The Bourbon Show Podcast #79. December 1, 2019
- Owned by Bob Dylan
- Ryan Perry
- 6 years at Diageo
- Is the master blender
- Grew up in Michigan
- Went to Michigan State
- Moved to Chicago after graduation and joined the Spirits industry
- After he left Deago he started to collect aged whiskey stocks (barrels) from other distillers
- He wanted to get back into the brand business
- He had a friend that was Bob Dylan’s attorney
- Bob had registered a brand called “Bootleg” years before
- They went to Bob and pitched him on making a brand.
- On Blending:
- Started at Diageo
- Worked with all of their brand names distillers so he got educated on that via that.
- Straight Rye:
- Finished in cigars barrel french oak cask, air dried not kiln
- Sourced from MGP
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