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Murdina's back from her "fieldwork," doing espionage for the government (which government, we're not sure.) We're drinking a 15 year Glen Moray Elgin Heritage series, which is a gluggable whisky, especially if you like 'em easy drinkin' and a Spey as the day is long. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, but most of it is insane. You've been warned. Murdina attempts to turn whisky into Kool-Aid, I talk about what might be the worst kids toy of all time (it's called Super Toe, and it's terrible), and Murdina shops for the perfect Breakfast Wine...Oh, and we tell you everything you need to know about this tasty whisky!
The candy pairing is Ritter Sport (a sport chocolate!) dark chocolate with hazelnuts!

Jesus and Murdina drink and discuss their first Tennessee whiskey on the show, the not-to-be-taken-lightly Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel Proof. Sure, they cover the basics: what's a Tennessee whisky, why isn't this a bourbon, and tell you the tragic story of how you can't do tastings at the Jack Daniels distillery, but they cover a lot of other ground too, including the delights of drinking from just the right garden hose and how Kool-Aid just tastes more official if it's in a Kool-Aid Man pitcher.
Murdina can't be blamed for her first candy pairing gone horribly wrong, but Jesus tries. Also, we learn that Murdina's larks only cost $.25. There's live cocktail-making, and Jesus tells the strange story of a town in Kansas where people come for rehab and then proceed to dehab.
Finally, Murdina announces her upcoming series of salacious personal details each week on Twitter called Thursday Night Secrets. You'll want to sign up.
 
 

In this special episode of Drink with Me, Murdina and Jesus are joined by Dan Rutstein, co-host of the United States of Dramerica podcast. It's a podcast about the affect of atmospheric ozone on the uptake of oxygen in...just kidding. It's about whisky.
Dan chose the whisky and picked one of Jesus's absolute favorites, Aberlour 12. They cover a lot of ground, but it's best to just listen for yourself. I can tell you they go straight through the Wonkavator ceiling, especially with Murdina's excellent candy pairing.
A couple small housekeeping items:
* Contrary to Jesus's speculation on the subject, Winston Churchill's preferred whisky was in fact Johnnie Walker Red (or Black, or whatever, really), and not Glenlivet.
* Dan's podcast is the United States of Dramerica! Subscribe today!

After a hiatus related primarily to Murdina's mysterious nighttime activities involving a shovel and a flashlight, Jesus and Murdina are back!
Go get yourself a Japanese dark chocolate Kit Kat (with 'adult sweetness') and a bottle of Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky, press play and drink along with us. (This all assumes you're legal of course.)
Every word in the name of this whisky has a story to tell, and we tell 'em. We tell 'em all! You'll also learn whether Murdina's refrigerator is flirting with you or just being friendly. Murdina makes a super handy chart and has the handwriting of a bright 9 year old girl (according to her).
We've also got a few announcements toward the end so stay tuned, but the one you really need to know about is that Murdina wants people to send her candy. Hit her up on Twitter to find out which candy will make her the happiest.
 
 

In this episode, Jesus and Murdina drink the Pot Still Texas Bourbon offering from one of their faves, Balcones!
It's a high-rye (according to Jesus...no confirmation on mashbill from Balcones, but trust in Jesus on this one), grain-to-glass bourbon using real Texas Blue Corn, Texas Rye, Texas water and probably Texas glass for the bottles. It's a Tex-up! 2 years aged, good for cocktails, just as good neat.
Find out what just one listener can make Murdina do with the perfectly placed Twitter comment. Listen as Jesus and Murdina fish for attention for all their fan-boy and girling of Balcones...isn't it time Jared, the Balcones Master Distiller, at least shared his cool t-shirt collection with us?
Murdina rants about whisky stones, we discover how AM/PM is unexpectedly flying the flags of excellence and we share the best (and worst) date idea ever.
And of course, we drink a little Balcones Bourbon!

This time, Jesus and Murdina drink and discuss Glenmorangie Original. This is a very nice Scotch whisky from a great distillery, and you can tell because Jesus and Murdina seem to drink a lot of it. They walk you through the tasting, the whisky's history and whose probably going to like this whisky, and then proceed to explain the (totally fake) science behind a barrel of monkeys. Scottish ones. In charming little kilts. Also, and as a service to you, they cover Things You Can't Call Yourself...these are faux pas that you can't commit, so don't miss this episode. And somewhere about two or three drams in, Murdina reveals her candy pairing. It's spectacular.