WTF - Whiskey Tequila Fridays Podcast

For this show, The Boys celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation with two spirits that were made in America! Everyone knows Tequila has to be made in specific regions of Mexico. This show highlights an "agave spirit" made with Blue Weber Agave and with similar methods, but in the great state of Hawaii. Everyone knows Evan Williams, but this bottle is special for the 250th celebration and bottled...

Happy Friday!  For this show, The Boys celebrate a great tequila bottle, the Yeyo Tequila Mission 1530 Anejo, that did great things through the Tequila That Cares Foundation to raise money for a school in Arandas. This anejo was finished for a short time in Willett Purple Top Barrels. For the whiskey, they pair it with Rowan’s Creek, a bottle that is definitely not a Purple Top, but is rather an e...

Happy Friday, y'all!  For this show, The Boys set themselves up blind for two Blanco pours: the Tierra de Ensueno Blanco and Arte NOM 1123 Blanco. Both of these expressions were briefly aged in barrels that had other spirits, both are around the same proof, and both are around the same-ish price. Can the boys pick out the 1123? Can they pick their favorite of the two? Can they discover the true de...

Sometimes The Boys come across some special bottles that by themselves bring a good story, a lot of flavor, and a lot of NUANCE.  And when they QuickSip™ them together, it’s even more special.  This rye whiskey from Ross & Squibb Distillery is a Single Barrel from the ABV Barrel Shop in Arnold, MO with a ton of fruit flavors and great complexities. The tequila from Cambio Tequila represents th...

For this fantastic Friday episode, The Boys pair up a new Blanco that they tasted recently at an event with a Single Malt that Matt was able to pull out of his sense-memory. Ass-signment completed! Did he nail the flavors? Did he accurately recall the notes to nail the QuickSip™? You will have to listen to find out. The ending reveals a little whiskey news, the middle tangents at a fairly regular...

Welcome, and Happy Friday!  The Boys are enjoying their Friday talking about alternatives to getting a Handy and the glory of old shelf bottles of tequila… it’s probably not what you think. Matt brings a fairly newer bottle - Sazerac Rye 125 proof. Drew brings a bottle of Centinela Reposado - the “tall bottle” from the early 2000’s (or older?). Find the moment where Matt dismisses Drew’s opinions,...

Happy Friday, y'all!  For today's show, The Boys pair a whiskey that was a gift from Matt’s brother (thanks Josh!) and a blanco that has been sitting on Drew’s shelf for a long time. The Octomore 15.1 Islay Single Malt is high-proof, loaded with peat smoke (108 ppm) and tons of flavor. The 110 proof Villa Lobos Blanco is full of passion, history, and amazing flavors. The QuickSips™ are epic and th...

For this show, The Boys pair up a bottle you might find in the Chicago Suburbs, with a bottle you might only find in Texas or California… for now. The Heaven Hill 7 Year Bottled In Bond Single Barrel is a collaboration with the Bourbon Belly Hospitality Group and the Wheaton Whisky Club. The Loco Tequila Blanco is a fairly limited, fairly luxury brand from the well known NOM 1123. When they sip th...

For today’s show, The Boys pair a couple of oak-forward beauties and the flavors match up really well. Matt brings the newest Single Barrel bourbon from Malloy’s Finest, from Pursuit United, and Drew brings a special Legend Anejo from Herradura. The stories are great but the QuickSips™ are even better. So grab a whiskey and a tequila, invite your friends, listen and sip along, and Make It A Happy...

For this special St. Patty’s Day episode, The Boys line up 3 Irish whiskies - all from Jameson.  Matt brings the standard Jameson: a whole 50ml airplane bottle.  Drew shares some European finds: Jameson Crested, and what he was told was a DUB airport exclusive, the Jameson Single Pot Five Oak Cask Release. Grab some Irish whisky, invite your friends, listen and sip along while The Boys enjoy some...

For today’s episode, The Boys are sipping on 3 blanco tequila’s poured blind out of a possible 5 bottles, plus an extra 4th glass at the end. After tasting and rating and guessing, the reveal is surprising and rewarding as always. For the fourth glass, Drew challenges Matt’s palate with an interesting spirit that Drew poured without Matt’s knowledge. You’ll have to listen to the end to see how it...

For this show The Boys pair a rye you might not know (but should) and a limited edition tequila you might not find (but should).  The Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye is a 100% rye mash bill and the Mijenta Blanco blends agave from all five states of the official regions of production. There’s a long tangent about limited editions, allocations, the Bourbon arc vs the Tequila arc, Fear Of Missing Out,...

Welcome to another episode of Whiskey Tequila Fridays, the show where Matt *usually* brings a whiskey and Drew *usually* brings a tequila.  But with Drew out of commission, Matt invites his Wheaton Whisky Club partner, Jeff Huber, for a chat and a sip. So, if you are a member of the Wheaton Whisky Club, you are in for a treat.  And if you are not a member - why not?!?  Go to Facebook groups and se...

Happy New Year and Welcome to another year of pairing some great spirits together! For this show, the Boys sip on bottles that both came from Drew’s shelf: The 10th Anniversary American Single Malt from 10th Mountain, which was bought at the gift shop during a trip to Vail, CO, and the Cambio Tequila Blanco Cellar Series - #4 El Corazon, which was purchased at Sabor y Cultura in Chicago.  Come alo...

The Boys with you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! For this show, Matt presents Drew with a gift and pairs his Torabhaig Sound of Sleat Batch Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky with Drew's Prolijo Tepeztate Joven Mezcal Artesanal. Sit back and enjoy this Festivus Miracle of fruit and barley and agave and smoke! Grab a whisky, grab an agave spirit, and relax to the sounds of Joby Holland’s...

Pull up a seat and join the Boys as they pair up a couple of bottles that are worth celebrating. Did you know that the Eagle Rare name is fifty years old this year? Well, the Uncertified Whiskey Hunter knows and he’s excited to talk about it. Drew found a real ‘dusty’ on the shelf and it celebrates the 50 years of the El Tequileño distillery.  It’s no coincidence that it’s getting close to Christm...

For this Black Friday Episode, the boys sip on Maracame Tequila Plata and a Bardstown Bourbon Single Barrel from the Sycamore Whiskey Club. One bottle had been on Drew’s shelf for 4 years, and the other bottle had been on Matt’s shelf for 4 days. As usual, the conversation wanders between relevant and random things like the new Agave Matchmaker app to RoboCop and beyond. The boys are busy spending...

For this Thanksgiving-themed show, the Boys pair some Wild Turkey 101 8-Year with some Tejitas Anejo while they sip, discuss and laugh their way through one of their favorite holidays. Be sure to listen to the QuickSips™ for a little special twist. No matter what you pour yourself, we ask that you take a moment to be thankful for all that you have, listen, sip along and Make It A Happy Friday!™

Today the Boys make more cocktails! After what may be the longest cold open in history, Matt brings a Rittenhouse Rye (Single Barrel from Bourbon Belly Group), Drew brings Tres Agaves Reposado (because the grocery store didn’t have what he originally wanted) and Joby brings his wonderful cover of Bobby McFerrin's “Don’t Worry Be Happy” (if you’re too young to remember Cocktail the movie, we’re sor...

Happy Friday, Friends, and welcome to a special Bonus Episode of Whiskey Tequila Fridays! It's no secret the Boys love Tom Hanks.  They talk about him almost every episode, but none of it makes the final cut.  Until today. Today the Boys share two of those Tom Hanks Geek Outs from the many they have recorded! So grab a bottle of whiskey, a bottle of tequila, invite your friends, listen and sip alo...

For this Happy Friday, Matt brings a single barrel pick in collaboration with Malloy’s Finest and the Wheaton Whisky Club from the great state of Colorado. Drew brings a reposado that is anything other than “standard” from the great NOM 1123.  They tangent a little with some current spirits news, with nothing more than some opinions and well wishes. When they finally get to the QuickSips™ - well -...

For this Beginner Buy the Boys pair a bourbon Matt cut his teeth on as a young whiskey wanderer - Jim Beam Black (now a 7 year aged stated bourbon) and a tequila Drew discovers has a mistaken label - Tequila Cultura 100 Reposado (actually 86 proof but with an original 80 proof label). You may need to turn your volume up when the boys get a live FaceTime call while recording from Brad Niccum of Tas...

The Boys finally pair the remaining Great Lakes Tequila Club pick with a whiskey, and it definitely gets adventurous. Matt talks way too much about a type of whiskey that he is not that fond of (Canadian) while Drew reveals he knows too much about Costco’s rotisserie chicken profits. If you stick to the end, you might hear the boys sip on some things that are not exactly whiskey and not exactly te...

Well, y'all, today may be the day the Boys break the internet with a show that has never been done before.  The first of its kind.   A little more than a year ago, the Boys opened two fresh bottles.  Matt uncorked a Michter's Unblended American Whiskey and Drew broke the seal on a Tequila Don Fulano Reposado.  They recorded that fresh neck pour and then put the bottles aside.  But then they did wh...

Today, the Boys imbibe on some bottles with bits of blackberry and barrel funk. Matt’s barrel strength bourbon was a purchase from Slightly Toasted in Chicago, and Drew’s Anejo was a gift from the folks at NOM 1414 at the Sabor y Cultura event in Chicago about a month ago. Find some similar bottles, invite your buds, plop down, listen and sip along, and Make It A Happy Friday™!