Brad Boswell's guest appearances

Brad Boswell

Bourbon Pursuit

The Bourbon Show

Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Podcast

Fred Noe

Mark Coffman

Greg Davis

Bill Thomas

Kathleen DiBenedetto

Jim Beam

Freddie Noe

Brent Elliott

Bill Samuels

Edward Lee

Dave Pickerell

Wes Henderson

Trey Zoeller

Joe Magliocco

Eddie Russell

OwlTail

For our October podcast, we were joined by Drs. Brad Boswell (Duke University), Matthew R. Crawford (Australian Catholic University), and Anna Stavrakopoulou (Dumbarton Oaks) for a discussion of Emperor and Galilean, an oversized 1873 historical play by Henrik Ibsen in two parts and ten acts, which has at its epicenter the Byzantine Emperor Julian, who reigned from 361 to 363 Common Era, also known as Julian the Apostate.

For our October podcast, we were joined by Drs. Brad Boswell (Duke University), Matthew R. Crawford (Australian Catholic University), and Anna Stavrakopoulou (Dumbarton Oaks) for a discussion of Emperor and Galilean, an oversized 1873 historical play by Henrik Ibsen in two parts and ten acts, which has at its epicenter the Byzantine Emperor Julian, who reigned from 361 to 363 Common Era, also known as Julian the Apostate.

Episode 9: Emperor and Galilean with Drs. Brad Boswell, Matthew R. Crawford, and Anna Stavrakopoulou

A Bourbon Pursuit exclusive! Brad Boswell, CEO and 4th Generation Cooper at Independent Stave Company, rarely does any media coverage so we are ecstatic to not only capture his family story, but how they take customer service to the extreme and continue to invest in research and development to push the bounds of today’s bourbon. If you've ever wanted to know the extent of oak influence on whiskey, this one touches every aspect from types of wood, the building process, charring, and finishing.Show Notes: Learn more about Pursuit Series  The week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about Bourbon at Great Wolf Lodge How did you grow into this business? When you were young did you have a feeling of your family's legacy in the cooperage industry? Did you family ever lobby to have the law put in place for new charred oak barrels? How has your family been able to maintain business all these years? What other side business have you had in the past? Have whiskey barrels always been the hallmark for your company? Talk about the size of your operation. Has the waiting list died down a little bit? Any issues meeting demand? What’s the process look like for bringing on a new client? Tell us the story of Maker's 46 from your perspective. Talk about the process of making a barrel. What are the differences between various oaks, French vs. American vs. Japanese? Do you have customers that prefer KY barrels vs MO? Why do you keep innovating? Are there any other core states you are harvesting oak from right now? Tell us about Oregon oak. What’s the wackiest spot you've gotten an oak tree from? Tourism has changed over the years, what has that been like for ISC and what is the future? What experiments are you doing with the barrels? Do customers ever get upset about other companies copying their barrel finishes? What's a barrel experiment that ended with a bad result? How can you control the variables? How long can you char a barrel? How many times can you reuse a barrel? Where are we in the growth of American Whiskey?

A Bourbon Pursuit exclusive! Brad Boswell, CEO and 4th Generation Cooper at <a href="http://www.independentstavecompany.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Independent Stave Company</a>, rarely does any media coverage so we are ecstatic to not only capture his family story, but how they take customer service to the extreme and continue to invest in research and development to push the bounds of today’s bourbon. If you've ever wanted to know the extent of oak influence on whiskey, this one touches every aspect from types of wood, the building process, charring, and finishing.Show Notes:<ul> <li>Learn more about <a href="https://pursuitspirits.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pursuit Series</a> </li> <li>The week’s Above the Char with <a href="https://www.fredminnick.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fred Minnick</a> talks about Bourbon at Great Wolf Lodge</li> <li>How did you grow into this business?</li> <li>When you were young did you have a feeling of your family's legacy in the cooperage industry?</li> <li>Did you family ever lobby to have the law put in place for new charred oak barrels?</li> <li>How has your family been able to maintain business all these years?</li> <li>What other side business have you had in the past?</li> <li>Have whiskey barrels always been the hallmark for your company?</li> <li>Talk about the size of your operation.</li> <li>Has the waiting list died down a little bit? Any issues meeting demand?</li> <li>What’s the process look like for bringing on a new client?</li> <li>Tell us the story of Maker's 46 from your perspective.</li> <li>Talk about the process of making a barrel.</li> <li>What are the differences between various oaks, French vs. American vs. Japanese?</li> <li>Do you have customers that prefer KY barrels vs MO?</li> <li>Why do you keep innovating?</li> <li>Are there any other core states you are harvesting oak from right now?</li> <li>Tell us about Oregon oak.</li> <li>What’s the wackiest spot you've gotten an oak tree from?</li> <li>Tourism has changed over the years, what has that been like for ISC and what is the future?</li> <li>What experiments are you doing with the barrels?</li> <li>Do customers ever get upset about other companies copying their barrel finishes?</li> <li>What's a barrel experiment that ended with a bad result?</li> <li>How can you control the variables?</li> <li>How long can you char a barrel?</li> <li>How many times can you reuse a barrel?</li> <li>Where are we in the growth of American Whiskey?</li></ul>

185 - Famous Staves with Brad Boswell, CEO of Independent Stave Company

President of Independent Stave Company and Fourth-generation cooper Brad Boswell joins the show to discuss the company's history, their stave and cooperage processes, the company's global presence and the effects that barrels impart on the spirts that are stored in them.  The boys enjoy Jefferenson's Reserve and Seth reviews Boone County Distilling's Eighteen 33 bourbon.

President of Independent Stave Company and Fourth-generation cooper Brad Boswell joins the show to discuss the company's history, their stave and cooperage processes, the company's global presence and the effects that barrels impart on the spirts that are stored in them.  The boys enjoy Jefferenson's Reserve and Seth reviews Boone County Distilling's Eighteen 33 bourbon.

#7: Brad Boswell of Independent Stave Company + Boone County Eighteen 33 Review