180 - 2018 Whiskey of the Year and 2019 Predictions on Bourbon Community Roundtable #27

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4.8 • 926 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 93 minutes

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It's one of our favorite episodes of the year. The Roundtable takes a look back at Bourbon in 2018 and our picks for Whiskey of the Year. We then kick off the second half of the show with our predictions for 2019 about expansions, acquisitions, price increases, and lots more...including our favorite 90s and 2000s rap artists. Show Notes: This weeks Above the Char with Fred Minnick has him answering random questions off twitter. 2018 Year in Review What was your whiskey of the year What is your greatest accomplishment of 2018? Vintage Spirits Law came into effect in KY We picked our first barrel together Longbranch made it's Wild Turkey debut Brian won a case with Castle & Key against Sazerac over the Old Taylor distillery name 2019 Predictions Banned Crotchshots in Bourbonr and now he's looking for the next great suggestion to improve the group for 2019 Lots of year end expansions being announced in 2018. Do we expect more in 2019? Will prices continue to grow? Four Roses Private Barrel program increase starts Jan 1. Henry McKenna won SF Spirits comp in 2018. Will the Henry McKenna fad pass in 2019? Denny Potter left Heaven Hill for Maker's Mark in 2018. Will Heaven Hill find a new Master Distiller? Is there an issue if they don't find one in a timely fashion? Then we finish talking about 90s and 2000s rap icons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	good show tonight we uh that was fun like it was really rolling that's nice way to wrap the year i
0:05.2	really enjoyed it that was a that was a lot of fun for me a while to warm up we were starting off a little
0:10.4	sloppy then we got it rolling pretty good we spent 30 minutes going over 2018 whiskeys i was like
0:16.0	we got to we got to no that was good i can always tell when Kenny's like, I can see it in his eyes.
0:24.0	Like, there's like a, in his forehead, like when he's like, all right.
0:27.7	We got it.
0:32.5	Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the last episode of Bourbon Pursuit before our 2018 Christmas holiday.
0:44.4	And I'm going to make this a quick one because we've got kind of a long episode because it's the wrap-up of 2018 and then are looking forward to the futures and predictions of Bourbon in 2019 as well.
0:55.7	On our barrel pick sides,
0:57.4	we've got order forms now out for four roses
0:59.9	and our Joseph Magnus barrels.
1:01.4	So if you're a Patreon subscriber,
1:02.9	you should have gotten the email
1:04.2	if you were selected in the randomizer to go and buy.
1:07.1	So please, you've got 72 hours from when I sent that email out to actually go and
1:11.6	purchase or you're going to lose your spot. So please go and do that. Lastly, I also want to say
1:16.2	Merry Christmas to everybody that's out there. I know you've got probably a lot of driving ahead
1:21.0	of you for Christmas holidays. So hopefully you're tuning in, you know, take some bottles over to your
1:26.1	family members, open them up,
1:28.3	share them with family, share them with friends this holiday season. And if you can, turn them on
1:33.3	to Burbank Pursuit. Say I listen to this podcast. It taught me a lot. And hopefully we're teaching
1:38.1	a lot. Maybe we're just not rambling a bunch of stuff. But please spread the word, word of mouth
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