Fred Minnick Show Season Three Launches With Maynard James Keenan
After writing and discussing bourbon for well over a decade, Fred Minnick launched The Fred Minnick Show in 2020. An Iraq war veteran, Minnick returned home to the U.S. in 2005 and began his new found career showcasing some of the best bourbons in the world. He’s written seven books and countless magazine articles while becoming a handsome ascot wearing celebrity himself in the niche world of bourbon from his appearances all across television and the web.
In 2020, Minnick decided to launch his own show that would bring his interviewing skills to many of today’s athletes, actors and musicians. This list includes athletes such as Peyton Manning, Terry Bradshaw and Charles Woodson, actors including Cole Hauser and Ian Somerhalder, and musicians including Dierks Bentley, Jelly Roll, Mick Fleetwood, Ashley McBryde and more.
Today, October 17, 2023, host Fred Minnick launches season three of The Fred Minnick Show, which returns with a revamped video format and conversations with Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer), Bad Religion, #1 female sports handicapper Amanda Vance, former NFL safety and Super Bowl 50 winner T.J. Ward, musician Reignwolf, actor Graham McTavish (Outlander, House of Dragons), Baywatch Actress and Playmate of the Year Brande Roderick, and more.
Watch the first episode of season three of The Fred Minnick Show when it premieres at 7 PM ET / 4PM PT later today. Catch a preview below!
“Doing his podcast was transformational,” says actor Ian Somerhalder. “The coolest history lesson on bourbon I could’ve ever dreamed about.”
The Fred Minnick Show is a 2022 Webby Honoree and Hermes Creative Awards Platinum-winner. Viewers can tune-in weekly on Tuesdays at 7 PM ET / 4PM PT to Minnick’s YouTube Channel to watch upcoming episodes.
As an authority in his field, Minnick has appeared on Bravo’s “Top Chef,” Discovery Channel’s “Moonshiners,” The History Channel’s “Food That Built America,” CNBC, CBS Mornings, NPR and more, and he has hosted Amazon Prime’s “Bourbon Up!” and Spirits Network’s “Frontier Filmmakers” and “The Curation Desk.” He has authored several spirits-related books, including Wall Street Journal best-seller Bourbon Curious.
For more information on Minnick and The Fred Minnick Show, visit fredminnick.com or follow Minnick on Instagram, Twitter and, Facebook.
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D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.