264 - Artfully Blending and Finishing with Nancy Fraley

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4.9 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Nancy Fraley is world-renowned for her expertise on blending… or is it mingling? In this podcast, we talk about the difference between blending and mingling, but also go into barrel sizes, terroir, and the art of barrel finishing. Spoiler alert, here’s another industry veteran who isn’t a fan of small barrels. Show Notes: This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about hats. Tell us about your background. How did you get on the blending path? What is a french style? What are other styles of blending? Let's talk blending vs. mingling. Talk about blending trends you are seeing internationally and in the US. What is terroir? What characteristics are you looking for when blending? Tell us about the impact of barrel size and climate on the bourbon. How do you decide what kind of cask you want to finish a bourbon in? How do you test a finish? What type of whiskey works better for finishing? How often do you sample? How do you figure out how long you finish a bourbon in a barrel? Are there any tried and true casks? Should the finishing barrel be empty? Support this Podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	I had a very varied background. I got a undergraduate degree in religious studies at University of Tennessee.
0:09.0	And from there, I went on to Harvard Divinity School and studied Tibetan Buddhism. And then I ended up going to law school.
0:18.3	None of these gets you on a path to like saying like, I'm going to blend whiskey for the rest of my life.
0:23.0	Right.
0:23.6	Yeah.
0:23.8	Yeah.
0:28.2	And this is episode 264 of Bourbon Pursuit, the podcast featuring news reviews and interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen.
0:42.1	And before we start the podcast, here's your weekly bourbon news update.
0:45.5	A new bottle shop is opening in northern Kentucky in the Covington area called Revival Vintage Bottle Shop.
0:51.6	It's the home to a collection of hundreds of rare and vintage bottles,
0:55.2	carefully curated by bourbon expert and friend of the podcast, Brad Bonds, who worked with
0:59.5	Ed Bly at Corkin Bottle for a number of years. Vintage and rare spirit collectors can
1:04.3	legally buy and sell bottles. Revival can also provide professional bottle valuations
1:09.4	and plans to be able to assist with
1:11.0	bottle exchanges in the future.
1:13.2	Revival's online shop will go live on August 7th.
1:16.8	For more information about location, time of operation, and online inventory, visit
1:21.3	RevivalKY.com.
1:24.5	Two weeks ago, Ohio attorney General Dave Yost requested a federal injunction to keep out-of-state
1:30.3	liquor and wine companies from shipping products to Ohio.
1:34.3	Now, several those companies say they were improperly named in that injunction, and the
1:38.3	Attorney General's filing accuses seven companies of shipping tens of thousands of packages of wine and spirits to Ohio.
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