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Back to EpisodesTHE American Spirit
Published 11 years, 10 months ago
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Few products are more American than Bourbon. In fact some argue that the Kentucky spirit IS the American experience, distilled and sealed in a bottle.
While the English have their Scotch, the Irish their Whisky, Latin America their rum, and Mexico it's cervezas, Kentucky Bourbon is our defining spirit. So what does this drink say about our character as a nation and how does that history apply to today's America?
Dane Huckelbridge sought to find out and he shares it with us in Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit.
My conversation with Dane Huckelbridge:
While the English have their Scotch, the Irish their Whisky, Latin America their rum, and Mexico it's cervezas, Kentucky Bourbon is our defining spirit. So what does this drink say about our character as a nation and how does that history apply to today's America?
Dane Huckelbridge sought to find out and he shares it with us in Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit.
My conversation with Dane Huckelbridge: