#8 Old Crow  (L)

vs.

#9 Heaven Hill (W)

Recorded on May 6, 2018 in Nate’s studio

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We aren’t experts–or connoisseurs or authorities or savants or aficionados.  We definitely aren’t doing things the “right way.”

We just had a question, and we’re finding the answer.  The knowledge we are gaining through this process is staggering–about bourbon, but also about podcasting and hosting a website.  It turns out our old teachers were right–learning CAN be fun!

It’s fun–it’s a hobby.  And we’re gonna keep doing it.

Scroll through the post to see some additional information about things (and stuff) we talked about during the episode.

**Corrections to podcast are below.  Oops!**

Episode Notes

  • Regarding State Liquor Laws in PA–for those visiting
  • The list of bourbons we are tasting
  • The tournament bracket we will be using
  • The NCAA #16 seed that defeated the #1 seed in men’s basketball was UMBC.
  • Joe DiMaggio definitely promoted cigarettes.
  • Nate’s Norlan Glasses were amazing.  Here’s a picture:

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  • Braggocious is a combination of “braggadocious” and “precocious” and it is perfect.
  • Hard to find statistics on best-selling bourbons of all time (re: Old Crow’s claim), but there is this article on the “Most Important Bourbons” of all time.  Old Crow comes in at #7.
  • We tasted both on the rocks–and then both neat.  Whiskey drinkers may be aghast that we threw ice in the glasses.  Maybe we shouldn’t have–but oh well.
  • Ravens and crows are indeed not the same bird.
  • The red wing blackbird is the most common in North America.  However, the red-billed quelea is the most common in the world.
  • Ice does indeed do “fancy things” with the whiskey.
  • Prohibition was from 1920 thru 1933.
  • The distillery Nate traveled to was the Willett Distillery.
  • The world’s oldest known spider really did die recently.
  • Didn’t find any readily accessible information on the cost of storage as a percentage of overall costs, but did find this interesting article about building storage facilities, and how hard it actually is.
  • We made a comment about how “bourbon” is a very narrow definition of whiskey, and will stand by it.  But have since learned there are a TON of different flavors, tastes, etc. to describe bourbons.  Even down to the char level in the barrel.
  • We mentioned two websites:

**Corrections**

(what we said vs. what we should have said)

  1. Only two of our bourbons were sold by the liter (not 3).  Heaven Hill and Banker’s Club
  2. Not all of our bourbons are 80 proof—Ezra Brooks is 90.
  3. Banker’s Club doesn’t have a website promoting using the bourbon for cooking.  It was on other sites.
  4. We used the Modern Thirst for our tiebreaker.  Their review of Old Crow and review of Heaven Hill seemed like a good choice, but it turns out that the Heaven Hill we drank isn’t the one reviewed.  They reviewed the “green label” 6 year, and we drank the “white label” 4 year.  Oh well.  #9 moves on, with a bad call from the officiating crew.

Technical Notes

We recorded this episode on a Google Pixel 2 phone, using the microphones on the unit itself, sitting on a couch cushion between the two of us.  While the quality was OK, we wanted a bit more volume, clarity, etc.  So we’ll probably try something else for the next one.

The podcast was edited using Audacity, a free open-source audio editing software.  It served our purposes and worked well.