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The Scotchy Bourbon Boys
by Jeff Mueller, Martin Nash, Karl Henley,Chris thompson, Rachel Mueller
The Scotchy Bourbon Boys love Whiskey and every thing about the industry! Martin "Super Nash", Jeff "Tiny", Rachel "Roxy" Karl "Whisky" and Chris "CT" all make up The Scotchy Bourbon Boys! Join us in talking everything and anything Whiskey, with the innovators, and distillers around the globe. Go behind the scenes of making great whiskey and learn how some of the best in the whiskey industry make their product! Remember good whiskey means great friends and good times! Go out and Live Your Life Dangerously!
Episodes
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A Deep Dive Into A Three Generation Infinity Blend Little Book Infinite 3
Send us Fan Mail We taste and score Little Book The Infinite 3, a three-generation bourbon blend built around an evolving infinity system and a $199.99 price tag. We dig into what’s inside the bottle, run it through our barrel bottle breakdown, and compare it directly to the first Infinite…
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Inside Middle West Spirits And Old Elk Ohio Grain To Glass Whiskey!
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Steve Frederick from Middle West Spirits to talk about how Ohio-grown grain, smart production choices, and thoughtful finishing turn into whiskey with real balance. We taste standout releases, dig into why proofing down can unlock hidden aromatics, and look at…
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We Test The Internet’s Best Value Bourbon Picks by Reviewing AI's Best Bang For Your Buck Bourbon
Send us Fan Mail We chase the real meaning of bang for your buck bourbon, comparing the internet’s top five value bottles with Tiny’s personal lineup and the bottles he actually repurchases. We also draw a hard line between flavour and hype, arguing that most expensive bourbon is not…
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Blade And Bow Vs Blade And Bow 12-Year Solera Reserve Tasting & Their 5 Key Club
Send us Fan Mail We put Blade and Bow head to head with Blade and Bow 12-Year Solera Reserve and score them on our barrel breakdown scale to see what actually changes in the glass. We also dig into the Five Keys Club, the Solera aging method, and the ongoing tug of war between collecting bourbon...
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We Hang out with Greg Keeley Owner Distiller Larrikin Bourbon Co. at Bourbon On The Banks The Friendliest Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail A bourbon festival can feel like a giant sales floor, or it can feel like a neighborhood party where the whiskey just happens to be world class. We went live from Bourbon On The Banks in Frankfort, Kentucky and caught up with distiller Greg Keeley from Larrikin Bourbon Company,...
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Inside Barton 1792 With Master Distiller Ross Cornelissen at Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail We’re live at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival with Ross Cornelissen, Master Distiller at Barton 1792, talking about how a working distillery builds better flavor without losing consistency. We dig into rye, barrels, yeast, and what “quality” really means when you’re making whiskey...
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Bourbon On The Banks Unpacked
Send us Fan Mail We turn our Bourbon On The Banks weekend into a full Kentucky bourbon playbook, from the Thursday kickoff to the Saturday festival and the late night bottle shares in Frankfort. We break down the stops that matter, the bars that overdeliver, and the Whiskey Thief “Emery’s Pick”...
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Hillbilly Gangsters And Barrel Strength Bourbon with Steve Smith Co Founder of Uncle Boogie's Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Steve Smith of Uncle Boogie’s Distilling Company to taste barrel strength whiskey while he lays out a jaw-dropping Kentucky bourbon history that runs from 1700s settlement to Prohibition scale bootlegging. We talk recipes pulled from old ledgers, why certain...
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A Live Bourbon On The Banks Festival Deep Dive Into Yellowstone’s 2026 Limited Edition with Stephen Fante
Send us Fan Mail We catch up with Stephen Fontaine live at Bourbon on the Banks and dig into what makes Yellowstone’s limited releases feel intentional instead of gimmicky. The talk goes from port-cask finishing and proof choices to cigars, conservation, dusty bottles, and how bourbon history is...
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Old-School Bourbon, Made On Purpose with Royce Neeley at The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Royce Neeley to talk legacy, craft bourbon grit, and why Neeley Family Distillery bets on pot still character instead of sourced whiskey. We taste Pappaw’s Legacy Reserve, dig into moonshine and barrel-aged experiments, and hear how Rebecca helps turn big ideas...
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What Turns A Bourbon Festival Into A Bourbon Town & We Breakdown Old Elk Cigar Cut Punch Cut
Send us Fan Mail We map out our Bourbon On The Banks weekend in Frankfurt, Kentucky, and share what makes this festival feel different from the bigger Kentucky Bourbon Festival scene. We also run detailed barrel bottle breakdowns of Old Elk Cigar Cut Punch Cut and an OHLQ Armagnac finish, then…
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We Taste Baker’s 13 And Learn Who Baker Beam Is
Send us Fan Mail We crack open a Baker’s 13 Kentucky Bourbon Festival pick reportedly selected by Baker Beam at 90 years old, then put it head-to-head with another Baker’s 13 to see how much single barrel bourbon can vary. Along the way, we dig into Baker Beam’s real distillery story, why 107…
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Russell’s Reserve 13 Breakdown Eddie Russells 45th Anniversary Bottle
Send us Fan Mail We chase the real origin story of Russell’s Reserve, comparing Wild Turkey’s official timeline with Greg Schneider’s account of how an inventory problem may have forced a new premium bourbon brand into existence. Then we pour Russell’s Reserve 13 (45th anniversary) at barrel…
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How Brown-Forman Turned 50 Years Of Chris Morris Into One Bourbon, Kentucky Boy
Send us Fan Mail We taste and rate Brown-Forman’s Kentucky Boy, a resurrected historic label released to honor Chris Morris’s 50-year legacy, and we push past the hype to see if the pour earns the story. We also unpack what’s known and unknown about the blend, why the Kentucky Bourbon Festival…
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A Behind The Scenes Review of The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Send us Fan Mail We retrace our 11-day run through Kentucky leading up to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and tell the real story behind the bottles, the bus tour, the volunteer work, and the people who make Bardstown feel like a second home. We share what went right, what surprised us, and why the...
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King Car A Bourbon Drinker’s Guide To Taiwanese Single Malt
Send us Fan Mail We put our “whiskey without borders” promise to the test by tasting King Car Taiwanese single malt finished in bourbon barrels and arguing over the wildest notes we find. We score it nose, body, taste, and finish, then stack it up against bottles like Highland Park 12 and Johnnie...
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Can Limited Edition Festival Only Releases Fill in For Allocated Releases From The Festival
Send us Fan Mail We get ready for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and relive how a bourbon trip becomes a mix of friends, schedules, and chasing the next great pour. Then we dig into why Michter’s keeps winning us over and argue about whether festival bottle lines count as real bourbon hunting. •...
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Bourbon On The Banks 2026 Insider Guide
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Ansey and Renee to map out Bourbon On The Banks and why a Kentucky River setting, capped tickets, and smart logistics make it feel more like a great hang than a crowded scramble. We share how to plan your pours, find the best single barrel picks, and build a full...
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Peanut Brittle Without The Dentist Knob Creek 12 Cask Strength
Send us Fan Mail We go head to head on Knob Creek 12 Year 2026 at 100 proof versus the rare 121.2 proof cask strength release, asking whether proof actually equals better flavor. The 100 proof impresses with balance and peanut brittle notes, then the cask strength lands a rich butterscotch finish...
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Reviving The Three-Chamber Still With Rebekah Neeley Neeley Family Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We catch up with Rebecca Neely on what’s new at Neely Family Distillery, from a hidden speakeasy room to a rare three-chamber still that’s finally running. We also get deep on blending, finishing, and festival releases, plus the behind-the-scenes chaos of a surprise New Orleans...
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Kosher Bourbon Requires Planning Years Ahead & Buffalo Trace and the cRc has done Just That
Send us Fan Mail We taste Buffalo Trace’s three CRC certified kosher whiskeys and dig into the real reason they exist: Passover rules turn barrel aging into an ownership puzzle that has to be solved years in advance. Along the way, we compare profiles, argue about whether 94 proof is the sweet...
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How The Kentucky Bourbon Festival Sold Out Like A Rock Concert with president Randy Prasse
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Randy Prasse president of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, to talk about how the event sold out at warp speed and why the real reason people return is the friendships and the shared pours. We also dig into what’s new on the grounds this year, how distilleries are...
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How Two Merchant Mariners Built KO A Virginia Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with the founders of KO Distilling to trace how a Ravens game conversation turned into a Virginia craft distillery with serious bourbon and cask strength rye. We get candid about equipment upgrades, control-state distribution, barrel strategy, and why barrel picks…
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A Guided Tour Of Four Roses Ten Recipes
Send us Fan Mail We turn the Four Roses 10 Recipe Tasting Kit into a hands-on bourbon class, testing how two mash bills and five yeast strains can reshape flavor in the glass. We rank our favorites, compare the kit to an OBSK single barrel, then build a custom blend to chase the perfect balance…
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Makers Mark Star Hill Farm Showdown 2025 vrs 2026
Send us Fan Mail We put Maker’s Mark Star Hill Farm American Wheat Whiskey 2025 and 2026 in the ring and score them side by side to see what changed and which one drinks better. Along the way, we get into why wheat needs oxygen, why Maker’s Mark is treating this as a vintage-style annual release,...
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How Ed Bley Builds Rising Tide Spirits From Barrel Picks Plus Hurry His Double Brand Rye Release
Send us Fan Mail One great bourbon story can change your whole drinking life, and Ed Blake’s starts with a bottle he avoided for years. After a bad early run-in with bourbon, he returns to it later through a Pappy Van Winkle 15 and suddenly the rabbit hole opens. From there, we follow the real…
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Reviving A Forgotten Bourbon Name with Bill McBrayer Of McBrayer Distilling
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Bill McBrayer to trace how a forgotten Kentucky bourbon legacy turns into a living brand, starting with a family story, a trademark deadline, and a mash bill hidden in the historical record. We talk through the hard parts of building a whiskey company the right...
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When Hype Fades, What Makes Whiskey Worth Buying & Why The Current Bourbon Market Favors Craft Distilleries
Send us Fan Mail We dig into why bourbon demand cooled after years of explosive growth and why that shift could be a gift to craft distilleries that focus on quality and real relationships. We swap stories from the trail, debate what “craft” even means, and share how pricing, distribution, and…
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Big Easy Vrs Milkshake In A Barrel-Proof Booker's Review
Send us Fan Mail We go deep on Booker’s Bourbon and put two 2026 batches head to head, chasing the uncut, unfiltered barrel-strength experience Booker Noe wanted people to taste. Big Easy Batch brings the classic Beam backbone while Milkshake Batch surprises us with dessert-like sweetness that...
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What Happens When Augusta Single Barrel Brand Chooses To Blend with Master Distiller Alex Castle & Brand Ambassador Matt Groves
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Alex Castle and Matt Grove to talk about how Augusta Distillery grows fast without losing its cask strength, unfiltered identity. We dig into the Ohio OHLQ collaboration, why the $59 small batch matters, and how meeting people in stores and at festivals turns…
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Hayner Distilling Rebuilds A Legacy By Reverse-Engineering A 1904 Bourbon
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Greg from Hayner Distilling to trace a 150-year Ohio whiskey legacy from 1866 through Prohibition to a modern revival built on blending, transparency, and great barrels. We also dig into what makes a memorable tasting-room experience and why limited releases and...
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Indian Creek, Reviving A Family Whiskey Legacy On An Ohio Farm
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Missy and Joe of Indian Creek Distillery to trace a sixth-generation family whiskey legacy and the hidden copper pot stills that survived Prohibition. We taste frontier-style spirits, talk craft versus efficiency, and explore why Ohio’s whiskey story deserves…
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How Middle West Spirits Scales Craft Whiskey Without Losing Its Soul
Send us Fan Mail We sit down at Middle West Spirits in Columbus with Steve Frederick to unpack how an Ohio grain-to-glass distillery scales up without losing what makes the whiskey special. Along the way we taste new Old Elk bottles coming out of Columbus, dig into finishes like Armagnac and...
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Doug McLaughlin Master Distiller Inside M And O Spirits: Long Ferments And Double Oak Flavor
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Doug McLaughlin of M&O Spirits to hear how a film-and-production background turned into a grain-to-glass distillery south of Columbus. We taste through Ta-Da, Pumpkin Spice, Black, Smoke, and a cask strength pour while Doug breaks down the process choices that…
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How Drew Thorn Builds 10 To 14 Year Whiskey & Blends SilverThorn
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Drew Thorn of Silverthorn Reserve to trace his path from brewing and engineering into building whiskey brands, then we taste through his new lineup with a blender’s eye for detail. Along the way, we get a rare look at how older sourced barrels become small-batch,...
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Liberty Reserve Bourbon With 4 Branches Gregg Snyder and Rick Franco
Send us Fan Mail We raise a sip to remember, then dig into how Four Branches turns military roots into real whiskey quality and real giveback. We taste Liberty Reserve, break down the blending and double-oak choices behind it, and talk honestly about what it takes to grow a craft bourbon brand...
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The Fresh Victor Nine Juice Bottle Bar Cart
Send us Fan Mail We lose our planned guest and turn the night into a live cocktail lab, tasting Fresh Victor mixers straight and then building drinks with bourbon, rum, tequila, vodka, and gin. The surprises are how intense the mixers are on their own, how fast “equal parts” gets you to a great...
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How Rolling Fork Turns Rum, Rye, And Rare Brandy Into rare Bottles with Turner Wathen
Send us Fan Mail We taste through Rolling Fork’s most interesting bottles with Turner Wathan and unpack how a rum-first company ends up leading with Armagnac, Calvados, and a revived Kentucky bourbon label. Along the way, we get the real story behind Fortuitous Union, the Bourbon Deluxe comeback,...
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America 250 Barrel-Strength Bourbon with Dark Arts Whiskey House Macaulay Minton
Send us Fan Mail A barrel can be magic, or it can be ruined before it ever touches whiskey. We sit down with Macaulay Mitten (Dark Arts Whiskey House, aka The Bourbon Swami) to get painfully specific about what separates a memorable finish from a disaster: producer selection, barrel handling,...
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Greg Keeley Master Distiller Larrikin Bourbon Co
Send us Fan Mail We hang out with Greg Keeley from Larican Bourbon Company and trace how a military career, a Kentucky road trip and a string of coincidences turn into a real bourbon distillery with a loyal following. We taste and talk through what sells, what the maker actually likes, and how…
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How Honey Shaped Bourbon From Mead & Hot Toddies To Dark Arts
Send us Fan Mail We trace how honey moved from ancient mead to American whiskey culture, then taste modern honey expressions to see what the hype gets right. We also get honest about the messy line between “finished” and “flavored” and why labels and proof matter as much as sweetness. • honey as...
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How Oregon Oak And Scottish Peat Shape A Bold American Single Malt with Master Distiller Caitlin Bartlemay
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with master distiller Caitlin Bartlemay to dig into why American single malt keeps gaining ground and why McCarthy’s still stands out after decades on the shelf. We get practical about peat, Oregon oak maturation, proof, climate, and what it takes to steward a whiskey...
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Homemade Old Fashioned Versus Bottled And Barrel-Aged with Our Scotchy Bourbon Boy Mixoligist CT!
Send us Fan Mail We put the Old Fashioned to the test by tasting bottled RTDs, pre-batched bar styles, and homemade builds to see where convenience truly holds up. We dig into history, ingredients, proof, and technique, then land on what we’d actually buy again and what we’d rather fix with our…
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How Blind Barrels Turns Blind Tasting Into Discovery With Founder Bobby DeMars
Send us Fan Mail We taste and talk through the Blind Barrels model with Bobby, from sourcing craft whiskey to building a blind lineup that rewards curiosity over hype. We leave with a better way to buy bourbon, rye, and American single malt based on what we actually enjoy, not what the label…
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What Is On The Bourbon Shelf In 2026 We Walk You Through 1 Brand at a Time
Send us Fan Mail We walk the bourbon aisles in May 2026 and track what is genuinely sitting on shelves, what has become a reliable repeat buy, and what still feels like a surprise. The big story is availability and pricing shifting in real time, with several formerly allocated bottles now showing...
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How Oak Shapes Flavor In Bourbon And Wine
Send us Fan Mail We get honest about what really builds bourbon flavor and why the barrel may be the single most important ingredient after distillation. We compare bourbon rickhouses to wine cellars, then bring in cooperage expertise on toast, char, white oak chemistry, and why great barrels…
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A Walk Through Lexington’s Brewery Distillery With Dave Bob
Send us Fan Mail We hang out with Dave Bob from Lexington Brewing & Distilling and get a guided walk through Town Branch, from the visitor center that feels like an Irish street to the barrels that shape everything. Along the way we taste through beers, bourbons and American single malts and end…
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Buffalo Trace Expanded By Billions And Why They Still Dominate The Allocated Bourbon Market
Send us Fan Mail We taste and score Weller 12 bottle by bottle, then zoom out to why Buffalo Trace keeps winning even as the bourbon market cools. We dig into the $1.2B expansion, the aging-time reality behind “scarcity”, and how marketing and mindset shape what we think we taste. • Weller 12...
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A Guided Whiskey War Food Pairing At High Bank Distillery
Send us Fan Mail We set up inside High Bank’s barrel-filled war room and taste Whiskey War through a full brunch pairing that changes what we smell, taste, and remember. We also break down how blending, proof, and finishing choices shape a bottle, plus why the restaurant experience matters as…
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Fermentation Is The Hidden Engine Of Bourbon, It Really Is Rocket Science
Send us Fan Mail We chase the real engine of whiskey flavor by breaking down fermentation from mash temperatures and enzymes to yeast behavior and the distiller’s beer that feeds the still. Then we pivot from science to the glass with a George Dickel 15-year Tennessee whiskey single barrel…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Scotchy Bourbon Boys love Whiskey and every thing about the industry! Martin "Super Nash", Jeff "Tiny", Rachel "Roxy" Karl "Whisky" and Chris "CT" all make up The Scotchy Bourbon Boys! Join us in talking everything and anything Whiskey, with the innovators, and distillers around the globe. Go behind the scenes of making great whiskey and learn how some of the best in the whiskey industry make their product! Remember good whiskey means great friends and good times! Go out and Live Your Life Dangerously!
HOSTED BY
Jeff Mueller, Martin Nash, Karl Henley,Chris thompson, Rachel Mueller
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The Scotchy Bourbon Boys love Whiskey and every thing about the industry! Martin "Super Nash", Jeff "Tiny", Rachel "Roxy" Karl "Whisky" and Chris "CT" all make up The Scotchy Bourbon Boys! Join us in talking everything and anything Whiskey, with the innovators, and distillers around the globe. Go...
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