Barleycorn Awards Spring 2026 Winners with Founder John McCarthy

Bob and Brad drop a guest episode with John McCarthy, founder of the John Barleycorn Society, to walk through the full Spring 2026 Barleycorn Awards, including the biggest upset of the season in both Best Bourbon and Best Spirit of Spring 2026. John explains how Barleycorn's remote-first judging format works, reveals every category winner from Chivas 18 to Uncle Nearest to Dogfish Head to Starlight, and gets Bob and Brad on record with their individual favorites from the samples they score, including Brad's honest endorsement of a Goo Goo Cluster Cream Liqueur and Bob's continued one-man crusade for amburana finishes.

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