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Jaz'min Weaver: Bartender-Turned-Bourbon-Educator
What happens when a Detroit bartender who helped open America’s first fragrance bar joins one of bourbon’s most innovative distilleries?
Dec 10 • John Hughes
55:16
The Turkey Smash
A Thanksgiving Cocktail Journey
Dec 1 • John Hughes

November 2025

Building the Map After You’ve Started Running
Sometimes you get an idea and just start running with it.
Nov 28 • John Hughes
Ingram Distillery
Reviving Bourbon's Original Aging Method
Nov 20 • John Hughes
58:14
The Autumn Old Fashioned
A Recipe Development Journey
Nov 18 • John Hughes
An Iterative Approach to Better Cocktails
Finding the Signal Through the Noise
Nov 11 • John Hughes
Uncle Nearest Receivership
Why I’m interested
Nov 7 • John Hughes
Friends Blind Taste Whiskey Together
There’s something deeply uncomfortable about blind tastings if you’ve spent years developing preferences in whiskey.
Nov 5 • John Hughes
37:24
Jackson Purchase Batch 1
Craig Beam’s Western Kentucky Sleeper Hit
Nov 4 • John Hughes
Angel’s Envy 10 Cask Strength
When $250 Actually Makes Sense
Nov 2 • John Hughes

October 2025

Stop Chasing Bottles, Start Tasting Bourbon
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival Identity Crisis
Oct 30 • John Hughes
Delord XO Bas Armagnac:
A Triple Tasting Journey
Oct 30 • John Hughes
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