Whiskey Tangent

Whiskeys: Woodford Reserve • Hillrock • Crown Royal • High West • Templeton • Belle Meade • Bulleit Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • Old Overholt • J.W. Dant • Yellowstone • James E. Pepper • Old Crow • Ancient Age • Jim Beam • Early Times • Henry McKenna • Wild Turkey • Pappy Van Winkle • Willet • George Dickel • Heaven Hill • Four Roses • I.W. Harper • Mellow Yellow Corn Whiskey • Heaven Hill Bottled-in...

Join us as we taste a whiskey Christmas gift that actually tastes like Christmas—one that Forbes magazine voted their 2020 whiskey of the year. Plus! Scott tells the little-known tale of the “West Point Egg Nog Riot" and then Ed puts a whiskey spin on a classic Christmas Eve poem. Also, on a serious note, we’d like to extend a special thanks to everyone who listened to us in 2020, learning and lau...

Round 1: Maple Old Fashioned – Bulleit Rye, maple syrup, bitters, cinnamon sugar rim, cinnamon stick garnish Round 2: Bourbon Alexander – Eagle Rare Bourbon, Crème de Cacao, half-and-half, nutmeg Round 2B: Bourbon Alexander à La Mode – Eagle Rare Bourbon, Crème de Cacao, Schwan’s vanilla ice cream, nutmeg Round 3: Wassail – Elijah Craig Bourbon, spiced apple cider, cranberry juice, ginger, lemon,...

Gabe joins us for our third journey through the wonderful world of infinity bottles. Not only do we taste our third Bourbon/Rye expression, we also go through Gabe's 2nd Bourbon/Rye attempt, as well as his first Irish Whiskey mix! Also, there are so many crickets in this one, we're gonna need an exterminator. Or maybe we could just stop singing so much? Nahhhhh. Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of...

Beers: Round 1 - Dragon's Milk White Bourbon Barrel Aged American Stout (6%) • Round 2 - Innis & Gunn “The Original” Scotch Barrel Aged Golden Ale (6.6%) • Round 3 - Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Strong Ale (8.2%) • Round 4 - Some People Are Immune to Good Advice Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged American Imperial Stout (10.7%) • Round 5 - Old Rasputin XXII Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout (11.3%...

So, we've been very lucky to receive a bunch of free bottles of whiskey from various distilleries looking to market their product. And we've been happy to comply, with the caveat that if we hate it, we're going to say so. And, honestly? So far, they've all been various degrees of great. This time, though, a listener sent us a bottle from a local distiller with which he has no affiliation.  He just...

Coming just once a year, the Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye is an uptick expression of the regular Sazerac Rye that's expensive and hard to get. We got a small swallow of it for free because we have nice friends. But whatever way you end up wrapping your hands around one, everyone loves a Handy. Amiright? ;-) Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/fr...

Round 1: Cooper & Thief Bourbon Barrel Red Blend 2017 • Barrelhouse Bourbon Barrel Red Blend 2018 Round 2: Ménage à Trois Bourbon Barrel Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 • Robert Mondavi Private Selection Bourbon Barrel  Chardonnay 2018 Round 3: 1924 Scotch Barrel Chardonnay 2018 • Robert Mondavi Private Selection Rye Barrel Red Blend 2018 Tangents: “The Ladies” are back! Chelbi, Drea, and Nari • The Histo...

Join us as we taste the somewhat controversial reissuing of a very old brand from Heaven Hill, one of the most prolific distillers out there. So, does it taste like Heaven or Hill? Hah! See what I did there?! I'll see myself out. Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom

Whiskeys: George Dickel 8 Tennessee Whiskey • George Dickel 12 Tennessee Whiskey • George Dickel 11 Year Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey • Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Tennessee Whiskey • Knob Creek • Woodford Reserve • Buffalo Trace • Bulleit Bourbon • Heaven Hill • Bulleit 10 Year Bourbon • Basil Hayden’s • Uncle Nearest 1856 • Uncle Nearest 1820 Cask Strength • George Dickel 13 Year Bottled...

When it comes to whiskey, there's a lot of folklore, misconceptions, misleading information, and just so many hard-to-recall details that it's easy to get things wrong. And maybe you have that one friend who thinks he knows everything about whiskey but you don't know enough to correct him. (Or maybe that friend is you.) Well, we're here to help. In just 18 minutes, we'll turn you into a bona fide...

Whiskeys: Barrell Private Release AH10 Ruby Port • Barrell Private Release AH08 Malmsey Madeira • Barrell Private Release AH02 Tokaji • Barrell Private Release AH05 Sicilian Amaro • Barrell Dovetail • Barrel Bourbon Batch 004 • James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • Elijah Craig • Woodford Reserve • Knob Creek • Barrel Bourbon Batch 005 Tangents: Our buddy Jeff joins us again! • How Jeff got Barrell to se...

Ed bought Scott some Weller for his birthday, and Ed's super salty about what he paid for it. In fact, he's not only salty about how expensive and rare Weller is, but also about how expensive and rare ALL the spirits from Buffalo Trace seem to be nowadays—everything from Pappy to Blanton's to Eagle Rare. And, well, he's not wrong. The secondary market may not be killing whiskey, but it sure is fru...

Well, the slow-motion disaster that was Summer 2020 is finally over, but we’ve still got one thing to say. Ok, SEVERAL last things. So, won’t you join us for a look back as we revisit the past 6 months, give some shout-outs, recap all the Epsiodes and Sho(r)ts, and try really really hard not to talk about the apocalypse. Last Things: Everything sucks and we all know it, but we’re gonna focus on th...

Join us and a couple of friends as we taste the latest release from Beam Suntory, their first new brand in almost 30 years. (That's not a typo!) It's a blended bourbon, yes, but with an interesting twist. It's all the same famous Kentucky mashbill spirit, but a portion of it was finished in ex-wine barrels and another portion was finished in ex-sherry barrels, after which it was all blended togeth...

Round 1: Original Manhattan – Bulleit Rye, Cocchi Tornio Italian sweet vermouth, simple syrup, Angostura bitters, atomizer spray of absinthe, served in a coupe glass Round 2: Original Mint Julep – Smith & Ross Jamaican Rum, mint simple syrup, Angostura bitters, served in a silver cup with Sonic pebble ice and a sprig of mint Round 2B: Traditional Mint Julep – Buffalo Trace Bourbon, mint simple syr...

So if you've been listening for awhile, you know that Ed is 0-3 in Quiskeys. He lost once to Anders and twice to Gabe. But now he has a chance to get his revenge on both of them at the same time in our first threeway! Wait, no, that came out wrong. It's our first threeway competition, featuring... New questions! New buzz-in system! New scoring penalties! New sound effects! And a new winner? Well,...

Whiskeys: Basil Hayden’s • Knob Creek • Booker’s • Baker’s Small Batch • Baker’s Single Barrel • Old Ezra No. 7 • Little Book Chapter 3 Tangents: Baker’s is like the lesser known members of The Supremes and Destiny’s Child • Baker Beam’s Backstory • Baker’s Small Batch Tasting • How small does a small batch have to be? • Why Baker’s changed from Small Batch to Single Barrel • Baker’s Single Barrel...

Take one venerable Scotch company, add two talented whiskey blenders, give them five completely different tasting bourbons, and what do you get? Well, you get another fine expression in the continuing trend of blending American whiskeys, something once considered to be just about the worst thing you can do. But, really, that's because "a blend" used to be just a cover for truly terrible whiskey. T...

Whiskeys: Sazerac Rye • WhistlePig 12 Year: Old World Style Rye • Sazerac 18 Year Rye • Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye • James E. Pepper 1776 Rye • James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • Barton’s 1792 • Blanton’s • Buffalo Trace • Eagle Rare • Col. E. H. Taylor • Elmer T. Lee •  George T. Stagg • Pappy Van Winkle • W.L. Weller • Whistle 6 Year: Piggyback • WhistlePig 10 Year Rye • WhistlePig 15 Year: Estate...

Having been big fans of Irish whiskey for awhile now, we're excited to see the many new distilleries and expressions coming out of Ireland after decades of languishing behind the other countries enjoying the benefits of a resurgent whiskey industry. And The Sexton is one of these new expressions. Not only is the bottle cool as hell (just look at it!), it also has an interesting backstory.  But non...

Whiskeys: Halley’s Comet 1986 Blended Scotch • Macallan • Port Ellen • Chivas Regal • Johnnie Walker • Monkey Shoulder Wormholes: Jeff and Sue join us in the Wormhole! • Sue’s our little WhiskeyPixie™ • Jeff describes how he got ahold of a Scotch from 1986 • Why did our parents drink such sad liquor? • Halley’s Comet History (the whiskey) • We were children when this was bottled • Halley’s Comet H...

Whiskeys: James E. Pepper 1776 Bourbon • James E. Pepper 1776 Rye • Old Oscar Pepper • Old Crow • Woodford Reserve • Bulleit Rye • Angel’s Envy Rye • WhistlePig 10 Year Rye • Redemption Rye • Sagamore Spirit Cognac Finish Rye • High West Double Rye! Tangents: Sue and Jeff are back again! • James E. Pepper History (Part 1) • Whiskey is an incestuous business • Marketing was important to whiskey, th...

Yes, yes, another Top 10 list. But THIS time it's actually TWO lists! Anders is back to help us with ranking the Top 10 Ryes that we like, and then we check Ranker.com's Top 10 Ryes to see how we match up against the masses. Fun right? RIGHT?! *crickets* Sigh. Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom

Whiskeys: Suntory Whiskey Toki • Nikka Coffey Malt Whiskey • Suntory White Label • Suntory Kakubin • Suntory Single Malt • Yamazaki 12 Year • Yamazaki 18 Year • Yamazaki 25 Year • Hibiki Harmony • Hibiki 17 Year • Hibiki 21 Year • Bushmills • Green Spot • Four Roses • Pappy Van Winkle 12 Year • Evan Williams 23 Year Tangents: Our friend Anders joins us for a virtual trip to the Far East • Crazy-fl...