Originally recorded: 20230728

Length: 00:41:07

Should we have recorded two shows in one night? Probably not. But Ape and Reba double-booked themselves and we are nothing if not professionals. Did you keep a straight face on that last part? Neither did I when I typed it. At any rate, here’s your foray into Japanese whisky and shenanigans. You’re Welcome.

Japanese Whisky with Chuck Johnson

Purchase details:

Location: Gift

Date: ???

Cost: $$

Type: Japanese Whisky

Links for this episode

Tenjaku

Hibiki Suntory Whisky

01:30 Ape is really trying to herd the cats…it doesn’t really work…not even with a paintball buzzer

02:50 Introducing Chuck Johnson and his fit

08:45 We move into Japan Whisky, and we start with the Tenjaku

11:00 We circle back to intros…and I edit out and move quickly (for you) back to Japanese Whisky – and why it is spelled without the “e”

14:00 We love on our servicemembers and their families – especially the kids

17:00 Big shout out to LCDR(RET) Theresa Rouse

20:30 Back to the whisky

28:00 Moving into the Hibiki Suntory Whisky

33:00 Japanese Whisky water, demand, and the new regulations

39:00 Ravi sees us out

Originally recorded: 20230903

Length: 55:43

We thought we hadn’t had this one before. A discovery of an empty bottle suggests we were wrong. So, in this episode, Ape and Reba give Balcones its due – and discover some pretty cool stuff about what it means to be “Texas Whisky.”

Balcones Texas Pot Still Straight Bourbon Whisky

Type: Texas Pot Still Straight Bourbon Whisky

Distillery: Balcones Distillery

Bottled in: Waco, TX

Proof: 46% / 92 proof

Age: 2 years

Links for this episode

Balcones

Glenmorangie

01:00 Hurricane report, and moving the kids along

03:45 Introducing Balcones and shenanigans

15:30 Refocus and what “Certified Texas Whisky” means

21:00 American Single Malt and the new push for an addition to the code

27:20 Comparing the Balcones neat or on ice

28:50 Reba decides that the Glenmorangie 18 is a “might as well” idea, and Ape weeps

41:30 We always talk about how it tastes; now we talk about how it makes us feel

47:45 Love to Jimmy Buffet

Originally recorded: 20231220

Length: 02:12:48

Bonus Episode: The Drunk Guys and Cormac McCarthy

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast invited the Bitches over to join their discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses. Not only did an amazing discussion happen, but the guys were nice enough to handle all the editing duties. So, Ape decided to take the gift and send it out to you just the way they sent it to her – with a quick hello added in so she could feel somewhat useful.

So, I suppose you can call this a bonus episode. I love that y’all hang out here, but you should really go check them out over there.

Links for this episode

The Drunk Guys Book Club

Originally recorded: 20230809

Length: 01:01:01

In a long overdue episode, Ape and Reba had the privilege of discussing Two Bitch Bourbon with founder and fellow dog lover Lauren Luby. We recorded this episode back in August, and Ape takes full responsibility for the delay in getting it out. However, we are pretty sure this brilliant conversation with Lauren is well worth the wait!

Two Bitch Bourbon

Purchase details:       

Location: Two Bitch Bourbon website

Date: 7/24/2023

Cost: $84.99 / $59.99

Type:

-       Two Bitch Bourbon Small Batch with Bite: Bourbon

-       Two Bitch Bourbon Eureka Gold: Bourbon

Distillery: in Indiana

Bottled in: Las Vegas, NV

Proof:

-       Small Batch: 50%, 100 proof

-       Eureka: 46%, 92 proof

Age: 1 year

Links for this episode

Two Bitch Bourbon

00:01:00 Ape has an unexpected visitor to the Bitch Barn

00:02:00 Introducing Lauren Luby, founder of Two Bitch Bourbon

00:05:00 We start with the Eureka Gold and an explanation about the age statements

00:13:00 We move to the Small Batch with Bite with a discussion on blends

00:16:00 Lauren’s whiskey journey, and bourbon puppies

00:24:30 You know Ape had to ask Lauren about her experience with the word “bitch”

00:26:20 Tasting reactions in the wild

00:29:25 Whiskey in Nevada and profanity

00:36:45 Where Two Bitch Bourbon is going next (and a great story about the neat glasses)

00:41:20 Lauren’s background (we were not expecting what we got)

00:49:50 The Two Bitch bottle design

00:51:00 Lauren’s industry discoveries, a parsonage house, and a one-armed carpenter

00:59:00 What to look for

Originally recorded: 20231227

Length: 00:43:53

B&B Year Two Celebration - Happy New Year, Y'all

We were supposed to do one thing but ended up doing another thing. We just poured wine on it, and it worked out. Here’s to celebrating the Bitches year two. Happy New Year, y’all!

Links for this episode

Naked Wines (an invite from Ape)

Barefoot Wines

BoozApp

Chris Hemsworth’s Limitless

The Fuck It! calendar

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck by Sarah Knight

The Deepest Breath

01:00 So, this is a bit unexpected, but Happy New Year anyway!

02:00 Naked Wines get Ape love

04:00 Reba is a self-proclaimed “Basic Bitch”

05:00 Another round of “like what you like”

12:10 Clicking through the list of things we need to make note of

16:25 End of the Year brain weirds, Chris Hemsworth, Limitless, the Fuck It! Calendar, The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck, and The Deepest Breath (yes, I know I call it The Longest Breath – sorry)

37:10 Living life on your own terms

39:10 Reba and Ape’s favorite moments of 2023

40:30 Going into 2024

Originally recorded: 20230728

Length: 01:05:43

While Ape LOVES all her guests, this one has her really excited. We tried to keep it under and hour, but honestly, who couldn’t talk whiskey with Redwood Empire’s head distiller, Lauren Patz, all day?

Redwood Empire

Purchase details:       

Pipe Dream

Lost Monarch

Emerald Giant

Type

Bourbon

Whiskey Blend

Rye

Location

Jeff’s Beverage

Jeff’s Beverage

Jeff’s Beverage

Date

4/29/23

4/29/23

4/29/23

Cost

$37.99

$37.99

$37.99

Distillery

In California, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee

Undisclosed

In California, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee

Bottled

Redwood Empire Distilling, Graton, CA

Redwood Empire Distilling, Graton, CA

Redwood Empire Distilling, Graton, CA

Proof

90 (45%)

90 (45%)

90 (45%)

Composition

75% Corn, 21% Raw Rye, 4% Malt Barley

60% Rye Whiskey,

-       95% Rye, 5% malted Barley)

40% Bourbon Whiskey

-       75% Corn, 21% raw Rye, 4% malted Barley

95% Rye, 5% Malt Barley

Age

Blend of 4 – 12 year barrels

A blend of 4 – 12 year Bourbon & 3 – 5 year Rye Whiskey

Blend of 3 – 5 year barrels

BoozApp says

Avg MSRP

Fair Price

Shelf Price

$40.99

$49.17

$45.91

$41.99

$54.36

$52.89

$40.99

$50.32

$45.91

Links for this episode

Redwood Empire

00:01:37 Introducing the Lauren Patz, head distiller of Redwood Distillery

00:05:35 Redwood Empire offerings

00:07:30 Starting with the Lost Monarch and working to champion the idea of the blend

00:12:20 Shout out to High West and Japanese Whisky

00:14:30 Back to the Lost Monarch and the proofing decisions

00:17:30 Shout out to gin (Hendrick’s in particular)

00:20:15 A bit about Lauren’s background and how we can live our best lives

00:30:05 Back to the Lost Monarch, and an overproof discussion

00:34:15 Expanding the palates, weird tastes, and guilty pleasures

00:45:40 The Bitch Barn is invaded, but he comes with gifts that send us on a pricing tangent

00:47:40 Getting back to palates, tastes, and pleasures

00:49:35 What would Lauren drink if she could only drink one thing?

00:53:45 Wrapping up and ranking the bottles

01:00:00 Why you never trash a barrel, and projects that have Lauren excited

Originally recorded: 20230725

Length: 00:45:33

Y’all. I don’t even know what to say…if you know, you know. Anyway, the best way to keep up with my completely erratic schedule, just subscribe to the show via your favorite podcast provider. So, here you go, the 5th Infinity Bottle episode with some podcast recaps.

Infinity Bottle #5 and a B&B Recap

Links for this episode

The History of Swear Words

Drunk History

ShePodcasts

Shut Your Five-Hole

Basil Hayden's Red Wine Cask

Booze App

0:56 When is the appropriate time to say “Good morning”

2:00 It’s our 47th episode and the end of summer (yes, I know it didn’t get released until November. Whatever.

4:00 The Crown and how Ape got to the Infinity Bottle and recap idea

5:40 Ape’s reflections and a run at a schedule

8:00 What we have on deck

9:10 We discuss the name and what we think about that and The History of Swear Words

12:10 Ape has an idea for her master's thesis – “So now I’m a Bitch”

15:15 Back to some things we have coming up

18:00 Thank you to Brian Judson - now you, too can be our guest

18:35 Basil Hayden's Red Wine Cask

21:30 What are we most excited about

28:00 The word “chick” takes Ape right back there

35:00 Ape must open the Basil Hayden’s

39:06 Ape’s interaction with a “Bourbon seller”

Originally recorded: 20230712

Length: 39:47

Yes, yes that is the “Eye of the Tiger” playing in the opening. Did we change our theme music? No. But we did have a huge technical malfunction that caused Ape to cuss more than even she would publish on air. It took the most iconic franchise of all time (I said what I said, fight me) to get my mind right…but, it worked. We give you “Take 2.”

P.S. Yes. I am aware I missed the opportunity to do the whole “One Bourbon, one Scotch, one Beer” thing. I wish I could tell you that it was on purpose because that would be legitimate; it’s pretty low hanging fruit if we are all being honest. But alas, it was not on purpose and I would have plucked that pretty little mango right off it’s on the ground branch – I just didn’t think of it until I was in the editing process. You can’t win them all…

Iron Smoke & Smokehead

Purchase details: Iron Smoke

Location: Gift

Date: 7/1/2023

Cost:

Type: Bourbon

Distillery: Iron Smoke Distillery

Bottled in: Fairport, NY

Proof: (% ABV) 40 (Proof) 80

Composition: four grain with apple wood smoked wheat

Age: 2 years

Purchase details: Smokehead

Location: ???

Date: ???

Cost: ???

Type: Scotch

Distillery: Ian Macleod Distillers

Bottled in: Broxburn, Scotland

Proof: (% ABV) 43 (Proof) 86

Composition: single malt

Age: NAS

BoozApp says:

Avg MSRP - $50.09

Fair Price   - $54.11

Shelf Price - $56.11          

Links for this episode

Iron Smoke

Smokehead

00:50 Yes, that’s Rocky

04:00 Alright, let’s get started with Ernest Hemingway and a vocabulary nugget

07:55 Reba eyes the Infinity Bottle as a better option than the “smoke sensitivity” experiment

11:25 I think this is one of my favorite ways to gift whiskey – Thanks Ray

12:50 Ape’s Dirty Banana

15:30 Iron Smoke and Smokehead and the smoke differences

18:50 Reba’s recapped thoughts

20:30 Iron Smoke on ice with Tommy Brunett & John Petrucci

23:25 American Whiskey profiles

25:40 The Bitches & Bourbon Infinity bottle

28:10 We do get back to the Iron Smoke

30:30 Our answer to “how do you taste whiskey better”

36:30 Iron Smoke in general and in the whiskey market