Whiskey Lens Ep. 3: Independent Bottling, Single Casks & Impex Beverage with Sam Filmus

Podcast: Bourbon Lens · Bourbon Lens

Opublikowano: 2026-08-13

Why do independent bottlers matter, and how do they let you taste whiskey that never makes it into a distillery's core range? In Episode 3 of Whiskey Lens, Jake Lewellen sits down with Sam Filmus, founder of Impex Beverage, to unpack the world of single casks and curated collections — and how Scotch whiskey makes its way onto American shelves. Sam walks through his path into the business, starting with an ethnic import company in California before pivoting into mainstream whiskey, and explains why independent bottling was such a hard sell in the early 2000s, when buyers expected a Ma...