#055.1 – Uncle Nearest Bonus – After listening to the story – you know you want to know how it tastes.

Stephen and David invite Gary Bernier and Maurning Mayzes to sample a bottle.  The result - 4 whisk(e)y sommeliers and lots of opinions. Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom and pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector, and storyteller. I'm Stephen's sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Stephen Semple: All right. Stephen Semple and this is the bonus edition of the Uncle Nearest Podcast from the Empire Builders Podcast. I'm here with David Young, who you guys all know, I do the podcast with me but we have two special guests. We have Gary Bernier, and Morning Mays, both of whom are whiskey sommeliers along with David and myself. Stephen Semple: We thought since we had this great podcast on Uncle Nearest and a fabulous story and if you haven't listened to it, you really want to go give it a listen but we thought you know what? We can't talk about whiskey and just talk about whiskey. That just seems so very, very, very wrong. Especially when we've got a couple of people who are trained in whiskey. It brings a cool perspective because all four of us have very, very different taste profiles. This is going to be fun. Stephen Semple: In particular, Gary being with us because Gary's got his own whiskey YouTube channel. Hey, Gary. Gary Bernier: Hey, Steve. Thanks for having me. Looking forward to tasting the Uncle Nearest with the rest of you. Stephen Semple: Yeah. You know, we recorded this podcast months ago and it's been really hard. This bottle has been sitting on my shelf unopened, because I said I wouldn't open it until we did this. Morning continually comes over and says, "When are we going to drink that whiskey?" Now's the time. Morning Mays: Now to preface it, I did request a pour be made about 15 minutes ago, because I find some whiskeys take time. Dave Young: Really? Stephen Semple: They do. Gary Bernier: They do. Morning Mays: Yeah. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Morning really finds that. For background for people, there's this traditional belief amongst whiskeys that the really smoky, peaty, harsh whiskeys are a thing that guys like, and women tend to more like the light, bourbon, sweet bourbons and Irish whiskeys. I'm going to tell you, our relationship shatters that myth. Morning, like, I mean, if you open it and it smells like the campfire from two tables over, Morning is like, "What's that? I need to try that." Yeah. Yeah. Dave Young: I go for the sweet stuff. I head straight ... My favorite is a French single malt that tastes like birthday cake. Stephen Semple: You see, we're going to have four perspectives on this. Morning Mays: Dave, you like the icing on the cake? Dave Young: Absolutely. Yeah. You like [inaudible 00:03:17]. Stephen Semple: Well, this is going to be interesting then, so that's great. Dave Young: [inaudible 00:03:23] in the bottom of the oven. Stephen Semple: What we're saying is Dave's here. I'm next to Dave and then Gary is between Morning and I. This is going to make for a really interesting tasting. Dave Young: I'm easily within reach. Look at this. I can go right ... That's the one. Stephen Semple: That's the one? Okay. Dave Young: That's the one I like. Gary Bernier: That's Dave's [inaudible 00:03:41]. Dave Young: Then it's ... Morning Mays: Okay. Dave Young: Darn it, [inaudible 00:03:45]. Stephen Semple: Yeah. For background, Dave is calling in from the whiskey vault at the Wizard Academy and, as you can tell, the whiskey vault has got a lot of whiskey in it. This is going to be cool. Just as a reminder, Uncle Nearest is a Tennessee whiskey. What that means is it's made the way that a bourbon is made in terms of it having to be at least 51% corn. What separates a Tennessee whiskey from a bourb...