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Whiskey@Work
The Bottle Finds You
Ep. 281
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You're standing in a liquor store, staring at a wall of bottles. You have no idea what to grab. That feeling? That's exactly why pourmore.com exists.
This week we sat down with Greg Cohen, the marketing guy at Pourmore, a subscription spirits club that ships hand-selected bottles straight to your door. We're talking tequila-finished bourbon, American single malt, and a cask strength rye that Greg swears doesn't drink at 121 proof. He's not wrong.
We dig into how Pourmore actually works, how they navigate the nightmare of shipping laws across 45 states, and what it's like to build a community around whiskey discovery rather than bottle hunting. Greg also walks us through the three bottles he sent us, and yeah... we're believers.
Oh, and after we wrapped up recording, we got some news worth mentioning. Pourmore.com is now available in South Dakota! So no more shipping to your brother in North Dakota and driving it back. Go sign up.
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