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Whiskey Musings


Exploring the Production Road Trip Experience in May 2025
A rundown of our 2025 production road trip.
Jeff Zahrt
May 308 min read
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Lights, Camera, Action - Discovering the Best Whiskey Distilleries on Our Next Trip
Planning our next whiskey distillery trip
Jeff Zahrt
May 32 min read
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The Ultimate Season 2 Recap: What You Missed, Who You Loved, and What's Next!
Season 2 for the Great American Whiskey Cookers is in the books. Here's a quick look back and what's coming up in 2025.
Jeff Zahrt
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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Rush Creek Distilling (Guest Blogger/Patreon Supporter - Nate Pilcher)
One of, if not the best craft bourbons I can recall.
Nate Pilcher
Dec 2, 20244 min read
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Pursuit Spirits
We visit Kenny Coleman and Ryan Cecil of Pursuit Spirits in Lousiville, Kentucky and learn all about blending.
Jeff Zahrt
Aug 21, 20243 min read
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The Soul of Bourbon
The Great American Whiskey Cookers crew take a trip to find the soul of Bourbon. Kentucky bound.
Jeff Zahrt
Jul 29, 20244 min read
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How we decided to make this show
How did the show Great American Whiskey Cookers come about
Jeff Zahrt
Dec 3, 20233 min read
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45th Parallel Distillery
Our trip visiting 45th Parallel Distillery
Jeff Zahrt
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Iowa Legendary Rye
Talk about history and a trip to prohibition era Whiskey. This is a story you need to hear.
kirk030
Sep 28, 20233 min read
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Driftless Glen
Our trip to Driftless Glen Distillery in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Jeff Zahrt
Sep 14, 20233 min read
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Spirit Hound Distillery
Single Malt Whiskey from Colorado, A hand built still and whiskey for a Friend. Spirit Hound Distillery has it going on.
kirk030
Aug 31, 20233 min read
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Only from Kentucky???
A question that I often hear is; "Bourbon only comes from Kentucky….right?" the short answer to that is NO. So, let's dive into that a...
kirk030
Mar 12, 20233 min read
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What is Craft Whiskey / Bourbon?
This is a great question. And one that there isn’t really a solid answer for. The federal regulations do not define a craft distiller,...
kirk030
Mar 7, 20233 min read
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How we Plan our Episodes
How We Plan our Episodes. Well…there are some aspects of our process that are more formalized and structured than others. For the video /...
kirk030
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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Welcome to the Great American Whiskey Cookers Blog
First off, hello and welcome to our blog. If you have searched to find our blog page on our website, congrats this is it. And, thank you...
kirk030
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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