Steak Bourbon and Sports Ep. 40

2020 Bourbon Year In Review

On this weeks episode of Steak, Bourbon & Sports Jeremy Mandel (@jeremymandel) and Ari Temkin (@arisports). Jeremy is handing out his best of 2020 awards including most surprising year, best whiskey of the year and most disappointing distilleries, plus how James Bond nearly killed the bourbon industry, and Jeremy bought half a cow.

2:27

2020 was a good year for whiskey, particularly for American whiskey.

5:21

James Bond drank whiskey in the books and vodka in the movies because Hollywood thought whiskey was too blue collar. Once James Bond said he wanted a martini, people stopped drinking whiskey and started drinking vodka, causing the sales of whiskey to plummet and the whiskey itself to age.

7:29

Whiskey companies that did really great things in 2020 and whiskey companies that did really terrible things in 2020.

10:30

Old Forester is the brand of the year in 2020.

15:04

Whiskey of the year in Jeremys Mandel's eyes is Four Roses small batch limited edition 2020 version.

25:42

The distillery that disappointed Jeremy the most this year was Heaven Hill.

30:15

Jeremy ordered half of a cow

33:44

Worst sportscaster  of the year goes to Ari Temkin for saying the Cowboys were going to be good.

35:25

James Harden wins sportsman of the year because of how much joy he brought Jeremy.

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