Fun With Scotch & Other Fine Spirits

16/03/2024

Episode 61: Saint Patrick’s Day Special. 3 offerings from Bushmills

On this episode we sample 3 offerings from the Bushmills distillery in Ireland. Bushmills Red Bush, Bushmills Black Bush, and Bushmills 12 year Single Malt Irish Whiskey. Have a happy and tasty St. Patrick’s day!

13/03/2024

Episode 60: 3 fine Scotches from Aberlour

Marlys, Judy and Jon taste and discuss 3 scotches from the Aberlour distillery in the Speyside region of Scotland. They are Aberlour 12 Year, Aberlour Casg Annamh, and Aberlour A’bunadh Cask Strength.

09/03/2024

Episode 59: Beach Whiskey Potpourri
Whiskey selection: Kaigan Japanese Whiskey, Browne Family Spirits Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Yellow Spot 12 Year Irish Whiskey, and Barrowman’s Grand Cru 21 Year Blended Scotch Whisky.
Wherein Jon and Judy invite several friends, absent Marlys, to join us in tasting four whiskies (and a fifth for extra credit) with an abundance of chaos, some expletives, glass clinking, and pretzels, occasionally returning to the subject at hand but always having a good time at the beach in Washington State. It may help if you know a bit about libraries, and it will definitely help if you are drinking while you listen ;)
It’s a long one, so buckle up! We hope that you will enjoy it. We certainly had fun recording it.

24/02/2024

Check out Episode 58: 3 Favorite Bourbons

Jon, Judy, and Marlys drink and discuss Balcones Baby Blue Pot Distilled Corn Whisky, 1792 Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and Blanton’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

01/05/2023

Here we go again with another episode!Episode 55: Interview with David Suk from St. Luna Spirits
We interview David Suk from and later sample Saint Luna Moonshine

22/02/2023

Episode 53 is up! Marlys, Judy and Jon interview Brendan Rogers from Cleo and Co. Mixers.

This episode Marlys, Judy and Jon interview Brendan Rogers from Cleo and Co. Mixers. They have products that make it easy to mix a great drink. Named for Gertrude "Cleo" Lithgoe, a famous bootlegger during prohibition, and one of the few women who took on that profession. After the interview we try out the mixers.

For more information on Gertrude Lithgoe see https://sallyjling.org/2011/06/28/gertrude-lythgoe-fascinating-women-of-prohibition/

There’s also an episode on the podcast Female Criminals - https://www.listennotes.com/search/?q=“The%20Queen%20of%20Rum%20Row”%20&sort_by_date=0&scope=episode&offset=0&language=Any%20language&len_min=0

She wrote an autobiography called The Bahama Queen, but it is very difficult to find an available copy. You can buy a copy from Amazon for $500 or maybe just go to your local library and see if you can get one to read via interlibrary loan.

For more information on Cleo and Co. mixers go to
https://www.cleomixers.com/

11/01/2023

Episode 52 : 3 excellent whiskies from Down Under is up!
We sample and report on 3 great whiskies: Two-Fold, Nova, and Solera from the Starward Distillery in Australia. Check out the 2nd picture. Conformists read down; the bold read up

19/07/2022

We like crab and we like whiskey but we aren’t sure we want to try this.

Each bottle uses about one pound of green crabs

16/07/2022

Episode 48: Bourbon Mash Bash is up!
This time Judy, Marlys and Jon compare 3 bourbons: Basil Hayden Toast, Oola Waitsburg Bourbon, and Legent Bourbon. Enjoy. Link in profile.

26/06/2022

Podcast recording night. What will it be?

02/03/2022

Episode 46: May the road rise up to meet you... Marlys, Judy and Jon review 3 Irish Whiskies. Kilbrin Irish Whiskey Sherry Cask, Egans Fortitude Single Malt Irish Whiskey, and The Dead Rabbit Irish Whiskey. Three great selections to try this St. Patrick’s Day.

31/12/2021

Episode 45 : 3 Favorite Whiskeys for 2021 is available for your listening pleasure!
Marlys, Judy, and Jon review 3 of their favorite whiskeys for the end of 2021. Michters Single Barrel Straight Rye, The Balvenie Doublewood 12 year, and The Dalmore King Alexander III. Listen via our website (link in profile) or your favorite podcast app.

14/12/2021

Episode 44: The Ryes Have It - In this episode we sample 5 Rye Whiskies: Michters Straight Rye, Old Overholt, Cadee Cascadia, Blue Spirits Straight Rye, and Whistlepig Small Batch Rye. Special guest reviewers are Karen and Glenda, joining the usual suspects of Marlys, Judy and Jon.

12/12/2021

Fun with Scotch cats, Tommy and Jack, are ready for the next podcast recording.

28/09/2021

Check out episode 43 which is about these 3 beauties

13/07/2021

Episodes 41 & 42 are up! In #41 - Less is More we talk about 12 year and 12 year (see what we did there?). #42 has us back in the U.S. with 3 American Whiskys - Straight Bourbon Whisky, American Small Batch Whisky, and Small Batch Unblended American Whisky. Link in profile. Enjoy!

17/03/2021

We might need to do an episode on Writer’s Tears

[Editor’s note: science fiction novelist Spider Robinson forever influenced my liquor consumption habits with the rhapsodic praises for Bushmill’s 1608 Irish whiskey that feature in so …

06/02/2021