Last week, Rex was filling up at the gas station a mile down the road. After a couple minutes, a guy, probably early 30’s, leans out from the next pump and asks if he has a YouTube channel. He’s a fan. Cool. Rex enjoys chance encounters with Magnificent Bastards in the wild. But here's the part of the story that’s equal parts tragic and hilarious.
Last week, Rex was filling up at the gas station a mile down the road. After a couple minutes, a guy, probably early 30’s, leans out from the next pump and asks if he has a YouTube channel.
He’s a fan. Cool. Rex enjoys chance encounters with Magnificent Bastards in the wild. But here's the part of the story that’s equal parts tragic and hilarious.
Turns out, gas-station-guy has been watching our videos for at least 3 years. And he had NO IDEA that the entire operation was literally across the street from his neighborhood.
Yaahhhh… If a long-time MB can unknowingly drive past us for years, maybe it’s time to let the local community know we exist.
Frankly, a high proof whiskey nerd sanctuary will have limited pull in the local community. But Richard and the team have been creating a noteworthy lineup of craft cocktails for curious neighbors - and we're eager to pull back the curtain.
A lot of our local plans were shelved for a couple years. (can’t imagine why…) But the moment we picked a spot for tour buses to park and unload passengers - things got real again.
Game on.
~ The Magnificent Bastard
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THE VAULT OF TRIBES
Check Out This Past Week's Videos From Our YouTube Channels Whiskey Tribe and Whiskey Vault.
In this video, Rex and Daniel talk about The Whiskey Tribe - a big, salty and ridiculous community of whisk(e)y loving MB's. They've raised a whiskey freak-flag...
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