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The Mash Up

Bourbon Whiskey Talk

Three regular guys sharing their enthusiasm and knowledge of America"s native spirit; bourbon! Each episode we review a whiskey: shelfies, store picks, rare bottles, and the occasional flight. Tuesdays and Fridays we will bring you a new selection for your shelves along with our thoughts and spirited discussion on related trends and topics in the bourbon world. Hosts Anthony Limperos, Steven DeLucia, and Kenny Mills open a bottle and travel down the rabbit hole...

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00:21:25

E350 - River Roots American Malt Whiskey (Sprayberry...

The Mash Up ·

2026/04/14

If you've followed our podcast, you know how much we love River Roots in Cleveland, Ohio. For this short, we taste and review a recent River Roots single barrel selection that was done by the Sprayberry Bottle Shop in Marietta, Georgia. The whiskey they selected is an American Single Malt that was distilled in California. With a unique mashbill of 88% malted barley and 12% malted rye, this whiskey is 7 year 10 months old and comes in at a massive 145.16 proof. If you've listened closely, you

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00:55:19

E349 - Stagg Bourbon (Batch 25D)

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2026/04/10

Stagg (Jr.) bourbon debuted in 2013. Since then, there have been 31 different batches released, including the one that we taste and review in this weeks episode. While the "junior" was dropped from the name a couple years ago, some other things have changed as well. Once a steady semi-annual release, the past two years have included 4 batches (one per quarter). While the availability has increased, some have said that the quality has declined. When batch 25D was released, many were singing

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00:16:52

E348 - Old Forester 117 Series: Bottled-In-Bond Rye...

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2026/04/07

Old Forester has released many different whiskeys under the 117 series label. Admittedly, we are playing catch up on these. For this short, we taste and review two bottles from the 117 series (both released in 2025): Bottled-In-Bond Rye and Still Proof. The BIB rye is an age stated and bonded version of the Old Forester Rye which we have reviewed favorably in the past. The other bottle we review is the Prohibition Era Still Proof which is a four year old high proof whiskey (130 proof). How will this

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00:33:00

E347 - Maker's Mark Cask Strength "Age-Stated"

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2026/04/03

Maker's Mark Cask Strength Bourbon debuted all the back in 2014. More than ten years after the fact, this offering got an upgrade of sorts from the iconic brand. At the beginning of 2026, Maker's Cask started appearing on the shelves with an age statement. This is a permanent change for the brand and every batch of Maker's Cask Strength Bourbon will carry an age statement that will be between 7-8 years old and proof will vary from 107-114. The bottle we taste and review for this episode

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00:23:54

E346 - Jack Daniel's Barrel Proof Rye Picks

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2026/03/31

You've heard us discuss our love of Jack Daniel's Barrel Proof Rye. Furthermore, you've heard us talk about how fortunate we are to have had the opportunity to visit the distillery and participate in multiple picks. On our most recent trip to the distillery, we picked two excellent ryes. These picks were recently bottled and delivered to the store (Bluegrass Liquor Box in Georgetown, KY). In this episode, we taste and review our picks and there are some surprises as well. Call us biased

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00:40:40

E345 - A Midwinter Night's Dram

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2026/03/27

A Midwinter Night's Dram is a whiskey that has been historically sought after. Once a combination of well aged rye from from Barton and MGP, this whiskey is now a combination of High West's own distillate and MGP. How does it taste? You'll have to listen to find out. In this episode, we wax poetically about MWND in the past and we have high hopes for the future. During the tasting, we got a bit sidetracked by the return of our co-host Steven and by large shipping lables. After all is

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00:12:58

E344 - W.L. Weller Antique (OWA) Store Pick

The Mash Up ·

2026/03/24

We've been fortunate to pick at Buffalo Trace multiple times. In this short, we taste and review an OWA pick that we helped select about six months ago. Big thanks to Nick and Ryan for letting us take part and including us on the pick. We still think OWA is one of the best whiskeys for the price. But, what about single barrel selections? Are they worth the premium that they command? Give us a listen to find out.--------------------------SocialsIG: https://www.instagram.com/themashupkyFB:

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00:47:25

E343 - New Releases From EverNorth Spirits

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2026/03/20

We've talked about EverNorth Spirits in previous episodes of the podcast. EverNorth was founded by The Bourbon Junkies and they have been putting out some excellent whiskey over the past few years. In this episode, we dive into tasting and reviewing some of the newest releases from EverNorth. The 6th batch of Spirit Walker is known as "Kentucky Cobbler" and it is a dessert-ish whiskey that is finished in an array of different barrels. In addition to the Cobbler, we taste and review

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01:33:28

E342 - A Conversation w/ Jarrod Record (Barrel King)...

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2026/03/17

In this episode, we sip and chat with Jarrod Record who is the co-founder of Barrel King and Alec Balas who is the co-founder of Whiskeyland TV. You've heard us mention a bit about Jarrod in past episodes when we've reviewed Barrel King products. However, having him in the basement to answer questions gave us a whole new perspective and appreciation for his bourbon journey and brand. Alec is essentially a bourbon filmmaker and he brings unique perspectives about the spirit through his

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00:54:51

E341 - Larceny & Elijah Craig Store Picks

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2026/03/13

Over the past few years, you've heard us say many positive and negative things about Elijah Craig's barrel program. For this episode, we taste and review two different Elijah Craig barrel picks and one Larceny Barrel Proof pick that were selected by one member and many friends of the podcast for Bros Liquor in Davis, California. Will we pass, try, or buy? You might think you know the outcome, but it may surprise you. As per the usual, there will be blinds and all kinds of other fun stuff

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01:51:17

E340 - River Roots Barrel Company Hang w/Ryan Lintz &...

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2026/03/10

For the second time in the history of the podcast, we welcome back our friends from River Roots Barrel Company. The last time we had them on the podcast, River Roots had been in existence for just over a year. Since that time, the brand has continued to flourish and they are getting ready to move into a brand new (and larger) building in downtown Cleveland. In this episode, you get hear about all the exciting things that are in the works for River Roots and the best part is that you'll get to

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00:59:17

E339 - Green River Wheated Bourbon + Surprise Blinds

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2026/03/06

Green River is the "Whiskey Without Regrets." In this episode, we welcome back our friend Jason to the podcast and he brought the brand new Green River Wheated Full Proof Bourbon as well as a Green River Wheated Single Barrel Store pick from Liquor Barn. In addition to tasting and reviewing these two bottles, we also incorporated some surprise blinds from the basement and from our community. Green River has been putting out some tremendous stuff so you will definitely want to hear our take

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00:18:50

E338 - Buffalo Trace Single Oak Project

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2026/03/03

Buffalo Trace Distillery’s Single Oak Project (SOP) is the ultimate in bourbon exploration. Consisting of different mashbills, wood, and a host of other unique variables, this grand experiment boasts 192 unique bourbons with 1,396 different flavor combinations. With this experimentation, Buffalo trace aims to have it's consumers isolate and compare every variable that shapes what ends up in the bottle. Our good friend Jason brought bottle of SOP for us to taste and review. Mistakenly, we thought

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01:00:42

E337 - King of Kentucky Small Batch Bourbon

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2026/02/27

When Brown-Forman announced they would be releasing a new small batch version of King of Kentucky, we were excited and also had many questions. Instead of more single barrels, this remixed version of the "King" comes in the form of three batches with a brand new mashbill. For the first time, King of Kentucky has released a three-batch series, each bottled at a distinct proof to showcase the complexity of its aging process: Batch 1: 105 proof; Batch 2: 107.5 proof; Batch 3: 110 proof. For

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00:20:37

E336 - Willett Speakeasy Bourbon

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2026/02/24

In 2025, Willett quietly released a blended bourbon called "Speakeasy." Coming off our best of blinds where Willett was well represented, we thought it would be good to taste and review a shelf product that's available in most markets. Our friend Jason joins us as a guest co-host and the conversation ranges from high class seafood to amusement park lines. As always, we give you our honest take on this relatively new offering from the Willett Distillery

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02:35:53

E335 - An Evening With Bruce Russell

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2026/02/20

Bruce Russell is the Associate Master Blender for Wild Turkey. Over the past few years, he has been responsible for making some of the most epic Turkey releases and is making a name for himself by pushing the boundaries of what Wild Turkey can be. We've had the chance to talk to Bruce before, but it's never been like this. In this episode, we have a long form conversation and taste through some of the most revered Wild Turkey offerings in history as well as some new things that Bruce is

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00:28:29

E334 - The Blinds Roll On

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2026/02/17

It's been a minute since we did back-to-back blind episodes, but our community keeps sending in a lot of goodness for us to taste. Our listener and long time supporter (Pu Bear) sent us a couple of blinds. Spoiler alert - we didn't do nearly as good as last episode, but we did have quite a bit of fun in the process. In this short, we talk about our upcoming episode with Bruce Russell and give an update on some upcoming events. But, most of the time is spent on the blinds. The whiskey that we

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00:52:02

E333 - A "Blind" Trip Down Memory Lane

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2026/02/13

For this Friday episode, we decided to dig into our backlog of blinds that have been sent by our community. Our listener and friend (Ryan from NC) sent us some blinds that drummed up some serious nostalgia. He also sent us some holiday gifts and those gifts cause quite a bit of clamor and laughter. We've been doing this podcast for nearly 5 years and this set of blinds was surprising and meaningful. Why is that the case? You'll have to listen to find out. Those of you who have been with us

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00:33:27

E332 - Smooth Amber Cask Strength 9yr Bourbon & King...

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2026/02/10

Coming off our "best of" episode, we decided to celebrate Fat Tuesday a little early. Twice previously on the podcast, we tasted Smooth Ambler Founders' Cask Strength Bourbon (at 6 years and 8 years old). We'd like to thank a great listener (Patrick) for sending us the 9yr version of this of this bourbon. For this weeks short, we taste this new bottle against the 8yr version and the results are kind of shocking. We also taste a blind sample and stuff our faces with some King Cake

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01:45:05

E331 - Best of Blinds 2025

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2026/02/06

Finally - The Mash Up Podcast has crowned it's best whiskey of 2025! Annually, we have a "Best of Blinds" event which consists of an esteemed panel of friends tasting through some of the best whiskeys of the year. We had 67 total bottles in the field. After multiple preliminary rounds, we came up with our top 12. These "top" whiskeys were then blinded again in a championship round. Who made the top 12? Who won the whole dang competition? You'll have to listen to find out

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