505 - The Highly Anticipated MGP Tasteoff

Bourbon Pursuit

Hobbies, Food, Arts, Leisure

4.9 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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It's time for that three letter acronym we all love to talk about, MGP! This is one episode that has been waiting for us as we always wanted to know if we could tell the difference between multple MGP sources. We set ourselves up for a thrilling blind tasting of six MGP whiskey products. We explore the complexities of MGP’s whiskey production, discussing how craft distillers now wear MGP as a badge of honor that was contridictaory to its past. The tasting becomes a friendly competition as we identify unique flavors and characteristics, emphasizing variations in price and age. We also get a eat a piece of humble pie as well when we reveal the results. Show Notes: The conversation segues into how AI is changing content creation. Insights into MGP’s history and significance in the whiskey world. Details about the specific MGP products being tasted, including flavor notes and individual characteristics. Reflection on the role of sourcing versus crafting whiskey. Highlights from the blind tasting experience and the final rankings. Encouragement for listener engagement and suggestions for future episodes. Closing thoughts on the evolution of distilling practices and the bourbon landscape. Support this podcast on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	MGP Taste of.
0:13.8	This is Bourbon Pursuit, the official podcast of Bourbon, bringing to you the best in news, reviews, and interviews with people making
0:21.8	the bourbon whiskey industry happen, and I'm one of your host, Kenny Coleman.
0:26.0	It's time. It's that three-letter acronym that we love to talk about over here, MGP, better known
0:33.3	as Midwest grain products. And this is one episode that has been kind of waiting for us as we always want to know
0:39.3	if we could tell a difference between multiple MGP sources.
0:43.1	We set ourselves up for a thrilling blind tasting of six different MGP products.
0:47.8	We explore the complexities of MGP's production and discussing how craft distillers now were
0:52.7	MGP is a badge of honor that was really
0:55.3	contradictory to its past. This tasting becomes kind of a friendly competition as we go and
1:00.2	start identifying unique flavors and characteristics in each pore, emphasizing the variations
1:05.0	as well as price and age. And Ryan and I also get to eat a nice piece of humble pie at the
1:10.6	end when we start revealing the results.
1:13.2	With that, enjoy this week's episode.
1:15.0	And now here's Fred Minnick with Above the Char.
1:18.6	I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char.
1:24.9	This week's idea comes from Kenny Coleman.
1:27.6	That's right, that Kenny Coleman.
1:29.2	I saw in a picture that a recent blind for a corporate gig of yours
1:33.6	showed that blind voters put Dickel 17 year over Pappy 23, Russell's 13,
1:39.8	and Willett Family Estate, the purple top.
1:42.5	Going deeper than, you've got to taste it blind,
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