Whiskey Tangent

Round 1: The Fatigue – Tennessee Whiskey, Luxardo Maraschino cherry liqueur, Peychaud’s bitters Round 2: The Teenage Riot – Rittenhouse Rye, Cynar, Dolin dry vermouth, Lustau Amontillado dry sherry, orange bitters Round 3: The Burned Popcorn – Buffalo Trace Bourbon, El Dorado 15 Year Rum, demerara syrup, Angostura bitters, orange bitters Bonus Round: The Burned Bridge – Buffalo Trace Bourbon, more...

New News: Jack Daniel’s lied to us about their Single Malt! • Two recent American craft distillery purchases (we were outbid) • Putin smuggles whiskey • A new literal gold standard for testing a whiskey’s age • Beam Suntory’s peat restoration project • Our whiskey-tasting field trip to Manhattan! • A trio of tragicomic tales of intoxication • Whiskey-loving Navy vet turns 100 New Whiskeys: Old For...

Whiskeys: Jack Daniel’s 10 Year • Knob Creek 15 Year Bourbon • Knob Creek 18 Year Bourbon • George Remus Reserve Series V • The Justice 16 Year Bourbon • Peerless Double Oaked Bourbon • George Dickel x Leopold Bros Rye • Bond & Lillard Bourbon Batch No. 2 • Nulu Toasted Small Batch Bourbon • Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon 2017 • Stagg Jr. Bourbon Batch 15 • Kings County Single Barrel • Hirsch...

Whiskeys (sorta): Jameson’s Orange • Crown Royal Apple • Hayes Parker Reserve Cherry Bourbon • Red Stag Black Cherry • Howler Head Banana Bourbon • Starlight Blackberry • Crown Royal Vanilla • Ensign Red Birthday Cake • Ellington Reserve Root Beer • Cask & Crew Walnut Toffee • Fireball Cinnamon • Ellington Reserve Ginger • Ballotin’s Peanut Butter Chocolate • Kurvball Barbecue Tangents: The Ladies...

New News: Jack Daniels’ American Single Malt release date • Jameson’s first Single Pot Still whiskey in decades • Pappy Van Winkle is back! • Possible Bacardi takeover of Teeling’s? • Two Louisville liquor stores get in trouble for libelous labels • Macallan’s new line of James Bond-inspired whiskies • Connor MacGregor’s hiring a whiskey hype man • Increased risk for dementia in alcohol abstainers...

Step 1: Get a tiny barrel. Step 2: Pour in rum and wait. Step 3: Pour out rum, pour in rye, and wait. Step 4: Pour out rye and taste. Does it taste like Angel’s Envy Rye? Does it taste any good at all? And did we just waste two perfectly good bottles of alcohol? Click play and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom

Whiskeys: Balcones Texas Rye • Balcones “1” Texas Single Malt • Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whiskey • Balcones True Blue Single Barrel Corn Whiskey Tangents: The Mayor joins us for the imbibing of a bevy of boisterous Texas whiskeys! • Ed gets the Dallas Cowboys shade out of the way early • So, what IS a Texas Whiskey? • The truly wild Balcones backstory • Ed files a disclaimer about Shavonne reading...

So, Season 7 has finally come to an end, and yet we still have one last thing to talk about. Ok, several last things. So, join us for a look back at the past six months and a look forward at Season 8. Last Things: Ed starts things off with a drink! (Of course) • Shout-outs: Our regular guest hosts • Brian from Afghanistan • Interviewee Greg Snyder, Chicken Cock Master Distiller • Listener Stats: O...

With so much whiskey coming out every week, it’s hard to know what’s good and what isn’t when you’re staring at that Wall O’ Whiskey in the liquor store. But then one of those unfamiliar whiskeys wins an award, disappears from shelves, and you’re left wondering what the hype was all about. Well, we were able to secure such an award winner, but is it worth your time and money? What’s this Clyde May...

New News: It’s Bourbon Heritage Month! • Aww dammit, the Queen died • Buffalo Trace increases production by 50% • Major shake-ups at Maker’s Mark and Brown-Forman • Glenlivet’s “space-side” barley • Macallan’s stunning horizontal whiskey bottle • Brown-Forman invests millions… in Scotch? • Maryland liquor store offers up the most expensive Japanese whiskey ever produced • Puzzling acquittals in a...

Each March, we pit 16 whiskeys against each other in a bracket tournament to determine the best whiskey according to our dubious palates. Then every summer, we invite a few more to compete in an exhibition round. This past March, Larceny Barrel Proof won it all. And because they put out three expressions every year, we thought we’d taste them against each other to answer the question: Can you just...

Whiskeys: Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey • Kinsey Wheat Whiskey • Journeyman’s Corsets, Whips, and Whiskey • Breuckelen’s 77 Malted Straight Wheat Whiskey Tangents: Nobody joins us for a deep dive into the woefully neglected wheat whiskey category! • So, why hasn’t a major distillery been able to make good wheat whiskey in 100 years?! • Hi-C and Everclear • The Whiskey Tangent Wh...

New News: American Single Malts are almost official • The original Old Overholt gets an age statement • Twisted Tea launches a flavored whiskey • High West pledges $1 million to the environment • Proper 12 lied (kinda) about their Conor McGregor origin story • Assassin’s Creed takes a stab at the whiskey biz • A drunk woman in Florida (of course) drives a golf cart onto a highway New Whiskeys: Bar...

In our longest "short" to date, we taste a unique and elite rum-finished rye expression, explore the fascinating history behind the iconic revitalized brand, and talk to the man now serving as their master distiller, Greg Snyder--probably our most interesting, informative, and surprising-in-the-best-ways interview ever. Enjoy! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soun...

Whiskeys: Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey • Jack Daniel’s Bonded Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey • Jack Daniel’s Triple Mash Bottled-in-Bond American Whiskey Tangents: Gabe joins us for a deep dive exploration of JD lore and more! • Old No. 7 JD is like your college girlfriend • JD History (Part 1) • Scott suggests some things about JD • Ed’s rise doesn’t last long • We're all are our...

New News: Buffalo Trace’s new ex-gas station tourism destination • America’s new interactive distillery-lookup website • Scotch obtains official U.S. trademark • The New Hampshire distillery that infuses whiskies with crabs and beavers • Former Philadelphia Eagle enters the distilling biz • Sazerac buys the Lough Gill Irish distillery • Ardbeg smashes auction record • 10 of SFWSC 2022’s Best of Cl...

In our first season, we tried Elijah Craig Small Batch. Last year we tried Elijah Craig Toasted. Last month we tried Elijah Craig Single Barrel. So, last week we figured we'd top off all this EC love by trying their new(ish) Rye expression. We loved all the previous ones, so did we love this one as well? Tune in and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://sound...

Round 1: Old Fashioneds – Bulleit’s Old Fashioned • On the Rocks Old Fashioned (Knob Creek) • Scott’s Old Fashioned (Evan Williams BiB) Round 2: Manhattans – High West’s 36th Vote Barreled Manhattan (Double Rye!) • On the Rocks Manhattan (Basil Hayden Dark Rye) • The Scotthattan (Bulleit Rye) Round 3: Wildcard – Hercules Mulligan’s Rum & Rye • Scott’s Rum & Rye (Gosling’s & Bulleit) Ta...

In a sorta sequel to a much earlier Episode (#7!), we revisit two iconic brands and their now-hard-to-get single barrel expressions to compare their similar ages and mash bills and explain why they’re playing hard to get.  So, should you try to get them anyway? Tune in and find out! (Also, pears are bitches, Ed's a sucker, and Scott gets shamed.) Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil...

News: Heaven Hill’s new distillery • Angel’s Envy’s distillery expansion • Iowa’s new distillery law • Evan William Single Barrel contraction • Edible QR codes • Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption causes brain atrophy • PBS premieres “The Water of Life” movie • Brown-Forman’s income rose 29% • The world’s largest bottle of whiskey! • Our visit to Philly's Bourbon & Branch • Our first whiskey ta...

There are just so many new whiskey companies putting out so many new whiskeys that it's hard to keep up. But when one of these whiskeys garners some attention, and we start seeing it everywhere, then it's time for us to take a closer look. Penelope Architect is one of these new Bourbons. Sourced? Yep. Unique mashbill? Definitely. A French Connection? Yes! Jersey made? Um, sorta. Tasty? Maybe. Why...

Whiskeys: Penderyn Myth Single Malt • Penderyn Legend Single Malt • Adnams Rye Malt • Bain’s Cape Mountain Single Grain • Starward’s Nova Single Malt Tangents: Afghanistan listener Brian joins us for an old-timey hot-air balloon trip around the world of whisky without an E! • Ed says Brian said we’re better than every other podcast • Overview of the British Empire • The Whisky History of Wales (no...

So, you know when you're hung over and you just have to get some "hair of the dog" to chase away all the "screaming of the cats"?  Well, that's what happened after our IrishFest 2022 Episode when we woke up with cotton mouth and a pounding headache, and then discovered that we had two more Irish whiskeys to try. So, did we get sick of the Irish? Or is our blood now green in solidarity? Click play...

Whiskeys: Gooderham & Worts Four Grain • Crown Royal Rye 16 • Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye Tangents: Sue and Jeff join us for a whisky road trip to the Great White North! • Ed doesn’t speak Canadian • Does Monty Python count as Canadian folk music?  • The Incestuous History of Canadian whisky • Canada had Prohibition too • Wow there are so many Canadian bottom-shelf dwellers • Put some Good &...

Irish coffee is a classic combination of coffee and Irish whiskey, so it seems fitting that the first coffee-flavored whiskey would come from the classic Irish whiskey distiller, Jameson. But is it a sugar bomb like so many other flavored whiskeys? Or does it strike the beautiful balance that real Irish coffee provides? Well, just click play and join us as we give it a taste, tell the tale of how...