your better approach is to really get dialed into the manager as best as you can.

Become friends with them.

Like, show up at the kids' baseball game, you know, or their kids' baseball game.

That might be a little creepy, actually.

I was going to say, that's a...

Actually, that's a sin.

Don't go that far.

Yeah.

Ask them how their kids' baseball game.

Ask them how the kids' baseball game. Ask how the kids' baseball game's going.

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.

You got any Blantins in the back? Where are you hiding all that pappy? Those are some of the things that you could say a store owner loz the here and you're going to get laughed out the door.

And believe me, you can take our word for it because we've been there and we've done it.

We spent years of our lives hunting bourbon.

So Ryan, Fred, and myself, we talk about the cardinal sins of bourbon hunting.

So what are those things that you should never do when you're

hunting for bourbon to remain in a good spot? Stay in the good graces of your friendly local liquor

store owners? And what is that proper etiquette when you're camping for special releases? With

that, enjoy this week's episode. And now here's Fred Minnick with Above the Char. I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char.

This week's idea comes from Stuart of Rakija.

A big fan of Rakija, which is, you know, a Serbian brandy, big fan of that.

I've had that a few times, and Stewart sent me a few bottles, so thank you for that.

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