Nov 4, 2025
This week, Big Chief sits down with Mike Sherman, one of the owners of Vendome Copper & Brass Works, the legendary Louisville-based company that has been crafting copper stills and distillation systems since 1903. For more than a century, Vendome has been the backbone of American whiskey, shaping the character and...
Nov 3, 2025
In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out with Troy Bolotnick, Founder & CEO, of Filmland Spirits.
They talk with Troy about his past life as a writer in LA in the entertainment industry, the unique stories that Filmland embraces for each of their releases, and what the...
Oct 28, 2025
This week, Big Chief rolls into Augusta, Kentucky, to sit down
with one of
bourbon’s baddest trailblazers, Master Distiller Alex Castle of
Augusta
Distillery. And y’all, this woman’s story is straight fire.
From studying distillation in her home state to cutting her
teeth at Wild
Turkey, to shaking things up in...
Oct 21, 2025
This week on The Whiskey Trip, Big Chief welcomes Heath Trigg, the owner and founder of The Heritage Flag Company and the newest sponsor of The Whiskey Trip. Based in North Carolina, The Heritage Flag Company was born from the love of country, craftsmanship, and whiskey. Heath’s story is one of passion, patriotism,...
Oct 14, 2025
This week, Big Chief takes The Whiskey Trip deep into the beating heart of Branch, Louisiana, where faith, family, and providence have tilled the same soil for generations. Here he sits with Mike Fruge, the man behind J.T. Meleck Distillery, who turned a family rice farm into a living testament of Louisiana’s spirit...