My guest this week is Eric Zandona, the author of “The Bourbon Bible.”
In 2013 he founded www.ezgrinnking.com, a spirits blog and consultancy run by he and his wife Tia Zandona. As an independent agency, they post unbiased reviews, curate spirits events, and provide a variety of consulting services from product development to marketing strategy for spirit brands.
Bourbon is booming, and this guide will teach you all you need to know about America’s favorite spirit.
Eric Zandona – spirits specialist at the American Distilling Institute – explores 140 of the finest bourbons in the world, from the big-name classics to tiny craft distilleries, with flavor profiles and recommendations for the best way to drink each one.
Also featuring recipes for 20 classic bourbon cocktails, as well as chapters on the history of bourbon, how the drink is made and the key things you need to understand when buying a bottle, The Bourbon Bible is the ultimate guide to the ultimate drink. Get a copy NOW!
Learn more about Eric and follow his blog at ezdrinking.com
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A native of the San Francisco Bay Area. Eric Zandona is Director of Spirits Information at the American Distilling Institute, a staff writer for Distiller magazine, and he also runs the website ezdrinking.com. In addition, Eric has authored, edited, and contributed to six books on distilled spirits, including The Bourbon Bible, and The Tequila Dictionary. Eric serves as a “Tequila Jockey” for Tequila Aficionado’s web-series Sipping off the Cuff, and regularly speaks about spirits before consumers, producers, and regulators, both in the US and Internationally. In 2017, Eric began an year long residency in Oaxaca drinking, and learning about Mexican gin, rum, whiskey, and agave spirits. Today, he and his family live in Vancouver, Washington.
Good Life Guy’s Wine Bourbon of the Week:
Wheel Horse 101 Kentucky Straight Bourbon
This sour mash Bourbon Whiskey is made from 70% corn, 21% rye and 9% malted barley. It’s distilled in copper stills then matured in 53-gallon, charred American oak barrels for a minimum of four years. Like all of their small batch whiskeys, Wheel Horse Bourbon is bottled at 101 proof and is non-chill filtered. ABV50.5%
On the nose, the whiskey has aromas of butterscotch and toasted almond. Once sipped, the flavors of citrus and sweet toffee rise above notes of dark fruit. The finish is rich and lingers with hints of brandied cherry and bittersweet chocolate. This is a great Bourbon for relatively low dollar coming in at around $34.
93 POINTS 
-Wine Enthusiast
94 POINTS
-Whisky Advocate Magazine (Top 20 Whiskies of 2021)
GOLD
-SF Spirits Competition
9.0, RECOMMENDED
-American Whiskey Magazine
Check out the Bourbon paradise at Jacob Liquor Exchange on North Rock Road, grab a botltle of Wheel Horse 101 and lets taste it together during the show. 🙂