St. Paddy’s Day Special

March 23, 2026

Episode Transcript

You're listening to Bourbon Beards and Belvederes, the podcast where whiskey, cigars, and beard products aren't just a hobby—they're a lifestyle. Hosted by Paul and Jerry (with Adam away), the guys share tastings, cigar talk, and honest takes on beard gear.

In this St. Patrick’s Day–themed episode they sample Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Bain Blends' Keltoberfest beard oil, Zeal Cigars' Irish Hulk barber-pole cigar, Shanky's Whip liqueur can, and Muff Irish whiskey—comparing flavors, pairings, and surprises. Expect notes of peat, butterscotch, chocolate and malty beer, plus candid chat and friendly banter.

Pour a glass, light one up, and enjoy the ride—cheers and enjoy your spirits and cigars responsibly.

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WEBVTT 00:00:11.406 --> 00:00:14.346 You're listening to bourbon beards and 00:00:14.346 --> 00:00:17.806 velveteers the podcast where whiskey cigars 00:00:17.806 --> 00:00:20.966 and beard products aren't just a hobby they're a 00:00:20.966 --> 00:00:23.906 lifestyle hosted by adam paul and 00:00:23.906 --> 00:00:30.326 jerry three guys with real experience full beards and even fuller glasses each 00:00:30.326 --> 00:00:35.626 episode serves up thoughtful tastings laid-back cigar talk and honest takes 00:00:35.626 --> 00:00:41.246 on beard gear and beyond from top shelf pours to everyday essentials. 00:00:41.566 --> 00:00:46.046 This is the place where conversations flow as smooth as the whiskey. 00:00:46.386 --> 00:00:50.786 So, pour a glass, light one up, and enjoy the ride. 00:00:50.966 --> 00:00:54.586 This is Bourbon Beards and Belvederes. 00:01:07.706 --> 00:01:12.786 Welcome to another episode of bourbon beards and velveteers i am paul and i'm 00:01:12.786 --> 00:01:18.306 jerry and adam is got some other business he's taking care of this evening so 00:01:18.306 --> 00:01:22.206 we're flying without him this evening but we have a special episode planned. 00:01:22.326 --> 00:01:25.326 We're going to talk about some great pours that kind of fit a theme of St. 00:01:25.546 --> 00:01:29.986 Patrick's Day, which is March 17th this year, coming up on Tuesday. 00:01:29.986 --> 00:01:34.886 So we have a couple pours and a couple products to sample and smoke and kind 00:01:34.886 --> 00:01:39.486 of fit the theme of an Irish St. Patrick's Day theme. 00:01:40.606 --> 00:01:44.666 And decked out with my shot glass shamrock suspenders. So I got my green on 00:01:44.666 --> 00:01:48.706 and inadvertently wearing green, not realizing it. 00:01:49.956 --> 00:01:54.476 So I didn't have a, you know, palate warmer, but I'm just going to get into 00:01:54.476 --> 00:01:56.236 one of the products that we're going to talk about. 00:01:56.616 --> 00:02:03.076 I sent the guys a St. Paddy's Day care package and within it was a beer. 00:02:03.596 --> 00:02:08.536 So I started out with the Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. 00:02:08.536 --> 00:02:12.696 So let's say it's a little bit more bitter, 7.5% alcohol, 00:02:12.876 --> 00:02:19.856 comes in 11.2 fluid ounce bottle, which I did not know that overseas there was 00:02:19.856 --> 00:02:24.016 not 12 ounce bottles, or maybe I'm wrong, and this is just 11.2 for some other 00:02:24.016 --> 00:02:27.156 reason, but that just caught my eye that this was not a 12 ounce bottle. 00:02:27.556 --> 00:02:31.456 This is brewed in the United Kingdom for Guinness & Co.. 00:02:33.194 --> 00:02:37.814 It's the foreign stout so i approve guinness that's pretty much what i get out 00:02:37.814 --> 00:02:44.154 of it and it is like black paint i almost got to say this might be darker than regular guinness, 00:02:44.694 --> 00:02:47.494 it is i know that regular guinness is 00:02:47.494 --> 00:02:52.214 dark but this is like super dark yeah i mean jerry's got this flashlight on 00:02:52.214 --> 00:02:56.494 his phone behind it and i can't see illumination at all through the white it's 00:02:56.494 --> 00:03:01.494 it's super dark but i've already got into it a little bit i think it's pretty 00:03:01.494 --> 00:03:05.774 damn good i I actually think I might prefer it over a regular Guinness. 00:03:06.834 --> 00:03:12.134 It's maybe, I don't want to say thinner, but you can definitely tell it's different. 00:03:12.294 --> 00:03:15.534 It's the same profile tasting notes, I think, but I don't know. 00:03:15.634 --> 00:03:17.914 I think I just like it better. I'm going to have to definitely do it side by 00:03:17.914 --> 00:03:21.494 side now because it's my first time having this foreign stout. 00:03:21.594 --> 00:03:22.094 What do you think, Derek? 00:03:22.594 --> 00:03:26.414 It's been a while since I've had a normal Guinness, but if I remember correctly, 00:03:26.414 --> 00:03:30.194 this one does seem a little bit thinner than the Guinness. 00:03:31.134 --> 00:03:33.934 Originally I brought out well when I was 00:03:33.934 --> 00:03:37.374 setting up and everything I was sipping on some Stranahan's 00:03:37.374 --> 00:03:43.394 Diamond Peak their Bushmills Single Malt their 2022 release right there figured 00:03:43.394 --> 00:03:48.014 to get some Irish finishing cast there but since Paul decided to go with the 00:03:48.014 --> 00:03:51.654 Guinness first I poured that and started going with that and yeah it's good 00:03:51.654 --> 00:03:57.054 nice and malty very dark but also very light at the same time nice and refreshing, 00:03:58.014 --> 00:04:03.154 so AI says it should have a Higher alcohol content with a rich flavor profile, 00:04:03.334 --> 00:04:07.054 notes of dark chocolate, coffee, caramel, full body with a tangy finish, 00:04:07.354 --> 00:04:09.494 making it distinct and robust. 00:04:10.394 --> 00:04:15.954 And it's very popular in many international markets, especially Africa and Asia. 00:04:17.404 --> 00:04:21.124 There you go. And yeah, I just, I thought I was going crazy or it was from the 00:04:21.124 --> 00:04:25.004 cigar or from the beard oil, but I was getting like notes of cherry on the nose. 00:04:25.184 --> 00:04:28.584 But that's what AI says. It's a cocoa, cherry, and coffee on the nose. 00:04:28.984 --> 00:04:30.464 So maybe I'm not going crazy. 00:04:31.004 --> 00:04:32.684 There's definitely a sweetness on the nose. 00:04:35.424 --> 00:04:39.744 Like a cherry cordial. Like it's, yeah. I like this. It's definitely thinner. 00:04:39.884 --> 00:04:43.104 The more I drink it, it's definitely thinner than a normal Guinness. 00:04:44.304 --> 00:04:51.124 But the higher alcohol content, can't be mad at that so you know or slantcha, 00:04:54.004 --> 00:04:59.904 so that's good I'll be sipping on that for the rest of the episode yeah yeah so, 00:05:00.921 --> 00:05:04.461 So, St. Patrick's Day, do you do anything special for St. Patrick's Day? 00:05:04.641 --> 00:05:07.921 Go out and drink some green beer or eat some corned beef hash, 00:05:08.061 --> 00:05:11.721 things that have nothing to do with St. Patrick's Day, anything like that? Not since college. 00:05:12.841 --> 00:05:18.561 Yeah, I go to work, I come home, I'll either grab the strain of hands that's 00:05:18.561 --> 00:05:24.801 finished in Irish gas, or I'll grab one of my five or six Irish whiskeys and 00:05:24.801 --> 00:05:25.961 I'll drink that. That's about it. 00:05:26.481 --> 00:05:29.461 Yeah i usually try to get out to a restaurant just to get some corned 00:05:29.461 --> 00:05:32.061 beef and cabbage because pretty much the only time you can go out to a 00:05:32.061 --> 00:05:35.621 restaurant and get it is you know the weekend before st patrick's 00:05:35.621 --> 00:05:39.581 day but and i don't like cooking at my well i should say my family doesn't like 00:05:39.581 --> 00:05:42.881 me cooking at my house because the house will stink for two days like i was 00:05:42.881 --> 00:05:48.301 gonna say at least cabbage so and my wife and kid don't like cabbage or corned 00:05:48.301 --> 00:05:51.821 beef so i was thinking the house's up for a meal that only i enjoy and then 00:05:51.821 --> 00:05:54.661 they have to smell it for the next two days So I don't do that anymore. 00:05:55.021 --> 00:05:57.021 But yeah, we were out of town this weekend. So unfortunately, 00:05:57.041 --> 00:05:58.201 I didn't eat my corn, chicken, cabbage. 00:05:58.441 --> 00:06:01.641 So when we're recording, this is the day before St. Patrick's Day. 00:06:01.761 --> 00:06:04.941 So I might try to make that a point to get out tomorrow and at least grab a 00:06:04.941 --> 00:06:08.621 sandwich or something or somewhere before people stop making it until next year. 00:06:09.221 --> 00:06:12.801 Corned beef sandwich sounds so good right now. Yes. Yes, it does. 00:06:13.681 --> 00:06:17.901 So real quick, since we're talking about St. Patrick's Day, looking into the history of St. 00:06:17.981 --> 00:06:22.901 Patrick's Day, everybody thinks it's, you know, an Irishman who brought Christianity to Ireland. 00:06:23.101 --> 00:06:26.061 Saint patrick himself well he 00:06:26.061 --> 00:06:29.921 wasn't irish he was from england 00:06:29.921 --> 00:06:33.061 possibly italian possibly celtic 00:06:33.061 --> 00:06:36.341 not sure but when he was 16 he was enslaved 00:06:36.341 --> 00:06:40.941 by irish raiders who attacked his home and enslaved him to ireland held him 00:06:40.941 --> 00:06:46.481 captive for six years he finally fled to england and received religious instruction 00:06:46.481 --> 00:06:52.421 there in europe before returning to ireland as a missionary so went back to 00:06:52.421 --> 00:06:55.601 the place that enslaved him to bring the word of the Lord, 00:06:55.841 --> 00:07:01.581 which is, I don't think talked about too much when it comes to St. Patrick's Day. 00:07:03.377 --> 00:07:07.757 What I'll see. Everybody thinks he brought Christianity to Ireland, 00:07:07.757 --> 00:07:13.677 but while he did come to Ireland as a missionary, he was not the only one and 00:07:13.677 --> 00:07:17.777 certainly not the first to bring Christianity to Ireland. 00:07:18.117 --> 00:07:23.797 So he gets kind of all the credit for it, but was not the first or the only one. 00:07:24.637 --> 00:07:28.017 This myth that he managed all the snakes from the Emerald Isle. 00:07:29.417 --> 00:07:32.917 No evidence of that whatsoever. there 00:07:32.917 --> 00:07:36.017 are many snakes in ireland to this day so maybe it's 00:07:36.017 --> 00:07:38.897 some truth in that but uh that's more myth than 00:07:38.897 --> 00:07:42.017 fact i think and everybody you 00:07:42.017 --> 00:07:44.797 know green like we were just talking about in the opening look i got my green 00:07:44.797 --> 00:07:48.597 fan rocks on jerry's got his green shirt well that didn't become connected to 00:07:48.597 --> 00:07:53.537 irish pride until the late 17th century before that the color was blue so in 00:07:53.537 --> 00:07:57.097 the time of saint patrick if we want to honor that we should be actually wearing 00:07:57.097 --> 00:08:01.477 blue today and Boston should have dyed its harbor blue or just cleaned it up 00:08:01.477 --> 00:08:02.597 a little bit so it wouldn't be good. 00:08:03.517 --> 00:08:08.417 But instead they dyed it a lime fluorescent green to all the fishes this May, 00:08:08.517 --> 00:08:10.057 even though they say it's a safer fish. 00:08:10.237 --> 00:08:13.657 I'm sure they'd be serving some fish sticks in some Boston restaurants for the 00:08:13.657 --> 00:08:16.137 next two weeks that have a little green tint to it. 00:08:16.777 --> 00:08:21.117 I always thought that was kind of crazy, them dyeing the whole harbor fluorescent 00:08:21.117 --> 00:08:27.717 green for just one holiday that really has nothing to do with the United States. I know this is big. 00:08:27.797 --> 00:08:32.677 Irish influence in Boston, but always struck me as kind of silly. 00:08:33.617 --> 00:08:35.997 That being said, I am. 00:08:37.255 --> 00:08:40.075 Sipping on this beer but i think we should jump and talk about this beard 00:08:40.075 --> 00:08:43.355 oil that i sent you guys samples up from our buddy jacob yeah 00:08:43.355 --> 00:08:46.715 obviously we don't need to talk about the quality 00:08:46.715 --> 00:08:49.695 well we can but we don't talk about the quality or 00:08:49.695 --> 00:08:52.435 how it works we've we've talked a 00:08:52.435 --> 00:08:55.295 bunch about him and had him on twice already so i'll 00:08:55.295 --> 00:08:57.995 just go into the scent i don't have the scent profile right in. 00:08:57.995 --> 00:09:01.375 Front of me but to me at first 00:09:01.375 --> 00:09:04.795 i get it in the beard at first it has a little bit of like a it was 00:09:04.795 --> 00:09:08.215 like a multi citrusy note and but 00:09:08.215 --> 00:09:10.835 that citrus note was only there for like a fraction of a 00:09:10.835 --> 00:09:14.395 second and then it faded into what reminds 00:09:14.395 --> 00:09:17.735 me of what you know like those malted. 00:09:17.735 --> 00:09:20.735 Milk balls the whoppers oh yeah so you 00:09:20.735 --> 00:09:23.595 take that chocolate and you make it into a tootsie 00:09:23.595 --> 00:09:27.615 roll it reminded me of like a malted tootsie roll and that's 00:09:27.615 --> 00:09:31.115 what i was getting the whole time it was fantastic yeah 00:09:31.115 --> 00:09:34.955 so we're talking about bane blends and the 00:09:34.955 --> 00:09:38.735 scent is keltoberfest which is 00:09:38.735 --> 00:09:41.455 his i guess is it's right on the bottle it says 00:09:41.455 --> 00:09:45.075 guinness remake and the scents are 00:09:45.075 --> 00:09:48.675 stout ale malt musk rosewood eucalyptus 00:09:48.675 --> 00:09:52.515 and hops and it's one ounce bottle i 00:09:52.515 --> 00:09:55.355 think his are 22 bucks yep 22 bucks 00:09:55.355 --> 00:09:58.475 jerry said before we've you know 00:09:58.475 --> 00:10:01.795 driven it home before it is the quality of all of his products 00:10:01.795 --> 00:10:04.635 that they blends are fantastic can't go wrong 00:10:04.635 --> 00:10:08.575 all natural oils all organic stuff so 00:10:08.575 --> 00:10:11.595 his oh set notes from 00:10:11.595 --> 00:10:18.295 the website is uh the opens with refreshing and sharp hit of eucalyptus immediately 00:10:18.295 --> 00:10:23.215 balanced by the distinct herbal and slightly bitterness of hops the combination 00:10:23.215 --> 00:10:26.935 creates an invigorating and clean first impression reminiscent of the frothy 00:10:26.935 --> 00:10:29.075 head of a freshly poured pine. 00:10:30.521 --> 00:10:33.881 I've been using it for a couple days. I like the scent a lot. 00:10:34.941 --> 00:10:39.381 It goes in somewhat strong and then fades to a nice scent. 00:10:39.821 --> 00:10:44.381 Strong in a good way because I like the scent. But what's funny is I got it 00:10:44.381 --> 00:10:48.101 the first time I opened the bottle when I was pouring out little samples to 00:10:48.101 --> 00:10:50.381 send to the guys. Jerry, this might. 00:10:51.371 --> 00:10:54.711 Or outdate you but immediately the scent 00:10:54.711 --> 00:11:00.411 that i got was when i was a kid we'd like i had flashback when i was a kid i 00:11:00.411 --> 00:11:03.691 remember we had these books that had these pictures in them that were scratch 00:11:03.691 --> 00:11:08.271 and sniff and there was a cocoa by a hot cocoa picture that had these little 00:11:08.271 --> 00:11:12.211 steam lines drawn in off of it and you would scratch and sniff it and it didn't 00:11:12.211 --> 00:11:13.631 smell like hot cocoa it smelled like, 00:11:14.271 --> 00:11:18.051 hot cocoa it smelled like which was like malty cocoa-y 00:11:18.051 --> 00:11:20.751 like and immediately i was like oh my 00:11:20.751 --> 00:11:23.611 god like i had this weird like just hit 00:11:23.611 --> 00:11:26.631 me i was like that's what that picture smelled like when i was like seven 00:11:26.631 --> 00:11:29.351 years old and that was like a couple weeks ago 00:11:29.351 --> 00:11:33.031 i poured these samples i've been using it for a couple days and just today 00:11:33.031 --> 00:11:36.071 i was getting ready to come out here and sign on 00:11:36.071 --> 00:11:38.951 with you and i asked my wife i was like smell listen 00:11:38.951 --> 00:11:41.811 see what you think it smells like and because 00:11:41.811 --> 00:11:44.451 i don't think she smelled it before except on my beard you know 00:11:44.451 --> 00:11:47.331 that i've been wearing it but right out of the bottle it's different than once it's 00:11:47.331 --> 00:11:50.111 in your beard for a couple hours and i put the bottle on 00:11:50.111 --> 00:11:52.951 her nose and she said oh it's like one of those uh 00:11:52.951 --> 00:11:55.831 chocolate scratch and sniffs i was like oh my god and i 00:11:55.831 --> 00:11:58.871 didn't prompt her whatsoever and she nailed it 00:11:58.871 --> 00:12:02.711 i mean so i was validated in what i smell so 00:12:02.711 --> 00:12:05.331 that dates us a little bit because i don't think they have those scratch and 00:12:05.331 --> 00:12:11.611 sniff sniff books too much anymore but yeah we had scratch and sniff stuff i 00:12:11.611 --> 00:12:16.151 don't vaguely remember books but i remember like stickers and stuff like that 00:12:16.151 --> 00:12:19.671 shit you remember going on a complete tangent. Do you remember Smell-O-Vision? 00:12:20.511 --> 00:12:24.991 Yes. I do. Where they got like, what was it, like the little book or whatever 00:12:24.991 --> 00:12:29.531 and then the movie or the TV show told you, scratch this one and smell it. 00:12:30.511 --> 00:12:33.331 I completely forgot about that when you said that, but that's hilarious. 00:12:33.431 --> 00:12:36.211 I bet you there was probably hot chocolate in there. Probably. 00:12:36.531 --> 00:12:41.731 This oil smells like to me is that steaming cup of hot chocolate, which is great. 00:12:41.871 --> 00:12:46.511 Brings back a fond memory of those scratch and snip books and it's a great scent. 00:12:47.851 --> 00:12:49.771 I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought it would. 00:12:51.506 --> 00:12:55.326 Like I said, it reminded me of a malted Tootsie Roll. And then after looking 00:12:55.326 --> 00:12:58.966 at the website and listening to what Paul said, that eucalyptus minty note, 00:12:59.346 --> 00:13:01.886 it's like very faint throughout. 00:13:02.826 --> 00:13:06.866 It's like you have to actually, for me, I had to actually look for it to actually get it. 00:13:07.266 --> 00:13:10.746 But it's faint throughout, and it's a nice undertone for the whole thing. 00:13:10.886 --> 00:13:16.006 But yeah, just slight citrus up front, malty chocolate the whole time. 00:13:16.866 --> 00:13:18.186 Yeah, I really like this one. 00:13:19.566 --> 00:13:25.146 Yep this is another great scent by him and check out all of his other scents you know, 00:13:25.886 --> 00:13:30.066 vainblends.com he uh all of his products are fantastic i know he's changing 00:13:30.066 --> 00:13:34.726 it up i think this is actually his one of from this new line where he's adding 00:13:34.726 --> 00:13:39.766 more castor oil that i think that's what i bought when last time we had him 00:13:39.766 --> 00:13:42.746 on and he was talking about this scent i was like that'll be perfect for our 00:13:42.746 --> 00:13:45.266 st patrick episode so i bought it right when we were in it you know, 00:13:45.826 --> 00:13:49.346 And I believe I added the, because you can get it, you know, 00:13:49.586 --> 00:13:54.566 the one ounce blend, herbal, non-herbal, and the castor oil blend, 00:13:54.726 --> 00:13:57.746 which if I recall, it was supposed to help with gray, 00:13:58.146 --> 00:14:01.246 like keep the grays out. And there was other benefits of castor oil. 00:14:02.166 --> 00:14:05.126 Well, yeah, he's got the herbal blend, the non-herbal blend, 00:14:05.246 --> 00:14:08.886 which is heavier with the metal foam seed, I believe. 00:14:09.166 --> 00:14:12.606 And then you had the herbal and non-herbal gray beard blend, 00:14:12.766 --> 00:14:17.446 which is the higher castor oil. so it's supposed to not it's not supposed to 00:14:17.446 --> 00:14:20.866 dye or discolor gray and white beards. 00:14:21.266 --> 00:14:27.866 Yep, so I think that's what I got is the herbal gray beard blend with 20% more castor, so the. 00:14:30.514 --> 00:14:33.214 It's great. It's great oil. I mean, all of his stuff is great. 00:14:33.334 --> 00:14:35.414 This scent's another great one. 00:14:36.234 --> 00:14:40.354 So he did the, what else did I get? I got the Dr. Pepper one. 00:14:41.554 --> 00:14:44.514 I'm trying to think what other scent I got for him that day. 00:14:45.114 --> 00:14:49.434 I got a couple other scents from him, but yeah, all of his new scents, they're fantastic. 00:14:49.674 --> 00:14:54.054 Check them out at BainBlends.com. Got a full line of products. 00:14:54.394 --> 00:14:57.174 Deodorants, his salve. Yeah, it's fantastic. 00:14:58.194 --> 00:15:01.194 Psoriasis dry skin that kind of thing is fantastic i ordered another 00:15:01.194 --> 00:15:04.314 one of those when i put my order in yeah just 00:15:04.314 --> 00:15:07.634 check them out everything's got it's highly recommended do a 00:15:07.634 --> 00:15:11.614 sampler pick your scent all the scents are you know what he says you're not 00:15:11.614 --> 00:15:14.734 gonna order an orange scent and it smells like lemon or something like that 00:15:14.734 --> 00:15:18.714 he pretty much nails them so if you think you like what it says you're gonna 00:15:18.714 --> 00:15:24.534 like the product so yeah i just recently got an order in from him order the 00:15:24.534 --> 00:15:27.374 day or two after we recorded with him. 00:15:28.234 --> 00:15:33.074 Re-up on my deodorant. Grabbed the Americana tonic, which is like lavender, 00:15:33.314 --> 00:15:34.734 eucalyptus, and spearmint, I think. 00:15:35.574 --> 00:15:38.754 Oh, that scent is fantastic. I got to grab that in the oil now. 00:15:39.414 --> 00:15:44.614 I also did the lavender and charcoal, I believe is the other one, and then the unscented. 00:15:46.494 --> 00:15:51.454 It is the only deodorant I use now. And then, what else did I grab? 00:15:51.574 --> 00:15:52.234 I grabbed something else. 00:15:54.494 --> 00:15:58.894 Oh one of the I wanted to try out one of the colognes that he put out what was 00:15:58.894 --> 00:16:02.934 the scent Royal Creed I bought that beard oil when I met up with him at the 00:16:02.934 --> 00:16:04.274 Ybor City Cigar Festival, 00:16:05.494 --> 00:16:10.534 and when I was talking to him he said he wanted to start doing less scent profiles 00:16:10.534 --> 00:16:12.794 in the bottle still have them but do a little bit less and then. 00:16:14.048 --> 00:16:16.948 Colognes out to kind of because you don't want 00:16:16.948 --> 00:16:19.708 that scent underneath your nose all day it's gonna mess up 00:16:19.708 --> 00:16:22.468 your senses or whatever so his thought 00:16:22.468 --> 00:16:25.388 process is do a little bit less profile into oils and 00:16:25.388 --> 00:16:28.688 then do a cologne if you want to smell like it all day so i 00:16:28.688 --> 00:16:31.608 was like let me pick it up see how it is it's i think i got a one ounce 00:16:31.608 --> 00:16:34.548 little spray bottle it's gonna last me probably years 00:16:34.548 --> 00:16:38.448 because i don't use cologne at all figured i 00:16:38.448 --> 00:16:41.588 just want to try it and yeah it smells fantastic just 00:16:41.588 --> 00:16:45.688 like the oil so yeah i got the the 00:16:45.688 --> 00:16:49.208 cherry dr bane which is his dr pepper duke fantastic 00:16:49.208 --> 00:16:52.708 scent and the citrus creamsicle which 00:16:52.708 --> 00:16:57.348 smells like a creamsicle ice cream bar but my favorite one i got from this time 00:16:57.348 --> 00:17:03.988 even better than this uh kelptober fest was the bold cherry which is just a 00:17:03.988 --> 00:17:10.668 cherry bomb it is so just boom in your face cherry but in such a good way it's 00:17:10.668 --> 00:17:11.908 like a cherry flow pop almost. 00:17:12.068 --> 00:17:14.648 I mean, it's such a sweet, but fruity good. 00:17:15.328 --> 00:17:18.928 It's a great scent. I haven't had that one yet. 00:17:19.088 --> 00:17:24.428 I have the Lost Cherry or hold on. 00:17:24.808 --> 00:17:28.748 I have his website up. Why am I going to try to I know he's got a Deepwoods 00:17:28.748 --> 00:17:32.088 Cherry. I got that one and I had the Smoke Cherry. 00:17:32.848 --> 00:17:37.168 I got, so the Deepwoods Cherry, was it last year? 00:17:38.228 --> 00:17:44.448 Not long after we had him on the first time. He had a TikTok shop deal going 00:17:44.448 --> 00:17:47.728 on, which I didn't know was a thing. I got an email, so I signed on my TikTok 00:17:47.728 --> 00:17:48.928 for the first time in years. 00:17:49.728 --> 00:17:53.648 And it was like $12. It was like all of his oils were half off. 00:17:54.308 --> 00:17:57.508 And that was one I wanted to try. So I picked that one up. It wasn't all of 00:17:57.508 --> 00:17:58.828 his oils. It was just a select few. 00:17:59.408 --> 00:18:04.188 And then after we talked to him about doing samples, I got some samples from him. 00:18:04.428 --> 00:18:10.208 And the smoke cherry was in there. And that was a fantastic scent, too. 00:18:11.374 --> 00:18:17.514 Yeah. I haven't had anything purchased from him that was not to my liking and 00:18:17.514 --> 00:18:20.494 never had any problems with any of this stuff. Oh, I bought another. 00:18:20.674 --> 00:18:23.954 I re-upped on his salve and his beard conditioner. I love his beard conditioner. 00:18:24.714 --> 00:18:29.214 The whole family uses the salve on our hands and elbows and things like that. It's great. 00:18:29.774 --> 00:18:34.854 So yeah, as we've said many times before, one of the best in the game doing 00:18:34.854 --> 00:18:39.574 beard oils products and just men's grooming is Mr. 00:18:39.874 --> 00:18:41.334 Bain himself. at Bain Blitz. 00:18:43.154 --> 00:18:47.194 I'm interested in this little can that looks like a box of Cracker Jacks. 00:18:48.554 --> 00:18:54.754 Alright, so this one is something I've seen before many, many times. 00:18:55.574 --> 00:19:01.854 Predominantly at Total Swine. They got the little shot models and they got the full size 750s. 00:19:02.074 --> 00:19:04.834 They also have these little double shot cans. 00:19:05.074 --> 00:19:08.414 I think they're 100 mil? Yeah, 100 mil cans. 00:19:08.994 --> 00:19:15.614 This is Shanky's Whip, made in Ireland. Whiskey and liqueur. 33% alcohol. 00:19:16.434 --> 00:19:19.634 So it says two shots to share. 00:19:20.494 --> 00:19:23.294 And yeah, the color scheme for whatever just makes me think of Cracker Jacks. 00:19:24.094 --> 00:19:28.814 So it's Black Irish Whiskey Liqueur from County Cavan. 00:19:31.874 --> 00:19:35.934 They're blending the Irish whiskey with caramel, vanilla, and cream flavors 00:19:35.934 --> 00:19:41.574 packaged in a distinctive vintage-style bottle featuring an ostrich known for 00:19:41.574 --> 00:19:43.854 its very sweet and smooth velvety taste. 00:19:44.194 --> 00:19:48.894 Frequently enjoyed as a chilled shot or with cola or in coffee. 00:19:50.697 --> 00:19:58.337 So I think the 50 mil is like $1.99 or $2.99. This is like $4 or $5 for the double shot. 00:19:58.597 --> 00:20:01.677 And the 750 is like $25 to $30. 00:20:02.257 --> 00:20:09.597 We're supposed to get a strong vanilla caramel butterscotch with a creamy, sweet experience. 00:20:10.477 --> 00:20:14.117 So like I said, I've walked by this many times, curious about it, 00:20:14.177 --> 00:20:15.057 but never pulled the trigger. 00:20:15.297 --> 00:20:18.497 So curious to see what you think of this nose. 00:20:24.357 --> 00:20:25.777 I'll tell you exactly what I get. 00:20:27.813 --> 00:20:31.173 What do you get? I don't get vanilla, caramel, or butter. You don't get any? 00:20:31.713 --> 00:20:35.533 So right off the bat, I get, shit, I can't remember the brand, 00:20:35.693 --> 00:20:39.213 but you get like the little tubs of icing that you get next to the cake mixes, 00:20:39.553 --> 00:20:40.993 the vanilla version of that. 00:20:41.413 --> 00:20:46.013 And then once you set it, I got a blast of cream soda. 00:20:46.833 --> 00:20:49.893 It's like that vanilla icing and cream soda on the nose for me. 00:20:50.793 --> 00:20:54.113 Okay, I can see. I'm sloshing it around. I can see the cream soda, definitely. 00:20:54.973 --> 00:20:57.713 Which, I like that. Yeah. it's not a bad 00:20:57.713 --> 00:21:00.673 nose it's actually pretty nice all right 00:21:00.673 --> 00:21:03.713 okay that's not bad at all not 00:21:03.713 --> 00:21:06.873 at all that uh definitely the 00:21:06.873 --> 00:21:11.473 uh more so butterscotch caramel on the palate oh yeah butterscotch definitely 00:21:11.473 --> 00:21:17.033 comes through this would be really good on with coffee oh yeah it's a little 00:21:17.033 --> 00:21:22.413 bit syrupy this would be good as the simple in an old-fashioned as like a simple 00:21:22.413 --> 00:21:24.093 syrup replacement But yeah, 00:21:24.193 --> 00:21:26.973 it's definitely a little bit syrupy because it is, you know, 00:21:27.193 --> 00:21:31.833 mixed with flavors and 33% liqueur. It's a little sticky. 00:21:33.173 --> 00:21:36.013 But no, I actually kind of like that. 00:21:36.433 --> 00:21:40.613 Yeah, it's not bad at all. That cream soda note comes through. 00:21:40.893 --> 00:21:42.373 That butterscotch is there. 00:21:43.313 --> 00:21:48.633 Yeah, I don't mind that at all. Not at all. I think I might be getting the $750 of that. 00:21:49.413 --> 00:21:54.853 Because butterscotch I mean love butterscotch notes when I find it in whiskey, 00:21:55.353 --> 00:21:58.953 and cream soda I mean who doesn't love cream soda that that 00:21:58.953 --> 00:22:02.873 almost tastes like I mean yeah it tastes like you put some butterscotch syrup 00:22:02.873 --> 00:22:07.693 in a cream soda and it was flat yeah like there's no carbonation I wonder you 00:22:07.693 --> 00:22:14.533 know now my wheels are turning this topped with like sparkling water I was thinking 00:22:14.533 --> 00:22:18.133 the same thing soda yeah I was thinking the same thing like a boozy soda, 00:22:19.753 --> 00:22:23.673 I might be putting an order in on Total Wine here this evening. 00:22:24.433 --> 00:22:25.833 It's delivered to my house tomorrow. 00:22:27.876 --> 00:22:32.036 I'm glad I went with the double shots instead of just this 50-ounce setup because I'm enjoying this. 00:22:33.896 --> 00:22:37.136 I will say it's not my favorite with the cigar. 00:22:38.096 --> 00:22:43.396 Yeah, we'll see. The cigar is a... Well, I don't know. I could see it better. 00:22:43.856 --> 00:22:47.316 I don't know. Let me try it because it's super sweet. I think that's what the 00:22:47.316 --> 00:22:48.736 cigar needs is a little bit more sweetness. 00:22:49.376 --> 00:22:51.716 I think the pour might be a little bit too sweet. 00:22:52.696 --> 00:22:57.456 Going from this, I'm just going to call it the whip to the cigar, yeah. 00:22:57.876 --> 00:23:02.916 It brings those herbal notes that we were talking about on First Light. It brings them back. 00:23:03.476 --> 00:23:08.116 First couple puffs of this cigar were very herbaceous. And we're thinking it's 00:23:08.116 --> 00:23:11.716 because of this jade green candela on the wrapper. 00:23:12.396 --> 00:23:17.456 Maybe. But that kind of died off as I got into the first third. 00:23:17.696 --> 00:23:20.816 But going from this back to it, it's back. 00:23:21.076 --> 00:23:25.176 I don't know that I like that. Yeah, I'll let that sit and go from the cigar 00:23:25.176 --> 00:23:27.456 to this delicious little can here. 00:23:27.876 --> 00:23:33.756 Yeah, I'll try that out. But speaking of the cigar, what we're smoking fits the theme as well. 00:23:34.116 --> 00:23:39.796 I tried to go all Irish or all St. Patrick's Day or all fake Irish green something. 00:23:42.176 --> 00:23:47.036 So just Googling, trying to find some kind of cigar that would fit the theme 00:23:47.036 --> 00:23:49.696 and came across zealcigars.com. 00:23:49.816 --> 00:23:52.396 Z-E-A-L cigars.com. 00:23:52.796 --> 00:23:56.476 Never even heard of them before, to be honest. It's a family-owned, 00:23:56.816 --> 00:24:00.736 veteran-owned company. They do a lot of house blends, and this is one of them. 00:24:00.936 --> 00:24:03.476 This is called the Irish Hulk. They're out of North Phoenix. 00:24:04.076 --> 00:24:07.216 Jerry's showing it right now. It's a beautiful cigar. Barber pole. 00:24:07.616 --> 00:24:12.676 It's got wrappers consisting of Cameroon Maduro, Ecuador Urbano, 00:24:12.936 --> 00:24:14.136 and Jade Green Candela Leaf. 00:24:16.011 --> 00:24:19.071 Just gorgeous presentation. No band on it, though. 00:24:19.531 --> 00:24:23.331 I'd love to see some kind of art on it. They have some art on the website, 00:24:23.351 --> 00:24:24.491 but there's no band on it. 00:24:24.871 --> 00:24:29.651 Binders, Nicaraguan, fillers, longleaf, Cuban seed, Dominican tobacco. 00:24:30.591 --> 00:24:32.431 We're smoking a Toro, $6.54. 00:24:33.791 --> 00:24:38.671 Priced right, $7.50, a cigar. You can get them at packs of $5 and $10, 00:24:38.771 --> 00:24:40.551 I believe, if I remember from the website. 00:24:41.111 --> 00:24:44.171 And it's not a whole lot out there because it's their house blend. then 00:24:44.171 --> 00:24:46.831 they're not like i from what i could tell 00:24:46.831 --> 00:24:49.671 they're not a huge online retailer so what i 00:24:49.671 --> 00:24:52.691 could find for you know some tasting notes 00:24:52.691 --> 00:24:56.871 were sweet cocoa wood nuttiness 00:24:56.871 --> 00:25:02.491 and herbal which off the first light you definitely get that herbal taste not 00:25:02.491 --> 00:25:09.631 off-putting but you know not what i want off the first puff but then getting 00:25:09.631 --> 00:25:14.991 past that first or second cloth it started to be enjoyable it went well with the Guinness. 00:25:16.911 --> 00:25:23.131 Those woodsy nutty notes I was getting were pairing nice with the cocoa kind 00:25:23.131 --> 00:25:25.131 of notes from the Guinness, 00:25:26.351 --> 00:25:30.891 so I'm enjoying it so far we've been yapping and it's only two of us so I've 00:25:30.891 --> 00:25:34.531 neglected it so my burn line went real wonky I need to catch it up, 00:25:35.951 --> 00:25:41.271 I didn't have a problem until just now it kind of just canoed on me mine did 00:25:41.271 --> 00:25:45.391 a little bit you kind of see the upkeep right there like the little point there 00:25:45.391 --> 00:25:46.451 but for the rest of it it's, 00:25:47.969 --> 00:25:53.489 stayed pretty much good i had to no no 00:25:53.489 --> 00:25:56.149 relights for some reason i was thinking i had to relit it 00:25:56.149 --> 00:25:59.969 but i didn't yeah i really well and then i think what 00:25:59.969 --> 00:26:02.769 i'm thinking is when i was trying to light it my fucking lighter went out 00:26:02.769 --> 00:26:05.729 and i picked up the other lighter that lighter was out so i had to refill the 00:26:05.729 --> 00:26:08.789 lighter and that's to my re my relight i 00:26:08.789 --> 00:26:11.429 toasted it and the toast of the foot like i typically do and went 00:26:11.429 --> 00:26:16.469 to light it and uh no no fluid but yeah that that first couple puffs is just 00:26:16.469 --> 00:26:21.729 like some herbal like bitter herbal note i'm guessing it's from the candela 00:26:21.729 --> 00:26:27.969 i was very happy that it disappeared after like three or four puffs it became 00:26:27.969 --> 00:26:31.189 a lot darker nutty notes are there a. 00:26:35.416 --> 00:26:40.776 You do get a little bit of that grassy herbal note from that Candela throughout, 00:26:41.336 --> 00:26:45.416 which I think kind of helps bring it down from being too dark of a cigar. 00:26:46.156 --> 00:26:50.236 Not saying that's a bad thing, but it's a nice little barbara. 00:26:50.496 --> 00:26:52.496 Barbatals are hit or miss, at least for me. 00:26:52.876 --> 00:26:56.656 But this one's actually smoking really well. Like I said, it showed the burn line is pretty good. 00:26:57.036 --> 00:27:00.996 Little nicks here and there, but it's starting to catch up. Smoke, smoking great. 00:27:01.196 --> 00:27:05.156 A lot of smoke output. But yeah, great with the Guinness. 00:27:05.416 --> 00:27:07.436 Not so much with the whip. 00:27:07.796 --> 00:27:11.096 Kind of curious how it's going to go with this final four that we have. 00:27:11.436 --> 00:27:15.476 And then I might just, I don't have a second bottle or glass out here. 00:27:15.496 --> 00:27:19.156 So I might just have to go straight from the bottle with the strain of hands to see how that goes. 00:27:19.916 --> 00:27:25.156 Yeah. So these are, if you can see, I'm going to show you on my phone. Let's see if I can focus. 00:27:25.296 --> 00:27:29.776 So this Irish Hawk, it's got, at least it's got a sticker on the website. 00:27:29.776 --> 00:27:33.756 But then they have in their house line, they do have Papa Hulk, 00:27:33.896 --> 00:27:35.936 which has got a badass sticker. That's what I was thinking of. 00:27:36.696 --> 00:27:40.056 What's the difference between them? I don't know. I'd have to look into that. 00:27:40.176 --> 00:27:44.756 It's a 50 cents more for Papa Hulk for a single, which is still only $8 for a cigar. 00:27:45.156 --> 00:27:48.436 And then back down to seven 50, you have a Sergeant Hulk. 00:27:50.236 --> 00:27:53.276 So they have a huge, and look at that barber pole. 00:27:53.376 --> 00:27:58.376 It's like a, it's kind of interesting. I've never seen one like that where it's kind of draped, like a, 00:27:59.349 --> 00:28:02.309 was it i could see jake white the jake white cigar that 00:28:02.309 --> 00:28:05.209 we had that had that little circle at 00:28:05.209 --> 00:28:08.109 the top they did that and then ish with 00:28:08.109 --> 00:28:11.449 banff cigars likes to mess around with designs and 00:28:11.449 --> 00:28:17.609 stuff on on some of his it's always a nice presentation to see something other 00:28:17.609 --> 00:28:23.129 than like a typical barber full yeah i mean this i kind of went down the rabbit 00:28:23.129 --> 00:28:28.709 hole with these zeal cigars They have a ton of house cigars. 00:28:28.929 --> 00:28:31.869 They sell other stuff too. But I mean, just on their house lineup alone, 00:28:31.869 --> 00:28:35.289 if you see my phone, I mean, these are just their house cigars. 00:28:35.949 --> 00:28:41.229 So Papa Hulk, you take this, you add in a Connecticut and that's Papa Hulk. 00:28:41.529 --> 00:28:46.869 A Sergeant Hulk, mainly a Connecticut wrapper. The Candela sneaks through. 00:28:48.049 --> 00:28:55.629 So I think Sgt. Hulk is similar to Papa Hulk, but with a larger Connecticut rapper. 00:28:56.954 --> 00:29:01.034 Yeah, I'm really enjoying the cigar. I caught it back up with the lighter, 00:29:01.094 --> 00:29:01.814 and it's burned it straight. 00:29:01.974 --> 00:29:05.554 It's got a great draw throughout. It had a great draw. Lots of smoke. 00:29:07.534 --> 00:29:12.234 It's, I don't want to say squishy, but it's not a super tight roll, 00:29:12.234 --> 00:29:14.934 which is perfect for me. That's my preference. 00:29:15.114 --> 00:29:18.494 I want to be able to kind of get a little bit of push on the cigar. 00:29:18.794 --> 00:29:23.894 They got great names for their house blends, crop circles, faithful servant, 00:29:24.634 --> 00:29:26.294 good soldier, got your six. 00:29:26.954 --> 00:29:30.934 I mean, King's End. They're just great names, great little labels for them. 00:29:31.414 --> 00:29:34.594 From what I can tell, everything's good sourced ingredients. 00:29:35.034 --> 00:29:39.414 And I can't tell who's rolling them for them or what factory they're coming 00:29:39.414 --> 00:29:41.974 out of. But it doesn't matter as long as they're good. 00:29:42.754 --> 00:29:46.414 Great prices on a lot of them. They seem to have a bunch of deals going on. 00:29:47.094 --> 00:29:50.074 We've got sample packs. A lot of stuff's on sale. 00:29:50.754 --> 00:29:54.414 Free shipping in the U.S. over $100. Free local pickup. 00:29:54.414 --> 00:29:57.774 Up it's a veteran-owned vietnam vet 00:29:57.774 --> 00:30:00.974 owned and his son's in it 00:30:00.974 --> 00:30:04.414 with him now as long as i believe if i was reading his wife has 00:30:04.414 --> 00:30:07.854 a part in it too so yeah i mean they got mystery samplers 00:30:07.854 --> 00:30:10.574 10 count premium mystery sampler for 00:30:10.574 --> 00:30:13.594 70 bucks which are always fun to get those mystery 00:30:13.594 --> 00:30:16.994 sample packs yeah so i mean i 00:30:16.994 --> 00:30:19.814 wasn't familiar with them before just i've never 00:30:19.814 --> 00:30:23.854 heard of them yeah search for who you know irish cigar 00:30:23.854 --> 00:30:26.874 or saint patrick day cigar brought up them and this 00:30:26.874 --> 00:30:32.254 is one of their blends and i bought a few from them and sent out to you guys 00:30:32.254 --> 00:30:36.354 these and what did i buy they i bought a michaela from them so they have other 00:30:36.354 --> 00:30:41.474 i mean they're full cigar shop as well as pushing their their house blends or 00:30:41.474 --> 00:30:45.454 their house brands but yeah no i mean great pricing shipping came in fast. 00:30:46.834 --> 00:30:50.914 They're going to be on my little short list of the handful of online websites 00:30:50.914 --> 00:30:55.234 that I order from when I'm not going to a cigar lounge or a local shop and buying stuff. 00:30:55.694 --> 00:30:59.514 Check out Zeal Cigars.com, 00:31:00.807 --> 00:31:04.887 So let's go with three quick things. 00:31:05.047 --> 00:31:10.007 The only issue I've had with mine was, I don't know if it'll show up. 00:31:10.507 --> 00:31:14.067 Come on, focus. Basically right there by my middle finger, the wrapper. 00:31:14.607 --> 00:31:18.847 It's not cracked. It's just like it looks like it got caught on something. 00:31:19.027 --> 00:31:21.587 The binder is still fine. There's no smoke coming out of it. 00:31:21.687 --> 00:31:25.467 I don't have to plug it up. It's still smoking fine. There's just an imperfection. 00:31:25.747 --> 00:31:28.507 Number two, I get into the second, third. 00:31:29.667 --> 00:31:32.367 Spice picks up and it is fantastic you get 00:31:32.367 --> 00:31:35.147 a little bit of that nuttiness you get a little bit of that herbal note to 00:31:35.147 --> 00:31:38.027 it and then just i'm getting like 00:31:38.027 --> 00:31:40.787 almost like red pepper around like the lips in the back of 00:31:40.787 --> 00:31:43.647 the throat fantastic i started 00:31:43.647 --> 00:31:46.327 to pick up some peanuts not to cut you off but i started to pick up 00:31:46.327 --> 00:31:48.987 some nuttiness yeah i'm not as far along as you so i'm 00:31:48.987 --> 00:31:51.807 looking forward to that spice i hope it took a little while for 00:31:51.807 --> 00:31:54.967 that nut it was a lot of that herb herbal grassy 00:31:54.967 --> 00:31:57.707 note with some like darker sweetness and then 00:31:57.707 --> 00:32:02.727 the peanuts kicked in and now the spice is kicking in third the 00:32:02.727 --> 00:32:05.507 only band you need to have on 00:32:05.507 --> 00:32:08.267 this thing is that like the zeal 00:32:08.267 --> 00:32:12.367 team six their little that's their instagram profile that's 00:32:12.367 --> 00:32:15.547 what came on the outside of the packaging when i got it and i 00:32:15.547 --> 00:32:19.067 didn't even i didn't even look at 00:32:19.067 --> 00:32:21.967 veteran owned or anything when i ordered these i was just looking for 00:32:21.967 --> 00:32:25.567 a cigar that fit this you know irish or 00:32:25.567 --> 00:32:28.787 fake irish or whatever theme that we're doing today and so 00:32:28.787 --> 00:32:32.007 it's an irish hulk i was like perfect let me get three of these and i 00:32:32.007 --> 00:32:34.647 didn't even realize until the packaging came boom right on 00:32:34.647 --> 00:32:37.887 the label zeal team six i was like oh i gotta look this up now that's cool as 00:32:37.887 --> 00:32:41.547 shit and that's when i learned that they're you know veteran owned and you know 00:32:41.547 --> 00:32:46.747 family owned i was their son i think his name is bradley if i recall from reading 00:32:46.747 --> 00:32:50.547 there like about he does a couple different podcasts with cigar reviews and 00:32:50.547 --> 00:32:52.627 stuff too but I'm going to have to check that out. 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:59.019 The guy's name is Len Reith, or Reith. I apologize for mispronouncing that. 00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:04.199 But he landed with the first Marines to hit the beaches in the Vietnam War. 00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:08.979 After the war, he came back to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he met his wife, Vita. 00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:12.599 They gave birth to their first son, Bradley. Bradley's got a beard, 00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:17.299 so we might need to reach out to Mr. Bradley and see if he wants to talk about some of his cigars. 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:21.859 And just looking through, I remember Bradley did some podcasts, 00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:23.739 which, you know, we're a fan of. 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:27.219 So he has a YouTube channel, Best Cigar Reviews. 00:33:27.979 --> 00:33:34.819 And he also does a podcast called Cut Light and Smoke with Bradley and JV. 00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:39.939 I'll have to check both of those out. Definitely going to check those out. 00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:45.299 Yeah, no, I'm happy by chance just looking for an Irish themed cigar. 00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:49.979 I came across this website and this company because it's quick, fast shipping. 00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:53.379 I don't think the shipping was too much because I'm a stickler for shipping. 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:57.019 Notoriously known for having like 10 open carts on 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:59.979 my phone at all times because i can't put your on paying like 18 00:33:59.979 --> 00:34:03.699 shipping for a 20 order wait waiting 00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:06.819 on those hey we found something in your cart here's 10 off 00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:09.639 yeah yep i looked for those as well 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:13.439 but i pulled the trigger with these guys so i don't believe the shipping was 00:34:13.439 --> 00:34:20.939 too hateful but yeah no zeal cigars.com check those guys out and going from 00:34:20.939 --> 00:34:27.479 the Irish Hulk to the whip it's better than the other way around, 00:34:28.359 --> 00:34:31.019 I still don't like it oh, 00:34:31.979 --> 00:34:36.279 because you get well now I'm starting to get that peanut nuttiness it's like 00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:40.779 raw peanut going to this butterscotch it just plays nice together, 00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:46.119 but the other way around it doesn't so I could smoke and then drink but not 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:50.699 drink and then smoke if we're just talking about this Shanky's whip. 00:34:52.040 --> 00:34:56.280 But that being said, we got one more pour, the star of the show. 00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:59.520 The only reason I wanted to do another St. Patrick's Day episode, 00:34:59.520 --> 00:35:05.200 because we've done this one before, is for this next pour that I sent out that I saw. 00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:10.800 It's lighter than apple juice. It looks like, yeah, let's go with apple juice. 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:14.020 It's lighter than apple juice, but let's go with apple juice. 00:35:14.020 --> 00:35:17.140 I saw an interview with Mr. 00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:23.740 Carr where he talked about him and a few friends buying a whiskey, 00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:28.580 and I was intrigued because I think he's one of the funnier people on the planet. 00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:35.580 And so I've been looking to buy this bottle and kept holding back because it 00:35:35.580 --> 00:35:42.560 is lightly peated, and even my palate despises light peat or anything peat. 00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:48.280 If you say the word peat while I'm drinking Jim Beam, my stomach will turn. 00:35:48.520 --> 00:35:50.800 I do not like peated products whatsoever. 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:56.340 But to each his own, some people love it. So thankfully, this is lightly peated. 00:35:56.580 --> 00:36:00.820 So for this episode, I figured let's pull the trigger and let's perch this bottle. 00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:08.060 This is a bottle. It is Irish triple still grain whiskey aged in virgin cask. 00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:17.180 It says it is ex-American bourbon casts sharing mature triple distilled malt 00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:20.840 what else here okay go sorry. 00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:25.399 Catching up with my notes here. So it's an Irish whiskey, peat smoke, 00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:29.879 triple distilled, inspired by the peat. It says right on the front label. 00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:35.999 It's inspired by the past. This well-balanced Irish whiskey with its peated 00:36:35.999 --> 00:36:41.679 characteristics and depth of flavors lends itself to a quality experience. 00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:44.519 Slantra or slain or however you want to pronounce it. 00:36:45.499 --> 00:36:50.599 These tasting notes are that on the nose, the peat is noticeable, but fairly mild. 00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:53.499 Just get some caramel some soft fruit like pear 00:36:53.499 --> 00:36:56.859 the taste we should find some light honey light 00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:59.819 caramel like pear and like peat and on 00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:02.519 the finish we should get peat they say peat a lot in this i don't know 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:05.639 man um just get 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:10.379 some finish on the peat finish will be peat barrel char and ash mild honey and 00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:16.079 mild pear mild white pepper lingering warmth moderately long i can't imagine 00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:21.599 a long finish for this like the light color that they got here with no legs 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:24.239 like I can't imagine a long finish but we'll see. 00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:29.200 What we're going to be drinking here is it says it's full of 00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:34.080 surprises so let's 00:37:34.080 --> 00:37:37.240 get into it this whiskey is a company co-founded by 00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:40.240 russell crow ed sheeran and jimmy carr and ronan 00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:43.980 keating they invested in donagall 00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:47.220 distillery which is who produces this so 00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:50.020 everybody knows russell russell crow the 00:37:50.020 --> 00:37:53.100 gladiator ed sheeran the superstar 00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:57.380 and jimmy carr the very dapper comedian ronan 00:37:57.380 --> 00:38:00.480 keating i want to say it's probably just their friend investor i'm 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:04.700 not sure he's not at least in limelight i'm not exactly sure what he does but 00:38:04.700 --> 00:38:08.540 there's been some interviews where they all just kind of sit around in a bar 00:38:08.540 --> 00:38:16.480 and drink this i don't see how that friend group works but okay like ed sheeran 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.660 Russell Crowe, Jimmy Carr. 00:38:18.580 --> 00:38:21.980 Okay. Sounds like fun. I'd like to sit at the table and drink whiskey until 00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.020 we're drunk with those guys. 00:38:23.540 --> 00:38:30.500 But yeah, it says that Russell Crowe and Ed Sheeran are old drinking buddies, which sounds okay. 00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:36.460 I would have never guessed that, but I think he's like 30-something and Russell 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:41.360 Crowe's probably pushing 60, but supposedly they're really good friends and drinking buddies. 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:46.280 Ed Sheeran has a quote that said, I started hanging out with Russell Crowe because 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:48.300 he's He loves getting drunk and I love getting drunk. 00:38:49.843 --> 00:38:54.943 So, all right. He said, we don't get anything from each other other than just a night out. 00:38:55.083 --> 00:38:57.903 So, you know, they're both famous and wealthy. 00:38:58.123 --> 00:39:01.343 I guess they don't expect anything from each other. Just have fun, 00:39:01.643 --> 00:39:05.243 drink, talk, tell stories, and eventually buy a whiskey brand. 00:39:05.843 --> 00:39:08.843 So this is the bottle, which is cool as shit. It's got the old, 00:39:09.043 --> 00:39:11.543 you know, the one-finger hook on the top. 00:39:11.643 --> 00:39:14.123 I don't know if that's called. I used to remember what the name of this was, 00:39:14.163 --> 00:39:16.183 but it's like off those whiskey jugs. 00:39:16.423 --> 00:39:19.463 And it's called The Muff. it's from 00:39:19.463 --> 00:39:22.463 the muff liquor company they make whiskeys and vodkas 00:39:22.463 --> 00:39:25.283 and if you google jimmy car talking about 00:39:25.283 --> 00:39:28.223 the muff brand he'll make you laugh yeah just 00:39:28.223 --> 00:39:31.003 talking about it so it's it's a 00:39:31.003 --> 00:39:34.203 pretty good watch just google that also real real 00:39:34.203 --> 00:39:37.263 quick we are in women's history month muff liquor company 00:39:37.263 --> 00:39:40.583 is a female funded or female founded award-winning 00:39:40.583 --> 00:39:44.143 irish craft spirits brand launched in 2018 by laura 00:39:44.143 --> 00:39:46.983 bonner so not only we hitting the 00:39:46.983 --> 00:39:49.843 uh irish theme we're hitting the women's history month 00:39:49.843 --> 00:39:55.983 theme yeah and if i yep and if i recall it's from i'd have to look this up again 00:39:55.983 --> 00:40:01.203 but i was reading about it when i bought it it's like from muff county or something 00:40:01.203 --> 00:40:04.983 like that that's where it gets its name but obviously there's double entendre 00:40:04.983 --> 00:40:07.903 there but yeah it gets its name from a historic, 00:40:08.183 --> 00:40:11.503 I want to say county or town in Ireland. 00:40:11.983 --> 00:40:15.363 I'd have to find that for you, but oh yeah, there you go. I found it. 00:40:15.463 --> 00:40:18.163 It's Muff in County Donegal, Ireland. 00:40:18.543 --> 00:40:25.303 So Muff must be a town in County Donegal, Ireland. I was founded in 2017 and originally launched. 00:40:26.618 --> 00:40:32.078 That and their muff gin in February 2018. The core lineup includes potato-based vodka and gin, 00:40:32.238 --> 00:40:38.298 as well as triple distilled five-part blend peat Irish whiskey, 00:40:38.298 --> 00:40:43.578 which is the subject of our review here today. And I'm getting into the nosing. 00:40:44.358 --> 00:40:47.698 And it's not too bad. It doesn't scare me away. 00:40:48.318 --> 00:40:52.698 There's a little peat in there. A hint. Yeah. It's like somebody's yelling it from the other room. 00:40:53.458 --> 00:40:58.778 There's some honey. And then there's... What is that? Heat on the palate, though. Yeah. 00:41:00.258 --> 00:41:03.418 Not horrible. Doesn't make me want to tip the glass over onto the floor. 00:41:05.218 --> 00:41:07.358 There's super sweetness that comes through on the palate, too, 00:41:08.238 --> 00:41:09.678 that it kind of cuts through that peat. 00:41:10.498 --> 00:41:13.398 Yeah, I almost get like an orange or citrus on the palate. 00:41:14.878 --> 00:41:18.958 There's that peat, but it's not like overpowering. Very viscous. 00:41:19.898 --> 00:41:24.958 Yeah, which doesn't look like that, and it doesn't have really the legs on the 00:41:24.958 --> 00:41:26.618 glass to back that up, but it is. 00:41:27.058 --> 00:41:30.538 It almost tastes, and I know it's not, I know they're not putting additives, 00:41:30.678 --> 00:41:34.158 but in a blind, I would say that they're adding something to this, 00:41:34.298 --> 00:41:37.598 some kind of caramel or sweetness or, you know, some kind of sweetener or something 00:41:37.598 --> 00:41:39.538 because it is very sweet and it's viscous. 00:41:40.118 --> 00:41:41.878 But I know they're not doing that, so. 00:41:42.718 --> 00:41:46.538 Good spice on the front, that citrus note, that little bit of peat. 00:41:47.809 --> 00:41:50.649 Something else there i can't figure out what it is it ain't bad 00:41:50.649 --> 00:41:53.729 yeah it's like orange field peat 00:41:53.729 --> 00:41:57.089 and honey yeah yeah i was i was honestly uh 00:41:57.089 --> 00:42:01.049 skeptical of this especially knowing some 00:42:01.049 --> 00:42:05.149 of the people that uh back this up and then looking at the damn color of it 00:42:05.149 --> 00:42:10.889 yeah and i just the universe made me eat my words after that i guess after the 00:42:10.889 --> 00:42:17.809 glass set for a minute the legs are outrageous like they're exact quarter inch apart just drippy legs, 00:42:18.689 --> 00:42:23.089 on the glass what we're talking about in the Glencairn it sticks to the side 00:42:23.089 --> 00:42:27.309 walls of the Glencairn if you let it sit and it just forms these beautiful legs 00:42:27.309 --> 00:42:29.409 coming down the glass and that's you know. 00:42:31.416 --> 00:42:36.556 Weird color though the color is off-putting and i almost wish they had some caramel color, 00:42:37.136 --> 00:42:41.396 make it look a little bit more appealing but i mean a lot of irish whiskeys 00:42:41.396 --> 00:42:47.296 are lighter in color i guess and you know we're we're looking for 125 proof 00:42:47.296 --> 00:42:50.256 you know whiskey sitting in a barrel, 00:42:50.876 --> 00:42:54.736 you know when they dump it they get you know 80 bottles out or something like 00:42:54.736 --> 00:43:01.056 that where this is not that at all this is 80 proof no sorry 86 proof so at 00:43:01.056 --> 00:43:03.156 least got a little bit extra but uh, 00:43:03.796 --> 00:43:07.436 i could say this might be like a a 00:43:07.436 --> 00:43:10.596 gateway pete it irish maybe 00:43:10.596 --> 00:43:13.756 because if you don't like pete 00:43:13.756 --> 00:43:16.816 a lot or don't think you like it this is it's like a whisper of 00:43:16.816 --> 00:43:20.096 it i despise pete and 00:43:20.096 --> 00:43:24.756 this is pretty good i don't mind this at all i'll drink this again yeah this 00:43:24.756 --> 00:43:30.396 this might be i'd say like a half step underneath what i say under earlier highland 00:43:30.396 --> 00:43:34.796 park highland yeah if you've ever had any of that it's it's probably a half 00:43:34.796 --> 00:43:37.956 step underneath that like pete's there but it's not, 00:43:38.756 --> 00:43:43.756 overpowering it's definitely not an isla it's not that stuff doesn't taste like 00:43:43.756 --> 00:43:49.616 band-aids doesn't tastes like hospital beds so it's enjoyable yeah i'll let 00:43:49.616 --> 00:43:51.356 my cigar go out again but yeah. 00:43:52.236 --> 00:43:55.116 This cigar on their website said 00:43:55.116 --> 00:43:59.736 it pairs with an irish whiskey so we're about to find that out i guess the spice 00:43:59.736 --> 00:44:04.456 kicks up with the going from the cigar to the whiskey yeah i could sit here 00:44:04.456 --> 00:44:09.496 all night and smoke and drink this one okay yeah i didn't notice the pete as 00:44:09.496 --> 00:44:12.856 much no i was just going to say that. That's why I was like, okay, let's go. 00:44:13.776 --> 00:44:19.716 Going from the cigar to the whiskey almost eliminates that hint or peak characteristic, 00:44:19.716 --> 00:44:21.956 I think, is how they worded it on the website. 00:44:23.855 --> 00:44:27.955 I'm a huge fan of. If I can smoke a cigar before I take a sip and eliminate 00:44:27.955 --> 00:44:34.435 the one note that I don't really care for in this four, then that's an easy $7.50 correction. 00:44:35.295 --> 00:44:41.535 Spend $7.50 on this cigar and remove that little peat note just from my own 00:44:41.535 --> 00:44:43.055 palate and that's a win for me. 00:44:43.755 --> 00:44:48.555 Yeah, that peat note definitely drops out with this cigar. That spice kicks up. 00:44:49.135 --> 00:44:53.975 More like that woody that woody note comes through from the cigar. 00:44:55.335 --> 00:44:59.735 Almost a nuttiness too from the cigar too. There's still like that. 00:45:00.035 --> 00:45:01.575 It's almost like peanut shells. 00:45:02.175 --> 00:45:06.555 Yeah, yeah. Like a dried peanut, you know. But I still get the honey. 00:45:06.675 --> 00:45:07.795 The honey sticks through. 00:45:08.355 --> 00:45:11.375 And I don't as much get that like orange zest. 00:45:11.395 --> 00:45:15.555 It kind of takes away the orange zest and the peat for me, but I can sacrifice 00:45:15.555 --> 00:45:17.615 the orange zest for the peat. 00:45:17.715 --> 00:45:21.215 I'll trade you the orange zest for the peat If you give me the nuttiness of 00:45:21.215 --> 00:45:22.895 the cigar, that's a win for me. 00:45:23.175 --> 00:45:28.815 I love the orange zest plain, but it comes with peat, so that's a sacrifice I'll make. 00:45:29.595 --> 00:45:34.555 Yeah, I don't mind a little peat. This one, I'd like to see it bumped up with 00:45:34.555 --> 00:45:35.675 another couple proof points. 00:45:36.175 --> 00:45:38.115 Oh, I'd love to try this at one, like 120. 00:45:38.675 --> 00:45:43.135 Shit, I'd be happy at, like, 96. Yeah, yeah, of course. 00:45:43.355 --> 00:45:48.135 But, yeah, if I could try a gas-strength version. We were intrigued just coming right out of the gas. 00:45:49.295 --> 00:45:54.155 I wonder if it would be more or less peat flavor. I wonder if the... 00:45:54.655 --> 00:45:58.395 I don't know the science behind that. I don't know if... 00:45:59.135 --> 00:46:03.375 My foot in my mouth because if I take it 120 and it's a peat bomb, 00:46:03.535 --> 00:46:07.035 then give me that 65 per please. 00:46:08.515 --> 00:46:12.615 I don't know. I feel like water would enhance the peat some more. I would think so too. 00:46:12.915 --> 00:46:17.175 That's why I would think higher strength, but that's science I don't know to be honest. 00:46:17.555 --> 00:46:22.395 I would think higher proof would kind of take that away and bring out some more of the other flavors. 00:46:24.485 --> 00:46:29.205 Sure. It could be the other way around. It could just be a peak bomb at 110. It could be. 00:46:31.045 --> 00:46:36.425 Well, either way, I'm glad that group of investors slash friends came together 00:46:36.425 --> 00:46:39.665 because it's a cool bottle. It's kind of great. It's a cool little label. 00:46:40.245 --> 00:46:43.725 Or a cool bottle, not label. Well, it is a cool label. 00:46:44.965 --> 00:46:50.765 Color scheme. Cool label. I love the little hook on it for the little eyelet. 00:46:51.285 --> 00:46:54.665 Put your finger in. Yeah, it says right on the back of the bottle, 00:46:54.845 --> 00:46:57.945 muffed Donegal embossed in the bottle. 00:46:58.845 --> 00:47:03.085 So, yeah, but definitely, I'm sure there's interviews out there with Ed Sheeran 00:47:03.085 --> 00:47:09.005 and Russell Crowe about this, who are both, you know, two pretty well-known drinkers. 00:47:09.585 --> 00:47:15.925 I did not know Jimmy Carr was a big drinker, but evidently he is in that world as well. 00:47:16.045 --> 00:47:20.745 But when he talks about, there's a clip that you can Google when he talks about 00:47:20.745 --> 00:47:24.765 him and his friends buying this brand. And that was the first time I heard about 00:47:24.765 --> 00:47:29.505 it and the first time that I knew he even was acquaintance with any of those guys. 00:47:29.745 --> 00:47:34.365 And it's a pretty funny clip. He's a funny dude. And, oh, he's hilarious. 00:47:34.665 --> 00:47:37.585 I remember the first time I saw him, I was like, oh, this dude's going to be, 00:47:37.585 --> 00:47:38.985 like, dry and this and that. 00:47:39.305 --> 00:47:42.305 And I started, like, just watching different clips. I was like, 00:47:42.345 --> 00:47:43.885 all right, this guy's actually pretty fucking funny. 00:47:45.025 --> 00:47:49.545 Oh, yeah. At Google, somebody asked him, what's the, I think, 00:47:49.705 --> 00:47:53.985 either the funniest or the joke that you've got the most hate from? 00:47:55.552 --> 00:47:59.032 It's about mosquito nets. It's hilarious. Just dark humor. 00:47:59.452 --> 00:48:02.192 But, you know, if you don't know who we're talking about, Google him. 00:48:02.272 --> 00:48:03.972 You'll know him once you Google him. 00:48:04.092 --> 00:48:09.972 But he's an English guy that's in a three-piece suit out on stage and just tells 00:48:09.972 --> 00:48:12.552 messed up, hilarious jokes. 00:48:14.412 --> 00:48:18.112 Not PC jokes. How did you say that? There you go. There he is. 00:48:18.812 --> 00:48:22.412 He's very put together and proper, and then he walks out and blows your mind 00:48:22.412 --> 00:48:25.252 with some of the fucked up jokes he tells, 00:48:25.252 --> 00:48:28.852 which is great but yeah i'm uh 00:48:28.852 --> 00:48:32.632 very pleasantly surprised with all 00:48:32.632 --> 00:48:36.472 of these products i knew we would like the oil pretty sturdy 00:48:36.472 --> 00:48:39.212 we would like the cigar from just what i 00:48:39.212 --> 00:48:42.452 was you know with ingredients you know the blend and 00:48:42.452 --> 00:48:45.232 i was very and i figured 00:48:45.232 --> 00:48:48.032 we'd like to be here it's a guinness it can't be that different than 00:48:48.032 --> 00:48:52.312 a regular guinness i'm pretty sure we both like regular guinness the the shankies 00:48:52.312 --> 00:48:55.972 and the the muff though are kind of surprises i did not know if i was going 00:48:55.972 --> 00:49:01.672 to like either one i was very skeptical about folks but i think there's a winner 00:49:01.672 --> 00:49:06.092 all across the board i don't know i think i think the whip surprised me more than the muff. 00:49:07.532 --> 00:49:12.212 Yeah if i had to pick a winner of the episode out of the five products not just 00:49:12.212 --> 00:49:17.012 for quality or whatever just the surprise like i'm definitely buying this one 00:49:17.012 --> 00:49:20.612 again And, like, I'm buying a 750. This is fantastic. 00:49:20.932 --> 00:49:23.472 I don't know if people are going to hate all this for saying that. 00:49:23.512 --> 00:49:27.012 I don't know if this is known to be a good product or if it's known to be just 00:49:27.012 --> 00:49:28.332 like a flavored whiskey or what. 00:49:28.512 --> 00:49:32.092 But I don't know any. If people hate on flavored whiskey, fuck them. 00:49:32.512 --> 00:49:36.472 Whatever. If it's good, it's good. Like, I'm not drinking it because I know 00:49:36.472 --> 00:49:42.732 or I think that the whiskey, like, tastes like butterscotch and cream soda. 00:49:42.792 --> 00:49:47.192 Or if I think Jim Beam apple tastes like fucking apples. No. We know it's flavored. 00:49:47.692 --> 00:49:51.572 Drink it if you like it. Yeah. This one I actually enjoy. I'm actually kind 00:49:51.572 --> 00:49:54.272 of want to go out and grab some vanilla ice cream and pour this over it. 00:49:55.903 --> 00:49:59.483 So many different things that this would be good on like 00:49:59.483 --> 00:50:03.323 i said before i think this would be perfect just as a a replacement 00:50:03.323 --> 00:50:06.203 for simple syrup and like in cocktails because it 00:50:06.203 --> 00:50:09.183 has some proof to it as well so you know you're getting 00:50:09.183 --> 00:50:12.403 a little bit out of proof on your sweetener quote 00:50:12.403 --> 00:50:18.303 unquote because it is very sweet yes but i do really enjoy that it's getting 00:50:18.303 --> 00:50:22.723 worn now it's still pretty good because i brought it out chill yeah i have a 00:50:22.723 --> 00:50:26.243 mini fridge out here that it stayed in until we stuck right before we started 00:50:26.243 --> 00:50:31.983 recording that being said it is 55 out here so it's still pretty cool but 00:50:32.423 --> 00:50:36.223 it uh yeah this is i don't 00:50:36.223 --> 00:50:39.943 know if i'd grab a whole 750 but i might grab a couple of these 100s it's 00:50:39.943 --> 00:50:42.903 financially responsible to grab the 750 once 00:50:42.903 --> 00:50:45.623 you grab a couple of these you're only gonna get 300 mil for the same 00:50:45.623 --> 00:50:48.523 price 750 but pull the trigger gary 00:50:48.523 --> 00:50:52.103 oh yeah i think it's just more of a experimenting 00:50:52.103 --> 00:50:55.863 with it with cocktails and simple syrups and coffee and 00:50:55.863 --> 00:51:02.323 ice cream and stuff like that oh yeah no this is i mean it's over ice i could 00:51:02.323 --> 00:51:07.563 see this being a neat pour but not more than one it's it's too sweet like a 00:51:07.563 --> 00:51:12.143 little nice little after dinner pour yeah yeah put a couple ice cubes in there 00:51:12.143 --> 00:51:14.903 great little sweet after dinner pour exactly um. 00:51:16.429 --> 00:51:19.489 It like you said on ice cream or in cocktails different 00:51:19.489 --> 00:51:22.209 things like that at this this is 00:51:22.209 --> 00:51:25.989 something i want to have on the freezer door yeah i 00:51:25.989 --> 00:51:28.869 don't know how much i have of this left but i might grab one 00:51:28.869 --> 00:51:31.629 of those little one ounce boston rounds i have in 00:51:31.629 --> 00:51:34.929 there pour it in there put it in the refrigerator and then 00:51:34.929 --> 00:51:38.189 try it with coffee one of these days because yeah 00:51:38.189 --> 00:51:41.549 this would be great like on sunday morning this would 00:51:41.549 --> 00:51:45.089 be like this is oh i'm just well we're 00:51:45.089 --> 00:51:48.389 barely into the football season now but those freaking 00:51:48.389 --> 00:51:51.569 nine o'clock games that everybody hates this is 00:51:51.569 --> 00:51:54.329 the perfect coffee for this and 00:51:54.329 --> 00:51:59.789 some fresh brewed coffee for those 9 a.m amazon games on the east coast that's 00:51:59.789 --> 00:52:05.729 that's in my future let's see i'm it's monday i'm off wednesday i might have 00:52:05.729 --> 00:52:10.029 to make a put some of this into my coffee i'm on wednesday when i'm off i ain't 00:52:10.029 --> 00:52:12.549 got shit to do except rearrange the garage. 00:52:12.789 --> 00:52:17.409 So that'll make the rearrange in the garage not so bad. A little less frustrating. 00:52:19.597 --> 00:52:24.857 I talked about those 9 a.m. football games. I think we got to wait because we 00:52:24.857 --> 00:52:28.837 got a little coffee episode with coffee beard oil, coffee cigar, 00:52:29.157 --> 00:52:32.217 coffee pours, whatever. 00:52:32.797 --> 00:52:37.757 I think we're going to have to wait for one of those 9 a.m. 00:52:38.057 --> 00:52:43.297 Games for that get up and outside at 9 a.m. to watch these games and drink and smoke. 00:52:43.857 --> 00:52:47.817 And I think we all need to grab another little can of these if you don't already 00:52:47.817 --> 00:52:49.337 have a bottle, which I will by then. 00:52:49.597 --> 00:52:52.497 In your freezer door and experiment with this. 00:52:52.677 --> 00:52:59.497 Like I said, I'll let you guys know on most likely Wednesday how this goes with coffee. 00:53:00.657 --> 00:53:05.637 Yeah. I'm just, I don't, I put a, go ahead. 00:53:05.837 --> 00:53:09.277 I was going to say, I'm kind of upset that I haven't just grabbed one of these 00:53:09.277 --> 00:53:11.797 walking through Total Wine before because I've always seen them. 00:53:11.917 --> 00:53:14.797 I've never seen them in these mini cans. I've seen them in the 750s. 00:53:14.877 --> 00:53:18.397 I've never seen them in the cans. Yeah, the 750s, the label caught my eye because 00:53:18.397 --> 00:53:19.737 it looks like Cracker Jacks. Yeah. 00:53:20.117 --> 00:53:23.757 And I've seen the little 50 mils, which are just airplane bottles. 00:53:24.237 --> 00:53:27.117 But once I started seeing these 100 mil cans, I was like, okay, 00:53:27.237 --> 00:53:29.557 those are just cool. They're cool looking little cans. 00:53:29.837 --> 00:53:32.377 Like, just grab one. And I just, I never did. 00:53:34.397 --> 00:53:39.757 Late to the game, I guess, but it's pretty good. Yeah. Like I said, 00:53:39.797 --> 00:53:42.097 I'll let you guys know Wednesday how it goes in coffee. 00:53:43.257 --> 00:53:48.957 I put like a splash of – is that wind picking up on the microphone? 00:53:49.577 --> 00:53:51.197 I didn't know if it was yours or mine. 00:53:52.137 --> 00:53:57.137 I heard it. It's been whipping around. We had the storm front earlier. 00:53:57.277 --> 00:53:58.337 Paul's getting it right now. 00:53:59.157 --> 00:54:02.957 Yeah, it's just whipping around out there. But yeah, I put just enough splash 00:54:02.957 --> 00:54:07.717 in there to change the coffee from like black to black brown, 00:54:07.937 --> 00:54:09.157 like just enough to change it. 00:54:09.237 --> 00:54:14.597 And then we do, we got these like sugar-free like caramel pumps and toasted 00:54:14.597 --> 00:54:15.897 marshmallow pumps, stuff like that. 00:54:16.117 --> 00:54:19.897 And I put one or two in there just to kind of take the acidity out of the coffee. 00:54:20.537 --> 00:54:25.757 I think that a little splash of this will take that stuff out of the equation. Oh yeah. 00:54:26.337 --> 00:54:29.437 And add a little proof to you. A little, it's fucking... 00:54:30.607 --> 00:54:34.087 Say 33 percent yeah 33 perfect for 00:54:34.087 --> 00:54:38.907 wednesday morning there you go the further 00:54:38.907 --> 00:54:43.827 along i get in this cigar the more i like it the dark darker it gets the more 00:54:43.827 --> 00:54:48.927 spicy it gets first third was all right like it's not for a seven dollar cigar 00:54:48.927 --> 00:54:53.527 you can't say it's terrible well i guess you could but for seven dollar cigar 00:54:53.527 --> 00:54:58.427 i'm not gonna say no to it starting to get to that second third that spice picked up, like I said, 00:54:58.647 --> 00:55:02.887 and now starting to get towards the last two inches or so of it, it's, 00:55:03.567 --> 00:55:08.987 it's like, I don't know if it's because of the Guinness or the whip getting 00:55:08.987 --> 00:55:10.847 a little bit of like, or just talking about it. 00:55:10.967 --> 00:55:16.227 There's a little bit of like a coffee toffee sort of note in there. 00:55:16.767 --> 00:55:22.507 But yeah, I'm probably not going to be one that I go on to Zeal to buy by itself. 00:55:22.667 --> 00:55:25.807 But if I'm on Zeal's website, picking some up, definitely going to throw at 00:55:25.807 --> 00:55:27.067 least one or two of these on 00:55:27.227 --> 00:55:29.967 my order if they have them in stock yeah but 00:55:29.967 --> 00:55:32.647 it does give me the confidence to go on 00:55:32.647 --> 00:55:37.127 zeal's website again as a first time buyer of these to know that whatever i 00:55:37.127 --> 00:55:40.827 find on there i'm going to be confident ordering some more stuff from them now 00:55:40.827 --> 00:55:44.827 because i just randomly came across these and they're pretty damn good for a 00:55:44.827 --> 00:55:48.867 seven bucks scar so i've tried a couple of their other house blends going off 00:55:48.867 --> 00:55:51.847 their you know notes but i'm gonna have to. 00:55:53.428 --> 00:55:58.508 Card up and wait for them to send me a coupon code for 10 off after it sits in my cart for two days, 00:55:59.168 --> 00:56:03.488 how do you even pick which house blend you want to go with there i told you 00:56:03.488 --> 00:56:09.248 i scrolled through there's like i don't know how many 50 different houseplants they have on there. 00:56:12.388 --> 00:56:18.868 Yeah well he's counting because he won't be done anytime soon 40 was that 46 or 48 yeah, 00:56:19.468 --> 00:56:22.208 there's there's a ton on there which i was 00:56:22.208 --> 00:56:25.068 shocked by but uh they're they're not all 00:56:25.068 --> 00:56:28.568 the same it's not like they're just grabbing different bands 00:56:28.568 --> 00:56:32.528 and put them on them they all have different you know ingredients and i did 00:56:32.528 --> 00:56:38.988 find i did find they they partner up with a undisclosed nicaraguan or dominican 00:56:38.988 --> 00:56:44.368 factory so they're coming out of the dominican but they don't disclose who it 00:56:44.368 --> 00:56:45.968 is That's what I figured, 00:56:46.088 --> 00:56:51.228 because it said it was the Cuban seed Dominican filler, so I figured it was somebody... 00:56:52.771 --> 00:56:56.291 That was making these out of the factory. But yeah, I looked all over their 00:56:56.291 --> 00:56:59.711 website. I couldn't find that they were shouting out who it was. 00:57:00.091 --> 00:57:04.071 But whatever. I mean, great quality stars. Like I said, the construction, 00:57:04.411 --> 00:57:06.311 the draw, been fantastic. 00:57:06.771 --> 00:57:11.571 I had the one issue with the burn line. It gets a little sideways and then catches up. 00:57:11.991 --> 00:57:17.271 I feel like that's due to the barber pole because I can follow the wrap on. 00:57:17.411 --> 00:57:20.471 Like you can see, like right now, it's kind of getting a little wonky, 00:57:20.591 --> 00:57:22.611 but it follows that candela. 00:57:22.771 --> 00:57:26.051 Where it doesn't burn through and then it has to catch up. 00:57:26.511 --> 00:57:32.491 So it's like with the different rat barber pole, it kind of follows that. 00:57:32.691 --> 00:57:36.731 So I don't know. Actually, now that you say it, like where I have the little 00:57:36.731 --> 00:57:39.431 high spot is the Candela too. 00:57:40.071 --> 00:57:44.431 Yeah, so it's like that burns maybe a little bit slower than the other ones. 00:57:44.491 --> 00:57:50.751 And that's why if you're not on it every 45 seconds, then it kind of will go 00:57:50.751 --> 00:57:52.591 a little bit wonky and then catch. 00:57:52.591 --> 00:57:55.331 It's been catching itself up the only one time where i 00:57:55.331 --> 00:57:59.691 let it sit in the aftray and kind of burn out is where i had to like fix it 00:57:59.691 --> 00:58:05.211 but other than that it fixes itself but it doesn't have a pure straight burn 00:58:05.211 --> 00:58:09.111 but i don't really care i'm not taking pictures for instagram or anything while 00:58:09.111 --> 00:58:14.971 i'm smoking as long as it catches up and consistently burns you know nice as a great draw. 00:58:15.971 --> 00:58:17.731 I'm good with it. No, it's been growl. 00:58:17.891 --> 00:58:23.511 The whole smoke so far, the draw has been fantastic. Not too loose, not too tight. 00:58:24.131 --> 00:58:29.951 I'd say it's medium-mild overall. I'd go a little bit more closer to mild than medium. 00:58:30.131 --> 00:58:32.311 Yeah. Yeah, it definitely, yeah. 00:58:33.399 --> 00:58:38.799 Starts more mild than medium. Probably works a little bit closer to medium as you're going through. 00:58:39.179 --> 00:58:42.219 You can look when your pepper comes through, kind of brings it. 00:58:42.219 --> 00:58:48.539 And then that's in like the strength, the body or like the flavor body, 00:58:48.599 --> 00:58:52.479 whatever you want to call it, is mild. Yeah, about the same. 00:58:52.719 --> 00:58:56.219 So, yeah, it starts about medium or mild to medium, then shoots up to medium. 00:58:56.679 --> 00:59:00.919 Yeah, I'm not mad at this at all. Like, and like you said, for like seven bucks, 00:59:01.059 --> 00:59:07.119 it's, it's not one that I would be sad about putting out if I had to run or 00:59:07.119 --> 00:59:10.279 sit around the fire pit and it falls into a fire or something like that. Yeah. 00:59:10.699 --> 00:59:13.119 Like I said earlier, I'm not too big of a fan of barber poles, 00:59:13.319 --> 00:59:15.919 but this one, this one I can enjoy. 00:59:16.339 --> 00:59:19.979 Great looking one. I love that candela leaf in there that pops. 00:59:20.499 --> 00:59:22.739 That's a cool, really cool looking cigar. 00:59:23.779 --> 00:59:28.759 So yeah. And that being said, once you get out of that first third or so, 00:59:28.819 --> 00:59:33.639 and that bitterness starts dying down, I get a good amount of it on the retro 00:59:33.639 --> 00:59:34.799 if you go through that throughout. 00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:38.059 Like, I don't retro all the time. Every once in a while, I'll do it. 00:59:38.139 --> 00:59:42.599 But the whole time, I was getting that bitter candela styled through the retro. 00:59:42.759 --> 00:59:47.359 There's a herbalness to it. Yeah. That's like kind of bitter. Yeah. But just normal. 00:59:47.939 --> 00:59:50.959 Once you get out of that first third, it's really not there anymore. 00:59:51.879 --> 00:59:54.899 Yeah. No. No. i'm a 00:59:54.899 --> 00:59:58.359 fan of all these products like i said i knew i'd like the beer i know 00:59:58.359 --> 01:00:02.139 i love the beard oil is great the beer is great cigar 01:00:02.139 --> 01:00:05.259 i figured we'd like that wind is blowing 01:00:05.259 --> 01:00:08.979 and i'm trying to pull my what's gonna say is someone trying to break into your 01:00:08.979 --> 01:00:13.279 shed that's it feels like somebody's on the other side yanking that that's that's 01:00:13.279 --> 01:00:17.239 what happened here earlier we have tornado warnings all around the area i was 01:00:17.239 --> 01:00:22.319 coming in from out of town i had to drive through it going 40 50 miles an hour on 95, 01:00:22.799 --> 01:00:25.959 shouldn't see the car in front of me, 100 feet in front of me. 01:00:26.099 --> 01:00:27.939 It was coming down. The wipers couldn't keep up. 01:00:28.419 --> 01:00:33.119 It was touching down counties around me. It's been crazy, but it's, 01:00:33.705 --> 01:00:36.425 pick up here so that's how it was earlier we 01:00:36.425 --> 01:00:39.405 had a couple watches but we were sitting down just 01:00:39.405 --> 01:00:42.185 talking all of a sudden it sounded like someone's in a front door trying to shake it 01:00:42.185 --> 01:00:44.905 open yeah and then we pulled up 01:00:44.905 --> 01:00:48.705 a ring camera no one's there we knew it was the wind but she decided to go and 01:00:48.705 --> 01:00:52.025 just kind of peek her head out there to see what it looked like and she almost 01:00:52.025 --> 01:00:55.485 got smacked in the face with the door because the wind just as soon as she cracked 01:00:55.485 --> 01:01:00.645 it it just shot back at her so yeah just go to the back door we had a sliding 01:01:00.645 --> 01:01:03.185 door it's not going to hit you in the face right yeah, 01:01:03.765 --> 01:01:07.205 I'm not looking forward to walking back in the house and this because it sounds 01:01:07.205 --> 01:01:09.385 like they're just buckets of frames. 01:01:09.745 --> 01:01:14.045 That being said, we've dropped almost 15 degrees since I've been out here. 01:01:15.825 --> 01:01:19.645 I had to kick my heater on. I have a little heater next to me. 01:01:19.865 --> 01:01:23.765 My heater and my spot cooler set up for whatever temperature I need. 01:01:24.205 --> 01:01:26.945 It came out and it was perfect. It was like in the 50s. 01:01:27.525 --> 01:01:31.325 I had to kick the heater on halfway through reporting because it started to 01:01:31.325 --> 01:01:38.645 get we were like high 60s almost 70 when we when i jumped out here started and 01:01:38.645 --> 01:01:45.525 it's it's low 50s now we we can definitely hear the rain now hitting you i was gonna say i got my, 01:01:46.165 --> 01:01:49.145 sound canceling mic on but if you can't hear that i 01:01:49.145 --> 01:01:55.065 don't know because i can barely hear you talking like 300 but yeah 01:01:55.065 --> 01:01:58.425 i'm gonna mute i don't know if you want to talk this out because uh this I'm 01:01:58.425 --> 01:02:01.145 gonna I don't know if you can even hear what I'm saying right 01:02:01.145 --> 01:02:06.145 now but it's bucketing all day right now yeah so I guess we'll send it over 01:02:06.145 --> 01:02:10.085 to Adam to sign us out of course he's not here so we gotta fuck this all up 01:02:10.085 --> 01:02:13.765 again so that wraps it up for another episode of bourbon beards and belvedeers 01:02:13.765 --> 01:02:20.405 take a look at all these I did not pull any of these websites up we do that real quick, 01:02:22.119 --> 01:02:28.519 Look up at all these products that we've had on the show. Shankieswhip.com. 01:02:31.119 --> 01:02:36.959 Guinness is Guinness.com. I just had muff up and I canceled it out. Yeah. 01:02:38.459 --> 01:02:44.759 The muff liquor co.com. And then zeal was zeal cigars.com. If I remember correctly. 01:02:45.619 --> 01:02:49.439 Yep. Zeal cigars.com. Sorry. I think that many tornadoes just went through because 01:02:49.439 --> 01:02:50.879 it just cleared up after it shook. 01:02:51.119 --> 01:02:56.839 I was saying. I got nervous like and now it's coming back so I don't know but 01:02:56.839 --> 01:02:59.179 yeah it's zealcigars.com and uh, 01:02:59.899 --> 01:03:09.639 yeah sorry I think if you're listening to it on Spotify Apple or one of the audio podcasts. 01:03:11.199 --> 01:03:14.119 Sorry maybe look in the description we'll probably put it there but if you're 01:03:14.119 --> 01:03:19.039 listening to it on YouTube there'll be a nice little description that has all 01:03:19.039 --> 01:03:23.919 the links here in a second but Yeah, so like Adam usually says. 01:03:24.099 --> 01:03:29.739 As always, we encourage you to support your local veterans, active duty military 01:03:29.739 --> 01:03:32.759 members, first responders, LEOs, firemen. 01:03:33.499 --> 01:03:40.499 Let's be sure to support those that give all for us and support children in 01:03:40.499 --> 01:03:43.819 your area, children that are known to you, children in your community. 01:03:44.039 --> 01:03:48.439 Let's watch out for those that are the most vulnerable because the world's fucking 01:03:48.439 --> 01:03:50.459 crazy and it's only getting crazier. 01:03:50.459 --> 01:03:55.539 As always, enjoy your spirits and your cigars responsibly Yeah, 01:03:55.699 --> 01:03:58.279 I said these products were fantastic This cigar's pretty good, 01:03:58.359 --> 01:04:00.639 getting better and better And until next week, 01:04:00.819 --> 01:04:06.919 cheers And Paul has, maybe that tornado took him out We'll have to get a confirmation 01:04:06.919 --> 01:04:08.679 later Until next week, cheers, 01:04:10.219 --> 01:04:12.699 We'll be right back. 01:04:20.459 --> 01:04:20.499 Bye. 01:04:57.486 --> 01:05:01.706 Bourbon beards and belveteers is produced by adam bolden paul rousseau and jerry 01:05:01.706 --> 01:05:06.426 ullman edited by jerry ullman music by ryan johnson you can find all of our 01:05:06.426 --> 01:05:11.846 links on our website at bourbonbeardsandbelveteers.com and at beacons.ai forward 01:05:11.846 --> 01:05:17.066 slash bourbonbeardsandbelveteers as always enjoy your bourbon and cigars responsibly cheers.

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