Three wheated bourbons, one Indiana distillery, and a whole lot of transparency talk. In this Tortured Bourbon episode, we review and rank Rare Saint, Old Louisville, and Fiddler Chin Music—all sourced from MGP in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Proof, finishing, and honesty collide in this deep-dive tasting.

Part 2 of our Indiana Undercover series dives deep into the sourced bourbon universe. We taste OKI Reserve, Penelope Bartender’s Reserve, and Three Chord Cask Finished—all from MGP but with wildly different end results. This is a masterclass in blending, finishing, and flavor transformation.

Same source, totally different bourbons? In Part 1 of our Indiana Undercover series, we blind taste three MGP-sourced whiskeys—Clyde May’s Single Barrel, Brother’s Bond Cask Strength, and Circle City Single Barrel—to see how mash bills, proof, and branding create wildly different pours from the same Indiana distillery.

When MGP dropped $475 million to buy Lux Row Distillers in Bardstown, Kentucky, it wasn’t just a business deal — it was a bourbon power play. In this episode, we explore how the king of Indiana-sourced whiskey officially took over Kentucky soil, what that means for beloved brands like Rebel and Ezra Brooks, and whether the bourbon in your glass still tastes like tradition… or corporate consolidation.

What does Seagram’s, Universal Studios, and Indiana rye have in common? In this episode of Tortured Bourbon, Heather and B dive into the wild rise, fall, and resurrection of one of the most influential distilleries in America: MGP. Learn how a Kansas company bought a legendary distillery for just $11 million—and ended up producing some of the best bourbon and rye whiskey on the shelf today. Featuring tastings of Rossville Union Bottled-in-Bond and George Remus Single Barrel, this episode pulls back the curtain on the whiskey you thought you knew.

Is the Penelope Peach Old Fashioned Bourbon a peachy summer delight or just a syrupy mess? We poured it neat and on ice to find out — and Katie shocked us all.