#18: Wild Turkey Barrel Pick With Eddie Russell

Beast Masters Club

English - July 10, 2017 05:55 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
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The Beast Masters were treated to an amazing barrel picking experience at Wild Turkey, hosted by none other than second generation Master Distiller, Eddie Russell.

We met Eddie at Wild Turkey's historic Warehouse A to knock open the barrels that he set aside for us to choose from. This oldest of Wild Turkey's rickhouses was built in the 1890's and we could not have asked for a more perfect setting or host as we settled in for an afternoon of sampling a few of what Eddie calls his, "best 100 barrels out of 700,000".

In the end, our intrepid crew of Beast Masters came away with the barrel we have all come to know as, "The Hot Pickle," a super deep, flavorful, spicy 9 year bourbon with a gorgeous long finish. We hope you all enjoy sipping some Hot Pickle as you listen along with us.