#1 - An Introduction: What Whiskey is What?

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Episode 1 is here!

The question I hear most often is “How do I know what to buy, and if I’ll like it?” - It’s a fair question, and if I’m being honest, I learned by buying bottles of whiskey that looked interesting and trying them myself or with a group of close friends. I developed my palate and know what I like and dislike. However, I recognize that this isn’t the most cost-effective way to go about it!

One of our inspirations is the format of Hot Ones with Sean Evans – where he interviews celebrities while they partake in different hot sauces. While we aren’t aiming for celebrities, we are interested in getting to know people as they get to know whiskey. Fun and introspective questions designed to get to know someone in the same fashion as Inside the Actors Studio with James Lipton. Whiskey only helps to make the answers more honest!

The goal is to keep each of these episodes to 45 mins or less and edit in a way that is interesting and engaging. But we can’t improve without feedback- so please, I encourage your thoughts and opinions on how to improve the show!

These first 2 episodes are intended to build a brief foundation for you to understand what whiskey is and what makes it tick. In Episode 2 I’ll dive further and discuss the difference between small batch, single barrel, single malt, bottled in bond, barrel proof, cask strength, and all the other fancy words you often find on a bottle – and I’ll do my best to save you from silly marketing buzz words on bottles and bust some myths about price points and age.

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