Video with bonus cocktail: https://youtu.be/toVg2ru7qck

So many barrels, so little time. Join us as we taste a recent JD expression that, although it didn’t make the Final Pour of this year’s Madness Tournament (just a few podcasts back), it impressed us enough that we thought we’d do a full evaluation of it. We also made our first full tasting video on YouTube (linked above) so you can see our faces AND watch us taste a bonus cocktail made with the whiskey. But is the Heritage Barrel worth the higher price over their regular single barrels? Press play and find out!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at  https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vb55i9ubwPnxUnY6OG3nH • Fireflies by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

New News: Sazerac makes a bid for Brown-Forman • MGP halts production at two Kentucky distilleries • Green River lets go their Head Distiller as job losses accelerate • New tax ruling makes homemade whiskey legal • Uncle Nearest legal woes continue • Competition results from Denver International Spirits Competition, Beverage Tasting Institute, and World Whiskies Awards • Low-carbon distillery project marks decarbonization breakthrough • Meet Scotland’s whisky-sniffing robot dog • A listener-supplied Connecticut whiskey QuickTaste!

New Whiskeys: Booker’s “Big Easy” Batch Bourbon • Bulleit Mesquite Smoked Malt Bourbon • Chicken Cock Wheated Bourbon • Eagle Rare 30 • Elijah Craig 15 Year Single Barrel Bourbon • Evan Williams Blackberry • Green River Wheated Full Proof Bourbon • Heaven Hill Bernheim 20th Anniversary Wheat Whiskey • Johnnie Walker Black Cask Blended Scotch • Knob Creek Blender’s Edition Bourbon • Lux Row Estate Bourbon • New Riff Duet American Whiskey • Penelope 7 Year Barrel Strength Bourbon • Proper No. Twelve Black Reserve Irish Blend • Redemption 92 Proof Bourbon

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

Whiskeys: Far-Flung Bourbon 100 v. Far-Flung Bourbon IV • Copperworks Distilling Washington Single Malt v. Boulder Spirits 7 Year Colorado Single Malt • Fiddler Soloist Georgia Straight Bourbon v. Dread River Distilling Co. Alabama Straight Bourbon • New Riff Distilling Kentucky Straight Rye v. Broad Branch Distillery 8 Year North Carolina Straight Rye • Montgomery Distillery Montana Straight Bourbon v. Day’s Defile 10 Year Idaho Straight Bourbon

Tangents: Join us as we taste 5 lower v. higher proof pairings of 10 whiskeys from 15 distilleries! • Ed’s already arguing with himself in the intro • The Lost Lantern founders’ new baby will be a whiskey genius • Each of these distilleries is a master of its own domain • Scott snuck a French word into Ed’s script • Donna Summer crickets! • Apparently, “cherry life savers dipped in baking spices” is a tasting note now • It’s not soda, it’s cocaine • Lost Lantern tricked Scott with their last collection • Seriously, don’t do this at home • Ed’s nose has shut down • Did you have to say “lube”? • Ed once maced himself with eucalyptus • Why haven’t we done a New Jersey distillery episode yet?! • You can say it, but it’s not real #whitechocolate • We give you The Glass of Insanity!

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html • Total Happy Up And Sunny and Electric Soul by Sascha Ende from https://filmmusic.io/ • Starting the Day with Energy by MusiclFiles from https://filmmusic.io/

Say “bye bye Bob” to Season 14! Oh but wait, we 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 15.

Last Things – Shout-outs: All our guest co-hosts • Dr. Ulysses • Gabe-related Random Belligerence • South Jersey Highschool Tangent • Listener Stats: 57,000 downloads! • Several new countries • Virginia and Japan vaulting • Ed knows a minx in Minsk • Canada tariffed us • Season 14 Recap: 20 Podcasts • 38 New Whiskeys • Sue, behave! • Jeff visits the 70s talk show circuit • Are we famous enough to be canceled? • Nobody bought us a coffee • Ed channels Casey Kasem and Sally Field • It's a platonic whiskey relationship • Scott can’t go to Ireland now • Her name is Dickensheets • Do you want my cinnamon ring? • Scott gets punished (and likes it) • U n i cum • Vampires never thrift their cloaks • Ours is very regional humor • YouTube blocked us • Ed invades Ft. Dix • Brian puts coal in our whiskey stockings • Sexmas Bonus! • Shavonne demotes Ed to working the phones • Eat your Spam and shut up • Stabbing Cats and Punching Scotts • Scott’s uncle ruins his Angel’s Envy • #thinpoint • Don’t say “D” • Ed likes a gae-lic • “Sue”-icide • Viggo the Carpathian did NOT like the tournament results • Season 15 Preview: Lost Lantern Spring Collection 2026 • D&D Whiskeys • Kinsey Deep Dive • Bardstown BBC or Blue Run • Cocktails with Kayla • Plus Shorts, News, Videos, and more!

Thanks to everyone who listened!

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

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026

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Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt • 15 STARS Triple Cask II Bourbon • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Run Emerald Rye

Madness: We’ve finally come to the last four whiskeys, and we’ll crown one of them the winner tonight! • No egos were harmed during the production of this podcast • Gabe and Anders need to get a room • Did Ed and Gabe just become best friends? (Lol no) • Scott and Ed have very different ideas about what a dungeon master is • The girls all tell Ed he finishes first • King Tut whiskey! • A long cock(tail) tangent • That stupid f**king zerbra • Gabe comes quietly • Yes, we definitely need more nonsense • Wait, do we have fans in Bangladesh? • No, we definitely don’t have sponsors this time • Polly want a whiskey? • Ed steps over Anders (and Gabe and Scott push him back) • Anders’ mom put aquavit in his baby bottle • And the winner is....!

Music Credits: Fight Back, Collapse, and This Is Our Calling courtesy of Neffex from https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News and Sports News 2 by Sascha Ende from https://filmmusic.io

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026

Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent

Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt • Bushmills 12 Year Irish Single Malt • 15 STARS Triple Cask II Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s Heritage Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey • Kinsey Cask Strength Cabernet Finish Whiskey • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Single Barrel Bourbon • Nulu Toasted Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Run Emerald Rye

Madness: Everyone’s back for the second round featuring the four number 1 seeds! • The Bushmills has a triple wood • Candy: Artificial and cloying, but not bad • There’s a reason Ed invites Gabe to the podcast • You just like my sticky buns • It’s always Ed’s fault • Gabe threatens the entire tournament • Woohoo! x 3 • Wait, we tasted Blue Run before?! • You like heat on your B • Most ice cream is frozen cancer • #umlautswork • BBC v. MGP • Apparently, “bubble gum stuck to a tree” is a tasting note now • Scott doesn’t (and then does) get extra credit • Swedish crickets! • Gabe can’t splash • Multi-fisted-ed • The podcast is just the right amount of gay • Ed feels ostracized

Music Credits: Fight Back, My Way, Fever Dream, and Retribution courtesy of Neffex from https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News and Sports News 2 by Sascha Ende from https://filmmusic.io

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026

Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent

Whiskeys: Carpathian Romanian Single Malt • Stranahan’s Blue Peak • 15 STARS Triple Cask II • Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Clyde May Special Reserve Bourbon • Kinsey Cask Strength Cabernet Finish Whiskey • Clonakilty Rivesaltes Irish Whiskey • Nulu Toasted Single Barrel Bourbon

Madness: Gabe and Anders join us to alternately referee and help judge the premier whiskey tasting bracket tournament! • Gabe’s doing laundry for some reason • The word is niggardly • ‘Sup dude! • Something about Ed’s sandwich and where Gabe’s hand is right now • FOCUS! PIVOT! • The cask calls the barrel black • Ed rambles on • Is it unimimanimous? • That’s not what prima nocta means • It’s hard to buy us whiskey we’ve never had • Don’t look at me askance! • An oop! • When did the tiny elephant get here? • Anders gets pensive about the Kinsey • #bluepill • Scott wants to put Gabe in a timeout • Learn how to say negligible when your drunk • Ed and Gabe agree for once (but then predictably don’t) • Is Ed a Weighty Dink? • Anders notices a pattern

Music Credits: Fight Back, Say My Name, Tough, and Manifest It courtesy of Neffex from https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News and Sports News 2 by Sascha Ende from https://filmmusic.io

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent

Aaaaaand here we go again, folks! Anders and Gabe are here once again to be both referees and judges for the best whiskey bracket tournament that’s ever existed in the history of the universe! After all, not only will we tell you all about the drastic changes we made to this year’s bracket configuration, as well as all of the whiskeys we’ll be tasting, we’ll also be completely inappropriate in the face of an impending blizzard. Enjoy!

Music Credits: Fight Back and Beast courtesy of Neffex from https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News and Sports News 2 by Sascha Ende from https://filmmusic.io

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent

This is a very newly established distillery who started out sourcing highly aged whiskey then blending and finishing them into interesting (and expensive) expressions. And the contents of this particular bottle were blended together, then separated into three different casks, and blended back together again. But will that unique combination of whiskeys and finishes and barrels be special enough to justify its price? Press play to find out!

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

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent

New News: The Podcast Hits a Huge Milestone! • Key Whiskey Trends to Watch Out for in 2026 • Uncle Nearest Sues Former CFO • The Founder of F.E.W. Spirits Departs • Fred Minnick’s Top 100 Whiskeys of 2025 • Whiskey House Builds Record-Setting Rickhouse • How Rye Helps the Climate • Welshman Goes for a Joyride

New Whiskeys: Bradshaw 6 Year Single Barrel Cask Strength Bourbon • Bradshaw 12 Year Single Barrel Cask Strength Bourbon • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye A126 • Garrison Brothers 6 Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • High West Cask Strength Blend of Straight Bourbons • Knob Creek Bold Pick Cask Strength Single Barrel Select • Maker’s Mark Cask Strength Age-Stated Bourbon • Rebel Root Beer Whiskey • Woodford Double Double Oaked Straight Bourbon

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