Whiskey with Witcher

The Law of Surprise has been called in Cintra...and on our podcast! But don’t worry, the only thing we’re rewarded with is an unexpected bottle of Gentleman Jack, which we drink a bit too generously as we unpack The Hexer’s sixth episode, “Calanthe.” We also weigh in on the latest Blood Origin trailer, speculating about what awaits us in the upcoming spinoff and predicting which characters are goi...

Bundle up, Witcher fans! This week, we’re unpacking The Hexer’s fifth episode, which finds Geralt, Yennefer and Istredd in a toxic love triangle that doesn’t end the way any of us would like. An adaptation of the short story “A Shard of Ice,” it’s a talky tour of truth and emotion that we’ve paired with a bottle of Jameson Cold Brew, a whiskey that also contains cold brew coffee. Will adding caffe...

Surprised? Well, so were we! In this special bonus episode, we’ve bundled up two “Segments of Surprise” that were cut from our most recent episode. First, Valerie talks about completing Thronebreaker, CD Projekt Red’s card-based adventure game set in the world of The Witcher (who’s up for a hand of Gwent?). After that, we both discuss the recent teaser from Netflix’s upcoming Blood Origin. What do...

Is it just us, or is it hot in here? Maybe we’re feeling the heat from that fire-breathing dragon everyone’s been talking about. Or it could be that foursome happening over there in the tub. But really, it’s probably just the sheer amount of Douglas Liang’s Provenance Single Malt Scotch we imbibed while discussing The Hexer’s pivotal fourth episode. Introducing not one, but two key characters—Yenn...

The Witcher Season 3 is still over half a year away, so surely it’s safe to take a little break, right? APPARENTLY NOT! While Valerie was on vacation, The Witcher announced that Henry Cavill is leaving the role of Geralt and Liam Hemsworth will be taking it up in his stead. Now that we’re back in the same city, we can finally discuss the big news...because, yeah, we have thoughts and oh so many qu...

Geralt is finally out on the Path, which is as good a reason as any to celebrate with a bottle of Noble Oak Double Oak Bourbon. We discuss this environmentally minded whiskey while unpacking The Hexer’s meandering third episode, which sees the debut of Renfri, the return of Gwidon—now oddly called Falwick—and yet another swoony Geralt romance. Also, our love of Old Witcher only grows, as does our...

CD Projekt Red recently surprised the gaming world by announcing not one, not two, but three new Witcher games. Little is known about them other than their astronomic code names and a handful of other enticing details, but of course, that’s not about to stop us from devoting most of an episode to speculating wildly about what they might be. We say “most” because we also dive into the recent Witche...

Dim the lights and keep your loved ones close, Witcher fans, because we’re discussing some truly horrifying things in this special bonus episode: vampires, strigas…flavored whiskeys! With Halloween upon us, we surprise our less-than-thrilled Producer Sean with a bottle of Pumking Pumpkin Whiskey before sitting down to share our lists of the five Witcher creatures we find most frightening, explaini...

Geralt may be growing up, but we remain as immature as ever during our often-derailed discussion of The Hexer’s second episode. Kaer Morhen only seems to have gotten worse, and not even the discovery of female witchers can save it. Geralt grows awfully close to one of them, but is his seduction all a ruse? We’re, uh…not sure. Maybe? This show isn’t always coherent, guys. But one thing we ARE sure...

Tudum, Netflix’s annual “global fan event,” brought with it a wealth of trailers, first looks and cringe-inducing interstitials last month, just very few having to do with The Witcher. Still, that isn’t about to stop us from pouring a glass and unpacking what new information we did get. Looks like Santa’s bringing us a stocking full of Blood Origin this Christmas, but as for Witcher Season 3...wel...

The future of Whiskey with Witcher is in the past! Well, at least it is for our latest season, which is devoted entirely to The Hexer, the 2002 Polish-language series that introduced Geralt to the small screen for the first time. We paired the premiere with another famous first—Evan Williams 1783, named after Kentucky’s original distiller. What else do they have in common? They’re both clearly cra...

Confused about what it is we’ll be discussing during our soon-to-debut new season? Don’t worry, we are too! (Though in fairness, we get confused about a lot of things.) In this new bonus episode, we give you the skinny on The Hexer—the Polish TV series that brought Geralt of Rivia to the world of live action for the very first time. When did this series, which is called Wiedzmin in Polish, debut?...

We turn our attention and raise our glasses to an entirely new medium this week—comics! In our latest bonus episode, we crack open a bottle of cask-strength Balcones Texas Blue Corn Bourbon as we discuss translating The Witcher to the comic book page. To start, we unpack Dark Horse’s first Witcher omnibus, letting you know which of its four stories we enjoyed and which ones we didn’t (who knew a s...

Take two podcasts, four different hosts, three strong whiskeys, one cider, two Witcher-themed party games and a whole mess of questionable takes and what do you get? Our very first crossover episode! Get comfortable and pour yourself a drink (trust us on that one) as we spend over two hours talking all things Witcher and drinking all things alcoholic with Brett and Lucy, the two hosts of On the Pa...

He may lap us when it comes to drinking, but Producer Sean has a tendency to fall behind on The Witcher. Well, not anymore! In this bourbon-blessed new bonus episode, we let Sean take the spotlight after binging season two for a tangent-filled talk that covers everything from Geralt’s approach to fatherhood, Ciri’s search for identity, Yennefer’s spectacular skill at screaming and why season two i...

Strap in, Witcher fans, we’re sharpening our swords for this one. There have been a lot of rumors swirling around lately about The Witcher: Blood Origin, the upcoming Witcher spinoff series set during the Conjunction of the Spheres, and...well, we couldn’t NOT talk about them, could we? We speculate a-plenty about what on Earth (and on the Continent) is happening before we segue into a surprise di...

We’re not going to lie, we’ve been straight-up obsessed with honey cakes since we discovered them in “Nightmare of the Wolf,” so when our friend Juliet Bennett Rylah offered to make one for us to try on the podcast, we knew we had to have her on! In this bonus episode, we sit down with Juliet over a bottle of Elijah Craig Straight Rye and her Witcher-inspired honey cake to discuss her history with...

How much do we admire Geralt of Rivia’s quick-witted and always impeccably dressed traveling companion? Enough to dedicate a whole episode to him! In this musically minded side quest, we rank the five songs sung by Jaskier over the course of The Witcher’s two seasons, offering our thoughts and insights over their often deeper-than-you-realize lyrics. And to add to the merriment, we do it over a gl...

Producer Sean is a master of sound editing, an expert (or at least opinionated) appreciator of whiskey, and speaks 'drunk' well enough to make our slurring asses sound smart, but he’d never seen The Witcher...until now! In our latest side quest, we asked Sean to marathon all of season one so that we can get his thoughts about Geralt, Yennefer, Ciri, Jaskier, monster fights, wonky timelines, dad jo...

We’re finishing off the last of the Four Roses Bourbon and saying goodbye to The Witcher’s sophomore season in what may be our best bonus episode yet. (Or it may not be...but you’ll never know if you don’t listen, right?) What were our favorite things about the season? What were our least favorite things? Which of the whiskeys we sampled was the best and which poor sods will claim the dubious hono...

Only Witchers can drink potions? Not anymore! In this special bonus episode, we pay a visit to John McCormick at Burbank’s The Roguelike Tavern to sample the new Witcher-themed cocktail he created specifically for our podcast. A potent mix that uses Four Roses Bourbon as its base, this Golden Oriole might not cure any poisons, but it’ll go down far smoother than anything you’ll find at Kaer Morhen...

With Ciri’s situation turning serious and the Deathless Mother looking strong, we knew we needed a whiskey to match—so, we crack open a bottle of 120-proof Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Bourbon. With a whiskey that powerful, our survival this episode, much like that of Nilfgaard’s generals, is not guaranteed. But if we go down, you know it won’t be until after we’ve thoroughly critiqued Cahir’s...

We received another listener question, which can only mean one thing—it’s time for another side quest! We’ve talked about our favorite Witcher ships a lot and we don’t see a reason to stop now, but this time, we’re keeping everyone’s hands, arms and lips to themselves as we discuss platonic ships. Who do we think are better off staying strictly friends? And what Witcher friendships would we like t...