330 - Before the Bourbon Boom with Steve Ury aka Sku

Bourbon Pursuit

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4.9 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

I've witnessed first hand the progression of bourbon over the past 6 years since this podcast began. It went from learning about new releases and hunting for them with relative ease to 72 hour campouts for bottles that used to be on the shelves. However, my time in bourbon doesn't match that of our guest's. Steve Ury, better known as Sku, is one of the original bloggers in bourbon before there were YouTubers and podcasters. He has backed off blogging, but still stays up to date with everything happening in bourbon and takes notice of how brands are changing. He's cynical about brands and the changing consumer, but that doesn't stop him from talking about every TTB label approval. Steve has also found a new home in brandy and we discuss how long it will take before Instagramers and podcasters ruin that too. Show Partners: Catoctin Creek has been honoring that tradition of small craft rye whisky since 2009. Learn more at CatoctinCreekDistilling.com. Smooth Ambler builds on the traditional roots of American whiskey in West Virginia. Visit SmoothAmbler.com to learn more. Wilderness Trail is Sweet Mash Kentucky Straight Bourbon and Rye Whiskey distilled, aged, and bottled in Danville, Kentucky. Learn more at WildernessTrailDistillery.com. You can now buy Barrell Craft Spirits products online and have them shipped right to your door. Visit BarrellBourbon.com and click Buy Now. Spirits of French Lick is delivering the finest hand crafted Bottled in Bond bourbons. Check out SpiritsofFrenchLick.com. Total Wine and More is wonderland for wine, spirits, and beer lovers! Explore more in store or online at TotalWine.com. Heaven Hill Distillery has been lifting America’s spirit since 1935. Check out educational resources and sign up for their newsletter at HeavenHillDistillery.com. Show Notes: This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick (@fredminnick) talks about distilleries that have made the greatest impact on bourbon. How did you get into bourbon? Tell us about your blog and the time before the bourbon boom. When did you get more cynical about bourbon? When did you see the change where distilleries constantly had special releases? Were dusties big early on? Do you think vintage whiskey is overpriced? Do you blame people or brands more for the bourbon culture today? Do you still look at the TTB daily? Tell us about your journey into brandy. How long before the podcasters and Instagramers ruin brandy?

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0:00.0	someone would come in and like new to bourbon and say, I want a really good $100
0:04.2	bourbon.
0:04.9	There was no such thing as a $100 berk.
0:07.0	That did not exist.
0:20.1	This is Bourbon Pursuit, the official podcast of Bourbon, featuring news, reviews, and
0:25.2	interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen, and I'm one of your hosts, Kenny Coleman.
0:30.9	Now, I've witnessed firsthand the progression of bourbon over the past six years since this podcast
0:35.4	began. It went from learning about new releases and
0:38.2	hunting for them with relative ease, then going to 72-hour campouts for bottles that would
0:43.2	probably just sit on the shelves. However, my time in bourbon doesn't even compare to that of
0:48.1	our guests. Steve Yuri, better known as Skew, is one of the original bloggers in bourbon. Before
0:54.1	there was such a thing as YouTubers and even podcasters in Bourbon.
0:57.6	However, since then, he's backed off of blogging, but he still stays up to date with everything
1:01.6	that's happening in the Bourbon World, and he takes notice of how brands are constantly
1:06.1	changing and evolving.
1:07.6	He's cynical of brands, as well as cynical at the changing consumer, but that doesn't
1:11.9	stop him from talking about every single TTB label approval. Steve also has found a new home
1:17.4	in the world of Brandy, and we discuss how long it takes before Instagramers and podcasters.
1:22.3	Rearne that as well. Cheers everybody. Enjoy this week's episode, and now here's Fred Minnick with Above the Char.
1:30.1	I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char. This week's idea comes from Adam, or at the Adam Terry, on Twitter, who writes,
1:41.2	which currently operating distillery has made the greatest impact on the bourbon industry?
1:47.4	That is a great question, Adam.
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