Watch: Ian Somerhalder Joins Fred Minnick For Blind Bourbon Tasting

Today (5.2), world-renowned bourbon expert Fred Minnick welcomes actor, model and activist Ian Somerhalder (Vampire Diaries, Lost) on The Fred Minnick Show to taste and analyze Brother’s Bond, which Somerhalder started with Vampire Diaries co-star Paul Wesley. The two discuss Minnick’s tasting process and Brother’s Bond’s origin. 

Somerhalder also discusses these topics with Minnick:

• how regenerative agriculture can combat climate change and benefit society economically
• bonding with Paul Wesley over drinking bourbon on the set of Vampire Diaries
• growing up in Louisiana, and how he would muddle mint and cut sugar cane after church
• which bourbon he would give to aliens
• his father’s time in the military during the Cuban Missile Crisis

The pair blind tastes a variety of rare spirits, including Glencoe, Old Timbrook, and Old Forester. Watch the full episode, here: youtu.be/KyoY4B-bbyQ

Minnick is “the gold standard in the bourbon industry” (TODAY Show) and a leader in the spirits industry. A Hermes Creative Awards Platinum-winning Podcast and recent Webby Honoree, The Fred Minnick Show features entertaining storytelling and tastings with some of the world’s top musicians, athletes and celebrities. Previous guests of the show include Peyton Manning, Miss America, Ludacris, Amos Lee, Bailey Bryan, Mick Fleetwood, Ashley McBryde, Lindsay Ell, Jay Cutler, Perez Hilton and many others. To listen to episodes of The Fred Minnick Show, visit podcastone.com/pd/The-Fred-Minnick-Show.

Minnick will bring his one-of-a-kind Blind Bourbon tasting event to Los Angeles’ Rainbow Bar & Grill on Tues., May 10. Click HERE for tickets and more information.

For updates on all things Fred Minnick, visit fredminnick.com.