Great American Whiskey Cookers
Welcome to The Great American Whiskey Cookers, your exclusive pass to the world of craft distilling. Join us on this captivating video series and podcast as we venture behind the curtain with America's finest distillers. Get ready to meet the passionate souls who work the stills, discover the exquisite spirits they craft, and uncover the rich stories that embody America's liquid heritage.
Episodes
199 episodes
Episode #114 - Tasting Brickway’s Sherry Cask American Single Malt | Cut Spike & Brickway Distillery
Every distiller has that one bottle. For Zac Triemert of Brickway Distillery, it’s his American Single Malt finished in an Oloroso Sherry cask—a whiskey that never has time to collect dust on the shelf.And once you taste it, you underst...
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Episode #113 - Cut Spike & Brickway Distillery: I Got Whacked.” A Whiskey Industry Betrayal & Comeback Story
What would you do if you built a brewery from the ground up, helped change state laws, grew it into the largest craft brewery in the state—and then got voted off the island? Zac Triemert lived it.“I got whacked,” he says. What followed ...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge - Milam & Greene the Answer
🔥 Kentucky bourbon vs. Texas bourbon — which one wins?Milam & Greene set out to answer that exact question with their limited release called “The Answer.”This unique bourbon was distilled in Kentucky, then split in two —🥃 half a...
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Episode #112 - Inside Old Glory Distilling: Meet the Whiskey Guys of Tennessee
It’s one thing to have a job — it’s another to live your craft.When someone proudly calls themselves a “Whiskey Guy,” you know you’ve found people fueled by passion, not just a paycheck.In Clarksville, Tennessee, we met a group of tr...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Whiskey Acres Maple Cask Finished vs 13th Colony Maple Cask Finished
Finished whiskey's are all over the shelves now. Almost every distiller has at least one. So, how does a Maple Cask Finished Bourbon from Whiskey Acres in Illinois stack up against one from 13th Colony? We put it to the test in a blind tasti...
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Episode #111 - Whiskey University "Tasting Russell's 13 Year and Russell's Reserve 2003"
In this episode, Colonel Craig Duncan, founder of Whiskey University, pours us a sample of Russell's Reserve 13 year and then pours us a sample of Russell's Reserve 2003 which is at 89.5 proof. A unicorn that we have never seen. the russell'...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Westward Whiskey Double Dark Single Malt
American Single Malt is having a day. Now that It's an official category, we are seeing all sorts of them pop up. However, Westward Whiskey in Oregon is one of the OG's of the American Single Malt producers. So, I put one of their single mal...
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Episode #110 - Inside Blaum Bros. Distillery: Marketing Secrets & a Wheat Bourbon Tasting
Let's be real, most whiskey marketing stories are just a bunch of hooey! They're like the tall tales of the Wild West, but with more barrels and beards. But, some distilleries are all about keeping it real, like Blaum Bros. Distillery in Gal...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Middle West Spirits Dark Pumpernickel Rye
It's a blind tasting Friday. On this episode, I lure our elusive camera man Kirk out from behind the camera’s to try a Middle West Spirits Dark Pumpernickel Rye in a blind tasting. This one has received rave reviews, so what does Kirk think ...
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Episode #109 - Spirits Attorney Brian Haara "Distillers and Blenders and Rectifiers"
The whiskey laws are so weird, and outdated. Have you ever heard the name Rectifier? It's an old term. But, it's still used today in the whiskey industry when it comes to licensing. Today we know it as Blender. Spirits Attorney Brian Haara g...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: MB Roland Single Barrel
In this blind tasting, I put Kirk on the hot seat to see what he thinks of one of our new favorite distillers. MB Roland from Pembroke Kentucky. This time it’s a single barrel from MB Roland, which is also a regular release.
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Heaven Hill 18 vs. Penelope 10 year
We are wrapping up 2025 with a banger of a blind tasting. Heaven Hill 18 year against Penelope 10 year. We know what you are thinking….Yes, there’s a big age difference in this whiskey but, this is two highly sought after allocated bottles. ...
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Episode #108 A Very Merry GAWC Christmas 2025 Distillery Recap
Well, it's that time of year where we recap all the distillery's we have filmed at in 2025. In this episode, I make the guys pick their favorite Distillery or favorite episode while we sip on some of the whiskey's from these distilleries. Yo...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Popcorn Sutton Bourbon
There is a legend from Tennessee in the moonshine world by the name of Popcorn Sutton. His real first name is Marvin, but everyone knows him by Popcorn. Every moonshiner knows his name. And likely, his moonshine. Old Smokey distillery has te...
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Episode #107 - A Journey to Iowa Legendary Rye "Tasting Purple Label Rye"
Welcome to Episode #107 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to the historical Iowa Legendary Rye Distillery. There is one distillery that has stayed true to the pro...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Oxmoor Small Batch vs. Kings Family Distillery
On this Friday Blind challenge, it's one of our favorites. Oxmoor Small Batch Bourbon going up against a new one for us, Kings Family Distillery. It's no secret that Jeff likes the Oxmoor, so can he spot it in the blind and does it win this ...
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Episode #106 - A Journey to Whiskey University "Tasting Belle Meade Whiskey"
On this episode, we get to try a whiskey that was being phased out by one distillery, but is now being brought back by the brothers of the family that once owned it. It's historically significant in the whiskey-sphere, but largely forgotten ...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Michter's Barrel Strength vs. Pursuit Rye
It's a blind tasting Friday. On this episode, it's a so called Big Craft bourbon - Michters Barrel Strength. Not technically a "big bourbon" but often thought of like that. The competition is the blending strength of Pursuit Spirits and thei...
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Episode #105 - Spirits Attorney Brian Haara - "Do you know the rules of Bourbon"
There are lots of myths and misunderstandings about making Bourbon. Seems like everyone "knows" what the scoop is. So, we asked Brian Haara, Spirits Attorney in Louisville Kentucky about the rules that govern the making of Bourbon. Including...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Old Grand Dad BiB vs. Old Grand Dad 7 year
Old Grand Dad recently came out with a 7 year product. And everyone’s been going nuts over trying to find this. So, we wondered how does it stack up against the shelfer Old Grand Dad Bottled in Bond. We blind some friends of the show to find...
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Episode #104 - A Journey to Whiskey University "Tasting Roaming Man Rye Whiskey"
You have probably heard of Sugarlands Moonshine. It seems to be everywhere. But If you are a diehard whiskey geek, you might have heard of Roaming Man Whiskey from this distillery. On this episode we get a guided tasting from Colo...
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: Dettling Straight Whiskey vs. Russlls Reserve 13 year
It’s a super premium vs craft whiskey blind tasting. Everyone’s heard of Russell’s Reserve 13 year. It’s one of those killer whiskies. So, let’s see how the elusive Dettling Straight Whiskey, a craft whiskey through and through stands up to ...
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Episode #103 - Still 630 Distillery "Celebrating America's 250th Birthday"
Welcome to Episode #103 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to St. Louis, Missouri and Still 630 Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery....
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Friday Blind Tasting Challenge: West Fork Wheated Bottled in Bond
On this Friday Blind challenge, we put a craft whiskey, West Fork Wheated Bottled in Bond, from Westfield Indiana (a Suburb of Indianapolis) in front of some friends of the show to see what they think of the whiskey. Now Nate can usually spo...
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Episode #102 - Still 630 Distillery "Tasting Monon Bell Bourbon"
Welcome to Episode #102 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to St. Louis, Missouri and Still 630 Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery....
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