This week on the podcast, Dan Garrison of Garrison Brothers Whiskey stopped by the studio on a recent trip to Southern California to tell me about how his Texas Bourbon brand was an idea born out the of pain and frustration of watching his years of dedication to another industry vanish overnight. But after buying one of Elmer T Lee’s old stills on a whim and shipping it to Blanco County Texas where the summer thermometer rarely drops below 94 degrees, the differences between the Bluegrass State and the Lone Star State would have deterred most people. But not Dan Garrison, who takes daily inspiration from the lyrics to an old Guy Clark song: “He's one of those who knows that life is just a leap of faith, Spread your arms and hold your breath, always trust your cape”.
Plus, Gina Ruccione is a food and beverage industry alum as well as the host of a popular podcast called “A Series of Unfortunate Dates”. She hosted me for a one-sided Old Fashioned Conversation, which will make sense after you listen to the segment, and we chatted about her experiences in the industry and how her crazy idea for a podcast came to be and took off.