197 - Bourbon Society Showdown

Bourbon Pursuit

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4.8 • 925 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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How should a successful bourbon club function? Are there annual dues that go towards hosted events or is it completely unstructured where all business takes place online? We invited the leaders of Louisville, Lexington, Dallas, and Houston bourbon societies to come on the show and talk about how they manage growth and keep participation levels high amongst their members. Show Notes: James “Buddy” Thompson - https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx?n=james-thompson-buddy&pid=192232789&fhid=4753 2019 Eagle Rare Life Award - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICAjPavE4hs This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about flasks. Joining us this week: Kristopher Hart (Houston Bourbon Society), Peter Schmidt (Dallas Bourbon Club), David Bock (The Louisville Bourbon Society), and Matt Preston (Lexington Bourbon Society) Tell us about the purpose of your Bourbon Society. (Events, philanthropy, bottle swapping, barrel picks, etc.) What are the differences between a traditional and non-traditional bourbon society format? What do your events look like? Who are you inviting? Are events completely bourbon focused? Or do you cross over with food, cigars, music, etc.? Is Texas half whiskey/half bourbon or all bourbon? What are the benefits when you pay to be part of a club? Do you feel like your club is more intimate than an online group? Walk us through one of your meetings. What do members get in return for their dues? How do you charge for events? Do your events have consistent participation or are there constantly new people? What challenges do you experience when hosting events? Is it redundant to have multiple local bourbon groups? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Like the amount of babysitting you have to do on a Facebook group, I mean, God, I just, I'd rather just be your friend and give you whatever you want.
0:10.5	This is episode 197 of Bourbon Pursuit.
0:25.4	I'm one of your host, Kenny Coleman, and let's run through a little bit of the news.
0:29.5	It is with a heavy heart that we announced the loss of a bourbon legend, James Buddy Thompson.
0:35.1	He was the former chairman of Glenmore Distilleries and was a previous
0:38.6	guest back on episode 171. He passed away on April 5th. For those that don't remember,
0:45.9	Buddy shared an incredible passion for bourbon, as well as a great connection to the military.
0:51.4	He combined both of those to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars
0:55.2	to veteran charities through his final reserve bottles. And those were all ranged, as you
1:00.4	probably recall, that was the oldest bourbon to ever been bottled at around 40 to 45 years
1:05.7	old at those two bottlings. I remember my first interaction with Buddy as we were discussing his 45-year-old bourbon.
1:12.5	I had to put my foot in my mouth because I got invited over there after saying some things on a
1:17.1	roundtable recording.
1:18.3	But we met in his office where he gave us the chance to record his story.
1:23.7	And it was shared on this podcast.
1:25.9	He gave Ryan and I another glimpse and the rare opportunity
1:29.4	to actually try this whiskey as well. He then, even after all that, he still invited me to a
1:35.5	small gathering with about six other people to decide what to do with his final barrels,
1:41.4	because I remember him saying, this is it, this is the rest of them.
1:45.7	And they were around 43 years old at the time.
1:48.3	I remember being there and loving every second
1:50.4	because we talked about finishing it with sherry or pour
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