Whiskey Tangent

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Infinity Too: Electric Boogaloo

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

Last Call - Winter 2020 | What Are You Still Doing Here?

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/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - How To Skrew Up a Cocktail

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

Whiskey Madness 2020! The Final Pour | Do Try This at Home

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

Whiskey Madness 2020! All Regions Round 2 | Thanks for Being a Selfish Bastard

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

Whiskey Madness 2020! British Isles Round 1 | To Make Ourselves Better People

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

Whiskey Madness 2020! America Round 1 | All Things in Moderation (Including Moderation)

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

Episode #22: Redbreast 12 v. Green Spot | Triple Distillebrations!!!

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 50^th birthday! • Scott almost lights his microphone on fire • Celebration #3: It’s Gabe’s 5^th 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

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

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)

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Little Book Chapter 3 QuickTaste

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

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)

Episode #20: NYE Whiskey Cocktail Reunion Extravaganza | Battle of the Sexes!

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/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Midwinter Night's QuickTaste + Ed v. Xmas Rap!

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)

Episode #19: Hillrock x 7 | Pluto’s Not a Planet So Get Your Head Out of Uranus

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/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Let's Play Quiskey! Naughty Alcohol Brands Edition

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

Episode #18: Bourbon Barrel Beer! | Sometimes Bad Things Happen to Good Glasses

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/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Rare Breed QuickTaste + Scott v. Thanksgiving Rap!

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

Episode #17: Woodford Double Oaked v. Heaven’s Door Double Barrel | Only Assholes Climb Mt. Everest

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)

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Let's Play Quiskey! Barrels, Butts, and Bungholes Edition

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

Episode #16: Angel’s Envy v. Breckenridge Port Cask | Off the Rails (Again)

Whiskeys: Breckenridge Port Cask Finish Bourbon • Angel’s Envy Port-Finished Bourbon • Angel’s Envy Rye • Larceny • Bulleit Rye • Woodford Reserve • Eagle Rare 10 Year • Spirits of the Apocalypse • Knob Creek

Tangents: Our friends Sue and Jeff join us! • What does Port taste like? • Ed steals Scott’s Port • Who is the boss of the podcast? • Jeff implies... things • K-Tel Records • Scott fists his wine glass • Bin 27 Fonesca Reserve Porto • Sue’s sexy air traffic controller voice • Breckenridge distillery background • Sue’s the blonde we had at Scott’s house • The Banging Ho Podcast • Don’t sh*t on people who water their whiskey, ok? • Ed’s dubious drinking and driving advice • Why small distilleries charge more • Angel’s Envy background • Courtney Love at the liquor store

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Portugal a Bailar com boa Música Portuguesa by picavideopica | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pexdz-Hf48&t=9s (free download)

Whiskey Sho(r)t - 13 "Scary" Spirits for Halloween!

TRIGGER WARNING! Please do not listen to this podcast if you find any of the following distressing: Spooky noises • Repeated mentions of the word “Boo” • Comic-Con • Popcorn bowls made from the heads of zombies • Delicious whiskey • Puns • Things made into alcohol that shouldn't be made into alcohol • Scorpions (the arthropods, not the band) • Whale balls • Yogurt • Scottish lakes • Herring • Cobra farms • Tiny adorable dead baby mice • Amputated limbs • Jokes involving any of the above

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

Episode #15: Fall Whiskey Cocktails! | Why Your Bartender Kinda Hates You

Round Un: Chancellor – Blue Comet Single Malt, Port, dry vermouth, bitters

Round Deux: Godfather – McCarthy’s Pot Still Single Malt, Amaretto, bitters

Round Trois: Vieux Carré – Dad’s Hat Rye, Benedictine, Cognac, sweet vermouth, bitters

Tangents: Our friends Ariel and Anders from The Local Pub & Eatery in Mt. Holly, NJ, join us! • Anders's bartending history • The TGIFriday’s liquor scandal • Hop Sing’s Laundromat's crazy intake process • The Local Lounge's speakeasy farm door/beer menu • Ed’s new nickname: The Chancellor! • Whiskey Tangent: The Musical (off-off-off Broadway) • Ariel is totally out-drinking the men • Bartender pet peeves • The Whispering Nazi • How to build your whiskey palate • Tornadoes! Again! • Pucker: Worst. Mascot. Ever. • Mantress: Worst. Superhero. Ever • Burger King: Worst. Tacos. Ever. • Ariel’s delicious desserts • Cinnamon Rolls v. Sticky Buns

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Pour Vous Encore by Trabant 33 | https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/WDyzreLJM8/ (free download)

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Booker's "Kitchen Table" QuickTaste

Listen as your bourbon boys unbox basically the best barrel-proof small batch you can buy, whose boisterous yet balanced brilliance begs to be imbibed with about a barrel of branch!

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

Episode #14: Willet Estate Rye v. High West Double Rye! | The Vodka Tangent Podcast?

Whiskeys: High West Double Rye! • Willet Family Estate Rye • Pure Kentucky XO Small Batch • Rowan’s Creek Bourbon • Noah’s Mill Bourbon • Willet Pot Still Reserve Bourbon • Redemption Rye • Maker’s Mark • High West American Prairie Bourbon • High West Rendezvous Rye • High West Campfire Whiskey • High West Yippee Ki-Yay Whiskey • High West Bourye • High West Midwinter Night’s Dram • High West 36th Vote Barreled Manhattan • High West Silver Whiskey Western Oat

Tangents: Back to basics: No guests! No thunder sound effects! No crazy lists! (Spoiler alert: Those last two are lies) • Ed wants Scott to oil his stool • Ed’s extremely odd experience at the liquor store • The Willet tasting at the Local Lounge • The very old history of the Willet distillery • Ariel’s caramel whiskey sauce • The rise and fall and rise of ryes • The very recent history of the High West distillery • Ed likes anise on his lips • The Whiskey Tangent Montana Tour • Courtney Love impressions • Stolichnaya is the Bulleit Rye of vodkas • The Vodka Tangent Podcast! • Ranker.com’s Top 10 vodkas

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - How To Build an Infinity Bottle

As you know by now, we drink a LOT of whiskey. So, we wondered what would happen if we took a little bit of each one and blended them together using a concept known as an Infinity Bottle, which is a pretty exciting experiment. But to be completely honest, now that we've done it, we're terrified that we've just wasted hundreds of dollars on a Frankenstein's monster’s ass trainwreck. But there's also a chance it'll be the best damn thing we've ever tasted. Welp, only one way to find out!  #stillafraid

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

Last Call - Summer 2019 | One More Drink Before You Go

Summer may be officially over, but we’ve still got one last thing to say. Ok, several last things. So, join us for a look back as we revisit our podcast origins, give some listener shout-outs, recap all the epsiodes, and talk about why we couldn’t have done any of it without you. Yes, you. No, not you. YOU. Yeah, we’ve been watching you for a while now. And, man, the things we’ve seen. But don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone. Especially about that thing you did with the pudding. Dude. So gross.

Last Things: The impetus for the podcast • Van Halen’s brown M&M rider • Hannibal Lecter & our bad mic discipline • Listener shout-outs • We promise to do a Canadian whiskey episode • Brazil needs to start listening dammit! • Scott’s simple rules for editing podcasts • We got a free bottle of Bulleit Rye • Ed’s simple rules for getting better pours • EPISODE RECAPS • Scott makes “Scotthattans” • Why we don’t talk politics • Ed gets his drink taken away • Whiskey Sho(r)ts • Heaven Hill distillery might win our year-end whiskey count • Scott has to “get it up” • We promise to do a Scotch episode • A sincere thank you to our listeners

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Should just anyone be allowed to choose the top 10 of anything? Or should it be left to experts who are knowledgeable about the things they're ranking? Well, just like top 10 lists themselves, that's endlessly debatable. And yet! Crowd sourcing is a huge thing now. Big Data uses your info to sell you useless crap. Astronomers use volunteer computing power to search for exoplanets. And now randos use the internet to argue about the best bourbons. So, listen in as we debate the merits of these lists and then injure our shoulders by patting ourselves on the back for getting it all so f**king right. After all, we're part of the great unwashed, too. (But not really, we totally shower. Sometimes every week!)

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

Episode #13: McKenna 10 v. Russel’s 10 | Friending Under the Influence

Whiskeys: Russel’s Reserve 10 Year Bourbon • Henry McKenna 10 Year Single Barrel Botted-in-Bond Bourbon • Basil Hayden’s Caribbean Rum Rye • Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon • Wild Turkey 101 Rye • Wild Turkey Bourbon • Wild Turkey Rye • Wild Turkey Longbranch • Wild Turkey Rare Breed • Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel • Wild Turkey Revival Sherry Finished • Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Year • Wild Turkey Decades • Wild Turkey American Honey • Wild Turkey American Honey Sting • Russel’s Reserve 6 Year Rye • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel Rye • Russel’s Reserve 2002 Barrel Proof 15 Year Bourbon • Eagle Rare 10 Year Bourbon • Redemption 10 Year High Rye Bourbon • Basil Hayden’s 10 Year Bourbon • Rebel Yell Single Barrel 10 Year Bourbon • Bulleit 10 Year Bourbon • Blanton's Bourbon • Angel's Envy Rye

Tangents: Our friend Shavonne joins us for some much-needed estrogen! • Whiskey Tangent Podcast: Whiskey Hall of Fame Class of 2034 • What’s a mash bill? • What’s a straight Kentucky Bourbon whiskey? • What’s Bottle-in-Bond mean? • Scott was the Grim Reaper of Ed’s marriage • Wild Turkey, Matthew McConaughey, and our pretty ok impressions of him • Scott and Shavonne’s mutual admiration society • New Jersey: Land of Liquor Stores • Ed rages at red licorice • SweeTart ropes and pearl necklaces • What does Cardamom taste like? • Scott apologizes for gaslighting Ed about McKenna • Our drunken introductions to Shavonne • We end up doxing Shavonne (then she does it to herself) • Ed’s giant meaty hands f**k up the music • Egregious liquor store markups: The secondary market in the primary market

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Whiskellaneous

You're drinking at the shore, and it's getting late. The party's winding down, but somehow you haven't had quite enough to drink. So, before you order that Uber ride, you look around for whatever liquor might be left over and suddenly realize that you're not even sure whose house you're in. Fortunately, there are several half-empty miscellaneous whiskey bottles strewn around the kitchen. But unfortunately, most of them have generic-looking black-and-white labels with names that start with J, and you stifle a tiny miserable sob.

But wait! Those whiskeys might not actually be that terrible! Join us as we recreate the end-of-party conditions above and tell you what to look for to finish off your evening with at least a chance of having one last good free drink. And, really, isn't that just a perfect metaphor for life?  (Ok, it's not, but you're drunk right now, so what the hell do you know?)

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

Episode #12: Maker’s Mark v. Larceny | Don’t Fear the Wheater

Whiskeys: Larceny Bourbon • Maker’s Mark Bourbon • Old Grand Dad Bourbon • Booker's Bourbon • Baker's Bourbon • Basil Hayden's Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon • Maker’s Mark 46 Bourbon

Tangents: Our friend Mike joins us in Wildwood! • $3.50 dive bar cheesesteaks are delicious • The history of wheated bourbon (aka, "wheaters") • The Whiskey Whiskey Podcast • Mike got personal whiskey drinking advice from Booker Noe! • Scott has an alcoholic’s card • Mike got Joe Camel’d into drinking Maker’s Mark • Maker’s Mark is watered down under • Scott does some terrible accents • Filberts are the Patagonian Toothfish of the nut world • The definition of Small Batch • Schlitz beer • Ed wants someone to “start his lawnmower” (don’t ask) • Wildwood’s boardwalk, piers, and rides • Ed gets traumatized on the boardwalk as a child (and is now permanently damaged) • Haunted house hilarity!

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Basil Hayden's Rum Rye QuickTaste

As a follow-up to our most recent full-length episode on rum-finished whiskeys, listen in as we taste the latest release from Basil Hayden's to find out what happens when you mix two parts rye and one part rum. Is it all parts yum? Or does it hurt your tum? Sorry, that was dumb. But don't be glum. Here, have some gum. Ugh, what have we become? :-|

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

Episode #11: Angel’s Envy Rye v. Tully XO v. Teeling | Finished Whiskeys, Unfinished People

Whiskeys: Tullamore Dew XO Rum Cask Finish • Angel’s Envy Rye • Teeling Small Batch • Blood Oath No. 5 Bourbon • Tullamore Dew Original • Tullamore Dew Cider Cask • Tullamore Dew Old Bonded Warehouse Release • Tullamore Dew 15 Year Trilogy • Tullamore Dew Phoenix • Tullamore Dew 14 Year Single Malt • Tullamore Dew 18 Year Single Malt • Tullamore Dew 12 Year Special Reserve • Angel’s Envy Bourbon • West Cork 12 Year Rum Cask Finish • Glenfiddich Fire & Cane • Balvenie 14 Year Caribbean Cask • Glenfiddich Reserva 21 Year Rum Cask Finish • Pike Creek 10 Year Rum Barrel Finish

Tangents: Our buddy Gabe is back! With his own mic! (but still no headphones) • Scott gets randomly belligerent • Ed doesn’t get dates • What the f**k does starfruit taste like? • Whistle Pig Maple Syrup is real and it’s spectacular • Angel’s Envy Rye is a lap dance for your tongue • Finishing schools are necessary because people are dicks • Driving etiquette • Cracklin’ Oat Bran v. Grape Nuts • Ed had a tri-sh*t • Merge like a zipper dammit! • Welcome to the Common Sense Podcast • Burpa: The Bourbon Sherpa • Gabe gets randomly belligerent • Ed assigns some delicious homework

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi and Chee Zee Beach - Latinesque by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Let's Play Quiskey! Offensive Drinks Edition

Given that alcohol has been scientifically shown to lower inhibitions, causing us all to do some really dumb things we wouldn’t otherwise do (or at least that's what we tell ourselves), it's really no wonder that there seems to be a countless number of drinks and shots named after rude comments, racial slurs, and various sexual acts. However, has anyone ever dared to create a trivia game around them? Well, no, of course not, that'd be dumb. But, as mentioned, alcohol makes you do dumb things, so.... Join us as we delve into the weird world of risque beverages to discover who will emerge victorious and claim the Crown of Impropriety! (Ok, that's not a thing, but still.)

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

Episode #10: Ladies Night! Summer Whiskey Cocktails & Bad Pickup Lines

Round 1: Bourbon Lime Rickey - Evan Williams Bourbon, lime juice, lime seltzer, sugar

Round 2: Cranberry Whiskey Sour - Bulleit Rye, cranberry juice, lemon juice, sugar

Round 3: Whiskey Ginger Peach - Bulleit Rye, peach schnapps, ginger syrup, black tea

Round 3B: Better Whiskey Ginger Peach - More Bulleit Rye, less peach schnapps, less ginger syrup, more black tea

Tangents: Our friends Chelbi, Nari, and Drea join us for Ladies Night! • The ladies rate some bad pickup lines as “Ew no,” “I’m listening,” or “Sure you can buy me a drink” • Curing UTIs with a Red Sourpatch Kid • Vitamin “D” • New pickup line rating: “A punch in the face” • Saucy black T • Diabetus: The Greek god of sugar • Ed’s weird grooming habits • What would a cocktail episode be without tornadoes and Topeka? • Our “intolerant viewpoints” disclaimer gets tested

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Glass Hysteria!

Seriously, what's with all those oddly shaped, fancy tasting glasses anyway? Are they just a vast Illuminati conspiracy hell-bent on getting you to buy things you don't need? Or do they actually do something besides make you look a little dorky? Well, put away your tinfoil hat, Li'l Buckaroo! And listen in as we taste the same whiskey in four different glasses to discover which one offers up the better whiskey experience. (BTW, Alien mind beams totally penetrate tinfoil. Maybe try a mercury-lined hat? We hear that's safe.)

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

Episode #9: Elijah Craig v. Evan Williams | Two Angry Men

Whiskeys: Elijah Craig Small Batch 1789 • Evan Williams Small Batch 1783 • Larceny Bourbon • Bernheim Wheat Whiskey • Henry McKenna 10 Year Bourbon • Heaven Hill Bourbon

Tangents: The wizened woman's magic Heaven Hill booklet • Henry Hill was a good fella • The Heaven Hill distillery and the Beam Family • A whiskey wins an award and the price goes up! • The Hurd–Steinmetz Price v. Taste Matrix (coming soon!) • Elijah Craig came in 2nd at Scott’s double-blind whiskey tasting • The uncanny parallel lives of Elijah Craig and Evan Williams (but, sorry, neither was the father of bourbon) • Ed’s giant bear paws and Fred Flintstone feet • The Whiskey Home for Old Folks • Ed announces to Wal-Mart how to run their store better • Scott wigs out at the train station • Whiskey: The cure for our rage • Heaven Hill is cheaper than a large pack of toilet paper

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - How To Quiet the Screaming of the Cats

Yo, we've all been there. You drink too much whiskey, and the next morning you awaken with a pounding headache, dry mouth, spinning room, waves of nausea like nothing a hurricane could produce, and then you spend hours lying in bed ruefully regretting that fifth shot of whatever bottom-shelf swill the hot bartender was giving away.

Well, you're in luck! Cuz the googles are chock full of ways to cure what ails you. So, listen in as we rank them from plausible to "Oh my god please no I'm going to puke until my eyeballs extrude from my skull." Which, you know, might be the whole point. So... enjoy?

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

Episode #8: Whiskey v. The Founding Fathers | Ed v. Scott Whiskey Jeopardy!

Whiskeys: Jefferson’s Small Batch Bourbon • Jefferson’s Rye • Jefferson’s Reserve Bourbon • George Washington’s Rye • George Washington’s Straight Rye • George Washington’s Straight Rye Premium • Jefferson’s Ocean

Tangents: Our buddy Jeff joins us! (again) • It’s a woodpile in here • Ron Popeil is a c**t • Our sevens of fans (ok, maybe twelves by now) • The Whiskey Nonsense Podcast • The history of whiskey in America • Spain and Portugal: Forgotten Dicks of the Colonial Era • Hamilton: The Musical • Whiskey Boys: The Musical • Coming to Philly? Scott will take you to the Constitution Center • George Washington’s lucrative but short-lived whiskey business • Mt. Vernon’s new and stupidly expensive Washington rye whiskey • Washington’s wooden phallus? • We smell Jeff’s glass • Ed’s fancy-dirty wine talk • Whiskey Jeopardy! • Errol Flynn’s one weird trick for penile enhancement • Whiskey ASMR

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Is Wetter Whiskey Better Whiskey?

Ever wonder why (or how or even if) you should wet your whiskey? Well, my friend, click play and listen as we use the scientific method and controlled experimentation—or at least our sloppy bastardization of it—to answer the question of whether it's better to drink your whiskey neat, on the rocks, or with a bit of water. The answer will surprise you! Or maybe we're just saying that so you'll listen. But the only way to know for sure is to listen. So maybe listen? #listen

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

Episode #7: Woodford Reserve v. Knob Creek | Sports Loyalty & The Kate Hate

Whiskeys: Woodford Reserve Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 • Jack Daniels • Jim Beam • Elijah Craig • Old Grand-Dad • Jameson

Tangents: Our whiskey origin stories • Scott’s epic Christmas parties (possibly why he’s divorced now) • Sergio’s a contrarian Giants fan • F**k Philly-area Cowboys fans • It was hard being an Eagles fan but we didn’t abandon them • Can the Flyers please just get their act together? (But we’re not abandoning them either, dammit) • The Kate Smith Controversy • Old racist Hollywood movies • Gandhi used a car and destroyed the atmosphere so he’s a bad person • Why people are so weird

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Blood Oath Pact No. 5 QuickTaste

Join us as we taste the wickedly rare, unique, and expensive Blood Oath Pact No. 5 for the first time. We're not gonna tell you how much we spent—after all, we took an oath—but you will find out where we got it, who makes it, how they make it, and what it tastes like. There's even time for a shout-out to an obscure 90's cult cartoon show. And it all happens in under 8 minutes flat.

So, won't you give us a listen? If you don't, there's a slight possibility that we might be forced to spend the rest of eternity somewhere uncomfortably warm and stabby. Hmm? Oh that noise? That's just the screams of the damned. Anyway, no pressure. We know you're busy.

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

Episode #6: Jameson v. Powers | Auto-Flush Toilets & The Robot Apocalypse

Whiskeys: Jameson • Tullamore Dew • Bushmills • Powers • Midleton Very Rare • Redbreast 12 Year • Jameson 18 Year • Yellow Spot • Green Spot • Eagle Rare Bourbon • Buffalo Trace Bourbon • Jack Daniels

Tangents: Ireland: An Island of Two Nations (we think) • CPG Grey • Anglesea Pub revisited • Picklebacks! • Podcasting til we die • Philly sports ups and downs • DUIs and the calculus of whiskey drinking • The Meteoric Rise of Irish whiskey • Burning Question: How much Irish whiskey gets exported to Guatemala? • The 15^th Century is the 1400s dammit • The Steep Decline of Irish Whiskey • Ed’s got a beef with automated bathrooms • Toilets as a status symbol

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - Jack v. Jim: Wedding Mini-Bottle Battle

So, you're at a wedding. It's summer, blazing hot, and you're sad about your friend throwing their life away. You really need a whiskey. A dude walks by you with a glass of that familiar amber liquid. It's the groom's 3rd cousin or something, but you’ve forgotten his name because who the f cares about the groom's 3rd cousin?

"Hey buddy," you say excitedly (because he has whiskey) but also casually (so he won't realize you forgot his name). "What kind of whiskeys they got?" Suddenly, a shadow passes over the man's face. "Only Jack Daniels and Jim Beam." The world turns gray. And you despair.

But fear not! We've blind-tasted mini-bottles of both to tell you, once and for all, which weak wedding whiskey you'll wet your whistle with! I mean, sure, you'll still be sad about your friend. But at least you won't be sad about your whiskey. And what's more important, really, your friend's happiness or yours?

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

Episode #5: Cocktail Kombat! Old Fashioned v. Manhattan v. Boulevardier

Round 1: Old Fashioned - Bulleit Rye, sugar, bitters, cherry, orange peel

Round 2: Manhattan - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, orange bitters, cherry, orange peel

Round 2B: Better Manhattan - Bulleit Rye, less sweet vermouth, orange bitters, cherry

Round 3: Boulevardier - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, Campari

Round 3B: Better Boulevardier - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, less Campari

Tangents: Our good buddy Gabe, an ex-wedding bartender, joins us! • Ed throws shade at Gabe about the Flyers missing the playoffs… again • The strange connection between bitters and staples • Ed hates Topeka. And tornadoes • Scott survived Oklahoma tornadoes and hailstorms • Megadeth! • The enduring history of Angostura bitters • The Queen of Wildwood • Dark and Stormy’s • Damn we ate a lot of hummus just now • Tim Burton and prostate exams • Fig Newton’s laws of motion • The Girl Scout Cookie Industrial Complex • We’re not alcoholics, we’re connoisseurs

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - GoT House Stark QuickTaste

[SPOILER ALERT] Join us as we try the House Stark whiskey, talk about Game of Thrones through Season 8 Episode 4, and mispronounce a bunch of Scotch distillery names. Valar līs mōzugon! All men must drink!

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

Episode #4: Eagle Rare v. Buffalo Trace | Scott v. Girl Scout Cookies

Whiskeys: Buffalo Trace Bourbon • Eagle Rare Bourbon • Elijah Craig Bourbon • George T. Stagg • Colonel E.H. Taylor • Pappy Van Winkle • Stagg Jr. • Blanton’s • W.L. Weller • Wild Turkey 101 • Old Crow • Jim Beam • Jack Daniels • Sazerac Rye • Old Rip Van Winkle • Eagle Rare 17 Year • Double Eagle Very Rare 20 Year • Elijah Craig • High West Midwinter Night’s Dram • Basil Hayden’s

Tangents: The not-bulls**t history of the Buffalo Trace Distillery • Scott hates on Girl Scout Cookies • The summer-fall-winter-eating-and-drinking fest • Ed gives Girl Scout Cookies the patented Whiskey Tangent distillery-history treatment • Guatemalan children make the cookies! • Cookie-Whiskey pairings • Whoa we drank how much in an hour?

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/