The round is over, the clubs are put away, and there's a seat waiting at the 19th hole. Pull up a chair, light a cigar, and pour a glass of Blind Preacher Small Batch from Virginia Foothills Distillery. In this episode of Deeper Cut, we explore two details that set the conversation in motion…
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Jon Rahm Walks, MGP Disappears & Golf Clubs Start Brewing | GolfCask Flights
What does Jon Rahm walking away from LIV Golf have in common with a whiskey giant changing its name, cigars being rolled in New Orleans, and golf clubs becoming breweries? More than you might think. This week on GolfCask Flights, we're taking you through four stories shaking up the worlds of…
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DEEPER CUT: Your Hands Have Enough Jobs. Let Your Chest Help.
Your hands called. They’re tired of saving your short game. 😂⛳ When your chest stops helping, your hands start improvising—and that routine chip becomes an adventure. In this Deeper Cut, Brian Bailie breaks down the four runners of the short game and a Dustin Johnson-inspired drill to help you...
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3 Blind Whiskeys. 1 Cigar. The Pairings Got Personal! | No Labels Ep. 2
Three whiskeys. One cigar. Four opinions. Absolutely NO LABELS. Welcome back to No Labels by GolfCask, where the GolfCask Syndicate puts its palates—and reputations—on the line. The challenge? Three mystery whiskeys paired with one mystery cigar. No brands, no prices, no preconceived opinions.…
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- GolfCask Flights: The Stories Behind the Passions
Four stories. Four corners of the passions we chase. This week on GolfCask Flights: Robert MacIntyre battles a new kind of hazard at Carnoustie, American single malt gets its moment on film, legendary cigar blender Eladio Díaz honors the woman who started it all, and Myrtle Beach proves a golf...
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From the Page to the Pour | GolfCask Flights September 21
What happens when golf, whiskey, cigars, travel, and storytelling all meet in one place?That’s GolfCask Life — and this episode of GolfCask Flights brings the September 21, 2026 release off the page and into your headphones.In this Flight, we move through the stories, people, places, and passions...
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We Blinded Three Whiskeys… Then the Cigar Did THIS - No Labels
One cigar. Three whiskeys. Zero labels. Welcome to No Labels — Spark & Sip Blind by GolfCask, where the GolfCask Syndicate tastes three whiskeys and smokes one cigar completely blind. The lineup turned out to be: 🥃 Hannisville Straight Rye — craft American rye 🥃 Wild Turkey Rare Breed — big…
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What Travels With Us | Golf, Whiskey, Cigars & Brotherhood
Four stories. One journey through change, brotherhood, whiskey, cigars, and golf.In this GolfCask Flight, the newest issue of GolfCask Life comes to audio. Explore the lessons hidden in changing seasons, the traditions that make Saturdays sacred, the connection between three whiskey pours and the...
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Fire, Leaves & Smoke: A First Pour of September Issue of GolfCask Life
Before the September issue of GolfCask Life Magazine arrives, GolfCask Flights is offering an early listen.This special audio edition brings together an Editor’s Note and four stories celebrating the sights, flavors, traditions, and friendships that make fall worth savoring:🔥 The Purposes of the...
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Why Your Golf Goals Fade—and What Bees, Bourbon & Cigars Can Teach You | GolfCask Flights
What do next season’s golf goals, a honeybee’s happy dance, a premium cigar, and 155-proof Virginia rye have in common? More than you might think—and this flight brings them all together. In this December 2025 edition of GolfCask Flights, we explore four stories from GolfCask Life Magazine…
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GolfCask Flights: Beyond the Familiar
This edition of GolfCask Flights takes us beyond the familiar through four stories celebrating golf, whiskey, cigars, and adventure.LPGA Tour coach John Lewellen explains how golfers can carry their best swings from the practice range onto the course. We discover how Brandon McCraney turned a...
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You'll Never Master Golf... And That's the Point | GolfCask Flights
What if the secret to getting better isn't mastering the game—but embracing its complexity?In this episode of GolfCask Flights, we bring four featured articles from the September 2025 edition of GolfCask Life Magazine to life through audio.This Flight includes:🥃 Cigar 101: Vertical Blind Tasting…
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✈️ GolfCask Flights Podcast | Four Great Stories. One Great Journey.
Welcome aboard another episode of GolfCask Flights, where we curate four standout stories from the pages of GolfCask Life Magazine and bring them to life in an easy-listening audio experience. In this Flight, we reflect on the game we love, celebrate the people behind great whiskey, explore the...
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How good can a one-year-old whiskey really be?
In Part 2 of our GolfCask Roadshow at Blue Shepherd Spirits, Brian Bailie and GolfCask Syndicate member Bo Hammond sit down with owner and head distiller Alex Colby to taste the entire lineup—from gin and barrel-finished agave spirit to bourbon, rye, American single malt, and apple brandy.The...
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Inside Blue Shepherd Spirits | The Nano Distillery with a Big Story | Luray, Virginia
What happens when a firefighter, a DIY obsession, and one life-changing decision collide? GolfCask Founder Brian Bailie sits down with Alex Colby, owner and head distiller of Blue Shepherd Spirits in Luray, Virginia, to uncover the story behind one of Virginia's most unique nano distilleries....
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Welcome aboard GolfCask Flight!
In this edition, we take a journey through golf, cigars, travel, and the stories that connect them. First, Dr. Mike Grevlos imagines a letter from philosopher Søren Kierkegaard to the modern golfer, exploring anxiety, expectation, and the search for authenticity on the golf course. Then we light…
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GolfCask Flight – Hot Summer Nights Edition
✈️ GolfCask Flight – Hot Summer Nights EditionThis month's Flight takes you from scorching fairways to Irish links, boutique cigar lounges, and a whiskey house built around friendship.☀️ Joe Hallett shares practical lessons on surviving summer golf, revealing why shade may be the most overlooked...
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The Cigar Wrapped Like Contraband
Tonight on The Syndicate Select Pairing Show, the crew dives into a smoky, hilarious, and surprisingly deep pairing session featuring the Leaf by Oscar Maduro cigar and two Old Raleigh blended American whiskeys. What starts as a simple tasting quickly turns into debates about retrohales, lawn...
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Irish Whiskey - GolfCask Life Audio
Welcome to the audiobook edition of GolfCask Whiskey University: Irish Whiskey. This immersive journal takes you deep into the history, culture, craftsmanship, and character of Irish whiskey—from the rugged landscapes of the Green Isle to the grain, mash, yeast, and distillation processes that...
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Blends, Backroads & a Blank Canvas: A Trip to Zebulon, North Carolina
Step inside a hidden gem in Zebulon, North Carolina as we visit Olde Raleigh Distillery, home of “The Blend.” Meet Brandon, a blender who ditched the rulebook and built something entirely different—one barrel, one story at a time.From near disaster to cult-favorite releases, this is what happens...
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Country Roads: The Golf, Whiskey & Cigar Trail You Didn’t Know You Needed - Audiobook
This is the audiobook version of GolfCask Trails: Country Roads—a full-day journey through the hills of Maryland and West Virginia where golf, whiskey, and cigars come together the way they’re supposed to. The day starts with a demanding round at P.B. Dye Golf Club, where elevation and commitment...
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We Paired 5 Whiskeys with a Fuente Hemingway… Only ONE Actually Worked
Whiskey in the glass, cigar in hand—and things went off the rails fast. We put an Arturo Fuente Hemingway up against five heavy hitters: Nulu Toasted Wheated Bourbon, Midwinter Night’s Dram, Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14, Kilchoman Single Cask, and Lagavulin. Some pairings elevated the cigar, some...
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GolfCask Trails Audiobook | The Atlantic Loop: Sligo & Strandhill
Experience the raw beauty of Ireland’s northwest coast through the GolfCask Trails Atlantic Loop. From the windswept fairways of County Sligo and Strandhill to the rhythm of local pubs and emerging distilleries, this journey blends golf, whiskey, and culture into one unforgettable story. It’s not...
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The Greatest Golfer Ever Wore a Dead Man’s Jacket for 35 Years
Behind every green jacket is a story—but Jack Nicklaus wore one that wasn’t even his. For over three decades, the greatest Masters champion in history slipped into a jacket that belonged to a man famous for losing a presidential election. This isn’t just a golf story—it’s about patience…
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Sligo, Ireland: The Trip That Wasn’t Supposed to Mean This Much
Golf, Guinness & the Irish Goodbye | A Sligo Story That Hit Different This wasn’t just a trip to Ireland—it turned into something more. What started as a journey to celebrate a wedding in County Sligo became a full immersion into golf, whiskey, pubs, and the kind of moments you don’t plan—but…
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GolfCask Syndicate Selection 🍀 Irish Whiskey vs Rocky Patel Emerald | The Variety Show Gets Loose
Whiskey in the glass, golf on the mind—let’s get started… This episode of the GolfCask Syndicate Selection & Variety Show takes a Rocky Patel Emerald Toro box press and runs it headfirst into a lineup of Irish whiskeys for a St. Patrick’s Month showdown. From Bushmills to Redbreast to the night’s...
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GolfCask Road Show - County Sligo
We made our way to the legendary County Sligo Golf Club at Rosses Point, one of Ireland’s oldest and most storied links courses, founded in 1894. In this GolfCask Road Show stop, we sit down with David O’Donovan to uncover the history behind this championship venue, home of the prestigious West…
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Ulysses S. Grant’s Cigar Legend
Before Ulysses S. Grant became a Civil War legend and President of the United States, he was a struggling farmer selling firewood on a St. Louis street corner just to feed his family. Life had knocked him down more than once. But when the Civil War erupted, the quiet, steady man put the uniform...
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March 2026 edition of GolfCask Life: First Rounds of Spring.
Spring is here—and so is the March 2026 edition of GolfCask Life: First Rounds of Spring. Inside this issue: ⛳ Spring swing resets and distance gains 🥃 Barrel-strength whiskey stories and tasting trails 🔥 Cigar rituals, new releases, and lighting mastery 🌍 Community, travel, and the culture...
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Corn, Smoke & Chaos: The Syndicate Pairs My Father Blue with Mellow Corn, Old Forester 1920 & Ardbeg Uigeadail
In this episode of Syndicate Selection, three brave (questionable) palates take on the My Father Blue cigar while pairing it with Mellow Corn Bottled-in-Bond, Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style, and Ardbeg Uigeadail. What starts as a straightforward cigar-and-whiskey showdown quickly spirals…
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Tournament Prep Isn’t More Range Balls: The REAL 4-Week Game Plan
Most golfers think “tournament prep” means grinding harder on the range—then they show up and get punched in the face by wind, dew, travel fatigue, weird grass, and one bad swing thought. In this episode of The Cut Line, Brian Bailie, Chris George, and Dr. Mike Grevlos break down what real event...
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Junior Johnson Outran the Law and Changed Racing Forever.
Pull up a stool and pour something stiff, because this is the legend of Junior Johnson—the North Carolina bootlegger who learned speed dodging revenuers, did time for it, came out smarter, faster, and rewrote American racing. Before NASCAR had rulebooks, Junior had instincts. Before drafting was…
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Inside the Ropes: The Shape of Understanding: Cigars, Barrels, Bombs, and the Rituals That Keep Us Steady
January is the quiet month — cold hands, slower rounds, longer pours, and the kind of stories that don’t leave you alone. In this edition of Inside the Ropes, we explore the shape of cigars through vitolas, the soul of whiskey through second cask finishes, the resilience of golfers playing…
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5 Whiskeys. 1 Cigar. Zero Adult Supervision. (The Winner Will Surprise You.)
Welcome to the Syndicate Pairing—where five grown men pretend this is a refined tasting and then immediately prove it isn’t. This month’s featured cigar is the Montecristo Espada Signature Series, a medium-to-medium-full smoke with evolving notes that swing from peppery spice and baking spice…
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The Cut Line Dance — Why Chasing the Number Keeps You Stuck
In the debut episode of Expected Score, Brian Bailie is joined by Dr. Mike Grevlos and Chris George to unpack a phenomenon that quietly derails golfers at every level: the Cut Line Dance. What starts as a sensible goal—making the cut, breaking a number, staying in contention—often becomes a...
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Bonus: What does it really take to average par?
What does it really take to average par? It’s not pretty swings. It’s not luck. And it’s definitely not hope. Par is a statistical outcome built on offense and defense—your ability to create birdie chances with your approach game and save par with your short game. In this video, I break down the...
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Keep Calm, Carry On and Play Through!
In 1940, while London was being carpet-bombed, members of Richmond Golf Club did something unthinkable—they played golf. With bombs falling on the fairways and air-raid sirens screaming, they wrote wartime golf rules, marked unexploded bombs with red flags, and kept tee times like nothing could...
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THE QUIET WINS | Inside the Ropes – December Reflection
Why the moments no one applauded mattered most! December doesn’t shout. It settles in—and tells the truth. In this episode of Inside the Ropes, we step back and reflect on the stories that truly resonated inside GolfCask last month. Not the loudest. Not the trendiest. The ones people stayed with....
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Inside the Ropes: Every State Drinks Its Own Story — Closing 2025 with Craft, Candor, and What Comes Next
This final weekly episode of Inside the Ropes isn’t a goodbye—it’s a recalibration. We close 2025 the same way we played it: intentionally. In this episode, we slow the pace and go deep. We break down the top-selling whiskeys in every U.S. state, region by region, uncovering how local identity,...
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Passion With Purpose: Cigars, Whiskey, Golf—and Why the Off-Season Decides Everything
Most people end the year making promises they won’t keep. This episode of Inside the Ropes does the opposite. We break down what GolfCask Nation is actually smoking right now—from quick back-nine cigars to full-on statement sticks—then slow it down with a powerful distillery reflection from JH...
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Be Calmly Impatient | Inside the Ropes (Dec 15) — Spark, Sip, Swing & Adventure
Welcome to Inside the Ropes for the week of December 15 with host Brian Bailey—where offseason golfers, whiskey lovers, and cigar folks gather quietly while everyone else “shuts it down.” This episode is built in four purposeful parts: why next season’s goals fade (the Goal Proximity Effect with...
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The Art of Chaos, the Spark of Ritual, and the Whiskey That Whispers — Inside the Ropes: Revelry & Reflection
In this special follow-up edition of Revelry & Reflection, Inside the Ropes brings you five new stories from GolfCask Magazine—spanning golf performance, whiskey philosophy, cigar rituals, Dallas whiskey adventures, and a bonus members-only bourbon review. With updated commercials, expanded Pour...
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Revelry, Reflection & Wrigley’s: The GolfCask Year-End Pour
In this special year-end edition of Inside the Ropes, host Brian Bailie walks you through the December issue of GolfCask Magazine: Revelry & Reflection—straight from the pages to your earbuds. You’ll spark things up with Eddie K’s ode to My Father Cigars Blue, a cigar built for honest...
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World’s Best Scotch, Flamingo Prep & Top 3 Distillery Trips for 2025 | Inside the Ropes
Welcome back to Inside the Ropes for the week of November 24, 2025 — the Thanksgiving edition where your clicks, taps, and late-night scrolls decide the show. This week’s four most-viewed GolfCask articles brought the heat: The World’s Best Scotch Whisky… and Why You’ll Still Miss the Fairway…
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The Whiskey That Fell Flat, 5 Muni Gems, & The Ritual Every Cigar Smoker Should Know
This week on Inside the Ropes, we cover a whiskey that failed the blind test, five Virginia munis that play like private clubs, the slow ritual of cigars done right, and a stunning reminder from Argentina that reflection and celebration belong in the same round. Plus — an exclusive members-only...
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Between the Ears! Attention to Training and Performance
🎯 Internal vs External Focus — and Why “Always External” Is a Myth Everyone says, “Focus on the target, not your body.” But that’s only half true. External focus means attention on what happens outside the body — the ball flight, the clubhead, the target line. Internal focus means attention on…
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Rituals, Roots & a Cavalier Pour
Whiskey in the glass, golf on the mind—let’s get started. This episode dives into the rituals that make life taste better and swing smoother: the art of lighting a cigar with patience and purpose, the Irish double tap that honors both presence and memory, a bourbon lover’s paradise at the…
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From Barrel to Green: Where Ritual Meets Readiness
In this week’s Inside the Ropes Review, host Brian Bailie blends whiskey wisdom, golf grit, and heartfelt legacy. The pour begins with “From Reuse to Revelation”, tracing how necessity birthed whiskey finishing — from reused rum and sherry casks to today’s double-oaked creativity. Angel’s Envy,...
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The Numbers Beneath the Surface
This week on Inside the Ropes, we dive into “The Numbers Beneath the Surface” — where precision meets feel in both golf and whiskey. From Trackman data and distiller’s proof to your first cigar and LPGA Coach John Lewellen’s take on distance, it’s all about mastering what matters and refining…
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The Spark That Starts It All
Hook Summary: From the first draw to the final pour, this week’s Inside the Ropes explores the intention behind the spark, the precision behind true preparation, and the geometry that makes whiskey—and golf—an art of contact. Whether it’s striking a match, crafting a game plan, or understanding…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Where golf, whiskey, cigars, and community collide. Each week, we tee up stories that shape our adventures and pour out 19th-hole banter—served neat, with a splash of wit.Inside the Ropes (Weekly): Your steady pour of golf, whiskey, and life stories.Between the Ears (Monthly): A deep dive into the mental game with Dr. Mike Grevlos and guests.GolfCask Trails (Coming 2026, Monthly): Full-day adventures pairing golf, distilleries, and local culture—captured and shared with our members.Laughs, questionable wisdom, and great stories await. Cheers to slowing down and not taking too seriously!
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Where golf, whiskey, cigars, and community collide. Each week, we tee up stories that shape our adventures and pour out 19th-hole banter—served neat, with a splash of wit.Inside the Ropes (Weekly): Your steady pour of golf, whiskey, and life stories.Between the Ears (Monthly): A deep dive into the...
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