Whiskey Tangent

Whiskeys: Elijah Craig Small Batch 1789 • Evan Williams Small Batch 1783 • Larceny Bourbon • Bernheim Wheat Whiskey • Henry McKenna 10 Year Bourbon • Heaven Hill Bourbon

Tangents: The wizened woman's magic Heaven Hill booklet • Henry Hill was a good fella • The Heaven Hill distillery and the Beam Family • A whiskey wins an award and the price goes up! • The Hurd–Steinmetz Price v. Taste Matrix (coming soon!) • Elijah Craig came in 2nd at Scott’s double-blind whiskey tasting • The uncanny parallel lives of Elijah Craig and Evan Williams (but, sorry, neither was the father of bourbon) • Ed’s giant bear paws and Fred Flintstone feet • The Whiskey Home for Old Folks • Ed announces to Wal-Mart how to run their store better • Scott wigs out at the train station • Whiskey: The cure for our rage • Heaven Hill is cheaper than a large pack of toilet paper

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Yo, we've all been there. You drink too much whiskey, and the next morning you awaken with a pounding headache, dry mouth, spinning room, waves of nausea like nothing a hurricane could produce, and then you spend hours lying in bed ruefully regretting that fifth shot of whatever bottom-shelf swill the hot bartender was giving away.

Well, you're in luck! Cuz the googles are chock full of ways to cure what ails you. So, listen in as we rank them from plausible to "Oh my god please no I'm going to puke until my eyeballs extrude from my skull." Which, you know, might be the whole point. So... enjoy?

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

Whiskeys: Jefferson’s Small Batch Bourbon • Jefferson’s Rye • Jefferson’s Reserve Bourbon • George Washington’s Rye • George Washington’s Straight Rye • George Washington’s Straight Rye Premium • Jefferson’s Ocean

Tangents: Our buddy Jeff joins us! (again) • It’s a woodpile in here • Ron Popeil is a c**t • Our sevens of fans (ok, maybe twelves by now) • The Whiskey Nonsense Podcast • The history of whiskey in America • Spain and Portugal: Forgotten Dicks of the Colonial Era • Hamilton: The Musical • Whiskey Boys: The Musical • Coming to Philly? Scott will take you to the Constitution Center • George Washington’s lucrative but short-lived whiskey business • Mt. Vernon’s new and stupidly expensive Washington rye whiskey • Washington’s wooden phallus? • We smell Jeff’s glass • Ed’s fancy-dirty wine talk • Whiskey Jeopardy! • Errol Flynn’s one weird trick for penile enhancement • Whiskey ASMR

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ever wonder why (or how or even if) you should wet your whiskey? Well, my friend, click play and listen as we use the scientific method and controlled experimentation—or at least our sloppy bastardization of it—to answer the question of whether it's better to drink your whiskey neat, on the rocks, or with a bit of water. The answer will surprise you! Or maybe we're just saying that so you'll listen. But the only way to know for sure is to listen. So maybe listen? #listen

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

Whiskeys: Woodford Reserve Bourbon • Knob Creek Bourbon • Old Forester 1920 • Jack Daniels • Jim Beam • Elijah Craig • Old Grand-Dad • Jameson

Tangents: Our whiskey origin stories • Scott’s epic Christmas parties (possibly why he’s divorced now) • Sergio’s a contrarian Giants fan • F**k Philly-area Cowboys fans • It was hard being an Eagles fan but we didn’t abandon them • Can the Flyers please just get their act together? (But we’re not abandoning them either, dammit) • The Kate Smith Controversy • Old racist Hollywood movies • Gandhi used a car and destroyed the atmosphere so he’s a bad person • Why people are so weird

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Join us as we taste the wickedly rare, unique, and expensive Blood Oath Pact No. 5 for the first time. We're not gonna tell you how much we spent—after all, we took an oath—but you will find out where we got it, who makes it, how they make it, and what it tastes like. There's even time for a shout-out to an obscure 90's cult cartoon show. And it all happens in under 8 minutes flat.

So, won't you give us a listen? If you don't, there's a slight possibility that we might be forced to spend the rest of eternity somewhere uncomfortably warm and stabby. Hmm? Oh that noise? That's just the screams of the damned. Anyway, no pressure. We know you're busy.

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

Whiskeys: Jameson • Tullamore Dew • Bushmills • Powers • Midleton Very Rare • Redbreast 12 Year • Jameson 18 Year • Yellow Spot • Green Spot • Eagle Rare Bourbon • Buffalo Trace Bourbon • Jack Daniels

Tangents: Ireland: An Island of Two Nations (we think) • CPG Grey • Anglesea Pub revisited • Picklebacks! • Podcasting til we die • Philly sports ups and downs • DUIs and the calculus of whiskey drinking • The Meteoric Rise of Irish whiskey • Burning Question: How much Irish whiskey gets exported to Guatemala? • The 15th Century is the 1400s dammit • The Steep Decline of Irish Whiskey • Ed’s got a beef with automated bathrooms • Toilets as a status symbol

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

So, you're at a wedding. It's summer, blazing hot, and you're sad about your friend throwing their life away. You really need a whiskey. A dude walks by you with a glass of that familiar amber liquid. It's the groom's 3rd cousin or something, but you’ve forgotten his name because who the f cares about the groom's 3rd cousin?

"Hey buddy," you say excitedly (because he has whiskey) but also casually (so he won't realize you forgot his name). "What kind of whiskeys they got?" Suddenly, a shadow passes over the man's face. "Only Jack Daniels and Jim Beam." The world turns gray. And you despair.

But fear not! We've blind-tasted mini-bottles of both to tell you, once and for all, which weak wedding whiskey you'll wet your whistle with! I mean, sure, you'll still be sad about your friend. But at least you won't be sad about your whiskey. And what's more important, really, your friend's happiness or yours?

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

Round 1: Old Fashioned - Bulleit Rye, sugar, bitters, cherry, orange peel

Round 2: Manhattan - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, orange bitters, cherry, orange peel

Round 2B: Better Manhattan - Bulleit Rye, less sweet vermouth, orange bitters, cherry

Round 3: Boulevardier - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, Campari

Round 3B: Better Boulevardier - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, less Campari

Tangents: Our good buddy Gabe, an ex-wedding bartender, joins us! • Ed throws shade at Gabe about the Flyers missing the playoffs… again • The strange connection between bitters and staples • Ed hates Topeka. And tornadoes • Scott survived Oklahoma tornadoes and hailstorms • Megadeth! • The enduring history of Angostura bitters • The Queen of Wildwood • Dark and Stormy’s • Damn we ate a lot of hummus just now • Tim Burton and prostate exams • Fig Newton’s laws of motion • The Girl Scout Cookie Industrial Complex • We’re not alcoholics, we’re connoisseurs

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

[SPOILER ALERT] Join us as we try the House Stark whiskey, talk about Game of Thrones through Season 8 Episode 4, and mispronounce a bunch of Scotch distillery names. Valar līs mōzugon! All men must drink!

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