Season 6, Episode 19: REMIX - Juliet Schmalz, CEO & Founder - Fortune's Fool Whiskey

Update: 2025-05-09

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In this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast, Matt and Mark spend some time hanging out in The Bourbon Life Studios with Juliet Schmalz, CEO & Founder, of Fortune’s Fool Whiskey.

The guys talk with Juliet about her decision to leave her career as an anesthesiologist to pursue a career and launch a new brand in the whiskey industry, the creation of the brand and the challenges that she has faced since starting Fortune’s Fool, as well as what the future looks like for her and Fortune’s Fool Whiskey.

They also taste a review Fortune’s Fool “The Prelude” Straight Rye Whiskey and the Fortune’s Fool “The Overture” Straight Rye Whiskey.

This Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast is sponsored by Three Chord Bourbon and The Kitchen Table at James B. Beam Distilling Co.

Check out all of our amazing sponsors online at:

www.threechordbourbon.com

www.visitthekitchentable.com

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Season 6, Episode 19: REMIX - Juliet Schmalz, CEO & Founder - Fortune's Fool Whiskey