Rye, Road Trips, and Old Grand-Dad

Rob and Mark crack open a bottle of Old Grandad Bonded, the road trip whiskey that rode along with John Steinbeck across the country and earned a reputation as a natural biker's bourbon, strong enough to still taste like something and cheap enough not to sweat losing it. They dig into the Basil Hayden family history, that surprisingly high rye mash bill, what bottled in bond actually means, and the great label mystery: is that really Basil Hayden's face staring back at you from the bottle? They compare notes with its pricier cousin, swap stories about the Paper Plane cocktail, and count down to the Loud American Tasting up on the hill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.