On January 27th 2025 President Trump signed an executive order to begin production on a missile defense system based on the design of Israel’s famous “Iron Dome.” Would the potential cost be worth it? Could something like that even work for a country as big as America? Join Amy McGrath and Denver Riggleman as they discuss this potential “boondoggle.” 01:42 Whiskey Of The Day 04:20 What Is A Missile Defense System? 14:00 Why Not Consider It? 23:00 What Are The Actual Logistics? 32:20 What’s In A Name? *This episode was recorded on April 21, 2025, and aired on April 29, 2025. About Truth in the Barrel: Amy and Denver are both military veterans, political junkies, and whiskey lovers who sit on opposite sides of the aisle but have one thing in common: they love the United States of America. Truth in the Barrel was born of Amy & Denver’s commitment to country, the Constitution, and a well-curated collection of the world’s finest bourbon. Join them weekly for deep dives into timely topics, interviews with recognizable guests, and a dose of call-in fun. Visit Our Website: www.TruthintheBarrel.com Subscribe to Truth in the Barrel: https://www.youtube.com/@TruthIntheBarrel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JQcSj5mwVyGDJ8DcXwlu9?si=5f2bd1d1b0c64e6f Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-in-the-barrel/id1804092329 Instagram, BlueSky, Facebook, TikTok: @TruthintheBarrel
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Hi, everyone. I'm Amy McGrath, and I'm here with Denver Riggleman, and this is Truth in the Barrel, The Devil's Cut.
Love this. Love this. And, you know, today, before we get into the incredible story of Golden Dome, which, you know, it sounds sort of like one of the kids books, like everybody poos, you know, it's just sort of weird.
Yeah, we're talking today about Trump's new shiny idea of a Golden Dome missile defense system, which he has decided we need. based on Israel's Iron Dome system. And so this is really important because it's a massive amount of money. And we need to talk about the potential for this system, why we might need it, and how kind of crazy it is.
But first, I'm going to hand it back over to you, Denver, because this is Truth in the Barrel, and we got to talk whiskey.
We got to talk whiskey because it is a devil's cut episode and pretty special. By the way, if everybody out there, you need to know, you can always join in the fun, the education, the incredible insight into what's happening every day by making sure that you download us on your favorite pod. And you subscribe to our YouTube channel. And you can actually see us on all the socials, Amy.
I mean, we're pretty brave. We've been on True Social, on X, we're on Blue Sky, just everywhere that you can find Truth in a Barrel, look us up. And then you get to hear things like Golden Dome and also Whiskey Tastings. And today, Amy, I have E.H. Taylor's Small Batch bottled in Bond, which is very interesting because Now, people are like, what is bottled and bond? And so E.H.
Taylor, I don't know if people know this, why this is so cool. E.H. Taylor was one of the first people to lobby for bottled and bond to ensure that distillers had tax breaks.
So what does that mean, bottled and bond?
What does that mean? Yeah, bottled and bond is a four-year whiskey that you're already paying the taxes on it, but it has to be at 100 proof, right? It has to be bottled at 100 proof. So when you have a bottled and bond, you have a straight whiskey, right?
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