Season 1 Episode 533
The bourbon world can feel like the Wild West sometimes, and right now, there's no part of it wilder than the aged whiskey barrel market. The price of barrels has gone from a skyrocketing asset and back down to a commodity. We're welcoming back Beau Beckman, a name you may remember from past shows, who is with a new venture called Hogshead.
In this episode, we get into the challenges faced by both consumers and new brands in this confusing market. Beau is pulling back the curtain on the "gold rush" mentality and showing us how Hogshead aims to use technology to create a transparent, online marketplace for barrels. He's also sharing some powerful reflections on his own deep bourbon heritage and the experience he had running the largest private barrel program while at Buffalo Trace. He shares what's really happening behind the scenes in bourbon sourcing world.
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