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Discussing the 3 January raid to capture Venezuelan President Maduro and speculating on the outcome. All while drinking 4Roses Single Barrel Private Selection (OBSQ recipe). 

Last Minute Bourbon gift giving guide and then I briefly discuss the recent US actions in and around Venezuela. 

In the Glass: Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon. Trump meets with Putin to talk peace in Ukraine. Top 10 US Weapons, #5-1. 

In the glass: Old Granddad Bottled in Bond 7 year President Trump’s new deadline for Russia. The US Nuclear Triad. Top 10 US Weapons part 1. 

Putin’s options with Ukraine World War Z Books I read in Middle School In the glass: Pikesville Rye

NATO members pledge to increase spending.  Russia and Ukraine. President Trump’s tone change on Ukrainian War. 

Update on US / Iran.  The best college class ever.  Drone Warfare in Ukraine. In the glass: Buffalo Trace

A tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East, Operation Midnight Hammer Battle Damage Assessment, a Revolution in Military affairs and your 4th of July Safety Brief.  In the glass: Old Grand-dad 114 A link to a report I reference in the Episode: Post-Attack Assessment of the First 12 Days of Israeli and U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear FacilitiesBy David Albright and Spencer Faragasso, with the Good ISIS Team https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/post-attack-assessment-of-the-first-12-days-of-israeli-strikes-on-iranian-nuclear-facilities

Woah boy. I’m back. A first time reaction / current events episode.  My thoughts regarding the 22 June 2025 US strikes against Iranian Nuclear Facilities.  In the glass: Booker’s 

A new century is here and things are changing in America. Immigrants pour in.  Italian anarchists find themselves living in the same country as German Socialists. Catholics and Protestants work alongside each other in terrible conditions. Workers battle management. It will take a gifted leader to lead American into the 20th Century. But time marches on and when Europe descends into chaos, his children pick up his sword. Whiskey Review: Larceny Bourbon Special thanks to Mrs. B&B and her sister for their help.

When is a bad idea a good idea? Why do Filipino children hate chocolate chip cookies and what does that have to do with making whiskey? This is the story of what happens when you can’t say no to Dad.  Whiskey Review: Still Austin High Rye Bourbon Bottled in Bond. Fall 2023 release. 

Germany is in ruins and the end of the war is near. General George Patton spots one last chance for glory and orders a desperate raid, deep behind enemy lines. Whiskey Review: Jack Daniel’s Barrel Proof

After the Battle of Tippecanoe, the  embers of war smolder on the American Frontier. The War of 1812 reignites the firestorm that engulfs the innocent. Amidst the blaze, Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison finally meet on the battlefield.  Whiskey Review: Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey 

In the glass, Four Roses Small Batch Select. On the front, in the early 1800s, disease, famine and war ravage the American frontier. Cosmic events propel a religious revival and two men square off for the future of their people. 

In the glass, my review of our first rye, Rittenhouse Rye. At the front, high above Europe,   America’s sons are locked in a deadly battle to determine the fate of the war. Contact: [email protected] Twitter: @papabear506 Artwork by Morgan Underwood