Episode #41: ScotchFest 2021! Balvenie v. Glenlivet x 2 v. Glenmorangie x 4

Whiskeys: Balvenie Double Wood 12 • Glenlivet 12 • Glenlivet 18 • Glenmorangie 10 • Glenmorangie Lasanta • Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or • Glenmorangie Signet • Monkey Shoulder • Fistful of Bourbon • Laphroaig • Balvenie Classic • Balvenie 50 • Balvenie 10 Reserve • Balvenie 15 • Ardbeg Supernova • James E. Pepper 1776 Rye • Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban • Glenmorangie X • Glenmorangie 18 • Glenmorangie 19 • Glenmorangie 25 • Glenmorangie Pride 1981 • Glenmorangie Pride 1978 • Glenmorangie Pride 1974 • Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake • Glenmorangie Extremely Rare • Aberlour A'bunadh

Tangents: Ed’s buddy Joe joins us to taste an absolutely unnecessary amount of Scotch • Joe shades Ed on his distaste for Scotch • The Official Whiskey Tangent Toilet Paper! • Scots in Scotland think Scotches taste like Bourbon • Joe is basically Thomas Hayden Church in the movie Sideways • “Hint of plum” is apparently a popular Scotch tasting note • Balvenie Distillery History • Our Scotch origin stories • The Cult of Ardbeg • Glenlivet Distillery History • We’re all pulling out our Cox! • The 5 Rules, 6 Regions, and 7 Types of Scotch • Ed hopes global warming drowns all the Islay distilleries • Glenmorangie Distillery History • Scott’s sad about the long Scotch maturation times • Wait, Glenmorangie has its own forest?! In America?! • “Runny honey” is apparently a tasting note now • Ed wants a non-“Scott”ch Podcast

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4624-whiskey-on-the-mississippi | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Club Seamus by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3520-club-seamus | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Moorland by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4079-moorland | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ • Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3747-fiddles-mcginty | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license • Parisian by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4194-parisian | License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license