Ep. 41: Murphy Quint: QuintEssential Cask Magic

Join us today for an update from Murphy Quint, Master Distiller of Cedar Ridge, including the QuintEssential American Single Malt Series.

Murph last appeared on Single Malt Frontier for Ep. 07, where he officially introduced himself as Master Distiller for the first time. In the year and a half since then, Murph and I have met in person twice at ACSA 2024 and ACSA 2025 and I've gotten to watch Murph's reactions as his QuintEssential American Single Malt Whiskeys won high awards in the ACSA spirits judging competitions each year.

Last time Murph was on the show, we tasted the standard solera blend QuintEssential, the special release QuintEssential Portside, and the Quintessential Tokaji Cask Finished. We make mention of those same whiskeys today as we explore several new QuintEssential expressions that have released since last time.

This time we'll discuss the QuintEssential Wine Club First Meeting, the QuintEssential Untitled Cigar Malt Project, and QuintEssential Number Five, which releases this week, and we get into how the expressions we discussed previously relate to these more recent releases.

Funnily enough, Ep 07 was among the top interviews we've had on this show (in terms of the words), and yet was among the worst technical productions of this podcast ever, for various reasons. Today we right those wrongs with a show that is both the best of Single Malt Frontier both technically and from an interview pacing perspective. Enjoy!

- Our previous interview with Murphy Quint in Ep. 07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZrddavtfPA

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There are a couple of cases of our McCarthy's 6.71 Year Rum Cask Single Barrel pick remaining. We expect it will be sold out soon, so if you're thinking about buying it, now's the time!

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- More info: https://demitastes.com/2025/03/03/mccarthys-6-71-year-rum-cask-barrel-pick-only-a-few-cases-left/

- Original Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUL9nEnIvsE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw

- On site interview with the distiller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIYPVxPfY-U

- Our review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6IC5D-khjE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw

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