Great American Whiskey Cookers
Welcome to The Great American Whiskey Cookers, your exclusive pass to the world of craft distilling. Join us on this captivating video series and podcast as we venture behind the curtain with America's finest distillers. Get ready to meet the passionate souls who work the stills, discover the exquisite spirits they craft, and uncover the rich stories that embody America's liquid heritage.
Episodes
213 episodes
Episode #121 - Why StilL 630 Double Distills Everything | Craft Whiskey Explained
🥃 When passion meets precision, great whiskey follows.Sitting down with Dave Weglarz of StilL 630 Distillery is always a treat. His deep knowledge and passion for craft whiskey and distilling come through in every part of the conversatio...
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Blind Tasting Huling Station Straight Bourbon | Friday Whiskey Challenge
🥃 Friday Blind Tasting Challenge is back.This time, Jeff and Wes put Huling Station Straight Bourbon, crafted by Old Dominick Distillery in Tennessee to the test in a true blind tasting.Wes is already a fan of Old Dominick… but can h...
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Episode #120 - Casey Jones Distillery Single Barrel Bourbon | Rare Last Bottle Tasting
🥃 Sometimes you stumble onto something special.During our visit to Casey Jones Distillery in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, we were lucky enough to taste the very last bottle from one of their single barrels and it turned out to be quite th...
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Blue Spot Irish Whiskey Blind Tasting | Friday Whiskey Challenge
🥃 Friday Blind Tasting Challenge is back and this time we’re going Irish.The Big Human pulls out one of his favorite Irish whiskeys, Blue Spot, and puts it to the test in a true blind tasting.Joining us is friend of the show ...
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Episode #119 - Off the Rails Whiskey Review | Tasting at Whiskey University
🥃 With more than 2,300 bottles in the Whiskey University library, you never know what hidden gem you might discover.During one of our tastings, an offhand comment somehow led us to a whiskey with the perfect name , “Off the Rai...
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Blind Tasting Conviction Double Oak 1929 Bourbon | Friday Whiskey Challenge
🥃 Friday Blind Tasting is back and this time Wes from Patreon joins the challenge.In the glass is a Conviction Double Oak 1929 Bourbon… but there’s one catch. I’ve never tried it before.Double oak bourbons can bring big flavor, rich ...
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Episode #118 - Top-Rated Double Barrel Rye Tasting | StilL 630 Distillery
🥃 You see Double Barrel Bourbons everywhere… but what about a Double Barrel Rye?Now imagine that rye is ranked among the top rye whiskeys in the USA.Would you try it? We did, and let’s just say, it delivers.Dave Wegla...
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First West Toasted bourbon in a blind tasting. Does the flavor really show up?
This Friday, the guys go in blind with First West Toasted Bourbon, looking for that rich, toasted sweetness everyone talks about. It sounds delicious… but without the label, does it still impress? No hype. No hints. Just honest reactions.
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Episode #117 - Lonely Oak Distillery Revives Wapsi Valley Corn for Craft Whiskey in Iowa
🌽🥃 Most craft distilleries follow the proven path. Pat Hoffmann didn’t.At Lonely Oak Distillery, he revived a rare heritage corn variety that only one U.S. farmer was still growing and now he’s the only distiller using it to make whi...
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A Blind Review of Hard Truth Sweet Mash Wheated Bourbon Bottled in Bond
🥃 Friday Blind Tasting Challenge is back.Jeff, The Big Human, and friend of the show Chris Damon go in completely blind as they taste a Hard Truth Sweet Mash Wheated Bourbon Bottled in Bond without knowing what’s in their glass.<...
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Episode #116 - How Zac Triemert Rebuilt His Distillery and Started Over in Omaha - Cut Spike & Brickway Distillery
🔥 Forced out of the distillery he built… so he built another.Zac Triemert didn’t waste time looking back. With less space but the same relentless passion, he opened a new distillery in Omaha’s Old Market and got right back to doing w...
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Blind Rye Tasting | Bardstown Bourbon Co. vs 45th Parallel Rye 100
🔥 David vs. Goliath a rye whiskey edition.In this Friday Blind Tasting Challenge, we put big bourbon head-to-head with craft rye:🥃 Bardstown Bourbon Co. Rye vs. 45th Parallel Rye 100.No labels. No bias. Just a true blind ...
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Episode #115 - Whiskey University "Tasting Old Forge Distillery"
🥃 Ever discovered a whiskey you’d never even heard of — and it completely surprised you?In this episode, we dive into a guided tasting of Old Forge Bourbon from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, uncovering the story behind this under-the-rada...
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Blind Whiskey Tasting | Eleanor Batch 3 vs Eleanor Batch 14
🥃 Same whiskey. Different batches. Big differences.We had the chance to taste two releases from Crowded Barrel Whiskey Co. out of Austin, Texas—Eleanor Batch 3 and Eleanor Batch 14—side by side.Crowded Barrel is a non-distill...
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Episode #114 - Tasting Brickway’s Sherry Cask American Single Malt | Cut Spike & Brickway Distillery
Every distiller has that one bottle. For Zac Triemert of Brickway Distillery, it’s his American Single Malt finished in an Oloroso Sherry cask—a whiskey that never has time to collect dust on the shelf.And once you taste it, you underst...
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Episode #113 - "I Got Whacked!” A Whiskey Industry Betrayal & Comeback Story - Cut Spike & Brickway Distillery
What would you do if you built a brewery from the ground up, helped change state laws, grew it into the largest craft brewery in the state—and then got voted off the island? Zac Triemert lived it.“I got whacked,” he says. What follow...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge - Milam & Greene the Answer
🔥 Kentucky bourbon vs. Texas bourbon — which one wins?Milam & Greene set out to answer that exact question with their limited release called “The Answer.”This unique bourbon was distilled in Kentucky, then split in two —🥃 half a...
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Episode #112 - Inside Old Glory Distilling: Meet the Whiskey Guys of Tennessee
It’s one thing to have a job — it’s another to live your craft.When someone proudly calls themselves a “Whiskey Guy,” you know you’ve found people fueled by passion, not just a paycheck.In Clarksville, Tennessee, we met a group of tr...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Whiskey Acres Maple Cask Finished vs 13th Colony Maple Cask Finished
Finished whiskey's are all over the shelves now. Almost every distiller has at least one. So, how does a Maple Cask Finished Bourbon from Whiskey Acres in Illinois stack up against one from 13th Colony? We put it to the test in a blind tasti...
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Episode #111 - Whiskey University "Tasting Russell's 13 Year and Russell's Reserve 2003"
In this episode, Colonel Craig Duncan, founder of Whiskey University, pours us a sample of Russell's Reserve 13 year and then pours us a sample of Russell's Reserve 2003 which is at 89.5 proof. A unicorn that we have never seen. the russell'...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Westward Whiskey Double Dark Single Malt
American Single Malt is having a day. Now that It's an official category, we are seeing all sorts of them pop up. However, Westward Whiskey in Oregon is one of the OG's of the American Single Malt producers. So, I put one of their single mal...
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Episode #110 - Inside Blaum Bros. Distillery: Marketing Secrets & a Wheat Bourbon Tasting
Let's be real, most whiskey marketing stories are just a bunch of hooey! They're like the tall tales of the Wild West, but with more barrels and beards. But, some distilleries are all about keeping it real, like Blaum Bros. Distillery in Gal...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Middle West Spirits Dark Pumpernickel Rye
It's a blind tasting Friday. On this episode, I lure our elusive camera man Kirk out from behind the camera’s to try a Middle West Spirits Dark Pumpernickel Rye in a blind tasting. This one has received rave reviews, so what does Kirk think ...
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Episode #109 - Spirits Attorney Brian Haara "Distillers and Blenders and Rectifiers"
The whiskey laws are so weird, and outdated. Have you ever heard the name Rectifier? It's an old term. But, it's still used today in the whiskey industry when it comes to licensing. Today we know it as Blender. Spirits Attorney Brian Haara g...
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