Episode 45: L’Encantada Lasalle (Part I)

Wow. Just WOW. This is one of our most special pods for one of our most special barrels. 

The whiskey world is going nuts for L'Encantada. It's a small bottler of hand-picked single barrel Armagnac casks (sound familiar Willett fans?) and they are finding absolute treasures. They also do an incredibly beautiful presentation (ahem, again sound familiar?) with their signature orange wax. 

On Episode 45 (Part 1), the Masters discuss the armagnac craze and give you a taste of what’s to come for beasts everywhere. Follow along to whet your armagnac appetite, and then SET YOUR ALARMS for next Friday to get your bottle. 

Episode #44: Catoctin Creek feat. Scott Harris

Are you curious about the science of whiskey?  Have you ever wondered what the Bill Nye the Science Guy of whiskey would sound like?

Look no further.  Listen to this week’s pod, Episode 44: Catoctin Creek featuring Scott Harris, for a whole-ass science class, a lesson in how to get an unadvised loan, the pressures of whiskey drinking as a woman, and the touching story of perfecting the family business of creating craft spirits.  

Episode 43: Holmes Cay (Part II) ft. Eric Kaye

We promised a Part II...same day, same time, same place. Boy, did we deliver.

Eric-the-Rum-Connoisseur and Steve-the-Smoky-Beast take you around the world in a supplemental rum sampling that has the Smoky Beast stumbling home. 

Sip along with the boys on your Capitan Brownbeard.  

Or on a pina colada.  We don't judge. 

Episode 42: Holmes Cay (Part I) ft. Eric Kaye

On Holmes Cay Part I, the Beasts sample the first bottle of Beast Masters Club rum!  This one comes from Travellers Distillery in Belmopan, Belize. It's 100% natural, no additives, no coloring, aged in a bourbon cask. 

This week on the pod, Steve-the-Smoky-Beast and Ben sit down with Eric Kaye, the Holmes Cay founder and rum connoisseur.  He is a kindred spirit, traveling all over the Caribbean to seek  out small rum distilleries and setting up import for them under his label.  He’s a man on a mission - seek out the world’s best rums and release them unadulterated at cask strength.  How hard could that be?

Really f**kin’ hard, it turns out.

Episode 41: MGP Rye - Fredbee Kruger

You could say that this week’s episode is the bee’s knees.  You could say that it slays.  You could even say that it … murders.  

They’ve done it.  The illustrious Barrell Bourbon is the “Bee’s Knees” two years running, but this year they don’t just sting, they slay.  They don’t just maim, they murder.  Join the #SmokyBeast and Ben on the pod as they sample a trio of their MGP ryes, and preview our this year’s Bee’s Knees…or Murder Hornets.