Mike Paladini and Danny Polise, founders, Penelope Bourbon

Mike Paladini and Danny Polise, founders, Penelope Bourbon

May 25, 2026 · 1h 49m · Episode 160

About this episode

Philip Duff interviews Mike Paladini and Danny Polise, the founders of Penelope Bourbon, discussing their journey in the whiskey industry.

I bumped into Mike at NY's legendary Irish bar Swift in 2020, when a mutual friend who'd been showing Mike around Manhattan bars introduced us. I'd heard a story or two about this new-to-the-market MGP-sourced bourbon named Penelope from a couple of New Jersey guys, and I took his business card and wished him well; the whiskey had only been available for a year or so at that stage. Mike sent me a nice email afterwards saying he enjoyed reading some of the articles I was writing for Imbibe mag...

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