Episodes
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Bonus Sho(r)t - Red Drum Bourbon QuickTaste (Listener Submission!)
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
So, we've been very lucky to receive a bunch of free bottles of whiskey from various distilleries looking to market their product. And we've been happy to comply, with the caveat that if we hate it, we're going to say so. And, honestly? So far, they've all been various degrees of great.
This time, though, a listener sent us a bottle from a local distiller with which he has no affiliation. He just likes the stuff. So... did we like it, too? Well, you're just going to have to listen to find that out. But we talk about sodomy, so, you know, that's the "Bonus" part.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Thomas H. Handy Sazerac QuickTaste
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Coming just once a year, the Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye is an uptick expression of the regular Sazerac Rye that's expensive and hard to get. We got a small swallow of it for free because we have nice friends. But whatever way you end up wrapping your hands around one, everyone loves a Handy. Amiright? ;-)
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fig Leaf Rag by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Round 1: Cooper & Thief Bourbon Barrel Red Blend 2017 • Barrelhouse Bourbon Barrel Red Blend 2018
Round 2: Ménage à Trois Bourbon Barrel Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 • Robert Mondavi Private Selection Bourbon Barrel Chardonnay 2018
Round 3: 1924 Scotch Barrel Chardonnay 2018 • Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rye Barrel Red Blend 2018
Tangents: “The Ladies” are back! Chelbi, Drea, and Nari • The History of Whiskey-Barreled Wines • Barrelhouse tastes like regret • The Ladies are too fast at the Quiskey buzzer (but not in a “ho” way) • Chelbi helps out with saying French words (mmm) • The History of Cabernet Sauvignon (mmm) • Wait, dust is a flavor now? • Nari has the best words but Chelbi and Drea are just bullshitting • The History of Chardonnay • Ed casts shade on Denver (and Topeka) • The Mondavi Chardonnay isn’t bad… for a funeral • The origin of the word “Snatch” • Quiskey causes the ladies turn on each other (but they agree Scott’s the prettiest) • We celebrate Drea's and Chelbi's birthdays! • Um, poisonberry? • Shavonne arrives! • Scott and Shavonne had a scary Uber ride last NYE • Wow Chelbi’s a harder scorer than Jeff! • Drea makes her own wine blend
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi and Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond QuickTaste
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Join us as we taste the somewhat controversial reissuing of a very old brand from Heaven Hill, one of the most prolific distillers out there. So, does it taste like Heaven or Hill? Hah! See what I did there?! I'll see myself out.
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Whiskeys: George Dickel 8 Tennessee Whiskey • George Dickel 12 Tennessee Whiskey • George Dickel 11 Year Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey • Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Tennessee Whiskey • Knob Creek • Woodford Reserve • Buffalo Trace • Bulleit Bourbon • Heaven Hill • Bulleit 10 Year Bourbon • Basil Hayden’s • Uncle Nearest 1856 • Uncle Nearest 1820 Cask Strength • George Dickel 13 Year Bottled-in-Bond • Corsair Dark Rye American Rye Malt • Corsair Triple Smoke American Single Malt • Woodford Reserve Master Collection Chocolate Malted Rye • Willet Estate Family Rye
Tangents: Shavonne joins us for our first road trip to the smaller distilleries of the United States! • Ed’s had a rough week • Uncle Nearest history and tasting • The uncle nearest Scott is an asshole • Ed gets interrupted • The former slave Nathan "Nearest" Green taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey (!) • Shavonne has so many titles and jobs (and may just depose Ed out of the podcast) • Ed gets interrupted again • George Dickel history and tasting • Twizzlers! • Kit Kats! • Corsair history and tastings • There are officially too many flavors in the Dark Rye • "Triple Smoke" would be a really bad WWE wrestler name • Tennessee Fun Facts! • The Tale of the Four-Legged Lady
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Still Pickin, Hillbilly Swing, Porch Blues, and Corncob by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Top 10 Things Your Dumbass Friends Think They Know About Bourbon
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
When it comes to whiskey, there's a lot of folklore, misconceptions, misleading information, and just so many hard-to-recall details that it's easy to get things wrong. And maybe you have that one friend who thinks he knows everything about whiskey but you don't know enough to correct him. (Or maybe that friend is you.) Well, we're here to help. In just 18 minutes, we'll turn you into a bona fide Bourbon expert, so you can lord your newly minted whiskey knowledge all over that misinformed blowhard. (Or make you even more insufferable than you were before.) You're welcome.
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Episode #31: Barrell Craft Spirits x 5 | With Whiskey This Good Who Needs Tangents?
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Whiskeys: Barrell Private Release AH10 Ruby Port • Barrell Private Release AH08 Malmsey Madeira • Barrell Private Release AH02 Tokaji • Barrell Private Release AH05 Sicilian Amaro • Barrell Dovetail • Barrel Bourbon Batch 004 • James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • Elijah Craig • Woodford Reserve • Knob Creek • Barrel Bourbon Batch 005
Tangents: Our buddy Jeff joins us again! • How Jeff got Barrell to send us some whiskey • The recent history and non-traditional concept of Barrell • Wait they have HOW many expressions?! • Jeff chases 120-proof whiskey with 100-proof whiskey • Jeff is the Che Guevara of Bourbon • Ed hides whiskey like it’s porn • The Barrell founders and practices • The 2020 awards Barrell has won with other distillers’ whiskeys • We’re still hating on James E. Pepper • Ed is “amaro” about his love life • Ocean City v. Wildwood #jerseyjokes • Jeff gives good whiskey presents • Full Disclosure: We wanted to hate on Barrell when they came out • Ed wants to live at MGP when he retires • The double-edged sword of making so many expressions • We are the Knights Who Say Meat! • Jeff threatens to throw out all his Woodford Reserve
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi and Wah Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - W.L. Weller Special Reserve QuickTaste
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Ed bought Scott some Weller for his birthday, and Ed's super salty about what he paid for it. In fact, he's not only salty about how expensive and rare Weller is, but also about how expensive and rare ALL the spirits from Buffalo Trace seem to be nowadays—everything from Pappy to Blanton's to Eagle Rare. And, well, he's not wrong. The secondary market may not be killing whiskey, but it sure is frustrating if you like a particular brand, can't find it in your area, and are forced to pay an outrageous price online for something you're just going to piss out tomorrow. Do better, Buffalo Trace.
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Last Call - Summer 2020 | Where the Hell Is Everybody?
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Well, the slow-motion disaster that was Summer 2020 is finally over, but we’ve still got one thing to say. Ok, SEVERAL last things. So, won’t you join us for a look back as we revisit the past 6 months, give some shout-outs, recap all the Epsiodes and Sho(r)ts, and try really really hard not to talk about the apocalypse.
Last Things: Everything sucks and we all know it, but we’re gonna focus on the good • We have a Whiskey Safety Deposit Box of Love at the Local Lounge • Shout-outs: Marty and Rachel (procurers Blood Oath) • Anders (bartender and cohost extraordinaire) • Gabe (the Yellow Stain to Ed’s Mantress) • Shavonne (our new Director of Social Media, Marketing, and HR) • Jeff & Sue (we're breaking them up!) • Whiskey Advocate (put us on their list of 2020 whiskey podcasts!) • Sexton Irish Whiskey (gave us a free bottle!), Fistful of Bourbon (gave us a free bottle too!) • Legent Bourbon (gave us TWO free bottles!) • Adam Harris (Beam Suntory Brand Ambassador) • Kevin MacLeod (provided 90% of our music) • Listener Demographics: 38 countries! 47 states! 6000 downloads! • Afghanistan still has our 3rd most downloads (thanks Brian!) • Spain and Italy are now on the board (thanks Bill!) • Episode and Sho(r)t Recaps: Ed doesn’t need smoky peat shoved up his anus • Gabe got belligerent when Ed was trying to be nice for once • We got plied with free whiskey at the liquor store • Hipsters hate Blanton’s • Scott throws down Death Magnetic as best Metallica album • We make cocktails by ourselves for the first time and accidentally stumble upon the brilliance of The Scofflaw • Ed mercilessly mocks Gabe (again) • Wow we really hated the James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • Our parents drank such sad liquor • Why we have Episodes and Sho(r)ts • Anders and Gabe should be listening to all of our damn podcasts dammit! • The Next 6 Months: Barrell Bourbon • Infinty Bottle 3 • The United States of Whiskey • Blood Oath 6 • Bourbon-Barrel Wine • Little Book 4 • Bourbon-Barrel Beer 2 • Ladies Night 2 • Whiskumentary 2 (Topic TBD) • Four Roses vs. Old Forrester • Whiskey Madness 2021
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Titanic Blues by Virginia Liston (1924, Public Domain)
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Legent QuickTaste + Beam Ambassador Interview!
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Join us and a couple of friends as we taste the latest release from Beam Suntory, their first new brand in almost 30 years. (That's not a typo!) It's a blended bourbon, yes, but with an interesting twist. It's all the same famous Kentucky mashbill spirit, but a portion of it was finished in ex-wine barrels and another portion was finished in ex-sherry barrels, after which it was all blended together with some good ol' Japanese know-how.
Plus, we were lucky enough to score an interview with Senior Brand Ambassador, Adam Harris, and things got downright belligerent! Lol we're kidding. Adam's a great guy, and we had a great chat about some great whiskey. (Now if only Ed and Gabe could get along so well.)
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Porch Blues, Temple of the Manes, and Corncob by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Episode #30: Classic Cocktails Deep Dive! Manhattan v. Mint Julep v. Sazerac
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Round 1: Original Manhattan – Bulleit Rye, Cocchi Tornio Italian sweet vermouth, simple syrup, Angostura bitters, atomizer spray of absinthe, served in a coupe glass
Round 2: Original Mint Julep – Smith & Ross Jamaican Rum, mint simple syrup, Angostura bitters, served in a silver cup with Sonic pebble ice and a sprig of mint
Round 2B: Traditional Mint Julep – Buffalo Trace Bourbon, mint simple syrup, Angostura bitters, served in a silver cup with Sonic pebble ice and a sprig of mint
Round 3: Traditional Sazerac – Sazerac Rye, simple syrup, Peychaud’s bitters, atomizer spray of absinthe, served in a rocks glass
Tangents: Anders and Gabe join us for an in-depth tasting, history, and discussion of three classic cocktails! • Scott and Anders both separately went to New Orleans and neither had a Sazerac #epicfail • Can the original recipe for the Manhattan be found on the Rosetta Stone? • The coupe glass was modeled after Marie Antoinette’s breasts? • Manhattan history and tasting • Anders would have gotten a lot of action on the Love Boat (but not from Scott Baio) • How to serve absinthe • Mint Julep history and tasting • Muddling mint can release chlorophyll and make it too bitter • Ernest Hemmingway once got belligerent about the terrible Mint Juleps in Paris • Tornadoes make another appearance on a cocktail episode! • Sazerac history and tasting (and maybe some porn) • Ed wants to make an anise/anus joke SO badly right now • Wow the Sazerac is delicious • Anders gets belligerent and a little cocky
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi and Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Let's Play Quiskey! Meta Ménage à Trois Edition
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
So if you've been listening for awhile, you know that Ed is 0-3 in Quiskeys. He lost once to Anders and twice to Gabe. But now he has a chance to get his revenge on both of them at the same time in our first threeway! Wait, no, that came out wrong. It's our first threeway competition, featuring... New questions! New buzz-in system! New scoring penalties! New sound effects! And a new winner? Well, there's just one way to find out! (Um, by clicking "Play" if that wasn't already clear. Oh sure fine, go get a sandwich first. Sheesh. God forbid you wait 18 minutes to eat again.)
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Episode #29: Baker's Small Batch v. Baker's Single Barrel | Making Up for Lost Time
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Whiskeys: Basil Hayden’s • Knob Creek • Booker’s • Baker’s Small Batch • Baker’s Single Barrel • Old Ezra No. 7 • Little Book Chapter 3
Tangents: Baker’s is like the lesser known members of The Supremes and Destiny’s Child • Baker Beam’s Backstory • Baker’s Small Batch Tasting • How small does a small batch have to be? • Why Baker’s changed from Small Batch to Single Barrel • Baker’s Single Barrel Tasting • Baker’s v. Baker’s blind tasting (as in a Whiskey Madness 2020 bracket) • Scott’s weekend: Fresh brownies and leather • All the Single Barrels! All the Single Barrels! Uh oh oh! • Ed likes 6-oz pours • Infinity Bottle III Pouring Ceremony • We make a high-proof Manhattan with the Single Barrel (as in Episode #25) • Baker’s v. Little Book side-by-side tasting • We really need a yearly expression of Little Book Chapter 3 • Top 10 Cookies! (because Bakers make cookies, get it?) • Wow Scott get belligerent about cookies (as in Episode #4) • Seriously, don’t sleep on the Baker’s
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Porch Blues, Corncob, and Cantina Blues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Fight Back by Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDP_8UTAus | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons • Deep Sea Blues by Clara Smith (1923, Public Domain)
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Fistful of Bourbon QuickTaste
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Take one venerable Scotch company, add two talented whiskey blenders, give them five completely different tasting bourbons, and what do you get? Well, you get another fine expression in the continuing trend of blending American whiskeys, something once considered to be just about the worst thing you can do. But, really, that's because "a blend" used to be just a cover for truly terrible whiskey. Today, we use Fireball for that. #sorrynotsorry
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Episode #28: WhistlePigs v. Sazerac | Ryesurgence!
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Whiskeys: Sazerac Rye • WhistlePig 12 Year: Old World Style Rye • Sazerac 18 Year Rye • Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye • James E. Pepper 1776 Rye • James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • Barton’s 1792 • Blanton’s • Buffalo Trace • Eagle Rare • Col. E. H. Taylor • Elmer T. Lee • George T. Stagg • Pappy Van Winkle • W.L. Weller • Whistle 6 Year: Piggyback • WhistlePig 10 Year Rye • WhistlePig 15 Year: Estate Oak Rye • WhistlePig 18 Year: Double Malt Rye • WhistlePig Boss Hog VI: The Samurai Scientist • WhistlePig Boss Hog V: The Spirit of Mauve • Willet Family Estate Rye
Tangents: Shavonne and Gabe join us again! • Kinda hard not to get laid at a Luther Vandross/Vanessa Williams concert • Rye History Recap • We get the yips • Sazerac Tasting • Ed wants to get a $600 (Thomas H.) Handy • Gabe has anger issues • What are the ingredients in a “Tonya Harding” cocktail? • Ed hates on the 1776 whiskeys again • Sazerac History (company, cognac, cocktail, whiskey) • Gabe gets belligerent about cheesecake • We get the yips again • Ed confuses Antoine Peychaud with Jean Luc Picard • The ridiculously long list of Sazerac-owned distilleries and brands • WhistlePig History - Part 1 • We try to get some free Ben & Jerry’s • WhistlePig 12 Tasting • WhistlePig History - Part 2 • Ed gets interrupted (a lot) • WhistlePig actually has pigs! • Vermont oak has tightly packed rings • MGP has tightly packed barrels • Wow there really are just way too many anise/anus jokes right now
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Corncob, Fireflies & Stardust, Porch Blues, and Wah Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - The Sexton QuickTaste
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Having been big fans of Irish whiskey for awhile now, we're excited to see the many new distilleries and expressions coming out of Ireland after decades of languishing behind the other countries enjoying the benefits of a resurgent whiskey industry. And The Sexton is one of these new expressions. Not only is the bottle cool as hell (just look at it!), it also has an interesting backstory. But none of that truly matters unless the whiskey itself is actually any good. So... is it? Tune in and find out!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Whiskey Wormhole 1986: Halley’s Comet Scotch | Dusting Off the Layers of Antiquity
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Whiskeys: Halley’s Comet 1986 Blended Scotch • Macallan • Port Ellen • Chivas Regal • Johnnie Walker • Monkey Shoulder
Wormholes: Jeff and Sue join us in the Wormhole! • Sue’s our little WhiskeyPixie™ • Jeff describes how he got ahold of a Scotch from 1986 • Why did our parents drink such sad liquor? • Halley’s Comet History (the whiskey) • We were children when this was bottled • Halley’s Comet History (the comet) • Halley’s Comet Tasting (and a small emergency) • Why Scotch tastes so different from Bourbon • Who doesn’t like a little cork in their mouth? • We drink a tribute to Jeff’s late father • Fun Facts About 1986 • Scott had a handful of Stiff Stuff • Ed paid way too much for a Tandy computer • The Challenger, Chernobyl, and Mad Cow Disease all explode • Poor Bill Buckner • The Top 10 Movies (and Songs) of 1986 • Jeff gets belligerent about Top Gun • Scott gets crap for refusing to watch It’s a Wonderful Life • Ed Murphy was really living it up in ’86!
Music Credits: Political Action Ad, Ouroboros, and The Pyre by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Episode #27: 1776 Bourbon v. 1776 Rye | The F**ker Fish & Other Whiskey Jokes
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Whiskeys: James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • James E. Pepper 1776 Rye • Old Oscar Pepper • Old Crow • Woodford Reserve • Bulleit Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • WhistlePig 10 Year Rye • Redemption Rye • Sagamore Spirit Cognac Finish Rye • High West Double Rye!
Tangents: Sue and Jeff are back again! • James E. Pepper History (Part 1) • Whiskey is an incestuous business • Marketing was important to whiskey, then as now • James E. Pepper changed whiskey laws, owned racehorses, hung out with captains of industry in Manhattan, and popularized the Old Fashioned • 1776 Bourbon tasting • The menthol in the bourbon makes Ed want to start smoking again • Jeff puts us in the Whiskey Wormhole™ • James E. Pepper History (Part 2) • Ed creates a new word! • 1776 Rye tasting • Is copper on the nose like a penny in your mouth? • Sue compares whiskey to vegetable dip • Scott sings Donna Summer • Is this episode a complete failure? • Bulleit Rye comparison • James E. Pepper Rye is well-named • Sue’s mother ruined spicy ryes for her forever • Scott & Ed tell some podcast-saving whiskey jokes
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Corncob, and Fireflies & Stardust by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Top 10 Ryes of the Unwashed Podcast Cohosts
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Yes, yes, another Top 10 list. But THIS time it's actually TWO lists! Anders is back to help us with ranking the Top 10 Ryes that we like, and then we check Ranker.com's Top 10 Ryes to see how we match up against the masses. Fun right? RIGHT?! *crickets* Sigh.
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Episode #26: Suntory Toki v. Nikka Coffey Malt | We’re Turning Japanese!
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Whiskeys: Suntory Whiskey Toki • Nikka Coffey Malt Whiskey • Suntory White Label • Suntory Kakubin • Suntory Single Malt • Yamazaki 12 Year • Yamazaki 18 Year • Yamazaki 25 Year • Hibiki Harmony • Hibiki 17 Year • Hibiki 21 Year • Bushmills • Green Spot • Four Roses • Pappy Van Winkle 12 Year • Evan Williams 23 Year
Tangents: Our friend Anders joins us for a virtual trip to the Far East • Crazy-flavored Japanese snacks! • Suntory Distillery history • Toki tasting • Japanese spots in Philly’s Chinatown • We all want to travel to Tokyo • Ed’s come a long way in liking Scotch (which is all Anders’ fault) • We almost outbid Suntory when they bought Jim Beam (we were only $15.999999 billion short) • Coffey Still v. Pot Still • Nikka Distillery history • Nikka Coffey tasting • Korean fire-breathing squirrels! • Cambodian sniper monkeys! • How Japan saved the Bourbon industry (no, seriously) • How Ed talked Scott down off the Whiskey Madness ledge • Anders bought his way onto the podcast (but not really) • Anders defends Gabe against Ed • Star Blazers and naked anime • What do Japanese people call Easter Eggs? • Anders really misses the Lounge (and so do we)
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Shenyang, Ishikari Lore, Living Voyage, and Temple of the Manes by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Saikai no Yakusoku by Kuyuri | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBW7nDmFM2Y | License: https://www.tandess.com/en/music/free-material/material.html
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Widow Jane Decadence QuickTaste
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Pop quiz, Whiskey Peeps! What does maple syrup, the Brooklyn Bridge, 10-year-old whiskey, and the Magna Carta all have in common? If you need a hint, it has to do with some old abandoned limestone mines located in Upstate New York, but seriously, that's all you're getting. You can find out in just 14 minutes if you just press play. I mean, if we reveal everything in the description, then there's no reason to listen at all. Hmm... maybe we should just do a blog. It would probably be a whole lot easier than dragging out all the equipment, recording an hour of material, editing out our dumb crap, publishing it on our podcast site, etc., etc. Hell, we had to come up with this description, why not just write the entire damn thing out in an article and be done with it?! #randombelligerence
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Episode #25: High-Proof Prohibition-Era Cocktails! Great Rants About Great Aunts
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Round 1: Maker’s Sour – Maker’s Mark Cask Strength Bourbon (109.6), simple syrup, lemon juice, cherry, lemon peel
Round 1B: Bulleit Sour – Bulleit Bourbon Barrel Strength (125.4), less simple syrup, more lemon juice
Round 2: The Scofflaw – Knob Creek Cask Strength Rye (127), dry vermouth, grenadine, lemon juice, orange bitters, lemon peel
Round 3: Bourbon 76 – Old Ezra 7 Year Bourbon (117), Champagne, honey, lemon juice
Tangents: The history of the traditional Whiskey Sour • The ubiquitous and terrible Whiskey Sours everyone made in the 1970s • Ed’s Aunt Scottie: The Last of the Classy Dames • Dry vermouth is terrible by itself • Scott’s Aunt Oceana: Vodka Martini Aficionado • The history of the Scofflaw (the word and the drink) • Old Ezra’s distillery also produces Blood Oath • Murder hornets do not make honey • Bee is for belligerence • Scott stole his ex’s Champagne flutes (shhh) • New name for the Bourbon 76: The French Foreplay! • The history of the French 75 (the drink and the war cannon) • The terrible conditions of World War I • Spoiler Alert: We just had the first and last Bourbon 75s in our lives
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • One Dime Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson (1927, Public Domain) • Ragtime Annie by Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers Group (1926, Public Domain) • Deep Sea Blues by Clara Smith (1923, Public Domain) • Titanic Blues by Virginia Liston (1924, Public Domain)
Thursday May 21, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Blanton's QuickTaste
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Finally! At long last we scored a bottle of Blanton's! And naturally we wanted to share it with you. So join us for a tasting of the Grandaddy of Single Barrel Bourbons and discover all the rich Japanese history of this seemingly singular American spirit. Yeah, that's right, Japan. As in the country where you can find several Blanton's expressions you can't get anywhere else. #notjealousatallohmygodyesweare
Producer's Note: We have a later Blanton's Sho(r)t in which we taste 4 of the Japanese versions we talked about in this Sho(r)t: https://whiskeytangent.podbean.com/e/whiskey-short-japanese-blantons-quicktaste
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fireflies & Stardust and Senbazaru by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
Whiskeys: Maker’s Mark Cask Strength Bourbon • WR Wheater Single Barrel Cask Strength Straight Bourbon • Larceny • W.L. Weller • Henry McKenna • Blanton’s • Kinsey Zinfandel Finish • Journeyman Last Feather Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • Knob Creek • Hillrock • Jefferson • Larceny Barrel Proof • Maker’s Mark • Maker’s Mark 46
Tangents: Local v. national wheated Bourbon brands go head to head! • We interview one of the owners of Banash Liquors in Cherry Hill, NJ • How does a liquor store create its own whiskey? • How many delicious local whiskeys are we missing? • WR Wheater Barrel #1 tasting • WR Wheater Barrel #2 tasting • Scott makes an Infinity Glencairn! • Whiskey industry innovation • Ed could survive on whiskey and toilet paper • The real reason why there still isn’t any toilet paper on the shelves • Uncle Ed’s toilet paper tips • How wet wipes create Fatbergs (seriously, stop using those) • Maker’s Mark 46 is the Newman to our Seinfeld • Take a chance on your local liquor store’s selections
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Corncob, and Fireflies & Stardust by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday May 07, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Whiskey Madness High-End Double-Blind Invitational!
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Ok, so we lied. Whiskey Madness 2020's The Final Pour was not, in fact, the final pour. But here we switch up the guest taster, remove the under-$60 restriction, allow ourselves more whiskey to taste, and taste them double-blinded so that nobody knows which whiskey is which. So what does all that mean? It means we drank too much, got a little belligerent with each other, and it all nearly spiraled out of control. Enjoy!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fight Back by Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDP_8UTAus | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Special Announcement | Ketchup Week
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
This is a special announcement regarding a change in our schedule for the forseeable future, which brings to mind that time Beavis & Butthead were watching TV and the video of Culture Club's 80s hit "Karma Chameleon" came on...
Butthead: "Hey Beavis, is this supposed to be, like, in the future?"
Beavis: "Yeah, the future sucks. Change it."
Butthead: "I'm pretty cool, Beavis. But I can't change the future."
But we can, Beavis. We can.
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Episode #23: Glenmorangie 10 v. Monkey Shoulder | A Sparkling Isolation
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Whiskeys: Ardbeg Scotch • Auchentoshan American Oak Scotch • Lagavulin 8 Year Single Malt Scotch • Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Scotch • Glenmorangie 10 Year Single Malt Scotch • Glenmorangie Signet Single Malt Scotch • Glenfiddich • Balvenie • Kininvie • Chivas Regal • Stranahan’s American Single Malt • McCarthy’s American Single Malt • Hillrock American Single Malt • Woodford Reserve Malt Whiskey • Woodford Reserve Chocolate Malted Rye • McKenna 10 Year Single Barrel Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Henry McKenna Bourbon • Woodford Reserve Bourbon • Basil Hayden’s Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon
Tangents: Finally a Scotch episode! • Scotches for Bourbon and Rye drinkers • Ed doesn’t want smoky peat shoved up his anus • Monkey Shoulder history and tasting • Is 15 times a day too much? • Scott has an issue with Ed saying “my” locker • Stop hating on blends, people • What is “monkey shoulder”? • Glenmorangie history and tasting • We’re on a journey into Scotch • “Modicum” = 20 minutes • The NJ & PA Coronavirus Lockdown • Extroverts v. Introverts v. Isolation • Our word of the day is “wonderful” • Top 10 Scots! • Scott is supposedly Scottish (and possibly admits to some light crossdressing) • McKenna v. Glenmorangie tasting • 50 Shades of Brown • #letgabeout • We have a surprising amount of knowledge about corn • Cat food fish tacos • Expand your horizons with whiskey (not anal beads)
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Fiddles McGinty, Hidden Past, and Moorland by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Infinity Too: Electric Boogaloo
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Join us as we open and taste our second attempt at building an Infinity Bottle. (And if you don't know what one of those is, please do go back and listen to our previous Sho(r)t on "How to Build an Infinity Bottle" from early October 2019). But that's not all! We actually saved some of our first bottle to compare! AND we have a guest who made their own! Hilarity ensues! You know the drill by now. ;-)
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Last Call - Winter 2020 | What Are You Still Doing Here?
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Winter 2020 may be officially over, but we’ve still got one thing to say. Ok, SEVERAL last things. So, won’t you join us for a look back as we revisit the past 6 months, give some shout-outs, recap all the epsiodes, and generally try not to talk too much about the #coronapocalypse.
Last Things: We got this recorded *just* before the NJ coronavirus shutdown • It’s our 1-year podcast-release anniversary! • Listener Shout-Outs: Derek, Callum & Anders (Local Lounge managers), Marty & Rachel (Local Lounge patrons), Nancy (Ed’s Cousin), Rich & Bill (Banash Liquors managers), Bill (Johnny Appleseed), Gabe (The Sherpa), Shavonne (The Mayor), Chelbi, Nari, and Drea (The Ladies) Christian & Jay (Beer Bros), and Sue & Jeff (Comrades-in-Drunks) • Listener Demographics: 6 Continents! 24 Countries! 38 States! • Episode Recaps: Ed has a problem with Utah • Pucker: The reason we have a podcast • There’s no pitcher and there’s no catcher • Ed has a problem with Everest climbers • Ed has a problem with glassware • Scott has a problem with Pluto lovers • The men smoked the women in our Battle of the Sexes • Ken Burns needs Scott as his editor • Ed’s son has a problem with his delayed podcast appearance • Gabe gets a jacket, a cake, and maybe a handy? • We spoil the Whiskey Madness bracket finals • Anders validates our tasting methodology • Coming Soon: Infinity Bottle 2 • Double-blind tastings • Scotch for Bourbon lovers • Japanese whiskey • More cocktails • Blanton’s QuickTaste™ • Bourbon-barrel-aged wine • And of course, many, many tangents ;-)
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - How To Skrew Up a Cocktail
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
In The Before Times (aka, The Pre-Corona-Lockdown Era; aka, Life), we tasted a trendy peanut butter whiskey, made some cocktails from it, did a couple things you shouldn't do (share drinks, joke about pedophilia), and a couple things you absolutely should (promote vaccinating your childen, make obscure references to old movies). So, the good outweighs the bad, right?
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Whiskey Madness 2020! The Final Pour | Do Try This at Home
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Whiskeys: Willet Pot Still Small Batch Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 Bourbon • McKenna 10-Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Larceny Bourbon • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Bulleit Rye • Lagavulin 8 Year • Auchentoshan American Oak • Chivas Regal 12 Year • Johnnie Walker Red • Redbreast 12 Year • Green Spot • Powers Gold Label • Jameson • Chivas Regal 18 Year • Michter’s Toasted Almond
Madness: The Semifinals and Final Pour matchups! • Ed still doesn’t like Lagavulin • We pretend we have sponsors • Winner of the Most Surprising Whiskey Award? Chivas Regal 12 Year • Anders wishes Gabe was helping out • Really bad Archie & Edith Bunker impressions • The joyous and heartbreaking documentary “Waiting for Superman” is an analogy for our final matchup • Omg! Double Overtime! • Wow definitely try blind tasting whiskeys at home
Music Credits: Fight Back and Make It by Neffex | Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDP_8UTAus and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GiAL4XBHjE | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons • On a Mission courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/on-a-mission-the-soular-system • Fiddle-De-Dee by SilvermanSound and promoted by BreakingCopyright | Link https://youtu.be/o6Y1vqxTgOA | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Whiskey Madness 2020! All Regions Round 2 | Thanks for Being a Selfish Bastard
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Whiskeys: Willet Pot Still Small Batch Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 Bourbon • McKenna 10-Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Larceny Bourbon • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Bulleit Rye • Lagavulin 8 Year • Auchentoshan American Oak • Chivas Regal 12 Year • Johnnie Walker Red • Redbreast 12 Year • Green Spot • Powers Gold Label • Jameson • Chivas Regal 18 Year
Madness: Ed’s mispronunciations (and Scott’s correcting him) is kind of our brand • Scotch distillers use smoke to stop the malting process • Whose job is it to pick coffee beans out of a civet’s shit? • Hey did we say this matchup was going to be close? • Ed gets screwed by Wegman’s • Holy shit, movie popcorn costs how much?! • We have no cool physical geek tricks, dammit • Bulleit Rye won a double-blind whiskey tasting at Scott’s house years ago • Marvel : DC :: Bulleit : Willet
Music Credits: Fight Back by Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDP_8UTAus | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons • On a Mission courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/on-a-mission-the-soular-system • Across the Snow by Tartalo Music | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DhUIeXOBqU (free download) • Fiddle-De-Dee by SilvermanSound and promoted by BreakingCopyright | Link https://youtu.be/o6Y1vqxTgOA | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Whiskey Madness 2020! British Isles Round 1 | To Make Ourselves Better People
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Whiskeys: Lagavulin 8 Year • Auchentoshan American Oak • Chivas Regal 12 Year • Johnnie Walker Red • Redbreast 12 Year • Green Spot • Powers Gold Label • Jameson • Chivas Regal 18 Year • Chivas Regal 25 Year • McCallan • Glenfiddich • Laphroaig • Ardbeg • Johnnie Walker Black • Johnnie Walker Double Black • Johnnie Walker Green • Johnnie Walker Gold • Johnnie Walker Platinum • Johnnie Walker Blue
Madness: The Chivas Regal Effect is real • The four major Scotch regions • Anders walks us through all the Johnnie Walker colors • Holy damn Lagavulin is smoky • We have a well-deserved bartender-befriending rep • My god that new Powers label is f**king ugly • The Flyers mascot looks like a cracked-out muppet • Philadelphia should be part of South Jersey
Music Credits: Fight Back by Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDP_8UTAus | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons • Across the Snow by Tartalo Music | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DhUIeXOBqU (free download) • Fiddle-De-Dee by SilvermanSound and promoted by BreakingCopyright | Link https://youtu.be/o6Y1vqxTgOA | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Whiskeys: Willet Pot Still Small Batch Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 Bourbon • McKenna 10-Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Larceny Bourbon • Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye • Pikesville Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Bulleit Rye • Noah’s Mill Bourbon • Rowan’s Creek Bourbon • Pure Kentucky XO Bourbon • Jack Daniels • Woodford Reserve • Henry McKenna Bourbon • Mellow Corn Whiskey •
Madness: Anders takes his first drink on the opposite side of the breakfast bar • Ed’s “Ed-iquette” needs some work • Eating dragon fruit is like having sex with Lady Gaga • Scott casts shade at the Scotches • Also, Scott sucks at this • Anders is a sucker for dill (it’s a sweet thing about his mom and we’re not crying you’re crying) • Once you go black garlic you never go back garlic • Anders trolls us a bit on Bulleit Rye
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Fight Back by Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDP_8UTAus | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons • On a Mission courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/on-a-mission-the-soular-system
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
Episode #22: Redbreast 12 v. Green Spot | Triple Distillebrations!!!
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
Whiskeys: Redbreast 12 Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey • Green Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey • Teeling’s Irish Small Batch • Seagram’s • Old Crow • Bushmills • Jameson
Tangents: Shavonne and Gabe join us again! • Celebration #1: It’s our 1-year recording anniversary! • We have an Episode #0 that nobody will ever hear (because it’s awful) • Celebration #2: It’s Gabe’s 50th birthday! • Scott almost lights his microphone on fire • Celebration #3: It’s Gabe’s 5th Episode as co-host! • Gabe is a coal miner’s daughter • The history of Redbreast whiskey • There’s a reason why “edit” begins with “Ed” • Redbreast tasting • Steve Perry had a big nose • Ed has a problem with marzipan and papaya • Who doesn’t like Spanish butts, amiright? • Redbreast loves Redbreast • The confusing types of Irish whiskey • Oh there’s nothing twink about Gabe • Shavonne and Gabe do some terrible Irish accents • Green Spot tasting • Ed might be the baby on the cover of Van Halen’s album 1984 • Creamy long finish was Ed’s college nickname • Scott’s glass gets fingered • The history of Green Spot whiskey • What do our names mean? • Ed interrupts Shavonne (twice)
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Fiddle-De-Dee by SilvermanSound and promoted by BreakingCopyright | Link https://youtu.be/o6Y1vqxTgOA | License: https://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Top 10 Whiskeys of the Unwashed NJ Masses
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
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
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Episode #21: Crown Royal XO v. Lambay | Puking Yellow & Other Cautionary Tales
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
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)
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Little Book Chapter 3 QuickTaste
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
A few months ago, your bourbon boys unboxed basically the best barrel-proof small batch you can buy when we imbibed some Booker's. But now we try its grandson spirit (literally) -- a blend of four different whiskeys with a surprising origin. And then we compare the two spirits. Which one's better? Listen in and find out!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 4: We Haven’t Learned a Damn Thing
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
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/
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 3: How the Wet Was Won
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
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)
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 2: The Law of Unintended Consequences
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
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)
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 1: Who the F**k Thought This Was a Good Idea?
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
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)
Monday Dec 30, 2019
Monday Dec 30, 2019
Round 1: Ward 8 – Fenwick’s Rye, Grenadine, lemon juice, orange juice
Round 2: Bacon Old Fashioned – Bacon-washed PiggyBack Rye, maple syrup, bitters, orange peel
Round 3: Baltimore Egg Nog – MuckleyEye Bourbon, brandy, chai syrup, half-and-half, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg (and possibly methamphetamines)
Tangents: All our cocktail episode friends are back again! Anders, Ariel, Chelbi, Drea, Gabe, and Nari • A short history of New Year’s Eve celebrations • Ed likes to babble on (Babylon) • Seriously, where do you pee in Times Square on NYE? • Pucker returns! • Women think women drive better (of course) • How to “bacon wash” your whiskey • We like our bacon thick and cut • WhistlePig’s new PiggyBack whiskey • The men (and Drea) hate on egg nog • Gabe likes a good rim job • Anders’ apothecary of homemade liqueurs • 70 is when ladies start vajazzling • Chelbi issued a challenge for next year • Ariel’s ridiculously good Chocolate Peppermint Mousse Pie • Three incredible 2020 whiskey tastings coming to the Local Lounge in Mt. Holly, NJ • Happy New Year everybody!
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Midwinter Night's QuickTaste + Ed v. Xmas Rap!
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Well, it's Christmas Eve, so what better way to celebrate than with 1) a bottle of whiskey with the word “winter” on it and, 2) a friendly fight about the merits (or lack thereof) of Christmas itself?
Also, Ed raps his side of the argument. Yep. That's right. He tries to outdo Scott’s anti-Thanksgiving rap. How does he fare? Press play and find out!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Greensleeves to a Ground by Paul Arden-Taylor, Carol Holt (Public Domain)
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Episode #19: Hillrock x 7 | Pluto’s Not a Planet So Get Your Head Out of Uranus
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Whiskeys: Hillrock Solera Bourbon • Hillrock Solera Bourbon Cabernet Finish • Hillrock Double Cask Rye Port Finish • Hillrock Solera Bourbon Pinot Noir Finish • Hillrock Solera Bourbon Sauternes Finish • Hillrock Peated Single Malt Whiskey • Ardbeg • Hillrock Double Cask Rye Sauternes Finish • Hillrock Single Malt Whiskey • Hillrock Double Cask Rye PX Finish • Hillrock Double Cask Rye Madeira Finish • Maker's Mark • WhistlePig • Blackened American Whiskey
Tangents: Hudson Valley, New York's whiskey connection • Hillrock Distillery’s “field-to-glass” philosophy • The Hillrock tasting (with food!) at the Local Lounge in Mt. Holly, NJ • The solera process and infinity bottles • Ed gets viole(n)t • Scotch lovers are masochists (wait, sadists? eh, probably both) • The Whiskey Jug guy knows us! (no he doesn’t) • Hillrock’s giant-cologne-like bottles • The late master distiller Dave Pickerell • Ed’s incredibly fast (sorta) football days • Why craft whiskeys cost more • Scott drops some Pluto science • Why isn’t Goofy a planet?
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Let's Play Quiskey! Naughty Alcohol Brands Edition
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
In the grudge match sequel to last summer's Quiskey about offensive drink names, Ed and Gabe square off once again. Although Ed lost the last one, he's hungry, angry, and looking to even the score. Does he have any chance at all to win back the Crown of Impropriety? Listen in and hear!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Episode #18: Bourbon Barrel Beer! | Sometimes Bad Things Happen to Good Glasses
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Beers: Round 1 - Goose Island Bourbon County Stout • Round 2 - Allagash Barrel & Bean Tripel Ale • Round 3 - New Holland Dragon’s Milk Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout • Round 4 - Innis & Gunn Bourbon Barrel Porter • Round 5 - Jack’s Abby Barrel-Aged Framinghammer Baltic Porter • Round 6 - Troegs Bourbon Barrel-Aged Troegenator Double Bock • Round 7 - Allagash Curieux Ale Aged in Oak Bourbon Barrels
Tangents: Our bros Christian and Jay join us! • Ed broke Jay’s crystal glass • The history of barreling beer • We sound like NPR a bit • Jay throws so much shade at Ed • Christian is approximately 700 years old • Mumm-Ra and the Thundercats • Ed almost breaks another glass • The circle of life • Jay confuses Brooks & Dunn with Innis & Gunn • Ed’s a Free Mason (and possibly Illuminati) • We sing the Jefferson’s theme for no reason • Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Stars Shortbread Cookies • Our dream guests: Nelle Carter, Mother Theresa, and Meryl Streep • Young Wives' Tales • Jay likes his lovers big, black, and bold
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Rare Breed QuickTaste + Scott v. Thanksgiving Rap!
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Well, it's Thanksgiving, so what better way to celebrate than with 1) a bottle of whiskey with a giant turkey on it and, 2) a friendly fight about the merits (or lack thereof) of Thanksgiving itself?
Also, Scott raps his side of the argument. Yep. That's right. He raps. Is it the disaster it sounds like? Press play and find out!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Whiskeys: Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon • Heaven’s Door Double Barrel Whiskey • Pritchard’s Double Barreled Bourbon • Jim Beam Double Oaked Bourbon • Knob Creek Twice Barreled Rye • Michter’s US-1 Toasted Barrel Bourbon • Sagamore Spirit Double Oaked Rye • Jefferson’s Reserve Twin Oak Bourbon • Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Bourbon • Wild Turkey Longbranch • Willie Nelson’s Old Whiskey River • Pogues Irish Whiskey • Darius Rucker’s Backstage Pass Whiskey • Anthrax’s Indians Bourbon • Anthrax’s Knob Creek Single Barrel • Motorhead Whiskey • Metallica’s Blackened Whiskey
Tangents: Our buddy Gabe is back again! • The Heaven’s Gate Cult • Charring v. Toasting • What does double-barreled even mean? • Gabe’s terrible Bob Dylan impression • Ed still can’t say Michter’s SMH • Scott wigs out about his noisy washer • Casamigos Tequila and Jay-Z’s Cognac • Ed and Scott’s terrible Bob Dylan impressions • Ed kinda has a beef with people who climb Mt. Everest • The kid who climbed the highest mountain on each continent • The Kenyan who ran a marathon in under 2 hours • Ed walked a half-marathon in Amsterdam • MGP makes it rain whiskey on the world • Musical whiskeys • Ed and the Blowfish! • Your neigbhor is a dick
Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan | Link: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=436864786841724 (a privately recorded live performance at the Bellevue Biltmore Hotel’s Starlight Ballroom in Clearwater, FL, on April 22, 1976, posted to the “I Love Old Songs” Facebook page)
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Whiskey Sho(r)t - Let's Play Quiskey! Barrels, Butts, and Bungholes Edition
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Ok, folks, real talk: Ed is 0-2 in quizzes on this podcast, and he's not happy about it. This time, however, Scott (inadvertantly, he swears) ends up stacking the deck against Ed by placing him in direct competition with an actually whiskey lounge bartender (Anders from Episode #15) in a quiz about whiskey slang.
So, listen in as we all learn a bit about whiskey slang (as defined by four master distillers) and find out how Ed does!
Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom