262 - Peggy Noe Stevens at the Legends Series

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4.9 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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For anyone that doesn’t know Peggy from listening to our past episodes, you will get to hear from the first ever woman Master Taster. She has been a remarkable inspiration for anyone in the bourbon industry and her crowning achievement was being inducted into the 2019 Bourbon Hall of Fame. This podcast was recorded at the Kentucky Derby Museum’s Legends Series so make sure you are following their social media handles @derbymuseum to catch the next season. Learn more about Peggy by listening to episodes 204 and 198, which is her session from the 2018 Kentucky Bourbon Affair called “The Stave is the Rave”. Show Notes: DISCUS Petition: https://p2a.co/yrfbbV7 Podcast Awards Voting: https://www.podcastawards.com/ This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about Wild Turkey and small barrels. Tell us about being a Noe. What were you like when you were young? What was your dad like? Tell us about your time at the University of Kentucky. What were you drinking back then? Why did you chose these whiskies to taste? What was your first job out of college? How long were you in the hotel business? When did you work at Brown-Forman? What was the coolest event you coordinated? What was the next step? Tell us a good Lincoln story. What challenges have you faced? Do you feel like you always have to prove yourself? Talk about what you've done for women in bourbon. Tell us about Peerless. How many distilleries have you worked on? Tell us about Bakers. Bourbon Women: https://bourbonwomen.org/ Support this Podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	I remember coming home and telling my dad I was a master taster and he was like, well, what is that?
0:05.0	What are you doing?
0:05.7	And I told him I'd be tasting and doing tastings across the nation and quality control.
0:12.0	And he said, well, you've been a master since you were 21.
0:32.9	This is episode 262 of Bourbon Pursuit, a podcast featuring news, reviews, and interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen.
0:36.3	Before we start the podcast, here's your weekly bourbon news update.
0:37.9	A private barrel selection of the first and only ever bottling of Mixtor's 10-year Kentucky stray bourbon sold for a
0:43.6	record-breaking 166,000 pounds. That equates to around $209,462 U.S. dollars, and this happened
0:52.6	at a charity auction in London on Sunday, July 12th, for
0:56.1	50 Best for Recovery, which is aligned to the world's 50 best restaurants and the world's 50 best
1:01.7	bars. The auction benefited the global hospitality industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1:07.8	There were more special items and experiences donated directly by mictors, including rare
1:12.0	and never-before-seen bottles, which raised a total of $271,859. Trade wars between the U.S. and
1:21.2	China and between the U.S. and European Union have brought increased import tariffs, and now
1:26.5	may see even more come this summer.
1:29.1	These tariffs have already led to reduced imports of American whiskey into the European Union
1:33.4	and of single malt scotch coming into the U.S.
1:36.3	The United States Trade Representative is proposing additional tariffs to the spirits from the European
1:42.3	Union and you can take action by signing a petition
1:45.1	from Discus with the link in our show notes. The Fraser Museum in downtown Louisville is featuring
1:50.8	a new exhibit on Pappy Van Winkle. The exhibit displays a collection of over 500 pieces of family
1:57.1	memorabilia that Julian Pappy Van Winkle's seniors's grandchildren have donated to the Frazier. On display are several
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