SCOTT STARTED HIS JOURNEY WITH WHISKEY UNIVERSITY ON 9/10/24 WHEN HE TOOK THE FIRST OF 5 FREE COURSES, SINCE THAT TIME HE HAS WORKED TOWARDS FINISHING EVERYTHING REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ALL DEGREES AND MAJORS, 1ST 3 MAJORS WERE TENNESSE, BLUEGRASS AND BOURBON CAPITAL, HAS EARNED WHISKEY ROW, MID ATLANTIC, WORLD WHISKEY,CRAFT WHISKEY,WHISKEY HISTORY, AND HAS 2 MORE COURSES TO COMPLETE CANADIAN WHISKY.

SCOTT RECEIVED HIS FIRST CERTIFICATE IN BASIC WHISKEY STUDIES ON 12/18/24, AND HAS SINCE EARNED 6 MORE AS FOLLOWS:                             

BOURBON CERTIFICATE ON 10/2/24

                                                                      ASSOCIATES OF SCIENCE ON 3/2/25

                                                                        BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ON 4/23/25

                                                                        BACHELOR OF ARTS ON 7/14/25

                                                                        MASTER OF SCIENCE ON 8/12/25

                                                                        MASTER OF ARTS ON 12/9/25

ALONG WITH THESE CREDENTIALS SCOTT HAS CO-HOSTED TWICE, 3/25/25 FLAVORED WHISKEYS, AND AGAIN ON 4/12/26 MEDIUM AND CRAFT DISTILLER’S WESTERN STATES, AND AS OF 5/31/26 HAS TAKEN 95 TOTAL CLASSES.

            SCOTT WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AND AROUND THE SLC AREA IN UTAH, ATTENDED GRANITE HIGH SCHOOL, PLAYED FOOTBALL, AND WRESTLING, FAVORITE CLASSES WERE AUTO SHOP AND ATHLETICS, GRADUATED IN 1985, NOW LIVES IN THE MAGNA AREA WITH HIS WIFE OF 25 YEARS HAS 6 KIDS AND 6 GRANDCHILDREN. HE HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY OF SALT LAKE FOR ALMOST 35 YEARS, STARTING IN THE STREETS DIVISION AND THEN MOVING TO THE STORM DRAIN DIVISION WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES WITH THE MAIN GOAL OF KEEPING ALL THE DRAINS, CREEKS AND STREAMS IN SALT LAKE CLEAN, DOING OUR PART TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

            HE FOUND WHISKEY ON ACCIDENT ONE DAY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHILE SLUGGING DOWN KRACKEN RUM, REALIZED THAT HE WAS COMPLTELY OUT (THE O.G. REASON WHY THE RUM IS ALWAYS GONE) AND REMEMBERED HIS FIRST TIME AT THE JACK DANIELS DISTILLERY IN LYNCHBURG TENNESSEE. HE HAPPEN TO LOOK OVER AT WHAT WAS THEN HIS PITIFUL WHISKEY COLLECTION CONSISTING OF 1 BOTTLE OF OLD NUMBER 7 AND A HALF-GONE BOTTLE OF JIM BEAM SOMEONE HAD LEFT. HE DECIDED MORE IS BETTER, OPEN THE OLD NUMBER 7 UP AND THE REST, FOLKS, IS HISTORY. A LOT OF UNTOLD HISTORY!

            AS FOR WHISKEY UNIVERSITY, HE TRULY ENJOYS THE FOLKS HE HAS MET BOTH IN PERSON AND WHILE ATTENDING ALL THE ONLINE COURSES, SAYS IT’S A GREAT GROUP OF GREAT FOLKS WITH A TON OF KNOWLEDGE. SPECIAL SHOUT OUTS TO THE COL., MJ, AND BOB.

Scott has the following “Designations” & Credentials:

”Chartered Master Whiskey Taster”

(from Whiskey University)

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”Associate Bourbon Steward“

(from the Stave & Thief Society)

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Member of Mellow Moments Club

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