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195 - Theirs vs Ours, Comparing Private Barrel Selections Against Standard Offerings with Chris Zaborowski at the Kentucky Bourbon Affair

Bourbon Pursuit

Bourbon Pursuit

Hobbies, Food, Leisure, Arts

4.8926 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Chris Zaborowski put Westport Whiskey & Wine on the map with their very large tasting bar and plenty of private picks. This session was recorded at the Higher Proof Expo during the 2018 Kentucky Bourbon Affair. The 2019 Kentucky Bourbon Affair will take place June 4-8. It’s 5 Days. 19 Distilleries. 45 Events. Tickets for the 2019 Bourbon Affair are currently on sale and you can find our more information at KYBourbonAffair.com. Show Notes: Pursuit Series Episodes 006 through 009 on sale now, visit PursuitSpirits.com. The week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about the Kentucky Derby. Chris Zaborowski helped shape the Stave & Thief Society curriculum. What's all the fuss about bourbon? What do you need to know about buying a single barrel? You have to have a retail partner. All brands are allocated. Do you choose to go to a distillery or get samples sent to you? What's your delivery lead time? What brands are available for barrel selections? Large vs mid-size distilleries. What questions do you ask when you go on a barrel selection? What is the estimated cost? What is the expected bottle yield? What's the final bottling proof? Can you get it Non-Chill Filtered? Let's taste ours vs theirs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning.

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While Tracy's checking everybody in, I'll just go ahead and, you know, do get some brief introductions.

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I like, you know, I like the spotlight, so I'm going to stand in front of the screen.

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This is episode 195 of Bourbon Pursuit. I'm one of your host, Kenny Coleman, and let's go through just a little bit of our news, if you will, because I want to make sure that you are getting your travel booked and your tickets bought for Bourbon and Beyond 2019. It's going to be taking place September 22nd and 23rd. The headliners have been announced.

0:39.8

The acts have been announced. You've got people such as myself and Ryan and Fred and Blake

0:46.3

from Bourboner and Brian from Sippincor. We're all going to be there. Oh, and Jordan from

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drinking bourbon. We're all going to be there. We all have sessions on the stages

0:54.5

at the bourbon tents. We want to see you there. So go and get your information and tickets about

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the festival at bourbon and beyond.com. For all our supporters out there on Patreon, we have to say

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thank you. And for people that are on the edge about it, guess what? We've got some new reward levels available. We have some that are just our thank you. And for people that are on the edge about it, guess what? We've got some new reward

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the way up to $250 a month that gets you bottles of pursuit series. You get your opportunity

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I want you to go and check it out, patreon.com slash bourbon pursuit

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because we wanted to revamp this to bring newer and fresher rewards.

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And it's also a reminder to say thank you for everybody that is supporting us

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because it is that community that funds this

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podcast to keep it going. So again, huge thank you to you out there. And episodes six, seven,

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eight and nine from Pursuit series are now available. You can check out our revamped website

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navigation and quicker buy now buttons over at pursuit spirits.com. You've probably heard us

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