Let the folks at Whiskey Under 50 fill you in on whiskey to drink while sitting around a campfire. In this episode we take a drink of the Tin Cup Rye and the ever-popular Wild Turkey 101 bourbon. 

What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than with a whisky cocktail?! On this episode we invite Nathan's mom, Leslie, on to the program and each of us comes up with a special Mother's Day cocktail to try. But who's cocktail will she like the best?? Give a listen to find out! 

On this special edition of Whiskey Under 50 we go south of the border to Mexico and try two whiskies from a country known more for their tequila than their whiskey. Corn is predominant ingredient in both of these offerings - the Sierra Norte and the Abasolo. Salud! 

In this episode we taste some bottled in bonds picks -- the Evan Williams and the JTS Brown. Can a cheap BiB whiskey make it onto our coveted top 10 list? Better give a listen to find out.  

Scotch Whiskys are known for being expensive, so finding selections under $50 to represent the  style is a challenge.  Amy, in a quest to find some cheaper Scotch whiskys, brings over a Creag Isle and an Aberlour for us to try. But are bargain Scotch any good?
Bonus: hear us stumble through the 5 Scotch regions! 

Occasionally we do have to take some time off, and when we do we hit distilleries! Jonathan and Amy take a trip to Oregon where they discover Freeland Distilling and Nathan finds himself in Driggs Idaho at Grand Teton Distilling.   Do vacation whims stand up to being brought back to reality?

We try some boutique style 2021 batch 1 from Castle and Key, a resurrected distillery, once doomed by Prohibition,  and Jonathan surprises the rest of us with a mystery whiskey that could not be more out of character for him.   

Whiskey that's not only for drinking -  get a Whiskey Under 50 cooking tip from Jonathan!
And a spoiler alert: one of the selections displaces one of the reigning top 10.

Scotch presents a challenge finding a good quality under the $50 mark.  For this, we go to those redrawing the line between quality and value. Can the new offering from Trader Joe's knock down the Kirkland Signature Scotch? We also throw in a surprise tasting at the end. 

Uisce beatha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɪʃcə ˈbʲahə]), literally "water of life", is the name for whiskey in Irish. It is derived from the Old Irish uisce ("water") and bethu ("life"). [Credit: Wikipedia]

Craic (pronounced "crack") is an Irish word with no direct translation in English. It is generally used to describe fun, banter, a good time, etc.  [Credit: Urban Dictionary] 

This week we go all Irish for St Partick's Day and sample 6 Irish whiskeys you could find at your local pub. We're also joined by Nathan's brother, Aaron, a self-described whiskey novice, to help us drink up all this "Water of Life". We also discuss whether someone new to the whiskey world is better off starting with an Irish or a Canadian whiskey.

In the land of Irish whiskeys Jameson is the king by volume but we found some hidden gems, and some definite no's. Give us a listen to find what other whiskeys we think are a good buy and which one we all agree to stay away from. 

Slainte!