It's been a while since we had a master distiller on the show with us, too.

So this should be an extra special show.

Isn't it amazing that we're going to have a master distiller on the show every single time now?

I know.

This is number 77, the inaugural master distiller.

I earned it in those six, nine hour days.

Yeah.

You know. nine-hour days. Yeah.

This is Burbin Pursuit, the official podcast of Bourbon, bringing to you the best in news,

reviews, and interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen, and I'm one of your host, Kenny Coleman. And now we're

on Bourbon Community Roundtable number 77. It's always a fan favorite, so here's what we have

going on for this episode. Like bad hair and skinny jeans, trends they come and go. But the same thing

happens in the bourbon world. So I pose a question of the group, if we see any trends

fading. We start talking about stickers and barrel picks, but there are more that we see happening.

In the next section of the show, I ask everyone if in-store buying experiences are changing. So there's been a lot

of partnerships have been happening as well as acquisitions from drizzly, go-puff, reserve bar, and even

sealbox. Are online and on-demand outlets such as these making consumers less likely to try new

things? And in the last part of the show, it's a question from Brian, and he wants to know, are there just too many bourbon festivals?

With that, enjoy this week's episode, and now here's Fred Minnick with Above the Char.

I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char.

This week's idea comes from Eric Rogue, who writes on fredminic.com.

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