Harlen Wheatley’s Experimental Empire: 4,000 Barrels of Buffalo Trace Innovation

by Randy Warren | Nov 30, 2025 | General Audience

Harlen Wheatley, master distiller at Buffalo Trace in Franklin, Kentucky since 2005, represents something special in American whiskey. He’s a master distiller at a historic distillery who treats experimentation as a core mission. Building Buffalo Trace Before the Boom...

How Mike Diaz of St. Augustine Distillery Uses Climate to Create Darker, Bolder Bourbon

by Randy Warren | Nov 25, 2025 | General Audience

Mike Diaz, Co-Founder and Chief Financial Advisor of St. Augustine Distillery, has figured out something special in Florida’s oldest city, and it’s changing how many whiskey enthusiasts think about American bourbon. St. Augustine Distillers is proving that...

Drew Hannush of Whiskey Lore Debunks Bourbon Myths and Folklore

by Randy Warren | Nov 11, 2025 | Podcast Episode

Drew Hannush of Whiskey Lore is a whiskey debunker. In this episode, Drew and Randy talk about how Drew’s meticulous research and travel to more than 400 distilleries across America have led him to believe that bourbon’s oral traditions often contradict documented...

Challenging​ ​Bourbon​ ​Tradition:​ ​Devil​ ​River’s​ ​Goes​ ​High-Proof​ ​and​ ​Heat-Aged

by Randy Warren | Oct 28, 2025 | Podcast Episode

Mike​ ​Cameron,​ ​founder​ ​of​ ​Devils​ ​River​ ​Distillery​ ​in​ ​San​ ​Antonio,​ ​Texas,​ ​had​ ​an​ ​unconventional​ ​journey​ ​from​ ​tractor​ ​dealer​ ​to​ ​bourbon​ ​innovator.​ ​In​ ​this​ ​episode​ ​of​ ​Whiskey​ ​Shenanigans,​ ​host​ ​Randy​ ​Warren​ ​speaks​ ...

The Dram Dad: A Photographer’s Fresh Image of Whiskey Culture

by Randy Warren | Oct 28, 2025 | General Audience

The Dram Dad, also known as Chris, has a refreshingly different approach to whiskey. Chris, who has only been seriously into bourbon for about a year and a half, represents something I love seeing in the whiskey world. He’s not a decades-long collector. He...