The Bourbon Life

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride to Vail, Colorado to chat with Owner and Founder, Ryan Thompson from 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirits Co.

Ryan sits down with the Big Man and chats about the history of 10th Mountain and the storied Army Division it honors. Big Chief takes a trip down memory lane of his Army service. Ryan tells of his dedication to he...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out with Kyle Merklein, Master Distiller, from Holladay Distillery.

The guys talk with Kyle about his educational background and experience, as well as growing up on a farm in Kansas, and how that led him to the world of whiskey and his current role as Master Distiller, the incredible history behind Holladay Distillery and ho...

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride to Blanco, Texas to chat with Master Distiller, Marlene Holmes from Milam and Greene Whiskey.

Marlene sits down with the Big Man and chats about the history of Milam and Greene Whiskey. She also tells her journey through whiskey over the last 35 years, from the rolling blue grass hills of Kentucky to the prickly pair...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out in The Bourbon Life Studios with David Mandell, Co-Founder & CEO, and John Hargrove, Co-Founder, COO, and President, of Whiskey House. David was previously a guest on Episodes 117 and 135 and John was previously a guest on Episode 75

The guys talk with David and John about the respective backgrounds and experience, which ...

This week on The Whiskey Trip podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride to Port Neches, Texas to chat with Tyler Blount, Owner of Neches Brewing Company.

Big Chief has collaborated with Neches Brewing Company and Treaty Oak Distilling on the Big Chief Series of Beers. The first of these is a German Dunkel aged in a Treaty Oak Bourbon for three months.

Tyler and the B...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out with Ray Franklin, Founder & President of Staghorn, Owner of Garrard County Distilling Co.

The guys talk with Ray about his background and experience, including starting a Distillery with the legend himself, Dave Pickerell, and how that experience led him to start Garrard County Distilling Co., how Staghorn was able to bu...

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride to Memphis, Tennessee to chat with Logan Welk President and Chief Operating Officer, from B. R. Distilling Company.

Logan takes the Big Man on a ride learning about the Blue Note Whiskey and B. R. Distilling Company. They chat about Memphis and its love of whiskey in Juke Joints that belt out the blues and give the c...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out with Zach Johnston, Chief Brand Officer and Senior V.P. of International Sales, for Blackwood Distilling Co. in Versailles, Kentucky.

The guys talk with Zach about his incredible background that saw him living in multiple countries over an extended period and working in the spirits industry in multiple roles, including an...

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief showcases the music of the Southeast Texas band Running on Credit. 

This week Big Chief takes a breaks from distilleries and introduces listeners to Running on Credit. This band is straight out of the bayous of Southeast Texas and plays some beautiful country music together.

From th...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, The Bourbon Life Crew (minus Stacey) spends some time hanging out together in The Bourbon Life Studios sharing some great pours and even better conversation.

The Crew talks about whether blended whiskey should, or even could, make a comeback, whether brands are providing too much information on their labels these days and the importance of transparency, and wheth...

In this Special Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, The Bourbon Life Crew is on location at Liquor Barn – Hamburg in Lexington for their Annual Pappy/BTAC Raffle.

The crew talks about the 2023 BTAC and Pappy line-up and the bottles that make up each collection, online versus in-person Bourbon releases, and which bottle each one of them would pick if selected as a winner in the raffle.

They also taste and r...

This week on The Whiskey Trip podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride to Lexington, KY and chats with Macaulay Minton, President and Chief Alchemist for Dark Arts Whiskey House.

Macaulay takes the Big Man on a ride learning about the 7 stages of Whiskey Alchemy and  how they sensed a void in the whiskey industry. Their team would unleash somethi...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out with Dr. Pat Heist, Chief Scientific Officer, Co-Founder, & Co-Owner, of Wilderness Trail Distillery, in Danville, Kentucky.

The guys talk with Pat about his impressive background that led him to start Wilderness Trail with his friend, and Co-Founder, Shane Baker, the incredible growth that the brand has experienced since...

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride to Kentucky and chats with Tripp Stimson, Director of Distillery Operations & Chief Whiskey Scientist for Barrell Craft Spirits.

Tripp takes the Big Man on a ride learning about the history of Barrell Craft Spirits and their unrelenting drive to break the status quo of whiskey by blending products that explore differ...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out in The Bourbon Life Studios with Danny Kahn, Master Distiller and Distillation & Aging Operations Director, from Sazerac.  

The guys talk with Danny about his background and education and how his love for beer and the brewing process eventually led him to become Master Distiller at...

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride to Hutto, Texas and chats with Jimmy Pierce, Master Hatter and Owner, of Jimmy Pierce Designs.

The Big Man visits with one of his new sponsors, who just happens to be a Master Hatter, and who makes beautiful cowboy hats. Jimmy also loves whiskey so these two sit down to talk hats and whiskey. At the end of the Episod...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt, Mark, and Special Co-Host, Chad, spend some time hanging out in The Bourbon Life Studios with Matt Groves, Sales Director, for Augusta Distillery in Augusta, Kentucky.

The guys talk with Matt about growing up in Augusta, Kentucky, as well as his past work experience, and how those factors combined to lead him back home to work for Augusta Distillery, the in...

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes listeners on a ride back to New Orleans, Louisiana and chats with Tracy and Barbara Napolitano, Founders of the New Orleans Bourbon Festival.

Tracy and Barbara take the Big Man through the lineup of events for this year’s festival. From all the seminar speakers, Bourbon Dinners around The Big Easy, to the two-night Grand Tasting of over...

In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out together in The Bourbon Life Studios, sharing some great pours and even better conversation. It’s been a while since it’s just been the two of them together in the studio.

The guys talk about a few brands that they believe might be flying under everyone’s radar but that are putting out some great whiskey, the several diff...