087 - From Never Owning a Bottle to Being The Master Distiller at Four Roses with Brent Elliott

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🗓️ 24 February 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Brent Elliott, Master Distiller at Four Roses, talks about how he never owned a bottle of Four Roses until he interviewed and how the conversation went when he was tapped to be the new Master Distiller. Show Notes: Talk about growing up in Owensboro, your history and education What made you want to get into bourbon? Were you a Four Roses bourbon fan when you applied to work here? Was Four Roses the first place you looked at working? How long have you been working at Four Roses? Talk a little bit about working with Jim Rutledge under his tutelage. So talk about that phone call, when it’s usually depicted in the movies as being called up to the CEOs office on the 33rd floor to get that big promotion Why is there not a rye whiskey offered by Four Roses? What about the rage of barrel finishes or cinnamon whiskey? From Kevin Ragland on Facebook - How was the process for selecting 2016 LE went since it was the first time you would have done it without Jim. Why did you come out and call it Elliott’s Select instead of just the normal 2016 Limited Edition Single Barrel? From Travis Roberts on Facebook - Will FR continue their barrel selections in the future and if so, will they eventually be able to offer barrels aged 10+ years again to consumers? Talk about life outside of bourbon

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0:00.0	And actually, that was when your L.A. Select actually first came out. We were sitting over.
0:06.1	The actual bowties event? Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, so that was the first time we met was over there.
0:12.4	Okay. Like I said, I don't, I don't. We've met a few times, though, haven't we? Is that it?
0:17.1	Yeah, I actually took you home when you were passed out drunk at my cousin's wedding.
0:21.7	That's why it's foggy, yeah.
0:23.8	Yeah, tell your cousin how much fun had.
0:25.8	Thanks. Hey everyone, it's Kenny here.
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1:20.5	Hey, everyone, it's Kenny here, and when you listen to Ryan and I on Whiskey Quickies, we're talking
1:25.2	about tasty notes such as vanilla and caramel, toasted
1:28.4	oak and baking spice, and you're probably wondering, well, why am I not getting these notes?
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