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Behind The Pursuit: Pursuit University Part 1

Bourbon Pursuit

Bourbon Pursuit

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4.9866 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Subscribe to ⁠Behind The Pursuit: From Bourbon to Brand⁠ Herb Heneman, now an instructor at the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits at the University of Kentucky, teaches students about marketing and building a spirits brand from the ground up. Both Ryan and Kenny share a connection with Herb, and not long ago he invited Kenny to guest lecture for his class. The session covered a series of insightful questions about the industry, but unfortunately, it wasn’t recorded. In this two-part episode, we revisit those questions and the conversations they sparked from the inception of Bourbon Pursuit, through it’s now 10-year career, and how they’ve built a Spirits brand out of it.  We hit on: The numbers, and how BP has become “The Official Podcast of Bourbon” How and when did you start the podcast? Who have been some of your favorite guests? Any that were total disasters? Where and how do you record and how has this evolved over the years How do you decide topics for discussion? What makes a piece of content newsworthy for BP to talk about? How did you grow BP’s reach and get paced across different platforms like Apple, Pandora, iHeart and Spotify? and much more. P.club by Pursuit Spirits puts you in the inner circle. As a member, you’ll unlock exclusive distillery-only releases, VIP access to live virtual tastings with Q&As, 10% off all merch and special perks. Whether you choose free doorstep delivery or distillery pickup, you’ll always be first in line for our newest drops. With a flexible cart and priority access to limited barrels, P.Club isn’t just a membership—it’s your all-access pass to Pursuit. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Come and see us on Mellwood! Be sure to visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ pursuitspirits.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and click on Visit Us to book a tasting or barrel selection experience. For questions or topic requests on upcoming episodes, email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, it's Kenny here, and we're going to be taking a break from this week in Bourbon because Ryan is in Kansas City.

0:06.1

So if you happen to be in the area, make sure you go and see him.

0:09.8

But in this episode of Behind the Pursuit from Bourbon and Brand, we call it Pursuit University.

0:14.9

And this is because I got to speak at the James B. Beam University of Kentucky to a class that is learning all about

0:22.3

the stilled spirits in, specifically in bourbon. And so this was a series of questions that

0:26.8

we kind of started as the first half of the show talking about the origins of Bourbon

0:31.0

Pursuit and how that really kind of set us on a path of creating Pursuit spirits and building

0:36.7

the brand behind it.

0:37.9

So if you've never heard the story about how Bourbon Pursuit was started, sort of how we got

0:42.5

to where we are, the technology, the thoughts, the ideas, well, this is for you.

0:48.6

And if you do like this show and you want to subscribe to more, this is a completely separate

0:52.7

feed.

0:53.1

So go and search for Behind the Pursuit from Bourbon to Brand, wherever you get your podcast, and learn what it takes to build a whiskey brand. With that, cheers, everybody. We'll see you next week. Whiskey Wednesdays, Round 16, is here. Kernel and cash. For just five bucks, you're into win rare bourbon. Big cash and support a great cost.

1:12.7

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1:17.1

with 12 Colonel E.H. Taylor prizes hidden behind our locker doors.

1:20.9

And on September 17th, you could score a vintage E.H. Taylor and cash jackpot in a nonprofit donation.

1:27.4

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1:29.9

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1:34.1

Always find what you love at Total Wine and More.

1:36.7

With so many great spirits I choose from and at the lowest price,

1:40.1

it's easy to rediscover a smooth, weeded bourbon,

1:42.9

or try a bold new single barrel.

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