Whiskey Tangent

Whiskey Tangent

Whiskey wit and wisdom from two guys who put it in their mouths and talk about it

  1. 7h ago

    Competition Whiskumentary Update | Tasting The NABWC Winners! Augusta, Blanton’s, and Ampersand

    Whiskeys: Augusta Cask Strength Small Batch Bourbon • Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel Bourbon • Ampersand Aureus Vino de Naranja Finished Colorado Bourbon Topics: The organizer of the North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition plus a Senior Judge and representatives of the three Best of Show winners join us for a fascinating and flavorful look at the winning whiskeys! • Interview with Chip Tate, Foley Family Wine and Spirits Master Distiller • How baking and theoretical physics makes you a better distiller • What’s Vino de Naranja? • Don’t be different just for the sake of being different • You can’t get much later in October than the 30th (but you actually can) • The Ampersand tastes like a Dr. Pepper and chocolate covered cherries • Interview with Aaron Lawrence, Blanton’s General Manager • The Blanton’s Japanese connection • Why do well-known brands enter competitions? • Blanton’s isn’t overrated; it’s often overpriced • How Blanton’s is made • We’re peak immaturity • Even Aaron doesn’t know the Buffalo Trace mash bills • Scott and friends defrayed the cost of Ed’s Blanton's • The Straight from the Barrel tastes like a Cinnabon cinnamon bomb • We’re on a bridge Charlie! Charrrrrrrrlieeeeeeee! • #thegeneraljuice • Interview with Alex Castle, Augusta Distillery Master Distiller • The Augusta Bourbon won the first-ever NABWC Platinum Award! • How Small Batch can be like a Single Barrel • The calculus of picking competitions • The Augusta Distillery is NOT by the golf course • Alex was trained at Wild Turkey • Scott’s just making up stats now • Do the judges use water? • The Agusta tastes like cinnamon graham crackers covered in Luxardo cherry syrup Previous Whiskumentary Parts: Part 1: The Nose – https://whiskeytangent.podbean.com/e/whiskumentary-%e2%80%93-tasting-competitions-part-1-the-nose/ Part 2: The Palate – https://whiskeytangent.podbean.com/e/whiskumentary-%e2%80%93-tasting-competitions-part-2-the-palate/ Part 3: The Finish – https://whiskeytangent.podbean.com/e/whiskumentary-%e2%80%93-tasting-competitions-part-3-the-finish/ Music Credits: Slow Burn and Fireflies by Kevin McLeod at https://incompetech.com/

    Competition Whiskumentary Update | Tasting The NABWC Winners! Augusta, Blanton’s, and Ampersand

  2. Oct 16

    Episode #95: Homemade Halloween Whiskey Cocktails | How Often Do You Milk Your Corn?

    Round 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 Malt Bourbon • Cotija-washed Elote Mezcal • Nixta Corn Liqueur • Atole with Vanilla and Cinnamon • Chili and Citrus Bitters • Cilantro and Lime Oil • Corn Milk Foam Round 3 (Kayla): And You Better Not Say That Two More Times! – Bear Fight American Single Malt • Diplimático Rum • Ube Vanilla syrup • Lime Juice • White Chocolate Egg White Foam Round 4 (Scott): The Headless Horseman – Bulleit Rye • Cointreau • Absinthe • Peychaud’s Bitters • Orange Oil Tangents: New mixologically inclined guests Kayla and Alex join us to scare up and knock back some homemade Halloween whiskey cocktails! • Ed’s drink will sneak up on you • Halloween Quiskey! • Kayla was on a Harry Potter podcast before • Why is candy corn pizza a thing? • Alex’s candy corn-inspired cocktail might be the most complicated thing ever • Save the baby corns! • The password is “Loose” • Kayla’s Beetlejuice-themed cocktail is almost as complicated as Alex’s • Scott’s cocktail is gonna be just a Captain & Coke with a live bat in it • Ed can be an ube • Kayla milked a tentacle • We’re big in Singapore • Scott’s New Orleans-y cocktail tastes like prison sex • Ed’s cocktail is now called "Bitch’s Brew" • The Obituary Cocktail sounds amazing • You gotta show the taco meat • Alex and Kayla are chaos agents (but not terrorists) Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Come Play with Me, Political Action Ad by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com • Escape Route by David Robinson from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

    Episode #95: Homemade Halloween Whiskey Cocktails | How Often Do You Milk Your Corn?

  3. Oct 9

    Whiskey Sho(r)t – The Controversial Willett “Purple Top” Small Batch Bourbon + Willett Restaurant Cocktail

    Video version: https://youtu.be/0giRRb1I54o Today we’re exploring the controversy surrounding Willett’s new “purple top” Bourbons, previously highly sought-after single barrels, but now made in small batches and bottled at cask strength—a confusing situation that has many whiskey enthusiasts scratching their heads. And given all that, will we be disappointed by what the new, less expensive, lesser aged “purple top” tastes like? Press play to find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at  https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vb55i9ubwPnxUnY6OG3nH • Slow Burn and River Valley Breakdown by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

    Whiskey Sho(r)t – The Controversial Willett “Purple Top” Small Batch Bourbon + Willett Restaurant Cocktail

  4. Oct 2

    Last Call Summer 2026 | The Crickets Are Stunned!

    Before 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 16. Last Things – Shout-outs: Our usual guest hosts • New guest Joe has a lovely wife and no-longer-adorable-in-a-childlike-way children • James Hetfield sings the theme from “Cops” • Stats: 62,000 downloads! • California continues to dominate the state stats • Ed’s gonna sing a song for every state • 3 new countries • We had fun at the pavilion! • The Ship of Theseus v. Your Grandfather’s Axe • Ed retains all his cells • #georgraphyjokes • New stat: World Domination Score! • Scott shuts down 36 countries with his bad accent • Appallness v. Appallity • Bolivian belligerence • Season 15 Recap: 12 Podcasts (318 all time) • 24 New Whiskeys (460 all time) • Scott really needs Rachel to slap him • The Lost Lantern folks are whiskey nomads • Scott sings Donna Summer and Rob Halford • Ed read about cocaine in Playboy when he was 12 • Our first news ep recap! • Ulysses got us kicked out of a restaurant • Ed’s grandmother died of consumption • The math ain’t methin’ • Jeff wrote an epic D&D backstory • Ed killed all the baby dragons • Sazerac shade! • Don’t look in Gabe’s garage • #scrumptious • Bulleit lost our number • SCOTT DOES NOT OWN DOLLS! • Ed takes his granddaughter to the liquor store • Bacardi Tangent • We consider selling the podcast to Sazerac • We’re all sad drinking whiskey in our apartments • Old strippers dance to the Charleston in blackface • Joe literally needles Gabe • Scott sings Warrant and Morrissey • Try pouring whiskey on your nuts! • Are there really 8 continents? • Scott mutes Ed • Season 16 Preview: Episodes on Halloween Cocktails, George Dickel + Lost Lantern, Kinsey, ScotchFest 2026 • QuickTaste audio/videos on Willett Purple Top, Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select Rye • Bonus Xmas and Pinhook • Whiskumentary Update and Whiskey Wormhole • Whiskey Madness 2027 Thank you all so much for listening! 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

    Last Call Summer 2026 | The Crickets Are Stunned!

  5. Sep 18

    Whiskey News! September 2026 | Local Man Has Too Much Irish Whiskey, Drives on Golf Course, Invents New Continent

    New News: MGP Experiences Shocking Decline in Sales • Irish Whiskey Rules Under Review • Scientists Study Antarctic Whisky • Powering Tiny Machines with Whisky • Man Drinks Bottle of Whiskey Before Going to the Airport • Woman Arrested After Whiskey-Fueled Country Club Crash New Whiskeys: Baker’s 13 Year Single Barrel Bourbon • Basil Hayden Cognac Cask Reserve Bourbon • Blue Note Cherry Wood Cask Finished Bourbon • Bulleit ‘87 Whiskey • Jack Daniel’s American Single Malt • Jameson Distiller’s Batch Irish Single Pot Still • Joseph Magnus 10 Year Cask Strength Rye • MGP Chapter One Bourbon • Michter’s US*1 Toasted Barrel Cask Strength Rye • New Riff Sherry Finish Malted Rye • Penelope Cigar Sessions Chapter 2 Blended American • Redemption Single Barrel Bonded Bourbon • Repeal Reserve Series X Bourbon • Remus Repeal Reserve Rye • Stranahan’s Bottled-in-Bonded 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

    Whiskey News! September 2026 | Local Man Has Too Much Irish Whiskey, Drives on Golf Course, Invents New Continent

  6. Sep 4

    Episode #94: Buffalo Trace Bourbon Mash #1 Battle Royale! | Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. v. Benchmark

    Whiskeys: 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 Bourbon (Bob) Tangents: Gabe and a new guest (our old friend Joe) join us for a blind (and unblind) tasting of Buffalo Trace expressions, all of which have the same mashbill • Everyone likes Gabe on the podcast (except Ed) • Joe’s name wasn’t Joe on Facebook • Tasting all four expressions double-blinded • Apparently, “Gabe being immature” is a nosing note now • #orchardidity • The winners will defenestrate the losers • Joe speaks a little Spanish and the Pineys revolt • #cinnamy • That time when Joe literally needled Gabe • We raise a glass to Ed’s dad who passed 30 years ago • She’s my berry pie! • Morrissey Tangent • Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. was neither a colonel nor a junior, discuss • Scott recites the Bottled in Bond act • Not Peaches and Herb • Ed recites the difference between small batch and single barrel • So much shade today • Our blind rankings v. our unblind rankings • Gabe, wake up and take a shot! • Taylor Single Barrel is like a Peppermint Patty for your balls Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, River Valley Breakdown, Bama Country, and Fig Leaf Rag Distressed by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com

    Episode #94: Buffalo Trace Bourbon Mash #1 Battle Royale! | Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. v. Benchmark

  7. Aug 21

    Whiskey Sho(r)t – Listener Submission! Jeppson’s Bourbon QuickTaste + Malört Cocktail

    Video 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 you’re not familiar with Malört, it’s an extremely bitter liqueur made from wormwood, the main ingredient in Absinthe, but without any anise, sweetness, or complexity. So, can the palates that produce the most bitter drink on the planet be trusted to craft a good whiskey? Press play and find out! Music Credits: Freedom courtesy of Choc Mic McNeil at  https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Vb55i9ubwPnxUnY6OG3nH • Fig Leaf Rag by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

    Whiskey Sho(r)t – Listener Submission! Jeppson’s Bourbon QuickTaste + Malört Cocktail

  8. Aug 7

    Whiskey News! July/August 2026 | Local Man Drinks Three Lost Lanterns, Turns Down $15 Billion, Taxes Moose Instead

    New 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 Whisky Challenge winners • North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition winners • ASCOT Awards winners New Whiskeys: Lost Lantern United States of Bourbon 100 Proof, Cask Strength, and 1776 Edition • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Victoria Pineapple Whiskey • Barton 1792 Rye • Bib & Tucker 8 Year Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Breckenridge Rye • Buffalo Trace’s 2026 Prohibition Collection • Bulleit 20 Year Rye • Booker’s “The Milkshake Batch” Bourbon • Heaven Hill Double Mash Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon • Old Elk 10-Year-Old Collection • Penelope Classic Series Bourbon and Rye 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

    Whiskey News! July/August 2026 | Local Man Drinks Three Lost Lanterns, Turns Down $15 Billion, Taxes Moose Instead
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Whiskey wit and wisdom from two guys who put it in their mouths and talk about it

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  • Creator
    Whiskey Tangent
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    321
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    Explicit
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