221 - Blending, Finishing, and Sourcing with Joe Beatrice and Tripp Stimson of Barrell Bourbon

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🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Today is all about Barrell Bourbon. We had Joe and Tripp back on Episode 164, but it’s time we get an update on what’s happening with this team. We talk more about the flavors they are pulling from different states of distillation and how that goes into the blend as well as hearing about their newest release of the American Vatted Malt Whiskey. We then talk about some gripes with the TTB, take another stab at online sales, and then look to the future with new dovetail offerings while potentially phasing out other products. Show Notes: Bourbon Warehouse made out of shipping containers: https://www.wdrb.com/news/wdrb-video/bourbon-warehouse-made-of-shipping-containers-planned-in-j-town/video_100e2934-e0ca-5335-a956-83f9d9a9150a.html Bourbon Pursuit Yelp Collection: https://www.yelp.com/collection/Si779eiZUmjGomZP2pZLTg This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about barrel proof bourbon. What's new with Barrell? Tripp, what is your role? Do you taste every barrel? What flavors are you looking for? Do you think every batch is significantly different? How many barrels does it take to get the right flavor? Tell us about Batch 18. What is your ratio of barrels from each state? What notes do you pull from KY, IN, TN barrels? Where do you get the barrels? What makes up an American malt whiskey? Is the TTB creating new categories for you? How do you decide what to blend? Why do producers have non-disclosure agreements? How many employees work at Barrell Craft Spirits? Did you envision this growth? What challenges have you faced? Are distributors knocking on the door for the next batch? Any plans for Barrell Vodka? Are you pro online sales? What's next? Is it hard to make a new label for every product? Any plans to phase any products out? Is sourcing rum similar to bourbon? Why rum? What do you think is the next it category? Have you considered using armagnac? Tell us about Dovetail 3. What's the difference between finishing and aging? How much product is left in the finishing barrels? What are you passionate about? Any plans to distill your own product instead of sourcing?

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0:00.0	When we're live at Kenny's dining room table, we get UPS men and, you know, and barking dogs.
0:05.2	That's true.
0:05.8	Not newsfeed.
0:07.0	It's not the same without UPS delivery and the dog bug.
0:11.2	We're like, all right, cut it.
0:13.2	Stop it.
0:14.3	What'd we say?
0:15.2	Okay.
0:16.0	Back at it.
0:30.2	All right, everyone, it is episode 221 of Bourbon Pursuit.
0:33.9	I'm one of your host, Kenny, and as usual, we got a little bit of news to run through.
0:39.6	The 2019 Bourbon Hall of Fame induction ceremony was two weeks ago, and I completely forgot to give them a shout out here on the podcast. But congratulations to Peggy
0:44.8	No. Stevens, Larry Cass, Wes Henderson, and Evan Colesven on all their accomplishments.
0:51.1	If you're interested to hear their stories and their appearances on the podcast,
0:54.6	you can go back and listen to episodes 6, 153, 157, 167, 173, 181, 181, 198, and 204. I guess we've been
1:07.7	covering a lot of these people throughout the years. I'm glad to see that we're being able to bring those stories to light. A news story was on a local Louisville news
1:16.4	station here last week, and it talked about a new bourbon warehouse being erected in Jefferson
1:21.9	Town, which is a part of the Louisville area. But this one's quite different. You may remember
1:27.1	us talking to music
1:28.3	construction back on episode 137 and how their proprietary ricking system is used in a lot of
1:34.5	places that we see on the bourbon trail. But we're now also seeing a lot of palletized
1:38.6	warehouses becoming increasingly more common because of lowering cost. Well, this new warehouse that is being planned is made of shipping containers.
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