Battlefields & Bourbon Podcast

About Battlefields & Bourbon Podcast

Sit and sip with us as we talk Bourbon Whiskey and American Civil War History! Co-hosts Jack and Elijah are avid historians and Bourbon connoisseurs in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley who work in battlefield preservation and archaeology, respectively. In this Podcast, we share a new Bourbon in every episode and provide our thoughts and opinions before diving into a discussion on specific battles of the American Civil War. Cheers!

Publisher

Elijah Filbert and Jack Owens

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

12 Jul 2023

Latest episode

1 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 49 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 49: Old Raleigh Batch 15 & Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville Revisited

   Host Robert O'Neill revisits the cavalry battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville while exploring the nuances of Old Raleigh Whiskey Society Batch 15 Bourbon.

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   28 Jan 2026

   Episode 48: Fighting Cock & Philip Sheridan

   We're joined once more by author and historian, Professor Jonathan Noyalas for an exciting discussion on the life of Union General Philip Sheridan and his service throughout the American Civil War and beyond. As we get into our topic, we fill our glasses with a pour of Fighting Cock Bourbon Whiskey.

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   8 Jan 2026

   Episode 47: Hannisville Straight Rye & Black Draft Distillery

   Have you missed our "distillery only" episodes? You're in luck! In Episode 47, we traveled to Black Draft Distillery in Martinsburg, West Virginia to sit down with founder Glen Price to talk about the Distillery, their whiskey, and how it came to be.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 49: Old Raleigh Batch 15 & Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville Revisited

Published 1 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] When a little piece of property right outside the rector home, that little well house you may be familiar with, when that came up, that was a separate piece of property. Someone just wrote a check, and then they took care of it later on. So they know what they have. And they worked very hard to keep it that way, which is a benefit for us as we go out there and try to unravel all this. Well, if they did what they were hoping to do with the Snickersville Turnpike, straightening it out like that, that would have completely ruined that part of the Battle of Aldi. We would never be able to appreciate what actually happened there. […]

Who has been a guest on Battlefields & Bourbon Podcast

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• Robert O'Neill
• Jim Goecker
• Graham Osborne

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

31 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

46 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

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Quality

53

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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