Beast Masters Club

All of your preconceived notions about light whiskey? Leave them at Gene Nassif's door. This week, the co-founder of Obtanium Whiskey from Cat's Eye Distillery joins the Beasts to give some hot takes, share some light whiskey wisdom, and surprise the boys with a brand new treat or two.  

Welcome back, Beasties, for L'Encantada Lasalle Part 2.   This Friday, you've got a lot to be thankful for. Join the Beasts and Nicolas Palazzi of PM Spirits for a conversation on life, love and Armagnac.  And NEXT FRIDAY…well, you know what next Friday is. We just can't stop talking about it - we're that damn excited.    

Wow. Just WOW. This is one of our most special pods for one of our most special barrels.   The whiskey world is going nuts for L'Encantada. It's a small bottler of hand-picked single barrel Armagnac casks (sound familiar Willett fans?) and they are finding absolute treasures. They also do an incredibly beautiful presentation (ahem, again sound familiar?) with their signature orange wax.   On Episo...

Look no further.   Listen to this week's pod, Episode 44: Catoctin Creek featuring Scott Harris, for a whole-ass science class, a lesson in how to get an unadvised loan, the pressures of whiskey drinking as a woman, and the touching story of perfecting the family business of creating craft spirits.    

We promised a Part II...same day, same time, same place.  Eric and the Smoky Beast take you around the world in a supplemental sampling that has the Smoky Beast stumbling home.   Sip along on with the boys on your Capitan Brownbeard.  Or on a pina colada.  We don't judge. 

Steve-the-Smoky-Beast and Ben sit down with Eric Kaye, the Holmes Cay founder and rum connoisseur.   He is a kindred spirit, traveling all over the Caribbean to seek   out small rum distilleries and setting up import for them under his label.   He's a man on a mission - seek out the world's best rums and release them unadulterated at cask strength.   How hard could that be?   Really f**ckin' hard,...

They've done it.   The illustrious Barrell Bourbon is the "Bees Knee's" two years running, but this year they don't just sting, they slay.   They don't just maim, they murder.   Join the #SmokyBeast and Ben on the pod as they sample a trio of their MGP ryes, and preview our this year's Bee's Knees…or Murder Hornets.  

Hello, degenerates!   Welcome to the Corona Party Bunker.   Pull up a chair and join us for a beastly feast of bourbon and brainfood.   This week, the Beast Masters taste and review the Spinal Tap inspired Elijah Craig Single Barrel Trilogy, "SMELL THE BEAVER".   This one GOES TO ELEVEN!  

The Beasts are joined on the pod by Josh Feldman (of Coopered Tot fame) for a sampling of the Hazmat bottle series, along with a few other surprises.   The men discuss the pressing issues of our time, such as, "the papery skin of nuts," and, "swampy spice cajones," and answer the seminal question on everyone's mind: are pimp hats for everyone?  

What happens when Lil' Beast is away?   Mom and Dad drink whiskey, of course!   Mrs. Beast brings her brilliance to the table to review the new barrel trio - 1792, Eagle Rare, and Buffalo Trace - and to pick a name from amongst your clever BMC submissions.  

The Beast Masters meet again for a holiday special - and their four favorite ryes of 2019 meet each other in the octagon.   Who will emerge victorious?   Will it be Steve the Smoky Beast's pick, Parker's Heritage?   Ben's Wild Turkey?   Jake the Whiskey Warrior's bottom-shelf sleeper pick, the Pinhook?   Or the group's classic pick, Redemption?   Let the sleigh bell ring, and the fight begin!  

After a 6 month podcasting hiatus The Beasts are back! The cast took a bit of a back seat to some serious barrel hunting so to settle the books Steve and Ben sat down to properly catch up on the club's picks over the last half year. 2019 has bestowed some amazing barrel picks upon our beastly club, but unfortunately, they have remained unaddressed in this forum… until now. Tune in for reviews and...

The grisly grey-haired beast is getting even older. For his birthday Beast Master Ben, Josh "Captain Coop" Feldman, and Jake "Whiskey Warrior" Cahill assemble to sample our favorite of the Beast Masters Club private barrels. The warrior brings a surprise - a National Distillers Old Grand-Dad Bottled-in-Bond bourbon distilled in 1961! The boys talk whiskey, turn-ons, turn-offs, and just to spice th...

There are supposedly some "smoky" American whiskies.   But there's only ONE "Slap-Your-Ass-and-Call-You-Sally" smoky American whiskey.   That one is made in Waco, Texas.   In this episode of Beast Masters Club Podcast, Winston Edwards from Balcones Distillery sits down with The Beasts to celebrate Balcones' 10th Anniversary.

Adam was kind enough to show us around his distillery and warehouses and give us a behind the scenes peek at how Sonoma County produces their unique take on a variety of pot distilled whiskies. From their Alembic Hoga stills hand crafted in Portugal and modeled on the original, ancient Arab water distillers to their method of slightly down proofing and finishing their whiskies in first fill barrel...

Beast Masters Club and The Wall Street Journal Plus bring you a rare treat: an interview with Wild Turkey's Jimmy Russell and the chance to pick a private barrel of bourbon! With over 60 years of whiskey making experience running Wild Turkey, Jimmy Russell is a true bourbon legend. Jimmy and his grandson Bruce, now the fourth generation Russell at Wild Turkey, sit down with the Beast Masters to pi...

Once again, the doors to the Beast Masters battle arena were flung open to see two true masters of the dusty whiskey hunt engage in combat. The treasures they unleashed were truly epic, but only one could leave as champion! These two expert dusty connoisseurs fought bravely to own the title of Champion Dusty Hunter. Each brought forth a serious bounty of dusty whiskey treats for the Beast Masters...

Legendary Four Roses Distillery Manger Al Young treated the Beast Masters to an incredible Kentucky bourbon barrel picking session that produced the OBSV awesomeness now known as, "It Must Have Been The Roses". When we arrived at Four Roses on a sunny morning in March, Al had a number of casks laid out for our day's picking endeavor. Under Al's expert guidance we tasted through six barrels pulled...

Once again two intrepid contenders step into our Whiskey Thunderdome - this time to decide who will be named the first ever One Bourbon, One Scotch & One Beer Champion by our Beast Masters Members! Enter the worthy contenders: Nate Woodruff of Whisky With A View and Shane Helmick of How to Drink Whisky. Each brought the eponymous, One Bourbon, One Scotch & One Beer. Each listened to George Thorogo...

The Beast Masters drop in on Ned Wight at New England Distilling in Portland, ME for a "North of the Wall" vacation podcast between Lobstah rolls and steamahs. We could not have asked for a warmer welcome from a nicer guy. Ned took us deep behind the scenes of his distillery and delved into the real nitty gritty of his craft, methods and practices.  After the tour and schooling, he treated us to a...