Welcome to Bourbon Legends — the show where we crack open a new bottle and then crack open something even more dangerous: the truth.

This is Episode 0, and we're starting big. Justin and Jeff pour Hand Barrel Double Oak Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey — a high-rye, non-chill filtered, double-barrelled beast bottled at 105 proof — and then spend the episode going deep on one of America's most chilling urban legends: the Mothman.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 1966. A winged, red-eyed creature begins appearing to locals. Then the Silver Bridge collapses and 46 people die. Coincidence? Harbinger? Government cover-up? Justin and Jeff weigh in — glass in hand.

(Kevin was on vacation. He'll answer for that next week.)

BOURBON OF THE EPISODE
Hand Barrel Double Oak | Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Mash Bill: 64% corn, 24% rye, 12% malted barley
Cask: Aged to maturation, then rebarrelled into a 2nd new American white oak (Char #4)
Proof: 105 | Non-chill filtered
Tasting notes: toffee, caramel, buttered corn, cinnamon-pepper spice, baked apple, honeyed sweetness, vibrant pepper-mint finish
Find it here: handbarrel.com

WHAT WE COVER
• The original Mothman sightings in Point Pleasant (1966–1967)
• The Silver Bridge collapse and the Mothman connection
• John Keel, The Mothman Prophecies, and the media legacy
• Our verdict: harbinger, hoax, or something else entirely?
• How Hand Barrel Double Oak holds up glass by glass

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