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The Best Clothing Optional Whiskey Jan 08, 2021

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The Best Clothing Optional Whiskey

@HeavenHill1935 @BuffaloTrace @luxrowdistillers @BalvenieUS @Ardbeg @straightup615 @straightup.615 @WildTurkey @freelandspirits @foursquare_rum #whiskey #scotch #whisky #bestof2020
Co hosts : Good ol Gal Cary Ann, Made Man Maury, Good ol Boy Jason, Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Gal Denise, Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man Bob
SIPS Episode – Our Best of SIPS 2020 episode. While we had a few technical challenges with this episode, we enjoyed lots of great things to tell you about his season. Brent absolutely declared this the best season to go clothing optional. No, that was not our technical difficulty :-P Our Best of Season 8 whiskey, gin, rum, distillery, coffee, and new product are:

Brent - Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond – Spring 2020 Release – 50% ABV – 100 Proof - 9 Years old

Justin - Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey - 94 Proof – 47% ABV

Maury - William Larue Weller Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – 67.25% ABV- 134.5 proof

Mike - Lux Row 12 Year Double Barrel – Gift Shop Release- 118.4 Proof - 59.2% ABV

Harmeet - Balvenie - A Day of Dark Barley Story No. 3 – 26 Years Old - 95.6 Proof - 47.8% ABV

Bob - Ardbeg Traigh Bhan – Batch 2 – 92.4 Proof – 46.2% ABV – 19 Years old

Denise - Weller Full Proof – 114 Proof 57%ABV

Jason – Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel 133 Proof Varies

Cary Ann – Wild Turkey Rare Breed Rye 112.2 Proof

Best Gin – Freeland Spirits Gin - Dry

Best Rum – Foursquare Nobiliary

Top Coffee – Costa Rica Las Lajas Black Pearl

Some of our favorite distilleries this season – Old Forester, Huber, Ardbeg, Heaven Hill

Notable new product – Nikka Days, Old Forester 150th Anniversary

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Is virtual beer drinkin a thang? Jan 01, 2021

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Is virtual beer drinkin a thang?

@SierraNevada @BFBbeer @FontaFloraBrew @southerngrist @EdmundsOast @ologybrewing #beer #craftbeer

Co hosts : Good ol Boy Dave, Rev. Mark, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Caperton, and Good ol Gal Julieanna
SUDS Episode – Best of SUDS Season 8. It’s that moment when you want a shortlist of amazing beer as you venture out of the quarantine hole. You can get many of these products mail order or delivered locally. Some regulations have been relaxed to even allow breweries to deliver directly to the consumer.

7:45 Kendall’s pick: Celebration Fresh Hop IPA (2020) IPA with Cascade, Centennial and Chinook fresh hops – 6.8% ABV Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Chico California SUDS-5

12:45 Rev. Mark’s pick: BFB IPA- unfiltered IPA with New World Hops – 6.9% ABV Blackberry Farm Brewery Maryville, TN SUDS-5

17:03 Tim: Zebulon Artisan Ales Biere De Coupage - A 50/50 blend of double dry hopped saison and 2 year old sour beer barrels. SUDS - 5

19:00 Caperton’s pick: Errday foeder-fermented, mixed culture table beer. 3.9% ABV Fonta Flora Brewery Morganton, NC SUDS-5

24:17 Dave’s pick: Perpetual Composition (Blend No. 1) Solera-style foeder beer aged 7 months in a French Bourdeaux Foudre with a house mixed culture, then bottle conditioned. Southern Grist Brewing Company Nashville, TN SUDS-4

30:57 Mike’s pick: Pils - pilsner 4.5% ABV Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Charleston, SC SUDS-5

44:55 Julieanna’s pick: I drive A Dodge Strata New-England style IPA with Strata Hops 6.5% ABV Ology Brewing Company Tallahassee FL SUDS-5

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Kendall decided that this is more entertaining than cornhole on TV. His beer blog is:

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What’s the size of your Kelvin Dec 30, 2020

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What’s the size of your Kelvin

@TheBourbonMafia @FineSpirits_FL
Co hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Made Man Maury, Made Man Brent, and Made Man Bob
SIPS Episode – A distillery takeover featuring Rabbit Hole Distillers. A feeble attempt was made to make proper use of the word Kelvin. Brent finds his voice channeling Elmer Fudd. Harmeet covers an extended primer on malting. We cover a good lineup of products that you can find widely available:

Rabbit Hole Kentucky Straight Bourbon SIPS -4

Rabbit Hole Kentucky Straight Rye SIPS -3

Rabbit Hole Kentucky Bourbon in PX Sherry SIPS -3

Sips, Suds, & Smokes™
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Our thanks to Rabbit Hole Distilleries for providing the product samples for this episode. We did run across a bottle with a tainted cork and it was promptly replaced. It happens and it’s just the nature of using a natural product. Thanks for the prompt response.

This episode is sponsored by Fine Spirits Wine & Liquors, home of the Enomatic machines.
www.finespirits.net
More information on the Bourbon Mafia, a fraternal organization of whiskey aficionados.
www.thebourbonmafia.com
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We lost the heirloom trailer hitch Dec 25, 2020

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We lost the heirloom trailer hitch

@ologybrewing #beer #trailerhitch #heirlooms
Co hosts : Good ol Boy Dave, Good ol Boy Drew, Good ol Boy Mike, Rev. Mark, and Good ol Gal Julieanna
SUDS Episode – A brewery takeover from Ology Brewing. We examine a big flight of beers with a broad range of styles. Oh gee, a beer that needs another berry. Pretty rare for us to have 3 beers with a SUDS -5 rating in a takeover format. Tastes like they are making great beer with the power of science. We taste and rate the following beer from 1-5:

All beer by Ology Brewing Company, Tallahassee, Florida

9:31 Good Idea Altbier 4.9% ABV SUDS-5

12:49 Redcurrant, Blackberry, Boysenberry Gose 6% ABV – SUDS-2

16:08 DDH Sensory Overload- DDH hazy IPA with Sabro Hops 6.5% ABV SUDS-5

19:00 Heliocentric Distortion hazy double IPA with Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic 8% ABV SUDS-3

32:00 False Gravity American Kviek Lager with corn and rice 3.75% ABV SUDS-2

37:39 I Drive a Dodge Strata Hazy IPA with Strata hops 6.5% ABV SUDS-5

41:33 Cuvee De Sauvin Hazy Double IPA fermented with Sauvignon blanc must and dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin 8% ABV SUDS- 2

25:25 Tale of the heirloom trailer hitch

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What is your song Dec 18, 2020

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What is your song

@templetonrye @nashvillebarrelco @WTDistillery @JamesEPepper @luxrowdistillers @sagamorespirit @RedemptionRye @straightup615 @straightup.615 #bourbon #ryewhiskey #whiskey #whisky
Co hosts : Good ol' Boy Mike, Made Man Brent, Made Man Bob, Good ol Gal Cary Ann, Good ol Boy Jason, Made Man Maury, Good ol Boy Justin, and Good ol Gal Denise

SIPS Episode – This is a blind tasting of 8 products that are MGP 6 year Rye. This is a product that is branded and sold that hundreds of non distilling producers with a really wide price range. We selected our Top 3 products in a blind tasting and we also discuss our bottom pick. This is that thing you have talked about doing with your whiskey buddies that we actually pulled off. Enjoy! We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:

12:22 Templeton SIPS -3

16:00 Nashville Barrel Co. Release #3 SIPS - 3

31:00 Wilderness Trail Rye 4yr SIPS -4

Rebel Yell

Sagamore

Redemption

40:46 James E Pepper SIPS -2

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Big Shout Out to Whiskey House Nashville for helping source some of the samples for this show. A stellar organization doing great things for other people using the power of whiskey. Contact them at info@whouse.club for more information about membership or a tasting event you'll never forget.

Cary Ann is our resident Certified Spirits Specialist and all things whiskey. Check out her blog:

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What did you bring me Dec 11, 2020

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What did you bring me

@NikkaWhiskyUSA @PaulJohnWhisky @TheGlenmorangie @BalvenieUS @Glendronach @Ardbeg #whisky #whiskey #unicornwhiskey
Co hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Brent, and Made Man Bob
SIPS Episode – A great flight of new whisky just now becoming available. Listening to Brent review international whiskey is so entertaining. It’s like watching a 5yr old do taxes. Without pants. Your next Birthday Cake should be Glenmorangie. We pronounce almost 89.5% of these products correctly.

We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:

7:33 Nikka Days – 80 Proof - 405% ABV – 4 SIPS

12:38 Paul John Nirvana – 80 Proof - 40% ABV – 3 SIPS

19:16 Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake- 92 Proof - 46% ABV – 4 SIPS

27:50 Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 7 – 104.8 Proof – 52.4% ABV – 5 SIPS

32:42 Glendronach Kingsman Edition 1989 Vintage – 100.2 Proof – 50.1% ABV – 5 SIPS

38:05 Ardbeg Traigh Bhan – Batch 2 – 92.4 Proof – 46.2% ABV – 19 Years old – 5 SIPS

43:43 Ardbeg Wee Beastie – 90 Proof 45% ABV - $24 – 4 SIPS

This episode is sponsored by:

Fine Spirits

http://finespirits.net/

Fort Lauderdale Whiskey Society
http://www.ftlauderdalewhiskeysociety.com/

Made Man Brent, Made Man Bob, and Made Man Maury are from The Bourbon Mafia. Brent is still trying to make each episode clothing optional.

http://bourbonmafia.org/

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The candy store has been restocked Dec 04, 2020

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The candy store has been restocked

@WoodfordReserve @brownforman @YStoneWhiskey @okibourbon @heavenhill #bourbon #whiskey #nokilt
Co hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Brent , and Made Man Bob

SIPS Episode – And more Fall 2020 whiskey releases. One major name change from OZ Tyler to Green River. The final release of a couple of gems from Heaven Hill. Does whiskey taste better in a crystal bottle? Enjoy the excessive use of the word retro-nasal and jack fruit. We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:

7:42 Green River Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey - 117 Proof – 58.5% ABV - 4 SIPS

14:49 O.K.I Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Barrel #5 - 115.7 Proof – 57.85% ABV – 3 SIPS

19:32 Yellowstone 2020 Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – 101 Proof -50.5%ABV – 4 SIPS

26:19 Woodford Reserve Baccarat Edition – 90.4 proof – 45.2% ABV – 4 SIPS

32.28 Larceny Barrel Proof C920– 61.2 Proof – 122.4% ABV – NCF – 3 SIPS

37:28 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C920– 66.4 Proof – 132.8% ABV – NCF – 5 SIPS

42:55 Parker’s Heritage Collection 10 Year Old Heavy Char Bourbon - 120 Proof 60%ABV – 5 SIPS

This episode is sponsored by:

Fine Spirits

http://finespirits.net/

Fort Lauderdale Whiskey Society
http://www.ftlauderdalewhiskeysociety.com/

Made Man Brent, Made Man Bob, and Made Man Maury are on loan (can we give them back?) from The Bourbon Mafia

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18 Gins in a blind tasting. Hold my beer. Nov 27, 2020

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18 Gins in a blind tasting. Hold my beer.

@freelandspirits @bulrushgin @graywhalegin @thevalefox @DistilleryKyoto @hotalingandco @No3Gin @castleandkey @straightup615 #gin
Co hosts : Good ol Boy Sparky, Good ol Gal Cary Ann, Good ol Boy Craig, and Good ol Boy Mike
SIPS Episode – A refresher on our gin blind tastings. These are products that were not part of The BIG Gin tasteoff. We started with a master list of 18 gins and got this down to 5. You should make a plan for what activity you would do for 732 days. No Guatemalan children were harmed during this episode despite our comments to the contrary. We taste and rate the following gin from 1-5:

8:34 Tod & Vixen SIPS – 3

13:05 Bulrush SIPS - 3

17:30 Ki No Be SIPS – 4

21:20 No. 3 SIPS - 4

25:55 Freeland Dry SIPS - 4

St. Laurent

The Gray Whale

Nikka Coffey Grain

Junipero

Mahon

McQueen & the Violet Fog

44:15 Castle & Key London Dry Batch 12– Bottom pick SIPS -1

Sorry we read the description of the Restoration Gin

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Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf.
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Cary Ann is our resident Certified Spirits Specialist and all things whiskey. Check out here blog:

www.straightup615.com

If you should be in Nashville, put Peninsula at the top of must eat places. You’ll find Craig taking fabulous care of you from first sip to last bite. Best G&T menu on the planet.

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A tad late to the expansion Nov 20, 2020

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A tad late to the expansion

@creaturebeer #beer
Co hosts : Good ol Boy Dave, Good ol Boy Drew, Good ol Boy Mike, Rev. Mark, and Good ol Gal Julieanna
SUDS Episode – A brewery takeover with Creature Comforts from Athens, GA. They have been helping History majors from University of Georgia find employment since 2014. There should have been a beer to help save the tire ad sign. Solid and diverse flight of beers in this lineup. Have you checked out the billboard to “Save a river, by drinking seltzer?” We taste and rate the following beer from 1-5:

All beers are from Creature Comforts from Athens, GA

14:35 Tropicalia IPA 6.6% ABV SUDS-4

20:00 Automatic American Pale Ale 5.5% ABV SUDS-4

23:00 Athena Berliner Weisse 4.5% ABV SUDS-3

29:30 BIBO Pilsner 4.9% ABV SUDS-2

38:37 The Silent World Black Lager 5.0% ABV SUDS-5

44:30 Glamour Muscles Triple IPA with Citra, Simcoe and Chinook hops 10.0 % ABV SUDS-4

46:45 Imperial Trop Haze – Hazy DIPA with Citra, Centennial, and Galaxy hops. 8.0% ABV SUDS-3

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I'll have another Nov 13, 2020

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I’ll have another

@freelandspirits @chartreuseliq @LUXARDOUSA @gordonsginglobal @AngosturaHouse @straightup615 @MahonGin #gin #cocktail #gincocktail
Co hosts : Good ol Boy Sparky, Good ol Gal Cary Ann, Good ol Boy Craig, and Good ol Boy Mike
SIPS Episode – Gin Cocktails (sounds of swooning) have been around forever and we venture down this path covering some of favorites. We’ve tinkered with the recipes to dial them in with modern products and techniques. Oh, you’ll be making that Corpse Reviver for breakfast quite soon after checking out this episode. We taste and rate the following gin cocktails from 1-5:

9:27 The Last Word

3/4 ounce gin – Freeland Dry or any good London Dry Style

3/4 ounce green Chartreuse

3/4 ounce maraschino liqueur

3/4 ounce fresh lime juice

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.

Strain into a chilled coupe glass.

20:10 Bijou

1½ OZ. GIN – Gordon’s

¾ OZ. GREEN CHARTREUSE

1 OZ. SWEET VERMOUTH - Punt e Mes

2 DASHES ORANGE BITTERS (REGAN'S)

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.

Garnish with an olive

28:25 Bennett

2 oz. gin
¾ oz. fresh lime juice
¾ oz. simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Tools: shaker, strainer
Glass: cocktail
Garnish: lime wheel

Shake all ingredients with ice to chill, then strain into a chilled glass. Garnish.

36:20 Corpse Reviver No. 2

Absinthe, to rinse – rinse the mixing cup with ice and strain out

3/4 ounce London dry gin – preference to Mahon

3/4 ounce Lillet blanc

3/4 ounce orange liqueur – Cointreau or Pierre Ferrand Curacao

3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed

Use a coupe glass, add the Absinthe to the mixing shaker and strain out, Mix everything else in the same shaker, and strain into glass. Garnish with an Orange Twist.

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Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf.
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This episode is sponsored by:

Cary Ann is our resident CSS and all things whiskey. Check out here blog:

www.straightup615.com

If you should be in Nashville, put Peninsula at the top of your must eat places. You’ll find Craig taking fabulous care of you from first sip to last bite. Best G&T menu on the planet.

https://peninsulanashville.com/

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