Episode Seventy Two

July 07, 2025

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Join the guys at Bourbon, Beards, and Belvederes for an enticing discussion on their latest whiskey and cigar explorations. Dive into the curious world of rice whiskey with Louisiana’s JT Mellick single barrels, and uncover the nuances that set it apart in the market. Meanwhile, explore a bold new entry with the America First Straight Bourbon Whiskey - its taste, its controversies, and its impression on the show’s hosts. Alongside, experience smoking adventures with uniquely shaped cigars from JC Newman, adding depth to the evening’s palette.

Expect laughter, candid opinions, and perhaps a few surprises from this late-night recording session. Tune in to discover what’s in the glass while the team unpacks stories, whiskey trends, and the excitement of a new season on the horizon.

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:34.320 Music. 00:00:34.166 --> 00:00:37.926 Welcome to Bourbon, Beards, and Belvederes. I'm Adam. And I'm Paul. 00:00:38.486 --> 00:00:41.866 And I'm Jerry. And tonight we got some more whiskey to smoke, 00:00:42.026 --> 00:00:46.726 cigars to, or I'm sorry, we got some more bourbon to drink, cigars to smoke, 00:00:46.746 --> 00:00:48.406 and beer products to talk about. 00:00:48.906 --> 00:00:55.426 We're recording this thing extra late tonight because I was a slacker and held everything up. 00:00:55.526 --> 00:01:00.286 So we're going to get this going real fast. We're starting off with our palate warmers. 00:01:00.466 --> 00:01:03.066 I'm going to start at my top left. Paul, what are you drinking on, sir? 00:01:03.706 --> 00:01:09.666 I poured some of the Solera rye whiskey from Gray Wolf. This is the whiskey 00:01:09.666 --> 00:01:11.426 that Adam was so, so fond of. 00:01:13.346 --> 00:01:16.266 But good work. Good way to get started. 00:01:17.246 --> 00:01:22.366 Yeah. Fond of is definitely tongue in cheek. I did not like that shit at all. 00:01:22.446 --> 00:01:24.526 If you don't remember it, go back and listen to the episode. 00:01:24.786 --> 00:01:26.466 I don't know which one it is. Listen 00:01:26.466 --> 00:01:29.266 to them all. You'll figure it out eventually. Jerry, what do you got? 00:01:30.086 --> 00:01:34.446 The one with Ragged Branch, their signature bourbon. virginia straight bourbon 00:01:34.446 --> 00:01:38.466 whiskey 90 proof i don't remember the mash belt top of my head. 00:01:40.466 --> 00:01:44.946 But yeah picked it up a couple years ago when i was up in virginia i like it 00:01:44.946 --> 00:01:48.206 it's definitely a little different i want to say it's a higher malt content 00:01:48.206 --> 00:01:54.166 if i remember correctly so it definitely has that little bit of a different malty taste to it it's, 00:01:55.160 --> 00:02:03.100 Right on. I went with a favorite, an oldie, but a goodie, a classic, a wild turkey. 00:02:03.360 --> 00:02:07.000 This one you've heard us talk about several times on this show. 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:10.080 It is from my 200 milliliter bottle. 00:02:10.300 --> 00:02:16.500 It is an Austin Nichols. I think we were able to figure out that this was from 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:20.540 somewhere in, what did we say, 2017, something like that? 00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:26.020 Maybe earlier. I can't remember. old enough to still have the Austin Nichols name on it. 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:31.340 It's amazing. It's absolutely delicious. So while we drink, drink these, 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:35.440 we'll talk a little bit about some things that I saw yesterday on my, 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:37.160 on my way to Elizabethtown. 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:41.840 I went home to see my dad and you know, my, my sister and, and their family, 00:02:42.020 --> 00:02:47.400 my stepmother, and I passed by Bardstown Distilling Company. 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:54.320 And wow, Wow, that place has blown up. There are so many rickhouses out there. 00:02:54.620 --> 00:03:00.900 But more than that, I passed by the new distillery from the founder of Bardstown. 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:02.660 It's there in Elizabethtown. 00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:07.120 And the last I saw, they were in a bit of legal trouble. 00:03:08.220 --> 00:03:12.840 But somehow they managed to throw up like four rickhouses since I was down there last. 00:03:13.140 --> 00:03:17.280 And I've got some friends that work there. They said the stuff that they make 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:21.280 there is fantastic. They give them, you know, like a case a year or something 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.640 like that. If they work there, maybe it's a bottle. I can't remember. 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:26.160 It's enough that my buddy said he was going to give me a bottle, 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:27.920 which I still had yet to see. 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:30.800 I'm going to have to reach out to him and bug him about that. 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:35.360 But it's amazing how these distilleries that seem to be in legal trouble seem 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.120 to just keep on plugging along and throwing the rickhouses up. 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.980 And it's just craziness. I guess you find a way, right? 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:47.020 So I don't know. I don't know. maybe, maybe we'll see some of their stuff roll 00:03:47.020 --> 00:03:48.120 around here pretty soon. 00:03:48.480 --> 00:03:52.360 I'd like to try it. I'd like to get my hands on it. Well, it remains to be seen 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:53.720 whether or not that's actually going to happen. 00:03:55.529 --> 00:03:59.609 Yeah, definitely interested to see what comes out of that. I think we want to 00:03:59.609 --> 00:04:01.649 get started because everybody's through. 00:04:02.689 --> 00:04:08.709 Their palate warmers will go right into one of the—we've got two whiskeys to sample today. 00:04:08.889 --> 00:04:13.169 And I think, Jerry, this is the first time you're going to be having this first one, right? Yeah. 00:04:14.189 --> 00:04:17.929 So Adam has a bottle of this one. I got a bottle we purchased. 00:04:18.129 --> 00:04:19.589 Adam purchased a couple bottles. 00:04:19.889 --> 00:04:23.789 I purchased one. This was kind of like a social media blast, 00:04:23.969 --> 00:04:26.629 I think. A company called You Blend It Incorporated. 00:04:26.969 --> 00:04:29.389 Sounds like they just source whiskey. 00:04:30.369 --> 00:04:37.869 And they do brands for, I think, labels for brands, for restaurants, for things like that. 00:04:38.189 --> 00:04:43.149 This was a label. It's called America First Straight Bourbon Whiskey. 00:04:43.609 --> 00:04:51.169 It says, proudly made in Indiana by patriots for patriots. So we can assume that this is MGP. 00:04:51.349 --> 00:04:59.429 It is 94 proof that it is aged 3.5 years or more, as stated on the label. 00:04:59.969 --> 00:05:03.409 It's got a picture of our president on the top of the label, 00:05:03.409 --> 00:05:09.729 and it came with a nice flak jacket to go over the bottleneck, 00:05:09.949 --> 00:05:11.589 like a bulletproof vest type of deal. 00:05:11.929 --> 00:05:14.009 A couple of different styles. I got a camo style. 00:05:14.449 --> 00:05:17.389 I think, Adam, you got the same one and a different style as well. 00:05:17.389 --> 00:05:19.669 So it's just a cool little thing. 00:05:20.009 --> 00:05:24.549 You saw that on the shelf. It just grabs your attention. You can see a bottle 00:05:24.549 --> 00:05:26.189 dressing kind of like that. 00:05:26.749 --> 00:05:31.389 Yeah, I've got the one that I'm drinking out of right now came with an OD green 00:05:31.389 --> 00:05:34.289 flat jacket. And then I've got the camo flat jacket upstairs. 00:05:35.729 --> 00:05:41.969 It's worth noting also that the America's First patch that's on the flat jacket 00:05:41.969 --> 00:05:45.809 can be pulled off. It's Velcro. 00:05:46.029 --> 00:05:50.129 It is rubber. which is awesome. That means that it's, you know, 00:05:50.189 --> 00:05:51.269 and it's kind of like a bar mat. 00:05:51.409 --> 00:05:56.369 It's going to hold on to that design for quite a long time, as long as you don't abuse it. 00:05:56.629 --> 00:05:59.749 They're interchangeable because of that exact reason. 00:06:00.169 --> 00:06:04.429 The flak jacket itself is reminiscent of something that you would see on the 00:06:04.429 --> 00:06:11.329 old school GI Joes, the, you know, the bigger GI Joes that had things like this. 00:06:11.469 --> 00:06:15.689 And it kind of, that's another reason why I like it. It kind of harkens back to that. 00:06:15.829 --> 00:06:18.969 It gives me kind of a nostalgic feeling but 00:06:18.969 --> 00:06:22.209 also it does say batch 47 00:06:22.209 --> 00:06:28.409 on it as paul said it does have a picture of our president donald j trump and 00:06:28.409 --> 00:06:34.609 yes he's your president too but batch 47 for the 47th president it's it's a 00:06:34.609 --> 00:06:39.129 it's a pretty cool little marketing ploy as a lot of um. 00:06:40.333 --> 00:06:45.333 Bourbon shows like this one are want to do, you know, they'll say that, 00:06:45.393 --> 00:06:47.653 uh, celebrity whiskeys aren't really worth your time. 00:06:48.013 --> 00:06:51.753 I would say that this falls into the realm of celebrity whiskey. 00:06:52.433 --> 00:06:57.693 And as far as I know, as far as I've heard, we're going to be the first bourbon 00:06:57.693 --> 00:07:03.573 podcast out there maybe to review this and who knows, maybe it's good. Maybe it's bad. 00:07:03.733 --> 00:07:05.733 It's MGP probably. 00:07:06.133 --> 00:07:08.833 So, So I would say that it's probably going to be pretty good. 00:07:10.253 --> 00:07:14.493 You can find us pretty much anywhere. You just got to do a Google search. 00:07:14.633 --> 00:07:17.833 There's a lot of different online stores and stuff you can order from. 00:07:17.953 --> 00:07:24.933 I couldn't find that they actually have their own website to sell directly from. 00:07:25.093 --> 00:07:29.773 They have some videos and some promo stuff online, but I got this from, 00:07:29.773 --> 00:07:34.033 I think it was just a social media ad that linked me to, I think it was called 00:07:34.033 --> 00:07:36.333 LiquorExpress.com or something like that. 00:07:36.593 --> 00:07:39.893 It was, I think it's priced at like 65 bucks. 00:07:40.653 --> 00:07:45.153 I think I got this around Father's Day because I remember there being like a $10 discount. 00:07:46.253 --> 00:07:50.313 But shipping was like $25 from that one. So maybe trying to find a different 00:07:50.313 --> 00:07:54.133 place to order from where shipping is not so much for one bottle. 00:07:54.393 --> 00:07:58.493 But that being said, like Adam said, says they're still in Indiana. 00:07:58.493 --> 00:08:02.093 We got to assume it's MGP, three and a half year old MGP bourbon. 00:08:02.713 --> 00:08:05.393 I'm sure it can't be that bad, right? 00:08:05.393 --> 00:08:11.693 So let's get into it they got a they got a website americanfirstbourbonwhiskey.com 00:08:11.693 --> 00:08:19.533 and when you scroll down it has 60 corn 36 rye 4 malted barley which is mgp high rye mash bill so, 00:08:20.493 --> 00:08:24.613 indeed do they have a direct link to buy from on their website yeah and it brings 00:08:24.613 --> 00:08:28.893 it to that liquor express or whatever one you just said so that is how they 00:08:28.893 --> 00:08:32.673 link it i saw just trying to see if anybody else had reviewed this couldn't 00:08:32.673 --> 00:08:36.753 find anybody else that had reviewed this online but But I saw a bunch of different 00:08:36.753 --> 00:08:40.253 online stores selling it. So you can pretty much find it anywhere. 00:08:41.900 --> 00:08:44.100 Yeah, so the nose is bourbon. 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.660 It's exactly what you would, it's got some astringency to it, 00:08:51.580 --> 00:08:59.540 but I can pick up the corn, I can pick up the rye, a little bit of sweet tea, a little bit of oak. 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:03.000 That's pretty much it. That's what I'm, I mean, it's bourbon. 00:09:03.260 --> 00:09:04.920 That's what I expect from bourbon. 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:09.180 How do you guys, what are you guys getting? Yeah, it's corn for me, big kind. 00:09:09.460 --> 00:09:15.720 That jumps out of the glass. it smells younger than three and a half years but 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:20.900 yeah i mean it just smells like i don't i don't want to talk shit on it yet 00:09:20.900 --> 00:09:22.540 but it kind of just smells like bottom shelf. 00:09:23.920 --> 00:09:28.180 Whiskey yeah that that corn was what stuck out first a little bit of like a 00:09:28.180 --> 00:09:32.280 cinnamon or something in there but i do get a little hint of like a fruitiness 00:09:32.280 --> 00:09:35.760 in there maybe like a strawberry like a candied strawberry or something like 00:09:35.760 --> 00:09:42.080 that but it's it's faint but yeah it definitely smells more of like that two, 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:44.880 three-year-old young MGP whiskey. 00:09:46.140 --> 00:09:50.520 On the palate, I mean, it's corn. Front to back, it's corn. 00:09:51.180 --> 00:09:54.140 There's a little bit of toast in this, but I think that's because of the cigar. 00:09:55.400 --> 00:09:59.420 But it's, I mean, it's... Got a nice spice in there. 00:10:00.020 --> 00:10:04.060 I mean, there's a little bit of spice, but I don't know if that's because of the... 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:09.400 It's not the proof, obviously, but it might be the ethanol content, but it is corn. Yeah. 00:10:10.158 --> 00:10:14.058 Very much. There's a little, I don't want to call it sweetness, 00:10:14.458 --> 00:10:18.558 but I mean, corn, it's the corn sweetness. It's not like sugar sweetness. 00:10:18.778 --> 00:10:22.558 It's almost like if somebody made a corn flavored bubble gum. 00:10:23.398 --> 00:10:28.218 I can see that. That sounds kind of disgusting, but that's kind of what it tastes like. 00:10:28.358 --> 00:10:34.918 And I mean, it's not bad. I don't mean it doesn't blow me away, but it's not bad. 00:10:35.138 --> 00:10:39.098 I mean, it's corn thrown through, though. I mean, it's pretty much one. 00:10:39.098 --> 00:10:42.238 And so like J. Perry alluded to, there is a little bit of spice on the finish, 00:10:42.518 --> 00:10:47.898 but it's just, it's not like a defined spice in this, like a pepper or something like that. 00:10:47.998 --> 00:10:52.538 It's just, you get a little spicy kind of tingle on the sides of your tongue on the finish. 00:10:53.158 --> 00:10:57.118 For what it is with the presentation, just the label itself, 00:10:57.378 --> 00:11:02.438 because that, that, that picture of Donald Trump, it's kind of a older portrait 00:11:02.438 --> 00:11:04.818 style, even the label itself. 00:11:04.818 --> 00:11:08.278 I mean, there's a nice eagle here that's behind the word America. 00:11:08.718 --> 00:11:15.898 It kind of reminds me, the bottle style itself is kind of an Old West style bottle. 00:11:16.038 --> 00:11:22.078 It's not really that typical, that neotypical wine bottle style. 00:11:22.078 --> 00:11:28.778 It's kind of squat, not really squat, but it's more squatty than the standard bottles are now. 00:11:28.918 --> 00:11:33.478 And then this flat jacket thing right here. I mean, that's just a cool little addition. 00:11:33.478 --> 00:11:37.238 For what it is the price is doable 00:11:37.238 --> 00:11:40.918 i mean it's 94 proof and anybody 00:11:40.918 --> 00:11:43.578 that listens to this show or knows me knows that you know 00:11:43.578 --> 00:11:48.738 i'm a bit of a proof for i like the higher proof bourbon and raya whiskeys but 00:11:48.738 --> 00:11:55.438 again i've said it three times for the price where i'd see this on a shelf sure 00:11:55.438 --> 00:11:59.598 but when you add in that extra shipping that kind of takes away from it a little 00:11:59.598 --> 00:12:03.038 bit especially when And, you know, 00:12:03.118 --> 00:12:08.298 you taste it as far as quote unquote celebrity whiskeys. 00:12:08.778 --> 00:12:14.778 This is probably middle of the road, maybe a little better than that. 00:12:14.918 --> 00:12:18.098 As far as celebrity whiskeys go, I've had some really bad celebrity whiskeys. 00:12:18.398 --> 00:12:22.098 You know, we had a great one last week with Duke, right? 00:12:22.238 --> 00:12:27.058 This French oak wine cask finished Duke. 00:12:27.238 --> 00:12:33.538 That was really, really good. But this John Wayne, you know, it was not rough as hell. 00:12:33.958 --> 00:12:36.738 It won't take shit off anybody, but it's not rough as hell. 00:12:36.898 --> 00:12:45.698 This right here, I mean, for what it is, if I can get it at retail without the shipping costs, sure. 00:12:46.318 --> 00:12:50.878 But for what it is, still, it's not bad. It's not bad. But, yeah. 00:12:51.596 --> 00:12:55.696 No, it's a good, younger whiskey. 00:12:56.056 --> 00:13:00.136 But yeah, that price point definitely puts it out at $60 or $65. 00:13:00.856 --> 00:13:06.436 There's a ton of bottles out there at the same proof, if not higher proof that I'm going with. 00:13:06.556 --> 00:13:14.356 But you take the price out of it, it's a young whiskey that doesn't taste completely terrible. 00:13:15.176 --> 00:13:20.716 It's that corn forward, a little bit of spice in there. the finish is longer 00:13:20.716 --> 00:13:24.976 than i thought it would be so it's it's like a medium length finish but for 00:13:24.976 --> 00:13:29.876 and dry what it is yeah it it was a lot longer than i thought it would be but, 00:13:30.716 --> 00:13:34.996 yeah it's i'm glad i was able to taste it i saw the pictures and it pops up 00:13:34.996 --> 00:13:41.756 on facebook or instagram or whatever all the time you're like by now yeah so. 00:13:42.916 --> 00:13:48.136 And then Paul sent me one what was that Jacob's Cut or whatever recently because 00:13:48.136 --> 00:13:51.256 it was it's produced in Jacksonville or something that one pops up every five 00:13:51.256 --> 00:13:54.456 seconds yeah figure out where that one's actually from, 00:13:55.236 --> 00:14:00.916 but yeah that that thing pops up like every fucking 20 fucking ads or something 00:14:00.916 --> 00:14:05.916 for me I'd like to know how much they're paying in Google and instant or meta 00:14:05.916 --> 00:14:08.516 ads or whatever because that shit pops up all the time, 00:14:10.196 --> 00:14:13.236 as somebody who advertises actively on facebook 00:14:13.236 --> 00:14:16.136 i can tell you that they're probably charging they're probably paying a pretty 00:14:16.136 --> 00:14:21.396 fucking penny because we're paying like five bucks a day just advertise and 00:14:21.396 --> 00:14:27.076 reach 1500 people so if you're seeing it all the time i can guarantee they're 00:14:27.076 --> 00:14:32.976 paying a whole whole money yeah it popped up for me and i sent it to jerry because it says, 00:14:33.556 --> 00:14:35.156 distilled in Jacksonville, Florida. 00:14:35.436 --> 00:14:38.956 And I was very curious to see if he knew what distillery was making that. 00:14:40.356 --> 00:14:45.116 I have... When I was looking, I found some information that I think I know what 00:14:45.116 --> 00:14:46.716 it's from, but I'm not 100%, 00:14:48.319 --> 00:14:52.699 But I meant to ask around this week, but I just got too busy. 00:14:52.839 --> 00:14:56.419 But eventually, I'll ask around and see if I could get some samples or something. 00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:58.059 Because I think it's like a $100 bottle. 00:14:58.299 --> 00:15:02.539 I'm not looking at buying that for scientific purposes. 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:07.879 No, yeah. It's not even, yeah. It's Heritage is still Jacob's Cut, 00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:11.379 which they're probably going to get sued by Jim Bean eventually anyway. 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:15.499 So if you want to get it with that label, you'll probably get it now. 00:15:15.499 --> 00:15:18.539 This doesn't mean being as jacob's pardoned 00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:21.439 right that's close enough 00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:24.799 if i'm suntory and devil's cut and 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.999 devil's cut yeah so i'm suing if i'm suntory. 00:15:27.999 --> 00:15:31.119 But uh but yeah 00:15:31.119 --> 00:15:34.159 so my put a bow on this one i think it's a 30 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:37.839 35 whiskey and a 00:15:37.839 --> 00:15:40.879 25 presentation yeah you know 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.499 i'd buy it for the label i buy it for 00:15:43.499 --> 00:15:47.019 the flak jacket yeah that jacket itself is 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:49.639 probably like forty dollars fifty dollars if you 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:52.499 buy it on amazon or something or you find it on amazon or somewhere like that 00:15:52.499 --> 00:15:55.959 just such a cool present and then if it's that patch 00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:59.159 if it's a a rubber patch or whatever 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.939 like adam was saying those more expensive than just 00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:05.379 a stitch patch yeah so you're paying 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:08.139 more for just that that jacket and that patch than 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:10.919 anything else yeah and it's a. 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:13.959 Cool bottle to have on the shelf you know the eagle with trump on 00:16:13.959 --> 00:16:16.779 it and all that kind of thing so would i buy it again 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:19.919 if i if i saw it in the store and i had a different jacket 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.739 on it because i think there's three styles i'd probably pick it up again at 00:16:22.739 --> 00:16:25.599 60 bucks or so but i wouldn't pay the 00:16:25.599 --> 00:16:28.839 i think 88 dollars that i paid with 10 dollars 00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:31.719 off plus shipping it still came out to like 88 bucks i think 00:16:31.719 --> 00:16:35.039 i don't think i'd do that again but if 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:37.839 i could find it with free shipping or off the 00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:41.039 shelf i'd buy it again the whiskey's good enough 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:43.959 it is it is and and 00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:46.699 now's the time i mean i don't 00:16:46.699 --> 00:16:49.759 recall the last time i saw any whiskey 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.719 company out there deciding to put a president 00:16:52.719 --> 00:16:59.339 sitting or otherwise on their bottle and then you know market it that way and 00:16:59.339 --> 00:17:04.679 they they know who they're who they're marketing it to right i mean obviously 00:17:04.679 --> 00:17:09.519 they're aware of who's going to buy this bottle and who's not They took a chance 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.219 and went ahead and threw that on out there. 00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:16.599 But judging how the majority of the country voted this past election, 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.859 there's a good chance that they're going to sell a lot of these bottles. 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:23.799 And the presentation is, I've never seen, I've never seen, you know, 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:26.959 I've seen them with, with, with felt bags. I've seen them with, 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:29.199 you know, medallions and all this shit. 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:33.839 I've never seen a bottle with a flak jacket on it. 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:37.779 And it's just, you know, it's, it's really, really cool. And it's, 00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:40.899 you know, if you're a fan of Donald Trump, if you're a fan of whiskey, 00:17:41.199 --> 00:17:44.079 this is kind of one of those things is for you because, you know. 00:17:46.024 --> 00:17:54.364 I mean, both of those things are included in this. Now, the youth of this whiskey, 00:17:54.624 --> 00:17:59.284 the three and a half years, it is, I don't know. 00:17:59.344 --> 00:18:02.744 I would say the age of this whiskey is belied by the flavor, 00:18:03.124 --> 00:18:05.724 that corn flavor, that corn forward flavor. 00:18:06.084 --> 00:18:12.204 Generally, once you get into the more age, you know, the oak kind of takes more 00:18:12.204 --> 00:18:15.224 prevalence, some of the vanillins and the... 00:18:16.024 --> 00:18:19.684 The caramels and things like that that come forward from the oak and the exposure 00:18:19.684 --> 00:18:22.104 to it take a bit of the forefront. 00:18:22.304 --> 00:18:27.284 None of that is really present. There's a little bit of vanilla in this. 00:18:27.424 --> 00:18:34.344 But that being said, I could see this without the flak jacket at $35, $40. 00:18:35.244 --> 00:18:41.524 The presentation definitely adds an extra $10, $15, maybe $20 to it. 00:18:41.684 --> 00:18:46.984 But what are you going to do? This is the only bottle of it that you're not 00:18:46.984 --> 00:18:50.224 going to find another bottle, another company that's like this. 00:18:50.904 --> 00:18:54.824 And it is what it is. So love it or hate it. 00:18:56.044 --> 00:19:01.164 It's a bottle for collectors. It's a bottle for fans of the president. 00:19:01.164 --> 00:19:03.404 It's a bottle for fans of whiskey in general. 00:19:03.904 --> 00:19:07.704 And it's not bad. I wouldn't say that it's bad. 00:19:07.884 --> 00:19:11.124 I wouldn't say that it's great. I've got other bottles of whiskey here that 00:19:11.124 --> 00:19:17.224 are much better. It just depends on what you're willing to spend and how you're 00:19:17.224 --> 00:19:18.604 going to feel about it after the fact. 00:19:18.804 --> 00:19:23.584 So I'm not mad that I have it, but it's not the best whiskey that I've ever had for sure. 00:19:24.364 --> 00:19:28.104 Isn't it Makers who does the holiday sweater on the bottle? 00:19:28.764 --> 00:19:39.484 They did it there for a little bit up until probably 2022 or something like 00:19:39.484 --> 00:19:41.424 that because they had the whole, 00:19:42.484 --> 00:19:46.544 ambassador program where you got gifts every year and people would move and 00:19:46.544 --> 00:19:50.304 forget to update their thing and honestly people were complaining about not 00:19:50.304 --> 00:19:52.964 getting their free gift or complaining about the free gift so. 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:59.579 That and the free gifts, the sweater and the free gifts basically got taken away. 00:19:59.699 --> 00:20:03.059 I don't know if it's distillery only now, but people were complaining about, 00:20:03.419 --> 00:20:06.299 oh, I bought this holiday bottle and didn't come with a sweater. 00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:07.999 I'm like, well, it's a free fucking sweater. 00:20:08.159 --> 00:20:10.499 Like, paying for the bottle, not the damn sweater. 00:20:10.719 --> 00:20:14.739 And then people are selling these free sweaters on Amazon or eBay for like $10, 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:17.979 $15 sort of deal. So I think they finally just said, fuck it. 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:20.319 You get it at the distillery. We're not doing that shit. 00:20:20.739 --> 00:20:24.159 Yeah, that's just kind of what it reminds me of. If anybody listening to that, 00:20:24.199 --> 00:20:27.819 if you remember those twaddle sweaters, that's essentially what this is, 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:29.279 except that it's a flat tractor. 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:31.579 So, much more badass and cooler. 00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:39.079 Yeah, the sweater, the gifts themselves, they kind of started to peter out there towards the end. 00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:43.419 And then, I think not last year, but the year before, Jerry, 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:47.079 correct me if I'm wrong, but it was a QR code for movies. 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:53.319 For a free fucking movie. Yeah, that was like two, three years ago right when 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:55.099 people started bitching about the free gifts. 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:57.879 And so I think they finally said, fuck it. Like, if you guys are bitching here, 00:20:58.059 --> 00:21:01.379 you're getting actual free shit. Like, we're not putting money into it. 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:06.159 Yeah, I mean, and I can't say I blame them. Because I've gotten some cool stuff over the year. 00:21:06.219 --> 00:21:13.579 I've gotten, like, mini bottle scarves, like a 46 scarf, a deck of cards. 00:21:15.499 --> 00:21:19.419 I'm pretty sure the Aces have cocktail recipes on them. 00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:23.899 And then they fiddled out to that. And there was a, like a 30 piece puzzle, 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:26.639 which was actually kind of cool. Yeah. I remember the puzzle. 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:31.439 But yeah, they did that. And then they also did like an ambassador get together 00:21:31.439 --> 00:21:33.979 in, in, I think they did Louisville. 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:36.019 They might've done Lexington. I don't remember. 00:21:37.409 --> 00:21:42.129 No, it was Louisville only. Was it just Louisville and then Loretto? 00:21:42.729 --> 00:21:45.329 And then people were bitching because, hey, I don't live there. 00:21:45.409 --> 00:21:49.789 Do it in my state. And they're like, well, fuck you. This is a free gift. I need to come up here. 00:21:51.109 --> 00:21:57.029 Yeah, I actually found on eBay, and this is before my time and probably before 00:21:57.029 --> 00:22:01.069 Jerry's too, but it was an old-fashioned wax stamp. 00:22:01.069 --> 00:22:08.329 And uh it came out a box that had the molding inside to to hold the stamp itself 00:22:08.329 --> 00:22:15.429 and it came with a bar of red wax i bought that for like 20 bucks on ebay just to have it you know. 00:22:16.029 --> 00:22:18.869 They uh every year so let's not forget 00:22:18.869 --> 00:22:21.789 about this they do this every year for i don't 00:22:21.789 --> 00:22:24.689 think it's just ambassadors they do it for everybody you can 00:22:24.689 --> 00:22:27.489 have your name put onto a maker's mark 00:22:27.489 --> 00:22:30.109 label or somebody that you know if you want to 00:22:30.109 --> 00:22:32.729 give them a gift a really unique gift you can 00:22:32.729 --> 00:22:36.309 have their name put onto a maker's mark label for free totally 00:22:36.309 --> 00:22:39.389 for free and they don't even charge you shipping and 00:22:39.389 --> 00:22:42.069 they'll send it to you in the mail and then you slap it 00:22:42.069 --> 00:22:44.929 on to the bottle over top of the standard maker's mark 00:22:44.929 --> 00:22:48.329 label and then i'm looking at mine right now and 00:22:48.329 --> 00:22:51.429 it's got your name on it and that's i mean yeah they 00:22:51.429 --> 00:22:54.149 do that year round oh they do it year round i 00:22:54.149 --> 00:22:57.029 think they did at christmas yeah i'm pretty sure you could just 00:22:57.029 --> 00:22:59.769 google like makers mark custom label or something make sure 00:22:59.769 --> 00:23:02.549 you go to the right website and they got different ones they 00:23:02.549 --> 00:23:06.109 have like just because i know i have a a graduation 00:23:06.109 --> 00:23:08.969 one when i graduated college i had to date everything on it 00:23:08.969 --> 00:23:13.749 they do like valentine's a wedding one because i got my buddy one a couple years 00:23:13.749 --> 00:23:18.829 ago when i was his best man that was part of the gift father's day mother's 00:23:18.829 --> 00:23:24.829 day christmas new like everything And you can put your name or the couple's 00:23:24.829 --> 00:23:26.709 name or whatever you want on there. 00:23:26.949 --> 00:23:29.189 The dates, you can change out the dates. 00:23:29.809 --> 00:23:35.149 It's a cool little thing. I got two of them, I think. I got the graduation one. 00:23:35.929 --> 00:23:39.749 Stacey got me one. And I think my mom got me one. 00:23:40.695 --> 00:23:43.995 I might have three now. I'm thinking about it. Yeah. 00:23:44.055 --> 00:23:48.375 I mean, maybe don't shit on, on a company that's giving you free shit just for, 00:23:48.375 --> 00:23:54.555 for being a fan, you know, a lot of the, most of these companies are not doing something like that. 00:23:54.655 --> 00:23:59.575 So maybe don't shit on them when they do, because you know, they don't have to do it. 00:23:59.755 --> 00:24:03.675 So let's just go ahead and throw that out there. But I know we're only doing 00:24:03.675 --> 00:24:08.575 two whiskeys tonight, so let's go ahead and talk about how this cigar is working 00:24:08.575 --> 00:24:11.355 with this first whiskey. 00:24:11.815 --> 00:24:17.995 And I tried the cigar, or I tried the whiskey with the cigar and without the 00:24:17.995 --> 00:24:22.695 cigar, and I have to say that the whiskey was definitely enhanced by the cigar 00:24:22.695 --> 00:24:24.775 in a lot of different ways. 00:24:24.775 --> 00:24:29.595 It added a toastiness to it, brought out some of the marshmallow notes that I like. 00:24:29.595 --> 00:24:35.695 The cigar itself wow you guys alluded to it i think it was last week when you 00:24:35.695 --> 00:24:39.555 said you were interested to see what i would think and of course that's because 00:24:39.555 --> 00:24:44.015 of the shape i'm not a fan of box press and that's not what this is this motherfucker 00:24:44.015 --> 00:24:48.355 has more sides on it than a stop sign but um it 00:24:48.615 --> 00:24:51.295 is it's it's a damn good cigar and i don't give 00:24:51.295 --> 00:24:54.115 a fuck about the shape it's it's i'm actually liking this 00:24:54.115 --> 00:24:56.915 better than a box pressed so you know 00:24:56.915 --> 00:24:59.875 it's probably a different opinion for me 00:24:59.875 --> 00:25:05.435 than what you guys are expecting but the it it's it's it it works better than 00:25:05.435 --> 00:25:08.815 a box pressed i feel like the square shape of a box press doesn't really work 00:25:08.815 --> 00:25:13.255 this one i can't i don't even know how many sides it's got but one two three 00:25:13.255 --> 00:25:18.375 four five four five five ish mine's got five ish. 00:25:19.567 --> 00:25:23.647 And we'll talk about that here in a minute so you guys understand what the hell 00:25:23.647 --> 00:25:24.747 Adam's actually talking about. 00:25:24.927 --> 00:25:28.007 Right. But with the whiskey, it really enhanced the whiskey. 00:25:28.187 --> 00:25:34.487 And I do think that this whiskey is better served with a cigar. 00:25:34.687 --> 00:25:38.407 There are some whiskeys out there that, you know, we've talked about this in 00:25:38.407 --> 00:25:40.907 the past where the two play off each other. 00:25:41.027 --> 00:25:46.567 There's some where the whiskey is enhanced above how it would normally be with a cigar. 00:25:46.567 --> 00:25:51.467 There's some that that don't need a cigar or or don't need shouldn't be smoked 00:25:51.467 --> 00:25:55.507 with a cigar i think that this whiskey is definitely better served with a good 00:25:55.507 --> 00:25:56.627 cigar how do you guys feel. 00:25:57.847 --> 00:26:00.587 Yeah so me and paul picked 00:26:00.587 --> 00:26:03.567 this cigar up when paul came down to florida 00:26:03.567 --> 00:26:06.427 we went to jc newman's factory we picked it up that same 00:26:06.427 --> 00:26:13.847 day we both did smoke it that day and we kind of i i smoked it with a maker's 00:26:13.847 --> 00:26:18.247 mark private select and i'll say it did not go with it the cigar is great that 00:26:18.247 --> 00:26:23.627 private select was great just it clashed too much with it which is kind of why i picked the, 00:26:24.287 --> 00:26:27.167 this next that this pours on me one i 00:26:27.167 --> 00:26:30.527 thought would work well with it but i think the sweetness and 00:26:30.527 --> 00:26:36.547 the more or less one noted whiskey paired pretty well with it i didn't get some 00:26:36.547 --> 00:26:41.547 astringent notes with it like that toasted note was almost like a burnt toastedness 00:26:41.547 --> 00:26:47.387 with it but overall it worked out pretty well I'd sit down with this cigar and 00:26:47.387 --> 00:26:50.147 this whiskey and drink it and smoke the cigar. 00:26:51.210 --> 00:26:56.550 But I will say it did not go with a maker's private select and both this cigar 00:26:56.550 --> 00:26:58.350 and that private select were fantastic. 00:26:59.110 --> 00:27:00.490 It just, there was so much going 00:27:00.490 --> 00:27:03.550 on with both the cigar and that pour that it, it just didn't work out. 00:27:03.670 --> 00:27:09.150 But with this, like I said, more or less single noted corn forward, 00:27:09.330 --> 00:27:10.830 sweeter whiskey, young whiskey. 00:27:11.210 --> 00:27:14.790 I thought it worked out pretty well, brought some more complexity to the whiskey. 00:27:15.850 --> 00:27:18.830 Yeah. I think that day when we went to that cigar bar and smoked these, 00:27:18.850 --> 00:27:20.970 I had an old fashioned, I believe it's, 00:27:21.210 --> 00:27:24.290 with this cigar and so obviously sweeter 00:27:24.290 --> 00:27:27.070 cocktail and it went fantastic with 00:27:27.070 --> 00:27:30.130 that so just to you know again to reiterate you 00:27:30.130 --> 00:27:32.930 know the corn sweetness we got from the america's first 00:27:32.930 --> 00:27:35.770 whiskey played very nicely with this 00:27:35.770 --> 00:27:38.530 cigar and like adam said the cigar definitely enhanced it 00:27:38.530 --> 00:27:41.430 because it was a one-note whiskey without the cigar and 00:27:41.430 --> 00:27:44.890 just kind of brought out some toastiness and some different 00:27:44.890 --> 00:27:48.650 you know a little bit i think a little bit of that spicy finish was brought 00:27:48.650 --> 00:27:53.510 out buy this cigar that I was getting from that whiskey so definitely if you're 00:27:53.510 --> 00:27:56.750 going with the Americans first and you're a cigar smoker get yourself a good 00:27:56.750 --> 00:27:59.650 cigar smoking this cigar that 00:27:59.650 --> 00:28:03.530 we're talking about is the Yagua pretty sure I'm pronouncing that right. 00:28:04.510 --> 00:28:12.470 Yagua is it's a palm tree leaf I believe it's what Yagua is it's a Yagua tree 00:28:12.470 --> 00:28:16.510 so it's like a palm tree native to Cuba Yeah, 00:28:16.690 --> 00:28:20.750 so from their website, from JC Newman's website, they kind of give a backstory 00:28:20.750 --> 00:28:22.170 on how this cigar came about. 00:28:22.370 --> 00:28:28.070 And it's the inspiration from one of the factory managers in their Nicaraguan 00:28:28.070 --> 00:28:30.810 Pensa factory, Rosario Lopez. 00:28:31.390 --> 00:28:36.870 He had memories of his grandfather smoking oddly shaped cigars in the fields 00:28:36.870 --> 00:28:38.650 of Cuba during the 1940s. 00:28:38.650 --> 00:28:44.910 And it comes kind of from then lacking the proper molds used by cigar factories 00:28:44.910 --> 00:28:48.310 grandfather would bunch the cigars and. 00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:53.179 Kind of in a crude cylinder. Imagine grabbing like 50 cigars with your hand 00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:56.039 and then wrapping Jagua leaves around it. 00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:59.579 And that was essentially the mold for the cigar. 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:04.259 They had tightly bound strips of palm trees for the Jagua trees. 00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:07.879 And these kind of molded the cigar by being pressed together. 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:10.639 So every cigar is different shaped. 00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:14.099 And the cigars on the inside are probably a little bit more round. 00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:18.639 The cigars on the outside are almost like triangle shapes because they pack 00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:22.559 into one another as they're bunched in a cylinder, essentially, 00:29:22.699 --> 00:29:24.119 and wrapped tightly with these leaves. 00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:27.899 And when we were at the factory going through the box, you know, 00:29:27.979 --> 00:29:31.279 picking a cigar, every single cigar in that box was in a different shape. 00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:36.379 That first one, when you picked it out, I was honestly scared because that one 00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:38.339 was more or less like a flat oval. 00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:41.499 Yeah. And then the guy's like, no, no, that's how it's supposed to be. 00:29:41.499 --> 00:29:43.519 He's like, well, that's kind of how it's supposed to be. 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:47.919 And then he kind of gave us the story on it. and I think they were like $9 cigars 00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:50.219 somewhere around there. Yeah, I looked it up. 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:55.439 Yeah, I think I put roughly $10 in my notes that I can't remember. 00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:58.759 Yeah, it was right around that $9, $10. 00:29:59.179 --> 00:30:03.399 I was looking on some websites. They got them for like $8, $9. 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:06.259 So, yeah, it's like an $8 to $10 cigar. 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:10.639 I'm sure it's cheaper if you buy a box. The boxes come in $20 because they bunch 00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:14.579 them in $20 and wrap them with that Yagol leaf. or Yagua Leaf. 00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:23.279 But yeah, mine has, I took the band off. So I have four straight sides and a rounded area. 00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:30.499 It looks like I sat on the cigar band. But yeah, they're all cool. 00:30:30.719 --> 00:30:36.359 The one that I had when we were down there was, I'm pretty sure, an octagon shape. 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:41.039 Pretty sure it had like seven or eight sides on it. Or at least the foot of 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:43.819 it had like eight, seven or eight sides on it. 00:30:44.239 --> 00:30:48.699 This one I'm smoking now, it was round at the tip and the foot, but about. 00:30:49.897 --> 00:30:54.777 I don't know, a half inch in, then it started getting all squared and triangular and everything. 00:30:55.017 --> 00:31:00.617 So, and it is, it's curved to the whole cigar itself is, has probably like a 00:31:00.617 --> 00:31:03.197 three degree curve on it. 00:31:03.657 --> 00:31:08.617 So these, if you're OCD or anything like that, and you got to have like perfect 00:31:08.617 --> 00:31:14.417 cigars, this is definitely not one for you, but it's a cool little project they did. 00:31:14.937 --> 00:31:20.317 I guess, uh, Drew Newman was out in Nicaragua talking with, uh, Lazaro. 00:31:21.277 --> 00:31:24.057 And after the story, he was just like, yep, I need you to make some, 00:31:24.157 --> 00:31:25.277 let us know how they come out. 00:31:25.717 --> 00:31:30.157 And so they started producing them. They come in six by 54s, 00:31:30.257 --> 00:31:36.197 they're little Toro and it's Connecticut broadleaf wrapper and a Nicaragua binder and filler. 00:31:37.137 --> 00:31:42.077 It's, it's fantastic cigar, especially for that eight, nine, $10 price range. 00:31:42.597 --> 00:31:45.937 Yeah, absolutely. Mine actually has, you can, it's cool. 00:31:46.137 --> 00:31:49.337 You can actually see where another cigar was 00:31:49.337 --> 00:31:55.437 because the the wrapper is pinched on two sides and you can actually see exactly 00:31:55.437 --> 00:31:58.817 where another cigar was sitting when they wrapped it tight with those with the 00:31:58.817 --> 00:32:06.077 leaves so it just yeah i mean cool cool looking cigars overall it's like jerry 00:32:06.077 --> 00:32:07.197 said as long as you might have some d, 00:32:08.157 --> 00:32:10.817 but yeah i honestly thought it was like a 00:32:10.817 --> 00:32:14.377 gimmick thing when he was telling us it oh it's 00:32:14.377 --> 00:32:17.277 bunched together so they're not supposed to be wrapped I thought it was supposed 00:32:17.277 --> 00:32:21.717 to be like a gimmick thing but more I looked into it and then I tried it it's 00:32:21.717 --> 00:32:27.397 definitely not it's funny to me so so first of all before I get into that it 00:32:27.397 --> 00:32:31.637 is a great cigar I'm enjoying it very much despite the shape. 00:32:32.817 --> 00:32:38.357 Lots of toasted notes in fact that's the majority of what I'm getting which I find it very enjoyable, 00:32:39.037 --> 00:32:44.837 it is very medium for me and normally I wouldn't I wouldn't care so much about 00:32:44.837 --> 00:32:48.977 that I like the the full but I'm really enjoying it but it's funny that you 00:32:48.977 --> 00:32:54.637 said a what'd you say a rounded area and so what that brought back to my head 00:32:54.637 --> 00:32:58.837 was a particular scene in Arrested Development, 00:32:59.557 --> 00:33:05.657 and Buster Bluth for those that have seen the show is not wearing glasses and 00:33:05.657 --> 00:33:09.697 across the room he sees Eugene, or I'm sorry, Eugene. 00:33:10.597 --> 00:33:17.117 What's her name? Oh, hell. I can't remember her name. But she's played by Judy Garland's daughter. 00:33:17.837 --> 00:33:22.117 And later on, he's saying that he's got a new girlfriend. 00:33:22.357 --> 00:33:25.037 And somebody says, you don't know anything about her. And he says, 00:33:25.117 --> 00:33:26.817 I know that she's a brownish area. 00:33:28.030 --> 00:33:32.110 Points. And that's all that I could think of in my fucking head was, 00:33:32.110 --> 00:33:34.110 was him, him saying that. 00:33:34.270 --> 00:33:38.030 And so if you're hearing my voice and you've never seen Arrested Development, 00:33:38.730 --> 00:33:42.010 you're what rock have you been living under? 00:33:42.270 --> 00:33:47.450 Also, you're robbing yourself of some of the greatest TV out there. 00:33:47.650 --> 00:33:50.870 Go watch that show immediately because it's hilarious. 00:33:51.450 --> 00:33:57.730 But yeah, it's, it's a great cigar. It's a, it really is a great cigar and it's going really well. 00:33:58.030 --> 00:34:01.790 With this American First, it made it better. So now that I know that, 00:34:02.030 --> 00:34:04.030 I'm going to make sure I got a good J.C. 00:34:04.150 --> 00:34:10.590 Newman or a West Tampa or something on hand to make sure that my whiskey drinking 00:34:10.590 --> 00:34:18.270 experience is enhanced by the cigar because the whiskey itself can use a little help. 00:34:18.430 --> 00:34:20.870 It's not terrible, but it could use a little help. But this cigar, 00:34:21.170 --> 00:34:23.930 this is something you don't need a whiskey for. 00:34:24.030 --> 00:34:27.670 You don't need anything for regardless of the shape. And yeah, 00:34:27.830 --> 00:34:32.410 it does make my brain itch a little bit to look at it, but I just try to forget. 00:34:32.430 --> 00:34:35.450 I just try to look away and forget that's the case. 00:34:35.730 --> 00:34:40.290 So that being said, I'm enjoying it very much. And I'm very much looking forward 00:34:40.290 --> 00:34:45.330 to seeing how this cigar plays out with this next whiskey. 00:34:46.449 --> 00:34:51.109 Paul, how is this cigar comparing with that first one we had? 00:34:51.529 --> 00:34:56.169 Because for me, I'm not getting any of those initial notes that we first got the first time we had it. 00:34:56.329 --> 00:35:03.109 I was going to say that I'm getting mostly like earthy toast notes. 00:35:03.589 --> 00:35:07.969 I'm about halfway through the cigar and some like chocolatey, 00:35:08.089 --> 00:35:11.009 coffee, almost mocha-like notes are starting to come through. 00:35:11.149 --> 00:35:15.649 But none of those original notes other than that spice that I'm getting. 00:35:15.649 --> 00:35:20.109 But for me, when we first smoked this cigar, the first time I had smoked it in St. 00:35:20.169 --> 00:35:25.029 Louis Perriette, when I was down in Florida, I was getting raisin notes. 00:35:25.289 --> 00:35:26.929 Like Joe said, it was a raisin bomb. 00:35:27.429 --> 00:35:30.049 I mean, it was awesome. I loved getting that. 00:35:30.749 --> 00:35:34.889 And I didn't get it when I first lit up the cigar, and I was kind of confused. 00:35:34.969 --> 00:35:37.389 I was like, okay, maybe it was coming more from the old-fashioned, 00:35:37.429 --> 00:35:41.789 like the sweetness I needed to have on my palate to kind of convert that taste 00:35:41.789 --> 00:35:44.109 of the cigar over to something a little bit different. 00:35:44.109 --> 00:35:47.849 It didn't really happen for me with the americans 00:35:47.849 --> 00:35:50.549 first and i guess maybe it wasn't sweet enough or i'm just 00:35:50.549 --> 00:35:53.369 getting different notes today for whatever reason but yeah 00:35:53.369 --> 00:35:56.549 when we sat at that cigar bar it was i mean first note 00:35:56.549 --> 00:35:59.669 all the way through raisin and then get some perky 00:35:59.669 --> 00:36:02.549 and some different notes to follow but it was 00:36:02.549 --> 00:36:05.529 it was i mean it was definitive raisin notes 00:36:05.529 --> 00:36:11.329 and i'm not getting that at all it's like it was like it was aged in a one of 00:36:11.329 --> 00:36:16.529 the was it sun made raisins it's like You drop this in that sun-made raisin 00:36:16.529 --> 00:36:20.109 bag or box through a Bovito pack in there and let it sit there for a couple 00:36:20.109 --> 00:36:23.649 months because it was spice, a little bit of earth, and then raisins, 00:36:23.829 --> 00:36:31.489 which was nice because it was like a different note that you don't typically get as a full—well, 00:36:31.849 --> 00:36:35.869 you'll get them on—I've gotten raisins on some cigars, but this was like the main note. 00:36:36.889 --> 00:36:41.469 And I wanted to order like a single malt to see how it went because a lot of 00:36:41.469 --> 00:36:43.769 times I'll get like a raisiny note with a single malt. 00:36:44.784 --> 00:36:50.204 But I brought one out with me, but I'm not getting any of those raisin notes this time. 00:36:50.324 --> 00:36:53.404 Just right now, like I said, it's spice, earth, like an earthiness. 00:36:53.584 --> 00:36:58.004 And then some of that cocoa, chocolatey notes are starting to come through about halfway through. 00:36:59.064 --> 00:37:02.044 But I'm enjoying it. Nice medium, medium plus cigar. 00:37:03.784 --> 00:37:06.624 Yeah, and it's a great draw. Produces a ton of smoke. 00:37:07.224 --> 00:37:14.004 Easy, easy smoking cigar. and I, 100%, am going to buy a bag of raisins and 00:37:14.004 --> 00:37:17.404 age a cigar in a bag of raisins now that you said that. 00:37:17.944 --> 00:37:22.604 Shit, so have you seen people age cigars with like a shot of whiskey or rum 00:37:22.604 --> 00:37:24.284 inside the humidor? Mm-hmm. 00:37:24.864 --> 00:37:28.864 So you gotta just get a humidor and throw like a box of raisins in there or something. 00:37:29.724 --> 00:37:33.384 Oh, yeah. I'm definitely doing that. I might even make like a little raisin 00:37:33.384 --> 00:37:38.004 puree and strain it to get some liquid that can evaporate in that little box that I put it in. 00:37:38.784 --> 00:37:44.864 That's happening tomorrow but yeah hopefully this next whiskey I haven't had 00:37:44.864 --> 00:37:48.664 this in a while but I remember getting lots of sweet banellas and caramels off 00:37:48.664 --> 00:37:51.224 of everything that they make so we'll see maybe. 00:37:52.484 --> 00:37:59.944 It'll change the way we're enjoying the cigar but this next pour that pour I 00:37:59.944 --> 00:38:07.544 sent out to the guys it is a JT Mellick single barrel it is 118.2 proofs, 00:38:08.244 --> 00:38:10.584 Roughly $70, I think I paid for this. 00:38:10.984 --> 00:38:13.044 Their stuff is age 4 to 5 years. 00:38:13.604 --> 00:38:18.084 I saw on their website when I was looking up just some facts and stuff about 00:38:18.084 --> 00:38:23.164 them that they're single barrels proof from 118 to 124 typically. 00:38:23.544 --> 00:38:26.884 So we got a little bit lesser proof one on this one. 00:38:27.544 --> 00:38:32.844 I bought this off of bourbonoutfitter.com. They partner with them because they're 00:38:32.844 --> 00:38:35.824 only available, I want to say, in a handful of states right now. 00:38:35.824 --> 00:38:39.264 So there's a link on their website to Bourbon Outfitter. 00:38:40.553 --> 00:38:44.133 You can buy their vodka, their regular offering, their single barrel, 00:38:44.213 --> 00:38:48.853 and they have something called a, I think they call it a high-proof bourbon. That's 118 proof. 00:38:50.493 --> 00:38:58.193 J.T. Mellick, for those that don't know, is a rice farm slash crawfish farm in Louisiana. 00:38:58.913 --> 00:39:02.153 I think how they do it is they grow the rice, and then in the off-season, 00:39:02.293 --> 00:39:06.233 they flood the fields and raise crawfish on those same fields. 00:39:06.233 --> 00:39:09.753 It's a cool concept to 00:39:09.753 --> 00:39:13.073 make 100% rice whiskey you wouldn't 00:39:13.073 --> 00:39:15.833 think that it would be very very similar to 00:39:15.833 --> 00:39:20.073 his profile to whiskey from corn but 00:39:20.073 --> 00:39:25.973 it is it's very similar it's you know there are some different notes that you 00:39:25.973 --> 00:39:30.073 get but I love everything that JT Mellick is doing their brand is awesome all 00:39:30.073 --> 00:39:34.393 their social media they're always doing giveaway contests and stuff like that 00:39:34.393 --> 00:39:37.133 it's just a cool very very cool brand, 00:39:37.713 --> 00:39:41.413 and I hope they keep expanding and I can get it locally so I don't have to be 00:39:41.413 --> 00:39:43.173 shipping when I get their stuff 00:39:43.173 --> 00:39:49.293 but yeah that being said this was a single barrel 118.2 proof and 100%, 00:39:50.153 --> 00:39:53.853 rice is the mash milk see what you guys think. 00:39:54.893 --> 00:39:57.653 Smells fantastic it does it's weird that you 00:39:57.653 --> 00:40:00.733 said rice because I'm getting those raisin notes on this 00:40:00.733 --> 00:40:06.813 bad boy a little bit of cherry do it got raisins on the brain now yeah i mean 00:40:06.813 --> 00:40:12.813 there's some cherry there's some there's some old forester cherry in this bad 00:40:12.813 --> 00:40:20.053 boy wow uh it's definitely a rich nose yeah it is you're right, 00:40:20.753 --> 00:40:25.213 yeah i was and that proof comes through but it's not and like it's not killing 00:40:25.213 --> 00:40:29.773 your your nose hairs but you could definitely smell that it's a higher proof 00:40:29.773 --> 00:40:33.953 yeah i gotta disagree with that i have no nose hair after having but that's 00:40:33.953 --> 00:40:37.253 good because I have to yank them sons of bitches out all the time now because 00:40:37.253 --> 00:40:38.173 they're not there anymore, 00:40:39.313 --> 00:40:43.373 I'm getting like a like a almost like a chocolate cake note in there. 00:40:44.712 --> 00:40:47.312 I wrote down i sipped on this while i was 00:40:47.312 --> 00:40:50.472 waiting for you guys to jump on and that's i wrote down 00:40:50.472 --> 00:40:54.192 it's like a like a there's like a chocolate it's 00:40:54.192 --> 00:40:57.652 almost like a chocolate ice cream smell i don't know if that's a thing but that 00:40:57.652 --> 00:41:00.592 kind of is what it reminded me because i get some vanillas and some caramels 00:41:00.592 --> 00:41:05.292 but there is a chocolate but it's got that dark cherry that i get from like 00:41:05.292 --> 00:41:11.252 an old florist product or something like that it's like a dark fruit nose do you guys there's a, 00:41:11.992 --> 00:41:15.052 shit i don't know what you call it it's a pastry and it 00:41:15.052 --> 00:41:17.932 comes in a plastic bag right and 00:41:17.932 --> 00:41:21.012 it's like a cherry pie with like uh it's 00:41:21.012 --> 00:41:23.932 real flaky and then it's got like a almost like 00:41:23.932 --> 00:41:26.692 well it's like a sugar frosting over top of 00:41:26.692 --> 00:41:29.572 it you know what i'm talking about that's what i'm 00:41:29.572 --> 00:41:32.472 that's what i'm getting is like the off the 00:41:32.472 --> 00:41:35.632 nose is is the the i know 00:41:35.632 --> 00:41:39.232 it's weird to say but the flavor of one of those bad boys like they you know 00:41:39.232 --> 00:41:43.932 they used to have like a ninja turtle and then they got like the the the cherry 00:41:43.932 --> 00:41:47.132 and they got the blueberry and whatever that's what i'm getting is like one 00:41:47.132 --> 00:41:52.512 of those cherry pies you're talking about this was the apple one but you talked about like those. 00:41:53.572 --> 00:41:58.912 Yeah that's it yeah i remember when the labels look different because there's 00:41:58.912 --> 00:42:05.972 different yeah but that's the one that that keeps popping up yeah gas station 00:42:05.972 --> 00:42:08.612 pies everybody knows gas Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Pretty much. Yeah. 00:42:09.012 --> 00:42:13.552 That's what I'm getting on the nose. So let's, I'm going to find out what happened when I drink it. 00:42:14.232 --> 00:42:19.312 Yeah. For going back to Paul's chocolate ice cream, it's, you get that chocolate 00:42:19.312 --> 00:42:23.972 that wants to be nice and sweet, but then to me, it kind of brings it back a 00:42:23.972 --> 00:42:26.592 little bit, which kind of reminds me of like a chocolate cake. 00:42:26.652 --> 00:42:30.492 If you smell it, it smells nice and rich as a chocolate, but it's more of like 00:42:30.492 --> 00:42:33.332 that spongy, not so sweet cake for me. 00:42:36.292 --> 00:42:40.112 And some other kind of red fruit as like a topping on it is what I'm getting on the news. 00:42:40.992 --> 00:42:44.952 So I get the cherry pie on the, on the pallet. 00:42:46.090 --> 00:42:51.410 And I get a little bit of brown sugar, it finishes quickly. It's fairly dry. 00:42:51.690 --> 00:42:59.070 It does drink like 118 proof to me, but that is very enjoyable. 00:42:59.490 --> 00:43:00.930 Very, very, very enjoyable. 00:43:01.710 --> 00:43:06.510 Yeah, I agree. And it definitely drinks proof. Yeah, I don't want to say it's 00:43:06.510 --> 00:43:08.430 hot, but it drinks proof. 00:43:08.950 --> 00:43:14.190 Yeah, but yeah, that cherry note carries right through. That chocolate note comes through to me too. 00:43:14.650 --> 00:43:19.410 You're right, though. So it is slightly quick finish, but it does have a good 00:43:19.410 --> 00:43:25.790 mouthfeel on, you know, it just slightly thick, thick, oily mouthfeel. 00:43:26.330 --> 00:43:32.430 But yeah, it's a nice spice to start out that the spikes, the spice lingers 00:43:32.430 --> 00:43:37.710 and the oily mouthfeel lingers, but the flavors themselves definitely are quick. 00:43:38.130 --> 00:43:42.290 But yeah, there's some baking spices, some cinnamon, some nutmeg sort of deal in there. 00:43:43.010 --> 00:43:45.690 It kind of almost reminds me of like the what is it 00:43:45.690 --> 00:43:48.470 like the the cherries with like the caramel filling in it the 00:43:48.470 --> 00:43:51.210 the nasty shits but in a good way it's like 00:43:51.210 --> 00:43:54.030 a caramel covered cherry or something like that i can 00:43:54.030 --> 00:43:57.530 see that some chocolate notes but like the good i'm not talking about like those 00:43:57.530 --> 00:44:00.710 shitty candies that you get that you look at them and it's like no i don't eat 00:44:00.710 --> 00:44:04.970 those like this is in a good way but yeah that chocolate's still there a little 00:44:04.970 --> 00:44:11.850 bit and from what i remember from just a standard JT Mellick that we did, 00:44:12.070 --> 00:44:13.990 shit, I don't even know how long ago now. 00:44:15.456 --> 00:44:19.856 It's still a lot fruitier than I would expect a rice whiskey to be. 00:44:21.196 --> 00:44:24.156 It's totally different than I would expect a rice whiskey to be. 00:44:24.496 --> 00:44:32.256 This is about as close to a standard bourbon as you could expect a thing to 00:44:32.256 --> 00:44:33.836 be without actually being a bourbon. 00:44:34.436 --> 00:44:38.436 This is definitely worth the money. I got to say that. Oh, yeah. 00:44:39.076 --> 00:44:44.256 You know, these guys are doing something that I'm not sure a lot of whiskey 00:44:44.256 --> 00:44:49.356 companies could do. I don't know that there's a lot of, you know, maybe I'm wrong. 00:44:49.516 --> 00:44:52.836 Maybe other companies need to jump on board and try this out, 00:44:52.896 --> 00:44:56.716 but I'm not sure there's a lot of master distillers out there that could handle 00:44:56.716 --> 00:44:59.016 making this kind of whiskey out of rice. 00:44:59.396 --> 00:45:04.776 So these cats have definitely hit a niche and found a way to be really good 00:45:04.776 --> 00:45:08.156 at it, and I am enjoying it. This is fantastic. 00:45:09.236 --> 00:45:13.576 Thank you, Paul, for sending this to us. Yeah, I love everything they've made 00:45:13.576 --> 00:45:15.096 so far, Or even like their vodka. 00:45:15.376 --> 00:45:18.576 When you just want it's owned straight. It has a certain taste to it. 00:45:18.676 --> 00:45:20.016 Because it's a vodka made from rice. 00:45:20.276 --> 00:45:24.976 So it doesn't have that harshness. That you get from you know. 00:45:25.576 --> 00:45:28.736 The mouthfeel's got it. I'm guessing the mouthfeel's from that rice. 00:45:29.196 --> 00:45:32.336 Yeah. And all like the fats and oils from that. 00:45:32.516 --> 00:45:35.416 It's got it. And I imagine that vodka would be the same way. 00:45:35.436 --> 00:45:38.856 Yeah I remember the vodka almost having like a vanilla. It do it. 00:45:39.416 --> 00:45:43.036 Which was you know kind of blew my mind. Because I've had aged. 00:45:43.896 --> 00:45:46.276 Sojuice before, like you know, Japanese. 00:45:48.596 --> 00:45:52.296 Rice wine distilled or whatever. I don't know much about it, 00:45:52.336 --> 00:45:55.576 but I know I've had that and that tastes completely different than this. 00:45:55.696 --> 00:45:56.896 That's essentially what this is. 00:45:58.009 --> 00:46:01.369 So, you know, whatever they're doing, they're doing it right. 00:46:01.549 --> 00:46:06.489 And I'm always on the lookout for new stuff. I'm signed up. They have an app 00:46:06.489 --> 00:46:08.169 you can download through your phone. 00:46:08.449 --> 00:46:12.649 I have the app. I'm always checking in on their socials to see what's coming from them. 00:46:12.729 --> 00:46:16.309 And they're constantly announcing more states as they expand. 00:46:16.389 --> 00:46:23.169 So hopefully they can hit Maryland or Virginia here soon so I can get more of 00:46:23.169 --> 00:46:24.689 this readily available to me. 00:46:24.869 --> 00:46:28.149 But, yeah, B.T. Mellick is awesome. I like everything they're doing. 00:46:28.589 --> 00:46:34.329 Here's a fun one to put in a blind or something like that because most people 00:46:34.329 --> 00:46:38.389 are going to say, oh, this has got to be a rice whiskey because most people 00:46:38.389 --> 00:46:40.189 probably don't even know what that is. 00:46:40.409 --> 00:46:46.269 I've seen a couple videos where they'll throw a JTML into a blind with some 00:46:46.269 --> 00:46:49.329 bourbon, and it typically does pretty well. 00:46:49.989 --> 00:46:54.029 I've never blinded. I've only had this sample in the one couple months back 00:46:54.029 --> 00:46:57.169 when we had the standard one on. It's the only two that I've had. 00:46:57.789 --> 00:47:00.809 I wish I could get it in Florida. We're not too far from Louisiana, 00:47:00.809 --> 00:47:05.609 but it's also a pretty far drive just for some whiskey. 00:47:05.749 --> 00:47:12.809 But hopefully one day we can get it in here or maybe I'll be out that way and swing by and grab some. 00:47:14.329 --> 00:47:20.789 I've enjoyed both pours. And I can definitely see me just drinking this all 00:47:20.789 --> 00:47:24.009 the time with all that sweetness and fruitiness, especially with the other one 00:47:24.009 --> 00:47:26.569 the standard small batch or whatever they want to call it, 00:47:27.089 --> 00:47:29.869 I keep going back to that nose that chocolate cake nose, 00:47:30.809 --> 00:47:37.529 yeah that was fantastic product great company I'd like to do a I know they have 00:47:37.529 --> 00:47:41.309 a virtual tour on their website I'd love to get down there and do an actual 00:47:41.309 --> 00:47:44.589 in person tour tasting and things like that that would be, 00:47:45.129 --> 00:47:47.889 really cool to see you know because it's a working farm, 00:47:48.529 --> 00:47:52.489 you know they're growing their own rice and everything for the product it's 00:47:52.889 --> 00:47:57.589 It would be a different type of distillery for to go to. 00:47:58.829 --> 00:48:04.489 But yeah, with the cigar, I'm still not, I'm hoping some of those fruitier sweet 00:48:04.489 --> 00:48:08.689 notes would pull me back to that raisin note that I got the first time I smoked 00:48:08.689 --> 00:48:09.749 this cigar, but it's not. 00:48:10.029 --> 00:48:14.509 They're going well together, a little bit more so probably than with the America's 00:48:14.509 --> 00:48:17.049 First, just because this is a much, much better whiskey. 00:48:17.789 --> 00:48:21.929 But yeah, still not getting that raisin note that I was hoping for. 00:48:23.162 --> 00:48:27.302 It's weird. It's got to be that extra humidor aging time, even though it was 00:48:27.302 --> 00:48:29.162 only another month or so. 00:48:30.362 --> 00:48:34.022 But because we pulled these out of the humidor at J.C. Newman. 00:48:34.642 --> 00:48:39.302 And then what do we do? We went to lunch and then to that cigar bar. 00:48:39.682 --> 00:48:45.562 So they were out of that humidor and in our in a bag with a Boveda, 00:48:45.942 --> 00:48:49.622 maybe an hour, hour and a half before we started smoking them. 00:48:49.622 --> 00:48:54.362 So maybe that extra month of sitting in our humidor or whatever changed him 00:48:54.362 --> 00:48:58.022 up a little bit, but either way, I'm a fan of him. 00:48:58.522 --> 00:49:04.022 Oh yeah, absolutely. For sure. And, you know, somebody could blind me on this 00:49:04.022 --> 00:49:07.822 and I would have no way to know, like, I wouldn't be able to tell that this 00:49:07.822 --> 00:49:11.842 is made any other way than with standard grains. 00:49:12.362 --> 00:49:16.042 You know what I mean? Like I would, I would never, I wouldn't drink this and 00:49:16.042 --> 00:49:20.742 be like, this is probably made with, with rice. I would have no clue. 00:49:21.362 --> 00:49:25.222 Not that it being made with rice is something that I would enjoy. 00:49:25.462 --> 00:49:29.722 Obviously I enjoyed this and knowing it wouldn't change my opinion either. 00:49:30.442 --> 00:49:36.202 But if you put this up against three bourbons, I wouldn't know the difference. 00:49:36.902 --> 00:49:40.902 So this is, this is a fantastic whiskey. It's absolutely fantastic. 00:49:41.302 --> 00:49:45.262 And my hat's off to JT Mellick because this is, this is some damn good stuff. 00:49:45.722 --> 00:49:48.462 And I'm with Jerry. I wish it was a little more readily available. 00:49:48.462 --> 00:49:51.602 This is something that I would like to be able to recommend to people, 00:49:51.642 --> 00:49:56.642 but it's kind of hard to do that when you can only get it through third-party 00:49:56.642 --> 00:50:03.202 online companies that charge an arm and a leg to get it or by going to Louisiana. 00:50:03.422 --> 00:50:08.462 So hopefully they get some wider distribution in the coming years because this 00:50:08.462 --> 00:50:11.922 is too good to not be available. 00:50:13.287 --> 00:50:19.827 Yeah, I'm looking at Bourbon Outfitter right now, which is their preferred online partner, I guess. 00:50:20.607 --> 00:50:26.947 Their small batch is $45, their vodka is $23, and their JT Mellick High Proof is $60. 00:50:27.787 --> 00:50:31.867 They don't have a single barrel available on the website right now. 00:50:32.507 --> 00:50:36.207 The High Proof 118 Proof is sold out. 00:50:36.807 --> 00:50:41.107 You can get the small batch for $45 and the vodka for $23. 00:50:41.487 --> 00:50:47.247 Those are currently available. I know that they are doing barrel picks now, too. 00:50:47.587 --> 00:50:53.607 So hopefully a group that we, you know, know of or can get something through, 00:50:53.807 --> 00:50:55.687 picks a barrel with them sooner than later. 00:50:56.027 --> 00:51:00.887 I know that a lot of them that I've seen online have been stores around, 00:51:01.187 --> 00:51:03.247 you know, not around me, obviously. 00:51:03.707 --> 00:51:07.187 More local lives in the South that know more about what they're doing. 00:51:07.547 --> 00:51:09.707 But I'd love to get a barrel pick. 00:51:10.227 --> 00:51:13.207 You know these what we're tasting is just they're single 00:51:13.207 --> 00:51:16.227 barrels that believe it because i've that i had these 00:51:16.227 --> 00:51:18.927 bottles i think i sent you guys samples over a year ago this is an 00:51:18.927 --> 00:51:21.947 older bottle that i just ordered a single 00:51:21.947 --> 00:51:25.927 barrel off of the bourbon outfitter website so 00:51:25.927 --> 00:51:28.807 it wasn't like a pick i guess it was just like one of their single barrels 00:51:28.807 --> 00:51:31.667 that they don't seem to offer on their website now maybe 00:51:31.667 --> 00:51:34.487 all their single barrels are for picks now 00:51:34.487 --> 00:51:37.547 and that's why they put out the high proof i'm not exactly sure 00:51:37.547 --> 00:51:40.807 about that but either way 00:51:40.807 --> 00:51:44.187 it sounds like the the 118 high proof is what any 00:51:44.187 --> 00:51:46.907 everybody should be able to get once it's back in stock on their 00:51:46.907 --> 00:51:50.007 website but yeah keep a lookout for any groups or stores 00:51:50.007 --> 00:51:53.227 that are doing barrel picks with that because i'm sure 00:51:53.227 --> 00:51:59.167 as in you know aging down in louisiana it's going to impart something different 00:51:59.167 --> 00:52:04.087 which is pretty special we just we just taste it but getting a special barrel 00:52:04.087 --> 00:52:09.127 picked you know by a group who knows what they're doing i'd be very very interested 00:52:09.127 --> 00:52:10.607 to get my hands on a bottle of that. 00:52:11.447 --> 00:52:18.627 Also don't buy vodka because it's awful yeah no i i got somebody sent me a sample, 00:52:19.127 --> 00:52:22.607 a couple years ago yeah yeah go ahead and change the story now paul go ahead 00:52:22.607 --> 00:52:27.187 and walk but i trust me i thought about i always like to at least have one bottle 00:52:27.187 --> 00:52:29.487 of vodka in the house just for whatever. 00:52:30.107 --> 00:52:36.127 I contemplated buying it after I tried that sample because it was pretty I use 00:52:36.127 --> 00:52:38.327 air quotes because it was damn good for vodka. 00:52:38.667 --> 00:52:41.767 On a vodka scale, it was one of the better vodkas I've ever had. 00:52:42.267 --> 00:52:47.767 That being said, vodka sucks. Indeed. We have it as well but because my wife likes it. 00:52:48.147 --> 00:52:53.687 She buys the Kirkland vodka and I got to say, this is off subject because we're 00:52:53.687 --> 00:52:57.287 not talking about Kirkland vodka until this particular part of the story, 00:52:57.427 --> 00:53:00.947 but They have two different vodkas at Costco that are... 00:53:02.223 --> 00:53:11.103 I mean, you're talking $13 and $17, respectively, for $175, and you can't taste 00:53:11.103 --> 00:53:14.703 anything, which is one of the legal definitions of vodka. 00:53:14.843 --> 00:53:16.823 And there are plenty of vodkas out there that taste like shit. 00:53:16.823 --> 00:53:18.163 You're not supposed to taste like anything. 00:53:19.323 --> 00:53:24.803 Well, at one point, it might be still going on, but I'm pretty sure Herkland 00:53:24.803 --> 00:53:27.223 Vodka was distilled by Grey Goose. 00:53:27.423 --> 00:53:32.123 Yeah, it turns out that's a myth. I looked into that pretty heavily. 00:53:32.223 --> 00:53:36.723 And the reason why that people thought that, at least the French, 00:53:36.843 --> 00:53:41.403 there's a French and American vodka, the French vodka, the water comes from the same spring. 00:53:41.923 --> 00:53:50.363 It's distilled in the same area, but there's no proof to point to the actual Grey Goose distillery. 00:53:50.563 --> 00:53:52.523 And there are other distilleries in the area. 00:53:52.783 --> 00:53:58.183 And then Grey Goose, a representative from Grey Goose allegedly came out and 00:53:58.183 --> 00:54:02.823 said, no, we that's not we don't do that. So now I don't know if there's an 00:54:02.823 --> 00:54:05.103 NDA where they have to go and lie about it, whatever. 00:54:05.243 --> 00:54:07.703 I don't know. I don't know. But apparently that's a myth. 00:54:07.883 --> 00:54:11.343 Now the, you know, the people that are saying, Hey, this is a myth. 00:54:11.503 --> 00:54:15.323 They may be full of shit. It may be the truth. I don't know. 00:54:15.583 --> 00:54:17.283 But from what I've read, it's a myth. 00:54:18.263 --> 00:54:23.143 Still, the French vodka is pretty good. It's $6 more than the American vodka. 00:54:23.603 --> 00:54:27.783 The American vodka is distilled three times. You can't taste it. 00:54:27.883 --> 00:54:29.503 You put it in anything, you can't taste it. 00:54:30.603 --> 00:54:34.103 So I've not had it in a screwdriver, like a vodka and Coke or anything like 00:54:34.103 --> 00:54:37.963 that, but I've had it in other things, you know, Bloody Marys and things like that. 00:54:38.063 --> 00:54:41.683 Of course, you put that much flavor into something, you know, 00:54:41.763 --> 00:54:44.123 you're probably not going to take that. I don't know. I've had... 00:54:45.218 --> 00:54:47.758 Bourbon Bloody Mary hasn't been able to taste the bourbon in it, 00:54:48.058 --> 00:54:53.538 but, you know, different situation entirely considering the process for distilling vodka. 00:54:53.838 --> 00:54:57.418 You know, you distill it near the azeotropic limit, you know, 00:54:57.598 --> 00:55:00.558 shouldn't have any flavor whatsoever, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 00:55:00.718 --> 00:55:04.738 But if you distill something three times, it really shouldn't have any flavor. 00:55:04.958 --> 00:55:09.098 So, um, it's not bad. It's not bad. It's up there. You know, 00:55:09.358 --> 00:55:10.478 I've had Wheatley vodka. 00:55:11.198 --> 00:55:17.818 It's not bad. I'd be willing to try the JT Millet because Paul said it was okay for vodka. 00:55:18.178 --> 00:55:24.438 Paul hates vodka as much as Jerry and I, and Paul's palate is generally to be trusted. 00:55:24.698 --> 00:55:30.058 So not always, not always, but generally. 00:55:30.378 --> 00:55:36.698 So that being said, I'd give it a shot pun intended, but yeah, 00:55:36.958 --> 00:55:41.958 so might as well on that note. I think that pretty much wraps up this episode 00:55:41.958 --> 00:55:45.138 of Bourbon, Beards, and Belvedere. So be sure to check out these products. 00:55:45.518 --> 00:55:52.318 You're going to find America's First at AmericaFirstBourbonWhiskey.com. 00:55:52.398 --> 00:55:54.818 You're going to find these cigars at JCNewman.com. 00:55:55.478 --> 00:56:02.738 We've raved about these cigars many, many times. Not just the Jaguar, but anything JC Newman. 00:56:03.218 --> 00:56:05.178 These guys are crazy. 00:56:05.743 --> 00:56:13.403 Kind. They're generous. They've sent us many cigars at no cost to us without us asking. 00:56:14.143 --> 00:56:18.583 We raved about their cigars when we had Bobby on. Bobby was one of the best 00:56:18.583 --> 00:56:20.203 guests that we've ever had on this show. 00:56:20.623 --> 00:56:25.963 And he sent us some cigars just because we liked what he sent us in the first place. 00:56:26.083 --> 00:56:28.983 He sent us, I think, three cigars. And then we raved about them. 00:56:29.063 --> 00:56:32.123 He sent us like 15 more. And they're all fantastic. 00:56:32.363 --> 00:56:35.283 And they're just a great company, a great 00:56:35.283 --> 00:56:38.443 people family owned company american company 00:56:38.443 --> 00:56:41.323 based out of florida they're great they're absolutely great 00:56:41.323 --> 00:56:47.303 and i highly suggest other cigars to anybody that will listen and to some that 00:56:47.303 --> 00:56:51.163 won't so if you're hearing my voice right now check them out they're they're 00:56:51.163 --> 00:56:57.403 fantastic you can check out these melek products at jt melek that's m-e-l-e-c-k.com 00:56:57.403 --> 00:57:00.923 obviously we like this product. 00:57:01.283 --> 00:57:06.283 Paul likes the vodka for some reason. There are other products that Paul has 00:57:06.283 --> 00:57:10.363 sent to us in the past, and I believe we've had one on the show. 00:57:10.723 --> 00:57:14.823 I feel like we have, but they're great. We had the standard one. That's right. 00:57:15.023 --> 00:57:18.603 This is, especially for 118 proof. Now, like I said earlier, 00:57:18.723 --> 00:57:20.683 I'm a proof whore. This is fantastic. 00:57:21.003 --> 00:57:25.163 It's a single barrel, so that's obviously going to affect the flavor profile, 00:57:25.323 --> 00:57:27.063 but this is a damn good whiskey. 00:57:27.243 --> 00:57:31.223 And I would imagine that if they have a standard of this, you know, 00:57:31.303 --> 00:57:34.703 not a single barrel. It's going to be worth your time and your money. 00:57:35.203 --> 00:57:39.643 I'm, you know, all of these have social media presences. So be sure to look 00:57:39.643 --> 00:57:44.743 them up on Instagram, Facebook. You can find us on Facebook at Bourbon Beards and Belvedere. 00:57:44.843 --> 00:57:47.463 You can find us on Instagram at Bourbon Beards and Belvedere. 00:57:47.603 --> 00:57:53.263 You can find us on TikTok at B-U-R-B-N Beards Belvedere because TikTok is fucking 00:57:53.263 --> 00:57:56.243 stupid and won't let us have the handle that we want. 00:57:56.283 --> 00:58:02.523 And you can also find us at our website, www.BourbonBeardsAndBelvedeers.com. 00:58:03.683 --> 00:58:06.323 You know, we need to talk real quick about our giveaway. 00:58:07.563 --> 00:58:10.503 We have a 150-count giveaway. 00:58:11.910 --> 00:58:19.110 We have a great single barrel bottle from 10th Mountain Whiskey partnering with BC40 Hunts. 00:58:19.210 --> 00:58:22.070 And then we've got some beer products from Lit Beard Co. 00:58:22.270 --> 00:58:28.710 The rule stated that you give to your favorite veterans charity and then send 00:58:28.710 --> 00:58:35.250 us verification, you know, a screenshot of the email verification or, you know, 00:58:35.650 --> 00:58:38.330 receipts or what have you. We received nothing. 00:58:39.050 --> 00:58:41.930 Tonight was supposed to be when we would announce the winner. 00:58:42.430 --> 00:58:45.310 We received no verification from anyone. 00:58:46.150 --> 00:58:53.450 So we're going to be rerouting this giveaway into season two, which is coming soon. 00:58:54.890 --> 00:58:59.170 And we're hoping that some people will jump on board. We've had success with 00:58:59.170 --> 00:59:02.710 other giveaways in the past. Maybe we weren't clear enough. 00:59:02.950 --> 00:59:08.110 Maybe we're dumb and we just didn't set it up properly. We'll try to figure that out. 00:59:08.330 --> 00:59:11.150 For season two but we really 00:59:11.150 --> 00:59:13.870 need you guys to give in order 00:59:13.870 --> 00:59:17.350 to receive right so show us 00:59:17.350 --> 00:59:21.570 proof and we're happy to give these things to you they can be five dollars you 00:59:21.570 --> 00:59:26.430 can win all these things for five dollars but we need you to give in order to 00:59:26.430 --> 00:59:31.510 receive so we'll revisit that down the road for anybody that was liking and 00:59:31.510 --> 00:59:35.310 tagging and all this stuff on on instagram whatever we apologize eyes, 00:59:35.510 --> 00:59:36.750 but those weren't the rules. 00:59:37.410 --> 00:59:41.270 So we're going to have to hold on to this and revisit that on down the road. 00:59:42.210 --> 00:59:45.410 But, you know, here at Bourbon Bridge and Belvedere, we try to do everything 00:59:45.410 --> 00:59:48.150 that we can for veterans, veteran owned companies. 00:59:48.310 --> 00:59:53.390 We focus on veterans charities, working with, you know, other veterans charities. 00:59:53.610 --> 00:59:58.410 And we try to raise money for veterans charities, giveaways, all these things. 00:59:58.630 --> 01:00:01.510 So it's, it's something that's really near and dear to our hearts and we're 01:00:01.510 --> 01:00:08.490 really trying to do what we can so be on the lookout for that coming in season two which will be. 01:00:09.750 --> 01:00:12.770 Very soon in case you weren't aware some uh 01:00:12.770 --> 01:00:16.230 we got some cool things happening some changes 01:00:16.230 --> 01:00:19.410 happening we got to work out some uh some of 01:00:19.410 --> 01:00:22.530 the the logistics and details and make 01:00:22.530 --> 01:00:25.370 sure everything's working out before we actually launch all that stuff 01:00:25.370 --> 01:00:28.330 but yeah we got some cool things coming out we've talked 01:00:28.330 --> 01:00:31.050 about going live a lot and we've only done 01:00:31.050 --> 01:00:33.890 it a handful of times that'll be hopefully happening a 01:00:33.890 --> 01:00:37.050 lot more but yeah once we uh hash out 01:00:37.050 --> 01:00:39.810 all the details and and verify that everything 01:00:39.810 --> 01:00:42.750 works and all the good stuff behind 01:00:42.750 --> 01:00:45.650 the scenes then yeah we'll get season two started 01:00:45.650 --> 01:00:48.270 i think we got a couple more well i don't even 01:00:48.270 --> 01:00:51.410 know if you want to call it season two season one has been like nine million. 01:00:51.410 --> 01:00:54.350 Episodes it feels like 70 something 01:00:54.350 --> 01:00:57.570 new but the the new 01:00:57.570 --> 01:01:00.470 age bourbon beer bourbon beards and velvet ears will have 01:01:00.470 --> 01:01:03.150 some cool things coming out hopefully as long as 01:01:03.150 --> 01:01:06.270 everything works out and yeah we'll get that giveaway going 01:01:06.270 --> 01:01:08.990 again and hopefully be able 01:01:08.990 --> 01:01:12.710 to actually give it out to someone this time indeed and 01:01:12.710 --> 01:01:16.170 you know we we didn't make it very clear but this is 01:01:16.170 --> 01:01:21.310 the season one finale so 01:01:21.310 --> 01:01:24.090 we're going to take a couple weeks off and then 01:01:24.090 --> 01:01:29.110 we'll be back with season two it's going to give us some time to work on those 01:01:29.110 --> 01:01:35.790 things that jerry talked about but in the meantime take care of your veterans 01:01:35.790 --> 01:01:42.270 you know look out for those folks they they gave They've everything for all of us. 01:01:43.090 --> 01:01:45.290 And the least we can do is look out for them. 01:01:46.270 --> 01:01:53.010 Also look out for, for the children in your lives and just children in general, the world is insane. 01:01:53.490 --> 01:01:59.630 And, you know, it's up to us to make sure that it's just a little bit less crazy for all of them. 01:02:01.690 --> 01:02:07.250 And just, just be good to each other. So until next season, cheers. 01:02:07.870 --> 01:02:08.870 Cheers guys. Cheers guys.

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