Showing posts with label Scotch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotch. Show all posts

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Weekly Whisky Podcast: White Horse


On this week's podcast, we drink White Horse, a blended scotch with a "heart" of Lagavulin. We do the maths to get our money's worth, make Passover jokes way too late, and uncover the secret history of World War I.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Aberfeldy 12 yr


Aberfeldy, one of the "last malts of Scotland," is supposed to be "the golden dram." We pop the can to answer all the burning questions - are we really running out of malt? Is this dram splendiferously golden? What's the conversion rate for pogs these days?

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Highland Park Svein


On this week's podcast, a generous benefactor has sent us Highland Park's Svein, a liter-sized duty-free single malt from the northernmost distillery in Scotland.

Monday, January 25, 2016

Tonight is Burns Night!


It's Burns Night, celebration of Scotland's Robbie Burns, national romantic poet and lover of scotch:

"O thou, my muse! guid auld Scotch drink!
Whether thro' wimplin worms thou jink,
Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink,
In glorious faem,
Inspire me, till I lisp an' wink,

Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Weekly Whisky Podcast: Lagavulin 16

A guest joins the gang to drink Lagavulin 16, an Islay single malt just a hill over Laphroig. It's all fun and games until the buckets.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Weekly Whisky Podcast: The Glenlivet 12


We drink The Glenlivet, the number one selling single malt scotch in the universe, and we tell you all about it.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: J & B


Justerini & Brooks, AKA J&B, comes to town on a very special X-mas episode of the Weekly Whisky podcast. Cocktails, caroling, and curses abound!

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Trader Joe's Highland Single Malt


Trader Joe's is an American grocery chain that... sells its own 10 year old Highland single malt scotch? Warning: there may be some poor singing on this podcast.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast - Scoresby


Scoresby: the Internet calls this the worst scotch ever. We investigate - and risk awakening Lovecraftian horrors in the process.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: anCnoc


A special guest visits the podcast as we finally get to the highlands (barely) with anCnoc single malt scotch. This week's podcast brought to you by the Thomas Collective.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Johnnie Walker Black Label


You may have heard of this whisky. We drink the biggest blended scotch in the world: Johnnie Walker Black Label. Also included: a nuanced critique of Sam Raimi's auteur film career.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Glenfiddich 12


This week's podcast puts the world's best-selling single malt whisky through the paces: Glenfiddich 12 year.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Cocktail Recipe: the Benedryl


A twist on the Penicillin cocktail. As heard on podcast!

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Longrow


Springbank distillery's Longrow peated Campbeltown whisky takes us to a new region of Scotland, and someone commits a serious transgression by making a cocktail with a single malt scotch.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Jura Brooklyn


We've been pandered to before, but not like this. Jura Brooklyn, Brooklyn Brooklyn, and a mad lib on this week's podcast.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Ron Burgundy's Scotchy Scotch Scotch


GREAT ODIN'S RAVEN it's Ron Burgundy's Scotchy Scotch Scotch reserve... scotch this week on the podcast.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Bruichladdich Port Charlotte


We try Bruichladdich's Port Charlotte expression on this week's podcast, and [INFORMATION REDACTED].

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Weekly Whisky Podcast: Auchentoshan 12 Year


Commonly called "the breakfast whisky," Auchentoshan 12 year scotch is the subject of this week's podcast.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Bar Brief: The Dingle Whiskey Bar at Fraunces Tavern


The Dingle Whiskey Bar at Fraunces Tavern is a great place to sit by the fire with friends and take in some history while enjoying a dram. It is a stop on both the American Whiskey Trail and the New York Freedom Trail.