Originally recorded: 20221229
Length: 01:03:03
What makes a small batch? Do they all taste the same? Does it matter if different people are tasting them? And what does all this have to do with Catcher in the Rye and Sideways? All this and more on this episode of Bitches & Bourbon!
Rowan’s Creek Small Batch Bourbon
Purchase details:
Location: Jeff’s Beverage
Date: 06/18/2022
Cost: 39.99
Type: Bourbon
Distillery: Willet (also known as Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD)
Bottled in: Bardstown, KY
Proof: (% ABV) 50.05 (Proof) 100.1
Composition: ….
Age: ….
BoozApp says:
Avg MSRP – $48.81
Fair Price – $59.66
Shelf Price – n/a
Links for this episode
https://www.gentlemenranters.com/whiskey/review/rowans-creek-bourbon/
Episode Transcript:
00:01:00 We are so glad to be back together and are super excited about 2023!
00:05:40 We are getting to the Rowan’s Creek Small Batch
00:07:10 How research sometimes affects the tasting
00:09:37 Storytime about the name “Rowan’s Creek”
00:10:50 Willett Distillery, mashbills, and age statements
00:15:59 Looking back at older episodes, and unfinished business
00:19:18 Adding ice to the Rowan’s Creek
00:20:35 What does small batch mean?
00:26:00 Taste consistency across different offerings of the same bottle
00:30:00 Podcast format thoughts
00:32:58 Tasting notes from Rowan’s Creek website…and we have no idea what this guy was drinking
00:35:15 So, Ape goes to a clean glass and tries to find what the reviewer found
00:43:00 Ape decides 2023 is the year to trust her own intelligence
00:46:00 The moxie it takes to embark on podcasting
00:48:20 The difference between “agree to disagree” and “differing perspectives” and Catcher in the Rye
00:52:45 The importance of broadening horizons
00:56:15 Sideways comes into the conversation – also, if you haven’t seen it, you should
Meet your hosts:
April
Host
Reba
Host