WTF - Whiskey Tequila Fridays Podcast

Hello and Happy Friday! Today the boys are honored to welcome the founder and CEO of Blacklisted Brandy, Draga Culic. If Blacklisted is on a shelf near you, scoop it up! Every expression is a banger! Please invite your friends, crack your bottles, listen, and sip along as Draga details her history in the spirits industry, from strategy and branding to brand owner. If you would rather watch this show, hop on over to YouTube: https://youtu.be/nBjqY6wneI8 As always, the boys hope you enjoy this show.   Make It A Happy Friday™, y'all!

Hello and Happy Friday! Today Jacob Taylor of Manuscrito Tequila joins The Boys when he brings Chapter 2, the high proof blanco, and Chapter 4, the high proof reposado. These bottles are out there, from Chicago to Saskatoon, and all parts in between. Scoop 'em up, gather your friends, and listen and sip along as Jake tells us his story of Manuscrito. Find some whiskey to QuickSip™ and Make It A Happy Friday!™ Feel like watching instead of listening?  Head on over to YouTube: https://youtu.be/H7JmgoniuXI  

Hello and Happy Friday, y'all. Today The Boys welcome Jake Lustig and Don Amado Mezcal to the show. Watch, listen, and sip along as Jake shares his history from hand delivering spirits by the liter to becoming the creative force behind some of today's top brands. Want to find Don Amado for yourself? Head on over to the online shop at Terrannova spirits: https://shop.terranovaspirits.com/ and don't forget to give Jake, Terranova, and Don Amado a like and subscribe on the socials. ​ @jakelustig4224   @terranovaspirits4700  https://www.instagram.com/jake.lustig?igsh=MWpvbDg1M2hwbGplNA== While you're at it, did you realize WTF is now on YouTube?  See for yourself why The Boys claim to have faces for radio when you WATCH this episode: https://youtu.be/-B3DPZt0FNE As always, The Boys invite you to scoop up these bottles, gather your friends, watch, listen, and sip along, and Make It A Happy Friday!™

Happy Friday and welcome to the Whiskey Tequila Fridays Podcast 4th Year Anniversary Episode!  For Episode 100, The Boys review the previous 12 months, including a few of their favorite QuickSips™. This 'sode features Don Fulano Reposado, Michter's Unblended American Whiskey, Centinela Reposado (Tall Bottle), Sazerac Rye 125, an Eagle Rare Single Barrel, and the El Tequileno 50th Anniversary Anejo, and a special surprise bottle from our guest, Jeff Huber of the Wheaton Whisky Club. Okay, it's a Pappy 20... no big deal! This episode is the first to appear on video!  Head on over to YouTube and show The Boys some love! https://youtu.be/cURUysQNBdA So pull up a chair, keep the screen in view, gather your friends, open some bottles, listen, watch, and sip along, and Make It A Happy Friday™! This first video edition of the podcast includes some shady audio at times- The Boys will get that straightened out eventually. Plus, the Hype Horn was completely removed by noise cancellation. If you want to get a little more of the full experience, why don't you head on over to wherever you listen to podcasts and download all of the previous 99 audio-only episodes! "Thank You" to Brad Niccum of  @Tastingtequilawithbrad  and John Siracusa of Listen Deck, producing podcasts for professionals. Find John at  @Listendeck  www.listendeck.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/siracusa/ A HUGE "Thank You" to the great folks at Subourbon, the sexy speakeasy recording location for this episode. https://subourbon.bar/ 120 W Wesley St, Wheaton, IL 60187 And the BIGGEST "Thank You" to YOU! Whether this is your first episode or your hundredth, The Boys appreciate your support.

For this show, The Boys celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation with two spirits that were made in America! Everyone knows Tequila has to be made in specific regions of Mexico. This show highlights an "agave spirit" made with Blue Weber Agave and with similar methods, but in the great state of Hawaii. Everyone knows Evan Williams, but this bottle is special for the 250th celebration and bottled at 117.76 proof. The best part - the agave spirit for this pairing is 118 proof, making this show one wet hot American tasting. You had to catch the Evan Williams on the shelf, and you have to go to Hawaii for this agave spirit.  But don't let that stop you!  Grab a high proof blanco, a high proof bourbon, invite your friends to listen and sip along, and Make It A Happy Friday!™ Cheers!   p.s.: In the show open, The Boys mention Brad Niccum of Tasting Tequila with Brad, one of their favorite voices in agave.  Check out his YouTube channel and find him on all the socials: linktr.ee/tastingtequilawithbrad

Happy Friday!  For this show, The Boys celebrate a great tequila bottle, the Yeyo Tequila Mission 1530 Anejo, that did great things through the Tequila That Cares Foundation to raise money for a school in Arandas. This anejo was finished for a short time in Willett Purple Top Barrels. For the whiskey, they pair it with Rowan’s Creek, a bottle that is definitely not a Purple Top, but is rather an everyday Willett bottle that can be found anywhere.  Drew rants about influencers, about the tequila fans who complain about influencers, and about disruptors that need to apparently just get him his coffee. Matt rants about expensive bottles and laughs at Drew’s rants. Both of these bottles are good examples of how you need to crack open the bottle to get some air in there before you give it your final judgment. Listen to the end for the QuickSips™ that impress both of them. So gather your friends, grab a Yeyo, grab a Rowan’s Creek, listen and sip along and Make It A Happy Friday!™

Happy Friday, y'all!  For this show, The Boys set themselves up blind for two Blanco pours: the Tierra de Ensueno Blanco and Arte NOM 1123 Blanco. Both of these expressions were briefly aged in barrels that had other spirits, both are around the same proof, and both are around the same-ish price. Can the boys pick out the 1123? Can they pick their favorite of the two? Can they discover the true definition of “Bootylicious?” You’ll have to listen to find out. Gather your friends, pour a couple of Blanco tequilas, sit down, relax, and Make It A Happy Friday!™ Salud!

Sometimes The Boys come across some special bottles that by themselves bring a good story, a lot of flavor, and a lot of NUANCE.  And when they QuickSip™ them together, it’s even more special.  This rye whiskey from Ross & Squibb Distillery is a Single Barrel from the ABV Barrel Shop in Arnold, MO with a ton of fruit flavors and great complexities. The tequila from Cambio Tequila represents the first of their Cellar Series - a limited release program with unique expressions. Stay for the stories and laugh with the lads. You might not find these exact bottles, but you can certainly find a whiskey, a tequila, a friend, maybe a pressed fruit bowl memory and a moment to sit back and sip along and Make It A Happy Friday!™ Salud!

For this fantastic Friday episode, The Boys pair up a new Blanco that they tasted recently at an event with a Single Malt that Matt was able to pull out of his sense-memory. Ass-signment completed! Did he nail the flavors? Did he accurately recall the notes to nail the QuickSip™? You will have to listen to find out. The ending reveals a little whiskey news, the middle tangents at a fairly regular level, and the tasting notes are as elaborate as always.  While you listen, you could give us a five star rating, leave a review, tell a friend, open a bottle of tequila and open a bottle of whiskey, sip along and Make It A Happy Friday™!

Welcome, and Happy Friday!  The Boys are enjoying their Friday talking about alternatives to getting a Handy and the glory of old shelf bottles of tequila… it’s probably not what you think. Matt brings a fairly newer bottle - Sazerac Rye 125 proof. Drew brings a bottle of Centinela Reposado - the “tall bottle” from the early 2000’s (or older?). Find the moment where Matt dismisses Drew’s opinions, and the moment where Drew shares his tequila origins story (and later, some intestinal tendencies). They don’t know for sure if the Sazerac Rye 125 is a viable alternative to a Thomas H. Handy BTAC Rye, and they don’t know if Centinela Reposado has additives. All they know is that they like them. Isn’t that enough? Despite one spirit being fairly new and the other fairly old and despite one spirit being hi-proof and the other only 80 proof, the QuickSips™ were absolutely phenomenal and we invite you to find these spirits (or find your own rye and repo), invite your friends, listen and sip along and Make It a Happy Friday!™