Four Branches Bourbon celebrates National Bourbon Day by telling stories of those who have served
Mike Trott and Rick Franco created a bourbon brand that honors all four military branches
Four Branches Bourbon tells the stories of those who served
Veterans and founders of Four Branches Bourbon Mike Trott and Rick Franco discuss how they created their bourbon brand.
In honor of National Bourbon Day, "Fox & Friends" welcomed the veteran-founded bourbon brand Four Branches Bourbon to the program on Wednesday.
Mike Trott, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and Rick Franco, a veteran of the Marine Corps, are co-founders of Four Branches Bourbon. It's a spirits company that "honors those who have served and supports veteran causes," as noted on "Fox & Friends" on June 14.
Franco reached out to Trott with the hope of creating a barrel of bourbon for the unit in which they served in their agency, Franco said on "Fox & Friends."
The inspiration behind honoring "those that served in and out of the shadows" comes from a former cadet and Marine officer that Franco met while at the Virginia Military Institute — who died while serving.
"Unfortunately on his first mission, he lost his life, but he saved the life of everyone else. We honor Greg," said Franco.
Veterans Mike Trott and Rick Franco joined "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday, June 14, to highlight their bourbon brand, Four Branches Bourbon, a spirits company created in honor of those who have served our nation. (Fox News / Fox News)
As Trott and Franco worked together to develop their veteran-inspired bourbon company, it organically grew into an organization that represented all four branches of the military.
The co-founders reached out to a mutual friend, Harold Underdown, a retired Naval Master Chief of the Seals, to join the team, who was immediately "all in."
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"It was at that point [that] we said, 'Hey, we got the Marines, we got the Air Force, we got the Navy. We need the Army guy," Trott said.
Four Branches Bourbon was co-founded by four veterans — each one representing the four branches of the military. (Fox News / Fox News)
The four branches of the military were finally completed when they recruited RJ Casey, a retired Army Special Forces Officer.
The bourbon is made up of over 51% of corn and includes four different grains to represent the four branches of the military, Franco added.
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Four Branches Bourbon describes the spirit as "a unique four-grain recipe that is smooth upfront with a little bit of bite on the back to give you that Kentucky kiss."
Franco said the best way to celebrate Nation Bourbon Day is to "sip to remember, not to forget." (Fox News / Fox News)
Trott describes the "Kentucky kiss" as a "a little bit of a burn on the back of the tongue, just to let you know you're drinking bourbon, but it doesn't have that burn going down like a lot of [other] whiskey or bourbons," said Trott.
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"When we drink, we should drink honorably. And when we sip, we should sip to remember, not to forget," said Franco.