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Jan. 29, 2022

Friday Sips Live with Dan and Mark - January 28, 2022

How about some corn whiskey? Kentucky, Texas, and Mexico! For just a little while, we forget about bourbon, rye, and Scotch whiskies and focus on corn. Using suggestions from viewers (thanks, Bender) and my local liquor store (thanks, Max at #hazelsbeverageworld), we try three very different corn whiskeys and enjoy…

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Jan. 22, 2022

Friday Sips Live with Dan and Mark - January 21, 2022

The first Friday sips of 2022! How about that other Tennessee Whiskey? We open up a local store pick Jack Daniels single barrel at 94 proof. Then we sip on some Old Forester 1920 and get into a Booker's Beaten Biscuits batch. The Lincoln County process, corn whiskey, and a…

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Jan. 8, 2022

Friday Sips Live with Dan and Mark - January 7, 2022

The first Friday sips of 2022! What were Dan's favorites from 2021? Well, we both fell for Deerhammer, Wild Turkey products, and Dickel. Cheers! Join us next week for Friday Sips Live!

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Jan. 4, 2022

Open the Bottle - Colonel E.H. Taylor Single Barrel Bourbon Bottled In Bond Store Pick from Hazel's

Open the Bottle - Colonel E.H. Taylor Single Barrel Bourbon Bottled In Bond Store Pick from Hazel's Beverage World in Boulder, CO Store picks are fun and they are especially exciting when the pick is a brand or bottle that has become difficult to find on shelves. That is the…

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Jan. 1, 2022

Friday Sips Live with Dan and Mark - December 31, 2021

The last sips of 2021 and a renewed faith in whiskey geeks. Also, no Dan. My new favorite whiskey is the Russell's Reserve 13 year Bourbon was a high point of 2021. The proliferation of George Dickel 15 year single barrels in stores all over the place. Dan and I…

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Dec. 31, 2021

Open the Bottle - Old Forester Bourbon Single Barrel Select from Hazel's in Boulder, CO

Open the Bottle - Old Forester Bourbon Single Barrel Select from Hazel's in Boulder, CO I generally like Old Forester Bourbon. It's all solid in my opinion but of course, I lean toward what I think they call the Whisky Row Series (they don't use the 'e'), specifically 1897, 1910,…

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Dec. 28, 2021

Open the Bottle - Sagamore Spirit Rye Whiskey Barrel Select

Open the Bottle - Sagamore Spirit Rye Whiskey Barrel Select I haven't been so excited about MGP produced whiskey ... well, ever. But once in a while, a really good one comes along and their 95/5 mashbill rye is certainly popular. So, will this be one of those upside surprise…

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Dec. 28, 2021

Blind Shelfie Throwdown - Season 2, Episode 2 - Dan resorts to obscure sourced whiskey. Poor form.

Tasting whiskey blind, that is without knowing what sort of bourbon, rye, or scotch whisky you're drinking, is the only way to remove the bias and know for sure if you like a whiskey or if you've just been caught up in the hype. I think that's right but even…

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Dec. 26, 2021

Are George T Stagg and Stagg Jr really so similar as some folks suggest? We drink to find out!

Are George T Stagg and Stagg Jr really so similar as some folks suggest? We drink to find out! There are some in the whiskey world who insist that Stagg Jr is as good or better than George T Stagg. Dan and I have been a bit split on that…

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Dec. 24, 2021

Open the Bottle - Knob Creek 9 year old small batch bourbon whiskey

Open the Bottle - Knob Creek 9-year-old small batch bourbon whiskey How about a quality bourbon from an old, giant distillery that carries a 9 year age statement for $28? Yeah, I'll take a few of those myself. I love Beam products and certainly like Knob Creek bourbon and rye…

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Dec. 23, 2021

Open the Bottle - Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Bourbon Store Pick

Open the Bottle - Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Bourbon Store Pick Getting into a store pick of Knob Creek bourbon should be a good time. As a big fan of Booker's, I should like this, right? Well, I sure do! Is this worth double the price of a standard…

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Dec. 23, 2021

Back to the Bottle but not for whiskey - this is the FourSquare Sagacity 12 yr single blended Rum

Back to the Bottle but not for whiskey - this is the FourSquare Sagacity 12 yr single blended Rum I don't know much about rum but this has been a delicious bottle to learn from. It's partially distilled in pot stills and partially distilled in column stills and then blended…

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Dec. 18, 2021

Friday Sips Live with Dan and Mark - December 17, 2021

We'll find something interesting or noteworthy or just tasty to sip on live on Friday afternoons to kick off the weekend. Got questions or comments? Bring'em on! Join us next week for Friday Sips Live!

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Dec. 11, 2021

Friday Sips Live with Dan and Mark

We'll find something interesting or noteworthy or just tasty to sip on live on Friday afternoons to kick off the weekend. Got questions or comments? Bring'em on! Here are some details about the Nikka Coffey Grain whisky from the brand itself -https://www.nikka.com/eng/brands/coffey-grain-malt/ - including a better description than I gave…

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Dec. 5, 2021

Can $85 bottles of whiskey really be practical? We think so.

We were working on some other productions for Dan's Slow Guy on the Fast Ride cycling content and we decided to take a few minutes and sip some whiskey. I brought two sample bottles with some Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond 8-year-old and an Old Forester Barrel Proof store pick…

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Dec. 5, 2021

How practical can $85 bottles of whiskey be?

We were working on some other productions for Dan's Slow Guy on the Fast Ride cycling content and we decided to take a few minutes and sip some whiskey. I brought two sample bottles with some Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond 8 year old and an Old Forester Barrel Proof…

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Dec. 4, 2021

The last of two great bottles and some cool whiskey glasses

Dan had a couple of really great bottles that needed to be put out of their misery so we decided to do that live! We also took a look at a new glass and compared it to some old favorites. We are sad to see that 2020 George T Stagg…

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Nov. 21, 2021

Open the Bottle - Old Fitzgerald 8 Year Bottled in Bond Decanter

Open the Bottle - Old Fitzgerald 8 Year Bottled in Bond Decanter This is a bottle I've dreamed about for years and it's also another story about relationships working out when allocated whiskey is involved as I purchased this at retail. In my mind, there are two paths back to…

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Nov. 4, 2021

Drinking Some Islay Scotch Whisky

There are so many delicious whiskies to drink from around the world that no one person will probably ever come close to tasting them all but we should try to expand our palates, shouldn't we? Not that we stretch all that far but we have gotten hung up on bourbon…

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Nov. 2, 2021

Back to the Bottle - Maker's Mark Private Select Wheated Bourbon

Back to the Bottle - Maker's Mark Private Select Wheated Bourbon I got this 108.9 proof bottle from a store near Denver called Molly's. As with most Maker's Mark bourbons, I like this one very much. Frankly, I just have no interest in keeping up with all of their gyrations…

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Oct. 26, 2021

Sample Tasting - Boulder Spirits Adventure Kit: Bourbon Whiskeys

Sample Tasting - Boulder Spirits Adventure Kit: Bourbon Whiskeys More surprisingly delicious whiskey from a local, Colorado distillery. The Boulder Spirits Adventure Kit gives us 6 samples of their bourbon and single malt whiskeys and we dig into the bourbons to see what this local Boulder, Colorado distillery is producing.…

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Oct. 26, 2021

Sample Tasting - Boulder Spirits Adventure Kit: Malt Whiskey

Sample Tasting - Boulder Spirits Adventure Kit: Malt Whiskey More surprisingly delicious whiskey from a local, Colorado distillery. The Boulder Spirits Adventure Kit gives us 6 samples of their bourbon and single malt whiskeys and we dig into the malts and taste through some tasty whiskey. These are wonderful examples…

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Oct. 1, 2021

Back to the Bottle - George Dickel 8 Year Old Bourbon Whisky

Back to the Bottle - George Dickel 8 Year Old Bourbon Whisky Yep, you read that correctly. Bourbon, not the Tennessee whiskey George Dickel is known for around the world. Why? Well, because it has more of a bourbon vibe going on than it does a Tennessee whisky thing happening.…

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Sept. 28, 2021

Back to the Bottle - Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey

Back to the Bottle - Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey We all know what a Wild Turkey and Russell's homer I am but come on, this stuff is just delicious! This particular expression, the single barrel rye whiskey, is a bit pricey and I'm not arguing about…

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