091 - Making Whiskey Stills and Vendome Copper and Brass Works with Mike Sherman, Owner

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🗓️ 24 March 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Mike Sherman, Owner of Vendome Copper and Brass Works, joins the show to talk about the art and craftsmanship that go into making the stills and how they have established being the best and #1 still maker after a century of being in business. Show Notes: Before we get into talk about what it is that you do here, let’s get your thoughts on bourbon. Do you drink it? or just love it because it means good business right now? For those listeners who have never heard of Vendome, give them an idea of what it is you all make here and why it’s important What else do you make here besides copper stills? Give us the history of Vendome and how you grew up in the business. Give us a break down of trial and error. Because at this point you are carrying on legacy, but the generations before you probably had to go through retooling, or refactoring of certain things to make the stills as reliable as they are. Terry Bone & Brent Melvin ask how customized are your products? do they start with a base design for the stills or is it entirely customized to the whiskey manufacturers desires? Is there any innovation thats going on or is pretty much copy/paste? Why is copper the element of choice when making a still? What makes Vendome stills unique? What’s the average time is takes to manufacture a still? I know that’s a loaded question but humor me. Follow @VendomeCopper and Like on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	to always tease about this stuff.
0:02.6	So we're not the first ones that come in here and mic you up and try to get dirt out of here or something?
0:08.2	No.
0:09.3	It's been kind of crazy.
0:11.7	Considering you never really had to do that in the past, right?
0:14.2	The first, you know, 100 years, no one even knew we were down here.
0:19.6	Then all of a sudden, Bervin got all crazy. And it was like,
0:22.2	hey, can we come in and do an interview? Can we come in and do a story? Can we do this? We're doing a
0:27.2	documentary. It's like, oh my gosh. It's like, hey, everyone, this back-to-basic series has been a lot of fun.
0:42.4	This episode is going to conclude the series by talking about the magic before the magic.
0:46.8	Yes, those glorious copper stills that just don't get enough attention.
0:50.8	Our guest tonight was gracious enough to give us behind the scenes tour and showed us
0:54.7	what he called the heat it and beat it treatment that goes into the fashioning copper to take
0:59.2	the shapes of the stills. It's truly an art that goes into making them and look as good as they do.
1:04.5	Make sure you check out all the pictures on our Instagram page at Bourbon Pursuit. We're happy to
1:09.3	announce a new partnership with the Kentucky Derby
1:11.2	Museum to bring all the Bourbon Legend series that are hosted by Fred Minnick to our podcast.
1:16.3	These will be seasonal releases and to really get the most out of the experience and also
1:20.7	to get a chance to drink the bourbon, you've just got to be there in person. The next event
1:24.9	will take place on April 20th and will feature the president of Old Forrester Campbell Brown. Tickets are $75 per person. The next event will take place on April 20th and will feature the president of Old
1:28.1	Forrester Campbell Brown. Tickets are $75 per person or $65 if you're a museum member and they can be
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