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It's time for a long last call to wrap up a big year. We hear about three classic Christmas movies, their lead characters and the bourbon you'd toast them with. From Die Hard with Bruce Willis, to Scrooged with Bill Murray, to Christmas Vacation with Randy Quaid and Chevy Chase. Grab the popcorn, put on your slippers, settle in for a long winter's episode as we raise a glass of good, terrible, meh and decent bourbon to these stories and traditions. And in the words of Tiny Tim, Bourbon On! #DieHard #ChristmasVacation #Scrooged #BruceWillis #BillMurray #ChevyChase #RandyQuaid #Blantons #BulleitBouron #HenryMcKenna #BourbonRabi #BourbonOn #BourbonBoys #MerryChristmas

If you bottle it, they will drink it… and love it.   While not exactly as well-known as #ShoelessJoe whispering “if you build it, he will come” to Ray in the #FieldOfDreams classic, we’re pretty sure someone was whispering this to #DrewStoren and #TylerClippard as they worked to create the Field of Dreams bourbon. Or maybe Drew was just hearing things.  Regardless, these two former major leaguers set an audacious goal to bring together two of America’s greatest heirlooms – baseball and bourbon.  After sharing a bottle and some laughs, we are living proof (93, to be exact) that the baseball and bourbon communities should be excited about @drinkfieldofdreams and Field of Dreams bourbon.  Listen in as these former bullpen mates and friends talk about where it started, the journey, and what’s next.  And don’t miss the last call where they share who they would like one shot to face in the batter’s box. “This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and what it could be again.  Oh… people will come, Ray, people will most definitely come.” Encouraging, wise, prophetic words from Terence Mann. And, if they are lucky enough to get their hands on a bottle of Field of Dreams bourbon, they will be very happy.  Whiskey from the most famous cornfield in the world - play ball and #BourbonOn! #FieldofDreams #ShoelessJoe #ShoelessJoeJackson #DrewStoren #TylerClippard #KevinCostner #TerenceMann #ShawnFinger #Isthisheaven #baseball #bourbon #bourbonon #fieldofdreamsbourbon #MLB #Barrybonds #KenGriffeyJr #baseballreference @blbonds25 @therealkengriffeyjr @drinkfieldofdreams @tylerclippard36 @kevincostnermodernwest

What does the luck of the draw mean to you? Listen as the boys try two really lucky finds. First up is the Weller black label that Kurton secured through some connections after he tried it at a spirits conference in NYC last year. This is smooooother than the backside of a spoon. Next up is Kratt's lottery winner in the NC ABC allocation lottery - the Woodford Reserve Masters Collection coming in at a hot 124+ proof. This lottery is a little different, you don't win the bottle, you win the right to BUY the bottle. I know, it's different down here. What are the luckiest moments in the BourbonBoys lives? Listen to find out. #WoodfordReserve #MastersCollection #Weller #BourbonOn

This is just a week after Episode 062 - Room 206, so we are feeling loose. There's a very thin thread of a storyline in this episode, but we do cover Kentucky Owl from Kentucky of course, Monk's Road also from Kentucky and David E. from Hershey PA. Alton and Kratt did their homework, while Kurton and DEW just interrupted the entire time. We sample a great range of flavors mixed together with plenty of sharp banter between Kurt and Kratt. Shocker. Grab a bottle and a glass, sit back, enjoy the episode and ask yourself, whoooooo would you want to share a bourbon with at a concert of a lifetime. #DavidE, #KentuckyOwl, #MonksRoad

What happens when you bury a bottle of bourbon upside down, in the middle of the summer, behind a church, at night? Find out and hear about what tasty bottles were hidden behind the door of Room 206. This episode talks about newlyweds, drink packages, boot legging bourbon, The Spire, deep friendships, meeting Bourbon Tom and toasting to a bright future. If you can find a bottle of Horse Soldier, Blue Run (it's a rye this time) and Fugitive, pour a glass and enjoy! #horsesoldier #bluerun #fugitive #weddingbourbon

Where have you fellas been? We have put on thousands of miles of travel over the past three months. We did our homework and tasted, collected, reviewed some great bourbons and other whisky and whiskey. From Berkshires in western Massachusetts to the red corn fields of Wisconsin to the shores of southern Alaska. Plus there was always time to taste Canadian, Irish, Scottish whiskies.  Southern Alaska is where we find Boatwright, a young bourbon blend featuring a bourbon from Kentucky and their own Alaskan mashbill. Its bright, young, full of wood. Then we move to the Berkshires and taste a 5 year old craft bourbon from a Real Housewife of NYC, Blue Manor. Great color, even greater taste. Get one if you can find one, they are now impossible to track down. Finally, we taste the special release bourbon from Wisconsin, J.Henry Anniversary blend. This hot as hell, cask strength bourbon is so unique with its heirloom Red Corn and special mashbill.  Plus, Kratt and Kurt actually agree on something! Maybe 3 months apart does make realize how much they are alike. Pour a glass, sit back, listen to the guys catch up after a short break and enjoy. Bourbon on! 

What Daufuskie?   That’s what we all said when Kratt got pulled away for a company dinner last minute and couldn’t join us tonight.  So Alton picked up Kratt's role and gave Kurt are hard time. We learned a lot in this eposide about starting businesses, ladders and frat houses, stealing second and living on an island, this is one worth a listen. Everybody, meet Tony.  What started as a conversation about what retirement looks like with his wife led to a beach house on a remote island off the shore of SC and, oh yeah…a distillery. And if you don’t know about Daufuskie (pronounce Dah-fuss-key) you need to.  This little remote island has so much to offer and only accessible via ferry.  But don’t be fooled, while remote, it’s an amazing place.   Tony takes us through his journey from chemist to CEO to producing rum to now producing what we think is some pretty damn good bourbon.  Ever hear of Breakfast Bourbon – well it’s a real thing at 80 proof.  From there we tried the Daufuskie Three Year Straight Bourbon at 92 proof and lastly and amazing 117.8 proof Single Barrel Cask Strength. Great stories to be heard from days gone by, Tony takes us back to where it all started for him and how he came to the great place of Daufuskie.  So join us for the journey and listen in. #DaufuskieIslandRumCompany #DaufuskieIsland #DaufuskieDistillery #BourbonOn #BreakfastBourbon #TenPercent  

Staring Down The Barrel - Rotten Little Bastard The irony in the name Rotten Little Bastard wasn’t lost on us. In this episode of Staring Down The Barrel, we chat with the owner and founders of Rotten Little Bastard Distillery. Hailing from the low country Beaufort, SC, this young distillery is hiding its age in some pretty amazing tasting bourbon for a soon to be three year old distillery. The brain child of Master Distiller Brian Fackrell, the idea came to him during his Distilling Masterclass. When he and his wife, Brigid, decided to go for it, the world through a pandemic at them. Despite all of the challenges that came with the lock-down, these two pushed on and finally opened their dream to the public. What was once the automotive bays of a K-Mart department story, RLB sits on Boundary Street in a refurbished K-Mart. The space is open, facing the marshes of the low-country intracoastal and has unlimited access to the humidity and Beaufort seasons. This episode we hear all about what it takes to start a distillery, what they hope their legacy becomes, what goes into the–incredibly mature for a two-year–bourbon and what’s next for the Rotten Little Bastard. Give it a listen, give them a visit, show your support for the craft distillery near you. And as Alton says, the best way to enjoy bourbon is low and slow. #RLB, #RottenLittleBastard #LowCountry #LowandSlow #BourbonOn

“Wait, how did we get to episode 58?” What else did I miss? Turning the page on more than the calendar year, the conversation delves into a major life change for one of the crew. With lots of bourbon on the table, we go deep in a bottle of Noah’s Mill - maybe too deep. The bottle, gifted from a close friend (thank you, Neil) leads us as explore a soul-batical career break, aka ‘pretirement’, and some of the many factors that led to this stage of life’s journey.Listen in for a few laughs, a good whiskey pour discovered, a heavy dose of ‘life and libation’, and a toast worth remembering to close the evening. #giftedbourbon#careerchange#soulbatical#noahsmill@willettdistillery#friendshipbrewery #friendshipbrewingcompany 

Day 24 - Jefferson's Ocean Aged at Sea It's the holiday season and we have so much to celebrate when it comes to tasting bourbon. Over the past three years, we have sampled over 150 bourbon brands and shared our thoughts with dozens of our podcast listeners. This year, we are giving you a bourbon advent podcast, featuring our favorite review each day. Day twenty-four, DEW tells us about his early pick, Jefferson's Ocean Aged at Sea. This blended bourbon has been around the world in the belly of a cargo ship, glad to have it back home and in my glass. Merry Christmas, happy holidays. Bourbon on!

Day 23 - Southern Star Double Shot Bourbon Cream It's the holiday season and we have so much to celebrate when it comes to tasting bourbon. Over the past three years, we have sampled over 150 bourbon brands and shared our thoughts with dozens of our podcast listeners. This year, we are giving you a bourbon advent podcast, featuring our favorite review each day. Day twenty-three, Altoon and DEW tell us about this seasonal pick, Southern Star Double Shot Bourbon Cream. This has to be in your fridge and in all holiday party guests' glasses. This is dessert. Merry Christmas, happy holidays. Bourbon on!

Day 22 - Southern Star Single Barrel It's the holiday season and we have so much to celebrate when it comes to tasting bourbon. Over the past three years, we have sampled over 150 bourbon brands and shared our thoughts with dozens of our podcast listeners. This year, we are giving you a bourbon advent podcast, featuring our favorite review each day. Day twenty-two, Altoon and DEW tells us about his local pick, Southern Star. While hard to find outside of NC, this local bourbon is in all of our whiskey cabinets. Merry Christmas, happy holidays. Bourbon on!