WTF - Whiskey Tequila Fridays Podcast

Hello and welcome to a special anniversary edition of Whiskey Tequila Fridays.  Today, the Boys celebrate 3 years of shenanigans with three special QuickSips™! Find out what their three favorite pairings of the past year were as the Boys recap the past years' episodes, tastings, and guests, and also tease a little of what's to come. Grab your favorite QuickSip™ from the past 12 months, invite your...

For this episode, the Boys pair a couple of spirits that scream summertime. Against Drew’s initial thoughts, Matt brings a 120 proof Single Barrel from Malloy’s - Rebel Bourbon Cask Strength. Drew bings a Suerte Reposado at 80 proof. With tons of fruit and flavor, these two spirits pair great together.  By the time they get to the QuickSips™, Drew becomes a convert. If you want to find out for you...

Hello and Happy Friday!  This episode is a first for the Boys: Their first appearance on another podcast! A few months back, the Boys had the pleasure of sipping blind with Brad Niccum, host of Tasting Tequila with Brad.  Brad's show is a fun mix of tequila reviews, guest interviews, and informative content.  For this episode, he invited the Boys to sip a few blancos blind, and the results were su...

Today, the Boys explore two bottles with deep layers of complexity, or Complex on Complex.  Matt brings a mouthful: Cedar Ridge American Single Malt Whiskey Quintessential Single Cask Malloy's Anejo Tequila Cask Finish.  You work up a powerful thirst just reading the label!  It has so many complex flavors, and at 122 proof, this one packs a punch. Drew brings the Cambio Tequila Anejo, which also b...

Happy Friday, y'all!  Today the Boys mix up a few of their favorite cocktails using their favorite ingredients. Matt gets it started with a Bloody Mary made with Koval White Rye, an unaged, unoaked rye. Drew follows with two he makes with the El Tequileno Blanco Mixto (yes, a mixto!): a Margarita and a Paloma, both with fresh ingredients. Matt shares his spin on a traditional Old Fashioned using h...

Happy Friday, Y'all!  Today, Matt moves to the other side of the show as a guest while Drew takes over the interviewing.  The Boys are delighted to welcome Jeff Huber of the Wheaton Whisky Club for their first live recording with a special guest. Hear how Jeff and Matt took over the WWC and have worked to revitalize it, a quick movie tangent, their outlook on Whisky Clubs in general, and the deman...

On this episode of Whiskey Tequila Fridays, the Boys bring two bottles whose lengthy titles are only surpassed by the flavors they hold.  Two bottles that are truly Rum Barrel Baddies! Matt brings the Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve Single Malt Scotch Whisky and Drew brings the Yeyo Tequila Reposado Great Lakes Tequila Club Tropical Edition Private Barrel Pick.  I don't know about you all, but just sa...

Happy fRYEday, y'all.  Today the Boys bring 8 bottles of rye, get 4 chosen at random, and do a blind tasting to see what they prefer when marketing bias is removed. Listen along as they discover new flavors and a few surprises.  Pick up these 8 bottles, invite your friends, do your own blind, listen and sip along, and Make It A Happy Friday™! PS - the Boys send their apologies to Dudley Moore. The...

Happy Friday, y'all!  Today the Boys fill up the zoom room with a special guest, a man who wears many hats with Altamar Brands: Director of Education, The Chief Sniffer & Taster, The Troll Under The Bridge, Brandon Cummins. Brandon supplies the Boys with bottles of High N' Wicked Bourbon and Rye and Lagrimas Del Valle 2024 La Loma Plata and Reposado.  Even though he was traveling while recordi...

The Boys want to wish you and yours a Happy St Patrick's Day!  And today we celebrate with a marathon of Irish Whisky, starting with a Beginner Buy line-up of Jameson, Bushmills, and Tullamore Dew.  They Boys blind these 3 spirits with interesting results.  Then, on to the good stuff, with Sexton Single Malt, Teeling Single Grain, and Powers John's Lane Irish Whisky to round out a full episode of...

Happy Friday, friends!  Today the Boys are joined by John Des Rosiers, Founder of Cambio Tequila. Cambio is what is created when a world-class Chef turned tequila maker Questions Everything, experiments, and does everything he was told could not be done.  The results are incredible. Cambio is a rare gem in tequila: It is rich, complex, additive-free, available, and affordable.  It's a newer brand...

It's Valentine's Day, so the Boys bring two bottles worthy of a romantic, expensive holiday! Matt brings The Macallan Harmony Collection Amber Meadow, a highland single malt.  It's a bottle that breaks the budget and it's so good, it breaks your heart!  Drew brings the Tequila Fortaleza 2024 Winter Blend Reposado, a highly coveted bottle he managed to pick up at suggested retail price.  That price...

Today the Boys bring a few bottles that just work.  Together, they are sweet, spicy, and smoky! Matt brings the Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye, a Malloy's Single Barrel pick.  Drew brings the Amatitena Tequila Anejo he and Matt picked up during a special tasting with the Master Distiller, Alberto Partida. Each sip of each spirit evolves into something new, and the QuickSips™ bring out even more flavor!...

Happy New Year! Today, the Boys celebrate the start of 2025 with another installment of the Beginner Buys series. Matt brings the easy drinking 90-proof Green River Wheated Bourbon and Drew brings the 100% agave, traditionally made El Tequilieno Platinum Blanco. Each bottle has a special kind of *nuance* and the QuickSips™ are fantastic in both directions! The Boys also take this opportunity to re...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  The Boys welcome you to another Holiday Edition of the 'cast, an attempt to repeat last year's "12 Minutes of Christmas" that fails by the clock, but excels with the bottles. Matt brings a single barrel he found in, of all places, the local grocery store!  The Jefferson's Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon is a smash hit! Drew brings the Suerte Tequila Great Lakes T...

Today the Boys welcome a special guest, Ryan Thompson, Founder and President of the 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirits Co. in Vail, CO. 10th Mountain is on the shelves in 20 states, and available nationally via their online shop.  So pick up a bottle or three, sip and listen along.  While you're at it, pick up a Tequila Ocho Anejo and play along with some delicious QuickSips™. Follow the 10th Mou...

Welcome, and Happy Friday!  Today the boys bring two beautiful bottles that pair perfectly, perhaps unexpectedly. Matt brings the Murray McDavid Single Malt Scotch Madeira Finish, an affordable scotch that will appeal to everyone, even to those who are not yet fans.   Drew brings the Tequila G4 Blanco Madera which has a few production differences than the regular G4 Blanco, namely fermentation in...

Today the Boys are honored to be joined by Doug Price of The Agave Social Club Podcast!  Doug quickly established his podcast as the go-to source for the stories and people behind our favorite tequila brands.  In this episode, Doug shares his story, as well as his behind-the-scenes knowledge of the tequila industry.  He and the Boys sip two beautiful spirits: Doug's own Single Barrel pick, the Vol...

Today an old friend of the show stops by for his 2nd visit! The Boys welcome again Mike Barad, Founder of the Great Lakes Tequila Club, to talk all things tequila and share the GLTC Single Barrel Picks to date: Reposados from Suerte Tequila, Codigo 1530, Yeyo, and El Gran Legado de Vida. Listen along as Mike reveals his dedication,  thoughtfulness, and intention in building an inclusive community...

Today the Boys teach you how to get active on the Tequila Matchmaker App by walking you through the nose and palate notes and scoring process. Featured are samples of Siete Leguas Blanco, Nueveuno Tequila Anejo, and El Tesoro Extra Anejo from an earlier tasting and training event hosted by Scarlet and Grover Sanschagrin. If these bottles are available near you, then scoop 'em up, listen, sip, and...

Today the Boys are joined by a giant in the bourbon world, Col. Steve Akley, aka The Bourbon Sasquatch, owner and founder of the ABV Network and the ABV Barrel Shop. Matt has been lucky enough to stop by the ABV Barrel Shop to pick up a few of Steve's Single Barrel picks that they Boys and their guest enjoy on the show: Deerhammer American Single Malt Hidden Barn Bourbon Neeley Family Distillery S...

Today the Boys celebrate Terroir with two bottles that have plenty of, bring it in, nuance to spare. Matt brings the Laws Whiskey House San Luis Valley Straight Rye, highlighting the grain in a high-altitude valley in Colorado.  Drew brings the Lagrimas Del Valle Plata 2022 Palo Verde, a single-field agave release. The QuickSips™ have a clear winner in one direction, and even a surprising realizat...

Happy Friday, folks!  The boys sure are glad you're here as they revisit an old pairing that just never got released to the public. Today, Matt brings the Henry McKenna 10 Year Single Barrel Bottled in Bond Bourbon, another from one of his favorites, Heaven Hill.  And Drew brings the Lalo Tequila Blanco from a family that is not too short on pedigree themselves! The boys have had this re-do on the...

The 3rd Year of Whiskey Tequila Fridays Podcast starts off with a bang!  Today the boys bring two spirits that spent some extra time in the barrel, and then was put on the shelf with some extra proof in the bottle. Matt brings the Elijah Craig 10 year Single Barrel, a Private Barrel pick from Malloy's, and Drew brings the Gran Dovejo Cask Strength Single Barrel Anejo. Okay, the boys know you won't...

Episode 50 marks Two Years of QuickSips™!  The Boys are thankful for all the listeners who make it fun to release a show on two Fridays per month. In this episode, the Boys revisit 5 pairings from the prior year, including: 1. Four Roses Small Batch Select with Calle 23 Criollo, 2. Kentucky Peerless Single Barrel with Tapatio 110, 3. Calumet Farm 16 year with G4 Extra Anejo, 4. George Dickel and L...