Ep. 24: There’s a new business in West St. Louis County called Barrel House where you can blend a bottle of great bourbon or whiskey. Marc sits down with owners Stephen and Denise Henschel to find out more about the Barrel House experience. Don't miss The Marc Cox Morning Show Spring Bourbon Fling on Thursday, April 18 ..read more

One of the top Bourbon Festivals in the country is about to take place in St. Louis. The St. Louis Bourbon Festival is October 6th, and the Mash has the scoop on which top Master Distillers will be in town, and how to sample hundreds of bourbons all in one place. Charlie Metzner, James Thomas, and Andrew Chostner have the pour ..read more

Alex Castle, the Master Distiller at Old Dominick stops by to discuss the demand for high-quality bourbon, years of planning, volume of production, and the future of the beloved spirit ..read more

Ep. 13 StiL 630 is a craft distillery in the heart of St. Louis, with delicious and revolutionary ideas when it comes to whiskey - and some damned good award-winning single barrel bourbon on top of it. And its all done in-house. Lead Distiller David Weglarz is my guest ..read more

Ep. 11 Alex Castle of Old Dominick is one of the few female Master Distillers in the US, but she’d rather just focus on making good whiskey – including their newest brand rolling out in 2022 ..read more

Ep. 10 Walking through the bourbon aisle at your local liquor store can be intimidating. But you don’t have to spend a hundred dollars to get good bourbon. Doug Schaeffler gives us his list of the best bourbons under $40 ..read more

Ep. 9  A good cigar can be the perfect complement to your favorite pour. But if you’re like me, picking out a cigar is often a shot in the dark. So I invited cigar aficionado Scott Biancardi to The Mash. Scott has been rolling cigars for private events for the past 10 years at stlcigars.com and loves to talk cigars, good bourbon, and the proper way to pick out a stick ..read more

Ep. 8 What’s your favorite bourbon or rye? if you have dreams about it resting for years in that label’s stackhouse in a beautiful barrel, you may be in for a shock. Some of the most popular pours in America are actually sourced from a company called MGP. So while your favorite label may bottle it, they may not make it.  Today we’re going to talk to the man who does.  ..read more

Ep. 7 Did you know you can still buy whiskey from the recipe handwritten by George Washington? Of course, you’ll have to go to Mt. Vernon to find that. But the woman responsible for beefing up production at Mt. Vernon is also now the Head Distiller and President of Widow Jane, one of the fastest-growing craft distilleries in America. In this episode of The Mash, we meet Lisa Wicker, one of a growing number of female Head Distillers. Widow Jane ..read more

Ep. 6 Redwood Empire is the first distillery we’ve featured from wine country, in Sonoma Valley, California. Yes, the location makes a difference, but their newest limited offering of bourbon and rye is part of a bourbon standard dating to the late 1800s. Jeff Duckhorn is the Master Distiller.   ..read more