492 - Is This The End of Kentucky Owl? on Bourbon Community Roundtable #101

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

For Bourbon Community Roundtable number 101, where we dive deep into the recent news of Stoli and its subsidiary Kentucky Owl filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This important conversation touches on the implications for the bourbon community, the brand's significant history, and our personal connections to its legacy. The group discusses how Kentucky Owl, once a celebrated brand under Dixon Dedman's careful curation, managed to capture the hearts of bourbon enthusiasts with limited releases that truly stood out. We unpack the challenges leading to Kentucky Owl's current predicament, we examine how Stoli's acquisition strategies may have shifted the brand’s identity. Will Stoli choose to sell the brand as part of its restructuring? Show Notes: Kentucky Owl's Bankruptcy: A Reflection Future of Kentucky Owl: What Lies Ahead? Closing Thoughts on Kentucky Owl's Journey Support this podcast on Patreon

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0:00.0	What are you laughing at over there?
0:01.6	And Blake, he's like, about to fall asleep.
0:04.8	I'm not about to fall asleep.
0:06.8	I'm just, it's on my phone in, like 8%.
0:11.2	I saw you.
0:13.2	You're like, he's like, oh.
0:15.0	I'm yawning over there.
0:16.6	I am yawning.
0:17.5	I'm not going to lie.
0:30.2	You know, I am yawning. I'm not going to lie. This is Bourbon Pursuit, the official podcast of Bourbon, bringing to you the best in news, reviews, and interviews with people making the
0:38.0	bourbon whiskey industry happen. And I'm one of your hosts, Kenney Coleman. And here we are,
0:42.9	back again. It is Bourbon Community Roundtable number 101. And this one, we've got to take a
0:48.7	somber look at the current state of things because recently we've seen the news of Stoli and Kentucky Al filing
0:55.9	for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Now, this show, we want to start off with a little bit of a high note
1:00.9	talking about what are some of those good memories that we had of Kentucky Al? Because for a long
1:05.8	time, it ranked in the top charts of some of the best whiskeys we had tasted all year long.
1:11.1	We talk about the transition of hands going from Dixon over to Stoli,
1:15.9	and where we saw the brand start making pivots and moves that kind of just didn't make sense for it.
1:22.2	And while it's still sad to see such a great brand have a tragic ending,
1:26.7	it may not be the end, and we give our predictions
1:29.3	on what may happen next. Now enjoy this week's show, and here's Fred Minnick with Above the Char.
1:35.5	I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char.
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