Whiskey Tangent

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

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, Angostura Bitters

Tangents: Marty and Rachel join us for a five-course “meal” of cocktails we tried on our Kentucky trip! • Ed says “Cynar” correctly! (but “butter” incorrectly) • Pay attention to your glassware temperature • Ed jerseys are tight • Lillet Blanc’s James Bond connection • Rachel gets distracted by wood • Marty slaps Scott once • #pullyourpantiesup • Marty slaps Scott twice • Grease 2 sing-along! • Rachel rubbed it on the rim • To muddle or not to muddle • Rachel gets Gabed • Joker’s Wild joke • Rachel says “deconstruct” wrong • The ginger liqueur bottle is ribbed for her pleasure • Ed doesn’t need Scott’s thumbs anywhere, thanks • Ginger v. Maryanne v. Jeannie • Marty was shorter than Scott thought • England has a thirst for butts • How to fat wash your whiskey • Scott’s persimmon journey • Ed’s cleavage shots • Asian pairs sell Asian pears • Marty slaps Scott thrice • Chelbi shade! • Scott’s surprise final cocktail (with an assist from Anders) • Ed fills Marty & Rachel’s pool with ginger beer • Everyone rates the cocktails • Ed sends Rachel a d***kpic • Everyone loves Scott • Brokeback persimmmons • Royal Farms > KFC

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Boogie Party, Parisian, and Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html • Tarantella by Steve Oxen from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com

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 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

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 No. 12

New Whiskeys: Baker’s 7 Year High-Rye Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Note Honey Bourbon Cask • Blue Run Ember • Booker’s The Master Distiller’s Batch • Booker’s Jimmy’s Batch • Crown Royal 12 Year Reserve • Four Roses Single Barrel OESK, OESO, and OBSF • House of Tamworth Spruce & Goose Whiskey • High West Tequila Finished Rye • Johnnie Walker Black Label Squid Game Edition • Larceny Barrel Proof C924 • Mary Dowling Winter Wheat Bourbon • Old Grand-Dad 16 Year • Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 11 Year Rye • Stranahan’s Mountain Angel 12 Year

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

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-Taylor and Carol Holt (Public Domain) • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod

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 drank a cocktail named after his own speech impediment • The strange 10’ x 10’ area at the Jim Beam distillery • Jeff really sank his teeth into it • The crown jewel of our trip: Jim Beam’s Clermont Supper Club • We met Fred and Freddie Noe! • Jeff forgot his dessert, Part 1 • Four Roses’s fermentation vats were basically gigantic barrels • Kentucky wasn’t as “rednecky” as we thought • Mary Dowling DGAF • How Elmer T. Lee, Jimmy Russel, and Booker Noe drank their whiskey • Where Kentucky got all their horses • By the 12th distillery, we could have given a tour ourselves • Jeff forgot his dessert, Part 2 • OESV tastes like a tesseract • We tasted HOW many whiskeys?! • Our favorite distillery, whiskey, and overall impressions • #thegabemother

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi • Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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? • We literally stayed in a Hobbit house • Scott does an “unparking” • Tanker trucks in Kentucky might have Bourbon in them • Manhattan Monday! • Scott cosplays as Carrie Nation • WTF is a Hot Brown?! • Jeff shames Ed at every meal • We tasted a lot of unaged distillate and fermented mash • Bob at Nulu almost killed us with whiskey • Ed’s not sliding the cheap one to Gabe • We tasted Bourbon straight from the barrel at Peerless • Jeff is the cat whisperer • Ed got a half-ounce pour (#foreverjoke) • Jeff Blanton’s “B” cork story • Best. Salads. Ever. • We almost died in an explosion (but not really) • Kentucky McDonald’s have Krispy Kremes! • Ed pulls a Mario Andretti • Lux Row tried to out-Nulu Nulu • Heaven Hill employees rescued yeast strains from that epic 1996 fire • Hushpuppies and fried mushrooms at the Bluegrass Tavern in Bardstown • #thehouseofthehighbeds • Scott likes bitter because that’s what he is • Stay tuned for Part 2!

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi • Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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 McNeil | https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4134-niles-blues

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 boys! • Christian creates a new kind of shade • Where’s Billy Dee Williams when you need him? • #beerspit • The first ever Pub Quiz! • How many craters are on the moon? • Um, is Gabe a murderer? • Ed’s like Nancy Kerrigan • Gabe’s back’s like an afghan • Ed’s credit card goes three ways • Is the capital of Australia also a cheese? • Ed had an erotic Buzz Aldrin poster • What’s the whitest question in the world? • Gabe talks about burying bodies (seriously, IS he a murderer?) • The Pub Quiz brings out the worst in everybody • Is New Jerseria is the capital of New Jersey? • Rose could have moved over on the door for Jack • Did Mike just finger his dad? • #robotchristian • Drunkius, the least sober Roman Senator • Three-boob night • What “Imperial” means on a beer label • Ed’s pronouns are thin/trim • What rhymes with “Venus”? • It has been spatted • Masterpiece or bastardpiece? • #curdledterriyaki • We will never go to Goose Island • INSANE finish to the Pub Quiz!

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi • Heavy Trailer 2 by Sascha Ende | https://filmmusic.io/en/song/441-heavy-trailer-2 • Happy Happy Game Show by Kevin MacLeod | https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 in the Top 10 • Three new countries! • Ed can’t be blamed for Estonia • Japan is always jealous of what China does • Two QuickTastes (plus a bit of Madness) • Swedish Fish is Cherry’s cousin

Season 11 Recap: 21 new podcasts • 35 new whiskeys • The shortest podcast ever • General Sweetness • The “Alleger” • Ed’s second throat • Sue smells Gabe’s cigar • Mimes and crickets • The best dad joke ever • Peeing Crystal Light • Schrödinger’s Whiskey! • The Jim Jones fruit cocktail • Jeff’s crazy Star Trek knowledge • You can taste the cancer and emphysema • Ed shades himself • Cooper does crack • Rachel gets Gabed • Sue tastes old men • Ed pays for his impatience • Pizza Bite Whiskey! • #frozenemptychick • We all get stripper names • Scott spice-bombs Ed • Cunny Lingus gets you where you need to go • Javelin or Pole Vault? (Yes, that’s a penis joke) • Paul Newman and cocaine? • Ed uses his sexy voice • Scott had a gummy • The biggest shade of all

Season 12 Preview: Semi-Sober October • Novem-Beer • Kentucky Trip • Xmas Bonus • Unplanned Cocktails • Madness 2025

Thanks for listening! Love you guys!

Music Credits: Octoblues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4152-octoblues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Got This courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi