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Chasing the Unicorn: Bourbon & American Whiskey — 131 episodes

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1

Bourbon or Rye: Which One Actually Tells You Your Own Taste? — The Cut — S02E138

2

Should the Best Bourbon Only Go to People Who Show Up? — The Cut — S02E137

3

Is a Held-Back Single Barrel Worth Four Times the Blend? — The Cut — S02E136

4

Does the Label Tell You Who Actually Distilled Your Bourbon? — The Cut — S02E135

5

Can You Trust a Receiver's Timeline in a Bankruptcy Sale? — The Cut — S02E134

6

Birthday Bourbon Trades Louisville Line for Airport Pickup — The Cut Weekend — S02E133

7

Sourced Whiskey Trust Test Fails By Friday — The Cut Weekend — S02E132

8

Cognac-Finished Bourbon or a Distillery's Own Blend — Which Wins? — The Cut — S02E131

9

If Two Bottles Cost the Same, Why Do They Taste Nothing Alike? — The Cut — S02E130

10

Did You Really Win the Bottle, or Just the Right to Prove You're You? — The Cut — S02E129

11

Is a Bourbon Lottery Fairer Than an Overnight Line? — The Cut — S02E128

12

Does It Matter Who Distributes Your Bourbon? — The Cut — S02E127

13

Family Letter Calls Leadership's Direction Stark and Undeniable — The Cut Weekend — S02E126

14

Sazerac's $20M Bankruptcy Buy Reshapes Kentucky — The Cut Weekend — S02E125

15

Is a Bottled Manhattan Beneath a Serious Rye Distillery? — The Cut — S02E124

16

Has the Chase for Bourbon Turned Into a Subscription? — The Cut — S02E123

17

Does What a Bottle Costs Tell You Anything About What's Inside? — The Cut — S02E122

18

Who Actually Pays When a Tariff Hits a Liquor Shelf? — The Cut — S02E121

19

Is Sazerac Buying Up Kentucky Distilleries Good or Bad for Bourbon? — The Cut — S02E120

20

Malted Mummy Debuts at BrewzleFest August 29th — The Cut Weekend — S02E119

21

Weller Weekend Slide Nears Forty Percent Off Peak — The Cut Weekend — S02E118

22

Is Koopers Texas Oak Bourbon Worth the Weekend Presale? — The Cut — S02E117

23

Is This $100 Pappy Van Winkle Raffle Actually Legit? — The Cut — S02E116

24

Is a Longer Bourbon Finish Actually Better? — The Cut — S02E115

25

Is Maker's Mark 46 Worth the Hype After Its 99-Point Score? — The Cut — S02E114

26

Is Redemption's New Bonded Bourbon Actually a Deal? — The Cut — S02E113

27

Hanger Foundation Raffle: $100 Tickets, No Cap — The Cut Weekend — S02E112

28

Chattanooga's Moldovan Ice Wine Barrel Finish — The Cut Weekend — S02E111

29

Is Terry Bradshaw's Bourbon Cocktail Menu Worth Ordering? — The Cut — S02E110

30

Why Did Old Elk Release Three Bourbons at Once? — The Cut — S02E109

31

Is Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon Worth $249.99? — The Cut — S02E108

32

Can You Blend Two Rye Mash Bills in One Bottled-in-Bond Whiskey? — The Cut — S02E107

33

A Bourbon Brand Ships Whiskey to England — Now It's Opening Its Own Distillery — The Cut — S02E106

34

Frey Ranch Caps Its Farm Club At 500 — The Cut Weekend — S02E105

35

RNDC Bankruptcy and MGP's 59-Percent Slide — The Cut Weekend — S02E104

36

A Hat Company's Bourbon vs. the Distillery That Made It — The Cut — S02E103

37

Garrison Brothers Wants You to Wait Two Years — The Cut — S02E102

38

A $39.99 Bourbon Just Held Its Price Two Years Running — The Cut — S02E101

39

Bottled-in-Bond Just Left Bourbon Behind — The Cut — S02E100

40

Old Elk Released Three Bourbons in One Day to Prove a Point — The Cut — S02E99

41

Garrison Brothers Hye Rye Pre-Sale Closes August 10th — The Cut Weekend — S02E98

42

Garrison Brothers Pre-Sells a 2028 Hye Rye — The Cut Weekend — S02E97

43

Old Elk's Three-Bottle Bourbon Experiment — The Cut — S02E96

44

Six Bottles of Pappy, One $100 Ticket, Tonight — The Cut — S02E95

45

Three Bourbons, One Decade, One $70 Price — The Cut — S02E94

46

A Bourbon Just Spent 27 Months in a Pineapple Cask — The Cut — S02E93

47

A Kentucky Distillery Just Turned the Lights Back On — The Cut — S02E92

48

Birthday Bourbon Lands Early, Before September 2 Release — The Cut Weekend — S02E91

49

Old Fitzgerald Beats Weller in Blind Tasting — The Cut Weekend — S02E90

50

A $27 Bottle Just Beat Weller Blind — The Cut — S02E89

51

This Free Bourbon Lottery Closes at Midnight — The Cut — S02E88

52

Your Cheap Bourbon Just Got a Price Hike — The Cut — S02E87

53

New Riff Just Turned Eight Years Old — The Cut — S02E86

54

Your $23 Bourbon Just Got Scarcer — The Cut — S02E85

55

Michter’s and Stagg Lotteries Close Monday July 20th — The Cut Weekend — S02E84

56

AWIB July 18, 2026: Live gatherings and resale drama across four distinct reader angles

57

A $15 Gap Her Staff Couldn’t Guess

58

One Founder, Thirty Barrels, One Winner

59

One Price Held, One Didn’t

60

Peerless Opens a Second Door

61

Heaven Hill Bet Against Itself

62

Four Roses 2026 Pre-Allocation Closes July 18

63

Wild Turkey 101 Beats Pricier Bottles, 3 of 4

64

A $28 Bourbon Keeps Beating $80 Ones

65

Ohio’s Free Stagg Lottery Closes Sunday

66

Four Roses 2026 Pre-Allocation: Buy It Before It Exists

67

E.H. Taylor Jr. BiB 2026: The Man Who Passed the Law, $69.99

68

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof E926: $74.99 Before the Floor Closes

69

Four Roses 2026 Pre-Allocation Closes Today

70

Mount Vernon's $1,000 Spirit of '76, 350 Bottles

71

Same Mash Bill, 2.4 Proof Points, and a Verdict Worth Knowing

72

Two Bottles Per Person: Michter's 10-Year Walk-Up at $159.99

73

No Lottery: Wild Turkey Barrel Proof Confirmed at $59.99

74

Birthday Bourbon Shrank a Year: What the Age Drop Means

75

$99 for 18 Years: Knob Creek Pre-Allocation Closes Tonight

76

Michter's Toasted Barrel Walk-Up Opens July 11

77

Wild Turkey Drops Two Master's Keep Bottles Simultaneously

78

Wild Turkey Just Solved Comparison Shopping

79

Eighteen Years. Eighty-Nine Dollars. Tonight Only.

80

Everyone Else Dropped. This Bottle Didn't.

81

Seventy-Two Hours. Then It's Gone.

82

Your Retailer Got the Letter. You Didn't.

83

Elijah Craig 18 Pre-Allocation Closes Thursday

84

Elijah Craig 18 Undercuts Eagle Rare 17 by Ten Dollars

85

280 Upvotes Settled the Father's Day Bourbon Debate

86

A $70 Bottle Ships Today. Pappy Doesn't.

87

Tomorrow Is Your Last Father's Day Call

88

One Bottle Per Day. No Application.

89

Heaven Hill Just Undercut Eagle Rare 17

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Heaven Hill Just Undercut Eagle Rare 17 — The Cut — S02E50

91

Four Roses LESB 2026 Blind Commitment at 108.2 Proof

92

Garrison Brothers Earns Texas's First Bottled-in-Bond

93

National Bourbon Day Debate Has Real Numbers and a Deadline on One Side

94

Wild Turkey Triumph's $199.99 Window Closes in Four Days While Secondary Quotes $320

95

Three Bourbons, Three Prices, One Father's Day Deadline: The Gift Map Is Unusually Clean

96

E.H. Taylor Jr. BiB Approved: Get on the List Before the Press Release Drops

97

BTAC Lottery Is Open — $129 Gets You George T. Stagg

98

Pappy Van Winkle Lotteries Open Starting July 22

99

Elijah Craig 130.4 and Four Roses 108.2 Converge

100

The $70 Bottle Just Won Father's Day — Larceny Barrel Proof A926 vs. Wild Turkey Triumph

101

Two $79.99 Windows Close Tonight — Old Fitz BiB vs. ECBP C926

102

108.2 Proof: Four Roses 2026 LESB Pre-Allocation Opens Before the Recipe Drops

103

130.4 Proof: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 Pre-Allocation Closes Thursday at $79.99

104

Beam's Clermont Distillery Restarts: 14 Weeks Dark and What It Means for Bourbon Through 2035

105

The Cheaper, Older Bottle Is Still Available

106

Ohio's BTAC Lottery Closes Tonight — Free Entry

107

Wild Turkey's 17-Year Just Confirmed 11,400 Bottles

108

The Proof Just Confirmed Your Next Woodford Buy

109

A Tax Law Just Expanded Your Bourbon Shelf — Heaven Hill 2033

110

No Lottery Required: Old Fitz BiB 15-Year Is at Walk-Up in Louisville Now

111

Free Stagg Lottery Entry Is Live in Two States

112

A $70 Bottle Beat the $200 Shelf | Larceny C926 Closes Tomorrow

113

TTB Locked September's Best Bottle | Birthday Bourbon 2026 Confirmed

114

Eddie Russell Opens the Rickhouse | $125 Flavor Map | The Cut

115

The Cut — May 15, 2026 — Hard Truth French Oak Closes Tonight | $65 vs $109 | The Cut

116

The Cut — May 14, 2026 — Michter's Fort Nelson Open Now | $119.99 vs $235 Secondary | The Cut

117

The Cut — May 13, 2026 — Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 Confirmed | $79.99, 14 Years, No Lottery | The Cut

118

The Cut — May 12, 2026 — Booker's Charlie's Batch 2026 Official Specs | $100 Cask-Strength Tonight | The Cut

119

The Cut — May 11, 2026 — Wild Turkey Documents 3-Generation Succession | Michter's 25S1 Opens Today | The Cut

120

Brown-Forman Stock Pops 14.2% On Sazerac Bid — The Cut

121

Sazerac Bids $15 Billion for Brown-Forman

122

Whiskey Riot Boston Opens Tonight — 240 Pours

123

Brown-Forman Cuts Louisville While Expanding Lynchburg

124

Bardstown Lottery Opens — More Bottles Than Entrants

125

Master's Keep 2026 — Smallest Run Since 2018 Revival

126

Three Regional Ryes Just Landed — Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland

127

Pappy 23 Hammers at $2,750 — 47% Off Peak

128

Bourbon Blind Tastings—Putting Your Palate to the Test

129

Bourbon Myths and Misconceptions Debunking Common Beliefs about the Spirit

130

Water Works The Impact of Water Sources on Bourbon

131

Whiskey Wanderlust Planning Your Bourbon Adventures