Whiskey Tangent

Season 10 is in the books, 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 11.

Last Things - Shout outs: Our usual guest hosts • Logan Welk, Blue Note COO/President • New listener Jason from Maryland • Listener Stats: 40,000 downloads! • Lots of states jockeying for position in the Top 10 • California is the India of America • Spain is tired of Scott’s flamenco drops • Season 10 Recap: 20 new podcasts • 24 new whiskeys • 320 whiskeys all time! • Pepper Spice was too hot • We’re Whiskey Fellows! • Apparently “cream cheese cinnamon bun topped with a cherry cobbler” is a tasting note now • Why do my fingers smell like Cinnamon? • Scott sings Les Miz • Do crickets eat mealworms? • The official drink of the Belmont Stakes is a 40 wrapped in a paper bag • A waiter’s job is to wait • Little Bitch Bourbon • #tryeddry • Season 11 Preview: 18 Podcasts: 6 Newscasts + 6 Episodes + 6 Shorts: Lost Lantern, FEW Spirits finally, Rabbit Hole, Whiskey Tiki Cocktails, Johnnie Walker, German whisky, Bulleit Single Malt, New Star Trek Whiskey, Pinhook 8, Madness Invitational, another Wormhole finally, and another Vault? • Thanks so much for listening! We 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

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/3v3jbl5

Whiskeys: Old Carter Batch 11 Rye • Maker's Mark Private Selection Bourbon • Barrell Amburana Cask Bourbon • Sagamore Spirit Barrel Select Rye • Basil Hayden Toast Bourbon • Kinsey Cabernet Cask Whiskey • McAffee Brothers Benchmark Top Floor Bourbon • King’s Creek Tennessee Whiskey • Remus Repeal Reserve VII Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s Triple Mash • Blue Note Crossroads Bourbon • Weller 12 Year Bourbon • Elmer T. Lee Bourbon • Koval Single Barrel Four Grain Whiskey • Kyrö Malt Rye Whisky

Madness: We finally made it to the last round! • Shavonne stages a referee coup against Gabe • Well that was quick #thatswhatshesaid • Gabe has a nice cackle • The Old Carter turns Scott religious • Ed’s old alt-metal band “Decisive Gut” • There is no Szechuan • The Weller 12 tickles Ed’s Dickel • Scott forgets the slips • Shavonne’s like Peter Brady • And we have our winner!

Music Credits: Fight Back, The Show, 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

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/3v3jbl5

Whiskeys: Old Carter Batch 11 Rye • Maker's Mark Private Selection Bourbon • Barrell Amburana Cask Bourbon • Sagamore Spirit Barrel Select Rye • Basil Hayden Toast Bourbon • Kinsey Cabernet Cask Whiskey • McAffee Brothers Benchmark Top Floor Bourbon • King’s Creek Tennessee Whiskey • Remus Repeal Reserve VII Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s Triple Mash • Blue Note Crossroads Bourbon • Weller 12 Year Bourbon • Elmer T. Lee Bourbon • Koval Single Barrel Four Grain Whiskey • Kyrö Malt Rye Whisky

Madness: Scott scolds Gabe for never agreeing with him • Gabe shows us his carpet • We have a 30-year Kinsey we’ll break out some day • Gabe wants an apology from Ed for being Ed • The crickets sprint in from the green room • #productionjoke • The secret source of our distilled water • Scott’s backwash tastes like cherries • Ed goes for thirds?! • Canterbury Tales are naughty • The new “Cease and Desist” Blended Bourbon • How Scott and Gabe became friends • Apparently, “snickerdoodle” is a tasting note now • Whip it baby, you’re a cinnamon bomb

Music Credits: Fight Back, Retribution, Party Like the 80s, and Got This 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

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/3v3jbl5

Whiskeys: Remus Repeal Reserve VII Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s Triple Mash • Blue Note Crossroads Bourbon • Weller 12 Year Bourbon • Elmer T. Lee Bourbon • Koval Single Barrel Four Grain Whiskey • Kyrö Malt Rye Whisky

Madness: We’ve had a lot of success getting drunk with the Koval • Four Roses is a walking-down-the-street kinda whiskey • That’s little bitch to you, sir #drealaugh • Nobody knows what it’s like to be Balki • The Kyrö guys are liars • Gabe’s so sober he’s reading Bible tracts • When you finish a Finnish whiskey, it has a distinctive finish • Jack Daniel isn’t a liar • Pulp Fiction makes Gabe want Ed dead • Our first Exhibition Round! • Gabe’s basically a CPA now • #scrumptious • What’s that in Gabe’s beard? • The Whiskey Tangent FleshBrush®

Music Credits: Fight Back, Tough, That’s What It Takes, and Free Me 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

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/3v3jbl5

Whiskeys: Old Carter Batch 11 Rye • Maker's Mark Private Selection Bourbon • Barrell Amburana Cask Bourbon • Sagamore Spirit Barrel Select Rye • Basil Hayden Toast Bourbon • Kinsey Cabernet Cask Whiskey • McAffee Brothers Benchmark Top Floor Bourbon • King’s Creek Tennessee Whiskey

Madness: Gabe’s back wearing the stripes and keeping us in line as we taste 8 new whiskeys! • We are the committee #funsucker • The Kinsey literally tastes like wine • Is Basil Hayden a circle? #geometryjoke • Ed is a rumbling warmth • Megadeth break! • It’s not Whiskey Madness until Scott picks the wrong one SMH • Ed mispronounces cuvée (and spicée) • Scott gets belligerent with Gabe • Iron Butterfly break! • Ed tries to poison Scott • Maker’s Mark’s original name • Madness break! • Gabe pours himself a $40 glass of whiskey

Music Credits: Fight Back, Collapse, I Won’t Stop, and Haunt 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

Well, it's finally March, so welcome to our brand new pre-game show for this year’s 5-week-long Whiskey Madness tournament! Listen in as we tell you not only the 18 whiskeys competing this year (as well as the brackets they're in) but also the Whiskey Sherpa gets to whittle the field down to 16 via two Wildcard tastings. And of course hilarity ensues. Press play and join the madness!

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

New News: A Dry Kentucky Country Finally Gets Wet • New Riff Hires Its First Master Distiller • Brown-Forman Shakes Up Their Marketing Team • Winners of the World Whiskies Awards • Are Whiskey Price Drops Bad News for the Economy? • Japanese Whisky Prices on the Rise… Again • Fireball Releases a Lipstick?! • 49ers Fan Smashes TV With Jack Daniels • Bimber Founder Arrested for 20-Year-Old Crimes • Get Ed’s friend’s whiskey prints at MaxSavaikoArt.com • Anders’ new gig at Broken Goblet

New Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy Cellar Collection Series Vol. 1-3 • Bulleit American Single Malt • Catoctin Creek Rabble Rouser BiB Rye • High West BiB Rye • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A124 • Jack Daniels 10 Year (Batch 3) and 12 Year (Batch 2) • Old Forester 1924 10-Year-Old Bourbon • Redwood Empire Devil’s Tower, Foggy Burl, and Screaming Titan • Traveller Whiskey • Very Olde St. Nick Winter Maple

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

We first tasted the regular Barrell Seagrass almost two years ago during a Last Call recap episode (Winter 2022), and we loved it. Recently, though, Brian the Whiskey Explorer came over and brought along its older brother, the Gray Label Seagrass. So, does 16 years of aging and a higher proof justify its higher price over the regular? Or are we in for a disappointing 15 minutes? To find out, you know what to do!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Samba Isobel by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.com | License: Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

So, our Jack Daniel’s episode (Episode #56) is by far our most popular download, and if you’re listening to this, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ve already listened to that. But to recap, on that episode, we highlighted their two new (at the time) Bottled-in-Bond expressions—Tennessee Whiskey and Triple Mash (a mix of Tennessee, Rye, and Single Malt). Well, now they’ve released Bonded Rye, and Shavonne and Sue join us in order to answer the question: Does it match the deliciousness of their previous bonded expressions, or does it somehow fall short because they’re not really known for their ryes? Bash that right-pointing triangle and 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

Whiskeys (mostly): Linie Aquavit • High Coast Berg Single Malt Whisky • Eimverk Flóki Single Malt Whisky • Stauning KAOS Triple Malt Whisky • Kyro Single Rye Malt Whisky

Tangents: Back from our one-month hiatus, we're joined by fellow Jerseyite Brian who returns to help us navigate through another epic World Whisky episode! • Ed provides a brief history of the Vikings • The Vikings knew how to play the long game • Scott starts off with a lie • How Norwegian aquavit inspired Jefferson’s Ocean • The Oslo cocktail • Ed gets condescending about his Scandinavian travels • Vikings are responsible for the days of the week • A Greek mythology tangent • Brian might fight Jeff over Iceland • That time Sweden stole Denmark’s fountain • Apparently “gourd” is a tasting note now • Nobody cares that Ed doesn’t like a Scotch • #seethingbush • That time you used your parents’ house as a fermentation hall • Gabe will be raging precisely at 53:40 • We’re doing the podcast naked • Fins are like walking rolls of paper towels

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Rush To Glory by MusicLFiles | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/11377-rush-to-glory-full-version | License: Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Escape Route by David Robson| Link: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/downloads-c/epic-music/4 • License: Royalty free music from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com