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Jonathan and Brandon sit down with Amanda Freitag, creator of Freitag Cocktails, world-renowned chef, TV personality and author. We enjoy two Freitag Cocktails -- Negroni and Manhattan. Amanda also talks about how she came up with the Freitag Cocktails, her trademark Easy AF, her journey to becoming a chef, being on the Food Network, collecting restauraunt menus, her favorite dishes to make and so much more.

We’ve Got Questions for one of the Mixly Cocktail Co founders Stuart Yurczyk, who talks about how Mixly came to be, their approach to mixers, their flavors and more.

We've Got Questions for Whiskey Jypsi's Ari Sussman on their upcoming releases, creating those blends and more.

We've Got Questions for Randy Prasse, president and COO of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. He talks about what the various ticket options at KBF, how you can get early access and more.

The new Whiskey JYPSI Explorer series will focus on finishing these spirits with combinations of distinctive woods from around the globe. The series will feature well-aged, mature whiskeys never younger than six years old and ranging between 100-107 proof. Explorer’s inaugural release is a blend of two six-year-old bourbons – a low rye distilled in Kentucky and selected for its sweetness, and an Indiana high rye chosen for its spice. The combined mash bill of 66% corn, 30% rye and 4% malted barley is then slowly reduced to 103 proof and finished using two oak varietals – French Oak (Quercus robur) from France’s famed Forest of Tronçais and American Oak (Quercus alba) from the Appalachian Mountains. Whiskey JYPSI’s Explorer is priced at $69.99.

We've Got Questions for Randy Prasse, president and COO of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. He talks about what KBF is, what folks can expect, new things happening in 2024 and more.