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Whiskey wit and wisdom from two guys who like to put it in their mouths and talk about it.
Episodes
- 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),…
- 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…
- Episode #91: Lost Lantern Low/High 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 Straigh…
- 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.…
- 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 Barre…
- 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 Bourbo…
- 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…
- 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 wh…
- 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…
- 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 • F…
- 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 C…
- 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 t…
- 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 main…
- 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 •…
- 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 a…
- 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 wh…
- 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 Col…
- 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) •…
- 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…
- 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 Ye…
- 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 Winne…
- 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 e…
- 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 b…
- 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…
- 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 bar…
- 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 W…
- 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 Tangen…
- 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 I…
- 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 fig…
- 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…
- 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 jui…
- 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 Ta…
- 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. Wi…
- 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…
- 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 Gl…
- 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 the…
- 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…
- 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 wh…
- 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 joi…
- Whiskey News! March/April 2025 | Local Man Eats Pecan Snickers, Sends Out for Garlic Knots, Wins Fireball for Life
New News: Buffalo Trace Flooding • EU Delays Retaliatory Tariffs, But Not for Long • WhistlePig CEO Steps Down • AI Beats Humans at Distinguishing Whiskey • Debunking the Neck Pour • New Fireball Contest Promises Whisky for Life • Jackpot…
- Last Call Winter 2025 | Obrigado a Todos!
Season 12 is outta heeeeeeeeeeere (RIP Harry Kalas) but we still 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 13. Last Things – Shout-outs: All our gues…
- Whiskey Madness 2025! The Final Pour | Eat an Aspirin and STFU
Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g Whiskeys: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon OESV • 2XO Kiawah Blend Bourbon • Kinsey Wheat Whiskey Madness: Only 4 whiskeys are left in the Final Four/Pour! • Overti…
- Whiskey Madness 2025! Round 3: All Bracket Finals | It Might Have Been the Peyote
Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g Whiskeys: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon • Speakeasy Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon OESV • 2XO Kiawah Blend Bourbon • Hemmingway Rye • Ol…
- Whiskey Madness 2025! Round 2: 100 & 110 Proof Brackets | The Blind Leading the Blind
Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g Whiskeys: 2XO Kiawah Blend Bourbon • Jack Daniels Bonded Rye • Hemmingway Rye • Old Bardstown Estate Bourbon • Noah’s Mill Bourbon • New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon • Old Pepper Rye • Kinsey Wheat Wh…
- Whiskey Madness 2025! Round 1: Under 100 & 120+ Proof Brackets | The Crowd Is Obstreperous
Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g Whiskeys: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon • Russel's Reserve 6 Year Rye • Speakeasy Bourbon • Bardstown Stave Finish Bourbon • Knob Creek Cask Strength Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Tennesse…
- Whiskey Madness 2025! Pre-Game Show + Wildcard Round | Here for a Good Time, Not for a Long Time
Well, it’s that time of year again, and both Gabe and Anders are back to judge/referee the greatest and longest-tenured whiskey bracket tournament ever! [needs citation]. So just pour yourself your favorite dram, press play, and listen in…
- Whiskey News! Jan/Feb 2025 | Local Man Mixes Whiskey with Holy Water, Tells Same Story Three Times, Pays Divorce Tax
New News: Jack Daniel’s Rickhouse Collapses • A Simple Flipper-Thwarting Trick May Become Ohio Law • Tarriff Threats Already Bad News for Spirits Industry • Niche Whiskey Brands Are Floundering • Columbian President Says Cocaine No Worse T…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – 2XO Kiawah Blend QuickTaste
Flashback to our last night in Kentucky, when we visited a random tavern and tried some amazing whiskeys. One of them was this very Bourbon, which turned out to be created by the former owner of not only the tavern but also the hotel attac…
- Episode #81: Willett Bourbon x 5 | Willett Be Good?
Whiskeys: Kentucky Vintage • Speakeasy • Old Bardstown Bottled in Bond • Old Bardstown Estate • Noah’s Mill Tangents: Jeff joins us once again as we taste the Willet Bourbons we bought in their gift shop! • The somewhat confusing history o…
- Bonus Sho(r)t – Pinhook Vertical 9-Year QuickTaste
Marty & Rachel are back again to taste and critique the latest in Pinhook’s ongoing whiskey-aging highwire act, one of the most thrilling experiments in distilling today. And we have two previous versions to try along side it to gauge how…