Episode #21: Crown Royal XO v. Lambay | Puking Yellow & Other Cautionary Tales

Whiskeys: Heaven’s Door Whiskey • Crown Royal XO • Crown Royal Signature Series • Crown Royal Blender’s Mash • Crown Royal Black • Crown Royal Wine Finish • Crown Royal XR • Lambay Irish Whiskey Cognac Finish • Sagamore Spirit Cognac Finish Rye • Belle Meade XO Cognac Finish Bourbon • Chivas Regal XV • Glenlivet Captain’s Reserve Scotch • Brenne French Single Malt • Jameson Irish Whiskey • Teeling’s Irish Whiskey • Tullamore Dew XO • Angel’s Envy Rye

Tangents: Ed’s son Mike (aka Choc Mic) finally joins us! • Celebrity spirits aren’t automatically terrible • The Laws of Cognac • Hennessey Cognac tasting • Mike throws shade at Ed for not inviting him earlier • Cognac age statements • The list of people who co-hosted the podcast before Mike • Ozzy Osbourne drank Cognac and Coke every day for years • The history of Crown Royal • Barney has a purple sack • Crown Royal is the #2 brand of whiskey in America (!) • The hip-hop world loves flavored spirits • Millennials like mixed drinks more than straight spirits (but Gen-X did too) • Crown Royal XO vs. Crown Royal tasting • The extremely short history of Lambay whiskey • Mike, Scott, and Ed’s worst puking tales • Lambay tasting • Even alcohol is all about race! • Mike’s Jamaica Cognac drinking story and advice

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • French Cafe Music by Relax Music | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOanEMfQ_Yg (free download)