Words Over Whisky Podcast

Time for some Rye? A much delayed release of February's episode.

Timestamps

1:15 1st Whisky (Goldwaescher Swiss Rye Whisky)

7:50 Our top whisky of 2023

10:25 Whisky Trivia 

13:55 Discussion "Glass Loch and New Distillery Fatigue"

30:25 2nd Whisky (Sagamore Spirit Rye Double Oak)

35:15 The Burning God R. F. Kuang (Spoilers @ 41:10)

1:02:25 Other books we've read recently 

1:05:45 What we are looking forward to in 2024

In their yearly tradition Henry & Tom look back at the past year and discuss their top books, whiskies and other moments. 

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

1:05 1st Whisky (Black Bottle Smoke & Dagger)

8:00 Book Honourable mentions (Tom)

15:57 Book Honourable mentions (Henry)

20:36 Whisky Trivia Part 1

25:35 Whisky 2 (Lagavulin 8yo)

31:10 Top Whisky No5

34:00 Top Book No5

42:08 Whisky Trivia Part 2

47:40 Whisky 3 (Balcones Brimstone)

57:49 Top Whisky No4

1:02:13 Top Book No4

1:10:16 Top Whisky No3

1:13:43 Top Book No3

1:24:50 Whisky 4 (Lagg Inaugural Release 2022 Batch 2)

1:35:05 Top Whisky No2

1:38:03 Top Book No2

1:47:22 Top Book No1

1:57:21 Books we are looking forward to reading in 2024

1:59:57 Any whiskies not featured on the podcast you enjoyed in 2023?  

On episode 37 Henry and Tom have an in depth discussion on a recent book they both read. Upcoming shoes and recent movie viewing discussions included.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

1:50 Whisky 1 (Cardhu Gold Reserve)

6:05 Whisky Trivia 

8:20 The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (Spoilers @ 27:00)

51:00 Whisky 2 (Ardmore Legacy)

55:45 Shogun TV show announcement discussion

1:00:55 Blue Eye Samurai 

1:02:40 John Wick 4 (Spoilers @ 1:04:35) 

Episode 36

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:30 Whisky 1 (Ardnamurchan AD)

15:00 Whisky Show 2023

18:20 If you went to a whisky festival which brands would you visit first?

23:45 Whisky Trivia

27:10 Whisky 2 (Ardnamurchan AD Cask Strength 09.22)

32:24 Does your whisky choice change over the year? 

36:05 Are there whiskies you've tried and want on your shelf at home?

41:05 How many whiskies do you have open? 

48:27 New distilleries discussion

Words Over Whisky Episode 35

Time stamps 

0:00 Intro

0:45 Whisky (Starward Left Field)

6:00 Whisky Trivia

10:05 Whisky Highballs

14:00 The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

19:40 TV book adaptations discussion

28:25 Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield / Historical battles discussion

43:15 Golden Son by Pierce Brown (Spoliers @ 51:00)

1:04:00 TV shows we are watching

1:11:15 What books are you looking forward to reading?

On this episode Tom gets to try a variety of whiskies whilst Henry discusses his recent trip to Scotland.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:00 Whisky 1 (Method & Madness Virgin Spanish Oak Finish)

9:25 Whisky Trivia

17:15 What are the distilleries you'd most like to visit?

29:00 Whisky 2 (Deanston Bordeaux Red Wine Finish)

32:40 Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

35:17 Titan Hoppers by Rob J. Hayes

38:43 Balvenie Distillery Tour

45:27 Torabhaig Distillery

47:00 Glenfarclas Distillery Tour

53:25 Climbing Ben Rinnes

1:01:24 Whisky 3 (Woodford Reserve Rye)

1:03:10 The Malt Room + The Highlander Inn

1:08:00 Blood of Zeus + Shadow and Bone TV shows

1:15:19 Whisky 4 (Kilchoman 2012 8yo Mezcal Cask Finish TWE Exclusive) 

1:18:00 Secret Invasion AI intro discussion + Superhero fatigue 

1:29:27 Wrap up

On this episode Henry and Tom discuss what books they think would great TV show adaptations. 

Timestamps

Intro 0:00

1st Whisky (Springbank 10) 1:20

Whisky Trivia 14:49

What book do you think would make a good TV series 17:21

Red Rising by Pierce Brown 28:55 

2nd Whisky (Springbank 15) 39:00

Red Rising Spoilers Discussion 42:14

Remake of Harry Potter? 53:37

More books we'd like to see as TV shows 1:04:42

Wrap up 1:06:34

On this episode Henry and Tom try some whiskies from around the world, discuss The Last of Us show and explore goals for the year ahead.

Timestamps

Intro 0:00, 1st Whisky (Mackmyra Brukswhisky), Whisky Trivia 5:15, The Last of Us TV Show 12:00, 2nd Whisky (Kavalan Distillery Select No1) 26:22, Goals for the year discussion 31:00, 3rd Whisky (Kavalan Port Cask Finish) 56:48, Have you tried whiskies you didn't like or didn't find approachable 58:50, What bottles have you really enjoyed 1:13:33, Applying recent reading to life 1:17:12, 4th Whisky (Paul John PX Select Cask) 1:25:14

The 2022 wrap up is here. On this episode Henry and Tom discuss their top books and whiskies from the past year. Tom gets tested on his whisky knowledge and they discuss some favourite shows and games.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

1:40 1st Whisky - The Lost Distillery Company: Auchnagie  

6:00 Whisky Trivia Quiz

16:50 2nd Whisky - The Lost Distillery Company: Stratheden

20:00 Top Books of 2022 Honourable mentions 

35:00 3rd Whisky - The Lost Distillery Company: Toweimore 

38:20 Top Whiskies of 2022

59:15 4th Whisky - The Lost Distillery Company: Jericho

1:03:10 Top Books of 2022 (No5), 1:10:10 (No4)

1:16:40 5th Whisky - The Lost Distillery Company: Dalaruan

1:20:25 Top Books (No3) 1:26:35 (No2) 1:33:30 (No1)

1:41:05 6th Whisky - The Lost Distillery Company: Lossit

1:44:15 TV Shows

2:00:25 Games

2:05:45 2022 Wrap up 

In this very delayed November episode Henry and Tom discuss a whisky book, their final verdict on Rings of Power and their opinion on Andor so far. 

Timestamp

0:00 Intro

1:40 Whisky (Woodford Reserve Double Oak)

5:52 Whisky Trivia

9:28 The Philosophy of Whisky by Billy Abbott

21:56: Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett

21:56 Emperor of Thornes by Mark Lawrence

27:08 The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding

30:30 Andor

41:12 Rings of Power (Spoilers @48:42)

58:12 Andor vs Rings of Power

1:00:02 God of War Ragnarok

1:01:41 Wrap up