Whiskey Tangent

Step 1: Get a tiny barrel. Step 2: Pour in rum and wait. Step 3: Pour out rum, pour in rye, and wait. Step 4: Pour out rye and taste.

Does it taste like Angel’s Envy Rye? Does it taste any good at all? And did we just waste two perfectly good bottles of alcohol? Click play and find out!

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

Whiskeys: Balcones Texas Rye • Balcones “1” Texas Single Malt • Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whiskey • Balcones True Blue Single Barrel Corn Whiskey

Tangents: The Mayor joins us for the imbibing of a bevy of boisterous Texas whiskeys! • Ed gets the Dallas Cowboys shade out of the way early • So, what IS a Texas Whiskey? • The truly wild Balcones backstory • Ed files a disclaimer about Shavonne reading the descriptions • Apparently, "bare feet” is a tasting note now • Gabe contacts Ed about trying to blind him • Scott beat Shavonne at MarioKart • No no don’t slap me • Why didn’t David Koresh just fix his vision? • Rotten onions and sweat socks • Dammit, Benash does it again • Ooh maybe a Texas Scotthattan? • Balcones rhymes with cajones • Shavonne is like Wonder Woman

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | 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 • Road Trip by Frank Schroeter | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9761-road-trip | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

So, Season 7 has finally come to an end, and yet we still have one last thing to talk about. Ok, several last things. So, join us for a look back at the past six months and a look forward at Season 8.

Last Things: Ed starts things off with a drink! (Of course) • Shout-outs: Our regular guest hosts • Brian from Afghanistan • Interviewee Greg Snyder, Chicken Cock Master Distiller • Listener Stats: Our thousand-download day • 25,000 downloads total! • Did a bunch of JD employees listen to our podcast? • 28 new countries! • Ed speaks 62 different versions of English (most of them badly) • Season 7 Recap: We didn’t do any Bourbon or American Rye episodes • Ed mispronounces “Koval” a lot • #powersthreespit • The Famous “Flamus” Tangent • Come on down to Smell It Again Jeff’s! • Sue’s Sexy Crown Royal Voice • Brian’s a whiskey omniwhore • The shocking rumor about the next King of England • Ranker.com’s ridiculous lists • Scott’s a Christmas psychopath • The naughty origins of the word “cocktail” • Shavonne tastes in years • Scott implies something about Jack Daniel • Our most “street cred” interview ever • Wonderful Wheat Whiskeys • Scott’s hot tub story • Sorry, the different releases really ARE different • QuickTaste: Stellum Black Fibonacci Rye Blend #1 • Season 8 Preview: Balcones Texas Whiskey • Ladies Night - Flavored Whiskeys • F.E.W. Spirits • Sagamore Spirits • How to make your own Angel’s Envy Rye • Metallica’s Rye the Lightning QuickTaste/Ozzy’s Revenge • The long-promised Whisky Vault series • A Whiskumentary about tasting competitions • 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 | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

With so much whiskey coming out every week, it’s hard to know what’s good and what isn’t when you’re staring at that Wall O’ Whiskey in the liquor store. But then one of those unfamiliar whiskeys wins an award, disappears from shelves, and you’re left wondering what the hype was all about. Well, we were able to secure such an award winner, but is it worth your time and money? What’s this Clyde May distillery all about? And was Clyde May even a real person? Hit play and find out!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fireflies and Stardust by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3758-fireflies-and-stardust | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

New News: It’s Bourbon Heritage Month! • Aww dammit, the Queen died • Buffalo Trace increases production by 50% • Major shake-ups at Maker’s Mark and Brown-Forman • Glenlivet’s “space-side” barley • Macallan’s stunning horizontal whiskey bottle • Brown-Forman invests millions… in Scotch? • Maryland liquor store offers up the most expensive Japanese whiskey ever produced • Puzzling acquittals in a college hazing case • Heroin smuggler is caught by a whiskey receipt • British woman credits whiskey for her longevity

New Whiskeys: Barrel Vantage • Bushmill’s 2022 Causeway Collection • Four Roses 2022 Small Batch • Jefferson's Ocean Voyage 29 Wheated Bourbon • Larceny Barrel Proof C922 • Little Book Chapter 6 “To the Finish” • Macallan 1989 • Michter’s US*1 Toasted Barrel Sour Mash Whiskey • Old Forester 2022 Birthday Bourbon

News 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

Each March, we pit 16 whiskeys against each other in a bracket tournament to determine the best whiskey according to our dubious palates. Then every summer, we invite a few more to compete in an exhibition round. This past March, Larceny Barrel Proof won it all. And because they put out three expressions every year, we thought we’d taste them against each other to answer the question: Can you just get any version and be happy, or is one really that much better than the others? Tune in to hear the bad news!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fight Back courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic

Whiskeys: Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey • Kinsey Wheat Whiskey • Journeyman’s Corsets, Whips, and Whiskey • Breuckelen’s 77 Malted Straight Wheat Whiskey

Tangents: Nobody joins us for a deep dive into the woefully neglected wheat whiskey category! • So, why hasn’t a major distillery been able to make good wheat whiskey in 100 years?! • Hi-C and Everclear • The Whiskey Tangent Wheat Whiskey is already #1 in the world • Scott goes hard at Ed’s friend Danny • Wheat whiskey is weird! • Apparently “dried beer cup” is a tasting note now • Gabe, you're about to regret sending that skinny-dipping text • #sweetleathertobaccojesus

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Pulse by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4250-pulse | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Your Call by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call • License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

New News: American Single Malts are almost official • The original Old Overholt gets an age statement • Twisted Tea launches a flavored whiskey • High West pledges $1 million to the environment • Proper 12 lied (kinda) about their Conor McGregor origin story • Assassin’s Creed takes a stab at the whiskey biz • A drunk woman in Florida (of course) drives a golf cart onto a highway

New Whiskeys: Barrell Gray Label Dovetail • Breckenridge Broncos Bourbon Blends • Brush Creek Railroad Rye Boxcar #1 • Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection • Hadrin’s Creek Jacob’s Well Bourbon • Hadrin’s Creek Col. James B. Beam Bourbon • Hidden Barn Bourbon Batch #1 • Lucky 7 The Frenchman • Woodford Reserve Batch Proof • Lux Row’s Davis County Bourbon Toasted Finish

News 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

In our longest "short" to date, we taste a unique and elite rum-finished rye expression, explore the fascinating history behind the iconic revitalized brand, and talk to the man now serving as their master distiller, Greg Snyder--probably our most interesting, informative, and surprising-in-the-best-ways interview ever. Enjoy!

Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Whiskeys: Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey • Jack Daniel’s Bonded Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey • Jack Daniel’s Triple Mash Bottled-in-Bond American Whiskey

Tangents: Gabe joins us for a deep dive exploration of JD lore and more! • Old No. 7 JD is like your college girlfriend • JD History (Part 1) • Scott suggests some things about JD • Ed’s rise doesn’t last long • We're all are our fathers’ “jack” • #margarinetangent • JD History (Part 2) • The totally real origin of the phrase “jack off” • The new canned Jack and Cokes • And now it’s time for a breakdown • Gabe’s our second banana (and a little bitch) • The hard-to-find “green label” expression • Mötörhead’s JD Contest prizes • The smaller-bottle scam • An English ambulance?! • It's Gabe per quarter

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Fig Leaf Rag (Distressed) by Kevin MacLeod | Link:  https://filmmusic.io/song/3749-fig-leaf-rag-distressed • License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license