215 - Cocktails for the Right Occasion with Molly Wellmann and Bill Whitlow

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🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Gold Rush, Seelbach, Pink Lady. These are all names we associate with standard cocktail menus. Today, we invite Molly Wellmann, owner of Japp's, and Bill Whitlow, owner of Rich's Proper, to look at the influence bourbon has had on the bartending culture and when should you use a particular bourbon in a staple cocktail. We then examine the changes of the season and how tastes change between having something refreshing to dark and oaky. It’s all about cocktails for the right occasion. Show Notes: Tom Bulleit steps back: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article234080232.html, https://www.just-drinks.com/news/diageos-bulleit-bourbon-founder-steps-back-as-abuse-claims-intensify_id129116.aspx, https://www.hollisbofficial.com/ Castle and Key spillage: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article234080232.html Willett Distillery Barrel Pick: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29294662 This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about the news of the day. Tell us about your journey into spirits. Was there a moment when you saw bourbon become a staple behind the bar? How do you study the history of a cocktail? Tell us about the Gin Ricky. What are good cocktails for Summer? What are the ingredients in your favorite cocktails? What is a Clover Club? What is a Gold Rush and Brown Derby cocktail? What are good cocktails for Fall? What is a gateway cocktail to get someone into bourbon? What ingredients go in a Seelbach? Is it hard to go to other bars and witness bartenders making cocktails improperly? Let's talk about bourbon slushes. What do you think of barrel aged cocktails? What style of bourbon works well in certain cocktails? What's the ultimate mixing bourbon? What do you think about using allocated bourbon in a cocktail? Is there a cocktail to make lower end whiskey taste better? How do you coverup or reduce negative notes in younger bourbons? What do you think of Mint Juleps? What's a good Winter cocktail? What about vodka cocktails? How do you make an Old Fashioned? What proof bourbon do you use in your cocktails?

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0:00.0	I come home from being out of town, and then, you know, my 30th anniversary of Bookers is, like, down to here.
0:06.5	It's like, you drink straight from the bottle.
0:09.0	It's like, no, I've been making whiskey showers with it.
0:11.1	I'm like, oh, yeah, been there.
0:19.5	Hey, everyone, it is episode 215 of Bourbon Pursuit.
0:27.1	I'm one of your host, Kenny, and as usual, we've got a little bit of the news to run through.
0:31.8	For anyone that has been paying attention to the bourbon scene and social media for the past two years, you may have been seeing some turmoil within the Bullitt family. Tom Bullitt's daughter, Hollis B. Worth, has made
0:43.4	numerous public claims about her father being homophobic, and it led to her separation with Diageo,
0:49.5	where she felt she wasn't being compensated properly for helping build the brand. This week, the
0:54.6	Herald leader at kentucky.com broke the news that Tom Bullitt has now taken a step back as the
1:00.2	face of the company and will not be representing the brand after new claims have emerged of sexual
1:05.5	abuse and pedophilia by his daughter Hollis. On August 13th, Hollis told her story on Hollisbeofficial.com
1:12.3	that her father has been protected from Diageo for these crimes. A spokesperson for Diageo said
1:17.9	the company took worth his claims about her father very seriously and began an internal
1:22.5	investigation after receiving the letter stating all this from her attorney.
1:33.7	Diageo found no indication that anyone at Diageo has been made previously aware of such claims according to a spokesperson for the company.
1:36.3	In an interview, Tom Bullitt said the accusations are terrible.
1:39.9	They're false and they need to be addressed and they are.
1:43.3	Justdrinks.com has reported a resolution was
1:45.9	reached at the start of 2018 which saw Worth receive a payment of around $1.2 million
1:51.2	corresponding to the amount Diageo says she would have received had her contract been renewed
1:56.7	equal to the five-year deal as well as unpaid overtime. You can read more about this story from
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