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Whiskey Tangent
by Whiskey Tangent
Whiskey wit and wisdom from two guys who like to put it in their mouths and talk about it.
Episodes
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Episode #95: Homemade Halloween Whiskey Cocktails | How Often Do You Milk Your Corn?
Round 1 (Ed): Witch’s Brew – Sazerac Rye • Cranberry Juice • Lime Juice • Raspberry Simple Syrup • Mint Simple Syrup Round 2 (Alex): Do the 50.9% Mash – Bulleit Mesquite Smoked Malt Bourbon • Cotija-washed Elote Mezcal • Nixta Corn Liqueur • Atole with Vanilla and Cinnamon • Chili and Citrus...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – The Controversial Willett “Purple Top” Small Batch Bourbon + Willett Restaurant Cocktail
Video version: https://youtu.be/0giRRb1I54o Today we’re exploring the controversy surrounding Willett’s new “purple top” Bourbons, previously highly sought-after single barrels, but now made in small batches and bottled at cask strength—a confusing situation that has many whiskey enthusiasts...
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Last Call Summer 2026 | The Crickets Are Stunned!
Before we say see ya later to Season 15, we have one last thing to talk about. Ok, several last things. So, join us for a review of the past six months and a preview of Season 16. Last Things – Shout-outs: Our usual guest hosts • New guest Joe has a lovely wife and...
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Whiskey News! September 2026 | Local Man Has Too Much Irish Whiskey, Drives on Golf Course, Invents New Continent
New News: MGP Experiences Shocking Decline in Sales • Irish Whiskey Rules Under Review • Scientists Study Antarctic Whisky • Powering Tiny Machines with Whisky • Man Drinks Bottle of Whiskey Before Going to the Airport • Woman Arrested After Whiskey-Fueled Country Club Crash New Whiskeys: Baker’s...
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Episode #94: Buffalo Trace Bourbon Mash #1 Battle Royale! | Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. v. Benchmark
Whiskeys: Benchmark Bonded Bourbon • Benchmark Single Barrel Bourbon • Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. Small Batch Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Col. E.H. Taylor Single Barrel Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon (Bob) Tangents: Gabe and a new guest (our old friend Joe) join us for a blind (and unblind) tasting of Buffalo...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Listener Submission! Jeppson’s Bourbon QuickTaste + Malört Cocktail
Video version: https://youtu.be/5dV_KkwkeQ4 So, when a listener gifted us a bottle of whiskey, we took a look at the label and said, “Wait, Malört makes a Bourbon?!” Because if you’re not familiar with Malört, it’s an extremely bitter liqueur made from wormwood, the main ingredient in Absinthe…
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Whiskey News! July/August 2026 | Local Man Drinks Three Lost Lanterns, Turns Down $15 Billion, Taxes Moose Instead
New News: Bacardi Takes Ownership of Teeling • Sazerac Tries to Buy Brown-Forman… Again • Uncle Nearest’s Legal Woes Continue • Trump Escalates Canadian Tariff War • Global Whisky Challenge winners • North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition winners • ASCOT Awards winners New Whiskeys: Lost...
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Episode #93: High West Mostly Wine-Finished Whiskey x 4 | Like a Juice Box for Adults
Whiskeys: High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Sauvignon Blanc Barrels • High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Chardonnay Barrels • High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Petite Sirah Barrels • High West Cask Strength Blend of Straight Whiskeys Tangents: Marty and Rachel…
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Bulleit Mesquite Smoked Malt Bourbon QuickTaste
Video with Bonus Cocktail: https://youtu.be/vr7A7Gi5pyU Ever since they opened their own distillery in 2017, Bulleit has been doing some interesting things with their whiskeys, including higher-aged versions of their Bourbon and Rye, an American Single Malt, and even a Bottled-in-Bond. But now...
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Whiskey News! May/June 2026 | Local Man Drinks Stolen Warehouse Whiskey, Becomes Scrapple King, Poops Gold Foil
New News: Is Brown-Forman No Longer for Sale? • Brown-Forman Halts Distilling at Slane Irish Whiskey • Jim Beam CEO Talks Whiskey's Future • Uncle Nearest Has a Secret Buyer • The Tarriff Nonsense Continues • Grandmother Found Guilty of Whiskey Manslaughter • Half a Million Dollars of Whiskey...
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Episode #92: Dungeons & Dragons & Drams! | Paladin v. Rogue v. Warlock v. Dragon’s Milk
Whiskeys: Quest’s End: Paladin Bourbon • Quest’s End: Rogue Whiskey • Quest’s End: Warlock Bourbon • Dragon’s Milk Origin Bonded Bourbon Tangents: Jeff and Shavonne join us for a night of whiskey-fueled adventure in which we taste four fantasy-inspired expressions in the course of playing D&D! •…
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel Toasted Barrel QuickTaste
Video with bonus cocktail: https://youtu.be/toVg2ru7qck So many barrels, so little time. Join us as we taste a recent JD expression that, although it didn’t make the Final Pour of this year’s Madness Tournament (just a few podcasts back), it impressed us enough that we thought we’d do a full...
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Whiskey News! March/April 2026 | Local Man Makes Homemade Whiskey, Gets Chased by Robot Dog, Dies of Consumption
New News: Sazerac makes a bid for Brown-Forman • MGP halts production at two Kentucky distilleries • Green River lets go their Head Distiller as job losses accelerate • New tax ruling makes homemade whiskey legal • Uncle Nearest legal woes continue • Competition results from Denver International...
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Episode #91: Lost Lantern Proof Pairings x 10 | From a Hundred to Hazmat
Whiskeys: Far-Flung Bourbon 100 v. Far-Flung Bourbon IV • Copperworks Distilling Washington Single Malt v. Boulder Spirits 7 Year Colorado Single Malt • Fiddler Soloist Georgia Straight Bourbon v. Dread River Distilling Co. Alabama Straight Bourbon • New Riff Distilling Kentucky Straight Rye v....
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Last Call Winter 2026 | All the Sexual Innuendo Anyone Could Possibly Handle
Say “bye bye Bob” to Season 14! Oh but wait, we have one last thing to talk about. Ok, several last things. So, join us for a review of the past six months and a preview of Season 15. Last Things – Shout-outs: All our guest co-hosts • Dr. Ulysses • Gabe-related Random Belligerence • South Jersey...
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Whiskey Madness 2026! The Final Pour | Everyone Likes a Little Hard-Core Corn Now and Then
Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt • 15 STARS Triple Cask II Bourbon • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Run Emerald Rye Madness: We’ve finally…
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Whiskey Madness 2026! Round 2 - All Bracket Finals | No That’s Queso Dip
Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt • Bushmills 12 Year Irish Single Malt • 15 STARS Triple Cask II Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s Heritage Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey…
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Whiskey Madness 2026! Round 1 - All Brackets | I Give You Baby
Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Carpathian Romanian Single Malt • Stranahan’s Blue Peak • 15 STARS Triple Cask II • Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Clyde May Special Reserve Bourbon •...
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Whiskey Madness 2026! Pre-Game Show | Release the Edstein Files!
Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Aaaaaand here we go again, folks! Anders and Gabe are here once again to be both referees and judges for the best whiskey bracket tournament that’s ever existed in the…
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – 15 STARS Triple Cask II QuickTaste
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent This is a very newly established distillery who started out sourcing highly aged whiskey then blending and finishing them into interesting (and expensive) expressions. And the contents of this particular bottle were blended...
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Whiskey News! January/February 2026 | Local Man Drinks Tobacco Juice Whiskey, Sings Like Mighty Mouse, Drunk-Drives a Forklift
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent New News: The Podcast Hits a Huge Milestone! • Key Whiskey Trends to Watch Out for in 2026 • Uncle Nearest Sues Former CFO • The Founder of F.E.W. Spirits Departs • Fred Minnick’s Top 100 Whiskeys of 2025 • Whiskey House...
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Episode #90: Scotch Cocktails x 5 | “D” is for Drambuie (and Nothing Else!)
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Round 1 – Rusty Nail: Scotch, Drambuie Round 2a – Rob Roy: Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters Round 2b – Bobby Burns: Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Benedictine Round 3 – The Churchill: Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Cointreau, Lime juice...
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Bonus Sho(r)t – Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon QuickTaste
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent After chasing but never tasting any version of the nearly impossible-to-find Old Fitzgerald decanter series bonded Bourbon, we'd just about given up ever being able to acquire any. But then Heaven Hill decided to create a…
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Toki Black Japanese Whisky QuickTaste + Smoky Toki Cocktails!
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent We haven’t featured any Japanese whiskies on the podcast in over three years, so when Suntory came out with a smoky version of their classic fruit-and-spice Toki mainstay, we were intrigued to say the least. And we had lots…
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Whiskey News! November/December 2025 | Local Man Eats Anti-Alcohol Mint, Stabs Self 5 Times, Posts on Raccoon Facebook
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent New News: Jim Beam Halts Production in 2026 • Brown-Forman Profits Down Nearly $60 Million • Irish Whiskey Needs to Evolve • WhistlePig Opens Whiskey Row Experience • Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 Whiskeys of 2025 • The Mint That...
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Xmas Bonus 2025 – Kings County Spiced Whiskey QuickTaste
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Shavonne and Sue are back again to help us taste a new whiskey that "Tastes like Christmas" (whatever the f**k that means) from a distillery we've barely covered in about seven years. So, is it the most Christmas-y whiskey...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Jack Daniel’s Oloroso Sherry Cask Finished American Single Malt QuickTaste
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent At long last! We’re finally getting to taste possibly the most elusive spirit we’ve ever sought out on an episode that's been a full three years in the making. And while we do that, we also end up tasting two other similar...
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Episode #89: Spirits of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! | Hungary v. Austria v. Slovakia v. Romania v. Poland
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys (mostly): Zwack’s Unicum • Uuahouua Pinot Noir Austrian Single Malt Whisky • Nestville Hit & Run Slovakian Blended Whisky • Carpathian Romanian Wine Cask Collection Single Malt Whisky • The Stranger Polish Rye…
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Whiskey Vault Series III – It’s All Doug’s Vault Again! | We’re High-Proof Whоres
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: 1792 12 Years Aged Bourbon • 1792 Full Proof Bourbon (Benash Store Pick) • Oppidan Bottled-in-Bond Four Grain Bourbon (South Jersey Bourbon Drinkers Pick) • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Château de Laubade Aramagnac…
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Pinhook Vertical 10-Year QuickTaste
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Welp, we're back again tasting the latest update to Pinhook's Vertical Series Bourbon, our 6th tasting across the years. And each time we keep waiting (fearing?) for the fairly excellent expressions to fall off a cliff of...
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Episode #88: IrishFest 2025! | Bushmills v. Clonakilty v. Dead Rabbit v. Knappogue Castle v. Natterjack
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: The Dead Rabbit Blended Irish Whiskey • Natterjack Batch 1 Single Grain Irish Whiskey • Bushmills 12 Year Single Malt Irish Whiskey • Knappogue Castle 12 Year Single Malt Irish Whiskey • Clonakilty Private Barrel...
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Whiskey News! October 2025 | Local Man Drinks at 2pm on a Tuesday, Buys Pizza Place, Hides Whiskey in the Pine Barrens
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent New News: Diageo Halts Production at Two Iconic American Distilleries • Willett Distillery Patriarch Evan Kulsveen Has Died • Global Whiskey Challenge Names Top Winners! • Rabbit Hole Named Best Distillery Tour • How Much...
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Episode #87: Sazerac x 4 | Baby Saz v. 18 Year v. Handy v. Cocktail
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Sazerac Rye • Sazerac Rye 18 Year • Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye Tangents: Join us as we taste our way through all three of Buffalo Trace’s Sazerac branded expressions and make one VERY expensive cocktail! • Sazerac...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Bib & Tucker Gold Roast QuickTaste
Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Although most people probably think whiskey is our favorite beverage, it’s actually coffee, which is why we were intrigued with this new Bourbon infused with coffee beans when we featured it on a news episode a few months…
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Last Call Summer 2025 | Has Mars Checked in Yet?
Say sayonara to Season 13! But wait, we have one last thing to talk about. Ok, several last things. So, join us for a review of the past six months and a preview of Season 14. Last Things – Shout-outs: All our guest co-hosts • Interviewees Bobby DeMars, John Wadell, Christopher Davies, and…
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Whiskey News! September 2025 | Local Man Dumps Out Crown Royal, Steals Ice Cream from CVS, Almost Dies in New Orleans
New News: Diageo shuts down bottling plant, Canadians make threats • Heaven Hill officially opens new Bardstown distillery • Judge orders Uncle Nearest into receivership • Distiller revives rye grain from a shipwreck • Win Elmer T. Lee barrel in Sazerac sweepstakes • Eight suspects charged in...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Eagle Rare 17 Year QuickTaste
Over the years we've been very lucky to taste on air two expressions from the highly sought after (and often highly priced) lineup known as the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. We tasted the 2020 Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye and the 2023 William Larue Weller Bourbon. And now we’re getting to…
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Episode #86: Stranahan’s American Single Malt x 3 | There Goes Our WNBA Sponsorship
Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak Solera Cask Finished American Single Malt • Stranahan’s Diamond Peak 2024 Rum Cask Finished American Single Malt • Stranahan’s Snowflake 2024 Redcloud Peak Wine & Whiskey Finished American Single Malt Tangents: Gabe, Andy, and Drew join us on this ascent into...
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Whiskey News! July/August 2025 | Local Man Drinks Blackberry Liqueur, Commits Whiskey Fraud, Builds Beaver Dam
New News: Uncle Nearest Hit by $100 Million Lawsuit • Garrison Brothers Secures National Distribution • New Jersey Cracks Down on Out-of-State Alcohol Shipments • Buffalo Trace Turns Whiskey Waste into Eco-Friendly Goods • Stitzel-Weller Is for Sale… But Not Really • U.S. Outflanked by UK-India...
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Bonus Sho(r)t – Baker's High Rye Single Barrel Bourbon QuickTaste
Five years ago, we released Episode #29 to coincide not only with Baker’s Small Batch Bourbon becoming Baker’s Single Barrel Bourbon, but also with Bourbon-Hall-of-Famer Baker Beam's 84th birthday. And now that Baker just turned 89, we figured we’d revisit the brand by highlighting its first line...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Cedar Ridge QuintEssential Number Five QuickTaste
About a year ago, we impulse-bought a Cedar Ridge QuintEssential release, and it turned out to be one of the best whiskeys we’ve evaluated on the podcast. So, this year, when the new version came out, we jumped at the chance to, once again, taste something truly spectacular. So, will we (along…
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Episode #85: Whiskey Tiki Cocktails! | It’s Easy To Get a Buzz When You’re Double Fisting
Round 1 – Halekulani: High-proof Bourbon • Lemon juice • Lime juice • Pineapple juice • Demerara syrup • Grenadine • Angostura bitters Round 2 – Mai Tai v. “Rye Tai”: Rum v. Rye • Orange liqueur v. Pineapple juice • Lime juice v. Lemon juice • Simple syrup v. Angostura bitters • Orgeat Round 3 –...
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Whiskey News! June 2025 | Local Man Snubbed by Bourbon Hall of Fame, Drinks Casket Whiskey, Sings Like the Bee Gees
New News: WhistlePig Names New CEO • Bourbon Hall of Fame Announces First Female Inductee • Green River Opens Whiskey Row Tasting Room • MLB Names First Official Whiskey • Japanese Whisky Ramps Up Rules Compliance • Belle Meade Brothers Take Their Whiskey Back • Whiskey Takes Aim at U.S. Shipping...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – St. Augustine Florida Straight Bourbon QuickTaste
So, Scott’s mom went to Florida and brought him back a whiskey from a very popular craft distillery that was founded in an old factory in an historic neighborhood in America’s oldest city with assistance from a legendary master blender. With that kind of pedigree, the whiskey just HAS to be good,...
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Episode #84: Little Book x 6 + Master Distiller Interview! | You Don’t Noe Freddie
Whiskeys: Little Book Chapter 3 “The Road Home” • Little Book Chapter 4 “Lessons Honored” • Little Book Chapter 5 “The Invitation” • Little Book Chapter 6 “To The Finish” • Little Book The Infinite: Edition 1 Tangents: 8th-generation Beam Master Distiller Freddie Noe joins us on a retrospective…
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Whiskey News! May 2025 | Local Man Does Fireball Shots, Buys Ice Cream at the Renaissance Faire, Makes D**k Jokes
New News: Update on Buffalo Trace Flooding • Middle West buys Old Elk • Westward Files for Bankruptcy • Online Auction Startup Turns Whiskey into Windfall • Denver International Spirits Competition Results (with Christoper Davies of the Global Whiskey Challenge) • San Francisco World Spirits...
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Bonus Sho(r)t - Whiskey Madness 2025 Infinity Bottle!
Every year we put out a follow-up to the Whiskey Madness tournament that somehow ties in to those episodes. Except last year, when we just forgot. But this year, we thought why not take all of the whiskeys in the tournament and combine them together, and just see what happens? So, did it come out...
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Episode #83: Kentucky Peerless x 4 + Head Taster Interview! | We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bottle
Whiskeys: Peerless Toasted Small Batch Bourbon • Peerless Rum Barrel Finished Bourbon • Peerless Double Oak “No. 2” Single Barrel Bourbon • Peerless “Fruit Cocktail” Single Barrel Rye Tangents: Gabe and Jeff join us for a six-months-in-the-making episode about our favorite distillery from our...
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Whiskey Sho(r)t – Blind Barrels Tasting Kit Review + CEO Interview!
If you’ve listened to us for a while, you’ll know that we love tasting whiskey blind, because it challenges your palate and knowledge in ways you never thought possible. However, it can be a pain to set up, and you still know the set of whiskeys you’re tasting, even if you don’t know the order.…
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Episode #82: Lost Lantern Finished Whiskeys x 5 + Cocktails | Apples v. Honey v. Walnut v. Tequila
Whiskeys: Finger Lakes Distilling’s Pommeau Cask Rye • New York Distilling’s Apple Brandy Rye • Starlight’s Honey Cask Bourbon • Watershed’s Nocino Cask Bourbon • Andalusia Whiskey Co.’s Tequila Cask Peated Single Malt Tangents: Nobody joins us for another delicious episode of free whiskey from...
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