so as it is national bourbon day uh we've got a number of great things lined up for you so
making bourbon in general a pretty tried and true process i got to make beer first
a really cool thing about making bourbon is the kind of beer that you make is actually
what's responsible for what kind of whiskey you're going to get out of it
this is an amazingly interesting process
crack open a bottle of whiskey or a bottle of bourbon you don't necessarily think about how
it's made you come and you look in these vats and you see this process it's science it's 100 science
today we're going to take uh five barrels that derek is has pre-chose narrowed it down
out of the thousands of barrels at this facility he's narrowed down to five and we're going to
taste each one of these five and vote on them basically and we're going to vote and find
out which one is going to be the morty batch of wyoming whiskey that we're doing a fundraiser with
wyoming mule deer foundation and doing how we're donating a chunk of this to the mule deer
foundation and they're gonna auction these bottles off we did the popeye last year uh bottles went
for two thousand dollars a bottle um it's it's a great way to put money back into habitat and mule
deer while using some of their iconic mule deer to do that we're gonna make a bunch of good money
to go on the ground in wyoming for conservation of mule deer i think this year's money's gonna
be used towards some habitat stuff down in a migration corridor so we'll be posting about that
as it comes on as we're doing it so you'll get to see what is happening with this money
if you bought a bottle last year we'll try to have those same bottle numbers at the different events
so make sure you're there and the only place to get this is at events in wyoming
it's awesome to partner with wyoming whiskey with the mule deer foundation
with eastmans and and you know show these iconic deer mule deer and give it back to them
that's pretty good whiskey
so this is an unbelievable experience we're at wyoming whiskey we have the opportunity again
to pick a barrel for morty which was quite the process popeye last year morty this year um
lots of debate lots of back and forth there's we have not just the eastman family not
just the eastman team but we also have the mule deer foundation we have some volunteers
here that we did this on purpose this wasn't just hey let's go grab a bottle this is not a gimmick
we tested barrels in fact derrick how many barrels do you think you went through to find these five
oh i went from at least uh 800 narrowed it down to 40 and then narrowed it down to
the five that you guys got to taste today so that's not um that's that's on purpose
wyoming is the state of deliberate movement you're right so we did this these bottles
sean these bottles gonna be available where they'll be available at all our local banquets and we
have volunteers here from cheyenne alpine gillette we even have someone from headquarters we value
this and we expect to make significant funds again this year again last year they sold for up to two
thousand dollars a bottle we made significant money to put that towards conservation so any of
our local wyoming events you can purchase this at this coming years we we tried to pair this bourbon
to morty his you know how iconic he is and who he was not just in you know i mean he's a deer
wandering around doing deer things but who he was in the hunting industry who he was in the
conservation industry who he was in history we tried to pair a bottle and match that do you guys
think we did it absolutely you do absolutely why is that well this was a great experience and about
bottle three it was brought up don't pick this bottle on the whiskey or the bourbon in this case
pick it according to the deer and in the end i changed my course of whiskey
because i thought the bottle of bourbon matched morty better that might taste better this
was just a solid strong well finished bourbon that's what he was exactly that's what he was
so thank you guys hope you guys are able to get out there get on a bottle put money back into
the mule deer migration back into mule deer habitat it is very important to mule gear
to all species but especially mule deer get out there and be a conservationist