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Bourbon Pursuit

177 - Palate Training and Whiskey Row History with Jackie Zykan, Master Taster at Old Forester

Bourbon Pursuit

Bourbon Pursuit

Hobbies, Food, Leisure, Arts

4.8926 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The Whiskey Row series of Old Forester represent pivotal dates in history for the brand. Deciding how to make them coincide with flavor profiles takes a Master Taster. Jackie Zykan returns to the show as we discuss sensory training and how to sniff out binders at our local stores before diving into the Whiskey Row series and trying 1910 Old Fine Whiskey. We wrap up the show talking about President's Choice and if dusties inspire or not. Show Notes: Do you have a new title now? Talk about the sensory training What’s different about going through this process versus just drinking bourbon everyday? What tips can you give to someone about learning to nose? How do you know when a barrel ready to be pulled? How much time are you spending at the distillery vs bottling vs anywhere else for tasting? Talk about why you dilute so low for tasting? So you have this really cool story about Old Forester 86 and 100 history Talk about the Whiskey Row series The dates all mean something What was the idea to make permanent line extensions instead of doing the money grab on limited releases? So in a time when people say there is a bourbon shortage, what's your response to that? Talk about 1910 and what happened that year Do you pay attention to the Facebook and bourbon forums out there? Why not have a 2014 series to commemorate the new distillery? Talk about President's Choice and your integral part in it What’s your ideal bourbon profile? What’s the oldest Brown-Forman product you’ve tried? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, I'm always at the airport.

0:02.6

Always traveling.

0:03.8

I kind of want to talk about that too because you're, because you walk by your face every single time you're at the airport.

0:09.2

Yep.

0:10.1

It's right there.

0:11.3

Do people look at you and they're like, oh, hey, is that, is that you?

0:15.5

Is that you?

0:16.2

Yeah.

0:16.8

And honestly, like, I've never been recognized in the airport while I'm passing by it, which is probably a good thing.

0:22.0

Because I'm usually, like, exhausted, like, after a week-long business trip and just like, oh, God, I hope no one never recognized me.

0:28.7

But I get recognized in, like, weird places.

0:30.7

I was at the Apple store and my phone fix.

0:32.5

And, like, the dude across the table from me just kept staring at me.

0:35.1

And I was like, this is creepy. He's like, aren't you the girl from the airport?

0:47.3

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to this post- Thanksgiving episode of Bourbon Pursuit. I hope you had a

0:52.7

great time hanging out with your families,

0:55.4

opening some bottles, enjoying those times. And now that Black Friday has surpassed,

1:00.0

Cybert Monday is surpassed, you are thinking of, well, what do I as a bourbon lover want for

1:05.2

Christmas? And maybe you should strike that opportunity to write down some notes, jot it down,

1:09.8

so somebody knows which bottle to get, which glasses you like, maybe some kind of ice molds.

1:15.2

Who knows?

1:15.7

But start thinking.

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