Xtreme Tasting League: Scotch

Porter’s back and shares a bit about his podcast, Burn and Brew, while we drink the Glendronach 15yr Revival and the Balvenie 14yr Caribbean Cask.

Porter from the Burn and Brew podcast joins us for this month’s recordings and graciously brought the Laphroaig Triple Wood to pair up with the Macallan 10yr Fine Oak. We talk about Fearless shows, as Porter’s a founding member, and joke around a bit.

Peter’s back and we talk about the scotch and not much else. Why? Because of what we tasted, which was the Mackmyra and Scott’s Selection’s Bruichladdich 90.

Our first-ever guest taster, Peter Buckholtz, returns to talk about custom leather tooling, his job during the 2014 RenFest season; the trials and tribulations of buying and selling one’s house; and, of course, scotch. This time around, we sample some independent bottlers, which means that while they are responsible for the finished product, they did not distill the whiskey themselves and craft the expression from the casks they were sold by a distiller. This time around, we taste a Gordon & MacPhail bottling of Macallan and a Murray McDavid Highland Park. Confused? Listen to the episode for clarification.

Megan Culverhouse returns and shares a dream, and I was there, and Bob was there, and Molly was there…and you get the drill. Then there’s the tale about a puppet ass. She also throws down a gauntlet, but at who and for what, you’ll just have to listen.

We also drink the Bunnahabhain Toiteach and The Dalmore Cigar Malt.

Megan Culverhouse of the Ridiculous Puppet Company joins us (last minute) for the Bruichladdich 98 Olorosso and Longrow 14yr.

David Traylor returns and we drink Laphroaig Cairdeas Port and Glenfiddich Solera 15yr.

Sorry this was a day late, but I’m still on vacation.

We at Xtreme Tasting League: Scotch had the privilege of being able to sit down with some of the Guests of Honor and other notables of Convergence 2014 before the convention actually started. We recorded three separate episodes due to the time constraints these folks were under, though two people were able to attend all three recordings, one of whom was CVG 2014 Musical Guest, Matthew Ebel, who was kind enough to donate a couple of tracks to the second episode.

Episode 3

Guests: Andrew McKay, Matthew Ebel, Joseph Scrimshaw

We at Xtreme Tasting League: Scotch had the privilege of being able to sit down with some of the Guests of Honor and other notables of Convergence 2014 before the convention actually started. We recorded three separate episodes due to the time constraints these folks were under, though two people were able to attend all three recordings, one of whom was CVG 2014 Musical Guest, Matthew Ebel, who was kind enough to donate a couple of tracks to the second episode.

Episode 2

Guests: Andrew McKay, Matthew Ebel

We at Xtreme Tasting League: Scotch had the privilege of being able to sit down with some of the Guests of Honor and other notables of Convergence 2014 before the convention actually started. We recorded three separate episodes due to the time constraints these folks were under, though two people were able to attend all three recordings, one of whom was CVG 2014 Musical Guest, Matthew Ebel, who was kind enough to donate a couple of tracks to the second episode.

Episode 1:

Guests: Andrew McKay, Jim Kakalios, Matthew Ebel, Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly