the Whisky Friends

We're on to Day 7 of the 2022 Blind Minnesota Whiskey Elite Advent Calendar.  We're going to sample and hopefully, get 1 out of 25 correct haha. Join us as our taste buds stumble to Christmas. Maybe we've found some new bottles to put on our shelf so far? Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Catch us on the web at - http://thewhiskyfriends.com/ Email us at - thewhiskeyfr...

Day 6 of the 2022 Blind Minnesota Whiskey Elite Advent  Calendar. We're going to sample and hopefully, get 1 out of 25 correct haha. Join us as our taste buds stumble to Christmas. Maybe we've found some new bottles to put on our shelf so far? Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Catch us on the web at - http://thewhiskyfriends.com/ Email us at - thewhiskeyfriends@gmail....

We're on Day 5 of the 2022 Blind Minnesota Whiskey Elite Advent  Calendar. We're going to sample and hopefully, get 1 out of 25 correct haha. Join us as our taste buds stumble to Christmas. Maybe we've found some new bottles to put on our shelf so far? Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Catch us on the web at - http://thewhiskyfriends.com/ Email us at - thewhiskeyfrien...

Are we starting to get the hang of this? We're on to Day 4 of the 2022 Blind Minnesota Whiskey Elite Advent Calendar. We're going to sample and hopefully, get 1 out of 25 correct haha. Join us as our taste buds stumble to Christmas. Maybe we've found some new bottles to put on our shelf so far? Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Catch us on the web at - http://thewhisk...

We're on to Day 3 of the 2022 Blind Minnesota Whiskey Elite Advent  Calendar. We're going to sample and hopefully, we'll get 1 out of 25 correct haha. Join us as our taste buds stumble to Christmas.   Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Catch us on the web at - http://thewhiskyfriends.com/ Email us at - thewhiskeyfriends@gmail.com

We're on to Day 2 of the 2022 Blind Minnesota Whiskey Elite Advent  Calendar. We're going to sample and hopefully, get 1 out of 25 correct haha. Join us as our taste buds stumble to Christmas. Maybe we've found some new bottles to put on our shelf so far? Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Catch us on the web at - h...

We start off with Day 1 of the 2022 Blind Minnesota Whiskey Elite Advent Calendar. We're going to sample and hopefully, get 1 out of 25 correct haha. Join us as our taste buds stumble to Christmas. Maybe we've found some new bottles to put on our shelf so far? Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Email us at the address below to share your thoughts. Catch us on the web at - h...

We started recording the Whisky Friends over a year ago, and our friend, 'The Supplier' has been a part of it from the start. Sadly we had to say goodbye to our friend, as he's moving away to a new job. In one of our last pours together at the table, we share some of Michter's 10-year, as well as a couple more. You'll have to listen to this one last episode of the original friends. Learn more abou...

We had a couple of bottles of Missouri 6-year bottled-in-bond whiskey, the first from Ben Holladay and another from Rieger's that's aged 6 years. Which one of the two will get the nod from us this night? As always, please support your local distilleries, as there are fantastic people using their skills and passion to create the things we enjoy drinking. Learn more about the Holladay Distillery onl...

We've been seeing this whiskey on our shelves in our area of Central Iowa for a little while now, so we got a bottle to try. We opened it up on set one night, and what you will hear is our opinions at the time of this juice. J. Rieger & Co. is located in Kansas City which is not far from us, and like any small, or regional distillery, we certainly want to see them succeed. "J. Rieger & Co....

Many of us in this group enjoy Elijah Craig, and you'll often find it in the decanter on the set of Whisky Friends. Some of us have tried the 18-year-old offering of this bourbon. All of these are single barrels, so we also will have to consider that while tasting. It's Iggy's birthday, and he cracked open a bottle to share, and we wanted to share our thoughts with you about this pour. Does the lo...

Baker's Bourbon is named after Jim Beam's grand-nephew, and the bourbon named after him was once a small batch, but later Beam decided that the label would then be best served by being single barrel bottles. We recently had the opportunity to square off with the small batch versus the single-barrel version. Do we think that Beam made the right choice in moving the brand to a single-barrel only bot...

When you are thinking light whiskey, you may think thin, with less flavor, or a product being pushed out the door in the name of profit. One sip of Obtainium Light Whiskey from Cat's Eye Distillery will most likely change your line of thinking. The table recently had the chance to taste a barrel pick of Obtainium that was selected by Matt Porter of ADHD fame, and as the sticker on the bottle indic...

Buffalo Trace has acquired a who's who of the bourbon industry, and E. H. Taylor is a giant among them. Considered one of the fathers of Bottled-In-Bond, who championed legislation that set a standard for purity in the bourbon industry. Iggy brought in one of the latest bottles from E.H. Taylor that happened to also be bottled-in-bond.  From Buffalo Trace who now owns the E.H. Taylor brand, "...

Ken had the opportunity to visit the Templeton Distillery in Iowa during the summer of 2022 and speak with their master distiller and management. It was a very educational visit. The town is steeped in bootleg history, and Ken had a chance to visit a few of the places where the 'hooch' was hidden to be shipped off during the Prohibition Era.  Today's Templeton embraces their past, which inclu...

Tasting the whiskey from a distillery that we've never had almost always makes us happy, and this Washington State bourbon is one that none of us have had in the past. Their website makes this sound like a labor of love. "All of our staple grains are cultivated exclusively for us on the Omlin Family farm in Quincy, Washington. The grains are mashed, distilled, and barreled in our Woodinville® dist...

Celebrity whiskey is everywhere today, with some success, and some, well not so much. Our very own Michael was kind enough to share this bottle with us so we could give our opinions on this celebrity whiskey. Will we find it on par with his music? Placing our already-aged 6-Year whiskey in an alligator charred, new American oak deepens the color and fills our whiskey with flavors of dark toasted v...

One of the newest Kentucky Distilleries to open their doors and many of their fans might say New Riff kicked the doors in. Some of our own friends have had the opportunity to pick a barrel of their favorite New Riff juice, but unfortunately, that's not the one we're tasting today. As with all single barrel selections, your mileage may vary, or in bourbon speak, each barrel has a taste character al...

Awesome, another small distillery whiskey. These are something we love to taste and try, and this one comes to us from Carl. Thank you Carl for sharing your whiskey with the group. This whiskey is made by Journeyman Distillery in Michigan. Few people may know that the distillery is 100% organic and Kosher. "Our production facility, ingredients, and distillation practices have been inspected by the...

This bottle got picked up in Oskaloosa, Kansas, on my way back to Oskaloosa, Iowa. One of our friends around the table is a big KU fan, and this whiskey created some fun times joking about that rivalry. "This whiskey is made from grain grown on Boot Hill Distillery’s farm. This agricultural link dates back to 1863 when K-State was founded as the first land-grant university." Will we like it, could...

We must be crazy but we decided to tackle three different bourbons in one episode. We start off with Quality House, then move along to JW Dant and finish the episode with JTS Brown. We are typically fans of most Heaven Hill products, but these wallet-friendly pours might push the limits of what we like. Which is your favorite, and who do you think we will pick as our winner? Learn more about Heave...

Many around our table have enjoyed Very Old Barton and praised it for it's taste, especially considering it's pricepoint being so affordable. We're going to sample the highest proof version and see if our love for this whiskey continues. Very Old Barton is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced in Bardstown, Kentucky, and aged 4 or 6 years by the Sazerac Company at its Barton Distillery.[1]...

They may be a lot of buzz around Yellowstone, but we're going to focus on the whiskey that is created and bottled by Limestone Branch.  Tonight, we're tasting the mass-produced version instead of their limited edition yearly release. We've enjoyed those limited-edition releases, but will we like their bread-and-butter version? On the Yellowstone website, they say, "this straight bourbon featu...

Another bottle we just can't find in Iowa, but our own Iggy was able to locate one out of state, and share it with the friends. You will hear in this episode we'll compare it against the standard Remus, and you'll hear our take on both bottles. On the Remus website, they describe how and why briefly why they created this bottle. "Comprised of a medley of bourbons aged since 2008, Series IV is care...

Carl brought us a taste from Minnesota, and we were happy to try something new and different. We love trying out new whiskey from regional and micro distillers. Douglas and Todd Distillery is named after two counties in Minnesota where the ingredients for their whiskey are sourced from. "The seasonal temperature variation present in Minnesota delivers a  minimum four-year aging process, makin...