Whiskey Tangent

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/

Whiskey Sho(r)t - How (Not) to Make a Mint Julep

Listen as we screw up one of the easiest cocktail recipes ever. But, hey, at least you'll know what not to do at your Derby party. Bonus: You'll find out what the hell a julep is. So, win-win, we'd say.

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

Episode #3: Whiskey Lounge v. Whiskey Tasting | Ed Gets a Colonoscopy

Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy Rye • Redbreast 12 Year Irish • WhistlePig Boss Hogg Rye • Midleton’s 17 Year Irish • Crown Royal Peach? • Power’s Irish • Paddy’s Irish • Bushmills Irish • Bushmills Black Irish • Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon • Elijah Craig Single Barrel 18 Year Bourbon • Elijah Craig Single Barrel 23 Year Bourbon • Bib & Tucker • Redemption • Bernheim Original Wheat • Evan Williams Single Barrel Bourbon • Evan Williams Bourbon • Larceny Bourbon • Sagamore Spirit Rye • Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength Rye • Sagamore Spirit Port Finish Rye • Sagamore Spirit Double-Oaked Rye • Jack Daniels Single Barrel • Jack Daniels • WhistlePig Rye • Bulleit Rye • Savage and Cooke

Tangents: Scott’s first trip to the Whiskey Lounge • Wildwood’s Anglesea Pub • Whiskey Tasting (30 whiskeys, not 100, Rich) • When too much whiskey really is too much • Single barrel vs. Small batch • How many bottles are actually in a barrel? • In defense of MGP (not for the last time) • We’re old and can’t goddamn see • Ed’s happy fun time colonoscopy •  The end of our epic night at the whiskey tasting

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 Drink Like a Pro

Look, if you've been drinking for awhile, we know you know all this. But even experts need a reminder of how to drink without becoming a sloppy, puking mess. I mean, we certainly need to be reminded. Early and often. So, um, this might be more for us than you.

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

Episode #2: Basil Hayden’s v. Old Grand-Dad 100 | F**k Flat Earthers

Whiskeys: Basil Hayden’s Bourbon • Old Grand-Dad 100 Bonded Bourbon • Jack Daniels • Jim Beam • Angel’s Envy Rye • Redbreast 12 Year Irish • Redbreast 15 Year Irish • Gentleman Jack  • Macallan Scotch • Baker’s Bourbon • Booker’s Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon • Redemption High-Rye Bourbon • Woodford Reserve Bourbon • Woodford Reserve Double-Oaked Bourbon • Woodford Reserve Rye • Knob Creek Rye • Knob Creek Maple Bourbon • Knob Creek Single Barrel Bourbon • Old Grand-Dad 80 Bourbon • Japanese whiskeys • Michter’s (not Mishter’s lol) • Pappy (not Paddy lol) van Winkle • Fireball (argh) • High West Prairie Bourbon • High West Double Rye • High West Midwinter Night’s Dram • Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon • Maker’s Mark Bourbon • Maker’s Mark 46 Bourbon

Tangents: F**k Flat Earthers • The moon landing was not faked • Bad college beer • Sun Country wine coolers • Ed had how many Gran Marnier’s?! • History of the Jim Beam company and family • Accountant shade • Um, cocoa powder? • Treating yourself to expensive whiskeys • Basil Hayden was a real dude • HBO’s Deadwood • Blanton’s an A-horse • Age statements: WTF does “artfully aged” even mean? • Maker’s Mark’s Mistake • Kraft Mac & Cheese trolling

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

Episode #1: Bulleit Rye v. Redemption Rye | Popcorn Permission Slips

Whiskeys: Pappy van Winkle • Jim Beam • Widow Jane Bourbon • Bulleit Rye • Michter’s (not Mishter’s lol) • Redemption Rye • WhistlePig Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • Bulleit Bourbon • High West Midwinter Night’s Dram • High West Campfire • High West Double Rye • High West Rendezvous Rye • High West Bourye • Sagamore Spirit Rye • Redemption Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel • Knob Creek Bourbon • Gentleman Jack • Crown Royal • Old Crow • Wild Turkey • Jameson

Tangents: The Wall of Whiskey Conundrum • Cocktails • Some local bars • The recent whiskey explosion • MGP and the whiskey biz • Popcorn permission slips SMH • Boxed whiskey?! • The sorta kinda bullshit of whiskey marketing • Reviewers and their crazy-ass taste buds • Jack and Cokes: Don’t Be Hatin’ • Coors Light: Don’t Be Hatin’ 2 - Electric Boogaloo • Cursing  • Bud Light and the Philadelphia Eagles • The Old City Special!

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