Whiskey Face
by Thorn and Talon, Ltd
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Ep. 2-3: The Big Apple: Leopold Bros NY Apple Whiskey
Ep. 2-3: The Big Apple: Leopold Bros NY Apple Whiskey
About this podcast
Whiskey brother Thom introduces a new whisk(e)y each episode — then invites his sister Patsy to taste it. Patsy can't stand whiskey.
Her reaction is rated on the Whiskey Face Scale: five levels of suffering, from Manageable to Not Happening.
Tasting notes, Patsy's unscripted reaction, and a Redemption Round designed to bring her back from the edge. It may not work.
Part education, part family experiment, entirely Patsy's problem.
New episodes every week. Season 1 starts April 25th.
Episodes
- Ep. 2-3: The Big Apple: Leopold Bros NY Apple Whiskey · 13 min · Season 2 Episode 3It’s Halloween week at Whiskey Face, so we dressed up and poured something that sounds suspiciously like a treat: Leopold Bros’ New York Apple Whiskey. Thom gets into what makes…
- Ep. 2-2: Skål or Scowl · 19 min · Season 2 Episode 2Skål! That’s the Norwegian toast, and it’s also a pretty good prediction of the face Patsy is about to make.This week we’re back at the Thorn & Talon, our home bar, for Season 2…
- Ep. 2-1: Back to the Beginning · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 1Season 2 starts where Whiskey Face started: a bar, a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label, and a cocktail called the Smoke Show.Before we hit the road to visit Colorado…
- Ep. 10: The Man Who Taught Jack | Uncle Nearest 1856 · 21 minIt's our season finale, so we decided to learn some history. Before there was Jack Daniel's, there was Nearest Green.Nathan "Nearest" Green was enslaved on a farm near Lynchburg…
- Ep. 9: We Went to Ireland, too! | Redbreast 12 y/o · 20 minThis week on Whiskey Face, we pour Redbreast 12 y/o — a Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey from Midleton Distillery in Cork, Ireland, and perhaps the most interesting glass of the…
- Ep. 8: Barbecue Scotch | Colkegan Single Malt · 17 minWhat if someone smoked whiskey with mesquite instead of peat? That's exactly what Santa Fe Spirits did with Colkegan Single Malt — an American single malt that drinks like a…
- Ep. 7: The Man Who Changed Whiskey · 15 minBefore collectors were hunting bottles, before allocated releases became a contact sport, before the phrase "single barrel" meant anything to anyone — Elmer T. Lee made it mean…
- Ep. 6: The Bottle Looks Like the Problem · 20 minThe Willett Pot Still Reserve comes in a bottle shaped like a pot still. It's distinctive. It's elegant. It represents the craft of batch-making bourbon in a copper pot still. It…
- Ep. 5: We're Going to Scotland · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 5Scotland did not ask to be involved in this. The Macallan 12 is aged twelve years in sherry oak casks from Jerez, Spain — which, yes, means Scotland went all the way to Spain to…
- Ep. 4: The Good Stuff · 17 minThe grenade bottle. The horse and jockey stopper. The collectors' shelves. Blanton's Single Barrel is one of the most coveted, most photographed, most allocated bottles in…
- Ep. 3: Rye Was a Mistake · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 3After two episodes easing Patsy into the world of American whiskey — a gentle wheated bourbon, a Derby Day classic — Episode 3 takes a different turn. This week: New Riff…
- Ep. 2: Off to the Races · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 2It's Kentucky Derby weekend, and Thom is bringing out something special — Woodford Reserve's 2023 Distillery Series Release, a Toasted Oak Four Grain Whiskey selected by Master…
- Ep. 1: Can She Survive Bourbon? · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 1She doesn't like whiskey. She's never liked whiskey. And yet here we are. In our very first episode, host Thom walks his sister Patsy through a bottle of Maker's Mark — one of…
