Talking Shit Today

General X, Lumpy and Big Red Whiskey
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Talking Shit Today is where whiskey meets wit: a bourbon and whiskey podcast with a men's mental health segment in every episode. General X, Lumpy, and Big Red Whiskey taste and rate bourbon, rye, and craft spirits from Dog Shit to Legendary, sit down with distillers and whiskey creators like Castle & Key, Old Dominick, Wood Hat Spirits, and Rare Character, and argue over Am I the A*****e stories. Then they get real about anger, stress, starting over, and asking for help. Pour a dram and pull up a chair. Nothing is off limits. If you are struggling, call or text 988.

  1. 6d ago

    e. 31 The Gorilla Returns | Black Maple Hill & Old Cassidy with the Whiskey Gorilla of Rare Character

    The Whiskey Gorilla is back.  Christopher Ritch of Rare Character returns six months after e. 17, and he brought the box he promised us at the Oviedo Bourbon Club. In the glass: Black Maple Hill Small Batch (the red label), Black Maple Hill 16 Year (the black label), both at 95 proof, and Old Cassidy batch A025, made from Wild Turkey distillate and named for the Russell family.  Chris tells the Black Maple Hill story, from Julian Van Winkle to Willett to Rare Character's relaunch this summer.  He also tells us how Pablo rebuilt the old profile with older whiskey.  The table splits: the Small Batch has the nose, and Old Cassidy has the finish. Chris also catches us up on the encore hazmat from Oviedo, Pablo's espresso Manhattan, and new single barrel codes.  He gives us a first look at two holiday Publix labels, and explains why Rare Character has outgrown its bottling line. Men's Mental Health picks up where e. 17 left off, going from imposter syndrome to burnout.  We talk about what happens when a hobby or a job you love starts to run your life, and why your friends usually see burnout before you do.  Then a reminder to check in with your brothers.  If you or someone you know is struggling, call, text or chat 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.  It's there 24 hours a day.  We need you here talking shit today. Then AITA: a drunk party guest breaks a $175 bottle, a gift to the host's wife from her dad, and promises to replace it.  A year later he says he never planned to.  His name is Rick.  The verdict isn't close. Follow Chris on Instagram at @whiskeygorilla.  Follow us at @talkingshittoday on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and send your AITA stories to talkingshittoday@gmail.com.  Subscribe, share it with a friend, and drink responsibly.  21+. Bottles provided by Christopher Ritch of Rare Character. Chapters:0:00 Cold open: Lumpy's mic tries to kill him0:54 Welcome back, Whiskey Gorilla1:29 The Oviedo Bourbon Club and the encore hazmat5:20 Water, ice, and Pablo's espresso Manhattan9:53 What Rare Character has been up to14:34 A first look at the holiday Publix labels19:27 What's in the Glass: Black Maple Hill Small Batch31:20 Black Maple Hill 16 Year37:11 Old Cassidy50:29 Picking a favorite53:50 Outgrowing the bottling line58:06 Men's Mental Health: from imposter syndrome to burnout1:22:58 AITA: the Oscars party bottle1:32:50 Closing toasts

  2. Oct 19

    e. 30 The Dirty Thirty: 21 Year Seelbach's Light Whiskey and Mental Health Accountability

    e. 30, the Dirty Thirty. General X, Lumpy, and Big Red crack a Seelbach's Private Reserve 21 Year cask strength American light whiskey at 145.4 proof and run it through the TST scale. It's a 99% corn Indiana barrel that noses like dessert and drinks like dragon's breath. Overall verdict: Banger. We also recap the Rare Character six flight tasting with Whiskey Gorilla at the Oviedo Bourbon Club, our surprise backroom tour at Forward Slash, and a pregame of Jimmy Red corn and a Still Austin cask strength rye single barrel pick that smells like bubblegum in grandma's candy dish. Then we get real about men's mental health and accountability: doing the homework between therapy sessions, being honest in the room instead of faking "fine," and what a real accountability partner looks like. We close with Am I the A*****e: a guy and his friends quietly freeze out a buddy because of his wife. Who's the a*****e here? In this episode • What legally counts as an American light whiskey • Seelbach's 21 Year ratings: Appearance Banger, Nose Banger, Palate Banger, Finish Solid, Value split between Solid and Banger • Why "fine" usually means you're not fine • Brotherhood, chosen family, and calling out your friends' b******t Timestamps 00:47 Welcome to the Dirty Thirty 02:13 Oviedo Bourbon Club and Forward Slash recap 09:17 What's in our glass: Seelbach's 21 Year 11:38 What is light whiskey? 15:30 Rating the pour 41:56 Still Austin rye and Jimmy Red 47:09 Men's mental health: accountability 1:11:16 Am I the A*****e: The Frozen Out Friend 1:26:44 Toast to 30 episodes If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org. You're not allowed to quit. Find us on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube @talkingshittoday, email talkingshittoday@gmail.com, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

  3. Oct 9

    Bonus: Old Dominick Party Live at Forward Slash | Blends, Bourbon Prices & a Skeleton Named Bones

    Our first-ever bonus episode, recorded live at the Old Dominick Florida release party at Forward Slash Distillery & Blending House in Winter Park, FL. Companion to Episode 29. Stephen Lowery of Old Dominick sits down to talk Memphis's only distillery, the Huling Station story, what makes Tennessee whiskey its own category, Memphis's thirsty angels, and where to find Old Dom in Central Florida. Then we get into MGP putting its own name on the bottle, NDPs, and bourbon prices finally coming back down to earth. Cass, brand ambassador at Forward Slash, pours the new Threshold bourbon and Convergence rye, blended from Frey Ranch, Oregon Spirits, Finger Lakes, J. Henry & Sons and Brooklyn, plus a sneak peek at the Mizunara-finished cryptid series. Our new friend Bones the skeleton supervised. Old Dominick, Forward Slash, Tennessee whiskey, bourbon podcast, Winter Park, Orlando whiskey.

  4. Oct 2

    e. 29 Old Dominick 8 Year Reserve, What Help Actually Looks Like, and Mom Crashes the Date | Bourbon Review

    General X, Lumpy, and Big Red crack the 2026 Old Dominick 8 Year Reserve Bourbon. It went in the barrel at 110 and came out at 100 proof, with cream soda on the nose and a mouthfeel you have to chew. The guys hype their first ever live bonus episode at the official Florida launch party for Old Dominick, hosted by Forward Slash in Winter Park. Then they pick up where the last two episodes left off and get into what asking for help actually looks like, with two role played first sessions: one with a therapist and one with a veteran counselor. They close it out with an AITA about a guy who brought his mom on a first date. What you'll hear: - Tasting the Old Dominick 2026 8 Year Reserve: dark mahogany color, cream soda and icing on the nose, caramel and tobacco on the palate, and a long oak finish. - The Old Dominick story, from Domenico Canale landing in Memphis in 1866 to the brand's revival in 2017. - Who Forward Slash is, and why non distiller producers (NDPs) are making noise right now. - What a first therapy session sounds like, what confidentiality covers, and why your therapist keeps asking the same safety question. - Why losing structure and purpose hits veterans and first responders so hard after they get out. Timestamps: 00:00 Cold open 04:38 Change of plans and the bonus episode tease 11:22 What's in our glass: Old Dominick 8 Year Reserve 19:17 The Old Dominick story 21:13 Forward Slash and the Florida launch party 36:00 Men's mental health: what getting help actually looks like 42:20 Role play: a first therapy session 50:19 Role play: a veteran counselor session 56:17 AITA: mom on the first date 1:11:08 Big Mike's Bourbon Rollin Reserve, October 17 1:12:04 Toast to the fragile ones If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org, 24 hours a day. Veterans can press 1. The world is better with you in it. Follow @talkingshittoday on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube, or email talkingshittoday@gmail.com. Like, follow, and share.

  5. Sep 20

    e. 28 Bigg Mike’s Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Month, Charity Picks, and You're Not Allowed to Quit | Whiskey Warriors & Bourbon Pricing

    This episode includes discussion of suicide. What you'll take away: • Whiskey Warriors uses barrel picks to fund families in need, and the club now has a chaplain for members who want someone to talk to. • Distribution markups explain much of the price of a bottle, and a competitive model can bring it down. • The We Are the Fragile story from Freddie Johnson: crack the special bottle with the people who matter. • You can be angry at what someone did and still love them. Timestamps: 8:28 What's in the Glass 21:38 Bigg Mike joins the show 24:24 The three tier system and fair pricing 31:53 Whiskey Warriors and this year's sponsor child 33:49 Why Mike calls his whiskey room a library 41:20 Rolling Reserve Bourbon Fest, October 17 1:05:27 We Are the Fragile and opening the bottle 1:23:53 Men's mental health 1:25:16 Mike's story 1:33:03 The numbers 1:39:36 A chaplain for the club 1:42:28 Am I the A*****e 1:59:35 Closing toast Find Mike: Bigg Mike's Bourbon on Instagram and TikTok Rolling Reserve Bourbon Fest on Facebook Lost in the Rick House podcast on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and YouTube Whiskey Warriors Barrel Club on Facebook If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. Help is there 24 hours a day. We need you here. You're not allowed to quit. Follow Talking Shit Today wherever you find your podcasts, email talkingshittoday@gmail.com, or visit talkingshittoday.com.

  6. Sep 9

    e. 27 Grove and Grain, Hemorrhoids, and Value | Grove and Grain Distillery: Florida Gin & Rum

    We officially kick off year two of Talking Shit Today, and we're switching things up. No bourbon on the table this week. Instead, X, Lumpy, and Red welcome Josh Marcott of Grove and Grain Distillery out of Brooksville, FL, a gin and rum maker with a mission to put Florida spirits on the map. The fellas push back on the "no bourbon" premise right out of the gate (what are we doing here, exactly), but Josh makes the case for why gin and rum deserve a seat at the table too. Expect the usual chaos: a cleaning-product mix-up, some good-natured ribbing about the show's evolution, and a real conversation about what it takes to build a spirits brand in a state most people don't associate with distilling. New guest, new categories, same shit-talking energy. Welcome back, fellas.

  7. Aug 23

    e 26. One Year Later, Full Circle | Russell's Reserve 13 Year Review (feat. Whiskey Odin)

    One Year of Talking Shit 🥃 (feat. Whiskey Odin & Whiskey Witch) We’re celebrating our one-year anniversary by bringing back our very first-ever guests, Whiskey Odin and Whiskey Witch from Valkyrie Mountain Farms. Full circle energy as we crack open the Russell’s Reserve 13 Year (45th Anniversary Edition), run it through our rating scale, and catch up on everything Odin’s got cooking: a new NDP, upcoming collab bottles, and his Valkyrie Mountain community. We also dig into an Am I the A*****e submission about splitting the family lunch bill, and we take our recurring men’s mental health segment seriously with a hard conversation about value, purpose, and why asking for help isn’t weakness. In this episode: • 🥃 Tasting the Russell’s Reserve 13 Year 45th Anniversary • 📖 One-year anniversary trivia and stories from episode one • ⚖️ Am I the A*****e: the family lunch bill split • ❤️ Men’s mental health: why “I refuse to die” isn’t the same as living • 🎉 Whiskey Odin’s new brand, NDP, and upcoming bottle collabs If you or someone you know is struggling, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7 by call, text, or chat. Follow us everywhere @TalkingShitToday, or email us at talkingshittoday@gmail.com.

  8. Aug 6

    e. 25 Cracked Skull, Full Hearts: One Year Almost Here | 10 Year MGP Rye Barrel Pick (feat. Cracked Skull Podcast)

    Episode 25 — one shy of the one-year mark — and X and Lumpy bring back Corey Allender (Cracked Skull Podcast) alongside first-timer Seth, aka OhioBourbonBro, for a barrel pick they're genuinely proud of: the Cracked Skull Rye, a 10-year MGP barrel proof stunner they picked together. The guys break down the pick, the friendship behind it, and why TikTok is great for connection but garbage for marketing. Then it's Am I the A*****e: a dad asks his 19-year-old, self-described "child-free" daughter to help babysit her newly-orphaned 4-year-old cousin — or start paying rent. The room does not hold back. Mental health check this week: "divorce core," the internet's new dad aesthetic, and what it actually means to normalize starting over. In this episode: What's in the Glass: Cracked Skull Rye (10yr MGP, barrel proof, unfiltered) — unanimous BangerThe story behind the pick and the friendship with Hanger 1 DistilleryCorey & Seth on building community over competition in the bourbon spaceAITA: "Babysit or Pay Rent" — a genuinely split verdictMen's Mental Health: unpacking "divorce core" and normalizing the next chapterA giveaway tease and a toast to close it outConnect with Cracked Skull Podcast and OhioBourbonBro on all socials. If you or someone you know is struggling, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available by call, text, or chat at 988. You are needed here. 🥃 Follow Talking Shit Today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and YouTube 📱 Instagram, TikTok, Facebook: @talkingshittoday ✉️ talkingshittoday@gmail.com

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Talking Shit Today is where whiskey meets wit: a bourbon and whiskey podcast with a men's mental health segment in every episode. General X, Lumpy, and Big Red Whiskey taste and rate bourbon, rye, and craft spirits from Dog Shit to Legendary, sit down with distillers and whiskey creators like Castle & Key, Old Dominick, Wood Hat Spirits, and Rare Character, and argue over Am I the A*****e stories. Then they get real about anger, stress, starting over, and asking for help. Pour a dram and pull up a chair. Nothing is off limits. If you are struggling, call or text 988.

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  • Creator
    General X, Lumpy and Big Red Whiskey
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © General X, Lumpy and Big Red Whiskey
  • Show Website
    Talking Shit Today