The Whiskey Geeks

The Whiskey Geeks read and fell in love with DIE. If you play Dungeons and Dragons, or are interested in Role Playing games, you MUST read this book.

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How does the 2020 Laphroaig Càirdeas stack up? Is it worth the price of admission? Let's find out together.

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Notes from Laphroaig:

Each year our Distillery Manager, John Campbell, crafts a limited edition malt to celebrate the friends of Laphroaig and friendship (“Càirdeas” in Gaelic) in general. Càirdeas 2020 is a marriage of our distinctive single malt Scotch aged in two different types of wood. While some matures in our typical way, in charred ex-Bourbon barrels, the rest is poured into second fill ruby Port barriques. Both are blended together to finish their maturation in red wine casks. This particular aging method lends honeyed sweetness, dark chocolate richness and pink peppercorn spice to the signature Laphroaig taste of medicinal smoke and ocean salt. Here's to friendship.

The Whiskey Geeks give a quick review of Paper Girls. Should you buy it? Is it Brian K Vaughn's best Sci-Fi story?

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'If you only knew the power of the Dark Side' - Darth Vader : Empire Strikes Back

This week, our heroes fully embrace the Dark Side and dive into Bruichladdich's Octomore 6.1 and 11.1.

They talk about their history with this heavily peated whisky (1:30​), Star Wars Tales #9 Vader vs Maul (13:20​), other Darth Vader comic book stories you should read (31:00​), and finish with the best duels in cinematic history (35:30​) before they give out their ratings on the whisky and comic book (51:00​)

Notes from Bruichladdich:

Our Octomore single malts have defied received whisky wisdom since they were first distilled in 2002. Sometimes bottled bold and brazen at 5 years old, always super heavily peated and cask strength, every edition is a liquid embodiment of ‘The Impossible Equation’.

Notes from Dark Horse:

Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Droids and Jawas! Prepare yourselves for the battle of the century! In this corner, weighing in at 220 pounds, the terror from Tatooine, the Dark Lord of the Sith, the former Anakin Skywalker -- DARTH VADER! And in this corner, weighing in at 175 pounds, a killer of Jedi, the Naboo Annihilator, Darth Sidious' #1 apprentice -- DARTH MAUL!

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Thanks as always to ColinResponse for the use of our theme song 'Something About Your Love' off his self-titled release. You can find more great music and all around awesomeness on his website: www.colinresponse.com

The Whiskey Geeks give a quick review of one of the best Star Wars stories ever written, Dark Empire.

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Is the Dalmore Cigar Malt as good as advertised? We shared this with our whisky club as part of a tasting, and bring you our initial thoughts of our first taste.

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Notes from Dalmore: The perfect accompaniment to the finest cigars, this single malt is matured in American white oak ex-bourbon casks , Matusalem oloroso sherry casks and Cabernet Sauvignon barriques.

The Whiskey Geeks watched Mortal Kombat 2021, and had some thoughts.

They invited host of the Talking Comics Podcast, Assistant Managing Editor of Joblo.com all around great guy Steve Seigh (@dead_anchoress) to be their very first guest.

Talking Points:

History with Mortal Kombat (4:00)

Overall thoughts (16:30)

Steve's visit to the set (26:50)

What worked vs What didn't Round Table (36:00)

What they are wanting to see in future films (1:19:50)

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After enjoying the Chivas Regal Mizunara finish, Tim picked up a bottle of Kaiyō, Mizunara Cask Strength to see if super expensive barrels actually make a difference in the glass.

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Notes from Kaiyō:

Kaiyō Cask Strength extremely smooth with great complexity and a lovely balance of fruit, silky malt, and a touch of dark chocolate.

The Whiskey Geeks give a quick review of Ryan Ottley's GrizzlyShark trilogy from Image Comics.

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Our Heroes are covering their first blended whisky with the Chivas Regal Mizunara Oak cask, and are pairing it with a truly unique comic book that brings everyones' favourite pizza eating party turtles to the streets of Gotham City.

They tell you all about Mizunara Oak Casks (3:05), their tasting notes (10:30), and their love of all things Turtles, including this book specifically (14:35).

Then they discuss their favourite mashups and crossovers in comics (25:40) before giving out their CWG (Canadian Whisky Geek) Ratings (38:20).

Notes from Chivas:

The porous nature of Mizunara oak results in a greater influence of flavour from the cask, meaning a wonderfully indulgent effect on our classic house blended Scotch whisky. The casks bring a range of gentle aromatic flavours to the blend, finished with a touch of spice. With a distinctive flavour that leaves a trace of hazelnut, Chivas Mizunara is a truly unique blend.

Notes from DC/IDW:

DC Comics and IDW team up for the crossover you never saw coming as two of the greatest entertainment icons meet for the first time! In Gotham City, a series of deadly raids leads Batman to believe he’s up against a group of highly trained ninjas known as the Foot Clan! Somehow, they’ve crossed over to another dimension and are determined to take advantage of the situation while looking to get back home. But they haven’t come alone: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo are hot on their trail. Get ready for excitement as heroes and villains from both worlds clash and team up in an epic battle that threatens the very fabric of reality!

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Thanks as always to ColinResponse for the use of our theme song 'Something About Your Love' off his self-titled release. You can find more great music and all around awesomeness on his website: www.colinresponse.com