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The Irish Whiskey Show

March 31, 2023 By Eric

with whisketarian Alex McKay

March is the Irishest month, and we’re getting Irish just under the wire with this incredible survey of Irish whiskeys brought to us courtesy of friend of the show and “whisketarian” Alex McKay.

This diabolical batard brought us a selection of liquid Irish gold that spanned the gamut between low-end unaged Irish “moonshine” to a bottle of 21 year old Redbreast that will set your average citizen back about $350. And because we want you to come away with from our show with more than just the sound of other people drinking whiskey, we’ve once again rated them with our unique Army of Drunks whiskey system: What Actor is This Booze?

Oh, and, of course, What Batman is This Booze? Why? Because we’re immature overgrown gen-x geeks who should never be trusted with anything.

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Oh, and along the way, we discover what’s in Shaw’s Remote Craw, find out something we really didn’t want to know about Irish whiskey legend John Jameson, and test your knowledge of Lucky Charms magic marshmallows.

A few bottles from the suitcase o’ booze Alex brought over.

OUR IRISH WHISKEY RATINGS

WHISKEY	STYLE	ACTOR	BATMAN	ANYTHING ELSE
Teeling Poitin	“Moonshine”	Mickey Rourke	Ben Affleck
Teeling	Single Grain	Timothy Dalton	Val Kilmer	Roger Moore as James Bond
Writer’s Tears	Blend	Liam Neeson	Kevin Conroy	Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who
Sexton	Single Malt	Colin Farrell	Michael Keaton	Runner up actor: Jon Hamm
Red Breast 12	Single Pot Still	Tilda Swinton as Bob Dylan	Christian Bale	Maybe Robert Pattinson’s Batman some day
Powers John’s Lane 12	Single Pot Still	Timothée Chalamet as James Bond	We were drunk and forgot
Redbreast 21	Heaven-Sent Ambrosia	Sir IanMcKellan or Dame Judy Dench	Ben Kingsley as Batman	This is a Unicorn. A goddamn Unicorn!

The Army of Drunks Patented Whiskey Rating System

And Some Photos From the Recording Session

THE WHISKEY SPECIAL – with Alex MacKay

September 9, 2017 By Eric

THE WHISKEY SPECIAL
with Alex MacKay
The Whiskey Genius

Summer is over, and it’s time to go back to school. This is Whiskey 101, where our good friend and not-self-described “Whiskey Genius” Alex MacKay takes you on a tour of some of the major whiskies of the world.

It’s one of our longer shows, but by the time it’s done, you’ll have a better understanding of where the golden brown ambrosia* comes from, what’s the difference between scotch and bourbon, why you don’t want to drink Costco Canadian, and just which Batman is that whiskey you’re drinking.

Joining us also is comedy writer and friend of the show Aydrea Walden. She’s good people.

Also, we cut a very long segment about how whiskey is made, but if you’d like to hear that, please join our Patreon campaign, and we’ll give you access to our Back Room of bonus material!

* Please remind us never to use the term “brown ambrosia” ever again.

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DRINK ALONG AT HOME!

Since there’s no cocktail this week, we thought we’d provide a list of all the whiskeys Alex brought for us to sample. Note that most of these are available at your local BevMo, and you can even buy those tiny airplane bottles of some of them. So keeping up with the drunks doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg.

Here’s a helpful chart to help you follow along on our journey up Whiskey Mountain. Rather than using the usual descriptors of “taste” and “aroma,” we decided to describe the various boozes in terms of actors. This quickly devolved into describing them in terms of Batmans. (Yes, “Batmans” is the plural of “Batman.” Look it up.)

WHISKEY NAME	COUNTRY	WHICH ACTOR IS IT?	WHICH BATMAN IS IT?
Costco Canadian	Canada	Steven Segal	George Clooney
Nikka Coffey	Japan	Michelle Yeoh	Adam West
Redbreast 12 Year	Ireland	Kenneth Branagh	Michael Keaton
Johnny Walker Green Label	Scotland	David Tennant	Kevin Conroy (The Animated Series)
Knob Creek Single Barrel	America	We forgot to name one, but say Steve McQueen	Will Arnett (Lego Batman)
Ardbeg 10 Year	Scotland	Christian Bale	Christian Bale

BONUS ROUND
Alex suggested a few other whiskies if you’re feeling adventurous. Or even if you’re not.

Brook Laddie Scotch
Octomore Scotch
Maker’s Mark 46 Cask Strength
Seven Stills Chcoolate Oatmeal Stout & I.P.A.
Midelton Dair Ghaelach Irish
Jameson Unblended 13-Year

OUR DRUNKEN GUESTS
Check out Aydrea’s web series Black Girl in a Big Dress right here!

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