Happy Hour Live with Brian Nation & Ryan Maybee

Brian Nation is best known for his work as Master Distiller at
Ireland's Midleton Distillery, and he shocked Irish whiskey
lovers when he stepped down nearly a year ago to join the startup
O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Covid
kept him from making the move with his family until a couple of
weeks ago, so he did much of his work remotely from Ireland with
occasional trips to Minnesota. Now, the distillery is complete
along with Brian's first batch of Keeper's Heart Irish + American
Whiskey, a blend of Irish Single Pot Still and grain whiskies
with American Rye whiskey. He joined us from the distillery for
our #HappyHourLive webcast the other night, along with J. Rieger
& Co. co-founder Ryan Maybee. The Kansas City distillery is
releasing its first Bottled in Bond Rye Whiskey this week, and
it's the first whiskey legally distilled in Kansas City since the
end of Prohibition.