TWiB: The Secret $20M Loan Hiding in Uncle Nearest’s Books

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:08]It's this week in bourbon and they're close, but no cigar. And here's your headlines for May 29th, 2026. There are new updates happening in the Uncle Nearest case. Wild Turkey is bringing back the cheesy gold foil. Well, kind of. And Bardstown Bourbon Company is going to Mars. And before we get started, here's a quick word from our partners.

[00:00:30]Hey everybody, welcome back. It's this week in bourbon. Kenny Coleman here.

[00:00:34]Ryan Cecil. Yeah, we're back at it. Oh, sorry. Missed a week. We missed a week.

[00:00:39]Brutal week.

[00:00:40]>> I I know. And so you're you're we're coming to you back from the studio. It's still kind of in disarray with cables and everything. You can't see it out of the frame of the camera, but if you were here down here at trial and error looking through the window, you could probably see a mess of cables underneath there. But yeah, we we have dealt with rains and storm and tornadoes and flooding and everything like that is what it's felt like.

[00:01:03]>> All the above. Power outages, internet outages.

[00:01:07]>> I know that happened this week.

[00:01:08]>> Yeah, we're definitely being tested this week. It's It's been a lot. Yeah.

[00:01:13]>> But thank you for all the kind words and comments and everything like that out there. last week uh I had put out and saying or I put out a message saying that we weren't not going to be able to have a a new release of this week in bourbon this week because of everything that we've been going through and it kind of >> almost felt like defeated and I typically don't feel like that. You don't I I'm always like charging through like let's go. You don't stop until the job is done and I had just come to my wits end and I was like I can't do it right now. Sometimes you just got to throw your hands up and say I got nothing. And that's that's the way it felt. Plus, you were going out of town and I was like I was like, I'm not going to worry about it. So, uh, but we're back again this week and I tell you what, there is going to be a lot of bourbon release news to come with it, too. Oh, boy. Yeah, I know. But, you know, close but no cigar. I'm sure you've heard that before, right?

[00:02:02]>> I have. It's uh story of my life.

[00:02:04]>> Is it, you know, get close to winning a game or close to getting the girl, you know, but no cigar.

[00:02:09]>> No cigar. No cigar. Well, in the 1920s, you know, carnivals were actually very popular attractions. I think they're still kind of popular. They are.

[00:02:17]They're, you know, why who doesn't love going and getting cotton candy and making your stomach feel upset by the end of the night? But they said people would participate in games to win prizes at these events. And if adult wanted to play, they had to go for the top prize, which what do you think it was? A cigar.

[00:02:34]>> Mr. Sweet. It was a blunt.

[00:02:36]>> Yeah, it was. It was that. But if they didn't get the top prize, they were said to have gotten close, but no cigar.

[00:02:41]>> Ah, there you go.

[00:02:42]>> Bring back giving away tobacco at carnivals. That's right. Yeah. Don't think that's quite legal.

[00:02:48]>> Well, I mean, we can go ahead and >> now we can say close but no Zins.

[00:02:52]>> No Zins. There we go. Close but no bourbon if we can give away uh pores of bourbon. You know, we can probably do something like that at KBF or something like that. Have a festival and, you know, throw some rings to.

[00:03:03]>> Yeah. Ring toss. Get yourself some to the the duck ponds where everybody's a winner.

[00:03:10]>> Or bobbing for apples. That'd be funnier. Have people bob for apples. I don't know if anybody wants to bo for Well, it is pretty hot out. So, I guess if you get some nice cool water down there and >> we could get the uh the the dunk booth, put you up there, let people throw. And >> why me?

[00:03:26]>> I don't know.

[00:03:27]>> I think I think you would be great up there.

[00:03:29]>> I think actually it would be good for everybody in the industry to come on.

[00:03:32]We'll just have a a rotating who's who of the dunk food.

[00:03:35]>> Sink your m favorite master distiller.

[00:03:38]>> I like that one. All right. Well, we have also been chasing uh honey. It felt like for the past couple weeks, too. And we've got something brand new in front of us. Yes. Past months. I feel like for the past couple days, I've been doing nothing but drinking honey. But tell me what we have in front of us here, Ryan.

[00:03:56]>> So, we have the Green River honey finished bourbon whiskey. So, we got straight bourbon whiskey finished with natural flavors of honey. So, yeah. Uh you know, honey is a big popular category. There's uh a lot of NDP, Starlight, you know, a lot of distilleries doing it, but uh this is by far the most cheapest of option out there. $24.99, which is I don't know how they got that cheap even I know they made their own whiskey, but the honey alone is just crazy expensive. And so I mean, how much did we So everybody at this point probably knows that we do have a honey release coming out. It is our collaboration with Matt Pitman of Meat Church Honey Hog Barrel and we are already started announcing it. So the Peac uh allocation will actually open on June 1st. So if you know you want to get your hands on this, you need to join Peac because they will have the first one about a four-week head start on anybody else being able to do this. But Ryan, go ahead and and kind of uh talk about when you were when we were acquiring the honey for ours. We didn't just go and find local honey. We went all the way to Texas.

[00:05:07]>> Yeah. We wanted to tie in the story of Matt Pitman being from Texas in Wax Hatch. So, we found a local bee farmer, Berles, uh and the guys at Texas Wildarm. So, that probably added to the cost, but um >> Oh, it definitely added to the cost.

[00:05:20]>> Yeah. But $24.99, but this is a a much lower proof than most honeys out there.

[00:05:24]This is 92 proof. Uh so, um yeah, see what it's all about.

[00:05:29]>> Yeah. By the way, do you remember how much we paid for that? It was 55 gallons of honey that we got, right?

[00:05:36]>> Yeah. I want to say it was almost 4,000 bucks.

[00:05:38]>> 4,000. All right.

[00:05:39]>> Yeah.

[00:05:40]>> So, if you've ever spent $4 to $5,000 on honey before >> that you have to just get rid of that you can't actually use, you know, other than for finishing in barrels.

[00:05:50]>> That's right.

[00:05:51]>> I already drink it. I mean, it's >> it smells I mean, it's no surprise here.

[00:05:55]It smells like honeycomb, honey. Some nice orange blossoms, some there's some nice like oak and uh like kind of a cardamom baking spice on the nose. Um, yeah, keep telling people cuz it's it's good. It's light. It's refreshing.

[00:06:12]>> It tastes like a a great orange c chamomile honey tea with some oak in there. It's I mean it's really good for the price point and the uh approachability at that low proof. So I mean I could for $24.99 this is a no-brainer. If you're a fan of honey finish stuff and you're looking for something light, approachable, something that's cheap that you can use in cocktails, this is I think it's really solid. Okay. I mean I had it. It's delicious. So I'm not not opposed to it whatsoever.

[00:06:46]>> Yeah. Yeah. Good job. Good job, Dan Callaway. Yeah, absolutely. Way to go, Green River team. Well, let's go ahead and let's dive in with some of the industry news here. And this first one is talking about Uncle Nearest. This is uh there was a 61page new document that was filed this week in court. Did >> you read every page?

[00:07:06]>> I I did not. Uh I just wanted to go ahead and skim the highlights like everybody else. Some What was What was it in school that we had?

[00:07:13]>> Cliff notes.

[00:07:14]>> Cliff notes. I wanted the cliff notes.

[00:07:16]That's That's all I go for. But this was actually before the gentleman who takes care of the bourbon ryeclub.com was actually able to go through it. But he said there was 61 pages. And there was also a text message that was sent to me as well. And you I believe what did what did our good buddy say here? That uh the receiver hereby states that he has re retained Sims Funk PLC to advise the receiver on responding to a federal investigation. So that's not cool. No, >> you never know about this happen there.

[00:07:48]But uh what has happened is a federal judge in Tennessee has now expanded the receiverhip for Uncle Nerys to include that Grant Sydney Incorporated, which is the holding company used by Fawn Weaver to conceal a $20 million loan uh that came from Marcy Penn. Now, the 62, sorry, 62page, not 61, 62-page court order does instruct the receiver to promptly investigate if any assets were improperly diverted into Grant Sydney, which happens to own 30% of Uncle Ner's outstanding shares. Uh, more from this is that the company's $300 million valuation that Fawn had put in her sworn testimony is deemed now not credible, estimating its actual value of Uncle Nerius between 50 million and 125 million against a mountain of more than 28 million owed in its debts.

[00:08:37]>> Yikes. So, been hadn't heard anything in a while.

[00:08:43]Um, and I mean I kind of I >> there's a lot of line items in the playbooks to go through probably >> and I I I kind of anticipated this going to a federal uh hearing just because of all the moving around funds diverting in different companies and using and two just how the the amazing thing to me is how they haven't filed tax returns since 2018 and you know that makes me question the bank and why they kept lending him money and so there's just a lot of it's there's still just so much shenanigans going on but uh >> doesn't care living her life.

[00:09:22]>> Yeah, I was going to say our bank's not even loaning us money. They're still asking us for personal financial statements we're not even giving any more money >> and we have to update it every every uh twice a year. So uh yeah, it's it's still fascinating. I'm I'm not surprised it's going to a federal. I wouldn't be surprised if they're deemed insolvent and so they need to get a buyer ASAP.

[00:09:44]But like you said, the value is not going to cover everything. So the bank's going to have to like, you know, take less than what they're owed and just walk away from this. But uh it's either they do that or they get nothing. So I think cuz you could try to recapture some of that from the barrels, but the barrels are worthless. Not worthless, but worth a lot less than what they probably lent them on. And so, uh, yeah, not a good situation.

[00:10:09]>> It's not. And I also forgot to mention that, uh, the receiver has said that they are insolvent.

[00:10:16]>> Oh, okay.

[00:10:17]>> So, that is part of it as well, too. But stay tuned. The saga is not over yet.

[00:10:22]We'll see what else is going to come of it.

[00:10:23]>> Yep. So, here's one that was kind of interesting that came across my desk is that Nancy Freillley is retiring from Joseph Magnus, concluding her career as they help I sorry, she helped define the contemporary American whiskey blending and finishing at Joseph Magnus. She was central to establishing the brand's house style and blending approach that remains the foundation for its identity.

[00:10:44]She's also credited with pioneering the cigar blend category through the 2016 release of Magnus' cigar blend, the first of its kind and introducing a triple cask finishing technique that has influenced the wider industry. Her blending philosophy and established framework will continue under their head distiller Will Fabry, who has worked alongside her to ensure continuity in the distilleries production processes.

[00:11:06]Yeah, I figured this was coming because she's really aligned herself with Still Austin and everything they got going on there and they're that brand's just crushing it. So I I just assume they would that it's taking up majority of time. She has no more time for but I knew she was training Will for several years. They went I think I was talking to her they went to France and you know to go to Kgnac and Army region and train her like on under all her mentors and whatnot. So, I knew this was coming, but yeah, she definitely put Magnus on the map and they have some had some incredible products and I'm sure under Will's supervision, they will continue to put good stuff out.

[00:11:44]>> That will continue. But congratulations, Nancy. Onto your next thing. But, you know, she's always been sort of a a gun for hire, if you will, too. So, I'm not surprised. Um, these kind of things happen, and you want somebody that's probably there full-time, >> always taking care of it, and that's what Will's there for. And he's like, I I think I got this now. Like we don't need to, as much as it sounds, it's like we don't need to keep paying somebody all these consulting fees to come in. I I can take care of it.

[00:12:09]>> I got it. Yeah.

[00:12:11]>> And our last news one here is that the first for the first time ever, >> the Kentucky Bourbon Festival is offering official sorry official ticket resales through Tixer. It's a secure platform for fans to buy and sell authentic tickets at face value. This resale system operates independently of the festival's weight list, allowing buyers buyers to purchase tickets as soon as they are listed by other fans.

[00:12:34]In addition to general admission, ticket holders can also purchase premium add-ons for exclusive tastings and educational sessions led by prominent industry figures and they also have um oh this is just more stuff about the festival. But just to know that if you missed out because at this point if you didn't get a ticket, you missed out u you can go ahead you can sign up to potentially get a face value ticket probably after fees and everything like that. um be able to be able to come and enjoy it.

[00:13:04]>> Yeah. Stub. I've never heard of Tixer, but um >> it's probably stub up.

[00:13:09]>> Stub with a um we're going to call it with >> price controls.

[00:13:13]>> I was going to say with credibility.

[00:13:16]What was what was the word I'm looking for? Honor. I don't know what I'm looking for. Uh maybe >> because StubHub's credible and >> Oh, it's credible. Don't get me wrong, but uh integrity. Integrity.

[00:13:25]>> Integrity. That's the word I'm looking for.

[00:13:27]>> There you go.

[00:13:28]>> Yeah. Well, it's good to get have an option. And then two, if you're a ticket holder and and you wanted to go, but then things come up, it's a good way to offload them. So, >> nothing like buying a ticket and then you can't figure out how to get rid of it or have somebody use it. So, there's an option now.

[00:13:44]>> Yep.

[00:13:44]>> Well, stick around. That is all for the bourbon news, but got a b lot of bourbon release news coming up. Can't wait.

[00:13:52]Hey everybody, it is bourbon release news time. And I'm not even going to scroll through here. And I'm not going to hit on every single one of like every detail because there's a lot to go through, but I'm going to hit you with the first one here. And that's Filmland Spirits has announced the release of the Crimson Cask. It is a 90 proof Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey and available for retailers within Kentucky only as it's Kentucky exclusive. It is age at least four years. Mash bill is 75214 and is going to have a price tag of $40.

[00:14:25]And it says that he features a specific Newer inspired narrative involving a distillery air named Scarlet Cross.

[00:14:33]>> So there you go. You gota character you gota you got to dig in more to find out more about their uh their be movie concepts and how that plays into their bottles.

[00:14:42]>> I love the artwork on those. They're cool.

[00:14:44]>> It is interesting. It is different. It is a different take on on this world of whiskey that works.

[00:14:49]>> That's right. Well, this was fun that uh just ended. Well, at least at least the Indie 500 is that Blue Run Spirits has announced another well state exclusive.

[00:14:58]This is an Indiana exclusive with a limited edition release of its Kentucky Street High Bourbon Whiskey in collaboration with Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Timed for leading up to the Indy500. This collectible bottle features features Blue Run signature Visaroy Butterfly that also now has a checkered flag pattern on it instead, which that's kind of cool.

[00:15:17]>> Yeah, I saw it was pretty cool. And this will also incorporate the official IMS or the Indian Indianapolis Motor Speedway wing and wheel insignia on the neck label. It is going to be bottled at 111 proof and uses their signature glass. And again, highly limited, but also available exclusively at retailers throughout Indiana.

[00:15:38]>> Did you watch the ND500?

[00:15:40]>> I did not. I Well, I saw the finish. It looked pretty awesome. Exciting finish.

[00:15:44]Uh but yeah, I'm I'm not a huge car racing fan. I mean, it's okay for me, but it's like >> you got your thing.

[00:15:53]>> They everybody has their thing, but uh I did see these bottles. They look really awesome. They look nice. And you notice a trend of them partnering with the Braves, the Bears, now Indy500. So trying to find creative ways to, you know, appeal to fans of bourbon and, you know, that particular sport. So it works. I was in Philly and I saw these Jim Beam Phillies uh bottles everywhere.

[00:16:16]So, it definitely works.

[00:16:17]>> Did you get one?

[00:16:18]>> I did not. No.

[00:16:19]>> Not Not that much of a Philly fan.

[00:16:21]>> I'm Yeah, we both don't fall into the marketing game of anything. But it's funny online you see people like should I pick up this Derby Woodford bottle or makers and like is there anything special about like no it's just the artwork. But >> but it it hooks you in.

[00:16:36]>> It hooks you in.

[00:16:37]>> You find it and you're like wow that's beautiful. The same exact reason people to get rid of it when you pass away.

[00:16:43]>> Is this worth anything? Well, they only made about 50,000 of them, so no, it's not worth anything.

[00:16:48]>> Yeah. So, you have that. But, yeah, very cool to be able to see. Um, I'm more of a snake pit person myself at the Indy500. So, one of these days I'll make it to >> Oh, is that like the rave?

[00:16:58]>> Oh, it sure is.

[00:16:59]>> In the infield or something.

[00:17:00]>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. They've always had good acts now. And that's I was saying it was like Indy500, they're doing it. It was like I I forget. I think I was sitting with like Chris Pointer or somebody like that from uh the Brown Foreman team. I was like, you know, you you have a really good opportunity here to have a massive concert right in the middle of the infield. Oh, yeah.

[00:17:19]>> I mean, they had it, but but it's not massive.

[00:17:22]>> They did concerts. I saw I think it was a Rolling Stones and the Police, but it's just not a great venue at Churchill for >> No, because you're Well, I mean, it's it would be like a festival, right? You just have to have a tall stage and you have a a you know a huge amount of people that are there. You just got to set up for it. But I think if you bring in some acts that are >> like really good, it would probably drive even more people to the infield.

[00:17:47]>> Well, just I mean they have Burn Beyond just two blocks over at the fairgrounds.

[00:17:52]So >> yeah, but I'm saying for Churchill they don't make money. That's true.

[00:17:56]>> That's they don't make money on Bourbon Beyond.

[00:17:58]>> Yeah, I know.

[00:17:59]>> Yeah. All right, let's keep going here.

[00:18:01]Evan Williams. They're also getting that 250th anniversary action here with their officially licensed America 250 commemorative release arriving in May of 2026. And this is going to highlight the brand's history of Kucky's first licensed distiller established in 1783.

[00:18:18]And it's going to have three different expressions. Black Label 1783 small batch and a limited selection of single barrels bottled at 117.76 proof. These releases include patriotic packaging with a single barrel expression being hand dipped in blue wax to coordinate with the Statue of Liberty design on the bottle. Additionally, the brand is also partnering with nonprofits of Folds for Honor and contributing $75,000 to provide scholarships for families of fallen or disabled US service members and first responders.

[00:18:47]>> Very cool. Um yeah, I everybody's playing this 250 game.

[00:18:54]>> They sure are, aren't they? Yeah, I saw it all over Philly. There's 250 this and then there's also World Cup this. You know, you got a lot of things going on this year in the US. So, it's a good time to be alive.

[00:19:04]>> It's a good time to be alive. Oh, yeah.

[00:19:06]I was about to say with the World Cup coming next month, I mean, you're about to have the largest spectacle in sport happening in the US.

[00:19:13]>> And I was looking at tickets for Philly, they were $3,000 a piece. I'm like, who affords that?

[00:19:18]>> Yeah. And here's the thing, the face value wasn't much better. I think Face Value was over $1,000 on some of these games and it's like I'm not paying $1,000 to go watch two unknown countries that I don't care about to go go play like >> Exactly.

[00:19:33]>> But I will be certain to have it on the TV at the distillery. So >> Oh, wait. Not here at Trial and Nerve.

[00:19:39]>> Well, well, we'll be we'll be rooting on Team USA over there. Well, it's all different times.

[00:19:44]>> All right. This one is not bourbon related, but I thought it was pretty interesting is that the Titanic Hotel Belfast has partnered with Titanic Distillery to launch the Titanic Distillers Experience Package. It's a collaboration that connects two historic landmarks within Belfast Titanic Quarter. The hotel is located and restored on the former Harland and Wolf offices while the distillery is housed in the historic Thompson Dock Pump House, the site where the RMS Titanic was fitted prior to its maiden voyage.

[00:20:12]The opening of the distillery marks the return of whiskey production to the city for the first time in nearly 90 years.

[00:20:18]And the guest package includes an overnight stay at the nautical themed room where guests are greeted with a sample of premium Irish whiskey and artisan truffles. Also included is the Titanic Distillery signature tour which provides a guided experience through the working distillery and the original red brick pump house that once the engines for the dock. The tour does conclude with a guided tasting of the distillery spirits. And all this, which includes a free breakfast, or should I say a full breakfast, starts at $29 per room for two people. And say $29, $29. We'll say that. And it come with a naked portrait.

[00:20:52]You know, the guy painting it on the movie.

[00:20:55]>> Paint me like one of your French girls.

[00:20:56]>> That's right.

[00:20:58]Uh yeah. I mean, people love the Titanic movie and the history of the Titanic.

[00:21:03]So, yeah, just make sure your seals are good.

[00:21:07]>> Well, make sure you're also not getting in a bubble you're trying to go down to the very bottom see it too, right? You don't want to do that.

[00:21:14]>> All right, so keeping going here is that Heaven Hill has also announced its 2026 grain to glass lineup designating this year's release cycle as the year of wheat. The collection consists of three limited edition weeded bourbons, all utilizing their mash of 52% corn, 35% wheat, and 13% molted barley. Connor O'Driscoll collaborated with Beex Hybrids and Peterson Farms to select and locally grow specific corn seed varietals for these expressions. An interesting part of this is regarding the roll out that Heavenh Hill packages his releases in 700 ML bottles. And it will also include a family farms first initiative that commits up to $100,000 annually to the Farm Rescue nonprofit.

[00:21:53]Um, and then the first expression is this third edition Kentucky straight weeded bourbon distilled 2019 aged for six years bottled non-shell filtered 107.8 proof retail price of $100. And the second expression, it's another same exact thing. 2019 distillate matured entirely number three French oak barrels for at least 6 years, $ 109.2 proof, $130. And the last one here is a 9-year-old expression distilled in 2017 using different corn varietals entered the barrel at a higher 125 proof. I don't know about that, but it is just says higher 125 proof. And it will retail for $150 with its final barrel proof to be determined closer to its late 2026 launch.

[00:22:37]>> It's a lot of lot of options there.

[00:22:39]>> It is. It is. It is the year of wheat, my friend.

[00:22:41]>> Who would have thought? The year of wheat.

[00:22:43]>> Ah, well, it's the year of honey. It's the year of wheat. It's the year of pursuit. We got a lot of things.

[00:22:48]>> 250 year >> 250th of everything. Might as well go America. That's right. Go home team.

[00:22:55]>> Remis Bourbon is introducing the 2026 Remis Lou Garri reserve bourbon. An ultra limited edition following the brand's Babe Ruth Reserve Series. To honor Garri's legacy, the bourbon is a medley of four different mash bills bottled at 109 proof and that's a nod to 109 RBI he recorded in 1926. Remis, I'm pretty sure you could probably just find something, right?

[00:23:20]You just started smirking as soon as I said that. They are releasing exactly 9,665 bottles representing Garrick his career plate appearances.

[00:23:30]>> Oh my gosh.

[00:23:31]>> And each bottle features a QR code.

[00:23:32]>> No, throw that one away. We got to hit this number perfect.

[00:23:36]>> 966. Nope. Nope. Can't do that one.

[00:23:39]Anyway, the QR code is going to scan to discover specific games tied to the bottle's plate appearance number. In conjunction, it's the launch of ALS awareness month, and they're be donating $9,665 to live like Lou to support families affected by ALS.

[00:23:58]>> Everything up until it's like, hey, you're gonna find some number. Yeah. The magic number that you're gonna make this work.

[00:24:06]>> Yeah, sounds fun. Uh he was one I'd love Lou Garrick was a great baseball player.

[00:24:12]I love baseball as you know but um yeah >> your thoughts on Pete Rose.

[00:24:17]>> Oh I mean you know people get hung up on the gambling. Should he be he should be in the Hall of Fame it and the gambling I mean there it's you got draft king you got all these [ __ ] now like who know I mean he didn't do steroids so uh I don't know there's I think he should be in >> Okay. I was going to say I was like cuz you know Charles Barkley had a problem with gambling at one time too.

[00:24:39]>> I know.

[00:24:39]>> Yeah. Just not in his own games.

[00:24:41]>> Not in his own games. That's true.

[00:24:42]>> That we know of.

[00:24:45]>> All right. Well, let's keep it rolling here. Atlanta's Short Barrel has announced the return of its limited edition Sabquatch bourbon. And this is going to be happening. It says in time for Father's Day. Okay. Uh missed that one. A couple weeks old. Sorry about that, y'all. Uh >> Father's Day. I haven't yet. It says May 19th, 2026.

[00:25:05]>> Oh, well, Father's Day is uh >> says in time for Father's Day.

[00:25:09]>> In time for Father's Day. Gotcha. I'm sure it's sold out.

[00:25:11]>> There we go. Well, anyway, the Sugar Maple Finish Bourbon is a blend of 6 to 8-year-old whisies sourced from Kentucky, Indiana, bottled 110 proof.

[00:25:19]And this is going to have around 20 to 30 barrels that are in the blend. And it starts by conditioning the whiskey in stainless steel tanks for 6 to 8 weeks using a sugar maple infusion spiral to establish a consistent foundation. Then the whiskey is then transferred into Kelvin toasted barrels at previously aged maple syrup from producers in Vermont and Ohio. And this approach is designed to use maple syrup uh as a structural component to enhance the mouth feel and mid pallet weight rather than adding overbearing sweetness.

[00:25:48]Sapsquatch is available for $90 throughout their brand's website and their 48 state distribution channels.

[00:25:55]I'm a fan of Sapsquatch cuz it's not over mapley and it's really nice balance. Um, yeah. Some of the maple finishes out there are just like it's like eating pancakes, which is fine, but it's like this has a nice balance to it.

[00:26:09]Well, you cave pretty hard on honey. You think you're going to cave hard on doing maple fish?

[00:26:12]>> I'm done with syrups. Anything sticky, gooey.

[00:26:16]>> It's been a pain in the ass.

[00:26:18]>> It has not been easy.

[00:26:20]>> That's why I texted Clinton this morning. He's co-founder of Shore Barrel Mash. And I showed him a picture of our mockup Honey Hog Bottle and I was like, I can't wait till this is over.

[00:26:31]He's like, "Yeah, honey is a pain in the ass." I don't think maple syrup is going to be that much better.

[00:26:35]>> No. No. I bet it's similar or worse.

[00:26:39]Well, up next is going to be hot sauce.

[00:26:41]Oh, yeah. Well, hot ones. Dickle already tried that and it didn't work. So, >> I don't think that's one of the ones that we can do. But anyway, let's keep going. Bradshaw Bourbon, founded by NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw, is doing three limited time gift sets for Father's Day. Now available through June 21st. It's the bronze, silver, and gold collections, and they range in price from $76 to 116. And they feature various combinations of the flagship bourbon, Bradshaw bourbon barbecue sauce, and the Bradshaw family cookbook.

[00:27:13]A key differentiator for these holiday sets is the inclusion of a complimentary personalized engraving for those orders as well. All right, go Bradshaw.

[00:27:21]>> Go Bradshaw. I have nothing else really to add about there. So, let's talk about Heaven Hill some more. Uh, they have announced not only >> the year of corn.

[00:27:31]>> It sure is. Actually, this is this is the year of rye now because this is the written house United States 250th anniversary of commemorating of the addition of straight rye whiskey. At least that's what United States 250th anniversary commemorative edition straight rye whiskey. That's a lot of words. So, this limited edition 10-year-old bottled and bond expression celebrates America's semiquintessential centennial. That is a lot. That was that would I mean, look at this semiquintentennial.

[00:28:03]That is that will kill and scrabble, by the way. And that and the brand's Pennsylvania heritage. The whiskey is non-shell filtered and the mash bill is their typical 51% rye, 35% corn, 14% molted barley drawn from 90 barrels across various rick houses and floors.

[00:28:20]It's 100 proof and it's going to be with the bottle and bond act, but it will be available for $100 in select US markets.

[00:28:29]I did I did notice a written house square when I was in Philadelphia. So, and I in my head I was like, is that tied to the written house? But he just said Pennsylvania, so maybe it is tied to it. Yeah, it is. Who would have a cool area and village?

[00:28:41]>> You now you learn so much more about the United States. Ryan, I'm very proud of you.

[00:28:46]>> Quintisending semi-quincentennial.

[00:28:48]>> Semiquint.

[00:28:50]>> That I mean that is I remember back in high school we used to in Spanish class we would play Scrabble, you know, that way you kind of learn things. Uh, electromagnetico.

[00:29:00]That's that was always the one that stuck out. It was like, oh yeah, we can find you >> get some major points.

[00:29:04]>> Yeah, you can get some major points on that one. Well, Buffalo Trace, I've seen a lot of like positive and not so positive things come out with a lot of things that are happening with their gift shop, but they are returning with two highly soughtafter expressions, and one is one I've always been a fan of as well. So, they're first releasing the eh Taylor 4 grain and the eh Taylor cured oak. Moving forward, forgrain will become a permanent annual limited edition release of the portfolio while cured oak returns as another one-off rare offering. Part of this is that for grain uh is considered a graduated experiment as it marks a rare instance where both rye and wheat are utilized together in the same mash bill alongside of corn and molted barley. And these are both going to be aged for this one 10 years. Both bottled at 100 proof because that's what eh Taylor does except their barrelproof one I guess. But cured oak stands out due to its barrel construction utilizing white oak staves that were air dried for 13 months, more than double of the standard 6-month curation time to extract deeper tobacco in seasoned oak notes. Both expressions roll out at the distillery gift shops and Kentucky retailers and Louisiana, it says as well too. And has a suggested price of $80 per bottle. Wait. So cured oak's only 12 months season.

[00:30:24]>> Yeah.

[00:30:24]>> Whereas whereas we use 18 months.

[00:30:27]>> We use 18 in ours. That's right. We are We were We're more than cured.

[00:30:31]>> I know. We're based oak. I don't know. I don't even know what you're saying.

[00:30:35]>> Extra cured.

[00:30:36]>> Yes. Extra extra cured.

[00:30:37]>> Extra extra cured oak.

[00:30:39]>> I do. Cured oak is the first release. I haven't had this one obviously, but that is one of my top whiskies I've ever top 10 whisies I've ever had. If I'm not mistaken, I think the original cure >> it was like a 17 year or something.

[00:30:52]>> Bingo. Yeah, that's what it was. It was It was a much older one. But hey, people were clamoring for it. Just release it.

[00:30:59]I'm sure it tastes great anyway.

[00:31:01]>> Yeah. I know. I saw the lines the pictures of lines for the foreground and it was absolute insanity.

[00:31:08]>> Exactly.

[00:31:08]>> Yeah.

[00:31:09]>> Yeah. That's why I said there's been sort of this >> like try the first one. It wasn't even that great. There's been a lot of back and forth because a lot of people are getting sick of it and because they know that people are there, they don't drink, they're just there to grab and flip and do whatever or they're they they're just there and they don't really like know what they're there for.

[00:31:28]>> We just saw people lined up. We thought we'd jump into >> Yeah. So, and I think there was something else that somebody had written saying that because now that they have wristbands that kind of scan you everywhere. They're like it feels very like a manufactured experience as you're going through Buffalo Trace now. But I to kind of be on the the positive side of that, they also did say that it truly depends on your tour guide and who you get and how they make the experience for you, too.

[00:31:54]>> Totally. It'll make or break it. If you get Freddy, it's going to be awesome. It doesn't you can go cannot go wrong when you got Freddy Johnson on your side.

[00:32:02]Well, Four Branches Bourbon. Um they are also getting in on the 250th anniversary here as well, too. Uh they're only going to have 1,776 bottles, though.

[00:32:13]>> Ah, 1776.

[00:32:16]>> Yep. There we go.

[00:32:17]>> It's a double oak finish. It's a 10-year Kentucky straight bourbon and using their inaugural four grain distillate finished in toasted American white oak barrels bottled at 100 proof. It's going to be called Liberty Reserve. It's available for pre-sale and it says suggest a retail price of $120.

[00:32:36]One of these got to be 250 bucks for the, you know, just to tie it all together. We can come out with one for 200. Well, we're too late.

[00:32:44]>> We only got like three weeks.

[00:32:47]We can hack together something. I have a feeling that we're capable.

[00:32:51]>> Yeah. Well, get on. I'm on top of that rose.

[00:32:54]>> All right, let's keep going here. Proof and Wood has announced the release of Tumbland Dice 13-year rye whiskey 955 barrelproof 13-year expression. Uh, which is following on their other expressions are only 11 years old. And this one has two distinct label designs.

[00:33:12]One featuring three dice showing six six in one and another featuring a 13-sided die inspired by tabletop gaming. The release is overseen by Dave Shmere and a pioneer in the Ry revival with over 16 years experience. Uh I do not have a proof and I do not have a price.

[00:33:29]>> Yatsi. That's what we got.

[00:33:31]>> Yep.

[00:33:31]>> Bingo.

[00:33:34]>> Like the tumble dice.

[00:33:36]>> They're solid price point.

[00:33:38]>> Good MGP.

[00:33:39]>> Yep.

[00:33:40]15 stars you've heard of on the show here before.

[00:33:43]>> This has got to be a 250.

[00:33:45]>> I'm scanning through. It's not.

[00:33:47]>> Okay.

[00:33:47]>> It's not. So, you're you're very close, though. But it's the launch of their first West Explorer. This is the fourth release in the brand's first West collection. The Expression marks a significant milestone as the first 15 stars bourbon crafted entirely of 100% in-house distilled whiskey. A primary differentiator of this release is the use of the brand's proprietary baby black corn. Mash bill. While classified as a four grain bourbon featuring rye, wheat, and molted barley, the inclusion of both baby black and yellow corn creates a distinctive five grain profile. Why have four when you can have five? Uh, it's going to be in their sweet new bottles and $50. 95 proof, too.

[00:34:27]>> Oh, I do like those new bottles. And that black popcorn produces the whitest popcorn. It's crazy. Yeah, I brought it out for a bottle share that we had at the at the warehouse after a bottling day one time. They they actually brought a bottle of the 15 stars and that that very vintageesque kind of glass. And I was like, "Y'all ever had their popcorn?" They're like, "They have popcorn?" I was like, "Give me a second." So, thank you to uh you know, Ricky and all them for keeping letting us have those bags so we could share it with more people there, too.

[00:34:57]>> Yep. Good stuff. Garrison Brothers is launching the Ranch Reserve Series. This is a new collection of limited expressions to explore unique finishing cast through the lens of Texas bourbon and it includes a PX cherry cask finish and an Olaroso Sherrycast finish bourbon. Both of which are aged a total of 8 years and these are using 59gallon cherry casks. Oh, sorry. It was aged Texas straight bourbon for four years then moved to a cherry cask for an additional four years. So, these are, let's see, PX Sherry is bottled 109 proof, Olaroso 110 proof, and both carry a retail price tag of $150.

[00:35:36]>> Reserve Ranch. Love it.

[00:35:38]>> Yep. Why not, right?

[00:35:39]>> Yeah, >> why not?

[00:35:40]>> I love the creativity going on right now in the whiskey space.

[00:35:44]>> Hey, as long as you can get there before somebody else and you get that trademark filed, >> you got to be first.

[00:35:48]>> You're in the clear. Wild Turkey. This is what you were waiting for.

[00:35:53]>> Oh, yeah. They have introduced the Austin Nickels Archive Collection. It's a new limited edition annual series designed to recreate vintage bottles from the distillery's past. Launching after the conclusion of the Masters Keep line, this new collection represents the first major series led by Mr. Bruce Russell himself. carrying on the family legacy of his father and grandfather.

[00:36:15]The inaugural release is titled Gold Foil Edition, a 16-year Kentucky Straight Bourbon crafted to capture the essence of the highly soughtafter 1980s and 1990s vintage that is affectionately known as the cheesy gold foil. This is also paying homage to the glut area of whiskey when a time of overs supplied inventories forced distilleries to blend much older barrels into their standard bottlings, resulting in a much more mature profile. It's 16 years old, 120 proof, and carries a pretty big price tag. $400.

[00:36:49]The box it came in, or I don't even know if you call a box. It's a two box. It's cylinder.

[00:36:55]>> Was pretty cool.

[00:36:56]>> It's pretty big actually.

[00:36:57]>> I think it's a huge miss on the label like >> cuz it's not really cheesy gold for >> I know. It's like why can't you? It was like a layup to be like, let's just put it in the somewhat close to the original packaging of the go foil. But yeah, they definitely made it more elevated. Like it looks really nice.

[00:37:16]>> It does look nice, but >> but you're definitely missing that um that vintage nostalgia, which you only get that vintage nostalgia when you open up that big canister and they have one of the original labels that are actually adhered inside of it.

[00:37:30]>> Yeah. Or they recreated it. One of the other. I just rather have my bottle look like the old one. But that's just me personally. I haven't gotten to try the whiskey yet. Haven't heard I've heard some say it's whiskey year and I've heard some say it's just okay. So, who knows?

[00:37:44]>> It's like every other bourbon.

[00:37:45]>> If you're out there listening, Wild Turkey, we'd love to just try a sample and we'll let you know. We'll let you know.

[00:37:52]>> I'm sure it's good. I'm sure it's great.

[00:37:53]Good job there, Bruce. Our last one. We finally made it here. is that Bardtown Bourbon Company has announced the release of its distillery reserve Mars single malt Japanese blend. This is a unique collaboration with Japan's Hombo Shouuzo, the makers of Mars whiskey.

[00:38:09]Rather than utilizing a standard barrel finishing method, this expression features the first of its kind of co-aging where the process of where they use Japanese single malt whiskey from the Koma I'm gonna screw this up so sorry. from the Komo Gatake and Sunnuki distilleries that was actually shipped to Kentucky where it was poured directly into barrels alongside mature bourbon and aged together for an additional year. An interesting part of this is regarding the international partnership is that it's a reverse version of the project is currently underway in Japan as well where Bartown Bourbon is currently maturing inside of Mars's Sunuki Distillery for a future release.

[00:38:49]The blend relies on the foundation of a 10-year and 16-year-old Kentucky bourbons integrated with the Japanese single malts, which were originally matured in uh Umishu, which is a plum leour is what it says, and rare Sakura casks. Oh, how weird. The highly experimental one time only release will be bottled at 109.8 proof, sold at the distilleries reserve signature 375 ml bottle, and it's going to have a price tag of $100 available. If you're listening to this today, starting at Baron Bourbon Company, >> we got to sample this. You already tried it, right?

[00:39:24]>> I already tried it. I'm not going to not going to give it away just yet. Let's save it for a a much better whiskey quickie.

[00:39:31]>> Okay. Yeah, we'll do that. We'll save it.

[00:39:33]>> Mhm.

[00:39:34]>> But sounds cool. I mean, I can There's some Japanese whisies I tolerate, some I enjoy, and some just taste like scotch.

[00:39:41]But, uh, yeah, I'd be interested in Yeah. But if you mix it with bourbon, >> but it was already aged in some plum lor and some Sakura cast, you might have a home run on your hands.

[00:39:51]>> But this one wasn't right. The next one will be.

[00:39:55]>> It's just I don't know. It It just says No, it says the blend relies on a foundation of 10 and 16y old Kentucky bourbons.

[00:40:01]>> Oh, I got I thought it said that was the one that's aging in Japan right now.

[00:40:04]>> No, no, no. They just said they're also doing this again in Japan, but this one is using puff turkey a little bit of it.

[00:40:11]At least from what I could decipher on the mash bill, it looked like some buff turkey, but yeah. Was that what's in the cheesy goof full?

[00:40:19]Nailed it. It might be. Honestly, I have no idea. I didn't really actually look at it. But that's that's only between >> they're like, we got to stop selling this [ __ ] People charging five, six00 bucks for these damn bottles. We're going to keep it.

[00:40:31]>> Yeah, that that conversation between Bruce Russell and God at this point.

[00:40:34]>> That's right.

[00:40:35]>> No doubt.

[00:40:36]>> That secret's going.

[00:40:39]>> All right, y'all. That is going to be it. That's this weekend in Bourbon.

[00:40:41]Thanks for sticking with us. Thank you for letting us take a week off, but now we're back. Kind of business as usual.

[00:40:47]Still got to get this place in a little bit more um presentable, but hey, you can't really see it on camera. Only only I'm paying attention. But cheers everybody. Cheers. And uh we'll see you soon here on Whiskey Row. See you. Shout out to Hugh from South Carolina.

[00:41:02]Toodles.