Drink with Us! Jack Daniels Single Barrel, Barrel Proof

Jesus and Murdina drink and discuss their first Tennessee whiskey on the show, the not-to-be-taken-lightly Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel Proof. Sure, they cover the basics: what's a Tennessee whisky, why isn't this a bourbon, and tell you the tragic story of how you can't do tastings at the Jack Daniels distillery, but they cover a lot of other ground too, including the delights of drinking from just the right garden hose and how Kool-Aid just tastes more official if it's in a Kool-Aid Man pitcher.

Murdina can't be blamed for her first candy pairing gone horribly wrong, but Jesus tries. Also, we learn that Murdina's larks only cost $.25. There's live cocktail-making, and Jesus tells the strange story of a town in Kansas where people come for rehab and then proceed to dehab.

Finally, Murdina announces her upcoming series of salacious personal details each week on Twitter called Thursday Night Secrets. You'll want to sign up.

Drink with me! Glenmorangie Original

This time, Jesus and Murdina drink and discuss Glenmorangie Original. This is a very nice Scotch whisky from a great distillery, and you can tell because Jesus and Murdina seem to drink a lot of it. They walk you through the tasting, the whisky's history and whose probably going to like this whisky, and then proceed to explain the (totally fake) science behind a barrel of monkeys. Scottish ones. In charming little kilts. Also, and as a service to you, they cover Things You Can't Call Yourself...these are faux pas that you can't commit, so don't miss this episode. And somewhere about two or three drams in, Murdina reveals her candy pairing. It's spectacular.

Drink with Me...

Here's how this will work:

1. I'm going to pick a whisky.

2. It'll be good, it'll be something you can find most places (your mileage may vary), and it won't be overly expensive.

3. You go buy it.*

4. I recruit a drinking partner or two and we drink it, all the while recording our brilliant thoughts.

5. We turn this into a podcast.

6. You download that podcast.

7. You break open the whisky and, you guessed it, Drink with Me!

From the time I post the whisky we're drinking, I'll give you at least a week to get the whisky. 

Got it?

This week, my friend Murdina and I are drinking:

Glenfarclas 12 year. 

You can find it for purchase here, and of course, many other places. It's a spectacular piece of Whisky work and Murdina is just a piece of work. The results should be dramatic.

Stay tuned in a week or so for the podcast.