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Find a giftPrivate bourbon tastings · Ohio, Indiana and Northern Kentucky
Learn what you like in bourbon, and why.
A two-hour tasting for 6 to 20 guests, led by a Certified Executive Bourbon Steward. We come to you.
Certified Executive Bourbon Stewards · Professional educators · 90+ events since 2023
Two hours. Five pours. You leave knowing what you like, and why.
The Sensory Bridge · our private tasting
Two hours in your room, led by an Executive Bourbon Steward. Everyone leaves with words for what they like, a tasting wheel to keep, and a list of what to buy next at three price levels.
- Nose first.
A mini cocktail to settle in, then four blind aromas before any bourbon reaches the glass. Your words, not ours.
- Four bourbons, poured blind.
Four bourbons from across the flavor map, with the story behind each one. Every pour runs the Five S’s: See, Smell, Sip, Savor, Share.
- The Unicorn.
One more pour, revealed at the end, that shows what’s possible once you know how to taste.
$500 minimum
- Guests
- 6 to 20. The size the method works best at.
- Where
- We come to you. Your home, your office or a venue you book, in Ohio, Indiana and Northern Kentucky.No travel fee in the Columbus area; farther out, one flat fee by region.
- The bourbon
- Your bottles, our list. We bring an Executive Bourbon Steward to lead the tasting, the glassware, a tasting mat at every seat, the aroma kit, and a booklet and wheel for every guest.
Good forBirthdaysHoliday partiesBourbon clubsTeam offsitesClient tastingsRetirements
Two veterans. Two career educators. Two Executive Bourbon Stewards.
Between them, over 50 years of military service and more than 25 years teaching adults.
Shauna N. Hann
Co-Founder · Director of Education
Former faculty at West Point and the Army’s Command and General Staff College, where she was named 2025 Department Educator of the Year. M.A. in History. Palate trained first in viticulture at UC Davis. Retired military officer.
John Schuster II
Co-Founder · Director of Brand Programs
Thirty years training his palate, starting in a professional kitchen. Designed adult education for the Army Logistics University. MBA in Marketing and Data Analytics. Retired military officer with 26+ years of service.
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We live in this.
What we share in the room comes from what we make and where we go the rest of the week.
The Perfect Pour
We built the bourbon app that reads your palate and matches it to the bottle. Your Palate Print meets every bottle’s Pour Print.
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John hosts the podcast and writes the American Whiskey Industry Brief, a daily read on the business of American whiskey, every weekday.
Listen90+ stops on the road.
Distillery floors, festivals and tasting rooms since 2023. Every stop feeds the next tasting.
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