
This is My Bourbon Podcast
Lexington, Kentucky native Perry Ritter shares his passion for bourbon with friends, family, and the community at large, through interviews and conversations with some of the industry’s most interesting folks.
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466 episodes
Ep. 401: This is Breaking Down First West Bourbon w/Rick & Ricky Johnson, Founders of 15 Stars
The father/son founding duo of 15 Stars, Rick Johnson and Ricky Johnson, return to TIMBP to talk their newest endeavors and offerings, which brings three new bourbons to the market. With the newest releases under the First West banner coming to...
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Ep. 400: This is my Four Roses 2025 Small Batch Limited Edition Review + Calling EVERY TIMBP Cohost
It's hard to put into words what this weekly podcast about bourbon has meant to me over the past 8 years and 400 episodes. I've laughed a lot (too much, for some people), cried (too much, by own measure), and brought the bourbon industry to lig...
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Ep. 399, Pt. 2: This is Bourbon & Beyond 2025, feat. Trey Zoeller, Gin Blossoms, St. Lucia, & More
THERE'S EVEN MORE, Y'ALL!!! It was a blistering weekend and one easily for the books, and you're getting the last round of interviews I recorded for the 2025 edition of Bourbon & Beyond! You'll get chats with up and comers on the music scen...
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Ep. 399, Pt. 1: This is Bourbon & Beyond 2025, feat. Neil Giraldo, Miles Miller, Jade Bird, & More
It was a blistering weekend and one easily for the books, and you’re about to get the first round of interviews that I recorded over the first couple of days, folks! You'll get chats with up and comers on the music scene, Rock & Roll Hall o...
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Ep. 398: This is my Heaven Hill Grain to Glass 2025 Bourbons & Rye Whiskeys Review
Offering bourbons and a rye from locally sourced grain to offer a truly unique run of products, Heaven Hill brings something new to the table that not many heritage distillers can say they have been able to bottle in the modern era of whiskey. ...
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Ep. 397: This is Testing The Bond Bourbon Single Barrels w/Master Blender Logan Bechanan
Friend of the show and master blender/proprietor of The Bond and Thornbush, Logan Bechanan, has returned to the show for a fun afternoon of pours from their upcoming lineup of single barrels and products that will go into production for bourbon...
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Ep. 396: This is Advocating for Appalachia Through Bourbon w/Chuck Corra of Appodlachia
I'm incredibly excited and thrilled to be welcoming the host of Appodlachia, Chuck Corra, onto This is my Bourbon Podcast. As an advocate for the betterment of people and their culture in Appalachia (as well as a resident of the area himself), ...
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Ep. 395: This is Minden Mill Master Distiller Joe O’Sullivan
It's always a thrill to welcome a new face to the world of TIMBP, especially someone as knowledgable and insightful as Joe O'Sullivan. Joe's been in the industry for 2 decades and has been on the forefront of making American Single Malt a recog...
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Ep. 394: This is my Sazerac 100 Proof Rye Whiskey Review | Just a Gimmick or a Worthy Pour?
Brand new proof, same old Sazerac rye? Well, Buffalo Trace wants to proof (see what I did there?) that they've got a few tricks left up their sleeves, even if it is a familiar rye whiskey with a little less water on board! Time to find out if t...
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Ep. 393: This is my Canongate American Whiskey 15 Year Review + It's My Birthday (Week)!
What happens when you distill a whiskey in Kentucky and age it there for 3 years before shipping it overseas to Scotland for an extra 12? The folks at The Perfect Fifth answer that question with their newest entry into the Canongate line of whi...
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Ep. 392: This is the Financial Dismay of Bourbon | Why Are So Many Distilleries Going Bankrupt?
You've noticed it, I've noticed it, and I've talked about it a bit, but it's time to get real about what is happening from the ground up in the bourbon industry. I'm taking a deep dive this week for you and everyone who's curious about the curr...
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Ep. 391: This is my New Riff First Decade Bourbon AND Rye Review | 10 Years of New Kids on the Block
After 10 years of distilling their own product and creating a brand that's turned heads and palates towards craft bourbon and rye, New Riff has released a double-digit age stated pair of products for some of their most loyal fans. But, can the ...
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Ep. 390: This is my Heaven Hill Grain to Glass Rye Whiskey 2025 Release Review
2025's releases keep rolling right along and we've got the newest edition of Heaven Hill's Grain to Glass Rye Whiskey on this week's This is my Bourbon Podcast under the microscope! Featuring a mashbill of 63% rye, 20% corn, and 13% malt, this ...
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Ep. 389: This is my Old Grand-Dad 7 Year Bourbon Review | Did Jim Beam Nail This Limited Release?
2025 continues to be the year of age statements seemingly making a return and Jim Beam is making another wave with the introduction of their Old Grand-Dad 7 Year Bottled in Bond Bourbon. Utilizing their high rye mashbill and the traditional bot...
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Ep. 388: This is my Found North Hell Diver 2025 Review w/Joseph Brazeau & Todd Couper!
We got friends this week, y'all! I'm not alone anymore! It's not to be missed and there's a brand new release from the fine folks at Found North to match the pace. Get around it and enjoy.Become a patron of the show at http://www.patreo...
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Ep. 387: This is my Rare Character Limited Release Kentucky Straight Whiskey Batch 2 Review
We've got a brand new Rare Character coming our way and it's been my pleasure to check so many of these releases out for so long at this point. Can this Kentucky Whiskey (not bourbon, mind you) live up to its predecessor and bring the heat? Onl...
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Ep. 386: This is the Best Way to Drink Benchmark Full Proof + I Drank Old Fitzgerald 1849 with the IWSC
We're flying solo these days, folks, and I...dunno what I'm doing. So, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, we're sticking to what really works in TIMBP world and we're doing another installment of one of my favorite series here on the podc...
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Ep. 385: This is Whiskey Mutant's Last Episode + Willett Small Batch Rye Review
It's been a privilege, an honor, and an immense joy to have Eric as my cohost over the past 4 years and over 190 episodes of the podcast. All things end eventually, but this one certainly hurts a lot. On this episode, though, we send our Whiske...
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Ep. 384: This is Caleb's Crossing Bourbon & Rye w/David Jennings AKA RareBird101
We're welcoming our old pal Dave Jennings back to the TIMBP world this week, who's got a fresh new brand to share with all of us! Created alongside his father and already going under some massive changes, the Caleb's Crossing family of whiskeys...
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Ep. 383: This is 2XO Icon Series, Gem of Kentucky, and Beyond with Dixon Dedman
It's an immense and sincere pleasure to be welcoming our friend Dixon Dedman back to TIMBP this week, after far too long of a hiatus. We spend some time enjoying each other's company while pouring some excellent whiskeys, discussing his career ...
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Ep. 382: This is my International Wine & Spirits Competition Preview w/Bridget Albert & Dawn Davies
We've got an extra special episode this week as we welcome new friends Bridget Albert and Dawn Davies to the show and explore their insight and expertise behind the International Wine & Spirits Competition. The IWSC is one of the most laude...
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Ep. 381: This is my 2XO Vinyl Blend Bourbon Review | Best Icon Series Release Yet?
Has Dixon Dedman done it again, or is there something underlying in this most recent release of the Icon Series from 2XO? Has Eric spent another ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS since we last recorded? Are we in the Twilight Zone? Only one way to find out!...
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Ep. 380: This is my Wild Turkey 8 Year 101 Review | Can it Replace the Current Wild Turkey 101?
We've waited a LONG time for the international Wild Turkey 8 Year 101 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey release to return home, and boy howdy, has it ever! At $43(ish) a bottle and a beautiful age statement, it's sure to turn heads and please w...
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Ep. 379: This is my Mellwood Bottled in Bond AND Derby City Bourbon Review + New Riff Ice Cream
Eric's back from his brief hiatus and we're diving headfirst into an amazing week of content! We've got reviews of a brand new ice cream collaboration between Graeter's and New Riff. We've got a revival brand coming from Pursuit Spirits and the...
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Ep. 378: This is Old Forester's Whiskey Row Series + Bourbon From the Most Famous Corn in the World?
Mutant's away, so I'm calling in ol' Papa Ritter to join me for a fun flight of the Whiskey Row bottles from our friends at Old Forester to see how each product stacks up against each other! Oddly enough, there are some massive surprises here, ...
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