Whiskey Tangent

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 Alcohol Is Too Much? • Is 50-Year-Old Bourbon Possible? • $1M in Whiskey Stolen from Seattle Distillery • College Football Fan Arrested with an Astonishing Blood Alcohol Level New Whiskeys: 2025 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection • 1792 Cognac Cask Finish Bourbon • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye A925 • Hirsch Cask Strength Hine Cognac Cask Finished Bourbon • Garrison Brothers Sonora Straight Bourbon • Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 12 Year Rye • Penelope Apple Cinnamon Old Fashioned Cocktail • Sagamore Reserve Series 10 Year Rye • Stranahan’s Diamond Peak Local Brewer’s Cask • Toki Black Japanese Blend • Westland Garryana 10-Year American Single Malt New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen and Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io

Whiskeys: Sazerac Rye • Sazerac Rye 18 Year • Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye [Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent] 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 QuickStory • Sazerac is also a coffee house and a company • Remember when Baby Saz won The Ocho? • The clove Necco wafer returns! • You can’t predict what water will do • Apparently “cherry bubblegum” is a tasting note now • Baby Saz doot doot doot doot doot • We got a bunch of 5 year olds! • Scott gets a little weird • Stick that whiskey up your a$$! • Ed’s spittin’ facts • Scott threatens Ed with Malört • Best. Sazerac. Ever. • Some people be bougie • #cheapbastards • Scott’s like Van Gogh • Ed used to be invited to the shore (sad trombone) • Which Sazerac is best? Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Parisian, French Cafe, Feelin’ Good, Five Card Shuffle, and Onion Capers by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 ago. But is it too coffee forward? Not enough? Or does sit perfectly at the junction between our two favorite liquids? And what the hell is a Bib & Tucker? Well, you know what to do to find out! [Also, please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent] Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vb55i9ubwPnxUnY6OG3nH • Fig Leaf Rag and Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 Freddie Noe! • Listener Stats: Is Canada a state yet? (kidding!) • Cali beats Jersey • #norracist • 3 new countries! • Did Brian redeploy? • China has a billion and four people • Season 13 Recap: 17 podcasts • 23 whiskeys • Almost 400 total whiskeys tasted on air • Is foreskinning a thing? • Boomer jokes from Gen X • The podcast does not condone drinking while driving (no matter what Ed says!) • Blind tasting is difficult (but kinda fun?) • Terrible puns are what we do • Random belligerence too! • Ed states his new pronouns • Philly soft pretzels might be a little urine-y • Quince v. Quint • Gabe v. Pete • #Peepsus • Ed pesters Freddie Noe’s assistant to death • It’s like butter • Fred is to Freddie as Ed is to Eddie • My mom went to Florida and all she brought back was this lousy whiskey • Alleah v. Ed and Quiskey and Pusser’s and Scott • Jason does a legendary Anders impression • Ed shades his ancestors • We’re old, our wood creaks • Buttcheek pancakes! • Send that to a WNBA game • Ed was not locked in • Scott does the worst prairie dog impression ever • #Peepsrights • Ed and Jeanine v. Scott and Sandy • Season 14 Preview: 20 Podcasts? • 5 Episodes: All the Sazerac Ryes, Empire whiskeys, Irish whiskeys, D&D whiskeys, and Cocktails • 6 Shorts: Sazerac 18, Jack Daniels Single Malt, 15 Stars Triple Cask, Bib & Tucker Gold Roast, Pinhook 10 Year • Other stuff: Xmas Bonus, News, Madness, and more! Thanks so much listening everybody! Music Credits: Octoblues by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4152-octoblues | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi

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 brazen Crown Royal heist • Woman arrested after crime spree, including theft of a thousand-dollar whiskey New Whiskeys: 15 Stars First West Small Batch • 15 Stars First West Toasted Oak • 15 Stars First West Extra Aged • Booker’s Tequila Finished Bourbon • High West Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Heritage Barrel Single Barrel • Kings County Empire Rye • Macallan Harmony Collection V: Phoenix Honey Orchid Tea Highland Single Malt • Macallan Harmony Collection V: Organic Cherrywood Lapsang Tea Highland Single Malt • New Riff Red Turkey Wheat Bourbon • Penelope Black Walnut Old Fashioned Bottled Cocktail • Weller 18 Year • Weller Millennium No. 2 New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io

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 taste another, while also comparing it to its lower-proofed (and lower-priced) brand mate. So, will it wow us with its whiskey wonders? Or will it wilt under the pressure of our outsized expectations? Press play to find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vb55i9ubwPnxUnY6OG3nH • Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 American Single Malts from the Colorado Rockies! • The surprising history of Stranahan’s • Ed gets mad at his Prohibition-era relatives • #sadsapling • Define “pants” • Butt cheek pancakes! • Blue Peak is the infinity barrel of American Single Malts • Scott overexplains a banana tasting note • Gabe goes a-grazin’ • Diamond Peak is a problem waiting to happen • Sun’s out, rum’s out • Sling Blade love dem taters mmm-hmm • Send that to a WNBA Game • Narrator voice: Ed was, in fact, not locked in • Top 10 Fun Facts about Colorado! • Are there Gators in them thar mountains? • Prairie dogs file complaints about green dildos • #peepsrights • Miners (minors?) kept Colorado slave free • Andy curb your Drew! • Goobers is a candy AND an insult • Apparently, “Ed Sneezing” is a tasting note now • Ed and Scott got roofied at a mezcal bar • Andy got fouled by Ed (but still made the layup) • American Single Malts are great for any time of day Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Southern Gothic, Cantina Blues, Fireflies and Stardust, and Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 Whiskey Trade Deal • MGP's Sales Plummet Amidst Bourbon Decline New Whiskeys: Bib & Tucker Gold Roast Infused Bourbon • Booker’s Bourbon “By the Pond” Batch • Col. E.H. Taylor Distiller's Council BiB Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Blackberry • Jim Beam Sunshine Blend • Kentucky Peerless Toasted Rye • Little Book Chapter 9: “None For Granted” • Old Grand-Dad 7-Year BiB Bourbon • Sazerac Rye 100 Proof New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io

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 extension, a high-rye expression that was released just a few months ago. (And we also make a cocktail with it.) So, does it live up to the Baker name? Or does it disappoint at its price point? Tune in and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vb55i9ubwPnxUnY6OG3nH • Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 with Superfan Jason from Maryland) love the new expression as much as the previous one? Or will it suffer under the weight of our unreasonable expectations? Press play to find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vb55i9ubwPnxUnY6OG3nH • Pulse by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html • Enough courtesy of Jason Mitchell at https://open.spotify.com/artist/5u8d0dWVi4HyOnsNQXKFYo

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 1 – Painkiller v. “Grainkiller”: High-proof Rum v. Four-Grain Bourbon • Pineapple juice • Orange juice • Cream of Coconut Final Round – Zombie v. “Zombey”: Rum, Aged Rum, and High-proof Rum v. Rye, Four-grain Bourbon, and High-proof Bourbon • Falernum • Grenadine • Pernod • Lime Juice • Don’s Mix • Angostura bitters Tangents: Alleah and Anders join us for a trip to the South Pacific! (Or maybe the Caribbean! Or both!) • Scott and Ed are Timon and Pumbaa • Tiki History! • Anders has a dragon tattoo around his “dragon” • Lady Gaga’s back! • What the f**k is grenadine? • Tiki Quiskey! • Only Alleah knows Gilligan’s first name • What the f**k is orgeat? • Anders really know how to set a scene • Radio, pop-pop? • Scott’s the manager, Karen • Trademarked cocktails • #bananafunk • Ed’s a mood killer • The Painkiller is Rob Halford’s favorite Tiki • Paula is the adult in the room (and an angel) • Anders tells the world to stop drinking shitty rum • The Wrestling Tangent Podcast • What the f**k is falernum? • The Zombie, the Zombey, and the Zombee are completely different drinks • How they figured out how to make old Tiki drinks • Scott’s gonna punch Ed in the throat • Ed and Alleah were in 2nd grade in the 1800s • Anders’s newest gig: @doho.restaurant! Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Secret of Tiki Island, Island Meet and Greet, Bassa Island Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 Laws New Whiskeys: Blue Note Single Barrel Rye • Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Special Release: Number Five American Single Malt • Eagle Rare 12 Year • Jefferson’s Straight Rye Blend • Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond Rye • Old Forester President’s Choice Single Barrel Bourbon and Rye • Penelope Cigar Sessions Chapter 1 American Whiskey • Redemption 18 Year • Stitzel Reserve 24 Year • WhistlePig GraveStock Wheat Whiskey • Widow Jane Borough Blend New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io

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, right? RIGHT?! Well, you know what to do to find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Porch Blues and Fireflies by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 of his personal line of whiskeys! • The Little Book history • Somebody bought the last Chapters 7 & 8 before Ed got to the store • Apparently “cherry vanilla phosphate” is a tasting note now • Freddie probably has a flask of Chapter 3 in his pocket at all times • Ed doesn’t remember drinking Chapter 4 before (but he totally did) • Freddie is the titular 6th “Little Book” • Scott channels Linda Richman • Ed hates Scott so much (and the feeling is mutual) • Chapter 6 is one of the most unique whiskeys ever • Ed’s gonna go broke looking for more of these bottles • Shout out to Super Fan Jason who bought us The Infinite • Ed doesn’t get the peanu(t)s • The Freddie Interview! • Zoom and Teams get jealous of each other • Freddie’s one simple trick for making friends and influencing people • How he (and the whiskey) got the nickname “Little Book” • Will his kids be 9th-generation master distillers? • Roast pork sandwiches are Philly’s best kept secret (and we trade Gabe’s recipe for whiskey!) Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Fireflies, and Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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 Competition Results • Drunk Driver Crashes Car, Goes Nuts • Police Officer Accused of Shooting Fellow Hunter • Missouri Trucking Company Owner Receives 9-Year Prison Sentence New Whiskeys: Angel’s Envy Cellar Collection Vol. 5 • Calumet Farm Centennial Collection • Chicken Cock 10 Year Double Oak Bourbon & Rye-teous Blonde • Dewar's Double Double Magma Stone Scotch • Hatozaki Triple Cask Reserve World Whisky • Knob Creek Cask Strength Single Barrel Bourbon & Rye • New Riff American Single Malt • Proper No. 12 13-Year • Rye Curious • Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength Rye • Romulan Stellum Cask Strength Bourbon & Rye New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io

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 ok? Or was it a terrible Frankenstein monster ready to rip off everyone's head? Tune in and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil | Link: https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Fight Back courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/351-sports-news-acoustic-version

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 Kentucky trip! • The basically ancient history of Peerless • Prohibition again! SMH • The Peerless mashbill recipes are protected by ninjas • Sorry Jeff, Scott will be singing the Honeycomb cereal song • Gabe smells his own leather corset • Apparently “brûléed bananas” and “foil-wrapped corn” are tasting notes now • Interview with Head Taster John Wadell • The Eagles ruined the Bears by stealing Buddy Ryan • John’s Mom cooks for everybody at the distillery • The difference between sweet mash and sour mash • The reason Peerless doesn’t reveal their ages and mashbills • Buy John’s barrel aged coffee at www.staveandbean.com! • Apparently “Philly soft pretzel” is a tasting note now (but it’s not urine-y) • Ed’s part of the LBSKG community • Our first distillery cat! • Quince (Quint’s?) is NOT a tasting note! • #thegrapesaresuss • Gabe and his brother mud wrestle for half a cherry • This is an ex-parent! • Ed considers committing a Class B felony to steal everyone’s Peerless whiskey • We’re huge in Singapore Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Fireflies, and Boogie Party by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

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. But that’s where CEO Bobby DeMars and his company’s tasting kits come in. They’ve done all the hard work for you and invite you to not only decide if you like the whiskeys but also guess what the whiskeys are: mash bill, proof, age, etc. Then, via QR code, you can find out well how you did, and even buy a discounted bottle of what you liked. So, will our vast whiskey experience allow us to predict the four whiskeys we’ll be tasting? Or will we fail in predictably spectacular fashion? Press play and find out! Blind Barrels Discount Code: WHISKEY10 Music Credits: Freedom by Choc Mic McNeil at https://soundcloud.com/chocmic/freedom • Funky Life by WinnieTheMoog at https://tunereel.com/royalty-free-music/funky-life

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 Lost Lantern (thanks Adam, Nora, and Amy!) • #boomerjoke • Apparently, “licking the outside of an apple” is a tasting note now • The Apple Pie Cocktail • Starlight has been making alcohol since before the Civil War • Apparently, “honey on chicken nuggets when I was 10” is a tasting note now • Cereal Tangent • Ed eats a lot of walnuts • The Black Walnut Manhattan • We get calls from our lawyers • #blackleatherlicorice • Apparently, “Froot Loops set on fire” is a tasting note now • The Andalusia (distaff Paloma) cocktail • Did we just become best friends with peated single malt? • Possibly the most unique collection of whiskeys we’ve ever had Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html • Total Happy Up And Sunny and Electric Soul by Sascha Ende from https://filmmusic.io/ • Starting the Day with Energy by MusiclFiles from https://filmmusic.io/

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 of Whiskey Found on Atlantic City Beach New Whiskeys: Blood Oath Pact 11 Kentucky Straight Bourbon • Blue Note Special Reserve • Booker’s “Barry’s Batch” Bourbon • Bulleit Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Jack Daniel’s 14 Year Old Tennessee Whiskey • Old Elk Slow Cut Blended Straight Bourbon • Old Forester 117 Bottled-in-Bond Rye • Remus Master Distiller Experimental Series Bourbon • Sexual Chocolate Stout Cask Finished American Single Malt • Yellowstone 6 Year Small Batch Bourbon New Music Credits: Retro News at Nine (Stinger 1) by Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • Just Breaking (Softer) by David Fesliyan from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com • News Sting and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.filmmusic.io