Whiskey Tangent

Video version: https://youtu.be/0giRRb1I54o Today we’re exploring the controversy surrounding Willett’s new “purple top” Bourbons, previously highly sought-after single barrels, but now made in small batches and bottled at cask strength—a confusing situation that has many whiskey enthusiasts scratching their heads. And given all that, will we be disappointed by what the new, less expensive, lesser...

Before we say see ya later to Season 15, we 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 16. Last Things – Shout-outs: Our usual guest hosts • New guest Joe has a lovely wife and no-longer-adorable-in-a-childlike-way children • James Hetfield sings the theme from “Cops” • Stats: 62,000 downloads! • California co...

New News: MGP Experiences Shocking Decline in Sales • Irish Whiskey Rules Under Review • Scientists Study Antarctic Whisky • Powering Tiny Machines with Whisky • Man Drinks Bottle of Whiskey Before Going to the Airport • Woman Arrested After Whiskey-Fueled Country Club Crash New Whiskeys: Baker’s 13 Year Single Barrel Bourbon • Basil Hayden Cognac Cask Reserve Bourbon • Blue Note Cherry Wood Cask...

Whiskeys: Benchmark Bonded Bourbon • Benchmark Single Barrel Bourbon • Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. Small Batch Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Col. E.H. Taylor Single Barrel Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon (Bob) Tangents: Gabe and a new guest (our old friend Joe) join us for a blind (and unblind) tasting of Buffalo Trace expressions, all of which have the same mashbill • Everyone likes Gabe on the podcast (except Ed)...

Video version: https://youtu.be/5dV_KkwkeQ4 So, when a listener gifted us a bottle of whiskey, we took a look at the label and said, “Wait, Malört makes a Bourbon?!” Because if you’re not familiar with Malört, it’s an extremely bitter liqueur made from wormwood, the main ingredient in Absinthe, but without any anise, sweetness, or complexity. So, can the palates that produce the most bitter drink...

New News: B acardi Takes Ownership of Teeling • Sazerac Tries to Buy Brown-Forman … Again • Uncle Nearest ’s Legal Woes Continue • Trump Escalates Canadian Tariff War • Global Whisky Challenge winners • North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition winners • ASCOT Awards winners New Whiskeys: Lost Lantern United States of Bourbon 100 Proof, Cask Strength, and 1776 Edition • Bardstown Bourbon Co....

Whiskeys: High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Sauvignon Blanc Barrels • High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Chardonnay Barrels • High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Petite Sirah Barrels • High West Cask Strength Blend of Straight Whiskeys Tangents: Marty and Rachel get high in the west with us for a wine-soaked trek into the mountains of Utah! • Rachel isn’t actually...

Video with Bonus Cocktail: https://youtu.be/vr7A7Gi5pyU Ever since they opened their own distillery in 2017, Bulleit has been doing some interesting things with their whiskeys, including higher-aged versions of their Bourbon and Rye, an American Single Malt, and even a Bottled-in-Bond. But now they’ve gone and done something truly unique by replacing the rye component in their own-make Bourbon wit...

New News: Is Brown-Forman No Longer for Sale? • Brown-Forman Halts Distilling at Slane Irish Whiskey • Jim Beam CEO Talks Whiskey's Future • Uncle Nearest Has a Secret Buyer • The Tarriff Nonsense Continues • Grandmother Found Guilty of Whiskey Manslaughter • Half a Million Dollars of Whiskey Stolen from Philadelphia Warehouse • Woman Arrested for Starting Impromptu Happy Hour at Costco New Whiske...

Whiskeys: Quest’s End: Paladin Bourbon • Quest’s End: Rogue Whiskey • Quest’s End: Warlock Bourbon • Dragon’s Milk Origin Bonded Bourbon Tangents: Jeff and Shavonne join us for a night of whiskey-fueled adventure in which we taste four fantasy-inspired expressions in the course of playing D&D! • Ed used AI to create his character’s backstory • Shavonne didn’t read the book for the book report...

Video with bonus cocktail: https://youtu.be/toVg2ru7qck So many barrels, so little time. Join us as we taste a recent JD expression that, although it didn’t make the Final Pour of this year’s Madness Tournament (just a few podcasts back), it impressed us enough that we thought we’d do a full evaluation of it. We also made our first full tasting video on YouTube (linked above) so you can see our fa...

New News: Sazerac makes a bid for Brown-Forman • MGP halts production at two Kentucky distilleries • Green River lets go their Head Distiller as job losses accelerate • New tax ruling makes homemade whiskey legal • Uncle Nearest legal woes continue • Competition results from Denver International Spirits Competition , Beverage Tasting Institute , and World Whiskies Awards • Low-carbon distillery pr...

Whiskeys: Far-Flung Bourbon 100 v. Far-Flung Bourbon IV • Copperworks Distilling Washington Single Malt v. Boulder Spirits 7 Year Colorado Single Malt • Fiddler Soloist Georgia Straight Bourbon v. Dread River Distilling Co. Alabama Straight Bourbon • New Riff Distilling Kentucky Straight Rye v. Broad Branch Distillery 8 Year North Carolina Straight Rye • Montgomery Distillery Montana Straight Bour...

Say “bye bye Bob” to Season 14! Oh but wait, we 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 15. Last Things – Shout-outs: All our guest co-hosts • Dr. Ulysses • Gabe-related Random Belligerence • South Jersey Highschool Tangent • Listener Stats: 57,000 downloads! • Several new countries • Virginia and Japan vau...

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt • 15 STARS Triple Cask II Bourbon • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Run Emerald Rye Madness: We’ve finally come to the last four whiskeys, and we’ll crown one of them the winner tonight! • No egos were harmed dur...

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt • Bushmills 12 Year Irish Single Malt • 15 STARS Triple Cask II Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s Heritage Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey • Kinsey Cask Strength Cabernet Finish Whiskey • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Single Barrel Bourbon • Nulu To...

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Carpathian Romanian Single Malt • Stranahan’s Blue Peak • 15 STARS Triple Cask II • Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Clyde May Special Reserve Bourbon • Kinsey Cask Strength Cabernet Finish Whiskey • Clonakilty Rivesaltes Irish Whiskey • Nulu Toasted Single B...

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Aaaaaand here we go again, folks! Anders and Gabe are here once again to be both referees and judges for the best whiskey bracket tournament that’s ever existed in the history of the universe! After all, not only will we tell you all about the drastic changes we made to this y...

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent This is a very newly established distillery who started out sourcing highly aged whiskey then blending and finishing them into interesting (and expensive) expressions. And the contents of this particular bottle were blended together, then separated into three different casks, and blended back together again. But will that uni...

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent New News: The Podcast Hits a Huge Milestone! • Key Whiskey Trends to Watch Out for in 2026 • Uncle Nearest Sues Former CFO • The Founder of F.E.W. Spirits Departs • Fred Minnick ’s Top 100 Whiskeys of 2025 • Whiskey House Builds Record-Setting Rickhouse • How Rye Helps the Climate • Welshman Goes for a Joyride New Whiskeys: B...

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Round 1 – Rusty Nail: Scotch, Drambuie Round 2a – Rob Roy: Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters Round 2b – Bobby Burns: Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Benedictine Round 3 – The Churchill: Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Cointreau, Lime juice Round 4 – The Modern: Scotch, Sloe Gin, Lemon juice, Sugar, Absinthe, Orange Bitters Tangents: Sue and Ga...

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent After chasing but never tasting any version of the nearly impossible-to-find Old Fitzgerald decanter series bonded Bourbon, we'd just about given up ever being able to acquire any. But then Heaven Hill decided to create a new, reasonably priced Old Fitz expression that's basically the same juice, just with a lower age stateme...

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent We haven’t featured any Japanese whiskies on the podcast in over three years, so when Suntory came out with a smoky version of their classic fruit-and-spice Toki mainstay, we were intrigued to say the least. And we had lots of questions: How different was this from the original? How would it compare? And what cocktails could...

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent New News: Jim Beam Halts Production in 2026 • Brown-Forman Profits Down Nearly $60 Million • Irish Whiskey Needs to Evolve • WhistlePig Opens Whiskey Row Experience • Whisky Advocate ’s Top 20 Whiskeys of 2025 • The Mint That Fights Binge Drinking • Country Star Hospitalized After Wild Trip to L.A. • Drunk Ne'er-do-well Wreak...

Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Shavonne and Sue are back again to help us taste a new whiskey that "Tastes like Christmas" (whatever the f**k that means) from a distillery we've barely covered in about seven years. So, is it the most Christmas-y whiskey ever? Or does it taste like Krampusbrechen? Tune in and find out! Oh, and Merry Christmas everyone! Musi...