The Best Whiskey at Every Price Point

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Today on Film and whiskey, we're

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going to be looking at the best
whiskey you can get at every

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price point, and we're going to
be sampling a new bourbon from

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our friends at Green River.
This is.

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The Film and Whiskey podcast.
Well, hey everybody, welcome

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into the Film and Whiskey
podcast.

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I'm Bob Book.
I'm Brad G and.

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We're coming at you with another
special bonus episode.

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Bonus.
Episode I am thoroughly enjoying

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these bonus episodes, Brad,
because we have gamified things

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and I love playing some games.
It's the best man.

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We had so much fun with last
week's episode where we built

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our beginner whiskey shelf with
$300.00 that we said let's do

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something similar here.
My my beginner shelf with

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$105.00 bottle of log full in
16.

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Dude if you want to impress
somebody as a beginner, go get

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that loggy 16 man.
That's the way to do it, man.

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So today what we're doing once
again inspired by our friends

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down at Green River Distillery,
they have just come out with a

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new bourbon called Green River
1885, and we're going to review

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it here in just a second.
But we were mostly inspired by

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the fact that this is a very
inexpensive bottle of whiskey

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because of that and because we
are one of the only podcasts,

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whiskey podcast that I'm aware
of that really considers the

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price point when we score out
our whiskies.

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I think we kind of have a corner
on the market here, Brad.

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And I think that it it's time
that we really just say out loud

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what we've been implying all
these years, which is what's the

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better than everyone else?
Well, that too.

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I mean, I used to bet a lot all
the time, but like, what's the

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best whiskey you could get at
any price point?

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If someone says I want a Scotch
and I can't spend more than $50,

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here's our recommendation.
And so I I went ahead and looked

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at every whiskey score we've
ever given Brad.

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I pulled them all into a
document.

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You and I are both looking at
this document.

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We've broken it down by the type
of whiskey and by general price

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ranges, and we're going to
recommend whiskeys at each of

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these price ranges.
This doesn't sound like a fun

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game, but for me, and hopefully
for you Brad, it sure is.

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Yeah, there there are more than
enough whiskey drinkers out

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there that love a good
spreadsheet who I just know

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we're going to enjoy this
episode.

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Well, before we get into that, I
say it's time we try this Green

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River.
We teased it a little bit on

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last week's episode.
So this is called Green River

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1885 Bourbon Whiskey.
We don't know too much about it

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other than the cell sheet that
we found when we googled it

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online.
The side of the bottle, the copy

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says that it is a four year age
stated bourbon.

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It is only 85 proof though
that's part of the 1885 appeal.

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We do know the mash bill on it
is 76% corn, 15% rye, 9% malted

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barley.
Perhaps most importantly, Brad

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is the price on this bad boy.
Yeah, not only are you only

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going to spend $22.00 on this
bottle of whiskey, Bob, this is

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not A750 milliliter bottle of
whiskey.

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You know how much comes in this
bottle.

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One full.
Liter baby, a whole liter of

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whiskey at $22.00.
Seriously folks, this is among

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the most inexpensive bourbons
you can get at this size and I

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already inherently trust that
it's going to be better than

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most of those whiskey's because
it is from Green River.

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We've, you know, right, their
initial release we were a little

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bit cooler on, but I feel like
every single thing they've put

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out since then we have not only
liked but have been effusive in

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our praise of.
Yeah, 100% Green River continues

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to put out spectacular quality
whiskey.

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Of all the distillers we follow,
I feel like they understand

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their price points better than
anyone else.

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Yeah, for sure.
Now, one more thing I will say

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about this before we dive into
the actual tasting is that I

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love a good piece of marketing.
Brad, you know that I am a

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marketer in my day job and the
way that they are branding this

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here bottle of 85 proof bourbon
is that it is blended and

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proofed for the bar.
They're trying to put this

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behind the bar in every bar in
America and I think that this is

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a brilliant way to do it.
You know, if you're going to.

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How'd you like their How'd you
like their tagline Make mine an

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85.
I love it.

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Dude, if you're going to release
a low proof whiskey, then lean

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into it and say we have proved
this so that it can be used in

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cocktails all throughout
America.

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We're going to put it in a big
bottle so that bars don't have

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to buy a whole bunch of it.
And then we're going to price it

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where bars are going to want to
compete for it.

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Like it's a brilliant marketing
strategy.

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Green River, hats off to you.
Yeah, hats off to you with the

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marketing.
And now the most important

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question is Bob, does the
whiskey inside the bottle live

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up to the label on the outside?
Well, I have just poured it out.

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Brad, I'm going to be drinking
this live.

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I know that you have already
tried it, so why don't you go

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ahead and influence me by giving
me your nosing notes on this?

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The nose on this 1885 is a
little bit slight, but you get

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all sorts of black pepper.
There is some orange people.

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I believe we call them Oompa
Loompas, Brad.

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Oompa Loompas, yes, oh man,
there is some orange peel is the

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word I was looking for and and
some hints of caramel vanilla.

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It's, it's not coming across
incredibly strong, but there is

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a little bit of complexity here
that I like and I, I give it a 7

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out of 10 here.
We used to have a black tea box

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of black tea that was like
orange spice.

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It had like a bunch of kind of
fall spices to it with just a

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little bit of orange peel.
I get that here.

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It's not quite like nosing an
old fashioned in a glass because

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I don't get those Angostura
bitter's notes, but I get orange

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peel, I get cinnamon, I get
nutmeg, I get clove and kind of,

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I don't want to say overwhelming
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But on top of all of that is
that black pepper.

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The rye really comes through on
this one.

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I like it a lot, but it's like,
it does remind me of like a a

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black tea where you can kind of
nose the sweetness, but you know

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that it might not taste super
sweet.

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So yeah, I'm looking forward to
trying it.

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Brad, what are your tasting
notes here?

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As I got into the palate, the
caramel really came around for

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me.
There's some some flavors of

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like a golden delicious apple.
The vanilla comes through,

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there's a little bit of a nutty
pecan flavor going on.

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Not a vast plethora of depth,
but once again, just really

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solid flavors that come across
nicely.

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And an 85 proof whiskey.
I'm going to give it a 7 1/2

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here.
Yeah, and again, I think this is

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where you got to keep the $22.00
price point in mind because it

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like if this was a $50 bottle of
whiskey, I do feel like I'd

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probably judge it a little bit
more harshly than I am.

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The apple is super strong here.
This is a perfect fall whiskey.

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I just get apple, I get orange,
I get all those baking spices.

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I can imagine like mixing this
with apple cider in the fall, it

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just make a really, really good
spiked apple cider.

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It does tip a little bit sour
for me towards the back end,

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kind of like what we get with
some toasted bourbon sometimes.

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And you know, it's not like
overly sour.

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It's not super bitter, but I
think that I'm going to be a

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little bit less harsh on it
because it's a $22.00 bottle of

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whiskey because of that.
Now that said, Brad, the finish

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is great.
It kind of keeps rolling back up

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my palate.
I think it's really creamy on

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the finish.
It drinks spicier than an 85

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proof whiskey would, and I think
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well in a lot of cocktails that
they're going to be making

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behind the bar across America.
Dude, I don't know, man.

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If we were going to score this
out, it would certainly be

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getting a 10 out of 10 value for
me, 100%.

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I think on the nose, I'd give it
about A7.

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On the taste I'd give it, I'd
say A7, 6 1/2 to A7 finish about

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the same.
This is like a really solid

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whiskey across the board.
And then it's absolutely

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bolstered by the fact that it's
a 10 out of 10 value.

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Yeah, I feel like we've seen
lots of whiskies like this get

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hit by the the bubble that is
the current whiskey world.

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And so you're going to pay 30 to
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And Green River just kind of cut
through all the BS and said,

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Nope, this is a really solid
whiskey at $22.00 that you can

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buy in a one liter bottle to use
for your mixed drinks.

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And I I absolutely love what
they are doing here because the

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final product is incredibly
delicious, especially

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considering the value that
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Yeah.
I mean, if we were considering

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this as like a 7:50, we'd be
talking about a $1516 bottle of

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whiskey.
So I think my score would

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probably come out somewhere in
the 35 to 38 range on this.

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And that's like an immediate
thumbs up.

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I would recommend trying this
just on the merits of how good

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it tastes.
But then when you get to the

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value on it, it's like, I don't
know, Brad, this is probably one

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of the best values we've had in
the last year, two years on the

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podcast.
Yeah, and I, I think that this

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whiskey kind of gives you a
sense of why you add a little

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bit of water to your whiskies
'cause when you have a really

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well made whiskey at 100 plus
proof, adding a little bit of

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water can bring out some texture
and flavors and and help the

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whiskey.
And if you gave somebody

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something like this, this Green
River 85, I think he would start

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to understand that concept.
100%, man.

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All right.
We are in a really good spot

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with this one and I think it
becomes a candidate for our next

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order of business here, which is
picking the best whiskey at each

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price point.
We'll get to that right after

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this break.
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Picture this 7 to 9 year old

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Kentucky Bourbon.
Think deep creamy vibes, soft

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barrel spices, and that smooth
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And that's just the bourbon.
If rye's more your thing like it

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is for me, how about a five to
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triple barreled and toasted
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Cheers to the good stuff.

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All right, Brad, it's time for
us to pick the best whiskey at

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each price point.
Now, I I'll leave it to you.

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Here we have this nice little
fancy document broken down with

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the color coding and everything
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We do have it broken down by
type of whiskey.

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So where would you like to
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Bourbon is obviously the most
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had on this podcast, so there's
a lot to go through with

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bourbon.
Would you rather knock out some

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of the ones that we've had fewer
of, or just start right with

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bourbon?
Yeah, I was going to say let's

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go with our rye, our Irish and
international.

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bourbon.
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category here, which is not
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Scotch and Irish whiskey and if
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be international too.
But we've had some whiskeys like

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Japanese whiskeys, we've had
Taiwanese whiskeys, Indian

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whiskeys, that there just aren't
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category.
So perhaps unfairly, I said

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international as a category.
That's what I mean there.

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Brad, why don't you go ahead and
walk us through the price point

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ranges that we're going to be
choosing from?

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Yeah, it's pretty simple.
We're going to be looking at

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whiskeys in five categories
under $25.00.

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So you know kind of your bottom
level whiskeys that you'll be

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drinking day in and day out 25
to $50.50 to $80, 80 to $120.00.

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And then we're kind of getting
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plus.
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I can tell you right now, Bob,
that is going to get really

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expensive when it comes to the
scotches that I I picked out.

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Well, yeah.
And I will say that the list

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that we're looking at here,
Brad, I went back through all of

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our whiskeys that we've reviewed
and I just kind of arbitrarily

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said, I'll, I'll put the cut off
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Now, I think that's going to
unfairly impact like our under

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$25 category because a lot of
times those whiskeys aren't

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great, but they're like far and
away the best thing you can get

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for 15 bucks.
And so I think when I look at

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this list, a lot of those
whiskeys are missing and it's

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going to really come down to us
to kind of nominate some of

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these.
But this gives us a nice

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baseline.
So why don't we go ahead and

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start walking through Brad?
Do you want to start with Rye or

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Irish or international?
Let's go ahead and start with

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rye.
Might as well start at the top.

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Now I don't have any whiskeys
categorized here for the under

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25 category.
And in fact I think maybe the

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only one we've ever done that
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old Overholt.
Not even the 100 proof old

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Overholt, but the regular and I
think that you might be able to

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get the 100 proof for under 25.
So it's just a question of Brad,

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which one would you rather have
on your shelf, the under the the

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80 proof or the 100 proof?
Probably the 100 proof.

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I think that would be my go to.
You just have.

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There's just a depth of flavor
you you can't quite get on 80

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proofs.
Well, there you go.

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By by virtue of being the only
one that we could pick from Old

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Overholt 100 is your Under 25
Rye representative now in the

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$25.00 to 50 range?
We've really only got 2 here.

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We've got the Old Overhold 114
proof, which our friend Chris

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Blattner raves about.
And then we've also got your

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standard US1, Mcter's Single
Barrel Rye, one of Brad's

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highest rated rise of all time
on this podcast.

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I have a feeling I know where
this is going.

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Yeah, the the Mcter's rise far
and away the obvious choice here

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at $45.
Do you have any other nominees

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in this area or or is this
pretty much the one?

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I I would say it's mixtures rye
that that's the the only option

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at this price point that I think
is worth your money.

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OK.
Why don't you go ahead and walk

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us through our next range, the
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again, we don't have anything on
our spreadsheet in that range.

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So it's going to take us kind of
brainstorming here a little bit.

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Yeah, I was going to say, I
think here this now I am, I am

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reporting this based on friends
and the Internet.

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I'm going to say the Wild Turkey
rare Breed rye is probably your

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best value in this range.
I I think it's at like $65.

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OK, yeah, that sounds about
right.

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The only one that I would put up
that came from a bonus episode

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so it doesn't have a full score
from us, was this one we tried

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last year.
We tried two ryes on one episode

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and one of them was the Tumblin
Dice Rye, which is really good,

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but like 80 or 90 bucks.
And then we tried one called

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Hunting Creek Rye, which became
like one of our best loved

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whiskeys of that season.
That's a $50 bottle and I just

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tried it again a couple weeks
ago and I don't know if I could

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get a better ride for 50 bucks
than the Hunting Creek.

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Yeah, I do remember that.
Hunting Creek I'll I just looked

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at the price.
The wild Turkey rare breed rye

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is 60 bucks.
So I, I'm probably going to buy

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myself a bottle that soon that
hunting Creek rye was stunning.

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So I yes, that that's the winner
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Awesome.
All right, well that takes us to

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the $80.00 to $120.00 range
where we've got 3 nominees and

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they are all Bradgy beloved
favorites.

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One of them at 100 plus dollars.
Depends on where you get this

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bottle is your Midwinter night's
DRAM.

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This is the tater bottle of all
tater bottles.

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People seek this out every year.
It ends up getting way marked up

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so I I almost hesitate to put it
in here at 100 because it's so

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rare to find it at 100.
And it has to compete with Beryl

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Seagrass.
The other, the other competition

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here, if we can put that in
quotes, is Old Forester Single

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Barrel Rye, which we tried and
really, really loved that one.

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But dude, I'm not even the
world's biggest rye fan and I

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have had to listen to you go on
and on about Beryl Seagrass over

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the years.
So I know where this is going.

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I like, I don't think there's
any competition here.

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This is the easiest choice for
any price point of any type of

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whiskey We're going to do today
$85 barrel Seagrass.

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I would probably choose it above
our luxury category whiskies.

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Yeah, where we only have two
entries, they're both like at

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least $200.00 and depending on
how much you want to spend, if

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you can spend unlimited money on
these.

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One is the Barrel Seagrass 16
year, which I believe is the

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Gray Label one.
The other one is the Thomas H

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Handy Sazerac Rye, which we've
tried multiple variants of.

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I think the 2020 was the one
that was our highest rated

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whiskey of all time.
Yes I think that would be my

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choice here.
I like the Seagrass 16 but it is

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not better enough than the
regular one for me to merit like

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spending the extra like I I'm
happy if all I could ever get

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was the regular seagrass
forever.

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Agreed.
Yeah, 100% agreed that Thomas H

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Handy was like the heavens
opening up and like there is so

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much going on with the Sazerac
Rye there.

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Absolutely incredible poor.
And I think that's our luxury

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winner in the rye category.
All right.

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So from the bottom to the top
here in the budget category,

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we're picking Old Overholt 100.
In the next tier up, we're going

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with US1 Mcter's US1 Single
Barrel Rye in that 50 to $80.00

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range, Hunting Creek Rye in the
80 to 120 barrel Seagrass and

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then in our luxury category,
Thomas H Handy Sazerac Rye.

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That's a damn good shelf of rye
right there, dude.

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That's that is an incredible
shelf of rye, Bob.

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Let's knock Irish whiskey out
here, Brad, because I've only

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got 3 entries on the spreadsheet
and they're all like under $50.

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We've had some upper level Irish
whiskeys in the past,

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specifically in season one.
We tried a bunch of red breast

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and I don't think that we were
ready to score high end Irish

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whiskeys yet.
So I'm going to go ahead and

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just recuse us from those like
let's, I think we should only

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kind of give what we reviewed
and what we put confidence in

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our review for with maybe a
caveat of like, hey, we've tried

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more Irish whiskey outside the
podcast, Maybe try this if you

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want to spend a lot of money is
that.

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Fair.
I I think that's 100% fair.

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Well, in our under $25.00 range,
I think there's really only one

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that I would recommend and it's
because it comes in right at the

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high end of that at 2499 in the
state of Ohio, it's the Sexton

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Single Malt Irish.
Whiskey dude, this whiskey still

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like lives on in my brain as one
of the best whiskeys we've had

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just because of the price point
and the amount of flavor that

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you get in what I think is an 86
proof whiskey.

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Yeah, something like.
That yeah, dude, so much flavor,

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all sorts of depth and
complexity that you get in Irish

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whiskeys and I like, I just
think it's such a cool bottle to

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go on top of all that. 100% OK.
In the next category, up our 25

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to 50, we've got two nominees.
One is just your standard

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everyday Jameson, which we've
tried multiple Times Now as a

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way of confirming that we
weren't just noobs back in the

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day, which we were, but we were
correct.

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Noobs Jameson is a delicious
whiskey and despite being mass

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produced like it, is one of the
higher quality mass produced

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whiskeys you can get.
Yeah.

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And our other option is the
Bushmills Redbush, a whiskey

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that, if I'm being honest, Bob,
I don't really remember

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drinking.
We did three Bushmills right in

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a row and there were standard
white label Bushmills, not very

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good.
Then we tried the black Bush and

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that was not very good.
And then we tried the Redbush,

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which I believe is finished in
bourbon casks and it is like way

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spicier and so much more
complex.

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And I like, I have it on my
shelf still.

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I really love that.
And when I'm in the mood for an

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Irish whiskey that's a little
has more pop to it, that's what

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I pull off.
Now I will say in this category,

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slightly on the cheaper side,
coming in at $29.00 for a 750.

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I would also personally
recommend Tola Mordu.

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Oh yeah, I believe you gave that
a 40 out of 50 on average.

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Yes, I was going to say I
remember drinking that and

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really, really liking it.
Now it's been a little while,

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but man, oh man, it's a great
value at $29.00, but I think I

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am going to go with Jameson for
just a few dollars more.

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I'll pick Jameson as well.
I think my personal choice would

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be the Red Bush, but I'm OK with
Jameson.

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Now.
Again, we have had some Irish

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whiskeys on the way, high end
actually, back in March we went

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to this event that was hosted by
the Ohio Liquor Bureau where we

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drank a bunch of really great
Irish whiskeys.

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Waterford blew my mind.
Booa was really, really good.

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Yep.
We've also had an Irish whiskey

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from a company called Ahru ATHRU
that they they mailed them to us

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from Ireland.
That was the coolest package of

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mail I've ever gotten.
I don't know how it got through

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customs, but it got to my house
somehow and that was the best

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Irish whiskey I've ever had.
But it was also like $250 a

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bottle.
Yeah, there, there are

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incredible Irish whiskeys out
there.

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We're not going to finish up the
line up for Irish because we

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just haven't had quite enough of
it, but if you haven't gotten

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into Irish whiskey yet, you need
to.

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All right, Brad, let's knock out
this one that I called

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international.
Now, we've had probably four or

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five Japanese whiskeys on the
show and then intermingled with

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some other areas, one of them
being whales, where we had a

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flight of, I think, 4 different
Pandarin whiskeys.

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The Pandarin Portwood is still
one of our highest rated

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whiskeys of the last few
seasons.

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I'm freaking love that thing.
We've gone over to India and had

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a couple, the Amrut Fusion, one
of our highest rated whiskeys

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ever.
We had one from Taiwan called

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Kavalan, which was pretty good.
I don't think it's in the league

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of those other two.
And then the best Japanese

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whiskey that we've had on the
show so far was the Yamazaki 12,

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which is a higher end Japanese
whiskey.

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Brad, I think that honestly what
we really have to decide here is

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between the Amroot Fusion and
the Pandaren Portwood, what

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would get our pick in that 80 to
120 range because they both come

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in around $90.00.
OK, Yeah, I mean, the Portwood

439
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:06,240
from what I remember was similar
enough to kind of that Irish

440
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:12,520
Scotch experience.
And the the the Amroot fusion

441
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,000
was just spectacular.
And I, I don't know if I've ever

442
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,080
tasted plum on a whiskey so
clearly before.

443
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,880
Nothing against Pandarin.
Pandarin makes incredible

444
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,880
whiskeys.
I, I remember we loved all four

445
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:32,400
of them, but I'm going to give
the the Amroot the my vote of

446
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,600
confidence here all.
Right.

447
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:38,360
So Amroot Fusion and then I
guess by default Yamazaki 12 are

448
00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:42,360
our representatives from the
international bracket, if you

449
00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:45,480
want to call it that.
Yeah, and I will say literally

450
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,760
just a few nights ago I drank
some Nika from the barrel.

451
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,640
Oh.
Dude, it's so good.

452
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:58,080
It's incredible, man, and it's
coming in at $70.00, so it also

453
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,320
would be in that 50 to 80 price
point range.

454
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,880
And Oh my gosh, dude, it was
spectacular.

455
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,280
OK, let's jump down to Scotch.
And Scotch is an interesting one

456
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,920
because I don't have anything in
the under $25 price point and I

457
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,200
think.
That's well, I have something

458
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,560
for you, Bob.
Oh, do you really Cuddy?

459
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,160
Sark, baby?
Oh Cuddy.

460
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,760
Heck yeah, dude.
Let's do Cuddy.

461
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,920
Come on man.
I like cuddy gets a bad.

462
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,360
Rep But for it sure does. $17.00
like it's a damn good mixer.

463
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,800
It's an incredible mixer, and if
you really just want to have

464
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,360
some fun times on cheap Scotch,
get yourself some Cutty Sark.

465
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,560
There you go.
The our our sub $25 entrance is

466
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,800
Cutty Sark in the 25 to $50
range.

467
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,920
We've got some legitimate single
malts and then some blended as

468
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,600
well.
We had one that I totally forgot

469
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,520
we drank Brad called the
Spayburn 10.

470
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,040
This was a whiskey that I don't
know how they sell it for so

471
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,360
cheap.
It's like a $30 single malt.

472
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,840
Freaking blew our minds, dude.
We were, we were at like a 40

473
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,200
out of 50 on that one.
We also really liked your

474
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,200
standard Glenn Livett 12, which
I don't know how that got such a

475
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,440
high score.
Like it's good, but I don't

476
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,520
think it's like I thought
Spayburn was better this past

477
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,240
season.
We drank one called the old

478
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,480
Poulton E12, which also got
about a 40 out of 50 from us.

479
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,680
I was remember being a huge fan
of old Poulton E12.

480
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,920
And then we had the Nomad
Outland Whiskey, which was like

481
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,280
$30.00 and is one of the most
like sweet, decadent Scotch

482
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,520
whiskies I have ever had.
I think I'd also throw a Monkey

483
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,880
shoulder in here as well.
I don't know.

484
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:37,880
How do you want to proceed,
Brad?

485
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,600
I almost feel like we should do.
We should give an award out for

486
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:45,760
a single malt and for a blended.
Yeah, I I think easily Monkey

487
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,720
Shoulder is your blended winner
here.

488
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,880
I am actually going to go off
script Bob.

489
00:27:51,160 --> 00:28:00,040
I have had a single malt that
comes in at $35 called Jura 10

490
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,160
year.
I've never had anything from

491
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,400
Jura.
Oh dude, like don't tell anybody

492
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,720
but Jura 10 year is incredible
and I don't want the price to go

493
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,360
up.
It's dude, it is.

494
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:19,360
It would be my vote at this
range and nothing against Nomad.

495
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:24,360
I still really like Nomad, but
every time I drink it I have to

496
00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:29,040
like, convince myself that it's
good because I like it so much

497
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,120
but it's so weird in the world
of Scotch.

498
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,720
That's for sure.
Yeah, it's definitely an outlier

499
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,920
in the world of Scotch.
I think since I haven't had the

500
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,600
Jura and I want to try to keep
my picks to ones we've actually

501
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,800
reviewed on the show.
I think I'll go with the

502
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,800
Spayburn 10 because I liked the
other ones, but I don't know

503
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,360
that I liked them enough to to
pay 12 to $15.00 more.

504
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,240
And if you can get Spayburn for
30 bucks, like that's a great,

505
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,920
great deal.
Yeah, 100% man.

506
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,320
I'm with you there.
OK.

507
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:01,040
In our 50 to $80.00 price point,
we've got quite a few nominees

508
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,400
here, Brad, like yes, we do
quite a few.

509
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,720
I'm I'll just read them from the
bottom up.

510
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,160
We've got Highland Park 12.
We've got the Shivas, Regal

511
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:14,240
Mizunara, Finish, Ardbeg 10,
Glen Moringy, Nectar Door Glen

512
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,560
Moringy, Lesanta.
How do you how do you pronounce

513
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:23,200
that pop?
Nectar D Glen Moringy, Lesanta

514
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:29,240
Tam Do 10, Port Charlotte 10,
Pandarin Madera Finish, Talisker

515
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,560
10, and Quinta Rubin 14.
I think we know our winner here,

516
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,880
Brad.
It really sucks that this

517
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,200
whiskey's like almost $75 now
though.

518
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:44,560
Yeah, I was going to say I I
love keen to Reuben 14, but I

519
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,760
love it at like 60 bucks, not at
70.

520
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:53,080
I think $374 It is now, man, I'm
I'm going to be honest with you.

521
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:59,560
I think in this list I think
Talisker 10 might be my.

522
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,400
Winner Yeah, me too, man.
So again, I kind of want to do

523
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,960
these are, I think these are all
single malts now, but I almost

524
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:10,280
want to do like a non peeded and
a peeded sure that Port

525
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,160
Charlotte is like a freaking
Pete bomb.

526
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:16,200
That's a little too much for me.
Ardbeg 10 might be too, but I

527
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,120
think Quinta Reuben is my
favorite whiskey here.

528
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,560
And I, I want to keep telling
people to buy it, but they are,

529
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,800
they're starting to test my
patience with the pricing on

530
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,200
this thing.
Talisker 10 has been $70.00

531
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,800
forever.
So I'm used to seeing that.

532
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,960
I think I'm with you.
I think Talisker 10 is probably

533
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,320
the representative here, Brad.
Yeah, 100%.

534
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,960
There is a depth of flavour in
the Talisker 10 that I loved and

535
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:46,440
you get everything that you want
out of a really beautiful single

536
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,960
malt Scotch at this price point.
OK.

537
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,000
In our, I don't want to call it
luxury, but our special occasion

538
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,880
category of 80 to 120, we're
going to say, let's see, five of

539
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,640
them came out of our spreadsheet
here.

540
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,280
We've got the Lefroy 10 task
strength, we've got Lefroy

541
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:08,920
Galore, Lageval and 16, Ardbeg,
Oogadol and Glenn Moringy 18.

542
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,520
Now the 18 year old Glenn
Moringy I think is like really

543
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,600
pushing the upper limits of that
120.

544
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,440
It might even go over in some
places.

545
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,680
Regardless of that, my pick
would not be that Glenn Moringy

546
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,440
18.
I have a feeling I know exactly

547
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:24,720
what your pick is going to be.
Brad I.

548
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,600
Mean this is this is the barrel
seagrass of of Scotch.

549
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:37,320
Bob Lageval and 16 cost $105.00
and if you gave me $110 to spend

550
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:42,640
on whiskey I would buy this and
then I would try to bum A10ML

551
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,400
sample off somebody else for 5
bucks.

552
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:52,880
Like Lagavulin 16 is creamy and
rich and there are so many

553
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:58,000
beautiful flavors going on here
and I I can't encourage you

554
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:04,360
enough, go eat a beautiful salt
and peppered steak with your

555
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,480
Lagovolin 16 and it'll change
your life.

556
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,160
I'm not picking Lagovolin 16
here because I think I just

557
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,000
personally like the ARD Bag
Oogadol better.

558
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,800
This is the I I by far my
highest rated ever peated

559
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,040
Scotch.
I think the Oogadol does such a

560
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:25,480
great job of capturing what you
get in Lagovolin in ARD bag, but

561
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,880
then adding just that little bit
of sweetness underneath that we

562
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,280
don't typically, yeah, do you
usually just tastes like

563
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:37,400
medicinal and swampy and like
this one I think couples that

564
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,920
with a little bit of a nice kind
of floral note as well.

565
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,840
Honorable mention for me would
be that Lefroig lore, which is

566
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,800
like it was our highest rated
Lefroig for a really long time.

567
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,800
I just, I think you could do a
lot worse than any of these ones

568
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,040
that we've picked so far.
Now again on the high, high end

569
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,520
of Scotch Brad, we have a couple
samples that were given to us by

570
00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,120
a friend who I will not name
here of some Mcallen's that are

571
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,880
apparently selling for $40,000
right now.

572
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,240
And I'm going to break into your
house and steal those.

573
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,760
Well, I mean, I'm going to share
them with you.

574
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,320
I'm just saying like the the
world of Scotch is truly

575
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,560
unlimited in terms of how much
money you can spend.

576
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,840
So I don't really have a
recommendation on the high high

577
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,320
end do.
You.

578
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:25,560
I do actually Obon 18 is a
really good pick up at like I

579
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:31,320
think 180 bucks.
The Macallan 15 comes in at

580
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,360
about 180 as well.
Another really exceptional

581
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:41,680
expensive bottle whiskey.
And I finally this is this is

582
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,080
like I might buy a pour
sometime.

583
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,640
I spent $50 on a pour of this a
while back and it was one of the

584
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:54,160
best decisions I've ever made.
Lagavulin 26 Bob.

585
00:33:54,160 --> 00:34:00,280
This is a 2.4000 dollar bottle
of whiskey that I will never

586
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:06,560
buy, but man oh man, that poor
was special all right.

587
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,719
So starting from the bottom up,
we're going to recommend Cutty

588
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,840
Sark folks at like $17.00 a
bottle.

589
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:19,199
From Cuddy to Lagavulin 26 baby.
It's all the same, you know, and

590
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,159
the next tier up we're going
with monkey shoulder followed by

591
00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:27,440
Spayburn 10 at 30 ish dollars.
We've got the Talisker 10

592
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,639
representing the next tier up at
roughly 70 bucks.

593
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:33,400
And then if you want to get a
little bit crazy, you want to

594
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,000
break triple digits, you can
either get the Lagavoulin 16

595
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,120
brat's pick or the ARD bag
Ugadal my pick.

596
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,440
And finally, if you are just
rolling in it, you can either do

597
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,040
the Oban 18 or the Lagavoulin
26.

598
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,480
Brad, this just leaves one
category for us and it is a

599
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,000
doozy.
And we're talking about the

600
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,760
world of bourbon.
Kind of a a small category.

601
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,440
You know, just just a slight
category here.

602
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,440
One of the things I do love
about bourbon, and it's because

603
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,960
of our access to it, you know,
we're in the native country of

604
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,680
bourbon, is that despite
inflation, you can still get

605
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,800
really good bourbon for under
$20 if you know where to look.

606
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,800
Yeah, there there are all sorts
of really great cheap whiskeys

607
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:21,600
out there that don't fall into
the trap of, you know, poor man.

608
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,600
Swell.
We reviewed one of them earlier

609
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:30,640
today, Bob, that Green River
1885 easily jumps into the

610
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,640
highest end value category that
we've ever had.

611
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:41,240
But it, it was so impressive,
Bob, that I, I actually almost

612
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:43,000
had a little bit of a cage
match.

613
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:48,640
I brought out my bottle of Rebel
100 that I actually rarely drink

614
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:54,960
from because I had to know, I
had to check to see can this

615
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:59,240
1885 stand up to Rebel 100?
And at the end of the day, Bob

616
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,520
Rebel 100 is like a 15 out of 10
on value.

617
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:10,240
It's so good dude.
It's mind boggling how easy of a

618
00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:14,160
pick this is for me.
The crazy thing is, like,

619
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,880
listeners of our show now know
how much we've hyped it.

620
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,280
And we've had some people say I
went out and bought a bottle

621
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:21,880
because you guys hyped it up so
much.

622
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,920
And they're like, it's pretty
good.

623
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,920
It's like, yeah, dude, it's $20.
Like I didn't tell you it was

624
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,480
the best bourbon I've ever had.
But but you could easily sell

625
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,480
that bottle of whiskey for
$30.00 and I still wouldn't bat

626
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:35,760
an eye at it.
And the fact that they're

627
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,200
selling it at 20 is kind of like
you said, it's mind boggling.

628
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,920
The only other one that I would
put in contention here, aside

629
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,760
from the Green River that we had
today, and I actually

630
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,440
miscategorized this one as being
$25.

631
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,560
It's $22.00 in the state of
Ohio.

632
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:56,400
Benchmark foolproof.
It's 125 proof whiskey for

633
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,400
$22.00.
Yeah, that's really hard to pass

634
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,240
up on, man.
Let's walk through this next

635
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:03,920
category.
Brad.

636
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,640
This is our 25 to $50 range.
Starting from the lowest end.

637
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:14,920
We've got Ezra Brooks 99 Bullet
Bourbon, Cooper's Craft 100

638
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:20,320
Proof Early Times Bottled and
Bond, Jack Daniels Triple Mash,

639
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:26,520
1792, Foolproof, Johnny Drum
Rebel Distillers Collection, and

640
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,360
New Rif Bottled and Bond
Bourbon.

641
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,080
This is a tough matchup.
There's like four or five here

642
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,960
that I could easily pick.
Yeah, I, I was going to say,

643
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,840
let's just get like 3 on the
docket and talk about those

644
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,760
three.
I personally am going to

645
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:46,320
recommend Cooper's Craft 100, I
think it's called Distillers

646
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,320
Blend.
I, I'm going to put that one up.

647
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,600
Bob, what about for you?
Let's see, I can I just throw a

648
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,600
couple names out here and you
tell me yes or no on these?

649
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,480
Sure.
I think that Jack Daniels triple

650
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,040
match deserves to be in the
conversation.

651
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:02,680
Yes, I think Rebel Distillers
Collection deserves to be in the

652
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,160
conversation.
Yes.

653
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:11,560
I would say New Riff, Bottled
and Bond, but I also might

654
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,800
recommend 1792 Foolproof.
We haven't really had anything

655
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,880
barrel proof yet or close to it,
you know?

656
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,400
Yeah, I think I would lean
towards the 1792 over the new

657
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:26,680
riff, but man, this is a stacked
category.

658
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,880
And honestly, of all the
whiskeys we've done so far, I I

659
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,800
almost feel like you need like a
subcategory of 30 to 40 and 40

660
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,160
to 50.
I think that's fair.

661
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,880
Let's do that.
OK, so sub $40, we're talking

662
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,080
about Cooper's Craft 100.
We're talking about Jack Daniels

663
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,800
Triple mash, which I categorize
as bourbon.

664
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,120
I know it's Tennessee whiskey,
which is.

665
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,440
Bourbon.
I think, OK, let's do that.

666
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:56,520
I would say I think the triple
mash is the better whiskey, but

667
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,200
I would pick the Cooper's Craft
here, honestly.

668
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,600
Yeah, I would slept on.
I think, I think 100% people

669
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,960
sleep on the Cooper's Craft.
It's got great labeling, it's a

670
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,440
good looking bottle on your
shelf, and it makes some of the

671
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:15,040
absolute best cocktails you will
ever have if you're willing to

672
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,200
spend, you know, 35 bucks on a
mixer.

673
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:24,520
OK, so between Rebel Distillers
Collection and 1792 Foolproof, I

674
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,160
obviously know my choice.
What would your choice?

675
00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,360
Be yeah, I I think my choice is,
is pretty obvious too.

676
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,680
The The Rebels Distiller
Collection takes everything you

677
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:38,960
get with Rebel 100 and shows you
why that is so good when you

678
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,120
give it a.
Higher quality addition.

679
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,720
Yeah, for sure.
All right, in the 50 to $80.00

680
00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:48,520
range, we're looking at Green
River Foolproof, which is

681
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,680
immediately a contender.
Rebel Cask strength Rebel.

682
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,960
Seriously, start paying us
money.

683
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,800
We have given you so much
publicity.

684
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,080
Oh, my gosh.
A. 100% man.

685
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:05,280
Old Forester 1910 You've got
Woodford, Double Oaked, Wild

686
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:10,120
Turkey, Rare Breed, Maker's
Mark, Cask Strength, Rabbit

687
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:15,080
Hole, Cave Hill, Old Forester
1920, Russell's Reserve, Single

688
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,120
Barrel, Weller Antique, and
Joseph Magnus.

689
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:22,320
Holy crap, dude.
Dude, we've drank some really

690
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:23,880
good whiskey.
We sure have.

691
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,280
All right, once again, let's do,
let's do the same thing.

692
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:32,320
Let's go like 50 to, I don't
know, 50 to 60 and then sixty

693
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,040
and above.
Yeah, I I think that's fair.

694
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:41,080
I think if we're doing 50 to 60,
oh man, how are how are you

695
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:45,560
going to this is the might be
the hardest category, Bob,

696
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:49,680
because you want.
My hot take My hot take is I

697
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:54,240
would take every single one of
these over the 60 to $80.00

698
00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:56,520
ones.
Oh.

699
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,120
I don't think there's one in
there.

700
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:02,760
The 60 to $80.00 ones are Rabbit
Hole, Cave Hill, Old Forester,

701
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,920
1920, Russell's Reserve and
Weller Antique and Joseph

702
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,920
Magnus.
I would take literally any one

703
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:10,560
of these.
Underneath it, above that.

704
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,840
The Weller Antique One O 7 is
the only one that would come

705
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,560
close for me, but I think I'm
with you.

706
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,400
Like honestly, I think if I had
to pick two from this category,

707
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:28,160
it would probably be the Green
River Foolproof and the Woodford

708
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:32,640
Double Oat and and that's
including the 60 and $70.00

709
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,920
stuff.
I would cut out, yeah, I would

710
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,680
for sure cut out the Rebel cask
strength.

711
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,560
I just think the Distillers
collection is better.

712
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,640
Maker's Mark cask strength blew
us away.

713
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,320
Oh, so good.
I think that that's actually

714
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,600
$45.
Is it really?

715
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,120
I I believe it's 45 bucks in the
state of Ohio, yeah.

716
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:52,280
All right.
Well then we're just going to

717
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,680
eliminate it here and I'm going
to say sorry that we didn't get

718
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,600
to you earlier, but that makes
our decision easier.

719
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:04,680
I would probably nominate Rare
Breed Wood for Double Oaked and

720
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,120
Green River Foolproof.
Those will be my 3:00.

721
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,640
Oh man, if I had to pick one of
those three because I I'm with

722
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,160
you.
I think the Old Forester 1910 is

723
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,200
worthy of another mention.
One of the best bourbons at that

724
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:21,400
price point.
I, I think that I'm just going

725
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:27,800
to stay loyal to my journey as a
whiskey connoisseur.

726
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:32,560
And Woodford Double Oaked was
the first whiskey I ever had

727
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:36,560
that made me step back and go,
oh, yeah, that's what whiskey

728
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:37,600
can be.
Yeah.

729
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,320
So I I think I'm just going to
stick with Woodford Double Oaked

730
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,480
here.
I think I am too, and part of it

731
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:47,560
is because I love Rare Breed and
I love the Foolproof from Green

732
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,280
River so much.
I don't know which one of those

733
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:53,080
I would if you made me choose
one forever, I don't know that I

734
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,120
could make that choice.
Whereas Double Oaked is kind of

735
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,600
like in a category of its own.
So I'm going to put Double Oaked

736
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:00,880
on here.
And that takes us to our 80 to

737
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,360
120 range where we've only got a
few contenders from our

738
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,560
spreadsheet.
We've got the Pursuit United

739
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:11,320
Bourbon from our friends at
Bourbon Pursuit Barrel Vantage.

740
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:15,720
I think our highest ranked
whiskey of season 8, John J

741
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:18,800
Bowman Single Barrel, a whiskey
that apparently dominated that I

742
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:23,320
don't even remember drinking
Rebel 10 Single Barrel and

743
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,680
Booker's.
Booker's is kind of the gimmicky

744
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,360
choice here.
I would say Brad, like if you

745
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,080
want a nice box, you can get
Booker's.

746
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:35,160
Yeah, I I'll go ahead and I know
that nobody can get this

747
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,360
anymore, but I will just
honorable mention the Pfeiffer

748
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,560
Pavit Reserve that we had ages
ago.

749
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:45,600
And I think that that was a 120.
So it's, you know, it's kind of

750
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:50,920
on the edge of this category,
but Bardstown Bourbon Company is

751
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,600
always going to put out good
whiskey.

752
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,120
I'm going to say my honorable
mention would be the Pursuit

753
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,000
United, but I'm going to go with
Barrel Vantage.

754
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:04,440
Here I dude, we are we're in
lockstep here man, that barrel

755
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:11,040
vantage is so good.
I, like Beryl continues to be

756
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:15,040
the greatest blender of whiskeys
of any company we've ever

757
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,280
encountered.
OK.

758
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:21,040
That takes us to our ultra
premium category where we've got

759
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:25,280
the Bardstown En Route
Collaborative series at 160

760
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,560
dollars.
We've got the old Forrester

761
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:32,160
150th anniversary now.
As I recall, when we had former

762
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:35,920
blender Jackie Zikan on the
show, there were three blends

763
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:40,360
that they came out with as the
1:50 and I think we had blend #1

764
00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:42,480
and it knocked our freaking
socks off.

765
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:46,120
That whiskey is got to cost like
$1000 now because they only came

766
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:49,520
out once.
And then finally we had Blanton

767
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:53,040
straight from the barrel.
The barrel that we had was

768
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:57,240
bottled I believe in 2002.
It was sent to us by our

769
00:44:57,240 --> 00:44:59,000
Instagram friends, bourbon and
stuff.

770
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:02,680
It was no joke, the best bourbon
I've ever had in my life.

771
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:06,400
It's hard for me to say that any
other Blanton straight from the

772
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:11,600
barrel will taste like that, but
like for me, even on the off

773
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,880
chance that it might echo that,
I think my pick would be the

774
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:18,920
straight from the barrel.
Now I I will say we have also

775
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:24,240
had Pappy Van Winkle 15 year.
I don't know if that just didn't

776
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:28,560
quite reach the this level.
We we were underwhelmed, Brad.

777
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:30,840
OK.
Based on the I think it was

778
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,480
based on the price honestly.
Yeah, exactly.

779
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:38,840
Now we have also off Off the
Record, off the film and Whiskey

780
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:44,760
Record had the likes of Eagle
Rear 17 and I was personally

781
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:48,000
blown away with that.
I think if I had to pick from

782
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:56,080
these three I would probably.
Oh man, that old Forrester 150

783
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:57,520
was good.
I'm going to.

784
00:45:57,600 --> 00:45:59,240
I'm with you man.
I'll go with the Blanton

785
00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:02,520
straight from the barrel.
That one was so stunningly good.

786
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,760
We've had, I think, 4 different
kinds of Blanton's on the show,

787
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:08,040
and I think only two of them are
even worth the price.

788
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:11,120
And it was the Blanton's gold
label and the Blanton straight

789
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,760
from the barrel.
And I think that if you're ever

790
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:18,360
going to try to tell people to
go buy Blanton's, you got to

791
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:20,480
have like it has to be the
straight from the barrel.

792
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,920
It's the only one that I think
is worth springing for in terms

793
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,200
of the money you're going to
invest.

794
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:26,840
Brad.
It's it's also worth noting that

795
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,920
our presenting sponsor today,
Blackwood Distilling, all of

796
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:33,880
their bottles kind of fall into
this 120 to $160.00 price range.

797
00:46:34,240 --> 00:46:38,080
And I got to say, man, like that
toasted rye that we have had

798
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:39,760
from them.
That's obviously not bourbon

799
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,520
here that we're talking about,
but that toasted barrel rye is

800
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:46,320
freaking phenomenal.
It's not available nationwide

801
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:50,240
yet, but if you can find a pour
of it anywhere, I highly

802
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:52,080
recommend trying a pour of that
at the bar.

803
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,960
Yes, you.
Man, we talked about how a lot

804
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,120
of bonus episode whiskeys didn't
make it in here because we don't

805
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:01,280
quite have it on our
spreadsheets the same way as all

806
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:05,840
of our regular episodes.
I, I feel ashamed, Bob, that

807
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:12,160
Blackwood rye is so good.
I mean the the amount of the

808
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:15,760
depth of flavor, the richness
that you get reminds me of like

809
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:19,520
a barrel seagrass where you get
the best of both worlds of a

810
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:23,880
bourbon and a rye.
And so we have our list of

811
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:29,800
Bourbons now, Brad in the sub 25
category, Rebel 100 in the 25 to

812
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:31,840
50.
You can take your pick between

813
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,920
Rebel Distillers Collection, My
Favorite whiskey, and Cooper's

814
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,320
Craft 100 in the 50 to $80.00
range.

815
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:43,600
Woodford Double Oaked 80 to 120.
We picked Barrel Vantage and in

816
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:47,000
the above 120, Blanton's
straight from the barrel.

817
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,480
I want to drink all of these
whiskeys right now.

818
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:53,760
Yeah, I I was going to say, this
has given me cravings to like go

819
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,480
back and and drink all of these
over again.

820
00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:00,360
Yeah, well folks, there are our
picks for every whiskey you can

821
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,240
get at every price point, but we
want to know what your personal

822
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:05,320
favorites are.
Is there something we completely

823
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:08,320
whipped on or just forgot about?
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824
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:12,560
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825
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:16,280
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826
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:19,800
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827
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,280
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828
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,440
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829
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the end of every single one of
our show notes.

830
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,200
We want to say thanks again to
our presenting sponsor,

831
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,240
Blackwood Distilling Company.
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832
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:37,360
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833
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,640
We'll be back next week with
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834
00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:43,840
but until then, I'm Bob Book.
I'm Brad G.

835
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:45,320
And we'll see you next time.