Barbecue and Bourbon Go Together
This week, we’re joined by Carey Bringle, the pit master and whisky maker for Peg Leg Porker. Carey owns a barbecue restaurant by the same name in Nashville, Tennessee, and says there’s a lot in common between being a pit master and a whisky maker — but he’ll never call himself a master distiller. Bringle has just released a “Spirit of America” Tennessee Bourbon to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, and we’ll have tasting notes for it, too. In the news, the American Distilling Institute has announced the winners of its 2026 spirits competition, with Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye taking home the title of “America’s Best Whiskey.”
Episode 1163: May 24, 2026
Links: Peg Leg Porker Spirits | American Distilling Institute | Heaven Hill | Wild Turkey | Buffalo Trace | Woodford Reserve | Remus Bourbon | Blue Run Spirits | Warbringer Bourbon | Cù Bòcan | The Glasgow Distillery Co. | Douglas Laing & Co. | Little Book | Chivas Regal
Image courtesy Peg Leg Porker Spirits.
