453 - Will Horses Help Sell a Bottle? with Sean Josephs of Pinhook

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🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The platform of this podcast was to help connect listeners to the brands they see on the store shelves. As time has gone on, sometimes we discover there really isn't much substance to a brand. But today's guest is the very opposite. I found myself enthralled with our guests history in the culinary world and what he's doing to make his whiskey be one that many can appreciate from the liquid to the blending. Sean Josephs is the Co-Founder & Master Blender behind Pinhook. You know all those bottles with race horses on the label and different colored wax. Sean talks about getting his start in restaurants, grinding it out, and eventually working at some of the world's premier establishments and becoming such a decorated wine sommelier that he would be considered famous by those standards. Consider me a bit star struck by the time this episode is over. Then he finds a new passion in bourbon and opens up one of the first ever whiskey bars in Brooklyn and eventually left to start Pinkhook bourbon. Sean's passion comes through and we learn the secret decoder ring to knowing more about all his Pinhook bottles and what's in store for the future. Show Notes: Above the Char with Fred Minnick (@fredminnick) talks about adding water to high proof whiskey. What's your background and how did you get into bourbon? As a somm, do you remember the most epic wine? Was starting a whiskey bar in 2008 in Brooklyn a bold move? Were barrel selections becoming popular for restaurants in 2016? What made you want to stop doing bars and restaurants and start the whiskey brand? Can you explain the packaging and colors and how they work? What makes your whiskey special and what are you doing there? How long do you think you'll have enough whiskey to keep your projects going? Support this podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	No one's heard the Joseph with the S at the end, so they just, or I'll say, I'm Sean Joseph.
0:05.0	And they go, hello, Joseph.
0:06.1	It's nice to meet you.
0:19.9	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.
0:31.4	The platform of this podcast was built to help connect listeners to the brands that they see on the store shelves.
0:37.0	But as time has gone on, there's a lot of new entrance to the brands that they see on the store shelves. But as time has
0:38.1	gone on, there's a lot of new entrance to the market, and sometimes we discover that there just
0:42.6	isn't a whole lot of substance to a brand. But today's guest, it's the very opposite. I found
0:48.0	myself completely enthralled with our guest's history in the culinary world, and what he's doing
0:52.9	to make his whiskey be one that
0:54.5	you can appreciate from the liquid to the blending. Sean Joseph's is the co-founder and master
1:00.1	blender behind Pin Hook. You know, those other bottles with racehorses on the label and different
1:04.6	colored wax. Sean talks about getting his start in restaurants, really grinding it out,
1:09.4	and eventually working at some of the world's
1:11.8	premier establishments and becoming such a decorated wine sommelier that he would be considered
1:16.9	famous by those standards. Consider me a bit starstruck by the time this episode is over. But then he
1:22.4	finds a new passion in Burbit and opens up one of the very first American whiskey bars in Brooklyn
1:27.4	and eventually left to start Pin Hook Bourbon. opens up one of the very first American whiskey bars in Brooklyn and eventually
1:28.4	left to start pinhook bourbon.
1:30.5	Sean's passion comes through and we learn the secret decodering to knowing more about
1:35.3	all the pinhook bottles and what's in store for the future.
1:38.7	With that, enjoy this week's episode.
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