Whiskey Tangent

Whiskeys: Real Character Single Barrel Rye finished in Amburana Casks • Barrell Craft Spirits Cask Finished Series: Amburana • Bulleit Rye finished with Amburana wood spirals

Tangents: Paula and Alleah, aka the Whiskey Chicks, join us for this aptly numbered episode of wood exploration! • The history of Amburana finishing • The wrist-dab nosing technique • Alleah’s like a fortune teller • #jesusandsexjokes • Apparently “clam juice” is a tasting note now • The thing we did next week • Ed gets hassled by his doctor about his smoking • Rare Character is the perfect Christmas whiskey • We’re gnats with ADD • Sugahhhh! • Our podcast is so classy • It’s sort of a tripod (iykyk) • Apparently “musical theater” is a tasting note now • Scott’s new way to read Barrell’s ridiculous tasting notes • The Crickets repeatedly interrupt Les Miz

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Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Modern Jazz Samba by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4063-modern-jazz-samba | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Samba Isobel by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4316-samba-isobel | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

New News: Uncle Nearest Buys a Cognac • Whiskey House Builds House for Whiskey • Study Finds Rampant Sexual Harassment in the Whiskey Industry • Tennessee Whiskey Trail Generates Billions • U.S. Whiskey May Soon Suffer Massive European Tariffs • World’s Oldest Scotch Found in Castle • Always Sunny in Philadelphia Cast Releases a Whiskey • Hollywood and Kentucky Team Up to Create D&D Whiskeys • Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee Reveals Puts New Spin on Jack & Coke

New Whiskeys: Larceny Barrel Proof C923 • Bird Gang Bourbon • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection • Catoctin Creek Hot Honey Rye • Chicken Cock Red Stave • King of Kentucky Bourbon • Old Elk Cigar Cut Island Blend • Pinhook Vertical 8 Year • Savage & Cooke Rye, Bourbon, and American Whiskeys • Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon

New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Everyone knows we’re not Scotch guys. We do our best, and we do like it, especially expressions that tend toward Speyside or Highland varieties. And when we were sent a sample of a unique spin on a Scottish Single Malt from a venerable brand, we jumped at the chance to expand our palates and continue our long journey into Scotch. So, just click play to join us (and sip with us) as we explore the whiskey born on the coasts of both Scotland and France. Slàinte and Santé!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fantasy Motion by Alexander Nakarada | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8059-fantasy-motion-loop-ready | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3747-fiddles-mcginty | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Previously on the podcast we’ve tried both the Weller Special Reserve (a decent pour) and Weller Antique 107 (a great pour), so when Ed was offered a one-of-a-kind deal on the Weller 12 Year—a highly allocated and highly sought-after expression from one of the world's biggest distilleries, he jumped at the chance. But there was just one tiny little catch, and he had to do something that neither of us has ever done before. So, what was this (possibly nefarious) thing? And does this Weller expression live up to both its inflated hype and its inflated price? Well, just smash the play button 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

Whiskeys: Blue Note Rye • Blue Note Crossroads • Blue Note Cask Series Special Reserve

Tangents: No guests join us for our third deep distillery dive in a row! • A treasure trove of whiskey arrived at our studio doors • Blue Note History • We have the only bottle of Blue Note Rye on the Eastern seaboard • Bite it, Pennsylvania! • The other Spice Girls were jealous of Pepper Spice • Apparently "Rachel's cookies" is a tasting note now • We're whiskey fellows! • #breatheinbreatheout • Ed as a whiskey CEO would bankrupt his company • Why whiskey companies do what they do • The TTB questions the Special Reserve (but not why you think)

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Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4134-niles-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Degenerate Blues by Alexander Nakarada | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4781-degenerate-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Season 9 is finally just a car in the rearview mirror, 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 10.

Last Things - Shout outs: New guest hosts Drew, Andy, and Taylor • Our usual guest hosts • Listener Stats: 35,000 downloads! • 1 new country (for a total of 94 all time)! • Season 9 Recap: 19 Podcasts! • 33 Whiskeys (for a total of 297 all time)! • Ed regrets our Moonshine episode • Scott gets interrupted • Once you go cricket, you never walk right • Ed is big and boldly tingles • The not-terrible “Bootlegvardier” cocktail • Peppercorns v. Szechuan Peppercorns • Bananas v. Plantains • Ed learns what envy tastes like • Do you have any Blan-TEENS?! • Anders borrows Taylor’s flapper dress • The Mezcal was a mez-take • Shavonne v. Gabe x 2 • Ed ties Gabe up in his room on the floor like a dog • Gabe and Ed break into Shavonne’s apartment • #thwap • Ed’s BiB fetish • Top 10 ginger ales • Scott becomes a homeschooled Indian kid • Ed gets us banned in China • It would take a lot to hold Marty hostage • It Kix you in the nuts • Jeff trades something for whiskey • The never-ending Last Call episode • The Queen is back! • Ed Gabes Marty • Season 10 Preview: 21 podcasts: 4 Episodes, 5 Shorts, 5 Newscasts • Whiskeymentary on WOW! • Whiskey Madness Tournament • Thanks so much for listening, we love you all!

Music Credits: Octoblues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4152-octoblues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi

New News: Sagamore Spirit Bought by Italian Beverage Behemoth • Kentucky Owl Hires New Master Blender • Virginia Introduces Text Messages for Rare Whiskey • Whiskey Towns Fume Over Distillery Tax-Dodging • Scotch Exports Drop Significantly • Spicy Sazerac Seasonings • Bulleit Bourbon BBQ Sauce from Buffalo Wild Wings • Fireball "Champagne"?! • • Our visit to New Liberty Distillery in Philly •

New Whiskeys: 2XO American Oak • 2XO The Tribute Blend • Barrell Craft Spirits Amburana Cask Finish • Blue Run Trifecta • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C923 • Jack Daniel’s Bonded Rye • Little Book Chapter 7 • Maker's Mark Cellar Aged Cask Strength • Milam & Greene Unabridged Volume 2 • Remus Repeal Reserve Series VII

New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/retro-news-at-nine/1382 • NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/just-breaking/373 • Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Marty and Rachel join us once again to taste how much of a difference an additional year of aging does to the Pinhook’s Bourbon War 7-Year Bourbon, which Breaking Bourbon calls “One of the most intriguing large-scale experiments in recent Bourbon history.” So, not only do we taste the 7 Year, but we also have a bit of the 6-Year and the 5-Year to compare. Does the latest expression hold up to the previous versions? Or does it end up being an overly oaky mess? Click 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

Whiskeys: Cotswolds Signature Series English Single Malt • Cotswolds Founder’s Choice English Single Malt • Redwood Empire Haystack Needle Double Barrel Bourbon • Yellowstone Handpicked Collection Single Barrel Bourbon • Starlight Huber’s Old Rickhouse Port Cask Finished Single Barrel Rye • Boone County Single Barrel Bourbon • Deadwood’s Tumbin’ Dice Heavy Rye Bourbon • Traverse City Barrel Proof Bourbon • Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel Bourbon • Hunt and Gather 15 Year Canadian • Joseph A. Magnus Cigar Blend Batch 159 • Garrison Brothers Single Barrel Texas Bourbon • Jeff’s Pick Heaven Hill Select Stock Bourbon

Vault: So, our friend Jeff from high school (for Scott) and college (for Ed) invited us over to his house to sample whatever whiskeys we wanted from his basement collection, or vault, if you will. We chose 12. He surprised us with 1 more. And it was just about THE BEST night of whiskey drinking we’ve ever experienced (aside from the previous Vault episode). In fact, it was so good we might just go live in Jeff’s basement subsisting only on whiskey, pizza, and donuts from McMillan's Bakery.

Music: Sleek Panther by Fesliyan Studios | Link: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/sleek-panther/2195

Whiskeys: Breckenridge Reserve Bourbon • Breckenridge High Proof Bourbon • Breckenridge Madeira Cask Finish Bourbon • Breckenridge PX Cask Finish Bourbon

Tangents: Marty and Rachel join us for their very first American whiskey episode! • The Breckenridge Distillery History • American healthcare f*ck yeah! • Apparently cadmium is a tasting note now • Marty smells his first strong nosing note! • Conte’s Pizza in Princeton • Rachel and Big Paulie from Goodfellas have a thing in common? • Low-proof v. high-proof cocktails • Scott’s like a home-schooled Indian kid • Rachel and Marty’s whiskey origin stories • Ed drinks a half-bottle of Drambuie with breakfast • Marty’s Mellow Manhattans • Scott and Marty are brothers from another mother • Why does water bring out the sweetness? • What’s in Chinese Five Spice? • Birthday whiskeys from Jefferson’s, Benash, and Bluebird Distilling! • Rachel threatens to sue us • Ed does three lines of whiskey • We’re holding Marty hostage to get more of Rachel’s cookies

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Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Mountain Walk by Alexander Nakarada | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6382-mountain-walk | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license