Drep and Stone

On this episode we sample Smooth Ambler Contradiction .  Our conversation delves into the finer points of defining mingle, a third episode, a bottle by Michael Jordan or Michael B Jordan, little PeePee notes, the aromas of a Porta-a-Potty in July, some toffee and vinegar, chucking barrels together, blending whiskey in your magic blender, the brain is not quite working, noting and taking stock, ind...

On this episode we pair Michter's Sour Mash Whiskey against Shenk's Homestead Sour Mash Whiskey.   We talk about an upstairs goal, doing six 5ks in a row, what happens when great minds think alike, that summer bod, whiskey is a health drink, barrel differences,  c hurch lady toffee with white diamonds, strong Mellow Corn notes, adding half a glass of water to your whiskey, the algorithms are linke...

On this episode we try the Ethiopia Kochere from Atomic Coffee Roasters .  We chat about the Londonesque weather, Sassy Alexa, when the math is mathing, nice bean bags, single origin coffee, hiding behind some coffee notes, terrior of comfy coffee, not sponsored but not opposed, dropping the deets, reading some money, lusty monks and nut butter, the intense onslaught of full days at Disney, loadin...

On this episode we sample the Ledaig 18 and the Bunnahabhain 18. We chat about Smokey Robinson or Otis Redding or Lionel Ritchie, why we mean all disrespect, having an easy Sunday, a little whiskey and coffee pairing, Rich Pete, a tobacco smoke texture, perpetually nursing the bottle, when age doesn't do it any favors, everyone's just making up prices, a stack of boozy pancakes, honestly- what's t...

On this episode we find ourselves recording in a car outside of a movie theater just after watching Project Hail Mary.  We chat about being mostly spoiler free, whiskey pours in a movie theater, waddling in the parking lot, plowing through a book in a day or two, changes that are both amazing and frustrating, cheeky matinees, sneaking goods into a theater, Heaven Hill BIB, pieces of barrel in the...

On this episode we breakdown our trip to EPCOT's Flower and Garden Festival while discussing having several hundred thousand steps, Nick's fragile skin, Food and Wine with Topiaries, GLP-1 Sully, the international gateway, having a Harp in England, drinking warm beers, Thames River cold, the biggest question: Mexico or Canada, margarita stand, Moosehead, the mouthfeel is the separator, a pineapple...

On this episode we sample two of Sierra Nevada's Trail Pass NA Series while talking about Kyle's safe space, goosing Capt America, interacting with a celebrity, comparing Cs, why we gotta have the body, is the IPA too much, college dorm room toe jam, gas stoves, a 20% loss to entropy, work life balance is a myth, what are we trying to achieve here, finding the equilibrium, and juggling four balloo...

On this episode we sample Union Road from W.D. O'Connell Whiskey Merchants as we chat about the smoother intros, entering an era of shock, reverse engineered whiskey, the one thing we've learned when talking about Irish whiskey, we're experts hanging out in the valley of despair, voluptuous whiskey, the most hated word in whiskey, a saturated American market, Daithi is a whiskey genius, time to op...

On this episode we sample two scotches from Annandale Distillery's Man O'Words lineup (a refill bourbon cask and a fresh bourbon cask) while chatting about Sir King Bensley, the Mandalorian and Grogu trailer, having a quarter cup of coffee, an AT-AT wreck, Xenomorphs and Ripley, whether or not Drep and Stone and Star Wars can exist at the same time, the Annandale Distillery, Man O'Words and Man O'...

On this episode we sample two coffees from Black & White Coffee Roasters ( Rodrigo Sanchez Candy Hearts and The Future- Chocolate Covered Strawberries ) while talking about our state is on fire, good ole weenie roasts, an Irish fire issue, stepping out of a wheelhouse and entering another, a delicious smelling bag, the process for the coffee nerds, a french press process, past tense of grind, hot...

On this episode we take a trip around the world of whiskey with Kamiki from Japan and Kyro from Finland while talking about old games on the new TV, being scared of the ocarina of time, cathode ray tube TVs, all of the pixels are blending and diffusing, JeffGordon.com, licking a bunch of cedar trees, the smells of the garden center, good ole manilla envelope, what if Walmart and a Lowes had a baby...

On this episode we pair our Everglazed Crunch against Elijah Craig Barrel Proof , Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel Proof , and Wolcott Rickhouse Reserve- Barton 1792  while chatting about sniffing an aromatic mike, the difference between common and discommon, little fava beans, Jacked up and Daniled down, clear lineages between whiskies, playing bass while hitting chips shots, doing this professi...

On this episode we revisit Dettling Cask Strength 50 Month as we talk about stuck thumbs, routine kilt wearing, responsible enough to be a purist, paying homage to the bottle, nostalgia in a class, eating a brownie and drinking a Coke, our finger on the pulse of popular culture, the final season of Stranger Things, Making Of Documentary, huge set designs, Conformity Gate, wish we had more, Dungeon...

On this episode we sample a couple of rare single cask drams from Lady of the Glen (a 15 year Royal Brackla and 10 year Blair Athol) as we talk about giving one another some space, spelunking in the whiskey cave, making sure the tops and the bottoms are clean, piles of snow in 6 New England states, snow needles, a broken sniffer mid sniff, deconstructed hot cocoa,  zero standards for human consump...

On this episode we open a nearly 21 year old Single Barrel American Light Whiskey by Rare Character and picked by our friends at the Lakeland Whiskey Society while we chat about Coors in Ireland, being excited and nervous at the same time, jet fuel, whiskey old enough to drink itself, 400 episodes of spilling whiskey, expo and rubber cement, striking a match and the room blows up, rich and rugged,...

On this episode we crack a bottle of Hook or By Crooke by W.D. O'Connell as we chat about our sort of winter, Sheboygan WI, Nick's winter flops, HDT NDT and HGTV, Driving Mr Waldrep, the first independently bottled Powerscourt, Irish Whiskey DNA, not being afraid to be experimental, we've got to trust the bottler, AirBNB versus Hotel, negative hotel experiences, a place to lay your head, unpacking...

On this episode we open a bottle of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Heritage Barrel as we talk about paying a 3rd grader to comb through your pennies, differences in char, lifting 300 lbs of loose change, bit of a twang on it, which NSYNC member are you, walking as a thought exercise, not wanting to hear yourself breathe, huffing and puffing while going up hill, nobody expects the Marlboro Reds, the s...

On this episode we crack into the Kolsch Style NA Beer from Best Day Brewing as we chat about the glorious day known as NYE, 2025 where'd you go?, a boutique known as Target, some special agreements with Wisconsin, Nick's optometry degree and Kyle's weak eyes, drinking 75 Oktoberfests in Denver, 1.5 billion dollars, statistics aren't in your favor, getting the ducks in a row, money changes everyth...

On this episode we crack into the Everglazed Crunch, OUR FIRST BARREL PICK EVER ( Grab your own bottle here ), while talking Christmas 2025, trying to escape everybody, being an ambiance guy, how picking a barrel worked, Bardstown distillate for High West, 60/40 and 126.4 and 7 Years, the non-artist made a label, rarely being speechless, a good mix of metaphors, capital R-I-C-H, Nick reads his own...

On this episode we crack a bottle of Ardnahoe's Inaguarl Release while talking distillery pronunciations, wild episodes, passing by Ardnahoe on the way to Bunnahabhain, Scottish hug in your haggis, a pseudo epiphany, deep metaphors,  illustrating how we engage in new ideas, bubble paitings, the blending of pigments, arts and crafts to deep philosophies, saying the word bubble 75 times, how we move...

We are pleased to announce our FIRST official barrel pick as a collaboration between Drep and Stone and the amazing Lakeland Whiskey Society ORDER HERE From Public Barrel, we introduce to you: "Everglazed Crunch"  This barrel hails from the Bardstown Bourbon Company and is a 7yr. 60/40 coming in at 126.4 proof. It is 1 of 3 experimental barrels that were distilled for High West. All 3 barrels had...

On this episode we dive into several offerings by Lyre's Non-Alcoholic while chatting about throwbacks, October of 2019, drunk raccoons, sleeping on a nice cool tile floor, Australian Lyres, no expectations and a healthy does of curiosity, American Malt, Australians saying No,  the highest of hopes, Karo syrup with lemon, left foot in the air and big toe up, revenge of the glucosides, London Dry,...

On this episode we revist a favorite, Episode 64- Holiday Drinks Special, where we get in the holiday spirit by mixing and sampling three festive holiday themed drinks: Hot Buttered Bourbon, Cranberry Spiced Rum Mule, and Boozy Cinnamon Apple Cider.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrepandStone We'd love to hear from you! https://linktr.ee/Drepand...

On this episode we crack open a Winter White Ale from Sam Adams and a  Delirium Noel  while talking about a chonky book, reading the abridged Treasure Island, being an Accelerated Reader only for the personal pan pizza, Best Western-not the hotel chain, cute orange slices, a can of jellied cranberry sauce, chewing on a candle, Funko Pops are filing for bankruptcy, Beanie babies, lulumon, Foo Foo F...

On this episode we crack open a couple of beers from SkyPuppy Brewing while talking about Nick making an amateur mistake, our first episode ever, the early whiskey journey, MGP, listening to 18 years of podcasts, Nick's favorite brewery, Let the Ashes Dance Festbier, a mike saturated in beer, the differences in Festbier and Marzen, A Voice in the Field Traditional Marzen, a beer that's better than...