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102 - Creating Al Young's 50th Anniversary Bourbon for Four Roses at WhiskyLive with Brent Elliott, Master Distiller

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4.8928 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Brent Elliott, Master Distiller at Four Roses, takes us through the creation of Al Young’s 50th Anniversary bourbon at an exclusive session during WhiskyLive. Show Notes: Listen as Brent talks about every individual bourbon and how it blended all together to make Al’s commemorative bourbon. Listen to Al Young’s podcast and all the past Four Roses episodes at http://bourbo.nz/4R Special Thanks to WhiskyLiveUSA for letting us share this information with you during WhiskyLive Louisville. Show your support for WhiskyLiveUSA by liking their page and attending one of their events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yeah, did I mention that was the bottle that was on the shelf when Al started in 1967.

0:08.2

Yeah, when we first started this project, we looked at some other retro bottles, like very retro, like Paul Jones bottles.

0:14.6

And we kind of started heading in that direction.

0:17.0

And then I forgot how this came up.

0:20.0

I don't know if someone saw an ad.

0:23.3

I can't remember exactly how it happened,

0:25.1

but someone had the idea, probably someone in marketing.

0:29.8

And it just kind of clicked.

0:31.9

So we took it immediately to Al, and we said,

0:33.8

what do you think about this?

0:34.9

He said, I love it.

0:44.6

Yeah. and we said, what do you think about this? They said, I love it. Hey, everyone.

0:45.5

This week's episode was done at Whiskey Live during the Perman Affair.

0:49.1

Big thanks to the folks at Four Roses and Whiskey Live for letting us capture this content

0:53.5

and spread it to all of our

0:54.9

listeners. In this podcast, Brent Elliott will be talking about all the individual bourbons that were

0:59.7

made and blended into Al Young's 50th anniversary bottle that is getting ready to hit National

1:04.9

Distribution. We've had it here in Kentucky, and it's delicious. If you can find a bottle,

1:09.8

grab it because you will not regret this

1:12.0

one. If you aren't following us on Facebook, you need to do it now. We're starting to publish

1:17.0

unedited content from past shows, bloopers, footage from distilleries, and we even have a few

1:22.4

giveaways lined up. And spoiler alert, one of them is a mictor's barrelhead. And the only way you're going to be able to get in on that action is to like our Facebook page, so go do it now.

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