The Fred Minnick Show

When @GWAR launched their whiskey collaboration last year, Fred feared for his life, as he tasted their whiskey. If he didn't like it, they may have eaten him and sent his corpse to Antarctica. But he was spared.

Their second batch with Catoctin Creek is out now, and he reviews it before the mighty BERSERKER BLÓTHAR, BÄLSÄC THE JAWS 'O DEATH and JIZMAK DA GUSHA. Will he survive this round?

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Celebrity dog trainer Ali Hemyari of Nashville K9 sips some bourbon and talks about what it's like handling famous dogs, training them for the movies and how he manages a company that has a private plane just for the pups. He also answers: What is the best breed for a family? Along with many training tidbits for you dog lovers at home.

On the tasting menu: Glass A) Penelope 4 Grain; Glass B) Chicken Cock 20 Year Canadian Rye; a...

Alternative rocker Austin Meade joins the show to discuss his musical genre, learns how to taste whiskey and opines on his favorite barbecue spot in Texas.

The blind tasting: Glass A) Proof & Wood American Blend. Glass B) McBrayer; and Glass C) 21 year Chicken Cock Canadian Rye


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How is bourbon treated in the NFL?

Joining The Fred Minnick Show , NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport shares how America's spirit is shared and treated in the world's greatest league over sipping a few bourbons. Rapoport opens up about what it's like covering the country's most popular sport and his wife shows off her tasting skills.

Rapoport is a reporter for NFL Network, covering league business, player news and m...

Have you ever tasted Axe Body Spray in a whiskey? Well, that's the subject great debate in this week's episode.

This week’s guest is stand-up comedian Natalie Cuomo who, in addition to doing stand-up, is also host of the podcast “Help! With Natalie Cuomo.” Formally trained as an actor, she currently hosts a weekly comedy show at The Stand Comedy Club in New York. A tattoo enthusiast, she also is a regular contributor to Ink...

This week on The Fred Minnick Show, Dave Stephens sips Journeyman Corsetts Whips and Whiskey, which won Best in Show at this year's ASCOT Awards. 

Stephens is lead vocalist for the heavy metal band We Came As Romans, based in Detroit, Michigan. The band, which formed in 2005, has five albums to its credit, with another album, Darkbloom, set for release in the fall. While the band has undergone numerous personnel changes over th...

Fred sits down with Joe Wilson, curator of the Whisky Auctioneer site, and discusses the hist ory of private barrel selections and the state of American whiskey in auctions. 

In past auctions, Michter's and WhistlePig releases have been going head-to-head with Pappy Van Winkle, the most sought after bourbon in the contemporary sense. 

They also taste a couple rare gems distilled at Stitzel-Weller in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Over the years, Fred Minnick has tasted with hundreds of celebrities and notable humans. And while he's discovered many fine tasters, in this week's interview on The Fred Minnick Show, Ian Somerhalder jumps to the top spot on the list of Fred's "Best Celebrity Tasters." Ian breaks down whiskey like a pro, because, well, he is one.

The Vampire Diaries and LOST star talks about his latest project--Brother's Bo...

 Singer of Ponderosa Grove and producer of the upcoming Pure Imagination Festival in her hometown of Prescott, Arizona, Candace Devine loves whiskey and today, she brings her palate to the dance of tasting on the podcast. She broke down the lineup, bringing forth notes reanging from "fig and raison" to "oak and sour." She talks about her current tour with Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Fred somehow tells a story about th...