For me, maturation for the magic happens, you take something raw and clear and you transform it into so many different variations.

Finding really superior casts gives you a really superior flavour at the end of it.

So finding something that works really well with your distillate that balances it rather and overpowers it can be challenging.

But when you get the right flavour

profiles and you know that they're going to work really well and you're going to create something

totally special, it's so exciting. You don't always want to wait. You want it to be ready now. This is Bourbon 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 hosts, Kenny Coleman.

So what happens when you put a pioneer of American single malt in the same room with a master of Irish heritage?

Well, let's find out, because we're going to step outside the bluegrass and explore the global world of malt.

And for that, we're joined by Justin Aden from

Shranahan's and Alex Thomas from Bush Mills. And we're going to break down the art of

the blend and while using local ingredients can become a key competitive advantage in this

particular market. And Justin, he's going to talk to us about the high altitude of aging in

Colorado and the rise of American single malt as a category,

while Alex gives us a masterclass on Bush Mills's legendary triple distillation and the weight

of just managing a distillery that has centuries of history. We're also going to dig further

into how these two completely different climates and traditions, they approach the task of building

a consistent world-class whiskey. And we're also going to get into, I guess we call it a friendly

rivalry of this whiskey world and discuss why American single malt may be finally getting a seat

at the table it deserves. With that, enjoy this week's episode. And now here's Fred Minnick

with Above the Chart. I'm Fred Minnick, 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 to me from an anonymous listener who did not want his name revealed.

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