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105 - Behind a Russell's Reserve Barrel Pick with Cork N Bottle, Reid & Emerald, and more at Wild Turkey

Bourbon Pursuit

Bourbon Pursuit

Arts, Food, Hobbies, Leisure

4.8928 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Wild Turkey Barrel Selection Exclusive with Ed Bley of Cork N Bottle, Reid and Emerald of 1789b, Nick Dikeos of The Bourbon Mafia, and Jimmy Russell of Wild Turkey. Get an inside look at how these connoisseurs of bourbon choose barrels while Jimmy is rattling off more information and history than we knew before. This is a Bourbon Pursuit first, bringing you inside on a private barrel selection. Show Notes: Everyone introduce themselves Ed, what’s your mentality going into a barrel pick? Jimmy, what hasn’t been tried in this business? Jimmy, you said Wild Turkey doesn’t produce anything outside of their own brands but what about Old Ripy and Bond and Lilliard? Emerald, what’s bourbon like in Arizona? Jimmy, talk about Chill Filtering Ed, do you feel like we could be choosing barrels that have been passed on by others? Jimmy talks about MGP, Schenley, and more Nick, talk about off-profile picks and why they are desired Emerald, how has barrel picking changed since bourbon has become so popular because you can’t get things like private ETL? Reid, talk about the differences between choosing barrels at Four Roses Jimmy, talk about the oak that goes into making the barrels Jimmy, when it comes to local farmers, does farm to bottle really mean anything? Jimmy, how did you get in trouble with the Wild Turkey pewter tops? Ed, Reid, and Nick, what do you think collaborations of different stores and groups coming together to make something special? Jimmy, talk about Parker Beam from Heaven Hill These bottles will be in stores very soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

One more time for me.

0:02.0

Welcome to Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.

0:04.5

We're standing here on the Wild Turkey Hill, known as the Wild Turkey Hill.

0:16.3

We have yet another Bourbon Pursuit exclusive.

0:19.9

I know lots of people who think going on a barrel pick is probably going to be like the coolest thing you're ever going to do.

0:25.5

Well, I have to admit, now that I've done six or seven, it's actually pretty fun.

0:30.1

But the barrel pick for this podcast is unlike any other.

0:33.1

It's a collaboration where we got to choose multiple barrels from multiple stores.

0:38.1

So first, I have to say thanks to Ed Bly, the Bourbon Kingpin at Corkin Bottle in Northern

0:42.0

Kentucky, for letting us be a part of this.

0:44.7

If you don't know the history of Corkin Bottle, listen to episode 83 where Ed joins

0:48.5

the show to talk about his store and their history with things such as private label Van

0:52.7

Winkles. However, it's not

0:54.6

only Ed We were joined boy, but we also had Nick DeCaios, who is one of the founding members

0:58.6

of the Bourbon Mafia, and Reed and Emerald joined us as well. Now, if you don't know

1:02.8

Reed and Emerald, put it in search of in a form and see what happens. These guys are known

1:07.5

for picking epic barrels and have been associated with some of the best private label will at bourbons to ever hit the market.

1:13.6

And they're also part of 1790B, which is another well-established bourbon group.

1:17.6

We also have an episode that'll be coming out later featuring just Read and Emerald themselves.

1:23.6

Lastly, the legend himself, Jimmy Russell, joins to give all the great commentary in history

1:29.1

as he always does.

1:31.0

So now I know your next question is, so where do I get one of these killer private Russell

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