Sips, Suds, & Smokes

Is there a Baker in the house@jimbeam @beamsuntory #whiskey #bourbonCo hosts : Made Man Maury, Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – The Baker’s Bourbon from Jim Beam recently changed the product offering from a small batch to 2 versions that are now single barrel and age stated. Baker’s 13 was Good ol Boy Mike’s Product of the Year 2019. Now more widely available, we review both products.   We taste and rate the following Bourbon from 1-5:Bakers Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon – 7 Year - 107 Proof (53.5 %ABV)                4 SIPSBakers Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon – 13 Year - 107 Proof (53.5 %ABV)             4 SIPSinfo@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.This episode is sponsored by:Fine Spirit

Bourbon Buddies Therapy™ now available@Diageo_NA @freyranch @ChickenCockWsky @clondistillery @AppleforTeacher @ThornvaleCast @ RampurSingleMalt #whiskey #scotch #whisky #bourbonbuddiestherapy #irishwhiskey #indianwhiskeyCo hosts : Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Maury, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode –   We catch on some new releases for Bulleit, Frey Ranch, Chicken Cock, Clonakilty, Rampur and Ardbeg. Justin is here to let you know that the Bulleit has a long Spinach. This is a great flight to celebrate World Whiskey Day or just any Tuesday. Guessing how many sheep are on Islay is actually a real Scottish sport.  We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:Bulleit Blenders Select- NAS - 50% ABV – 100 Proof - 3 SIPS Frey Ranch Straight Bourbon Batch No. 1 - NAS – NCF 45% ABV – 90 Proof -3 SIPS Chicken Cock Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – NAS - 45% ABV – 90 Proof-3 SIPS Clonakilty Irish Whiskey – Imperial Stout Trooper - NAS – 50.2% ABV – 100.4 Proof - 4 SIPS Rampur Indian Single Malt Doubl

Pinkie Swears and Blood Oaths@luxrowdistillers @heavensdoorwsky @totrcast @PaigesSpookyPod #whiskey #scotch #whisky #canadianwhiskeyCo hosts : Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Maury, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode –  We catch up with the latest release from Lux Row Distillers. Most of the Blood Oath Releases in one flight. Brent gets confused with Rum and Whiskey for a brief moment.  Maury discovers the use of his toes for counting and thinks that Cognac does not work well on a Rum finished whiskey. Confused? So were we. We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:Blood Oath Pact No. 2 – 49.3% ABV – 98.6 proof                                4 SIPSBlood Oath Pact No. 3 – 49.3% ABV – 98.6 proof                                4 SIPSBlood Oath Pact No. 4 – 49.3% ABV – 98.6 proof                                4 SIPS   Blood Oath Pact No. 5 – 49.3% ABV – 98.6 proof                                4 SIPSBlood Oath Pact No. 6 – 49.3% ABV – 98.6 proof                                4 SIPSRebel Yell Sin

Rose’ Beer. So, about that…@SideProjectBrew @FoolproofBrew @ShinerBeer @rhinegeist @oskarblues @WoodchuckCider #beer #rosebeer #sourbeer #ciderCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Dave, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Boy Caperton, Good ol Gal JulieannaSUDS  Episode – We cross the streams and talk about beer that has elements of Rose wine. There is a wide variety in this flight. This is also not chick beer only. This episode was recorded while exercising best practices of social distancing. Actually, Canada has requested to practice being socially distant on a permanent basis with Mike.  We taste and rate the following rose beer from 1-5:Tatou Rosé Saison ale brewed with grape must and hibiscus5.9% ABV  Foolproof Brewing Company Pawtucket, RI  SUDS-3 Rosé du Pays Missouri Table Saison blended with Chambourcin grapes and aged in Missouri Oak Foedre 4% ABV  Side Project Brewing Saint Louis, MO  SUDS-4 Shiner Brewer’s Pride Rosé Pale Ale 6.5% ABV Spoetzl Brewery Shiner, TX SUDS-4 Bubbles rosé ale with apple, pe

I’ll have the Fried Ice Cream Stout@flyingfishbrew #Beer #IStealPicnicTablesCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Dave, Rev. Mark, and Good ol Gal JulieannaSUDS  Episode – A brewery takeover of Flying Fish Brewing Company from Sommerdale, NJ. This is the good part of Jersey. Will a sustainable garden make better beer? Mike manages to get banned from 3.5 new states during this episode. We have the sneaky feeling that Jersey Juice is trademarked but for a completely different product.  We taste and rate the following beer from 1-5:ALL BEER BY FLYING FISH BREWING COMPANY Somerdale, NJCaramel Espresso Porter 7.5% ABV  SUDS-4Onshore Lager 4.9% ABV SUDS-3Fried Ice Cream Stout brewed with vanilla ice cream, chocolate and cinnamon 10.3% ABV SUDS-3Salt and Sea Session Sour with Strawberry and lime 4.3% ABV SUDS-4XPA Citra Pale Ale 5.2% ABV SUDS-4Hopfish IPA 6.2% ABV SUDS-3Jersey Juice IPA 6% ABV SUDS-3Outside IPA 6.3% ABV SUDS-3Stormy Skies New England IPA 7.3% ABV SUDS-3 info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (

We crush the competition@TheLushUsLife @WoodfordReserve @BuffaloTrace @VioletHourChi @straightup615Co hosts : Good ol Gal Cary Ann & Good ol Boy MikeSIPS Episode – We come back and refresh our most popular episode ever, THE perfect mint julep. Thanks to the 10M plus people that have enjoyed the original episode. We add some challengers to the discussion from The Violet Hour & The LushUs Life Trashy Mint Julep. Oh yes, it’s Derby time and that means Mint Julep time!!!The Classic Mint Julep SIPS -5It’s all about the pomp, circumstance, and temperature.The vessel- Pewter CupThe Bourbon – Maker’s Mark (although this is in dispute)Sugar- 1 to 2 oz. granulatedMint Leaves- about 10 per glassThe Pomp- Muddle the mint leaves and sugar cup. Muddle, don’t shred or crush the mint leaves.Temperature – Add crushed ice to ¾ of the cupCircumstance – Add 3 shots gently over the ice, the gently will fade as the day wears on. Add a straw all the way the bottom, bar straws work best. Garnish with sprig of mint.Sips, Suds

A touch of PX in that non-PX whiskey@RabbitHoleKY @thesexton @WhiskeyAcres @eightandsandwhiskey @elijahcraig @HeavenHillDist @RutledgeDistill #whiskey #scotch #whisky #MGPIngredientsCo hosts : Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode –  An odds and ends show of recent releases. Some great stuff in this flight. Justin manages to be the most verbose he’s ever been. He identifies PX sherry in a non-PX sherry finished whiskey. Such an amazing skill. He’s a lover of prunes and aspires to be the most regular Jew on his block. We taste and rate the following whisky from 1-5:The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey – 80 proof – 40% ABV NAS – 4 SIPS Rabbit Hole Heigold Kentucky Straight Bourbon– 95 Proof (47.5 %ABV) NAS – 3 SIPS Whiskey Acres Bottle In Bond Bourbon Batch 1 – 100 proof (50% ABV) – 3 SIPS Eight and Sand Blended Bourbon Whiskey: 88 Proof (44 %ABV)  – 3 SIPS Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof Batch A120- 136.6 Proof (68.3% ABV) – 4 SIPS Cream of Kentucky Kentucky Sing

Time with Peat@BoutiqueyWhisky @iansmith1973 @diageo_NA @ThreeShipsSA @GlenMorayDist #whiskey #scotch #whiskyCo hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode –  One of our favorite independent bottlers That Boutique-y Whiskey Company with a great lineup for this flight. Harmeet actually agrees with everyone else for 37.8% of the time. Made Man Brent displays feats of strength by detecting peat through glass. Justin returns from dialect class to demonstrate that he learned how to make a drunk Irishman sound like he visited South Africa. We taste and rate the following whisky from 1-5: That Boutique-y Whiskey Company – Irish Single Malt No. 1 – Batch #4 - 14 Years Old, 47.6% ABV – 95.2 Proof – 3 SIPSThat Boutique-y Whiskey Company – Irish Single Malt No. 1 – Batch #5 - 15 Years Old, 46% ABV – 92 Proof – 3 SIPSThat Boutique-y Whiskey Company - Japanese Blended Whiskey #1 – Batch #3- 21 Years old – 47.7% ABV – 95.4 Proof – 3 SIPSThat Boutique-y Whiskey Company – Be

Shoulda put fries in the beer @11thHourBrewing @HelltownBrewing @KoehlerBrewing @SpoonwoodBrewin @PizzaBoybrewing @GristHouse @Hitchhikerbrew #beer #craftbeer #pabeer Co hosts : Good ol Boy Caperton, Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy Dave SUDS Episode – As Julieanna waxes on about her loathing relationship for Western PA, the rest of the cast is unbiased. Mike discovers that he does not like Loganberry, shocker. Maybe if they put fries in some of these beers, they would have been better, Primanti’s style. There are a few gems you should check out. We taste and rate the following beers from 1-5: Cruel Remedy Double NEIPA 8% ABV 11th Hour Brewing Company Pittsburgh, PA SUDS-4 Dream Cannon #8 Loganberry 4.4% ABV 11th Hour Brewing Company Pittsburgh, PA SUDS-4 Buffy Hazy IPA 6.7% ABV Helltown Brewing Mount Pleasant, PA SUDS-4 Latis IPA 4.8% ABV Helltown Brewing Mount Pleasant, PA SUDS-3 Ornery Bulledogge IPA 7.5% ABV Koehler Brewing Company Grove City, Pennsylvania SUDS

I’m not sooted for these beers@lastminutebrewing @evergrainbeer @wallenpaupackbrewingcompany @TroegsBeer @SauconyBeer #beer #craftbeer #pabeer #pickeledeggsCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSUDS  Episode – Dave has always wanted to cruise the Hershey Highway….. to discuss beer in Eastern PA. Where was your head at? This is part 1 of 2 on East v. West PA Beers.  We taste and rate the following beers from 1-5:Top picks:Rushing To Be Late Imperial Winter Stout with cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup, vanilla bean and milk sugar 8.7% ABV Last Minute Brewing Scott Township, PA SUDS-4 Joose Juicy Mid-Atlantic NEIPA 6% ABV Ever Grain Brewing Company Camp Hill, PA SUDS-4 Lagermouth IPL 6.5% ABV Wallenpaupack Brewing Company Hawley, PA SUDS-4 Trail Day Dry Hopped Pale Ale 5.5% ABV Tröegs Independent Brewing Hershey PA SUDS-4 The Rest:Time Gose By Faster Kettle Sour Gose Brewed with Coriander and Pink Himalayan Salt, Blackberry, Raspberry and Strawberry added 5% ABV

Right off the beaver trail @baxterbrewing #beer #craftbeer #maine Co hosts : Rev Mark, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy Dave SUDS  Episode – Right off the beaver trail is Baxter Brewing in Maine. We snagged a variety pack that you should check out after you check out our comments. We taste and rate the following beers from 1-5: Stowaway SUDS - 4 Pamola SUDS - 4 Per Diem SUDS - 3 Tarnation Maine Lager SUDS - 5 info@sipssudsandsmokes.com @sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”) Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf.  Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast. The easiest way to find this award winning podcast on your phone is ask Alexa, Siri or Google, “Play Podcast , Sips, Suds, & Smokes

Tomato or Tomatin@Tomatin1897 @HeavenHillDist @BuffaloTrace #whiskey #whisky #scotchCo hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Made Man Maury, Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Brent, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – Tomatin is a rather large distillery making wonderful products. We settle the question “ If you shoot a mime, do you need to use a silencer?” Heaven Hill ventures into another Rye, but on the Elijah Craig brand? A die hard, go to pours brings it to remind everyone that fabulous whiskey can be found and affordable.  We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:Tomatin 12 Year – 86 Proof (43 %ABV)                      2 SIPSTomatin 14 Year– 86 Proof (43 %ABV)                       3 SIPSTomatin Dualchas:  86 Proof (43 %ABV)         4 SIPSTomatin Cask Strength- 115 Proof (57.5% ABV)        4 SIPSElijah Craig Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey – 94 Proof -  (47 %ABV) 3 SIPSStagg Jr. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – 13th Release– 128.4 Proof (64.2 %ABV)    4 SIPSinfo@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it rece

No, not that Brittany@ArmorikWhisky #frenchwhiskey #whiskey #whiskyCo hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Made Man Maury, Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Brent, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – Ah the French. On this episode we find some French whiskey that Brent still can’t stand. Armorik has a great product line that many have passed over simply because of the geographic confusion of French whiskey. Sherry butts are big™ , this needs to be on a T-Shirt. We taste and rate the following whiskey from 1-5:Armorik Classic – 92 Proof (46 %ABV) NCF                            3 SIPSArmorik Sherry Finish – 92 Proof (46 %ABV)                          4 SIPSArmorik Double Maturation:  92 Proof (46 %ABV)                4 SIPSArmorik Armagnac Cask Finish - 117.5 Proof (58.75-% ABV)             3 SIPSArmorik Triagoz – 92 Proof (46 %ABV)                                               4 SIPSinfo@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions u

Water is for a sissy@davidjamesspirits @WoodfordReserve #bourbon #whiskeyCo hosts : Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – Quick Shot Episode about a new product from Woodford Reserve Batch Proof  and some new products from David James. See if you can get your head around a bourbon splitting the aging in TN and KY. I just heard some of you lose it. The David James American whiskey is from Indiana. They should have gone for the trifecta and tossed in a product from ADL. We taste and rate the whiskey from 1-5:Woodford Reserve Batch Proof SIPS - 4David James Straight Bourbon Whiskey SIPS – 3David James American Whiskey SIPS - 3info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.Enjoying that cool new Outro Music, it’s from Woods &

Just off the Pike@lordhobo @beermakesthree #beer #craftbeerCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Caperton, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSUDS  Episode – Just off the Pike is Lord Hobo Brewing’s taproom from Woburn, MA. Apologize for the longest 1st segment, hang tough as we do actually cover all 9 beers.  Like Boston needed even more righteous beer. Solid examples where the Double version is NOT better. Hip waders will pair well with this episode. We taste and rate the following Lord Hobo beers from 1-5:LORD HOBOAngelica New England Wheat 5.5% ABV  Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-3Angelica Hazy Orange IPA 5.5% ABV  Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS- 3Glorious NEIPA 6.5% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-3Pineapple Glorious IPA 6.5% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-2Freebird Golden Ale 5.5% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-4Pils Pilsner 5.2% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-4Boom Sauce Double NEIPA 7.8% AB

Finish it already will ya@four_gate @BrokenBarrelW @straightup615 #bourbon #whiskeyCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike and Good ol Gal Cary AnnSIPS  Episode – Quick Shot Episode about this project that we have been watching in development for years. One of our close colleagues moves from whiskey critic to whiskey producer. Four Gate is a very interesting partnership with Kelvin cooperage. These are unique products and currently only distributed in KY and TN. Please send us a splinter extraction tool if you have one after we reviewed some of these products. Man that’s lots of wood! Nice packaging from Broken Barrel. See ma, I can find something nice to say.  We taste and rate the whiskey from 1-5:Four Gate Whiskey Company Batch 4 Split Stave SIPS – 2/5Four Gate Whiskey Company Batch 1 The Kelvin Collaboration SIPS – 4/5Broken Barrel Mizunara SIPS – 1/5Broken Barrel The Cask of Amontillado SIPS – 2/5Broken Barrel Isle of Peat SIPS – 1/5info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips,

40 crus in a glass@RiasBaixasWines @PommeryOfficial #champagne #spanishwineCo hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Made Man Maury, Good ol Gal Denise, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – We take on all of the ineptitude to pronounce wines from Spain correctly. We cover most of the Pommery products and some select great white Spanish wines from Rias Baixas. Safety tip- Drinking wine does not help you pronounce non-native words any better, however it is more entertaining. We taste and rate the following wine from 1-5:Castro Martin Family Estate 'Sobre Lias' 2017 – 100% Albariño grapes – 3 SIPS Pazo Pondal – Mina Vida 2018 - 60% Albariño + 40% Treixadura from the Condado do Tea region – 3 SIPS Pommery Brut Royal – Non Vintage – 12.5% ABV – 10g/l Dosage – 3 SIPS Pommery Blanc de Blancs – Non Vintage - 100% Chardonnay 12.5% ABV – 7 g/l Dosage - average 3 -5 years – 3 SIPS Pommery Cuvee Louise - 2004 – 60% Chardonnay 40% Pinot Noir - 12.5% ABV - 5g/l of dosage – 4 SIPS Pommery Cuvee Louise Brut Nature - 2004 – Aged 1

Usually you should never cross the streams@OrinSwift @EJGalloDigital @btownbourbon #wine #whiskey #bourbonCo hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Good ol Gal Denise, Made Man Maury, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – All those super cool wine labels that you always wondered what they tasted like. One of our favorite winemakers on US soil, Dave Phinney.  A full and complete renewal of our ban from Alabama with 4 min of jokes you would not tell your cousin/wife. We also get to discuss the new Bardstown Bourbon Co. release finished in The Prisoner. We taste and rate the following wine from 1-5:Orin Swift Blank Stare 2018_– Sauvignon Blanc  30% Barrel-fermented in French oak, 55% New Oak 70% Fermented in stainless steel tanks – 15.5 % ABV– 3 SIPS Orin Swift Mannequin 2017 – Chardonnay Aged in 35% new French oak sur lie for 8 months, 15% ABV – 3 SIPS Orin Swift 8 Years in the Desert 2018– Blend of Zinfandel, Syrah, Petite Syrah, and Grenache, Aged for 8 months in French and American Oak, 37% New - 15.6% ABV –4 SIPS Orin Swif

Best buy for a Tootsie Roll@foundersbrewing @BlackAbbeyBrew @HighlandBrews @CollectiveBrew @Reubensbrews @BreckBrew @Fullers @hoppinfrog @BellsBrewery @YazooBrew #beer #craftbeer #porterbeerCo hosts : Good ol Boy Caperton, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSUDS  Episode – Another episode in our price point series featuring Porter. You’ll get another primer on the difference between Stout and Porter. Caperton has way too much fun saying the word fuggles. We manage to bring all of this home to determine 5 great bang for the buck Porters that you can find widely available We taste and rate the following Porter style beers from 1-5:Top 5Porter 6.5% ABV Founders Brewing Company Grand Rapids, MI 12oz $1.74 $.15/oz SUDS-4 The Forty Four Porter 4.8% ABV The Black Abbey Brewing Company Nashville TN 12 oz $1.50 $.13/oz SUDS-4Oatmeal Porter 5.9% ABV Highland Brewing Company Asheville NC 12oz $1.69 $.14/oz  SUDS-4Stranger Than Fiction Porter 5.5% ABV English Porter Collective Arts Brewing Ha

So this is what happened after the Jäger@Pernod_Ricard @GiffardLiqueurs @MastJagerUK @maraska_zadar @unicumofficial @Angosturatt @straightup615 #amaro #amari #bitterliqueurCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Sparky, Good ol Gal CaryAnn, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSIPS  Episode – Another episode celebrating Amaro. On this episode we discuss amari from all over the globe. This is 1 of 4 episodes we have on amari. Sparky helped to demonstrate what a brain spasm would sound like on the radio. We help you come up with a re-gifting plan when you get one of these as a gift. We taste and rate the following Amari from 1-5:Suze Bitter Élaboré À Partir De Gentianes Sauvages  20% ABV  Pernod-Ricard France  SIPS-2 Suze White Negroni cocktail1 part Suze1 part Lillet Blanc1 part gin Directly into an Old-Fashioned glass filled with ice cubes, pour in the Suze, add the Lillet and gin. Decorate with a zest of grapefruit.Courtesy Suze websitehttps://www.suze.com/en/les-cocktails#The-classicsalso on back of