Kev xam phaj nrog Master Distiller Eddie Russell Ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv

Thawj lub raj mis ntawm Wild Turkey Bourbon tau ntim rau xyoo 1940 hauv plawv nroog Bluegrass ntawm Kentucky. Nws lub npe tuaj tom qab ib pab pawg phooj ywg tau saj ib qho dhau los ntawm 101-pov thawj dab thaum nyob rau hauv cov qaib ntxhw qus thiab hlub nws. Lub bourbon sai sai kis dhau Kentucky raws li cov neeg haus dej poob rau nws cov tsw muaj zog. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, xyoo 1954, Jimmy Russell, ib tus neeg nyob hauv Kentucky, pib ua haujlwm ntawm lub distillery kawm cov khoom siv tes ua bourbon los ntawm Master distiller Bill Hughes. Muaj ib tug Russell koom tes nrog kev tsim cov whiskey txij thaum ntawd los.

Los ntawm 1967 nws tau los ua tus thib peb Master Distiller thiab tau muab tso rau hauv Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame hauv 2000.

Lub npe hu ua "Buddha of Bourbon," Jimmy tseem taug kev hauv lub tshuab hluav taws xob, tab sis nws feem ntau nrog nws tus tub Eddie Russell, tus Xib Hwb Distiller thiab tus tswv cuab ntawm Hall of Fame nws tus kheej. Qhov chaw nyob ntawm kev paub no tau pab khaws cov qaib qus qus ntawm qhov ua ntej ntawm bourbon cov neeg haus dej haus cawv.

Paub txog qhov lawv muaj nyob rau hauv leej txiv thiab tus tub duo, cov tswv ntawm Wild Turkey, Pawg Campari, tau muab lawv txhais tes dawb zoo nkauj los tsim cov kab ntawm cov txwv-tso tawm bourbons ob peb xyoos dhau los hauv lawv cov Master's Keep Series. Cov fwj muag rau ntau pua duas las ntawm cov khw muag khoom thiab tuaj yeem ntaus plaub tus lej ntawm lub khw muag khoom. Lawv qhov kev tso tawm tshiab kawg no yog Master's Keep Unforgotten, kev hwm rau qhov ua yuam kev nto moo xyoo dhau los uas muag rau $ 200.

Peb ntes tau Eddie hauv New York City, qhov chaw uas nws tau tshaj tawm nws qhov kev tsim tshiab los nug nws ob peb nqe lus nug txog kev lag luam bourbon, dab tsi ntxiv rau nws tsev neeg nto moo, thiab nws nyiam haus dab tsi.

Txhua tus neeg tsim khoom bourbon hnub no tau nthuav tawm tshiab thiab cov khoom zoo siab. Dab tsi yog tsav qhov kev hloov pauv no?

Tau ntev, txhua tus yeej muaj ib yam khoom; tsis muaj kev tshaj tawm tshwj xeeb thiab xws li. Tsis muaj laj thawj nthuav. Cov neeg siv khoom yooj yim yog cov laus laus yav qab teb uas haus bourbon, thiab lawv khaws cov distillers loj hauv kev lag luam. Nws yog lub bourbon boom nyob rau hauv Nyiv nyob rau hauv lub nineties uas hloov txhua yam. Nws qhib qee qhov muag rau qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm bottling ib yam dab tsi txawv. Elmer T Lee tau tso tawm ib lub thoob bourbon, Jimmy tso ib lub thoob-pov thawj bourbon hu ua Rare Breed, thiab lwm yam distillers pib sim. Txawm hais tias feem ntau ntawm lawv, suav nrog kuv txiv, tsis yog qhov loj heev rau kev nthuav dav.

Nws yog tiag tiag thaum cov tub ntxhais hluas bartending zej zog tau tshwm sim thiab pib saib ntawm cov qub classic cocktails, ntau yam uas yog bourbon-based, uas tag nrho kev lag luam hloov. Lawv tau hu rau cov tshiab thiab nthuav bourbons, thiab lawv qhov kev txaus siab tau kis mus rau tag nrho cov neeg haus dej haus hnub nyoog 21-40 xyoo. Kuv xav tias nws yog qhov txias tiag tiag li cas yam tau hloov pauv, thiab muaj lub zog no hauv qhov chaw bourbon.

Koj yog tus tsav tsheb tom qab Master's Keep Series, qhov twg koj thawb cov ciam teb rau dab tsi xav tau los ntawm Wild Turkey. Dab tsi coj koj mus rau lub tswv yim no?

Jimmy tau ua ob peb qhov kev tso tawm rov qab rau hnub ntawd, thiab thaum kuv dhau los ua Master Distiller, kuv xav coj qhov ntawd rov qab, yog li kuv tau ua. Qhov ntawd yog qhov Master's Keep Series yog txhua yam hais txog. Thawj tus hu ua 17-xyoo-laus, thiab nws yog qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws whiskey peb puas tau muaj. Nws tau muaj hnub nyoog nyob rau hauv cib warehouses, tsis zoo li peb li niaj zaus rickhouses uas yog hlau clad thiab ntau rhiab heev rau kub hloov, yog li nws yog ib tug heev smooth thiab zoo ib yam whiskey. Tib neeg gobbled nws, yog li kuv hais tias cia peb ua ib yam dab tsi txawv nrog rau qhov kev tso tawm tom ntej, thiab peb tau muaj kev lom zem txij li thaum.

Kuv tus tub yog tus txiv neej rye hauv tsev neeg, yog li nws yog tus uas thawb kuv mus sim ntau ntxiv nrog rye whiskey hauv koob. Peb muab rov qab ib co rye, uas nws muaj hnub nyoog rau cuaj thiab kaum ib xyoos, thiab coj tawm ib tug uas tsis yog-chiv-filtered chim pov thawj hu ua Cornerstone. Nws zoo heev. Qhov ntawd ua rau xyoo no Unforgotten, ib qho kev sib xyaw ntawm bourbon thiab rye whiskeys uas muaj cov dab neeg lom zem.

Kuv tau hnov ​​txog zaj dab neeg ntawd. Koj puas tuaj yeem qhia kuv txog nws?

Xyoo 2009 ib tug ntawm kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm yuam kev rye rau saum bourbon, thiab Jimmy tsis zoo siab hlo li. Nws xav tua peb ob leeg. Saib, rov qab los, peb tsuas yog ua rye ob hnub hauv ib xyoos, thiab peb tsuas yog nkim rau lub hlis ntawm peb cov kua hauv ib qho poob. Kuv hais kom nws coj nws yooj yim thiab pom dab tsi los ntawm qhov yuam kev. Nws saj zoo heev, yog li peb tau txiav txim siab ua qhov txwv tso tawm thiab hu ua Forgiven. Yog li, kuv tau siv lub tswv yim ntawd, tab sis nws yog hom whiskey sib txawv ntawm lub sijhawm no. Qhov twg Kev Zam Txim muaj lub ntsej muag qab zib heev rau nws, thiab tag nrho cov rye nyob rau tom qab kawg, qhov no whiskey siv bourbon los puag ncig cov npoo ntawm rye.

Nws yog tsim los ntawm kev sib xyaw ntawm 13-xyoo-laus bourbon nrog yim thiab cuaj-xyoo-laus rye tiav hauv rye casks. Nws yuav siv cov nqaij nyoos ntawm cov kua txob dub flavors ntawm rye thiab mellows nws tawm nrog qab zib vanilla hints los ntawm bourbon. Qhov no yog nyob rau ntawm 105 pov thawj, thiab kuv twb ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv lub tom ntej version ntawm no style. Nws yuav siv sijhawm li 12 txog 18 lub hlis rau kuv kom nkag mus rau hauv Master's Keep. Kuv xav xyuas kom meej tias peb hwm Wild Turkey cov hauv paus hniav hauv kev lig kev cai thaum sim tej yam uas txawv ntawm qhov peb tau ua yav dhau los.

Jimmy xav li cas txog txhua qhov kev tso tawm tshiab no?

Thaum Jimmy, Booker, Elmer, thiab tag nrho cov txiv neej haus bourbon, lawv xav paub tias nws yog bourbon sai li sai tau thaum nws tsoo lawv lub qhov ncauj. Koj paub, kuv ib txwm teased cov txiv neej. Lawv yuav ua lub ntsej muag loj no thaum lawv haus dej thiab mus, Oh, qhov zoo. Nws yog, tab sis tam sim no kuv tab tom sim tsim cov khoom uas cov neeg haus dej haus tau saj cov creaminess, vanilla, caramel, qab zib, fruity, nutty, los yog yam khoom uas peb tab tom tso tawm. Yog li, nws yog qhov tseeb qhov profile txawv dua li rov qab rau hnub.

Kuv lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb yog coj tawm txawv saj profiles. Kuv txhais tau tias, saib Longbranch, peb txoj kev koom tes nrog Mathais McConaughey. Nws yog tej zaum deb ntawm cov qus qaib ntxhw DNAs raws li koj tuaj yeem tau txais kev sib tw, muag muag, thiab haus nws yooj yim npaum li cas. Koj paub, Jimmy tsis haus ib qho ntawm qhov ntawd, tab sis ntau tus neeg siv khoom tawm muaj tab tom nrhiav rau hom saj profile.

Tom ntej no yog dab tsi rau tsev neeg Russell thiab Wild Turkey?

Kuv tus tub Bruce tau nyob ntawm no hauv Kentucky rau peb lossis plaub xyoos dhau los tom qab siv sijhawm ntau xyoo hauv Texas ua tus thawj coj ua lag luam. Kuv yeej tsom ntsoov rau nws ntau ntxiv ntawm qhov sib xyaw ntawm nws, qhov saj ntawm nws. Qhov ntawd tau dhau los ua lub ntsiab lus ntau dua hauv peb txoj kev lag luam. Nws yog ntau ntawm tus tswv taster lossis tus tswv blender dua li tus tswv distiller. Vim hais tias yog koj saib Fred Noe, Craig Beam, thiab kuv, tej zaum peb yog cov kawg uas tau pib dov cov thoob, pov tseg fwj, stacking rooj, thiab mowing nyom. Kuv tus ntxhais xeeb ntxwv Joanne nyob hauv New York, ua haujlwm ua tus thawj coj ua lag luam thiab hlub nws. Kuv tsis paub tias peb puas yuav tau txais nws tsiv mus rau Kentucky mus ua haujlwm ntawm lub distillery.

Lo lus nug kawg rau koj. Koj nyob ntawm txoj kev ntau heev. Koj haus dab tsi yog tias lawv tsis muaj koj lub raj mis?

Kuv tau txais Wild Turkey hauv kuv cov ntshav, thiab kuv paub tseeb tias yuav tsis khiav tawm ntawm nws. Yog tias kuv tawm mus ncig thiab lawv tsis muaj qaib ntxhw qus, kuv yuav haus dej cawv nrog lwm tus bourbon. Kuv tau sim lawv tag nrho. Kuv yuav haus me ntsis tequila lossis cawv, tab sis tsis muaj Jack Daniels; tsis muaj kev hwm tus kheej Kentuckian yuav ua li ntawd. Nws yog funny; Kuv tau hnov ​​cov neeg nug kuv txiv cov lus nug no tau ntau xyoo, thiab nws ib txwm hais tias nws yuav muaj qee tus Elmer T Lee yog tias Tsiaj qus qaib tsis muaj. Tsuas yog vim li cas nws thiaj hais tias yog Elmer T yog nws tus phooj ywg zoo. Kuv yeej tsis tau pom nws haus ib lub raj mis. Nws tsuas yog ua zoo xwb.