New News: WhistlePig Names New CEO • Bourbon Hall of Fame Announces First Female Inductee • Green River Opens Whiskey Row Tasting Room • MLB Names First Official Whiskey • Japanese Whisky Ramps Up Rules Compliance • Belle Meade Brothers Take Their Whiskey Back • Whiskey Takes Aim at U.S. Shipping Laws New Whiskeys: Blue Note Single Barrel Rye • Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Special Release: Number Five American Single Malt • Eagle Rare 12 Year • Jefferson’s Straight Rye Blend • Old Fitzgerald 7...
Jun 27, 2025•35 min
So, Scott’s mom went to Florida and brought him back a whiskey from a very popular craft distillery that was founded in an old factory in an historic neighborhood in America’s oldest city with assistance from a legendary master blender. With that kind of pedigree, the whiskey just HAS to be good, right? RIGHT?! Well, you know what to do to find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Porch Blues and Fireflies by Kevin MacLeod from https...
Jun 13, 2025•13 min
Whiskeys: Little Book Chapter 3 “The Road Home” • Little Book Chapter 4 “Lessons Honored” • Little Book Chapter 5 “The Invitation” • Little Book Chapter 6 “To The Finish” • Little Book The Infinite: Edition 1 Tangents: 8th-generation Beam Master Distiller Freddie Noe joins us on a retrospective of his personal line of whiskeys! • The Little Book history • Somebody bought the last Chapters 7 & 8 before Ed got to the store • Apparently “cherry vanilla phosphate” is a tasting note now • Freddie...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 20 min
New News: Update on Buffalo Trace Flooding • Middle West buys Old Elk • Westward Files for Bankruptcy • Online Auction Startup Turns Whiskey into Windfall • Denver International Spirits Competition Results (with Christoper Davies of the Global Whiskey Challenge ) • San Francisco World Spirits Competition Results • Drunk Driver Crashes Car, Goes Nuts • Police Officer Accused of Shooting Fellow Hunter • Missouri Trucking Company Owner Receives 9-Year Prison Sentence New Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy Cell...
May 30, 2025•57 min
Every year we put out a follow-up to the Whiskey Madness tournament that somehow ties in to those episodes. Except last year, when we just forgot. But this year, we thought why not take all of the whiskeys in the tournament and combine them together, and just see what happens? So, did it come out ok? Or was it a terrible Frankenstein monster ready to rip off everyone's head? Tune in and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • ...
May 16, 2025•13 min
Whiskeys: Peerless Toasted Small Batch Bourbon • Peerless Rum Barrel Finished Bourbon • Peerless Double Oak “No. 2” Single Barrel Bourbon • Peerless “Fruit Cocktail” Single Barrel Rye Tangents: Gabe and Jeff join us for a six-months-in-the-making episode about our favorite distillery from our Kentucky trip! • The basically ancient history of Peerless • Prohibition again! SMH • The Peerless mashbill recipes are protected by ninjas • Sorry Jeff, Scott will be singing the Honeycomb cereal song • Ga...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 16 min
If you’ve listened to us for a while, you’ll know that we love tasting whiskey blind, because it challenges your palate and knowledge in ways you never thought possible. However, it can be a pain to set up, and you still know the set of whiskeys you’re tasting, even if you don’t know the order. But that’s where CEO Bobby DeMars and his company’s tasting kits come in. They’ve done all the hard work for you, and they invite you to not only decide if you like the whiskeys but also guess what the wh...
May 02, 2025•39 min
Whiskeys: Finger Lakes Distilling’s Pommeau Cask Rye • New York Distilling’s Apple Brandy Rye • Starlight’s Honey Cask Bourbon • Watershed’s Nocino Cask Bourbon • Andalusia Whiskey Co.’s Tequila Cask Peated Single Malt Tangents: Nobody joins us for another delicious episode of free whiskey from Lost Lantern (thanks Adam, Nora, and Amy!) • #boomerjoke • Apparently, “licking the outside of an apple” is a tasting note now • The Apple Pie Cocktail • Starlight has been making alcohol since before the...
Apr 18, 2025•48 min
New News: Buffalo Trace Flooding • EU Delays Retaliatory Tariffs, But Not for Long • WhistlePig CEO Steps Down • AI Beats Humans at Distinguishing Whiskey • Debunking the Neck Pour • New Fireball Contest Promises Whisky for Life • Jackpot of Whiskey Found on Atlantic City Beach New Whiskeys: Blood Oath Pact 11 Kentucky Straight Bourbon • Blue Note Special Reserve • Booker’s “Barry’s Batch” Bourbon • Bulleit Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s 14 Year Old Tennessee Whiskey • Old Elk Slow Cut ...
Apr 11, 2025•41 min
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 Port...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 21 min
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)...
Mar 28, 2025•35 min
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 min...
Mar 21, 2025•50 min
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 righ...
Mar 14, 2025•51 min
Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g 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 butthole...
Mar 07, 2025•49 min
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 Credi...
Feb 28, 2025•23 min
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 A...
Feb 21, 2025•48 min
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! ...
Feb 14, 2025•20 min
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 • N...
Feb 07, 2025•52 min
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: Freedo...
Jan 24, 2025•28 min
Round 1 – Apéritif: Willet Rye, Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth, Cynar Round 2 – Appetizer: Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth, Lillet Blanc, Angostura Bitters, Orange Bitters Round 3 – Entrée: Angel’s Envy Rye, Averna, Ginger Liqueur, Angostura Bitters Round 4 – Dessert: Knob Creek Single Barrel Bourbon, Pedro Ximenez Sherry, Spice Persimmon Syrup, Angostura Bitters Round 5 – Digestif: Knob Creek Single Barrel Bourbon, Worcestershire syrup, Cynar, Ginger Liqueur, An...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 34
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 o...
Jan 10, 2025•20 min
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 ...
Dec 31, 2024•44 min
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-...
Dec 24, 2024•49 min
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...
Dec 13, 2024•51 min
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?...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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 McNe...
Nov 08, 2024•17 min
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 ...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Season 11 está finito (castanets) 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 12. Shout outs: All our guest hosts • Interviewees Nora and Adam from Lost Lantern plus Craig, Howard, and Crispin from Star Trek Spirits • New super fan Justin from Tennessee • Do we have listeners that don’t start with the letter J? • Did Brian the Whiskey Explorer listen to us in a tent? Listener Stats: A new state i...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 29 min
So, when the email came in asking us if we'd like to cover a new whiskey from Beyoncé, we were like “OMG OF COURSE WE WILL TASTE A WHISKY FROM BEYONCÉ ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!?!” And then after 30 minutes of running around like our heads were on fire, we finally calmed down and wondered if this was going to be just another half-hearted attempt by a celebrity to enter the whiskey scene, like we’ve seen many, many times before. And yet, everything about this whisky—from its unique mashbill a...
Sep 27, 2024•22 min
New News: Seven Distilleries Announce New Whiskey Alliance • Pernod Ricard Launches New North American Whiskey Company • Macallan Releases Their Oldest Whisky at an Astronomical Price • Super-Fast Whiskey Aging Is Here, But Should We Be Doing It? • Beyoncé Released Her Own Whiskey Brand • Derek Trucks Has a New Whiskey with a Cheeky Name • Fake Spirits Seized in Large-Scale South African Crackdown • Man Steals Whiskey, Gets Arrested… Alot • Man Fires Gun Outside Buffalo Trace New Whiskeys: Baker...
Sep 20, 2024•43 min
