Fred Minnick

Wall Street Journal bestselling author Fred Minnick discovered his bourbon passion after returning home from the Iraq War to become one of the world's leading tasters. Cofounder of the Bourbon & Beyond Music Festival with Danny Wimmer Presents, Amrican Spirits Council of Tasters, and Bourbon+ magazine, he's raised more than eleven million dollars for causes through bourbon and serves on the board of the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels. His books, including Whiskey Women and Bourbon, earned international acclaim, while Fred is a co-host of the Bourbon Pursuit, Pin It Forward and Fourth & Neat podcasts, as well as the host of a popular whiskey YouTube Channel.

Once sipping bourbon backstage with Metallica, Fred's appeared on Top Chef, Pawn Stars and the Today Show. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and two kids, practicing Brazilian jiujitsu and rocking ascots--never together.