Whiskey Tangent
by Whiskey Tangent
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About this podcast
Whiskey wit and wisdom from two guys who like to put it in their mouths and talk about it.
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- Episode #96: George Dickel + Lost Lantern x 10 | We Got the Dickel Tickle! · 1 h 1 min · Season 16Whiskeys: George Dickel 11 Year Single Cask Tennessee Whiskey • George Dickel Fabled Forest Tennessee Whiskey • George Dickel Wild Woodland Straight Rye Whiskey • George Dickel 7…
- Competition Whiskumentary Update | Tasting The NABWC Winners! Augusta, Blanton’s, and Ampersand · 1 h 29 min · Season 16Whiskeys: Augusta Cask Strength Small Batch Bourbon • Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel Bourbon • Ampersand Aureus Vino de Naranja Finished Colorado Bourbon Topics: The…
- Episode #95: Homemade Halloween Whiskey Cocktails | How Often Do You Milk Your Corn? · 58 min · Season 16Round 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…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – The Controversial Willett “Purple Top” Small Batch Bourbon + Willett Restaurant Cocktail · 21 min · Season 16Video version: https://youtu.be/0giRRb1I54o Today we’re exploring the controversy surrounding Willett’s new “purple top” Bourbons, previously highly sought-after single barrels…
- Last Call Summer 2026 | The Crickets Are Stunned! · 1 h 29 min · Season 15Before 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…
- Whiskey News! September 2026 | Local Man Has Too Much Irish Whiskey, Drives on Golf Course, Invents New Continent · 46 min · Season 15New News: MGP Experiences Shocking Decline in Sales • Irish Whiskey Rules Under Review • Scientists Study Antarctic Whisky • Powering Tiny Machines with Whisky • Man Drinks…
- Episode #94: Buffalo Trace Bourbon Mash #1 Battle Royale! | Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. v. Benchmark · 48 min · Season 15Whiskeys: 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…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Listener Submission! Jeppson’s Bourbon QuickTaste + Malört Cocktail · 17 min · Season 15Video 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…
- Whiskey News! July/August 2026 | Local Man Drinks Three Lost Lanterns, Turns Down $15 Billion, Taxes Moose Instead · 53 min · Season 15New 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…
- Episode #93: High West Mostly Wine-Finished Whiskey x 4 | Like a Juice Box for Adults · 1 h 16 min · Season 15Whiskeys: High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Sauvignon Blanc Barrels • High West Cask Collection Whiskey Finished in Chardonnay Barrels • High West Cask Collection…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Bulleit Mesquite Smoked Malt Bourbon QuickTaste · 12 min · Season 15Video 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…
- Whiskey News! May/June 2026 | Local Man Drinks Stolen Warehouse Whiskey, Becomes Scrapple King, Poops Gold Foil · 51 min · Season 15New 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 •…
- Episode #92: Dungeons & Dragons & Drams! | Paladin v. Rogue v. Warlock v. Dragon’s Milk · 1 h 37 min · Season 15Whiskeys: 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…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel Toasted Barrel QuickTaste · 12 min · Season 15Video 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…
- Whiskey News! March/April 2026 | Local Man Makes Homemade Whiskey, Gets Chased by Robot Dog, Dies of Consumption · 1 h 0 min · Season 15New 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…
- Episode #91: Lost Lantern Proof Pairings x 10 | From a Hundred to Hazmat · 1 h 9 min · Season 15Whiskeys: 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…
- Last Call Winter 2026 | All the Sexual Innuendo Anyone Could Possibly Handle · 1 h 16 min · Season 14Say “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…
- Whiskey Madness 2026! The Final Pour | Everyone Likes a Little Hard-Core Corn Now and Then · 36 min · Season 14Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt • 15…
- Whiskey Madness 2026! Round 2 - All Bracket Finals | No That’s Queso Dip · 45 min · Season 14Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Stranahan’s Blue Peak American Single Malt •…
- Whiskey Madness 2026! Round 1 - All Brackets | I Give You Baby · 47 min · Season 14Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Carpathian Romanian Single Malt • Stranahan’s Blue…
- Whiskey Madness 2026! Pre-Game Show | Release the Edstein Files! · 23 min · Season 14Get 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…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – 15 STARS Triple Cask II QuickTaste · 15 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent This is a very newly established distillery who started out sourcing highly aged whiskey then blending…
- Whiskey News! January/February 2026 | Local Man Drinks Tobacco Juice Whiskey, Sings Like Mighty Mouse, Drunk-Drives a Forklift · 57 min · Season 14Please 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…
- Episode #90: Scotch Cocktails x 5 | “D” is for Drambuie (and Nothing Else!) · 1 h 5 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Round 1 – Rusty Nail: Scotch, Drambuie Round 2a – Rob Roy: Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters Round 2b –…
- Bonus Sho(r)t – Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon QuickTaste · 20 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent After chasing but never tasting any version of the nearly impossible-to-find Old Fitzgerald decanter…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Toki Black Japanese Whisky QuickTaste + Smoky Toki Cocktails! · 25 min · Season 14Please 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…
- Whiskey News! November/December 2025 | Local Man Eats Anti-Alcohol Mint, Stabs Self 5 Times, Posts on Raccoon Facebook · 39 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent New News: Jim Beam Halts Production in 2026 • Brown-Forman Profits Down Nearly $60 Million • Irish…
- Xmas Bonus 2025 – Kings County Spiced Whiskey QuickTaste · 18 min · Season 14Please 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…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Jack Daniel’s Oloroso Sherry Cask Finished American Single Malt QuickTaste · 16 min · Season 14Please 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 #89: Spirits of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! | Hungary v. Austria v. Slovakia v. Romania v. Poland · 55 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys (mostly): Zwack’s Unicum • Uuahouua Pinot Noir Austrian Single Malt Whisky • Nestville Hit & Run…
- Whiskey Vault Series III – It’s All Doug’s Vault Again! | We’re High-Proof Whоres · 1 h 14 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: 1792 12 Years Aged Bourbon • 1792 Full Proof Bourbon (Benash Store Pick) • Oppidan…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Pinhook Vertical 10-Year QuickTaste · 22 min · Season 14Please 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…
- Episode #88: IrishFest 2025! | Bushmills v. Clonakilty v. Dead Rabbit v. Knappogue Castle v. Natterjack · 1 h 8 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: The Dead Rabbit Blended Irish Whiskey • Natterjack Batch 1 Single Grain Irish Whiskey •…
- Whiskey News! October 2025 | Local Man Drinks at 2pm on a Tuesday, Buys Pizza Place, Hides Whiskey in the Pine Barrens · 1 h 3 min · Season 14Please consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent New News: Diageo Halts Production at Two Iconic American Distilleries • Willett Distillery Patriarch Evan…
- Episode #87: Sazerac x 4 | Baby Saz v. 18 Year v. Handy v. Cocktail · 40 min · Season 14Please 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…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Bib & Tucker Gold Roast QuickTaste · 16 min · Season 14Please 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…
- Last Call Summer 2025 | Has Mars Checked in Yet? · 1 h 10 min · Season 13Say 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…
- Whiskey News! September 2025 | Local Man Dumps Out Crown Royal, Steals Ice Cream from CVS, Almost Dies in New Orleans · 45 min · Season 13New News: Diageo shuts down bottling plant, Canadians make threats • Heaven Hill officially opens new Bardstown distillery • Judge orders Uncle Nearest into receivership •…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Eagle Rare 17 Year QuickTaste · 21 min · Season 13Over 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…
- Episode #86: Stranahan’s American Single Malt x 3 | There Goes Our WNBA Sponsorship · 59 min · Season 13Whiskeys: 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…
- Whiskey News! July/August 2025 | Local Man Drinks Blackberry Liqueur, Commits Whiskey Fraud, Builds Beaver Dam · 34 min · Season 13New 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…
- Bonus Sho(r)t – Baker's High Rye Single Barrel Bourbon QuickTaste · 23 min · Season 13Five 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…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – Cedar Ridge QuintEssential Number Five QuickTaste · 24 min · Season 13About 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…
- Episode #85: Whiskey Tiki Cocktails! | It’s Easy To Get a Buzz When You’re Double Fisting · 1 h 9 min · Season 13Round 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…
- Whiskey News! June 2025 | Local Man Snubbed by Bourbon Hall of Fame, Drinks Casket Whiskey, Sings Like the Bee Gees · 35 min · Season 13New 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 •…
- Whiskey Sho(r)t – St. Augustine Florida Straight Bourbon QuickTaste · 13 min · Season 13So, 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…
- Episode #84: Little Book x 6 + Master Distiller Interview! | You Don’t Noe Freddie · 1 h 20 min · Season 13Whiskeys: 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” •…
- Whiskey News! May 2025 | Local Man Does Fireball Shots, Buys Ice Cream at the Renaissance Faire, Makes D**k Jokes · 57 min · Season 13New News: Update on Buffalo Trace Flooding • Middle West buys Old Elk • Westward Files for Bankruptcy • Online Auction Startup Turns Whiskey into Windfall • Denver International…
- Bonus Sho(r)t - Whiskey Madness 2025 Infinity Bottle! · 13 min · Season 13Every 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…
- Episode #83: Kentucky Peerless x 4 + Head Taster Interview! | We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bottle · 1 h 15 min · Season 13Whiskeys: Peerless Toasted Small Batch Bourbon • Peerless Rum Barrel Finished Bourbon • Peerless Double Oak “No. 2” Single Barrel Bourbon • Peerless “Fruit Cocktail” Single…
