296 - The Origin of Belle Meade and Nelson's Green Brier with Charlie Nelson

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Hobbies, Food, Arts, Leisure

4.9 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Belle Meade is a very recognizable brand to bourbon enthusiasts. But how did that brand get revived and what's the story behind Nelson's Green Brier? We're joined by Charlie Nelson, Co-Founder of Nelson's Green Brier, who shares his story of stumbling into the bourbon business when his dad purchased a quarter of a cow. Show Notes: This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about helping others understand your bourbon hobby. What's your best halloween costume? How did this journey begin? Talk about building your business plan. Do you consider Belle Meade your flagship? When using old labels from the archive, did you have to get them re-approved? What is your DSP? Where did you get your recipes? Talk about building the Belle Meade and Nelson's Green Brier Distillery brands. Tell us about the success of the Belle Meade brand. Support this Podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	It all started when we went with our dad to buy a quarter of a cow worth of meat from a butcher.
0:07.1	That's how any good stories, you know?
0:08.7	Yeah.
0:12.9	This is episode 296 of Bourbon Pursuit, the podcast featuring news, reviews, and interviews
0:23.9	with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen.
0:27.1	I'm one of your host, Kenneth Coleman, and before we start today's podcast, talking about
0:31.1	Belmead and Nelson's Greenbrier, here's your weekly Bourbon News Update.
0:36.2	For years now, we've been talking about the tariffs between the U.S. and the European Union,
0:41.2	going tit for tat over a trade dispute completely unrelated to alcohol, but it's been a casualty in the trade war.
0:48.3	However, some good news is finally coming out.
0:50.5	The United States and the European Union have agreed to temporarily suspend tariffs
0:55.3	for the next four months that have been levied on billions of dollars of each other's aircraft,
1:00.2	wine, food, bourbon scotch, and all kinds of other products, as both sides tried to find
1:06.2	a negotiated settlement. Flavored whiskey brand brown sugar bourbon has announced that they have a new owner,
1:12.7	and that person is no other than Jamie Fox. Fox will guide the creative direction and lend his
1:18.5	entrepreneurial spirit to help further the brand's expansion. Well, and here we go, another celebrity
1:24.7	in the bourbon category. So let's go on and move on to bourbon
1:28.4	release. Barrelcraft Spirits has released Barrel Bourbon batch 28. It's a blend of 10 and
1:34.6	11-year-old barrels from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana, bottled at cash strength, which is
1:39.6	108.86 proof, and has a suggested price of $90.
1:50.0	And now moving on to some Bourbon Pursuit News, because happy birthday to us, we just turned six years old. We're incredibly fortunate that there are a lot of listeners out there like you
1:55.0	that want to hear more from the people behind your favorite brands. The podcast has grown
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