Ancient Age

Bitches & Bourbon

May 5 2023 • 42 mins

Originally recorded: 20230303

Length: 00:42:47

Ape and Reba are joined by Rue, and the ladies discuss everything from sour mash to Dr. Who’s ability to catch a buzz. Oh yeah, and they get to the bottle of Ancient Age too.

Ancient Age

Purchase details:

Location: Jeff’s Beverage

Date: ???

Cost: $15ish

Type: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Bourbon

Distillery: Ancient Age Distilling Co., Frankfurt, KY

Bottled in: Ancient Age Distilling Co., Frankfurt, KY

Proof: (% ABV) 40 (Proof) 80

Composition: Buffalo Trace high-rye bourbon mash bill (Mash Bill #2)

Age: +3 years

BoozApp says:

Avg MSRP - $11.78

Fair Price   - $17.76

Shelf Price - $17.00

Links for this episode

Jeff’s Beverage

Ancient Age

Schumann’s Whisk(e)y Lexicon

American History Through a Whiskey Glass

Drink Like Geek

01:10 It’s Friday!!

02:25 Rue is here!!

03:00 Overproof and daily drinkers

07:10 Ancient Age

10:30 What is “the finish”

12:20 What is “sour mash”

16:25 What is “sweet mash”

18:40 Blind taste Ancient Age and Evan Williams Bottled in Bond

22:30 Another reason we keep daily drinkers, and milk punch

25:00 Ape’s research leads to more questions than answers

30:30 History of Whiskey and Hemingway

32:40 Ape loves geeking out on whiskey (and you heard right – there’s a slight editing error, it happens). But the book is so much fun

38:35 We get back to the Ancient Age (and a little bit of Fable and Folly)