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186 - Michter's Masters with Pam Heilmann and Andrea Wilson

Bourbon Pursuit

Bourbon Pursuit

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4.8926 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

We have both Masters from Michter's today. Andrea Wilson was a guest back on Episode 47, and she makes her return with a new role as Master of Maturation. We dig into chemical compounds and wood effects on their bourbon. In addition, we have Pam Heilmann, the current Master Distiller, and we talk about her past at the Booker Noe plant and what they are doing at Michter's. We touch on the new Fort Nelson Distillery and dive into the topics the whiskey geeks care about like limited high age expressions, barrel proof releases, and if could we ever expect to see a single barrel program? Listen to all of our Michter's podcasts at https://bourbonpursuit.com/michters-podcasts/ Show Notes: Buffalo Trace's Virtual Reality Tour Conor O’Driscoll Joins Heaven Hill Distillery as Fifth Master Distiller  Pursuit Series Episodes 3 through 7 are available for purchase. Visit https://pursuitspirits.com/episodes/ The week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about Bourbon and teething. What does Master of Maturation mean? How did you get into whiskey? What’s a relief supervisor? Can you train your palate or is it a natural ability? Is the tasting panel the best job? What are the engineers bringing to the table? How much still time do you have? Is Willie Pratt still in the picture? What does toasted mean? Why don't you make barrel strength bourbon all the time? Why hasn't Michter's started a single barrel program? How long have you been distilling here? What is your plan for your distillate? Was there some fine tuning performed on the still? Are you just making Bourbon? Or are you making Rye, Malt, anything else? Tell us about the Shenk's and Bomberger's lines. Are you all looking forward to the new visitor experience? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are we going to do any tastings?

0:02.3

No.

0:02.8

Okay, no tastings.

0:03.8

No, it's too early.

0:04.8

I don't feel like drinking whiskey.

0:06.3

You know, that's the time I do for singing.

0:08.2

Do you really?

0:09.3

Oh, man.

0:10.1

Well, I've got a long day ahead of me, so I'm...

0:12.4

Well, first thing in the morning is when my palate's best, when your palate's best.

0:16.8

For me.

0:17.4

Right after you brush your teeth?

0:18.7

Well, no. No. No, no. Thank you.

0:33.5

Welcome to episode 186 of a bourbon pursuit.

0:36.6

I'm your host, Kenny, and we've got a lot of news to go through.

0:37.9

I don't know if it's just this time of the year, but all kinds of press releases have been coming in. All kinds of internet

0:43.0

websites have been popping up with new information, so we've got a lot of stuff to hit through.

0:47.2

And the first one we're to talk about is Woodford Reserve. They have to release their

0:50.5

double-double-oaked 2019 edition. It can be found in their gift shop, and as it's

0:55.9

going to start hitting some other distributors, it can have an SRP of around 4999. Now, this is part

1:01.5

of the brand's annual distillery series releases. It was originally launched in 2015, and it was

1:07.2

inspired by their original double-oaked bourbon. However, this one has a more distinctly spicier taste,

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