Whiskey Tangent

Bonus Sho(r)t – Wilderness Trail 8 Year Bourbon QuickTaste

Often when you have a just-ok experience with a particular brand that has a bit of a generic name, you might end up ignoring all other versions of it because you figure if one isn’t that great, the rest probably aren’t either. And yet, sometimes if you take a chance on a different whiskey from the same brand that’s a bit longer aged and a bit more expensive, you just might be highly rewarded. So, is this one of those times? Smash that triangle and find out!

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Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Road Trip by Frank Schroter | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9761-road-trip | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskumentary – Tasting Competitions | Part 3: The Finish

Whiskeys: Adirondack High Rye Bourbon • Barrell Dovetail • Blue Note Juke Joint Uncut • Minor Case Sherry Cask Rye • Old Ezra 7 Year Bourbon • Penelope Barrel Proof • Sazerac Rye • Stellum Serpens Rye • Larceny Barrel Proof B522 •

Topics: Gabe joins us as the first in-studio Whiskumentary guest ever! • Recap of Part 2 • If you don’t swallow, can you properly judge the finish? • Contest winners we hated • Scott makes an impossible educated guess • The OCHO Awards! • #hotflower • We are the crackers • Apparently, Estonians love their pickles • Ed was right at 8:32 PM on 1/14/22 • Doing lines of Nestle’s Quik cut with powdered milk • Sweet Caramelly Nose: Gabe’s Emo Dubstep Accordion Band • Tim Burton White Chocolate • Flight 2 was a failure (but also kind of a success?) • The winner of The OCHO! • Final thoughts: Competitions do have influence, do need to standardize their ratings, and do seem to try their best to be impartial

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Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Stay the Course by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Victory by Alexander Nakarada | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4924-victory

Whiskumentary – Tasting Competitions | Part 2: The Palate

Whiskeys: Broken Barrel • Grayson Texas Whiskey • Bulleit Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Pikesville Rye • Stranahan’s Blue Peak Solera Single Malt • Henry McKenna • Pappy Van Winkle • Barrell Craft Spirits • Kavalan • Blue Note Juke Joint • Redwood Empire Lost Monarch • Journeyman Corsets, Whips & Whiskey • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel Rye

Topics: Recap of Part 1 • The Judgement of Paris: A competition gone awry • Ed calls The Smithsonian stupid • A competition creator, a distiller, and a judge walk into a podcast • Are competitions biased? (Nah) • Do they fuel the secondary market? (For sure) • Are they just a marketing tool and/or a money grab? (Kinda) • Do competitions even matter? (Of course!) • Are there too many competitions? (Yes and no) • Tasting of Russel’s Reserve Rye, which won an *interesting* set of awards

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Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskumentary – Tasting Competitions | Part 1: The Nose

Whiskeys: Pappy Van Winkle • Barrell Bourbon • Henry McKenna 10 Year • Random Belligerence Rye • Bitterness Bourbon • Bulleit Bourbon • Larceny Barrel Proof • Blue Note Juke Joint • Baker’s Single Barrel • Knob Creek 12 • Blue Note Juke Joint Uncut

Topics: A synopsis of Parts 1, 2, and 3 • The San Francisco World Spirits Competition (which ruined a lot of good whiskey for Ed) • The SIP Awards • We’re NEAT Glass militants • The International Whiskey Competition • The New York International Spirits Competition • The John Barleycorn Awards • Ok, yes, it’s getting a little boring • The ASCOT Awards • Ed wins Best in Slow! • Interview with Christopher Davies, CEO of Wine Country Network and competition director launching the Global Whisky Challenge • Why two bottles? • How to placate the losers • Scott wins Triple Gold in Editing! • Why companies stopped giving out real medals • Blue Note Juke Joint and Uncut QuickTaste • Ed would totally drink muddy whiskey water • Sweet Cherry PIE!!!!!

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Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Octoblues by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4152-octoblues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Hillbilly Swing by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5705-hillbilly-swing | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bonus Sho(r)t – Have a Shot of Freedom QuickTaste (Listener Submission!)

Here at the WTP, we like not only having the freedom to drink your whiskey how you want, but also the freedom that comes with living in a country that allows us to think, speak, and act for the betterment of others.  (Note: It's also the name of the song that starts and ends our shorts.)  So, if you serve, or have served, in our armed forces to protect these rights, we salute and thank you.  And we drink this whiskey—sent in by a listener and made by veterans—in your honor.  Cheers!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskumentary - Secondary Market | Part 3: Why We Broke It and How We Fix It

Whiskeys: Van Winkle 10, 15 & 23 • Weller • Stagg • Larceny Barrel Proof • McKenna 10 • Johnnie Walker • Redemption Wheat • Middleton Rare • Boss Hogg • Michter’s 10 • Knob Creek Single Barrel • Old Fitzgerald 15 • Rebel 10 • Baker’s 7 & 13 • Hibiki 17 & Harmony • 1792 Sweet Wheat • Elmer T. Lee 100 • Ancient Age 10 • Bowman Single Barrel • Willet 6 • Rare Breed • Kentucky XO • Old Forester Birthday & 1920 • Angel’s Envy Rye • Maker’s 46 Cask Strength • Wyoming Bourbon

Topics: Recap of Part 2 and why we can’t get what we want • We’re not running out of whiskey • Chuck Woolery has a huge jaw • Why Pappy is so expensive • Shaming those responsible for the Secondary Market • Facebook is the Evil Empire (but kinda nice on your birthday) • Ed’s a needy bastard • Some people have more money than sense • Are we biased against Pappy? • Flippers are flippant about what they do • So, how can we fix this mess? • The (non-existent) Amazon of whiskey • Sharing is caring • The Top 10 Most Flipped Whiskeys (and their alternatives) • Pappy Van Winkle QuickStory • Maker’s 46 QuickTaste • Wyoming Whiskey QuickTaste • How to create a “poor man’s Pappy”

Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Olde Timey by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4160-olde-timey | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3750-fig-leaf-rag | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskumentary - Secondary Market | Part 2: Why We Can’t Get What We Want

Whiskeys: Barrell Bourbon • Journeyman Corsets, Whips, and Whiskey • WhistlePig 10 • Whistle Pig Boss Hogg • Weller C.Y.P.B. • F.E.W All Secrets Known • Grayson’s Texas Whiskey • Macallan’s • Blanton’s Single Barrel • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel

Topics: Recap of Part 1 and why we pay what we pay • Scarcity and the Fear of Missing Out: An Essay • Scott bought a bidet because of the Great TP Shortage of 2020 • A bar manager, a liquor store owner, and a distribution executive walk into a podcast… • How the secondary market affects scarcity • Bars are at the very bottom of the three-tier system • How the pandemic creates scarcity • Challenges to the three-tier laws • How Allocations and Special Releases create artificial demand • What a cool-kid Booker’s fan sounds like • Barrel picks are a way to get around allocation • The supplier ultimately determines who gets what • Jersey is a no-good Yankee State • What affect do whiskey auctions and investing have? • Blanton’s Single Barrel Scarcity QuickStory • 5 replacements for Blanton’s • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel QuickTaste

Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Pulse by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4250-pulse | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Olde Timey by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4160-olde-timey | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Hammock Fight by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3750-fig-leaf-rag | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskumentary - Secondary Market | Part 1: Why We Pay What We Pay

Whiskeys: Pappy Van Winkle • Wild Turkey • Baker’s • Midwinter Night’s Dram • Chivas Regal • Angel’s Envy Rye • Knob Creek • Elmer T. Lee • Henry McKenna • Eagle Rare • George T. Stagg • W.L. Weller • W.R. Wheater • Pappy Van Winkle • Kentucky Owl • Belle Meade Reserve • Johnnie Walker Blue

Topics: An overview of the “Three-Tier” system of alcohol production, distribution, and sales • We're thinkers (and naughty) by nature • The history of the Secondary Market • Facebook whiskey groups • Dildos probably don't have a secondary market • Pricing in the Primary Market • We won some fake medals! • Alternative whiskeys for the whiskeys you can’t get • We're definitely not "swell" • Liquor store price gouging (and how to deal with it) • Kentucky Owl QuickStory • Belle Meade Reserve QuickTaste

Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Pulse by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4250-pulse | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Olde Timey by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4160-olde-timey | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Fig Leaf Rag by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3750-fig-leaf-rag | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel QuickTaste

Twice Barreled, Double Barreled, Double Oaked, or whatever you call it, lots of brands are experimenting with re-barreling already finished whiskeys. So, join us to see what happens when we compare an already decent Bourbon expression to itself after it's had a long soak in fresh new toasted wood. Also, Scott makes a cocktail with it that Ed should hate. But will he actually hate it? Press play and find out!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom

Whiskumentary - Sourcing | Part 3: A Source of Inspiration

Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy Rye • Big Ass Bourbon • Big Bottom Bourbon • Bulleit Rye • Coney Island Carlo Bourbon • Henderson Rye • Pritchard’s Rye • Rebel Yell Rye • Sagamore Spirit Rye • Sagamore Spirit Rye Double Oaked • Sagamore Spirit Rye Cognac Finished • Tin Cup Whiskey • W.H. Harrison Rye • WhistlePig Old World Rye • Willet Rye • Smooth Ambler Old Scout Bourbon • Smooth Ambler Contradiction Bourbon • W.R. Wheater Barrel #3 • High West Double Rye! • High West Midwinter Night’s Dram • L.H. Sandy Rye • Elijah Craig • Parker’s Heritage • Lost Lantern American Vatted Single Malt Edition No. 1

Topics: An extensive list of who’s sourcing what? • The distilleries who source and produce their own whiskeys simultaneously • Labeling laws and the TTB • Three solutions to fix sourcing’s transparency problem • Alcohol creates HOW much tax revenue?! • Why don’t distillers want people to know they provide sourced whiskey? • Interview with the owner of the South Jersey liquor store Banash • How liquor stores create their “barrel picks” • How Banash created their own sourced whiskey • Heaven Hill has the best bottom shelf in the industry • Interview with the founders of Lost Lantern Whiskey • Sourcing from local distilleries • Being transparent is a great way to get great barrels • Lost Lantern’s innovative approach to blending • Lost Lantern Tasting • Our Top 10 Most Surprising Sourced Whiskeys

Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4710-midnight-tale | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskumentary - Sourcing | Part 2: A Source of Contention

Whiskeys: Redemption Barrel Strength High-Rye Bourbon • Bullet Rye • Redemption Rye • Barrell • Jefferson • High West • Belle Meade • Hirsch • Calumet • James E. Pepper • Cyrus Noble • Seagram’s 7 • Templeton Rye • Widow Jane Bourbon • Bulleit Bourbon • W.R. Wheater • Four Roses • George Remus Bourbon • George Remus Repeal Reserve Bourbon • Remus Volstead Reserve Bourbon

Topics: MGP’s Mission Statement • We’ve been loving MGP since Episode #1 • What MGP is and does • “Distilled in Indiana” = Distilled by MGP • We’re media professionals (right?) • The History of MGP • Why does limestone make a difference? • The surprising tale of Seagram’s 7 • Ed was kind of a terrible child • The weird connection between sourcing and steroids • Gabe arrives and triggers belligerence (of course) • Sourcing’s undeserved bad reputation • MGP has how many fermentation tanks?! • Interview with MGP’s Justin King • All the services that MGP provides customers big and small • How yeast affects the taste of whiskey • Wait, we could make a Whiskey Tangent Whiskey?! • Scott votes for a 100% rye • George Remus: King of the Bootleggers • George Remus Bourbon History and Tasting • Zagnut v. Butterfinger v. Clark Bar • Anything MGP wants us to drink we will

Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3770-folk-round | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Porch Blues by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskumentary - Sourcing | Part 1: A Source of Transformation

Whiskeys: Woodford Reserve • Hillrock • Crown Royal • High West • Templeton • Belle Meade • Bulleit Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • Old Overholt • J.W. Dant • Yellowstone • James E. Pepper • Old Crow • Ancient Age • Jim Beam • Early Times • Henry McKenna • Wild Turkey • Pappy Van Winkle • Willet • George Dickel • Heaven Hill • Four Roses • I.W. Harper • Mellow Yellow Corn Whiskey • Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond • Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bold

Topics: What the hell is sourcing anyway? • The types of sourcing and the companies doing it (hint: everyone) • The history of sourcing whiskey in America • Farmers started it all in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 • Nomadic tribes that crossed the Bering Strait drank penguin milk (probably) • The first instance of sourcing (before George Washington ruined everything!) • Some wholesalers and rectifiers were total whiskey whores • The connection between oranges and Buffalo Trace • I.W. Harper History • Why we have no sponsors • Ed reveals why he drinks Scott's high-rye Bourbons • I.W. Harper QuickTaste • Scott and Ed have a whiskey disagreement • Happy New Year everyone!

Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3770-folk-round | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Porch Blues by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Top 10 Whiskeys of the Unwashed NJ Masses

A few months ago we debated the merits of Ranker.com's Top 10 Bourbon list. This time, we're getting both more and less specific: Less specific because we're considering all American whiskeys, and more specific because we're considering only the patrons of a single bar in our home state. And if you've been listening to us for any amount of time, you know the one. So, will this list mirror Ranker's Top 10? Or will we, in true Jersey fashion, give the middle finger to the rest of the country and pick our own damn whiskeys? (Haha right, we all know the answer to that.)

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom

Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 4: We Haven’t Learned a Damn Thing

Whiskeys: Old Crow • Old Grand-Dad • Basil Hayden’s • Knob Creek • Baker’s • Booker's • Knob Creek Single Barrel • Henry McKenna 10-Year Bourbon • Willet Family Estate Rye

Topics: Part 3 Recap • The state of the post-Prohibition whiskey industry (from a 1933 Fortune magazine article) • National Distillers Products Corporation owned half of all whiskey in America at the end of Prohibition • Ed steals Scott’s idea about drinking whatever the hell we want • The Enduring Legacy of Prohibition: A Discussion • Counties and towns where you still can’t buy alcohol today • States where you can’t buy alcohol on holidays • Get your shit together Mississippi! • Women actually gained rights during Prohibition #fuckthecorset • The War on Drugs is worse than Prohibition ever was • How to stop gang wars with saltwater taffy • Utah serves high-alcohol beer at room temperature • Luxembourg is the #1 alcohol-consuming country • Organized crime and speakeasies are still with us today • We Haven’t Learn a Damn Thing: An Essay

Music Credits: Ain’t Nobody’s Business by Sara Martin (1922, Public Domain) • Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 3: How the Wet Was Won

Whiskeys: Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon • Russel’s Reserve Bourbon • Wild Turkey 101 Rye

Topics: Part 2 Recap • The state of the whiskey industry mid-Prohibition • The surprisingly high quality of prescription whiskey • The Top 5 Reasons Why Prohibition Failed • Mob bosses go to the beach! • Pauline Sabin: Mother of 'peal • 1920s drinkers were like freshman college students • The Volstead Act was stupid • A $10,000 fine for violating Prohibition was HOW much in today’s money?! • The Great Depression killed Prohibition dead • Al Capone was a publicity whore who thought the stock market was a scam • Bootlegger George Remus killed his wife and defended himself at his own trial • Wild Turkey 101 QuickTaste: The most underrated bourbon on the market • How to trick your friends with a glass decanter 

Music Credits: Baby Won’t You Please Come Home? by Bessie Smith (1923, Public Domain) • Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile by Edward Hamilton (1916, Public Domain)

Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 2: The Law of Unintended Consequences

Whiskeys: I.W. Harper • Jack Daniels • Old Fitzgerald • Cabin Still • Kentuky Tavern • George A. Dickel • Old Forester 1920 Prohibition • Old Overholt Rye • Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whiskey • Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond • Four Roses • Wild Turkey • Heaven Hill • Henry McKenna • Chicken Cock • Maker’s Mark

Topics: Part 1 Recap • In 2050, the 7-armed illegal aliens from Ganymede will be stealing our jobs • The state of the whiskey industry in 1920, fellas! • Dudes in Tennessee must have been acting like absolute assholes • 25 million people worldwide died from the Spanish Flu in 1918 • People had a year to stock their liquor cabinets before Prohibition’s enactment • Rabbi O’Shaughnessy? • Enforcement was a little bit maybe sorta kinda little bit lacking • Alcohol consumption increased during Prohibition (just ask your taxi driver) • Two-thirds of all distilled liquor is quite bad • The rise of organized crime • The surprising careers of Al Capone’s brothers • George Remus: The King of Bootleggers • Amazon: The King of the Bootlegger’s Legacy • Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style QuickTaste • 6 million pints of whiskey per week were consumed via whiskey prescriptions • Why are most flagship brands so bad?

Music Credits: It Had To Be You by Marion Harris (1924, Public Domain) • The House of the Rising Sun by Tom Clarence Ashley (1933, Public Domain)

Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 1: Who the F**k Thought This Was a Good Idea?

Whiskeys: Old Forester Bourbon • Old Fitzgerald Bourbon • James E. Pepper 1776 whiskeys • Old Grand-Dad Bourbon • Four Roses Bourbon • Old Overholt Rye • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye

Topics: The Women’s Christian Temperance Union wanted to ban alcohol... everywhere on Earth • Carrie Nation: The Crazy Old Hatchet Lady • Some states outlawed alcohol years before the 18th Amendment • Americans at the turn of the 20th Century were drinking A LOT of whiskey (and beer) • The powerful German immigrant breweries (still around today!) • Wayne Webber's Anti-Saloon League turned the country against booze • The surprising anti-alcohol connections between income tax and the 1920 census • “Liberty Cabbage” was the original “Freedom Fries” • Somebody edited the Bible (!) to remove all references to alcohol • Significant whiskey events prior to 1900 • Old Overholt Rye QuickTaste

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Hello Ma Baby by Arthur Collins (1899, Public Domain) • Over There by George Cohen (1917, Public Domain)