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Ep. 400: This is my Four Roses 2025 Small Batch Limited Edition Review + Calling EVERY TIMBP Cohost

October 1, 2025·1 hr 5 min·5 clips

Perry is left speechless by the Four Roses 2025 Limited Edition, calling it an all-timer that shocks him with its quality.

1. This Is My Bourbon Podcast episode 400 is a milestone solo episode hosted by Perry, built around a review of the 2025 Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch and live attempts to reconnect with former co-hosts. 2. Perry hosts alone, with Curtis Conrad (former co-host) calling back mid-episode and Eric (Whiskey Mutant) calling back with an accidental grievance. 3. The episode's core structure uses the 400th episode as an occasion to review an all-timer bourbon release while revisiting eight years of the show's history through co-host calls. 4. Perry opens with a blind-style taste of an Augusta Buckner's 10-year single barrel at 118.2 proof, sent by listener Mike from North California via the P.O. Box; he describes an orange creamsicle and subtle mint spice profile. 5. The live co-host call segment results in four voicemails (Tanner Chaney, Chad Perkins, Chad Watson, Will) before Curtis Conrad calls back from a Florida beach while tracking an approaching hurricane. 6. Curtis reports he had recently opened Blanton's Gold with a friend and was 'getting back into bourbon' after two years of feeling 'bourboned out.' 7. Perry pours the now-discontinued Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond six-year — the very first bourbon reviewed on episode 1 in 2017 — which originally cost $13 and has since been replaced by a $40+ seven-year version. 8. He delivers an emotional reflection on starting the podcast at age 24 in college with co-hosts Tanner Chaney and Curtis Conrad, and how eight years later he has two kids and an 'incredible wife.' 9. The 2025 Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch contains 38% OBSV at 13 years, 35% OESV at 13 years, 17% OBSK at 13 years, and 10% OESV at 19 years, bottled at 109 proof. 10. Perry scores the nose a 4, noting it is 'spicy, ripe fruit, oaky, creamy, with a vanilla note' and unlike any Four Roses product he has previously smelled. 11. The palate earns a 5 for its cascade of ginger, vanilla bean, cream soda, orange peel, brown sugar, dark chocolate, hazelnut, and coconut notes. 12. The finish also earns a 5 — Perry describes it as 'light and full of fresh air and breathy, but still with a heavy bottom end.' 13. Perry prices the bottle at $250 MSRP, notes it is unlikely to be found at retail, and lands on a 3.5 price score, totalling 17.5/20. 14. He contextualises the score by comparing the 2025 release to pre-COVID Four Roses limited editions that sold for $80-90 at the distillery gift shop and 'truly felt special.' 15. The episode's comedic peak arrives when former co-host Eric (Whiskey Mutant) calls Perry back furiously — their agreement is that a phone call means an SOS emergency, and Eric had left a rare-card release line for a Josh Allen/Haley Steinfeld rookie marriage card. 16. Eric escalates the grievance by comparing the missed card to 'rare bird one-on-one missing the Bruce Russell rookie of the year card' before acknowledging the 400th episode. 17. Listener Chad Watson's Barrel Rings voicemail features him calling from his car while being tailgated by a lifted Toyota Tundra and referencing a bottle of Old Fitzgerald seven-year he has been holding for Perry at Rare Character bar. 18. The tips and bits segment recommends Canadian YouTube and Twitch streamer Northernlion, described by Perry as 'insanely funny and incredibly witty' with hours of gaming and chat content. 19. Two Apple Podcast five-star reviews are read aloud from JC Shaw 47 and Frankie Dash In; both reviewers are promised sample packs for being among the first to leave reviews after Perry's prior episode challenge. 20. Best suited for long-time listeners of the show and Four Roses enthusiasts; may bore listeners who want structured interview content rather than an informal milestone celebration.

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A milestone bourbon episode that feels more like gratitude than review.

Episode 400 reads like a thank-you note folded into a bourbon memory, with Perry marking the show's long run, thanking listeners, and circling back to a discontinued bottle that still seems to carry years of meaning.

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Press play for an episode-400 toast to nostalgia, gratitude, and bourbon-loyal listeners.

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