Xtreme Tasting League: Scotch
A pair of geeks taste single malt whiskeys with their guests, give their opinions, and generally have a good time.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 199
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2023
Episode 73
We’re super excited to have Skot and Tyler from True Stone Coffee Roasters with us to taste the Glenmorangie Tusail and the Tullibardine 228 Burgandy. We spend time talking about how similar the tas…
Episode 72
We run a little long again because we’re still joined by James Fairbairn from The Awfulcopter (huey huey huey huey huey), who has passionate reactions to this episode’s pours and tells us a couple st…
Episode 71
We’re a man down yet we run a bit longer than usual. Why is this, you might ask. It’s because we have fellow podcaster James Fairbairn with us to taste the Craigellachie 13yr and the Glen Moray Elg…
Episode 70
We pitch a show idea for Jena, Perrin borrows from Mickey Rooney’s playbook, Phillip reminds us there are still two performances of his show “Get Thee Behind Me, Santa” for you to see, and Bob talks …
Episode 69
Bob Alberti returns and Phillip Andrew Bennett Low joins him and us for another round of not scotch scotch. Because it’s Episode 69 and we’re immature idiots, we’ve decided to French you Down Under …
Episode 68
Duck Washington returns and gives us his origin story–well, his name’s origin story anyway. Dave’s nose makes several vocal appearances as well and we’re all sorry about that. Pours this go around …
Episode 67
Duck Washington of Fearless Comedy Productions joins us this month to promote his upcoming show “Caucasian Aggressive Pandas and Other Mulatto Tales”, playing at the Bryant Lake Bowl theatre November…
Episode 66
Mona returns and we taste the Isle of Jura Brooklyn and Bruichladdich Octomore.
Episode 65
Dave’s back, Perrin’s gone, and burlesque performer Mona Montague joins us for the first of our October shows, a “scotch on the cheap” episode, where we taste the Auchentoshan Classic and Glen Ness 1…
Episode 64
Perrin makes a visual joke and then talks about his wife’s love of mushes, after which I regale the group with a mush story not my own. One of my cats proves he’s a little shit by playing with some,…
Episode 63
Di returns, Dave’s gone (again), and we’re still not drinking blends! Instead we have the Glenmorangie Companta and the Old Puteney 12yr.
Episode 62
Natalie Wass returns and brings Bombshell La Belle, a burlesque performer (on stilts!), with her. We drink a couple of independent bottlings this episode, a Cadenhead Caol Ila 22yr and a Gordon & Ma…
Episode 61
Do you like theater? We sure do, and that’s why we’ve invited two participants in this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival to join us. Natalie Rae Wass is dancing in Bollywood Dance Scene’s “Spicy Mas…
Episode 60
Kirsten Wade returns and tastes the Glengoyne 16yr Shiraz finished and Bowmore Small Batch.
Episode 59
Kirsten Wade, newly minted Fearless Comedy Productions member and Vilification Tennis Amateur Show champion, joins us for our next round of Scotch on the Cheap!
Episode 58
Melissa Kaercher returns for our next edition of Scotch Around the World (…world…world)! This time we sample Kavalan’s Concerto Port from Taiwan and Glenora’s Glen Breton Rare 10yr from Canada. Mel…
Episode 57
Movie maven Melissa Kaercher recently invited Cetius over to record for one of her podcasts, Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome, and so we’re having her on (again!) with us. She’s joined us for a Special E…
Episode 56
We’re back with our Die Laughing 2 winner, Cicely Robin Laing, to talk about all her improv troupes and we welcome her (formerly) sober cab, Roger, while we taste Auchentoshan 12yr and Glen Dronach 1…
Episode 55
Cicely Robin Laing, winner of our Die Laughing 2 auction and performer in a few Die Laughing events, joins us to drink Aberlour 12yr and Springback CV.
Episode 54
Tim Uren returns and talks about Ghoulish Delights and the Twin Cities Horror Fest and I ask him to talk about stepping onto the dance floor in a Fringe show last year. We make some D&D references w…