American Single Malt Whiskey is a real, big-boy category defined by the TTB. For the first time in 52 years the U.S. Government is adding a new Type of whiskey, and beloved distiller, whiskey-maker and brother Nick Brady Maas of Dancing Goat Distillery is here to weigh the pros and cons.

Director of Beverage for Bourbon Belly Hospitality, Garrett Turnquist returns. Garrett talks about starting his great podcast Sipping Social and shares great insight to running a bar program. We chat about how their group’s five bars are making money on whiskey, while sales in the off-premise are down. We also chat about brands losing their footing after the people that built the brand leave, how to sell what’s on your back bar, and consumers are staying with familiar whiskeys other than exploring new ones.

Bruce Perry, Global Head of Brand Advocacy of Mossburn Distillers is back. Bruce’s decades of experience in the whisky industry is an expiring career, and he explains how his connections from across the world helped build Mossburn’s 12 Year Old whisky finished in Foursquare Rum casks.