Whiskey Tangent

Last Call Winter 2025 | Obrigado a Todos!

Season 12 is outta heeeeeeeeeeere (RIP Harry Kalas) but we still have one last thing to talk about. Ok, several last things. So, join us for a review of the past six months and a preview of Season 13.

Last Things – Shout-outs: All our guest hosts • Superfan Jason gave us a whiskey! • Listener Stats: Is there Georgia whiskey? • Scott’s dad won’t help you with your homework • Ed regrets shading Delaware • 3 new countries • We placed tariffs on Canada too • A new Top 10 country! • Scott speaks Portuguese (poorly) • Season 12 Recap: 18 podcasts • 21 whiskeys • Beer shade! • How many craters are on the moon? • Is Gabe a murderer? • Ed’s naked Neil Armstrong poster • Mike makes a slavery joke • Deanna Troi was supposed to have 3 breasts • What do Summers Eve, a termite infestation, and Winnie the Pooh have in common? • Jeff’s wife’s worst cat fear • Can Ed get a half-ounce pour? • The epic Jim Beam dinner • #woodywarmth • Is Sue the voice of the sexy groan? • Scott gets slapped thrice • Sherry is really sexy apparently • Wait, what did Rachel text Ed?! • The crickets get personalities • Go H*tler! • What do Ed and Andre the Giant have in common? • Jeff is an Eagles prophet • Ed’s skateboarder/surfer rant • Madness stats • Season 13 Preview: 6 Newscasts • 6 Episodes on Lost Lantern Finished Whiskeys, Kentucky Peerless, Kinsey, Little Book, Whiskey Tiki Drinks, Austro-Hungarian Whiskeys • 6 Sho(r)ts, QuickTastes, Reviews, Vaults, and/or Wormholes

Thanks for listening! Love you all!

Music Credits: Octoblues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4152-octoblues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi

Whiskey Madness 2025! The Final Pour | Eat an Aspirin and STFU

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g

Whiskeys: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon OESV • 2XO Kiawah Blend Bourbon • Kinsey Wheat Whiskey

Madness: Only 4 whiskeys are left in the Final Four/Pour! • Overtime is now called Round Gabe • Anders is in a holding cell after shooting Bulleits at the crowd • Shoutout to 1987 (pay phones and Queensrÿche) • #petyourpuppy • You don’t wanna be Gabe for too long • Shout out to 1985 (Villanova v. Georgetown NCAA Championship) • The Little Bitch Over-Under is 7.5 • It slips out • Original podcast name: We Look Stupid • Wait, Gabe reads Vogue? • Shoutout to 1984 (Footloose!) • Apparently, “watching Saturday morning cartoons” is a tasting note now • Will Ed and Scott finally pick the same whiskey in the Final Pour? • Gabe might be having a stroke • The exciting finish to the tournament!

Music Credits: Fight Back, Immortal, and This Is Our Calling courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/351-sports-news-acoustic-version • Sports News 2 (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/353-sports-news-2-acoustic-version

Whiskey Madness 2025! Round 3: All Bracket Finals | It Might Have Been the Peyote

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g

Whiskeys: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon • Speakeasy Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon OESV • 2XO Kiawah Blend Bourbon • Hemmingway Rye • Old Pepper Rye • Kinsey Wheat Whiskey

Madness: Only eight whiskeys are left in the quarterfinals, two from each bracket! • It’s *inconceivable* that every matchup smells the same • Possession is nine-tenths of the law (in my pants) • Ed shades Gabe for a full minute • Gabe got the “gurge” • Gerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-laaaaaaaaaaaack! • There’s a lot of grunting going on • Ed’s Britney Spears tribute band • Thanks for the ‘90s memories • Was Anders in the stands shooting Bulleits into the crowd? • Gabe and Scott smoked peyote with the crickets behind the dumpster • Bible jokes! • #baconbeard • We is the committee • Alphabet jokes! • The over-under on cherry mentions is 3.5 • Coming soon: The Whiskey Madness 2025 Infinity Bottle!

Music Credits: Fight Back, The Plague, Dance Again, and Get Out My Way courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/351-sports-news-acoustic-version • Sports News 2 (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/353-sports-news-2-acoustic-version

Whiskey Madness 2025! Round 2: 100 & 110 Proof Brackets | The Blind Leading the Blind

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g

Whiskeys: 2XO Kiawah Blend Bourbon • Jack Daniels Bonded Rye • Hemmingway Rye • Old Bardstown Estate Bourbon • Noah’s Mill Bourbon • New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon • Old Pepper Rye • Kinsey Wheat Whiskey

Madness: Gabe is back as the referee for Round 2! • Who is Anti-Mr. Dead Air • Scott creates a total sh*t show in the first tasting • Gabe suggests cocaine to clear the nose • Is Dr. Pepper barrel aged? • #airplanejokes • If you finish the one on the right, the one that’s left is the one on the left • #boomerjoke • Apparently “barbecue potato chips” is a tasting note now • Gabe sweats out bacon fat • Ed sweats out xxx • Scott sweats out handsome • The Kinsey is weird! (and wonderful) • The 100^th Madness Tournament Whiskey! • #jewjokes • Ed doxxes Scott (and threatens to doxx Shavonne) • Ed sweats banana pudding • Scott sweats handsome, grape Propel, and modesty • Upsets and tie-breaks galore!

Music Credits: Fight Back, The Curse, Tell Me What You Want, and The King Is Dead courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/351-sports-news-acoustic-version • Sports News 2 (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/353-sports-news-2-acoustic-version

Whiskey Madness 2025! Round 1: Under 100 & 120+ Proof Brackets | The Crowd Is Obstreperous

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Whiskeys: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon • Russel's Reserve 6 Year Rye • Speakeasy Bourbon • Bardstown Stave Finish Bourbon • Knob Creek Cask Strength Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey • Elijah Craig Single Barrel Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon OESV

Madness: Anders and Gabe are back together again to help referee and judge the most exciting whiskey lineup we’ve ever collected! • Cow tails are little cream-filled buttholes of caramel • Apparently, “a new opened box of Cocoa Puffs” is a nosing note now • Are A and B the same thing? • Gabe is a good boy • Ed accuses Scott of purposely keeping Elijah Craig out of the tournament • Scott is not whelmed • I’m cooperating here! • #hotgreenapple • Ed got whiskey-[censor]ed by Billy at Benash • Four Roses fans are getting violent • Ed’s Knob Creek is the freshest whiskey we’ve ever had (Scott’s was fresher though) • Anders makes the Ants on a Log cocktail • Why Ed gets kicked out of Chinese restaurants • Blanton’s Belligerence!

Music Credits: Fight Back, Beast, Desperate, and Seeing All Red courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/351-sports-news-acoustic-version • Sports News 2 (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/353-sports-news-2-acoustic-version

Whiskey Madness 2025! Pre-Game Show + Wildcard Round | Here for a Good Time, Not for a Long Time

Well, it’s that time of year again, and both Gabe and Anders are back to judge/referee the greatest and longest-tenured whiskey bracket tournament ever! [needs citation]. So just pour yourself your favorite dram, press play, and listen in as we tell you about this year’s bracket configuration, name the 18 whiskeys we’ll be tasting, and even have two wildcard matchups with which to whet our whistles in anticipation of the official start of the competition next week. Ready. Set. Drink!

Music Credits: Fight Back courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/351-sports-news-acoustic-version • Sports News 2 (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/353-sports-news-2-acoustic-version

Whiskey News! Jan/Feb 2025 | Local Man Mixes Whiskey with Holy Water, Tells Same Story Three Times, Pays Divorce Tax

New News: Jack Daniel’s Rickhouse Collapses • A Simple Flipper-Thwarting Trick May Become Ohio Law • Tarriff Threats Already Bad News for Spirits Industry • Niche Whiskey Brands Are Floundering • Columbian President Says Cocaine No Worse Than Whiskey • Man Attacks Churches on Christmas Eve with Whiskey

New Whiskeys: All Nations Kentucky Straight Bourbon • Laws Super Wheater Blend • MaltyVerse New Single Barrels • Old Forester 1910 Extra Old Bourbon • Penelope Wheated Bourbon • Penelope 17 Year American Light Whiskey • Rod & Hammer Wildfire Resilience Straight Bourbon • Redwood Empire Pipe Dream 101 Bourbon • Stranahan’s Founder’s Release American Single Malt • Whistle Pig Snout-to-Tail 10-Year Bourbon • Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked

New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io

Whiskey Sho(r)t – 2XO Kiawah Blend QuickTaste

Flashback to our last night in Kentucky, when we visited a random tavern and tried some amazing whiskeys.  One of them was this very Bourbon, which turned out to be created by the former owner of not only the tavern but also the hotel attached to it. And that person ended up being the guy who resurrected his great-grandfather’s pre-Prohibition brand too!  So, who was this person?  Which tavern and inn was it?  Which old-timey brand did he create?  And is his new stuff any good?  Tune in and find out!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Episode #81: Willett Bourbon x 5 | Willett Be Good?

Whiskeys: Kentucky Vintage • Speakeasy • Old Bardstown Bottled in Bond • Old Bardstown Estate • Noah’s Mill

Tangents: Jeff joins us once again as we taste the Willet Bourbons we bought in their gift shop! • The somewhat confusing history of the Willett family and their whiskey • Prohibition strikes again SMH • How to differentiate between Willett’s formerly sourced and new-make spirits • Get the egg salad! • Apparently, “dead corn” is a tasting note now • How Ed gets Scott to do all the work • Nines f**k everything up • You can’t move Ed or Andre the Giant • #whiskeyalchemy • Ed does a Snoop Dogg • Apparently “Nilla Wafers” is a tasting note now • The BiB Bourbon is a whiskey for the homeless • The Estate Bourbon contains 10% horse • Jeff almost dies of consumption • How can 1% proof make such a big difference?! • New tasting category: The Exhale • Ed likes to watch Scott do it • Jeff teases Ed’s anti-skateboard rant (from the 2XO short next week) • What does herbaceous mean? • Jeff might have to eat some crow

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Teller of Tales, Fireflies, Frog’s Leg Rag, Your Call, Raving Energy, Metalmania, Nile Blues, Fig Leaf Rag (Distressed), Boogie Party, and Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Bonus Sho(r)t – Pinhook Vertical 9-Year QuickTaste

Marty & Rachel are back again to taste and critique the latest in Pinhook’s ongoing whiskey-aging highwire act, one of the most thrilling experiments in distilling today. And we have two previous versions to try along side it to gauge how much a year’s difference makes between the three of them. Oh, and there might be some talk about a seriously flawed, tiny-mustached, German dude from the ‘30s who screamed a lot. But it's fine. It's not like it's enough to get us canc—

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at  https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fireflies by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Whiskey Sho(r)t – Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye QuickTaste

After being released this past summer, we've only just recently seen it in our local liquor stores and were finally able to get our hands on a bottle. A unique combination of two of our long-time go-to spirits, we’re a little trepidatious about what we’re getting ourselves into. Will it be a seamless, delicious, and triumphant melding of iconic whiskeys? Or will it be a Frankenstein’s monster of contrasting flavors fighting for dominance in an all-out assault on your senses? Press play to find out!

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

Whiskey News! Oct/Nov/Dec 2024 | Local Man Drinks Goose, Has Whiskey Tantrum, Dies in Squid Game

New News: American Single Malt is finally an official whiskey category • Jim Beam launches single barrel program • Bardstown Bourbon Company launches barrel lease program • Maker’s Mark finally has a new master distiller • Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 of 2024 • Is the Great American Bourbon Bubble starting to burst? • Rare whiskey sales plummet • Kentucky Owl set adrift amidst parent company’s bankruptcy • Major League Soccer names official whiskey sponsor • Connor MacGregor gets dropped by Proper No. 12

New Whiskeys: Baker’s 7 Year High-Rye Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Note Honey Bourbon Cask • Blue Run Ember • Booker’s The Master Distiller’s Batch • Booker’s Jimmy’s Batch • Crown Royal 12 Year Reserve • Four Roses Single Barrel OESK, OESO, and OBSF • House of Tamworth Spruce & Goose Whiskey • High West Tequila Finished Rye • Johnnie Walker Black Label Squid Game Edition • Larceny Barrel Proof C924 • Mary Dowling Winter Wheat Bourbon • Old Grand-Dad 16 Year • Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 11 Year Rye • Stranahan’s Mountain Angel 12 Year

New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod

Xmas Bonus – Winter Jim v. Winter Jack QuickTaste + The 12 Deaths of Christmas!

Sue and Shavonne join us yet again for our Christmas Bonus episode, this time for a double taste of supposedly wintry expressions from both Jim Beam and Jack Daniels, plus a list of we-promise-it’s-not-sad-Christmas-death-related fun facts that we got off the internet. Really, it’s fun for the whole family. Well, except for the children. Please don’t let your children listen to this. (Or really any of our podcasts.)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Music Credits: Greensleeves to a Ground by Paul Arden-Taylor and Carol Holt (Public Domain) • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod

Episode #79: Kentucky Road Trip - Part 2 | We’re Not in Jersey Anymore

Distilleries: Willet • Jim Beam • Four Roses • Wild Turkey

Whiskeys: Basil Hayden Malted Rye • Four Roses OESV Barrel Strength Single Barrel • Four Roses OBSK Barrel Strength Single Barrel

Tangents: Our epic journey to Bourbon Country continues! • Apparently, Kentuckians go to bars at 10 am • Ed tries to shade Scott and Jeff over their breakfast orders • Scott forgot the Willet guide's gender • More distillery cats (who don’t like Ed) • Willet’s egg salad sandwich has its own Instagram page • Ed drank a cocktail named after his own speech impediment • The strange 10’ x 10’ area at the Jim Beam distillery • Jeff really sank his teeth into it • The crown jewel of our trip: Jim Beam’s Clermont Supper Club • We met Fred and Freddie Noe! • Jeff forgot his dessert, Part 1 • Four Roses’s fermentation vats were basically gigantic barrels • Kentucky wasn’t as “rednecky” as we thought • Mary Dowling DGAF • How Elmer T. Lee, Jimmy Russel, and Booker Noe drank their whiskey • Where Kentucky got all their horses • By the 12th distillery, we could have given a tour ourselves • Jeff forgot his dessert, Part 2 • OESV tastes like a tesseract • We tasted HOW many whiskeys?! • Our favorite distillery, whiskey, and overall impressions • #thegabemother

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi • Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 • Fireflies by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Road Trip by Frank Schroeter | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9761-road-trip | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Episode #79: Kentucky Road Trip - Part 1 | Dive Bars and Hot Browns and Explosions Oh My!

Distilleries: Evan Williams • Angel’s Envy • Prohibition Craft Spirits (Nulu) • Kentucky Peerless • Old Forester • Bardstown Bourbon Company • Lux Row • Heaven Hill

Whiskeys: JTS Brown Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whiskey • Lux Row Four Grain Double Single Barrel Bourbon

Tangents: Jeff joins us for an epic—and literally explosive—journey to Bourbon Country! • Ed’s already taking offense • Why aren’t there just crates of Buffalo Trace laying around on the side of the road? • We literally stayed in a Hobbit house • Scott does an “unparking” • Tanker trucks in Kentucky might have Bourbon in them • Manhattan Monday! • Scott cosplays as Carrie Nation • WTF is a Hot Brown?! • Jeff shames Ed at every meal • We tasted a lot of unaged distillate and fermented mash • Bob at Nulu almost killed us with whiskey • Ed’s not sliding the cheap one to Gabe • We tasted Bourbon straight from the barrel at Peerless • Jeff is the cat whisperer • Ed got a half-ounce pour (#foreverjoke) • Jeff Blanton’s “B” cork story • Best. Salads. Ever. • We almost died in an explosion (but not really) • Kentucky McDonald’s have Krispy Kremes! • Ed pulls a Mario Andretti • Lux Row tried to out-Nulu Nulu • Heaven Hill employees rescued yeast strains from that epic 1996 fire • Hushpuppies and fried mushrooms at the Bluegrass Tavern in Bardstown • #thehouseofthehighbeds • Scott likes bitter because that’s what he is • Stay tuned for Part 2!

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi • Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 • Fireflies by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Road Trip by Frank Schroeter | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9761-road-trip | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskey Sho(r)t – Blue Note Honey Cask Rye QuickTaste

Gabe, Christian, and Mike are back to help us evaluate the latest expression from Blue Note, a company whose whiskeys haven't let us down yet. And because it's a honey-infused expression, we end up comparing it to the Garrison Brothers Honey Dew Bourbon we tasted a few months ago. (But really it was just as an excuse to drink more whiskey.) So, how does the Blue Note taste on its own? And can it hold a beeswax candle to the Garrison's? Tune in an find out!

Music Credits: Freedom by Choc Mic McNeil | https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4134-niles-blues

Episode #78: Laddies Night 2: Bourbon Barrel Beer + Epic Pub Quiz Battle Royale!

Beers: New Belgium Oakspire Strong Ale (Rd 1) • Dragon's Milk Crimson Keep Red Ale (Rd 2) • Founder's Backwoods Bastard Scotch Ale (Rd 3) • Dragon's Milk Reserve S'mores American Imperial Stout (Rd 4) • Founder's KBS Double-Oaked Russian Imperial Stout (Rd 5) • Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Imperial Milk Stout (Rd 6) • Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Backyard American Imperial Stout (Rd 7)

Tangents: Gabe, Christian, and Mike join us for a blockbuster marathon of bourbon barrel beer and boys will be boys! • Christian creates a new kind of shade • Where’s Billy Dee Williams when you need him? • #beerspit • The first ever Pub Quiz! • How many craters are on the moon? • Um, is Gabe a murderer? • Ed’s like Nancy Kerrigan • Gabe’s back’s like an afghan • Ed’s credit card goes three ways • Is the capital of Australia also a cheese? • Ed had an erotic Buzz Aldrin poster • What’s the whitest question in the world? • Gabe talks about burying bodies (seriously, IS he a murderer?) • The Pub Quiz brings out the worst in everybody • Is New Jerseria is the capital of New Jersey? • Rose could have moved over on the door for Jack • Did Mike just finger his dad? • #robotchristian • Drunkius, the least sober Roman Senator • Three-boob night • What “Imperial” means on a beer label • Ed’s pronouns are thin/trim • What rhymes with “Venus”? • It has been spatted • Masterpiece or bastardpiece? • #curdledterriyaki • We will never go to Goose Island • INSANE finish to the Pub Quiz!

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi • Heavy Trailer 2 by Sascha Ende | https://filmmusic.io/en/song/441-heavy-trailer-2 • Happy Happy Game Show by Kevin MacLeod | https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html