Bobby Demars - CEO of Blind Barrels - A Blind Whiskey Tasting Experience

Talking to Cool People w/ Jason Frazell

Bobby and Jason talk about Bobby's journey from college football, film making and founding a company, Bobby shares the significant legal hurdles he had to overcome to Blind Barrels work and geek out on Nicholas Cage.
"Be present. Connect to the moment because that's all we really have."
Bobby DeMars is the Founder of Blind Barrels - a blind whiskey tasting subscription that is disrupting the industry’s current distribution model by showcasing American craft distilleries, ones which rarely get the shelf space they deserve. The recent quarantine brought about blind whiskey tastings with friends, and DeMars saw an opportunity for a startup unlike any other in the alcohol industry. These blind tastings are all about discovery, education, removing brand bias, and, of course, supporting smaller distillers that are making some amazing handmade products. Each quarter, subscribers get to test their senses by tasting and discovering hard-to-try-or-find craft whiskey brands - ones that deserve to be discovered.
A former USC football player (1997-2001), DeMars is an award-winning filmmaker whose documentary, "The Business of Amateurs" (2016), took on the NCAA’s exploitation of college athletes and the prevalence of brain trauma inherent to college football. He is on the oversight committee for the National College Players Association (NCPA). Both the film and the NCPA have been instrumental in passing laws for college athlete rights, including the Supreme Court ruling in 2021 that opened the door for college athletes to make money from their Name Image Likeness (NIL).
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