Introduction
How did the world’s first kosher-certified spirits competition come to life? In the 194th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Maggie Kimberl, the head judge, as well as the person who created the idea, shares the story behind its creation, from the initial spark to assembling the judging process and evaluating an impressive range of kosher spirits at the inaugural Kosher Spirits Awards, which took place this summer.
Biography of Guest
The featured guest to discuss this topic is Kentucky Colonel Maggie Kimberl, the Bourbon Women Association’s Spirits Journalist of the Year for 2024, a past President of the Bourbon Women Association, as well as the Chair of the World Whiskies Awards and the Content Editor of American Whiskey Magazine. She is a freelance spirits journalist, focusing on whiskey culture in the United States, though she considers herself to be “geographically blessed” to live in the epicenter of the Bourbon world, Louisville, Kentucky as a 9th generation Louisvillian. When she’s not covering the Bourbon beat, you can find her browsing through vintage vinyl with her kids or tending to her homegrown tomatoes. You can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. She previously appeared as the featured guest on episode 88 of The Jewish Drinking Show on Jews in American Distilling History.
Episode
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