All the Scotches (well, nine of them)

Bitches & Bourbon

Mar 13 2023 • 43 mins

Originally recorded: 20230104

Length: 00:43:05

Ape’s wonders into what to record next led to a scotch all-over-the-place episode. She didn’t tell Reba, because, well, we all know how Reba feels about scotch. But, because Ape presents a wide variety, it all works out okay.

The Scotch List

Glenlivet XXV

Glenmorangie

Highland Park 18

James Buchanan’s 18

Jane Walker

Kilchoman single cask release

Lagavulin 8

Smokehead

Teachers

00:01 Ape explains why she ambushed Reba with a Scotch episode

06:45 We get into the Scotch

08:00 Smokehead

09:20 Glenmorangie

09:45 What makes Scotch a Scotch? Is it “whiskey” or “whisky”?

13:50 Single Malt or blended? Something else?

15:40 Regional characteristics

18:50 List of the scotches we are working with tonight

22:15 some others that we have already had

22:30 Proof positive, no matter what anybody else says, you have to taste it for yourself

25:30 Reba takes her revenge

27:20 Ape’s thought on the NYE episode

29:45 Trying Scotch for the first time and the variety of taste profiles

32:00 Barrel varieties for aging Scotch

34:25 giving the high-proof Kilchoman its space

39:55 We move to the celebratory Scotch – with no awards