Episodes

  • Episode #17 - A Journey to Cedar Ridge Distillery "Wow! I’m a man of few words"
    Jul 26 2024

    Welcome to Episode #17 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Swisher Iowa and Cedar Ridge Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.

    Tasting whiskey from the barrel is a great experience. And, sometimes the flavors can be overwhelming. When Murphy Quint taps one of his QuintEssential barrels and lets the crew taste it…well, it’s fair to say that Kirk is at a loss for words.

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    14 mins
  • Episode #16 - A Journey to Cedar Ridge Distillery "We had to cut a hole in the floor"
    Jul 24 2024

    Welcome to Episode #16 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Swisher Iowa and Cedar Ridge Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.

    Growing a distillery is great. It means you might have to buy a bigger still. But, what do you do when the still arrives and it’s too big for the room you are planning on putting it in? Find out in this episode about Cedar Ridge.



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    12 mins
  • Episode #15 - A Journey to Cedar Ridge Distillery "Slipknot…we almost deleted the email"
    Jul 22 2024

    Welcome to Episode #15 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Swisher Iowa and Cedar Ridge Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.

    If you were to get an email from one of the largest heavy metal bands in the world, if not the largest, would you think it was real or would you delete it? Well…luckily for Cedar Ridge they didn’t delete the email.



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    8 mins
  • Big Human’s Whiskey Journey "Blind Tasting Blanton's"
    Jul 22 2024

    This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. Love it or hate it, Blanton's Single barrel can be polarizing. The Big Human has never tried Blanton’s. So,....Let’s see what he thinks of this bottle.

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    7 mins
  • Episode #14 - A Journey to Cedar Ridge Distillery "Jack and Jim play second fiddle"
    Jul 19 2024

    Welcome to Episode #14 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Swisher Iowa and Cedar Ridge Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.

    In most states, you will find that one of the Big Bourbons named Jack or Jim is the number one selling bourbon in that state. But not in Iowa. Cedar Ridge has claimed the #1 spot. Murphy Quint and Jamie Siefken talk about what that’s like to truly own your backyard.



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    13 mins
  • Episode #13 - A Journey to Cedar Ridge Distillery "Tasting the QuintEssential"
    Jul 17 2024

    Welcome to Episode #13 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Swisher Iowa and Cedar Ridge Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.

    On this episode of the Great American Whiskey Cookers Murphy Quint walks us through a tasting of their award winning Single Malt whiskey and explains some of the processes and choices he makes when putting it all together. Not to mention some of the stress he experiences.



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    10 mins
  • Episode #12 - A Journey to Cedar Ridge Distillery "Tasting of flagship Bourbon whiskey"
    Jul 15 2024

    Welcome to Episode #12 of the Great American Whiskey Cookers! In this podcast, we take you on an immersive adventure to Swisher Iowa and Cedar Ridge Distillery. Join us as we delve into what makes this such a unique distillery.

    On this episode of the Great American Whiskey Cookers, Master Distiller Murphy Quint walks us through a tasting of the #1 selling Bourbon in Iowa, Cedar Ridge Bourbon, and, Jeff brought a bottle of the original 80 proof Cedar Ridge Bourbon to share with Murphy and Megan


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    11 mins
  • The Big Human's Whiskey Journey "Iowa Legendary Rye Gold Label"
    Jul 15 2024

    This is the Big Human’s Whiskey Journey where he gets to taste a whiskey blind, with no preconceived ideas and we get his initial reaction. If you have watched any of our episodes on Iowa Legendary Rye, you know that the Big Human loves this brand. So, let’s see if he thinks the same on this brand new Gold Label expression from Iowa Legendary Rye.



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    7 mins