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Doug, Single Malt Frontier

@demitastes.bsky.social

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#Whiskey reviewer, writer, bespoke tastings (contact me). Host of the @singlemaltfrontier podcast • /r/AmericanSMW • #americansinglemalt • linktr.ee/demitastes

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Join us for an early livestream this Thursday 7/9 at 3:15pm where we'll interview Ari Klafter, Head Distiller at Thornton Distillery Co in Illinois. We'll be tasting through Thornton Signature Malt and Thornton Prairie Peat. See you there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=v17k...

SMF Ep. 63: Ari Klafter of Thornton Distilling Co.

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join us for a live interview tonight 3/19 at 4pm PT/7pm ET with Whit and Justin from ASW Distillery in Georgia. We'll learn about their new 8 Year American Single Malt and many other expressions. See you tonight, Thursday March 19th at 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7s...

SMF Ep. 57: ASMW from ASW: The Malt Maniacs

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Join us for a live interview with Oak & Grist tonight, Thursday Feb 26th at 4pm PST / 7pm EST. O&G are making excellent Speyside-style American Single Malt Whiskey in North Carolina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaV-...

SMF Ep. 56: Oak & Grist: A Gem from North Carolina

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The Single Malt Frontier Holiday Special, 2 years in the making, is up! Cheers! youtu.be/IKRk_h4yMyE -- Just in time to watch on Christmas Eve, the night Scrooge was visited by the ghost of Barley and the 3 smoky Spirits of Past, Present, and Future! Happy Holidays to those who celebrate!

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Tonight we're bringing you an unreleased interview from the archives - SMF Ep 53: Tyler Pederson on American Peat - www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnyR...

SMF Ep. 53: American Peat with Tyler Pederson of Westland Distillery

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We're starting to drop early access to the segments of the SMF holiday special on the Patreon - check them out! www.patreon.com/posts/smf-ho...

SMF Holiday Special Preview: Intro Voiceover | Single Malt Frontier

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We just launched the Single Malt Frontier Patreon. The goal is to give you a way to support the show if you're a fan, and we're going to work together with you so you get more value from SMF for support. www.patreon.com/posts/welcom...

Welcome to the Single Malt Frontier Patreon! | Single Malt Frontier

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Join us 5pm CST (3 PST) for Jace Marti, Master Distiller of Black Frost Distilling. Their brand-new American Single Malt Whiskey released Black Friday. Everything they make is from all-local ingredients. Come explore Minnesota's terroir with us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCu5...

SMF Ep. 52: Black Frost Distilling with Jace Marti

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Join us 6pm EST (3 PST) for a deep dive into Lost Lantern's Scotch Lover's Collection with Adam Polonski. We've really been looking forward to this one. We'll hit all the single casks, and, time willing, the 3 blends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYdA...

SMF Ep. 51: Lost Lantern Scotch Lover's Collection with Adam Polonski

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Tonight at 5:15pm Pacific, we're celebrating 50 episodes of Single Malt Frontier with an infinity bottle blend featuring a bottle from each featured brand so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=erRy...

SMF Ep. 50: Fifty Episodes Infinity Bottle

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Tonight at 5pm PDT, we're joined by Ana Hinz to celebrate the release of Westland Garryana 10, and to chat about a few other Westland favorites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7aw...

SMF Ep. 49: Westland Garryana 10 with Ana Hinz

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

1 Guys 1 Grain, Ep 1 - premieres 4:45pm central www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ae...

3 Guys 1 Grain, Ep. 1: Balcones, Westland, Westward

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Hey all! I've been on paternity leave dealing with a different kind of bottle for a while, but I'm back in style with a 4K ultra HD on-location interview with Miles Munroe at the Westward Barrel House with Milestone 1 and 2 as featured drams. youtu.be/RCbcnZw082Y

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Tonight at 8 EDT/5 PDT on Single Malt Frontier we are talking storytelling and brand communication! An old friend and former co-host of the show, Ian, shares his expertise as a distillery tour guide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uamK... #whiskey

Ep. 47: Storytelling in Whiskey

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Tonight 8/8 at 5pm PDT we interview Amanda Swift, co-founder/co-owner/distiller of Swift Distillery. Swift is making surprisingly light and fruity single malt for Texas and proves that with great production choices, age is just a number. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDby... #whiskey

Ep. 46: Swift Distillery with Amanda Swift

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Tonight 7/18 at 5pm PDT catch our interview with Becky Harris, President and Master Distiller of Catoctin Creek. Catoctin Creek recently released a new American Single Malt Whiskey product called Finch & Hawk, which we HAD to discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=38sU... #whiskey

Ep. 45: Catoctin Creek with Becky Harris

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Tonight 5/28 at 5:15pm PDT we're interviewing Philip Mestayer, Head Distiller of Distillerie Acadian to dicuss the first ever label (officially approved under the new type) for American Single Malt Whiskey, Bon Vale. Streaming live on Youtube, Twitch, and IG. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3XT... #whiskey

Ep. 43: Distillerie Acadian with Philip Mestayer

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Join us tonight 5/22 at 5pm PDT for our live interview with Joseph O'Sullivan, Master Distiller of Minden Mill Distillery. We'll discuss the range of Minden Mill whiskeys and Joe's experience building out a new brand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukIV...

Ep. 42: Minden Mill with Master Distiller Joseph O'Sullivan

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

QuintEssential Cask Magic! Master Distiller Murphy Quint joins us again for an update on the award-winning QuintEssential #americansinglemalt. Come explore the Wine Club, Cigar Malt -- and Number Five, which drops this week! 5/14 8:30pm PDT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_q...

Ep. 41: Murphy Quint: QuintEssential Cask Magic

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Dry Week Special! All The Bitter NA Bitters with co-founder Ian Blessing! youtu.be/4Pn18NYkzuc #dryweek #drinkresponsibly #singlemaltfrontier

Ep. 39: Dry Week Special! All The Bitter NA Bitters with Co-Founder Ian Blessing

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We're doing a livestream tonight to debrief my trip to ACSA Tuscon 2025, go through the Courage & Conviction Blend-Your-Own kit, and talk about other recent news and upcoming (tentative) schedule and content plans. See you at 5:15pm PDT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPe... #whiskey

Ep. 38: ACSA 2025 Debrief; Blend-Your-Own Courage & Conviction

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Today was the adoption day of our first dog, who passed in January last year. It's been a tough week and this just made it that much harder.

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Join us Wednesday, February 19th, at 5:15pm PST, for a tasting of 7 River Roots Malt Whiskey samples. Phill had to miss our interview with Ryan Lintz on Jan 30 so we're following up with a tasting! #whiskey #review www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYg7...

Ep. 36 BONUS Tasting: River Roots Barrel Company

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Felt like a good night for something light and fruity, with just a bit of smoke. This gave me a ton of coconut too!

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Looking at my #PCbuild from 2011, my 3rd PC (not counting 2 laptops), but the first build from components. Motherboard back panel and front panel connectors. ps/2 mouse and keyboard were still an option. Optical audio I never used with a PC. eSata connectors everywhere. I never in my life used 1394

Back panel motherboard connectors. Ps/2 connectors, optical audio, SPDIF out, eSATA, power eSATA, lots of USB 2.0, some USB 3.0, 2 Ethernet, numerous different 3.5mm jacks for audio input and output.

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

*excuse* me, but you weren't even the light that was flickering. At least it's not a podcast night!

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

For, I think, obvious reasons. Tonight is a Canadian Rye night. #whiskey

Picture of a bottle of Alberta Premium Cask Strength Canadian Rye Whiskey with a dram in a glencairn.

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Stranahan's 12 Year #AmericanSingleMalt #whiskey Founder's Release label has been approved by the TTB, joining the narrow ranks of decade-plus age statements in ASMW. The Notch had the first regular high age statement whiskeys but more brands are entering this age tier and that's very exciting.

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The typical 2000 Calories per day human runs at about 97 W

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Join us Thursday, January 30th, at 5pm PST for Ryan Lintz, founder and CEO of River Roots Barrel Company. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcI... River Roots Barrel Company, founded by a team including Iron Chef Michael Symon, provides a bespoke barrel pick program for private whiskey clubs.

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

It's Burns Night! Join us at 5:40pm PST as we read poetry, sip scotch, and talk about the year past. A little impromptu on the plan tonight. If you can make it we'll see you there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL5e...

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Complexly @complexly.org · 22/01/2025

First up on Ask Hank Anything, Rhett & Link have some questions for @hankgreen.bsky.social (and vice versa 👀). Premiering January 29th 12pm PT | 3pm ET at youtube.com/complexly.

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Welp, I almost dumped whole coffee beans in my kettle. So that's about how this morning is going...

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Since anyone can put in a random URL and find a 404 I went to check what this URL had previously. Still concerning, but the page was not the Constitution itself but rather an explanation/summary of what the Constitution is and what it says web.archive.org/web/20241217...

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The Constitution | The White House

Why a Constitution? The need for the Constitution grew out of problems with the Articles of Confederation, which established a “firm league of friendship”

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Mark Gillespie @whiskycast.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I've created the WhiskyCast Starter Pack with accounts for whisk(e)y lovers to follow here on BlueSky. Feel free to suggest others to add to this starter pack... go.bsky.app/PHddYeG

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Bluesky feels like the delightful old skool version of Twitter in the best way and I hope it stays that way ❤️

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Stranahan's Snowflake ❄️ 2024 Redcloud Peak 47% This right here was my first proper dram of American Single Malt this calendar year and it was a HIGHLY anticipated banger of a dram I couldn't travel in December but friendly contact at the distillery reserved me a bottle Review 👇

Close up of a glass of whiskey and some of the packaging of Stranahan's Snowflake

Wider shot of a glass of whiskey with the bottle of Stranahan's Snowflake and the signature jigger (snot measurer) cap of the stranahan's bottle.

Close up of the stranahan's Snowflake front label.

Wide shot of a glass of Stranahan's Snowflake with the bottle

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Missed opportunity for Themperor

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Mark Gillespie @whiskycast.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Done!

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

@whiskycast.bsky.social thank you sooooo much for the whiskey accounts starter pack. I hope you'll consider adding this American Single Malt Whiskey focused podcaster to your list as well :)

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

JIRA ticket numbers in our project at work just exceeded the current year and that feels like a milestone somehow ig idk

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Joanna Stern @joannastern.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Gather round kids and let me tell you a story about a real technology ban...

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Lisa Beaudry @lisambeaudry.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I'm sure it's mostly that I haven't followed enough people and tags and the site's algorithm doesn't know me very well yet, but it's delightfully quiet here. Hope we can start some great conversations with folks like @rangersrespite.bsky.social @charlie.griefer.com etc

Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

New sky who dis? #whiskey

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Tonight is our first live stream directly to Youtube! Dry Week Cheese Episode tonight 10/12/23 at 5pm PST youtube.com/live/gAasRgt...

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Doug, Single Malt Frontier @demitastes.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Check out twitch.tv/demitastes on 10/5 at 5pm PST for our live interview with Caitlin Bartlemay, Head Distiller of Clear Creek Distillery. For max shenanigans we're going to be a bunch of #brandy & #whiskey nerds talking about #vodka instead. Should be hilarious. Looking forward to it!

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Tomorrow is the vodka episode of The Whiskey Lodgecast with Caitlin Bartlemay of Clear Creek Distillery. Which she definitely isn't doing under duress. www.youtube.com/shorts/mUEJu...

Holding a Brandy Episode ransom for a Vodka Episode?? #shorts

Scheming about how to get someone we know in the Whiskey industry to talk to us on stream about vodka instead.Join us on The Whiskey Lodge Discord: https://d...