276 - Tasting the Old Charter Oak Series with Joshua Steely of Buffalo Trace

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🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Joshua Steeley, Marketing Director for Bourbon at Buffalo Trace, joins the show to cover the Old Charter Oak series. It’s a line extension that focuses on the effect different types of oak have on the bourbon. We’re talking oak harvested from all over the world and some of the oak being hundreds of years old. Show Notes: This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about decanters. What's the most ridiculous thing someone has tricked you into doing or believing? Tell us about your role at Buffalo Trace. Any brands you are putting more effort behind? Are you going to have a part in Early Times? How did you get into bourbon and end up at Buffalo Trace? Let's talk about Old Charter Oak. How do you decide what bourbon goes into each brand? Tell us about your experimental process. Old Charter Oak Tasting. Where do you source your barrels from? Talk about what went into the packaging design. How hard is it to find this brand? What is the price point? Any failed experiments? Support this Podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	you know, I have three kids and so they're all, you know, we love them all, right? And so we love
0:04.7	all of our brands. Just one more the other day. They have different strengths, different opportunities,
0:09.4	right? Um, but one kids a weeded. One's, you know, Bourbon Pursuit, the podcast featuring news, reviews, and interviews, with those making the bourbon whiskey industry happen.
0:31.3	Before we start today's podcast, talking about Old Charter Oak, here's your weekly bourbon news update.
0:37.1	Bullet Whiskey has announced that it's
0:38.5	teaming up with American forests, the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the
0:44.1	United States, and a leader in the forestry innovation industry, with a goal to plant one million
0:49.3	trees over the next five years. This is part of the recently announced Bullet Frontier Fund that will help
0:55.1	build a more sustainable future for the bartending and hospitality industry, and those communities
1:00.3	that's surrounded as well. Well, let's all for the news. Now let's move on to some bourbon
1:04.1	release news. Founded in Tell City, Indiana in 1863 by German immigrant August Crogman,
1:10.7	the Crogman brand has now relaunched
1:12.5	as a straight whiskey company and has released the new Crogman's single barrel collection. This set
1:17.8	brings together all nine of the currently produced MGP Mashbills, and each whiskey is bottled at
1:22.4	cast drink with no-chill filtering and features a unique nickname for each barrel used. The nickname of each whiskey reflects a different aspect of what we typically see in the
1:32.3	Bourbon social media realm.
1:34.3	Words like tater bait, wax dips, chugs, max profits, and among others.
1:40.3	You can also mix and match, blending these single barrel expressions together to create your own unique blend.
1:46.0	This is currently only sold in Indiana and has an SRP of 4999.
1:51.0	Widow Jane is releasing a 10-year bourbon called Decadence that was blended in small batches and finished in barrels that once held Crown Maple Artisan Syrup.
2:00.0	Widow Jane Decadence is bottled at 91 proof, will be released at around 3,300 bottles,
2:06.6	will be distributed on a limited basis to only 10 states and has an SRP of 799.
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