The Whiskey Ring Podcast

Ep. 35: Dr. Pat Heist, Wilderness Trail Distillery and FERM Solutions

Today we're getting nerdy with Dr. Pat Heist, fermentation specialist extraordinaire and distiller at Wilderness Trail Distillery. We get deep into the science and variations on fermenting, distillation, enzymatic activity, and sweet mash. It's a geek-out, but I think you'll love it. 
There are only 4 tickets left for each Jack Daniel's event! Sign up for your samples here: Jack Daniel's Tasting Events and grab them before March 26th!
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month. There are also $5 and $25 tiers available, and you’ll want to get in on the ground floor today for big events coming up this year. Just go to patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring to sign up.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! Please leave a 5-star rating and review and share with your friends and fellow whiskey lovers.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy this episode with Dr. Pat Heist.
FERM Solutions and Wilderness Trail
https://ferm-solutions.net/about-us/
http://wildernesstraildistillery.com
Wilderness Trail on Facebook
Wilderness Trail on Twitter
Wilderness Trail on Instagram
Thanks to our Sponsor, ImpEx Beverages
https://impexbev.com
ImpEx on Instagram
ImpEx on Facebook
ImpEx on Twitter

Ep. 34: Bernie Lubbers, Heaven Hill

This one's a biggie! Bernie Lubbers of Heaven Hill fame (and Jim Beam, and Bottled in Bond, and more!) joins the Whiskey Ring Podcast. 
We're taking a deep dive into Heaven Hill - Parker's Heritage Collection, Heaven Hill Select Stock, Gift Shop releases, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, all the heavy hitters us whiskey nerds go crazy for. 
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month. There are also $5 and $25 tiers available, and you’ll want to get in on the ground floor today for big events coming up this year. Just go to patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring to sign up.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! Please leave a 5-star rating and review and share with your friends and fellow whiskey lovers.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy this episode with Bernie Lubbers. 

Ep. 33: Sam Filmus, ImpEx Beverages

ImpEx Beverages might not be the name you know best, but here are some others: Kilchoman. Single Cask Nation. Adelphi Selection. Ohishi and Fukano. Port Askaig. These are just some of the brands, independent bottlers, and distilleries within the ImpEx umbrella. 
Join Sam and me as we talk about starting an import-export (Imp-Ex, get it?) company, the three-tier system, independent bottlers, and the joys of Islay (I'm getting there, ok?). 
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month. There are also $5 and $25 tiers available, and you’ll want to get in on the ground floor today for big events coming up this year. Just go to patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring to sign up.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! Please leave a 5-star rating and review and share with your friends and fellow whiskey lovers.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy this episode with Sam Filmus of ImpEx Beverages. 
ImpEx Website
ImpEx Instagram
ImpEx Facebook
ImpEx Twitter

Ep. 32: Ammunition Whiskey with Founder Andy Wahl

You might be more familiar with Daylight Wine and Spirits' Ammunition Wines, a California winery producing bold reds. What you might not know is that under a year ago, Ammunition branched out into whiskey, finishing MGP bourbon in their own Cabernet Sauvignon barrels and MGP rye in their own Pinot Noir barrels. Both show a skillful balance of spirit and finish - and a deep understanding of how their wine can elevate the bourbon and rye to the next level.
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month. There are also $5 and $25 tiers available, and you’ll want to get in on the ground floor today for big events coming up this year. Just go to patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring to sign up.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! Please leave a 5-star rating and review and share with your friends and fellow whiskey lovers.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy this episode with Andy Wahl of Daylight Wine and Spirits and Ammunition Whiskey. 

Ep. 31: Uncle Nearest Retrospective with Fawn Weaver and Clay Risen

Back in 2016, Clay Risen wrote an article for the Times about a man named Nathan “Nearest” Green. Fawn Weaver, an author and entrepreneur, was halfway around the world in Singapore when she read the article. That moment would change both of their lives. 
This week’s episode and the live event focused on the man and his legacy, the growth and future of his eponymous whiskey brand, and how Uncle Nearest is pushing the industry to face its own history, even if that history shakes them to the core.
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month. There are also $5 and $25 tiers available, and you’ll want to get in on the ground floor today for big events coming up this year. Just go to patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring to sign up.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! Please leave a 5-star rating and review and share with your friends and fellow whiskey lovers.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy this incredible conversation with Fawn Weaver and Clay Risen. 

Ep. 30: BoozApp Founders Scott Manning and Rich Morrow

Welcome to Episode 30 of the Whiskey Ring Podcast. My guests today are Scott Manning and Rich Morrow, founders of BoozApp.
With the tagline #dontgetrobbed, BoozApp lays down its gauntlet front and center. BoozApp provides three key pieces of information for the spirits community: MSRPs, Shelf Price, and Fair Price, a community-driven data point that can be voted on by actual drinkers. Their aim is simple: make pricing more transparent and let consumers have a hand in that – with proper controls in place, of course. So if you think you can go in and downvote the price of Pappy all day, they’re several steps ahead of you.
Scott, Rich, and I chat for about an hour on how BoozApp came to be, turning passion projects into real projects, and some new ideas for the App that turn static numbers into dynamic, evergreen data.
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month. There are also $5 and $25 tiers available, and you’ll want to get in on the ground floor today for big events coming up this year. Just go to patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring to sign up.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! Please leave a 5-star rating and review and share with your friends and fellow whiskey lovers.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy my chat with Scott and Rich from BoozApp.

Ep. 29: Still Austin and Brandon Joldersma

Welcome to Episode 29 of the Whiskey Ring Podcast. My guest today is Brandon Joldersma of Still Austin Distillery in Austin, Texas.
Texas whiskey is undoubtedly a growing category all its own, but inside that category is a massive spectrum, from great barrel proof bourbons and full-flavored winners to one-year-old whiskies that aren’t ready to clean floors. Count Still Austin’s core product, The Musician, among the former.
Brandon and I talk Still Austin, The Musician, Texas distilling, and everything that goes along with being in a city with such a strong character all its own.
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month. There are also $5 and $25 tiers available, and you’ll want to get in on the ground floor today for big events coming up this year. Just go to patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring to sign up.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! Please leave a 5-star rating and review and share with your friends and fellow whiskey lovers.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy my chat with Brandon from Still Austin.
Still Austin Website
Still Austin Instagram
Still Austin Facebook
Still Austin Twitter

Ep. 28: MGP with David Whitmer, Master Blender

If you're into whiskey and haven't heard of MGP (Midwestern Grain Products), what have you been drinking?!?! 
Today's episode brings David Whitmer, Master Blender (among other titles) for this distilling behemoth. David may be a VP, but as I found out he spends more time on the floor than he does behind a desk.
If you do know about MGP, your first thought might be "sourcing", and you wouldn't be wrong. The major thing to consider - and something David and I talk about for some time - is that to have so many companies source from you is a compliment and a testament to MGP's consistency, business model, and plain old doing it right mentality. 
There's a lot more to MGP than just whiskey - heck, there's a lot more to it than just distilling, including a food division that, while smaller than its beverage arm, is by no means tiny. 
Of course, there were topics we couldn't discuss, but David was about as honest and forthcoming as possible, something I truly appreciate both as a host and as a fan. NDAs or no NDAs, one thing is clear: MGP is putting out some of the best distillate on the market, and with the acquisition of Luxco and promotion of its own brands under Ross & Squibb, the sky is the limit for this already-great giant. 
_______________________________________
If you haven’t joined the Patreon community, now is the time: you can now support the site and podcast for as little as $1 a month, plus new and improved benefits for the $5 a month tier including exclusive content, free glassware after 6 months, and more benefits as the group grows such as barrel picks, live events, and more.
If you haven’t yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website. 
Finally, please subscribe to the Whiskey Ring Podcast on your favorite podcast platform today! We're on Podbean, Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and most other major podcast platforms. Every subscription and listen helps us get sponsors, secure guests, and ultimately get more content to you.
Thank you for listening and for supporting, and please enjoy my chat with David Whitmer, Master Blender for MGP.