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The Fred Minnick Show — 263 episodes

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Bourbon Review: Eagle Rare 30 Year

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The Big Bourbon Lie And How It Happened

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5 Must Have Bourbons for Beginners

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Terry Bradshaw and Fred Minnick LIVE From Pittsburgh

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Best Bourbon of The Year, So Far? Rare Perfection 10 Year Reviewed

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How Things Change: Tin Cup 10 Year Review

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Bottom Shelf Talk at the New Canaan Library in Connectcut

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10 Best Bourbons Under $60

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Bourbon Review: Heaven Hill 22 Year Old

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From War Trauma to Bourbon: Fred Minnick's Bottom Shelf Story

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Buffalo Trace's Bourbon Empire Just Got Bigger

12

Traveller Full Proof Whiskey Review

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Bourbon Review: Perhaps The Greatest Barrel Pick of My Career

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The State of Bourbon With Former Brown-Forman EVP

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Bourbon Review: 2025 George T. Stagg

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Bourbon Review: Barrell 20 Year

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Jim Gaffigan And Bourbon

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3 Most Disappointing American Whiskeys of 2025

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Reviewed: Woodford Reserve 12-Year-Old American Single Malt

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Bourbon Review: Pinhook 10 Year

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Holy Hazmat! Reviewed: Jack Daniel's Special Release Tanyard Hill Rye

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EXCLUSIVE: The State of Craft Whiskey

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Bourbon Review: Colonel EH Taylor Distiller's Council, $1,500

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Jack Daniel's Distillery Series No. 15: Sweet Mash Tennessee Whiskey

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Bourbon Review: Jackson Purchase Full Proof Bourbon Batch 1

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Bourbon Review: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B523 + Age Statement Rant (Recorded in 2023)

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When Fred Bootlegged Bourbon

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Jack Daniel's Blackberry Tennessee Whiskey Review

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Whiskey Review: 2025 Parker's Heritage 11 year American Whiskey

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Bourbon Review: Elijah Craig A125

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Are You Experiencing Bourbon Burnout?

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Rob McElhenney Talks Wrexham, The New Season of It's Always Sunny, Eagles and Four Walls Whiskey

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The Interview: Country Artist Eric Church & Whiskey JYPSI

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Interview: Tzvi Wiesel, BAXUS CEO

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The Interview: Musicians Shane Smith and Bennett Brown

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The Interview: Country Artist Dani Rose

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The Interview: Country Artist Drew Holcomb

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The Interview: Singer-Songwriter Brittney Spencer

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The Interview: Singer Danielle Bradbery

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Talking College Wrestling on Big 12 Radio on TuneIn

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The Interview: Pitmaster Pat Martin

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The Interview: Musician Dierks Bentley

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The Interview: Former NFL Star Jared Allen

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The Interview: Country Artist Hannah Dasher

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The Interview: Country Artist Jordan Davis

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This Barrel Pick is Delicious!

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The Interview: Dan Gable

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Live Bourbon Tasting: Penelope 11 Year Wheat, Still Austin Tanager, Frank August Case Study 4 & More

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The Interview: Comedian Carlos Mencia

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Bourbon and Glassware Trends of 2024: Will They Stay?

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The Interview: Comedian Andy Richter

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The Interview: Figure Skater Scott Hamilton

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The Interview: TV Personality Tom Schwartz

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Drinking Beer with The Iconic Dan Gable

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Get The Inside Scoop: Derek Trucks' Exclusive Interview And AWP Whiskey Secrets Revealed!

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The Interview: Musician Gavin Rossdale

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The Interview: Actor Glenn Howerton

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The Interview: Barbecue Pitmaster Burt Bakman

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Bourbon Review: Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2024

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Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame Induction Speeches

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The Interview: Eric Ladin, Part 2

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The Interview: Eric Ladin

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The Interview: Ian Somerhalder

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Bourbon Review: Garrison Brothers Laguna Madre

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Bourbon Review: Old Fitzgerald 10-Year Decanter, Spring 2024

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The Interview: Yelawolf

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Bourbon Review: Green River Full Proof

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2024 Michter's Cask Strength Rye Review

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Bourbon Review: Larceny Barrel Proof A124

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5 Bourbons That Excite Me in 2024

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My 2024 Bourbon Predictions

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The Interview: Brande Roderick

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Bourbon Review: Seelbach's 9 Year Cask Strength

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5 Biggest Shockers of My Top 100

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Bourbon Review: Penelope Barrel Strength

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Bourbon Review: Wild Turkey Generations

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The Interview: Graham McTavish

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Whiskey Reviews: Angel's Envy Cask Strength Rye and Bourbon

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The Interview: Bad Religion

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The Interview: Amanda Vance

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Bourbon Review: King of Kentucky

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Bourbon Review: 2023 William LaRue Weller

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The Interview: Maynard James Keenan

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Bourbon Review: Eagle Rare 17 Year

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Actor Chantelle Albers Interview

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Voting in The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | Music Promotor Peter Shapiro

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NFL Draft Preview: Ricky Stromberg, Center, University of Arkansas

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NFL Prospects Nick Herbig and Carrington Valentine | NFL Draft

89

Today Show's Craig Melvin | Tasted: Michter's 10 Year Bourbon, Gold Foil Wild Turkey 12 Year and More

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Shinedown's Barry Kerch | The Evolution of Rock

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Happy Bottled in Bond Day!

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Who Wins The Super Bowl? NFL Icon Jared Allen Shares His Opinion Over 80-Year Scotch

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NFL All Pro Jeremy Reaves | Who Makes The Super Bowl? | Michter's 10 Year Rye

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Theory Of A Deadman | OKI Batch 10

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Dierks Bentley | Michter's 20 Year and 2022 Parker's Heritage

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Cole Hauser, aka Rip Wheeler in Yellowstone | Old Rip Van Winkle

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Rob Ingraham of The Revivalists

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Crown The Empire | Way Too Much Bourbon

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Houndmouth | Jack Daniel's Triple Mash vs. Blanton's

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Royal & the Serpent | Would You Cook With NyQuil? | Parlor Root Beer Tasting

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BONUS: Interview with distiller Todd Leopold of Leopold Brothers

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Australian Rock Band Airbourne Learns About Bourbon Taters | Blanton's

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The Blue Stones + The Vampire Diaries Stars Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley | 1930s Old Timbrook Kentucky Bourbon

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We Came As Romans | New Album: Darkbloom | Russell's Reserve Single Rickhouse

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What is the Greatest Song of All Time? | Double Header: The Struts and Marcus King | 1960s Old Crow

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Jelly Roll | 'I Want to Get Music To The People' | Old Forester Birthday Bourbon

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BBC Radio's Daniel Carter | Louder Than Life Recap | Beam Legacy 15-Year

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LIVE From Bourbon & Beyond: NEEDTOBREATHE

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Yelawolf Returns | Transitioning From Rap to Rock | 18-Year Rye + Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real

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What's It Like Running a Restaurant in a Pandemic? | Marc Branden Shelton | Stagg Jr.

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We May Have Found The GOAT Podcast Guest | Fantasy Football Guru Paul Charchian Ascends to Tasting Lore

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What's Up With Tom Brady? NFL Network's Mike Garafolo Returns to Talk Quarterbacks | Russell's Reserve 6 Year

113

Kentucky Bourbon Benefit: New Riff Preview

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Kentucky Bourbon Benefit: Wild Turkey Preview with Master Distiller Eddie Russell

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Model Holly Stocks | Wearing Hats and Cowboy Boots | Michter's Toasted 2018

116

LIVE Bourbon Reviews

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GWAR Returns | Catoctin Creek Tasting

118

Private Jets, Movie Sets and Treats | Inside the World of a Celebrity Dog Trainer | Proof & Wood 18 Year Whiskey

119

Who Makes the Best Barbecue? Austin Meade Discusses Time on the Road + Blind Whiskey Tasting

120

Breaking News: NFL Network's Ian Rapoport Puts His Phone Down for Bourbon

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Is That Body Spray You Taste In Bourbon? Guest: Comedian Natalie Cuomo

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5 Available American Whiskeys Worth The Hunt

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We Came As Romans' Dave Stephens

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Possible Whiskey Critic Kidnapping | Glenn Howerton | 15 Years of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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Slipknot's Clown: 'I Drink Bourbon Out of' of Grammy Award, Reveals 'True' Feelings About Band's Music Rerelease

126

Southern Rapper Jelly Roll: 'Jesus Would Drive A Harley' Rerelease

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Should I Invest in Crypto? | Madison Malloy | St. Lucia Chairman's Reserve 1931

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The History of Private Barrel Selections | 1972 Old Fitzgerald | Joe Wilson

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Tequila and Mezcal Tasting | Metal Lords | Sirius XM's Jose Mangin

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Ian Somerhalder | The Best Celebrity Palate | 1942 Old Timbrook 5-Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

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Discovering Mezcal & Vegan Menus | Gilbert Marquez | Vintage Eagle Rare

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The Aromatic Note of 'Dirty Feet' | Candace Devine

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What Is The Fastest Growing Bourbon? No. 1 Surprised Me

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'Rock and Roll is Cocaine & Hookers' | Kevin Martin of Candlebox Interview | Eagle Rare 17 Year

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Does Proof Matter in Cocktails? | Black Manhattan | Heather Wibbels

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Can Bourbon Mix with Religion? | Lucas Hoge | Uncle Nearest

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Matisyahu | Coffee Tasting | The Story of 'Vegan Chef Jack' on Tour

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Irish Whiskey | Singer-Songwriter Gareth Dunlop | What's The Greatest TV Intro Song?

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Rising Country Star Matt Koziol | Do You Like the TV Show 'Jersey Shore'? | Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Taste Off

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Top 25 Bourbons Around $40

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Grammy Nominated Songwriter Autumn Rowe | Fred Writes a Song | Blue Note 17 Year

142

Jackie Summers | Rye Whiskey Blind Flight: Catoctin Creek, Cascade Moon 13 Year, New Riff, Old Forester and Whiskey Acres

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NFL Network | Mike Garafolo | Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Single Barrel

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Amos Lee Tastes Bourbon For First Time In A Decade | New Album 'Dreamland'

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Russ Smith, aka 'Russdiculous' | Blind Bourbons: Smoke Wagon, Rabbit Hole, Four Roses, Maker's 46 & Four Gate

146

Michael Myers: From photographing Angelina Jolie to Colorado Whiskey

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What Does $30,000 Whisky Taste Like?

148

A Look Back on 2021 With Special Guest--My Wife

149

Happy New Year: How To Cure Your Hangover

150

How The New York Whiskey Bar Scene Has Changed + New Barrel Aged Coffee

151

The State of Coffee with The Founder of Nguyen Coffee Supply

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Queen of Christmas Music: 'I haven't had a drink if 5 years.' So, I Sent Her Bourbon.

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We've Raised $1.6 Million So Far

154

For Tornado Victims, Kentucky Bourbon Benefit, Day 1: $500k Raised. Let's Keep Going

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Tornado Relief Auction: Kentucky Bourbon Benefit

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Tasting the 2021 Angel's Envy Cask Strength with Clay Risen

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Country Icon Clay Walker Opens Up About MS, Religion and His Love for Good Bourbon

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Holiday Gift Guide: You'll Never Guess What is No. 1

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B-Real Pairs Weed to Bourbon | That One Time Bruce Willis Toked | Barrell Seagrass

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Houndmouth's Matt Myers Considered Quitting | Arby's Gotta Vodka? | Spirits of French Lick

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Kelleigh Bannen Digs 291 Colorado Whiskey | Mental Health and Healing | Christmas Music in July

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Who Doesn't Like Banana Notes in Bourbon? Country Star Dillon Carmichael

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Perez Hilton Gags on Van Winkle Bourbon | State of Influencers and Cancel Culture | Redemption Tour

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Whiskey Myers Starts a Bourbon | Michter's Toasted Tasting | Who Died In Yellowstone?

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Miss America Nia Imani Franklin | Basil Hayden's 10 Year | What's It Like Being Miss America?

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LOCASH Drops Weller 12 Year Old Like It's Hot

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Faith No More’s Billy Gould | Serbian Drinking Customs | Why Young Rye Is Good | Michter’s 10 Year Rye

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Actor Jeffrey Wright | 'Story Can Carve Through Misinformation' | Uncle Nearest

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Meet The Money Men of Music | Who Is The Lowest Paid in Music? | Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond 9 Year

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Oxford Road's Dan Granger | Rattlesnakes In Whiskey | Theodore Roosevelt Love Affair | 1978 Eagle Rare

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Our Lady Peace Raine Maida | Michter's 10 year | Songs Raine Won't Play | Sipping Tea in Iraq

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Former UK and Sweden Ambassador Matthew Barzun | Foursquare Rums | Is Compromise Good?

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Former NFL Quarterback Jay Cutler | Pappy Van Winkle Prices | Aaron Rodgers Thoughts | New Podcast

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Rising Country Star and TikTok Mega Star Hannah Dasher | Parker's Heritage | New Record | Main Influence: Aretha Franklin

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Paul Charchian talks athletes and drinking, more over Pappy Van Winkle

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Clown of Slipknot Gets Busy Blending Bourbon

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Peyton Manning Sips 100-Year-Old Bourbon, Talks NFL Hall of Fame, Coaching Career and More

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Wild Turkey Revival, Elijah Barrel Proof Wows Country Music Star Craig Campbell

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NFL Legend Terry Bradshaw Finds New Home in Bourbon

180

The Tubes' Fee Waybill: Topless Dancers, Richard Marx, Vintage Bourbon & More

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E-40 Remembers Tupac With Vintage Eagle Rare

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What's It Like To Win A Super Bowl? Ndamukong Suh Tells All

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Rachel Lorin Sippin' On Willett, Lagavulin and Foursquare Rum.

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BONUS: 3 Chamber Still Rye: OMG! Plus, Todd Leopold Interview

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Barbecue Chef Rodney Scott Talks New Book, Smoked Meat Over Michter's 10 Year

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New York Times Journalist Jennifer Steinhaur Talks Women in Congress, Loves Old Forester 117

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Sports Talk Personality Steve Czaban Scalds ESPN, Digs Belfour Straight Rye

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Former NFL Player Michael Oher Interview: 'Blind Side,' Pappy Van Winkle & More

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Bonus: GWAR kidnaps Catoctin Creek Owners To Make Whiskey

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Bailey Bryan Talks New Album 'Fresh Start,' Sips Whiskey From a Bowl

191

'Grilling God' Derek Wolf Fires Up the Meats and Whiskey

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Old Forester's Jackie Zykan

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Houndmouth Performs Brand New Song, Falls For Penelope Four Grain

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Heavy Metal Bassist Gabe Crisp of Whitechapel Goes Nuts for Knob Creek 15

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Bonus: A Look At What's New At Kentucky Peerless Distillery

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Rock Band Moon Tooth Talks Performing, Pappy and Pandemic Productivity

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'The Hangover' Executive Producer Bill Fay Talks Movie Business and Falls in Love With Rare Bourbons

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Alyssa Bonagura Remembers Her Time With Steven Tyler. Oh, And She Loves Smoke Wagon

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Rising Country Singer Parker Graye Talks Breakups, Maker's Mark & Bulleit, Writing, Learns She Loves Rum

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BONUS: New Riff Bourbon Barrel Pick

201

Solo Act: My First Concert, A Surprise Bourbon of 2020 and More

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TikTok Star Ethan Trace Talks Acting, OnlyFans and More

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Telecom Mogul Freddie Figgers Talks Inventions, Tech Over Whiskey

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New Lifestyle Spirits Brand Billionaires Row Meets the 1996 Chicago Bulls

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Nashville Songwriter Adam Hambrick Tackles the World's Problems

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Is Rock in Roll Dead? Rival Sons Singer Jay Buchanan Weighs in and Talks Modern Masculinity

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1945 Bourbon Isn't Always Great? Fred and NFL Great Charles Woodson Conclude

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Billy Idol Should Be in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

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What Bourbon Would Batman Drink? DC Comics Artist Weighs In

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What Happens In Tommy Lee's Private Plane? Anthrax's Scott Ian Tells Us

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Best of 2020

212

What Whiskey Should You Pair To Music Genres?

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Ludacris Drinks $15,000 Whiskey Straight From Bottle And Talks About His Career

214

Bonus: Blues Rocker Shawn James Sips 291, Michter's, Four Gate and MB Roland

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Yelawolf: 'Working is the Ultimate Gratitude For Being Alive.' Also, talks Covid scare and new whiskey

216

Monster Jam Driver Cynthia Gauthier Sips Canadian Whisky, Talks Monster Trucks

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Bonus: The Whiskey Made Us Talk Politics and Aliens

218

Wright Thompson Talks Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Legacy and his New Book Pappyland

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BONUS: Rising Country Star Kelley Swindall Shows Her Insecurities Over Michter's and 291 Colorado Whiskey

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GWAR Drummer JiZmak Da Gusha Talks Rock 'n' Roll, Loves Elijah Craig and Spares Fred's Life

221

Uncle Kracker Talks Rap, Candy Bars, Whiskey, Falls in Love With Resilient Bourbon

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Flaming Doctor Peppers with The Crystal Method

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Best Bourbons of the 21st Century: 5 Best and Why

224

ESPN's Trey Wingo Falls in Love With Elijah Craig Toasted, Talks Mike Singletary, NFL and More

225

Country Music Insider Grand Ole Opry's Talent Booker Talks Nashville, Country Music, Sips King of Kentucky and More

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NFL Great Jared Allen Sips Henry McKenna, Redbreast and Salivates for QBs

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Killer Mike Drinks Whiskey, Moonshine and Talks Racial Inequality, Sports, Cartoons and More Over Uncle Nearest, Johnnie Walker Blue

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Mike Golic and Mike Golic Jr. Explore Bourbon, Talk ESPN, Fatherhood and More

229

Rihanna and Shakira Songwriting Partner Daniel Ledinsky Starts New Band, Crushes Redbreast 12 year and Talks American Guilt

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Rising Country Stars Nick Wayne and Hannah Ellis Check in to Sip Jack and Barrell Bourbon

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Derek Trucks Remembers The Allman Brothers Band, Reveals His 'Viking" Bourbon Source and Sips on Weller, Parker's Heritage, Jefferson's and 1940s Four Roses

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Country Star Jordan Davis Sips Larceny, Parker's Heritage, Talks Music in a Pandemic

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Kyla Jade of 'The Voice' Talks Bourbon, Star Trek and Tornadoes - and Gets a Little Sassy

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Emerson Hart of Tonic Falls In Love With Kentucky Owl, Talks Music, History and More

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NFL star Ndamukong Suh Sips 1940s Four Roses And Reveals Tom Brady Is Favorite QB To Hit

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Lee Brice: Talking Whiskey, Country Music and Sipping the Greatest Bourbon Ever Made

237

IMAJ Talks Racism, Confederate Monuments, Country Music and About Her Creative Process

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Meghan Patrick dishes on country music, bourbon, hunting and her breakup with Jack Daniel’s

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Daryl Hall: 50 Years of Hits, New Music in the Works and Embracing Bourbon

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"Nobody Wants To See Their Baby Burn," - Distiller Who Lost Distillery In Minnesota Riots

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Jonny Hawkins of Nothing More Tastes Vintage Old Schenley Rye, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof and More While Talking DIY, Greta Van Fleet, Subjectivity and White Claw

242

Avenged Sevenfold: Johnny Christ Sips Lagavulin 16 Year Old, Stagg Jr., Rare Breed 291 Colorado Whiskey and More In this BONUS livestream recording

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Ashley McBryde Sips Elijah Craig 18-year-old and Gives Us All Hope In The Pandemic

244

Chase Rice Talks Football, Moonshine, Jack Daniel's and Falls in Love with a Wheated Bourbon

245

The Simpsons in a Pandemic: What Harry Shearer Character Would Drink Wine? Plus, Shearer Is On A Mission To Save Live Music and More

246

Mick Fleetwood Sips George T. Stagg, Reveals He Misses Hugs While Isolated, And Talks About Bandmates Peter Green And Neil Finn

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BONUS: NFL All Pro Minnesota Vikings' Kyle Rudolph Sips Bourbon With Fred

248

Amigo The Devil Hates Vodka, Loves Good Bourbon And Talks About His Time on Tinder

249

Slipknot's Clown: 'I Drink Bourbon Out of' of Grammy Award, Reveals 'True' Feelings About Band's Music

250

5-Time Grammy Winner Neil Giraldo Talks MTV, His Latest Passion--Whiskey--and the Future of Music

251

Rock Legend David Byrne Talks Kentucky, First Car, Underwear and Drinks Bourbon

252

Miley Cyrus and Blake Shelton Songwriter Jessi Alexander Launches Album, LOVES bourbon, because 'Momma Drank''

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Rock Band Dead Posey Talks 'Making It' In Music, Drinks Jack Daniel's and EH Taylor

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Willie Nelson's Granddaughter Raelyn Nelson Drinks Woodford Reserve, Talks About Weed & Family

255

Greensky Bluegrass Talks About Artificial Tongues and Drinks Kentucky Owl Rye, Wilderness Trail bourbon and Richland Rum

256

American Idol Winner Trent Harmon Drinks Michter's 20, Four Roses LE Small Batch, Talks Idol, Getting Hacked and More

257

Clare Dunn Drinks Booker's Bourbon, Talks Christianity and How Musicians Get Taken Advantage Of

258

The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Talks Drugs in Music, Extension Cords and Ascots

259

LIVE's Ed Kowalczyk Talks Jack Daniel's, Oklahoma City Bombing & a Potential Band Whiskey

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Alex Ebert Drinks Gin, Grappa and 'Hates Set Lists'

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Southern Rapper Jelly Roll: 'Jesus Would Drive A Harley'

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Lindsay Ell, a Banana Fan, Finds Her Perfect Whiskey. She Also Talks About Stalkers, Losing Equipment and Her Fans

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