Monday, February 17th at 7:00 PM EST
Event will begin in 6 days and 11 hours
Winter College, now in its 5th year as an online learning program, offers a week of virtual events featuring Miami University faculty, staff, and alumni. Each day includes a lunchtime presentation on a variety of engaging topics. The program also celebrates Miami University's Charter Day with highlights of its history, the Love & Honor Awards, and wine and bourbon tastings.
Join us for a special Charter Day celebration as we look at some new bourbon releases that have hit the market in the last year!
Phil Kollin and Mike Crowder will be our guides as we sip through three American Whiskeys that are affordable, available nationwide, and worth your time seeking out! We're leaving behind those pretentious year-end list-topping bottles that cost north of $300 and can only be purchased for four days in April. In 2025, there is a wider variety of great bottles sitting on the shelf than ever before...and always something new to try, discuss, and enjoy!
Bourbons to be tasted:
- Bardstown Bourbon Co.- Origin Series Bourbon
- Jim Beam Black 7-Year Bourbon
- Green River Kentucky Wheated Bourbon
Phil Kollin '00, of Phil Talks Whiskey, is an Executive Bourbon Steward who shares his passion for Kentucky's native spirit around the country. From the distillation process to the business strategies shaping whiskeys, he aims to uncover some of the popular myths that often obscure the truth.
Dr. Mike Crowder, Miami Professor and Dean of Graduate School and also an Executive Bourbon Steward. Mike's Crowder Laboratory analyzes distilled spirits to develop a library of chemical fingerprints for authentication purposes (looking for imposter bourbons) and to map the chemical content of bourbons with consumer preferences.
This event is free to attend, but registration is required and participants must be 21 years of age or older. Questions? Contact J.J. Slager at slagerjj@MiamiOH.edu.
Special thanks to our sponsor for Winter College:
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