A spirited conversation

S2 E4: Eagle Rare – The Chase and Created Scarcity

As whiskey enthusiasts, there are those bottles we seek to have in our collection. The question is why? Why do we collect? What pushes us to look to those bottles? It seems that Buffalo Trace Distillery has done well in creating whiskies that many of us chase after. But, does… Listen ⇢

S2 E2: Lairds Apple Brandy – What’s Wrong with Being Number Two?

There is no doubt that our culture thrives on competition. It doesn’t seem to matter, we value the first, the winner. And this seems to go to our spirits. It seems that many of our legacy distilleries claim to the oldest or the first this or that. And then comes… Listen ⇢

S2 E1: The Martini – To Regulate or not to Regulate

While sipping on martinis made using Gary’s father’s recipe, the guys explore the role regulation plays in the alcohol industry and beyond. They do their best to wrestle with the myriad issues that arise in this complex and necessary conversation regarding the limits we place on our freedoms and the… Listen ⇢

S2 E3: Jameson, Powers, and Green Spot – A Middleton Distillery Adventure

Jameson brings in a selection of whiskies from Middleton distillery. Mark and Gary do some blind tastings to determine what they like and don’t like. In the course, we discuss the importance of travel and getting to know a place through conversation and letting go of preconceptions and expectations. Join… Listen ⇢

S1 E11: Infinity Barrel – Season one is a wrap!

Join us as we reflect on our feelings about season one and how it went along. We take a look at what liked, didn’t like, what we hoped, some of the reality. It is an honest and frank conversation of where the podcast sits at the end of our first… Listen ⇢

S1 E10: Guinness, Dry Dock Apricot Blonde, Breckenridge Palisade Peach – The Beer Summit

On July 16. 2009 then President Obama hosted what has become colloquially known as The Beer Summit. What he called a “teachable moment” for the nation, was an event, that while it may not spoken to all of us, the idea of having a tough talk with friends over a… Listen ⇢

S1 E9: Bear Creek Rye – Clouded by Bias

A few years back on a trip to Washington DC, Mark and his girl friend entered a bourbon centric bar. While there, they saw a bottle of Laws Whiskey, a Colorado craft distillery. The gentleman working behind the bar said he had not tried it, assuming it to be “sourced… Listen ⇢

S1 E8: Old Forester 1920, Prohibition Style – The Importance of Savoring

We live in a time where things seem to be so rushed. We rush from one appointment to another. We binge watch shows. We down a meal in the car as we go from here to there. Have we lost something here? In this episode, Gary takes us through a… Listen ⇢

S1 E7: Lagavulin 11, Offerman Edition – The Need for Nuance

So many aspects of our world have been pushed to the extremes as we adopted an either/or mindset vs a both/and. This dichotomy is felt in so many of our social constructs, including masculinity. Over a delightful scotch whisky, we explore what masculinity means in today’s world. Grab yourself something… Listen ⇢