344 - Heaven Hill's Acquisition Motives, What Happens When a Face of the Brand Leaves?, and the Top Places to Visit in Kentucky on Bourbon Community Roundtable #65

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🗓️ 10 February 2022

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It's Bourbon Community Roundtable #65 and here's what we have on the topic list for today! Heaven Hill acquires Samson & Surrey, but what is the motive and what does that mean for brands like FEW and Widow Jane? Wes Henderson announced his retirement from Angel's Envy. Fred Noe is retiring soon. Then Eddie will likely retire when Jimmy isn't around. So what happens when the face of a brand leaves? There has been a huge surge of updates to distilleries in the past year. So now what is your top place to recommend visitors when they visit Kentucky? Show Notes: Above the Char with Fred Minnick (@fredminnick) talks about regaining your sense of taste and smell after being sick. Heaven Hill Acquisitions. What does this mean and who could be next? Wes Henderson announced his retirement from Angel's Envy. So what happens when the face of a brand leaves? There has been a huge surge of updates to distilleries in the past year. So now what is the top place you recommend visitors going to on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail? Thanks to @bourbonr and @breakingbourbon for joining. @bourbonr @breakingbourbon @sippn_corn Support this podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	I mean, Buffalo Trace had over 350,000 people last year in 2021.
0:05.5	They're hitting over 2,000 people a day at some points.
0:08.3	I mean, it's bonkers.
0:09.7	You should wait for the two or secondary markets just really explode before you know.
0:13.9	It's going to be NFTs.
0:15.5	Oh, I was going to say NFTs. This is Burbin Pursuit, the official podcast of Bourbon, bringing to you the best in news, reviews, and interviews with people making the bourbon
0:38.2	whiskey industry happen, and I'm one of your hosts, Kenny Coleman. Well, today, it's
0:42.4	Burbin Community Roundtable number 65, and here's what we have on the topic list. So Heaven Hill
0:48.0	acquires Samson and Surrey, but what is the motive and what does that mean for brands like
0:52.3	Few Spirits and Widow Jane? Wes Henderson has also announced his retirement from Angel's Envy. We'll also know is the motive and what does that mean for brands like few spirits and widow jane.
0:58.4	Wes Henderson has also announced his retirement from Angel's Envy. We'll also know that Fred Noe is planning on retiring soon. Then Eddie Russell will likely retire when Jimmy isn't
1:03.3	around. So what happens when the face of a brand ends up leaving? And there's also been a huge
1:08.6	surge of updates to distilleries in the past year during
1:10.9	the pandemic. So now, a few years later, what is your top place to recommend to visitors when
1:17.0	they visit Kentucky? With that, enjoy today's episode. And now here's Fred Minnick with Above the
1:22.8	Char. I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char.
1:28.3	This week's idea comes from Will Breeden or A.M. Physics on Twitter.
1:33.7	Who writes me, are there any things you can do or exercises you can perform post-COVID to help you get your palate back?
1:41.9	All bourbon just smells and tastes, blah. Well, man, I hope you're
1:49.6	recovering, Will. I really do. There's a lot of, there's a lot of scientific stuff of studies being
1:57.0	worked on right now to help people with their nose and taste.
2:09.3	And the one thing that I have learned is that people who are having these issues with tasting, they can still feel, they still feel the depth of something on their tongue.
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