In this episode, we are treated to a conversational journey with award-winning bourbon writer Susan Reigler. Join us as we discuss her non-linear, adventurous path to becoming one of the most multi-faceted, well-respected, and award-winning bourbon writers in the industry.

Key Moments:

(00:00) Intro

(03:57) Zoology

(05:40) Brass bands, miners, and pubs - have your drinks and play with them too

(08:36) Write something every day

(10:00) A cockroach walks into an article

(12:50) Restaurant critic and fortuitous Chinese food

(15:20) Moving into whisky

(16:43) The birth of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail

(18:45) Flavour practice

(20:42) Star Hill Farm Wheat Whiskey

(22:47) French water in Kentucky bourbon

(30:40) Non-Linear paths

(32:47) A Music History Lesson in the Old British Library

(35:25) Latin Never Dies

(37:44) I have an entomology lab downstairs…as people do

(38:42) Bourbonology

(42:05) Always follow your curiosity

(44:17) Don’t Be A Chair

(45:56) Legacy

(48:30) The Future of the whisky market

(51:11) Bourbon Community

(52:36) Memorable sipping experience

(54:36) Charles Darwin

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