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Carrying the Badge: Why Every Bourbon Enthusiast Should Know About Challenge Coins
The rich and storied tradition of challenge coins has made its way from military culture into bourbon communities, creating meaningful connections among enthusiasts and marking achievements in the whiskey world.
• Challenge coins originated with WWI pilots but became popular during Vietnam War
• Different types of bourbon challenge coins include Stave & Thief Bourbon Steward certification, Kentucky Bourbon Festival commemorative coins, and community recognition coins
• Coins must be carried at all times - you get only four steps to retrieve it during a challenge
• If challenged and you can't produce your coin, you buy drinks; if everyone has their coin, the challenger buys
• Bourbon Real Talk uses different colored coins to recognize various levels of community contribution
• Kentucky Bourbon Festival coins evolve each year, from bronze 30th anniversary to gold 2024 edition
• Challenge coins typically cannot be purchased - they must be earned through contribution or certification
• Carrying a challenge coin signifies membership and honors the tradition of bourbon camaraderie
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The humble challenge coin carries a weighty legacy that stretches from World War I battlefields to today's bourbon tasting rooms. This episode dives deep into these tokens of honor and belonging that have become an integral part of bourbon culture.
Challenge coins began with a wealthy lieutenant who gave medallions to his unit members. Legend tells how one such coin saved a pilot's life when he was captured behind enemy lines, unable to prove his identity except through this small token. The tradition evolved through the Vietnam War and eventually found a spiritual home among whiskey enthusiasts who recognized the perfect symmetry between military camaraderie and the fellowship of shared bourbon experiences.
For bourbon lovers, these coins serve multiple purposes. Some mark achievements, like the coveted Stave & Thief Society's Executive Bourbon Steward certification coin. Others commemorate events, like the annually changing Kentucky Bourbon Festival coins that evolve in design and finish. Communities like Bourbon Real Talk have created elaborate hierarchies of colored coins to recognize different levels of contribution, from first-time helpers to consistent top contributors.
What makes these coins special isn't just their appearance but the traditions surrounding them. The twelve rules of challenge coin etiquette transform them from mere collectibles into social catalysts. You must keep your coin within four steps at all times. When challenged, failure to produce your coin means buying drinks. If everyone shows their coin, the challenger pays up. These exchanges create spontaneous moments of connection among bourbon enthusiasts in an increasingly digital world.
Whether displayed proudly on a shelf or carried faithfully in a special wallet pouch, bourbon challenge coins represent something deeper than their metal composition suggests—they're physical reminders of shared experiences, hard-earned knowledge, and community belonging. Have you earned your place in bourbon culture with a challenge coin yet? The tradition awaits.
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Speaker 1:We'll be right back all right, welcome back to another podcast of the Scotchy Bourbon Boys. Tiny here tonight I might be switching the camera for YouTube. It's just me on Facebook, obviously, because I got set up two microphones and CT said he was going to do everything he possibly could to come to you know, make it here tonight. But obviously he might join us a little bit later. But tonight's podcast is about challenge coins and I have a bunch of them here, a couple here. I got it all. I'm going to go into the history of it. So CT hasn't come, but we've got El Presidente.
Speaker 1:On Randy Prass, who will be on on Thursday night, I want to tell everybody everything that you need to know about this year's Kentucky Bourbon Festival. If you have questions, randy's going to be there, we're going to do it. But also he has issued many coins. Now I don't think they're actually they're not. The challenge doesn't go with them. But I was thinking that you know us people who attend the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. We might come up with a challenge for the coin for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. But there's other coins and festival or other things that I, you know, coins that I have that I use the challenge. I've learned a lot about it too. So tonight I will be going over the history, I will go over the etiquette and then also some other specific things about the challenge coin that I just got and the different ways clubs can do it and whatnot. But I will go through that.
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Speaker 1:Let's see, we've got Alonzo Martinez from Texas and he's asked me why do I do what I do? I do it because I just love the people, all the people, and the friends that I've made through the whiskeys and the bourbons. It just keeps you going and it's something to do. It's something I want to do once I'm done with my nine to five job. So there you go. There's the question off of YouTube tonight and that gets us going. That's going to get us going, us going. That's going to get us going.
Speaker 1:First off, the first ever challenge coin I got before I even knew me and SuperNash completed the Moonshine University's Staven Thief Bourbon Steward program. And there was two there was an executive bourbon, there was a bourbon steward and an executive bourbon steward. The first time that we did it, we did it with Macaulay Minton and Patrick Heiss at Wilderness Trail. They had a special one that we did when we're down for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, met a lot of people, but we did that one and you get a little pin my pins upstairs in a hat because, anyways, this way I won't lose it. And then, after you finish the executive bourbon steward class, which is at Moonshine University, they issued this challenge coin and you can see it, it's the statement thief. It's the first ever one I had. So tonight, before I get into it, one of the things that happened at that Moonshine University which was very, very, very kind of cool to me, it was we had been doing the podcast for a little bit. Supernatural had become a part, young Nose, and we did a podcast on Old Forrester, and Old Forrester is known for a banana note, but it's also known for a pepper note that's in it, and so Old Forrester is hit and miss for me.
Speaker 1:Now a lot of their different, the different, you know, aspects, old forester in different they're different. I love their presidential batch, I love their 117 series and there's a, you know, and then the 1910 20, all the 24s, all that plus then there's their um single barrel program. This one here is a barrel strength one. Some of them are, you know, some of them are proofed so down. Some of them are barrel strength one, some of them are, you know, some of them are proofed down, some of them are barrel strength, you know, it just depends. And so me, even the anniversary blend, and that's something we did, and if it's got the peppery note I'm pretty much out. But if it's got the banana note I'm pretty much in Old Forrester 100. It's not even bottled in bond but it's just Old Forrester 100 off the shelf you can walk in. The banana note's fantastic usually on that and I love it.
Speaker 1:Now this one here I picked up last year at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, which I'm looking forward to what's going to be there again. But it's the 117 series. Super Nash got me some samples of this but I never had my own bottle and this was called high angel share and uh, I was so glad to get it and it's so perfectly banana vanilla ice cream that it's just it's 110 proof. Um, it says due to heat-cycled warehousing in our unique maturation environment. I'm just getting it. Occasionally the angels choose particular barrels from which they take more than their fair share. This whiskey is a small batch of these flavorful few which developed unique concentrated profile due to the higher than average evaporation loss.
Speaker 1:So there you go. I mean I'm going to tell you guys, I had my glasses on and I'm still. This shows that it's even getting too bad. But look at that print. I don't know what to tell you. That's a tough one right there. This is riveting. Thanks, randy, I'm glad that you knew. So I'm going to basically that's what I'm going to be sipping on, the last little bit of this angel share. You guys, that's a bottle kill right there. So put it up. I'll just put it there. I bet you it'll fall over. Nope, I won't put it there, I'll put it back over on the shelf back here. That one I'm going to keep.
Speaker 1:So the reason why I'm doing that is because at the Moonshine University there was a thing where they did a blind tasting and I had, on the podcast, done the Old Forester and it was all over the place. I think I had the Old Forester 100, it was all over the place. I think I had the Old Forester 100, the second best that I thought. And then there was an anniversary, one of the three anniversary releases. That was first. But then I think I had 1910, 1920. And then I had the Old Forester single barrels as the next one, and the last one was the other 150th in last place. So it was all over the board.
Speaker 1:But when he had us blind taste this, he didn't tell us the brand, he didn't tell us what it was. We started the blind tasting and I was able to pick out the banana flavor right away. So I knew it was Old Forrester, but there was three glasses in front of us and I basically blurred out and got in trouble. But I blurted out that was 86 proof, 100 proof and single barrel barrel proof. And he got mad at me because I blurted it out, but in the end I was right. So I always remember that fondly because I was the only one in the class that did it and I was in a class with all the people from Luca Mariano I was there with Kenny and, I believe, jen and then they also had their marketing whatever and so out of actual people who were going into distilling, I was able to, and at that point I felt like, well, maybe I can be good at the tasting part.
Speaker 1:You know, at first, when you first start and you're a beginner, you're not exactly sure. So that's kind of like what happened. So cheers to that. That's what I'm sipping on right now before we get into the challenge coins. There's so many different kinds. When you look online there's many, but what we're going to do first is I'm going to share the screen. Let's see if I can get this to work. I've been doing this and I even know share. Let's see the challenge coin tradition. All right, here we go, share. All right, there we go. So I'm going to quick read from this all right, so it says it's got a couple channels. You guys can see that.
Speaker 1:If you've been in the military or work for the Defense Department, you know what a challenge coin is. They've been an American military tradition for a century, meant to instill unit, pride, improve spirit, a spirit, decor and reward hard work and excellence. The coins represent anything from a small unit to the office of top leaders such as the defense secretary. I would like to get one of those from the current defense secretary. There are also coins made from special events, anniversaries and even non-military leaders. Many service members and veterans proudly display challenge coins at their desktop or home, showing off the many missions they've been on, the top leaders they've met and the units for which they've worked.
Speaker 1:But how did this tradition get started? I was curious, so I checked in the National Defense University, pentagon librarians and historians, as well as those with the US Army Center of Military History and the Naval History and Heritage Command. Those institutions couldn't find any written record, probably because the challenge coin tradition didn't start as an official, sanctioned activity. So I dove into the modern-day oral histories of the world, also known as the Internet, to see what I could find. That's funny. Let's get that off, okay. The most common assumption, the most well-known story that the internet produced, linked the challenge coin tradition back to World War I.
Speaker 1:As the US started building up its army air service, many men volunteered to serve. One of those men was a wealthy lieutenant who wanted to give each member of his unit a memento, so he ordered several coin-sized bronze medallions to be made. The lieutenant put his own medallion in a small leather pouch that he wore around his neck. A short time later, his plane was shot down over Germany. He survived but was captured by a German patrol who took all of his identical items, so he would have no way to identify himself if he escaped. What they didn't take was the small pouch with the medallion.
Speaker 1:The lieutenant was taken to a small town near the front lines of the war. Despite his lack of ID, he managed to find some civilian clothing and escaped anyways, eventually stumbling into a French outpost Worry of anyone not in uniform. The French soldier didn't recognize his accent and immediately assumed he was an enemy. They initially planned to execute him since they couldn't ID him. But the lieutenant, remembering he still had the small pouch around his neck, pulled out the coin to show the soldiers his unit insignia. One of the Frenchmen recognized that insignia, so he was spared. Instead of being executed, the lieutenant was given a bottle of wine, probably as a formal reparation for his initial treatment.
Speaker 1:When he finally made it back to his squadron it became a tradition for all service members to carry a unit emblazoned coin at all times, just in case. So not everyone believes that. It seems a little far-fetched that he would forget he was wearing it around his neck. But that besides the point, while the story sounds cool, air Force Historical Research Agency archivist Barry Spink isn't buying it. He said he'd been told in the 1990s that the tradition started in Vietnam when an army infantry run bar tried to keep non-infantry men away by forcing outsiders to buy drinks for the whole bar If they couldn't prove they had been in combat. The proof started with enemy bullets, then got a little out of control with grenades, rockets and unexploded ordnance. So a coin-sized item emblazoned with the unit's insignia became the accepted form of proof. This tradition now is a coin check, is known as a coin check continues today, hence being called a challenge coin.
Speaker 1:One more possibility Spink also sent me an article called Coining a Tradition that was printed in the 1994 edition of Soldiers Magazine. It offered a similar version of the Vietnam story, the World War I tale, and one other option which dates back to the early 1960s. A member of the 11th Special Forces Group took old coins, had them over-stamped with a different emblem, then presented them to unit members. According to Roxanne Merrick, curator of the John F Kennedy Special Warfare Museum at Fort Bragg, north Carolina, a former commander of the 10th SFG picked up on the idea becoming the first to mint a unit coin for the US military unit. The 10th group remained the only army unit with its own coin until the mid-1980s, merritt said, when an explosion took place and everybody started minting coins.
Speaker 1:So if you've ever wondered how the challenge coin came about, you can take your pick of which story to believe. Wondered how the challenge coin came about? You can take your pick of which story to believe. This was written by. Let's see, is it written? But let me give it uh started by katie lang dod news that's from october 17th. So there we go on that challenge coin. Let me quickly uh, stop the share, all right. So there you go. From the military standpoint, that's kind of how the challenge coin came about. Cheers, randy, okay, so, wow, so that's that's even more riveting.
Speaker 1:I gave you three essence of war stories of how they came about. It was just for identification and these coins were just minted. They weren't just thrown out there so anybody could fake it. So if you had that on you now, this coin, this coin right here, this is what really kind of got me, because I belong to Bourbon Real Talk. Randy Sullivan runs that and he does a lot of good. His brother committed suicide and he runs a suicide nonprofit to really help people who are depressed. I mean, he really cares. He takes it to another level. But he gave out a challenge. I didn't even have any idea.
Speaker 1:I post the podcast in there and I'm, and then I answer all the people who comment Plus, I do um, I. I post, as everybody knows, I do um reels and put the reels in there. I post, as everybody knows, I do reels and put the reels in there, and then I put some of my really kind of the cooler bourbon. I don't try and overdo it in there, considering we're there, but I noticed on Facebook that I was considered a top contributor. A top contributor you get that on Facebook and that happened a couple of times. So I got a call from the Facebook message from the Bourbon Real Talk team and she asked me for my address. So this came all of a sudden.
Speaker 1:This coin comes and you can see it right there. Let's do it to both the cameras. Unbelievable it was. I'm going to I'll have a little bit more on that. You can see that bourbon real talk community a really kind of cool thing based off of the back says top contributor and produced. So this works and I'll show that to you guys on YouTube right there and you can see the back. Really kind of a cool coin. So it came with this letter Dear Challenge Coin recipient. So this is another fart Congratulations. You now are in possession of what money cannot buy. You have earned a top contributor bourbon real talk challenge coin for contributing enough to the group that just doesn't work and for contributing enough to the group to make the top contributor list. These coins will never be sold and will always be free of charge to the holder as a reward for helping to make the community great.
Speaker 1:A challenge coin was once the only form of identification for a war pilot down behind enemy lines to prove his identity before he was executed by allied forces who would have otherwise believed he was a spy. His squadron made a game out of keeping the coin on you at all times. If you were seen in public a follow, a fellow coin holder could challenge you to present it. If you could not, you had to buy the challenger a drink. Conversely, if he challenged if the challenge person had their coin and this is a little bit different um, the challenger had to buy them a drink. This is because not having the coin could be a matter of life and death.
Speaker 1:We at BRT Bourbon Real Talk are not that serious, although we hope you play the drink game, but we do hope you keep the coin on you. We will ask that, if you lose the coin, to let us know. It goes without saying. But please guard this coin, do not give it to anyone else and do not sell it. Our hope is that you will display this coin as a badge of honor. Your contributions is in fact honorable, so show it off, use it as a Glen Topper and include it in all your photos.
Speaker 1:We love to see the announcement posts in Bourbon Real Talk Community, but ask that the announcement posts not be made in. Feel free to post pictures in the group with the coin in view, and they are not object of the post. You should be proud to be the contributor. Lastly, always remember that if you woke up this morning and you were unsure if anyone loved you, just know we love you sincerely. Now that is cool as far as a group goes and to be able to get that and that's what we're doing. I'm thinking of doing something like that and I do have an Randy is an expert on getting coins made, so that's something I was going to talk to him about. So this bourbon real talk. Now the next thing is is. So that kind of gets into the etiquette aspect, and so we're going to do the share thing again. I will share that and I'll hit share and I should be able to change it over to the challenge coin etiquette the rules of the game.
Speaker 1:So challenge coins have a rich history that some dates back to the elite flying squadron of world war one. Their use during that time might have been minimal, but the concept took off during the vietnam war. Challenge car coins are still popular today, while they often associated with the military, other organizations give out challenge coins too. To an outsider, a challenge coin might look like nothing more than a fancy collectible. It's true that these coins are collectible items, but they're also shrouded in real tradition. Challenge coins indicate membership in something important and there are rules that govern them. Playing the game by throwing down challenge with a coin is something in which every coin owner should be familiar. All right, here we go. So there, christian can make your challenge coins.
Speaker 1:Challenge coin etiquette. It's an honor to receive a challenge coin. That is why it is important to know the etiquette surrounding these important mementos. Challenge coin that is why it is important to know the etiquette surrounding these important mementos. When you use a challenge coin the right way, you're contributing to a time-tested tradition that inspires camaraderie and membership.
Speaker 1:Here are the 12 essential rules you've got to follow if you want to play the challenge coin game. The number one rule the rules of the game should be given or explained to everyone given a coin. It's rude to call out a challenge if you haven't broken down the way it works ahead of time. Two coin must be carried at all times and challenge can be called out anywhere and at any time. You can only take four steps in order to reach your coin, so it's got to be within four steps of you. At all times. The challenger must clearly state whether the challenge is for one drink or a round of drinks. Four if the person challenged fails to produce the coin, the challenge must be honored and the drinks must be purchased. Each person can only be challenged once. Five if everyone who is challenged manages to produce a coin, the challenger is on the hook to buy the drinks. Be careful who you challenge. So in other words, if you challenge someone, say it's a round and they produce the coin, you're on the round.
Speaker 1:Six never hand someone else a coin in response to a challenge. Doing so is the same as giving the person the coin. The coin can be placed on the table and anyone who wants to examine it, anyone that wants to examine it is honored bound to return to its original location. So you got to put it down on the table, otherwise you can't hand it to somebody because it becomes theirs. Not that anybody would know that, but there you go. You risk that. Seven if you lose your coin, you're responsible to replace it as soon as possible, as as you possibly can. Losing your coin doesn't absolve you from the responsibility to follow the rules of the game. In other words, you're buying a lot of drinks if you lose it. Eight, there are zero exceptions to these rules. They apply whether you're wearing clothes or not. So think ahead. Remember you've got four steps to get within arm's reach of your coin.
Speaker 1:Nine a challenge coin is a coin. It's not a belt buckle or a bracelet or a necklace, so don't use it like one. The exception is for coins that are carried in a pouch around the neck. Ten you must control your coin at all times. It indicates honor, so you shouldn't give it to just anyone. 11, you may not drill holes in your coin. And 12, these rules apply to anyone worthy to be given a coin, anyone who knows to own a coin, anyone who's known to own a coin and anyone who buys a coin. So there you go. So there's the 12 issues, and come over here, share. I'm back. Obviously, ct's not there. So those are the 12 issues of the coin.
Speaker 1:So you know, I will say that I'd like, for as far as I don't know, as far as I don't know, I would like for the coins from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival to have. I think we need to have some sort of challenge. I don't know, I would think you'd think hard, but what's really cool is, every year that I've gone to the festival, I've gotten a coin. What's really cool is, every year that I've gone to the festival, I've gotten a coin. And I've got right here the 30th, which was I believe the 30th was 22, was it or was it 21? I want to say yeah, that was 22. And then here is the 23, which was really cool because I love the way the the challenge coin you got, actually with your, with your um vip, you got two challenge coins so that you could display it front and back. So that was really cool.
Speaker 1:Now, randy was talking about 2025. I don't have that yet, but the next time I see him I'm going to try and get it. I mean, I got a Bitcoin or two. The one guy says he's got a Bitcoin. Just picked up Jack Daniels. Okay, so some people are talking about what they're doing, but then this was last year's the 2024, which I thought was a really nice improvement. With the american flag, you could see the kentucky bourbon festival and then on the back it's gold instead of bronze like it had been.
Speaker 1:Now. That was the kentucky bourbon festival once. Um, I'm thinking of doing a challenge coin, but I have to think about how to make it different from the rest. So we've talked about the bourbon real talk one, but now let's talk about this one which is I've got my stave and thief hat on, I'm part of it says a bourbon stewart. This one, um, amongst, especially when you're down in, I want to say Kentucky, you have to have this with you. Now, everybody has to have a certain thing, but this one I've been challenged multiple times. Super Nash has one, because we got it together. El Presidente has one, anybody who's been through the program. This is a, and this one feels like a club. Now, bourbon Real Talk I know some people in it, but I don't know a lot of people who have challenge coins. So it's kind of like I got to figure that out and I was a contributor, a top contributor, where there's other different ones, for there's all different levels and we'll get into that in a second. But this one, I really feel that this badge I'm proud of and then I've earned it and I've was able to really accomplish something as far as knowledge of how you get to when you did.
Speaker 1:When you go through through it, you go through the distilling process, you go through and you got to take a test and out of the test I got 99 out of 100. Now, each one, there was 50 questions but one of the questions. So that means if you got one wrong you would have had 98, and I got one wrong. But I got it half right. There was two answers that should have been two and I only had put down one. So 99 out of 100 was what I got on that test. So I was very proud of this and have used this the most.
Speaker 1:Now one of the cool things is when you carry it. You have to figure out how you're going to carry it. You just can't put this in your pocket. You know like it's going to hit your keys, it's going to get beat up. So I got myself this awesome personal wallet. Now there's a lot of stuff in it. It fits my credit cards, everything. It's got a little pouch right here for my tagger and my cards. But it's got this zipper pouch. And when I saw the zipper pouch on this one, it just fits so beautifully right into this zipper pouch and then I put that one in.
Speaker 1:I've got the bourbon real talk one and then I pick one of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival to take on me. So I always have one on me at all times. So this little zipper pouch zips up. Now that's kind of cool. But then not only does that happen, but this has a nice little button to flatten it out and then when you finish off, you got the two buttons to keep it secure in there. So if anybody asks me, I've got it with me at all times because I'm always with my wallet. So that's really a cool kind of thing. So the last part and I got one more last share. We'll share the screen and we'll get into the club and how they do it. I read the first part about what you want to do as far as being proud of that, but then I've got I'm pretty sure this is it Share. Yep, I got one more here to go. This is the bourbon real talk challenge coins and it's about the challenge. They've got different colors, okay, so really quick. You may have noticed posts that include a challenge coin that has this group's logo and mantra on it. This post is to explain the coin and explain how one earns a coin. This is rule number one explain how it works. I hope it encourages you to get engaged and start to help this community push forward its agenda to connect people together through bourbon.
Speaker 1:One time I accidentally joined a Mexican cigar game Gang. I thought this was hilarious. I was at a cigar fundraiser and knew almost no one. I walked past a table with some cool looking guys and there was a real WWE wrestling belt on the table that said El Presidente. I hope you're still listening, randy. There was a WWE wrestling belt that said El Presidente. I was curious so I asked what WTF is that? The guy said that's my belt for my cigar club. I'm El Presidente. I said that's my belt for my cigar club, I'm El Presidente. We made fast friends and he ended up handing me a challenge coin that signified he accepted me as a member of his club. I said what happens now? He said you call me in the middle of the night and I show up with a shovel. He said basically, it did something to me psychologically. I realized I wanted to do something similar, but not to connect people to my podcast or community. I wanted it to connect them to the mission.
Speaker 1:As a result, lindsay designed this challenge coin. With help from Wes Lindsay. Challenge coin. With help from Wes Lindsay had coins made and we are now giving them to our individuals who do something that connects people. The coins are not for sale. You must earn the coin. They are not transferable. They will always be given free of charge to the individual who exhibits that they are an official force for good by helping people get connected through bourbon. Official force for good by helping people get connected through bourbon.
Speaker 1:There are five different coins. The black coin is the coin you get the first time you do something kind in the community. The red and the blue and the white coins are for higher level coins, but they are not publicly disclosed what the recipient did to earn these coins. We do not want to set up a system of payment or for kind acts, but instead hope that people look for opportunities to give without expectations, so that the coin is a reward and not a payment. The green coin is a little different. Instead of saying official force for good, it says top contributor. Facebook tracks how much you are contributing to the community through posts, comments and reactions. Without engaging content. This community would be not very fun. So we believe our top contributors deserve recognition. This is the first time someone makes the top contributor list. They will get a green coin. If you want a coin, get engaged and start giving up the community. Thank you giving to the community.
Speaker 1:We are watching and don't be surprised if a coin shows up in the mail. If someone has done something you believe is worthy of a coin, use the below link to nominate them. This spirit of the coin dictates that an individual be humble to deserve, so they likely would not point out the kind act on their own. It will take the community reporting kind acts for us to collect the names of all those in the community that are coin worthy. The act does not have to have been in the bourbon real talk. Any worthy act should be rewarded. If you have already received a coin, we hope it motivates you to continue to look for opportunities to be an official force for good. And who knows, there may be something higher, higher level coins in the future. So that's really kind of cool.
Speaker 1:Um, let's get off of that now. And um, there you go, share. Uh, sounds like that. We need a post show with Randy and Randy and Stacy. Anyways, that's kind of cool, I really.
Speaker 1:I mean, it really comes down to the coin. This coin I'm proud of, you're proud to get a coin. Same thing with Kentucky Bourbon Festival, especially if Randy gives you the coin or states you know that they're there but it promotes the festival. But at the same time, you know, I think we should come up with a reason like this for the coin you know there might be. You could give out coins to the people who promote it, the workers who worked hard. You could have so many different coin levels, but that's just something to think about. Same thing with the Scotchy Bourbon Boys. There's a lot of people who help out. I don't know how big we are, but that is a very, in my opinion, that's a very cool way to reward people.
Speaker 1:I mean, it's not cheap. You know this little, this, this not cheap. It's a really cool coin and I display my Kentucky Bourbon Festival coins and I also carry the, the, the other two coins with me. So, uh, does anybody have any questions on these challenge coins? I, I, I think I covered it. I think you got the history, you got the etiquette. I really believe, randy and anybody else, I like the fact that if they have their coin you're buying. That adds into camaraderie. It adds into a lot of stuff and I think that's really cool.
Speaker 1:And you have to sometimes preface. Um, you know you have to preface whether you're buying the whole bar around or you're buying the person around. Now, if you're pretty sure the person doesn't have their coin, you might do the bar thing, uh, but as far as that goes, um crazy. So. So I've got this 117 Angel Share finish. I told you all that when I got this coin from the Stave and Thief executive, bourbon Stewart, I was able to. That was the first time I really felt like I kind of was learning what I needed to do. But on this one, 17 angel share, the banana it's like a vanilla wafer with the banana on it. It smells so good. 110 proof, hmm, anyways, anyways.
Speaker 1:But just a program reminder that we will be live on Thursday with El Presidente of the Scotchie Bourbon Boys, the Randy Prass, the president of Kentucky Bourbon Festival, and he will be talking about all the changes that have happened this year, all the things that are going to what you need to know. In the past we didn't have the active questions. So on Thursday night, if you're coming to the festival or you want to know something about the festival, all the questions will be answered. He has dealt with us and we've done this podcast. I believe the first time that we did this podcast would have been September, I want to say of 2020. That was the first time that we did this podcast. Uh, we went down and during the time and we met with randy, uh, and the festival had been physically canceled, and we did a podcast right from our airbnb. We went down even though we the festival was canceled. We went down as a podcast group and podcasted throughout, uh, the area with all the different distilleries, and it's become a tradition ever since.
Speaker 1:In 2021, we are one of a couple podcasts. At the time, randy was putting up our social media row. We were there and we've been there, uh, pretty much. This will be our our in person 21, 22, 23, 24. This will be our fifth one in person and our sixth with randy, so we've evolved with him and we actually went, uh, before we were a group. It's the reason why we became a podcast was the 2019 Kentucky Bourbon Festival and had a great time.
Speaker 1:So, uh, walker said on there about coins, he being in the military. He said I don't know why that, yeah, here we go in the military. Usually it boils down to who has a coin on their person or who has the coin from the highest-ranked person secretary of defense, chief of staff of the Army or a general. Okay, that's kind of cool. Did not know that, but with Kentucky Bourbon Festival in September just around the corner and the tickets will be going on sale April 16thth for the pre-sale and april 17th to the general public uh, randy's gonna be here and he will. It just made sense to have him come in and do the podcast on the 10th so you, he can answer all your questions.
Speaker 1:All right, everybody. Um, fantastic podcast. Uh, anybody on youtube and facebook, you can hang around for a little bit longer. I am about to. Um, I'm going to end this podcast on the audio. We'll get this finished and then, once I do that, uh, we can talk a little bit on Facebook and YouTube. Uh, if you have any questions about challenge coins or bourbon, either way, I'm not uh worried about it. Uh, it's been a kind of a cool I. I it's like kind of like research. I did research. I think I was pretty prepared for this podcast. I was planning to do it myself. Ct was thinking of coming in, but, uh, we miss him. I know super nash is getting ready to go on a cruise so he won't be with us for a while, but I look forward to having El Presidente on with us on Thursday night. So make sure that you hang around Thursday night. But everybody on Facebook, youtube, stay. But I'm going to end this right now for the Scotch oh, one of the other things. And this right now for the Scotch oh, one of the other things.
Speaker 1:We have been, having been challenged on the copyright of Little Steve-O singing the Alabama song, which is show me the way to the next whiskey bar, and I have been fighting every single challenge and winning them all. So there you go, we fight for what's right, and I initially loved the Alabama song by the Doors Jim Morrison does a spectacular thing but I was getting hit by Facebook and YouTube for copyright every time I used it. So Little Steve-O said I can come up with something. He came up with something. You're about to hear it before we go out and it's fantastic and I'm so glad here.
Speaker 1:If you're in the Canton area, the Akron area, you got to go see him. He's all around the area. You look up little Steve-O, but we see him on Sunday nights at Gervasi. I think he's going to be here this next Sunday night, but he's also. We've gone and seen him at so many different places, everywhere between Cleveland and Canton and Akron. He does a great job, super talented musician. So you want to check that out? Let's go, all right. Thank you everybody for coming tonight.
Speaker 1:It seemed to be a fun, chatty podcast with everybody leaving comments, but I'll just say it um, wwwscotchybourbonboyscom. For all things scotchy bourbon boys, glenn's t-shirts. Make sure you check that out. Uh, you can contact me direct. Uh, we have, uh, our william dalton and our Lee Sinclair barrel pick. If you're interested, give me a call.
Speaker 1:This is now gold medal winning from the New Orleans Bourbon Festival. It's the last single barrel that Alan picked out, helped us pick out of the Spirit of French Lick, and so you know, check that out. And then also, remember we're on all the social media Facebook, instagram, youtube and X, hopefully TikTok. I'm just waiting for that deal to go through. Once it's American owned, we'll see. I'll get back on TikTok. And then also all the major podcasts for X, youtube, iheart and um, apple, spotify. So check us out on all those podcasts or whatever way you listen or however way you watch us. Remember like, listen, comment, subscribe and leave good feedback. Remember good bourbon equals good times and good friends. Remember don't drink and drive. Drink responsibly and live your life uncut and unfiltered, and little Steve-O will take us out.
Speaker 3:Oh, show me the way to the next whiskey bar, oh go.
Speaker 1:Oh, let's try that again, oh go.
Speaker 3:Oh, show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh, don't ask why. Oh don't ask why. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh, don't ask why. Oh don't ask why. For if we don't find why, oh don't ask why. For if we don't find the next whiskey bar, I tell you we must die. I tell you we must die.
Speaker 2:I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die.
