Here’s a cool story: 1) We mention an interesting new sci-fi branded whiskey on one of our News episodes; 2) The creator of the whiskey (who's already a listener!) hears us talk about it; 3) He offers to send us a bottle; and 4) We say yes (of course). So, join us as we go where no podcast has gone before—to taste and explore this truly unique, incredibly nerdy, not-to-mention BLUE whiskey. (Oh, and we've even got a discount code for you! See below!)

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Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Space Ambience by Alexander Nakarada | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5043-space-ambience | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Space Exploration by WinnieTheMoog | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/10077-space-exploration | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

New News: Kentucky Bourbon Trail tops 2 million visitors • Woodford Reserve promotes new master distiller • Worldwide whiskey market set to grow 75% over next decade • Conor McGregor channels Steve Jobs for Proper 12 Irish Apple release • Elon Musk drinks whiskey and sings Johnny Cash • Skincare products made from Scotch • North Carolina distillery plans to send whiskey to space • 170-year-old shipwreck containing whiskey may surface soon • Oregon liquor officials accused of hoarding rare Bourbon from the public

New Whiskeys: A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Bourbon Batch #2 • Bernheim Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey • Broken Barrel x Los Angeles Distillery Collaboration Collection • Buchanan’s Pineapple Scotch • Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series Volume IV • Larceny Barrel Proof A123 • M&H Art & Craft Doppelbock Beer Cask • Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash 2022

New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from  https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Whiskey Chicks are back and helping us decipher a pair of unusual, recently released, MGP-sourced, high-proof, just-barely-rye rye whiskeys. Along the way, we’ll argue about furniture polish, discuss the dangers of using too much cinnamon oil, and discover that one of us is an actual piney. Click play to find out who!

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Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom

Whiskeys: Journeyman Featherbone Bourbon • Journeyman Not a King Rye • Journeyman Silver Cross Four-Grain Whiskey

Tangents: New guests Paula and Alleah join us for a unique whiskey journey(man)! • Scott’s the only one not on The Local Lounge’s 100 Whiskeys list • Apparently, “envelope paste” is a tasting note now • Journeyman and Three Oaks history • Mercurochrome Tangent • Alternative misogynistic names for Journeyman's whiskeys • Alleah casts shade on the podcast • Anybody get any peanu(t)s on these? • Scott gets caught without his whiskey documents • Apparently “entitled pepper” is a tasting note now • The Whiskey Chicks whiskey origin stories • #fraughtwithjesus • Alleah definitely didn’t listen to our last few episodes (but Paula did!) • Ed gets recognized at the lounge • Whip it good • Are Scott and Ed wearing corsets? • Go Eagles!

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Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3763-five-card-shuffle | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Hammock Fight by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3847-hammock-fight | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

New News: Buffalo Trace Fills 8,000,000th Barrel • American Single Malt Pioneer Steve McCarthy Dies • Nebraska Distiller Will Turn Your Corn Into Whiskey • Sazerac Sued Over Misleading Fireball Labels • Tequila Beats Whiskey?! • Irish Whiskey Exports Top $1 Billion • Scientists Resurrect 200-Year-Old Whiskey Strain • Matthew McConaughey Splits with Wild Turkey • Our Boss Hogg vertical whiskey tasting!

New Whiskeys: Booker’s 2022-04 “Pinkie’s Batch” • Dingle Single Malt • Dread River Master Series • Kentucky Owl Batch #12 • Old Elk Infinity Blend Batch 2 • Old Forester 117 Series: Extra Extra Old • Rabbit Hole Raceking Founder’s Collection • Writers’ Tears Red Head

New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from  https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whiskeys: Adirondack High Rye Bourbon • Barrell Dovetail • Blue Note Juke Joint Uncut • Minor Case Sherry Cask Rye • Old Ezra 7 Year Bourbon • Penelope Barrel Proof • Sazerac Rye • Stellum Serpens Rye • Larceny Barrel Proof B522 •

Topics: Gabe joins us as the first in-studio Whiskumentary guest ever! • Recap of Part 2 • If you don’t swallow, can you properly judge the finish? • Contest winners we hated • Scott makes an impossible educated guess • The OCHO Awards! • #hotflower • We are the crackers • Apparently, Estonians love their pickles • Ed was right at 8:32 PM on 1/14/22 • Doing lines of Nestle’s Quik cut with powdered milk • Sweet Caramelly Nose: Gabe’s Emo Dubstep Accordion Band • Tim Burton White Chocolate • Flight 2 was a failure (but also kind of a success?) • The winner of The OCHO! • Final thoughts: Competitions do have influence, do need to standardize their ratings, and do seem to try their best to be impartial

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Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Stay the Course by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Victory by Alexander Nakarada | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4924-victory

Whiskeys: Broken Barrel • Grayson Texas Whiskey • Bulleit Rye • Willet Family Estate Rye • Pikesville Rye • Stranahan’s Blue Peak Solera Single Malt • Henry McKenna • Pappy Van Winkle • Barrell Craft Spirits • Kavalan • Blue Note Juke Joint • Redwood Empire Lost Monarch • Journeyman Corsets, Whips & Whiskey • Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel Rye

Topics: Recap of Part 1 • The Judgement of Paris: A competition gone awry • Ed calls The Smithsonian stupid • A competition creator, a distiller, and a judge walk into a podcast • Are competitions biased? (Nah) • Do they fuel the secondary market? (For sure) • Are they just a marketing tool and/or a money grab? (Kinda) • Do competitions even matter? (Of course!) • Are there too many competitions? (Yes and no) • Tasting of Russel’s Reserve Rye, which won an *interesting* set of awards

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Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskeys: Pappy Van Winkle • Barrell Bourbon • Henry McKenna 10 Year • Random Belligerence Rye • Bitterness Bourbon • Bulleit Bourbon • Larceny Barrel Proof • Blue Note Juke Joint • Baker’s Single Barrel • Knob Creek 12 • Blue Note Juke Joint Uncut

Topics: A synopsis of Parts 1, 2, and 3 • The San Francisco World Spirits Competition (which ruined a lot of good whiskey for Ed) • The SIP Awards • We’re NEAT Glass militants • The International Whiskey Competition • The New York International Spirits Competition • The John Barleycorn Awards • Ok, yes, it’s getting a little boring • The ASCOT Awards • Ed wins Best in Slow! • Interview with Christopher Davies, CEO of Wine Country Network and competition director launching the Global Whisky Challenge • Why two bottles? • How to placate the losers • Scott wins Triple Gold in Editing! • Why companies stopped giving out real medals • Blue Note Juke Joint and Uncut QuickTaste • Ed would totally drink muddy whiskey water • Sweet Cherry PIE!!!!!

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Music Credits: Slow Burn by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Octoblues by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4152-octoblues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Hillbilly Swing by Kevin McLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5705-hillbilly-swing | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Once again Sue and Shavonne join us for our year-ending Christmas whiskey tasting tradition. And as usual, things get inappropriate fast. Then even more so after going through a list of the strangest yuletide traditions from around the globe. But if there’s anything we’ve learned over the past 4 years, it’s how to embrace the weird in the world and make it even worse.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Greensleeves to a Ground by Paul Arden-Taylor, Carol Holt (Public Domain) • Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3750-fig-leaf-rag | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4612-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  

New News: Jack Daniel’s v. Dog Toys at the Supreme Court • Uncle Nearest passes $100 million in sales • Conor McGregor gets sued • Alex Jones is releasing a whiskey • Ohio distillery livestreams inside barrels • Scottish plumber finds Victorian-era message in a bottle • Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 of 2022!

New Whiskeys: 2XO Bourbon "The Phoenix Blend" • Angel’s Envy Cask Strength 2022 • A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Batch #2 • Barrell Craft Spirits New Year 2023 Bourbon • George Dickel 17 Year Bourbon • Hemingway Rye • Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Selection #10 • Old Ezra 7 Year Rye • Romulan Ale Rye Whiskey • Stellum Hunter’s Moon Bourbon • Stellum Lone Cypress Rye

New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from  https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/