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"Angel's Envy Finished Rye; Odd Jobs and Piercings"

• Matt Sommerfield & Phil Stokes • Season 1 • Episode 51

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Ever found yourself caught in a whirlwind of quirky jobs and unexpected career twists? Matt and Phil kick off this episode with tales of comedy show blunders and the art of dodging delayed text messages, all while sharing a laugh over personalized whiskey glasses gifted by Phil's wife, Amy. With Angel's Envy finished rye in hand, the duo navigates the nuances of whiskey finishing and the delightful surprises of rum barrel aging, all stamped with their signature humor and camaraderie.

From the sizzling delight of Korean barbecue to the crunch of chicken wings, the conversation takes a flavorful turn, revealing the hilarious realities of food delivery escapades. Sharing stories from DoorDash adventures and the occasional pizza bag innovation, Matt and Phil explore the balancing act between work and passion, reflecting on missed comedy gigs and the unpredictable charm of odd jobs. Their laughter-filled dialogue offers an endearing look at the challenges and triumphs of prioritizing life's necessities.

As memories of retail days resurface, the pair recounts the rollercoaster of selling hats at Champs Sports, piercing ears at Claire's, and the customer adventures at a kiosk for personalized items. Their journey through past employment captures the unique blend of theatrics and reality reminiscent of their youthful fascination with professional wrestling. With a nod to the melodrama and athletic prowess of wrestling, Matt and Phil celebrate the captivating world where reality meets entertainment, inviting you to pour a glass and join their laughter-filled ride.

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Speaker 1:

I think what happens is when we hit the buttons, they interact and they don't allow you. Yeah, you can't, because you ever tried to? Yeah, have you ever tried to like? Let's try it right now. Use two at the same time. Yeah, you point at each other. It's just beep, beep. I'm not actually going to press it because I don't. Oh, I did it. Oh, it totally worked. Yeah, you did it. It was good. I have no idea what's happening. I'll tell you what time it is when I do, when I do this, I'll go, we'll be fine. Yeah, this is good. It's nice to see you again, phil. Matt, speed, hi, matt.

Speaker 1:

The show went well. By the way, what show? The comedy, the comedy show that I did. Oh, you texted me, that's right. Thank you for answering my text in person three days later. Appreciate that. Two days, technically, two and a half, one and a half. I texted you Sunday morning. You did. It is now Tuesday night. That's true, phil, it is Tuesday night. That's three days. I see, that's three days. I see it did go. Well, I did a new joke. Yeah, uh, I just messed it up, but it was a good show. Yeah, I did like 40 minutes. I thought the my favorite part of you answering my text was that I didn't show no, no, that that hey. Yeah, the show went okay, like you set it up like it was, it was all right. Yeah, the show went mediocre at best, the show went kind of bad right, I did a new joke. That was a bad decision.

Speaker 1:

Mostly welcome to whiskey bits with matt and phil, where we sip on everyday whiskeys and find the funny in our everyday lives. Most of good decisions. Yes, amy, your lovely wife, look at this. Guys, if you haven't seen these glasses, I'll edit a close-up in. I'll edit a close-up in. I doubt it If you. I doubt you will. So my lovely wife gave us a gift for Christmas. These are the whiskey bits glasses. These are what do we say? These are etched, but they're kind of like reverse etched. They're like the white part is etched, so there's more etching than not etching and so it like leaves the whiskey bits. It's really, really solid looking. I'll find out where she did this and Matt will not edit in the link to go in there.

Speaker 1:

Whiskey bits, everything we have, coasters, glasses. Oh, we should put these for sale. People go buy them. That's a good idea. That's actually a really good idea. Yeah, you too. So thanks, amy, really appreciate these. This is good.

Speaker 1:

And what's in the glass tonight? Well, before you say that, I'm just going to tell you, the next time I see Amy, I'm going to give her the Whiskey Bits. Stamp of approval, you better. Where should I put it? Better question when can I put it without you punching me in the face? In her hand? Okay, yeah, where can I put it without you punching me in the face? In my? Where can I put it without you punching me in the face? In my hand? That's where you can put it. I can put it in your hand. Good touche, that's good.

Speaker 1:

So in the glass today, what do we got in the glass today? We have angels envy finished rye oh, it's finished. So angels envy. They do a lot of their like, they do a lot of finished stuff. So hopefully, they, hopefully they're done when it's done. Their regular bourbon, it's not funny. Their regular bourbon is finished. I thought it was funny. It's finished. Ooh, did I spill on myself? It's finished as well.

Speaker 1:

This one, though these finished ryes are finished in Caribbean Caribbean. Wait, finished, though, means they've done this stuff. Dang it, bill. More fodder. Caribbean, caribbean, caribbean. What's the difference? It doesn't matter, right? One's a rum and one's a place. Really, I don't know. I think they're both a place. This is the same exact thing. So these are finished in rum barrels. Okay, from the Caribbean, the Caribbean, yeah, maybe you're Caribbean. If you're from the Caribbean, oh, that could be it. Is that what? It is? Probably All right, but the regular Angel's Envy, as we all know. We all know it Finished in port barrels. Oh, and these are in rum barrels. These are in rum barrels. So this is a rye whiskey. I do like the rum.

Speaker 1:

This is 100 proof rye whiskey. Oh, there's more of a label over here. Look at that. Oh, look at that. What does it say? Look at that. There's a batch number, 11x. Okay, bottle number 9633. So if anybody else has 9632, 9633, well, there's only one 96-33. If it's bottle number, right? Oh, yeah, yeah, I was thinking barrel number, you were thinking barrel. And then there's a spot to write down, uncorked, on date. That's personal when you open it. I don't think we should. I didn't write it in. How dare they ask that? I mean, that is a personal question. I did not write that one in. So Angel's Envy comes from Louisville, kentucky.

Speaker 1:

It's pretty well known. When did you first get uncorked 95% rye on this guy? 95% rye, shall we? Let's use the Dom-Naz? We haven't talked about that in a while. Yeah, it's been a little bit.

Speaker 1:

Oh, wow, that's definitely Definitely rum. I mean, I'm getting, but like what's rum? Sweetness? Caramel-y, caramel-y for sure. Caramel is the thing that's on the nose here. Yeah, caramel, there's so much caramel, almost like. Yeah, like, how do you make caramel? Sugar, sugar and water. It's kind of like burnt sugar, right? Yeah, there's a little bit of that burnt kind of nuttiness, almost raisiny kind of dried fruit caramel. Yeah, good color. No age statement on this one, but, like I said, about 100 proof, let's give it a little taste there. Oh, it smells so good. Tastes even better. Tastes, even better.

Speaker 1:

This was one of those that when I first started drinking whiskeys, um, and getting into bourbon, I was not a big fan of the finished stuff. I really wanted to stick with. You know, it's actually straight up what it is. It's it's Kentucky straight bourbon, it's whatever straight bourbon. And uh, uh, it's only been recently that I've gotten into some of the other finishes, just because you know bourbon is good. It's good on its own, it's good on its own and when you can add a little something to it. I actually don't mind that as much anymore, but like there was a.

Speaker 1:

There was a time when I was a purist and I was like, nope, I don't do the finished stuff, I don't like. You were like a bourbon snob. Well, I was just. I wanted to experience as much of the bourbon that I could, without getting into the finished stuff.

Speaker 1:

But this was one of the first ones that I tried that I really really liked, and to find out that it was finished in the rum barrels, I was like well, I guess I like finished stuff. Now I don't know. Well, it's like me with rye in general. I I was. We had, I think, the first rye I tried. I was like I guess I like rye, I guess I like right, yeah. And so when I, when I found out, when I first had this, some guy named rise like no, thanks, hi, I actually like you too, me too. Okay, yeah, well, that was interesting, great, it's not the same guy, though. Um, so I don't know what I was going to say no.

Speaker 1:

So when I found out about this one, I was so excited that never happens. I was so excited because you see Angel's Envy everywhere, everywhere. So I was like, oh well, the rye, it must be like everything else, it should be everywhere. Well, it is everywhere. But if you know anything about these, it is a lot more expensive than you would think. It is the Angel's Envy's, yeah, the rye. Oh, like 80 bucks. Yeah, a regular Angel's Envy you can find for a decent price. It's 40, 50 bucks, right, but the rye, for whatever reason, $80. Look, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's good.

Speaker 1:

Now, is it always that it's the finished rye that's 80? Or is it just rye in general? That's all they have? Oh, that's the only rye they have is a finished in. That's their signature rye In rum, in the rum barrels. Yeah, this isn't a special thing. Oh, this is how they. That's just their rye. This is how. Always in a port barrel. Yeah, interesting, always finished in a port barrel. They have some other expressions. Now they're coming out with some other expressions, but these are their.

Speaker 1:

Like a frowny face, gosh, I'd say that I can't take you anywhere. It's like I can't. Okay, yeah, that's probably a good idea. It's time. It's time. I have not done the dad joke loading in a long time. Yeah, it's been a few months.

Speaker 1:

You know those stink bugs. If you touch them at all, it kind of smells like that. They release a stink. Happened to me the other day and it smelled the whole house. Wow, does it taste like the snake? It's not good. Alright, out of solidarity. No, not gonna lie, it tastes like pure gasoline. Why do I know what gasoline tastes like? Well, that's a story for another time. Man, it doesn't smell good.

Speaker 1:

Good luck, phil. This will cure all your. This is why I'm bald. I took what you know what. It's true, I had a sip of that and ever since then I've been losing more hair. Well, this is also. Yeah, I'll put this one back. Oh, you're gonna save it for later. No, no, we're done with that one for tonight. So, anyways, I was.

Speaker 1:

I was kind of surprised to find it at $80. And smell again, but it's yeah, especially after that, it probably smells really good. Yeah, but you can find this one way closer to our typical price points, right, and by that I mean under $70. Yeah, mostly at Costco and Sam's Club. Okay, some of those places. If you do see it, it's definitely one that I would pick up. If you don't have it, grab it. I don't think you're going to be disappointed, especially if you're looking for something a little bit different.

Speaker 1:

You know, 100 proof rye Finished in a rum barrel. It drinks a little higher than a 98. It's 100. Is it exactly 100? It drinks a little higher than a 90,. What did you say? 98? It's 100. Is it exactly 100? Yeah, oh, it drinks a little higher than that. A little bit to me, but not in a bad way. I don't know, though. Maybe not. I thought it was 98. I'm saying a lot of things. If you can tell the difference between 98 and 100, proof, believe me, based on just your taste, after putting down some of that swill, based on just your taste, after putting down some of that swill, maybe that's what it is. Yeah, it just tastes real weird all of a sudden. That's because you just drank from the dad joke loading, just not giving me acid reflux.

Speaker 1:

My son's baseball team last year they were the Angels, yeah, and they gave I coached. You know there was like two or three assistant coaches. I was one of them. Yeah, we use the word coached very loosely. Actually, I'm a pretty darn good baseball coach. Yeah, I mean you look the part I did. I was like I remember well. Yeah, we talked about this. Remember I choked on my sunflower seeds because I was trying to look cool, like rookie of the year yeah, like rookie of the year, and I actually did choke down him. Great scene, so good.

Speaker 1:

But they, they gifted with a uh, uh, angels envy. Uh, the, the regular bourbon. Yeah, I was like this is so cool, nice and hello. Out there. They're also emily. The wife is a listener. The wife, hello, emily. The wife of the coach, oh, the wife, yeah, the wife of the baseball coach, or the wife of the team, like the wife of the whole team, the entire organization. It's like you have a mom of the team. Well, she's the wife of the team. Oh, yeah, she'll let you know when you're doing stuff that's wrong. That's what a mom does, that's true, or, in our case, all right, that's what a mom did. Brr, brr, br. I don't know, it's not in the lyrics. This is so good. Yeah, I like, I like this one a lot.

Speaker 1:

It's not raisin or plum, it's something it's like. Maybe it's just that caramel. It's that caramel burnt sugar, not burnt sugar, even though it's like pre-burnt. But yeah, rum's pretty sweet and has has some of those dried fruit things in there. It's fantastic. Yeah, it's one of my favorite ryes. You know, it's kind of crazy that some of my favorite whiskey that I go back to are ryes, are ryes, yeah, yeah, and not because of the spiciness that you hear about, the spicy, the spicy, not because of that, but because they're sweeter, like there's a sweetness to really good rye, a really high rye, high rye, high rye, high rye.

Speaker 1:

Hello, we shouldn't have watched that clip from andrew santino, because now I just want to do like, hey, I know, but him and it's bobby lee, right, yeah, is he korean? Korean, so funny, he's korean, he is so funny. Like guys, I have a korean cousin. Yeah, I do, yeah, legit, cool, yeah, hi, j Hi, justin, those are my Korean cousins. Hi, aunt Sue, korean aunt, yeah, well, yeah, yeah, I guess that makes sense. That's why they're Korean. Yeah, because, see, their mom is Korean. Still, that didn't change, it didn't go away. So that's good.

Speaker 1:

So what are we doing? Is now a bad time to bring up that korean barbecue? Oh, I freaking love korean barbecue jersey. I went to this place and it was like a korean, uh, barbecue wings place. Oh, my gosh, it was good. And they had, um, their own homemade kimchi. Yeah, and oh, it's freaking incredible. I can still like smell the parmesan garlic wings they made.

Speaker 1:

Hmm, darn it. We should go get wings after this, should we? Let's go get some chicken wings. You know, I don't. Uh, I, could you know what we should do? We'll order a door dash and I'll go pick it up, because you know, phil, I've been doing door dash. Should I order? Can you order door dash? Please, tip, though, please, please. I'm not tipping. Look, here's what I'm gonna say. All right, why would I tip for something I could do myself? That's a good point. That's a very good point. I wait, wait, you've been door. I've been doing door dash.

Speaker 1:

Well, you know, lost, lost a big client and, uh, I've had to humble myself a little bit. It's a humbling thing. I have never, ever, looked down on anybody for any type of job. No, and we're certainly not doing that tonight. I'm looking down on myself. No, that's impossible. Unless I'm dead. Then I will look down and I'll go. Huh, yeah, you really were bald, but the Nevis is gone. No, I've been doing.

Speaker 1:

This is how my show went. I would like, yeah, no, that got wet. I was like, ah, let's go. So door dash. Um, I, I ended up so frustrating. Hi, jamie, uh, I'm so sad I couldn't do my show with you at zany's. Yeah, but you know tough times. I was gonna do a show at zany's last friday. I had to not do it. Um, it was just I was gonna open for jamie and he's generous enough to let me do that, and I was like, hey, man, like I gotta do door dash, like I have a show I'm driving up to indiana and I need literally need money for gas, and so I door dashed instead of doing the comedy show, which is not what I wanted to do, but it's what I had to do and yeah, so that's kind of something I'm doing on the side right now. I'm hoping that work, although I did get another client, so hopefully I don't have to keep doing door dash forever.

Speaker 1:

Although I did just order a pizza bag, which now means I can deliver pizza, which I don't know. Maybe I'll just use it to warm my own pizza, maybe I'll make a pizza and put it in the bag just to be like ah, I know there's a warm pizza in that bag, just for your own knowledge. Just that's it. Just just just to know, just because that will keep you warm, that'll keep me warm at night. Well, like, yeah, I'll go order a domino's pizza and put it in the bag. Oh, actually, you know what I can? Go get a domino's pizza and put it in the bag.

Speaker 1:

Well, I was gonna actually say little caesars, because oh, yeah, like five dollars, and yeah, or the costco pizza, oh, how much is that? I don't't like. Well, it's like $10. Oh, but, but it feeds like a hundred people. It's like 10, 10 huge slices of pizza. I think it's more than that. I think it's $8.99. Yeah, of course, $8.99 or something like that, but one slice is like a buck fifty, anyway.

Speaker 1:

So, yeah, it's an odd job, it's an odd job, but we all have odd jobs, we've all done. Have you done odd jobs? I've done some. What was the dumbest job? What was the weirdest job? That wouldn't make sense for somebody like you, looking as you do, to do this specific job and I'm not leading into this, I don't know what you're about to say, but what would be maybe like a job? You're like, wow, I can't believe you worked there. Wow, that's really good.

Speaker 1:

So, um, you know, coming out of high school and heading into, I thought you didn't graduate high school College. What the heck dude, I didn't go to college. Oh, I graduated high school. Oh, okay, but I didn't go to college. You didn't go to college. Well, when I say I graduated high school, I took my GED. Anyways, see, I wasn't half wrong. See, I wasn't half wrong. Go ahead. You actually were exactly half wrong. Oh, okay, that's true. No, you were all wrong. I finished high school. Yeah, ged is the same thing. By finishing high school, I mean I have my GED. Yeah, because I didn't actually finish all four years of high school. Who cares? You did the GED. It's like it's GED enough. I don't want to, I can't do it. I can't do another one. I should, though, probably it's not good, it's not good enough.

Speaker 1:

So I was out of high school and worked full time while I was starting to go to college and I took on some jobs, mostly mall jobs. What's a mall, phil? Remember those? I miss the mall. I took on some jobs, mostly mall jobs. What's a mall, phil? Remember those? I miss the mall? I do remember because I worked in them. So in high school I worked.

Speaker 1:

In high I did a lot of the retail. Let me guess Zoomies that didn't even exist when I was doing retail, but I did champ sports, old Bill's Hoisiery. I did lids. Lids, yeah, hats, of course you did. You're a hat guy, I, you know not anymore, but you sold them. I sold hats there, sold hats. Um, I worked at a kiosk. It like you remember, like in the middle, oh yeah, that's the best.

Speaker 1:

So I worked at, I worked at a kiosk that like we would take your picture or somebody's picture, or somebody would bring a picture in and I would put it on all sorts of things, like you could put anything. Oh yeah, t-shirts. Oh, put on a mouse pad. Do you remember the mouse pads? Do you remember pictures on a mouse pad? I have gandalf on a mouse pad right over there. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, so what we, how you would get that is, you would bring that into you. This was before amazon was a thing. You'd bring it into me. I would take the picture, scan it into a computer, oh, create a transfer, oh, and then put it directly onto a mouse pad.

Speaker 1:

Ever I freaking wanted a t-shirt was the weirdest thing you ever put it on. Did you put on underwear? No, no, no. I thought you were gonna ask like the weirdest picture I put on something. Oh, yeah, what's the weirdest picture, probably me. You put you, they wanted you on something. I put myself on something. Yeah, gave it and then tried to give it to your mom. I thought you were like I'm trying to sell this. Yeah, look guys, it's me.

Speaker 1:

So while I was doing that, like you know, retail didn't pay that well and I was like I was, you know, trying to go to school and live on my own and do all sorts of stuff. So I was working full time. So I was like I can just work maybe a couple different jobs. Oh, ok, I can just do it, I mean whatever. So I was, I was the third key, which was like assistant to the assistant manager. No, no, it was like string, it was. Yeah, it was the third key. So there was a manager, an assistant manager and then myself, which was the third key, which is which is also known as just the regular employee that works there. No, regular employees did not have keys. Oh, but I did such a good job at lids that the hired me as their third key. Oh, because they saw through and they're like, wow, that guy's good. Yeah, look at that guy, look at this guy, he's selling those caps. And so I worked at Claire's Boutique as a third key manager, the earrings place.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I pierced a lot of ears. I wonder if it was you. I have a confession. So I have this ear pierced, did? No, it's still pierced. I could put an earring in it. Give me an earring. I'll put one in right now. No, I'll call upstairs and have Madison bring me an earring. Mom, bring me my meatloaf. No, bring me my meatloaf. I got my ear pierced at Claire's Would never recommend it. I did, I would never.

Speaker 1:

I remember crying after getting it pierced, trying to clean it. Were you like 10 or 11? No, I was in high school Because I didn't cry to get the ear pierced. What was painful was the cleaning and the twisting of it and then like trying to get it. Also, what's gross is how they pierce ears with the gun so disgusting, yeah.

Speaker 1:

How do they do that?

Speaker 1:

I mean? I mean it's an explosion, like you're shooting oh really, that's what. Like it's taking a needle and it's blown, and like you don't clean those things enough to get other people's like stuff off, so like there's just just rotting flesh on there. Oh yeah, and so you just probably got infected from somebody else's rotting flesh, from someone else's earlobe? Yeah, lobe flesh. Yeah, you got to watch out for the lobe flesh. Yeah, there's that lobe flesh disease that's running rampant out there right now. And all those clairs. Yeah, this is not endorsed, nor do we have any proof or knowledge of any claire's lobe flesh disease. That may or may not be present to me. Oh, I'm pretty sure it's well documented. Oh, yeah, for sure it's out there. Yeah, there's a documentary on it. I think it's actually called lobe flesh from claire's is it's actually the name. That sounds like the name of like advertising. It sounds like a like a goth lotion.

Speaker 1:

Lobe flesh by claire's the weirdest rule motion that I never understood. But like now that, now that we know what we know, I understand it. We were never allowed to, um, or parents weren't allowed to like record us or take pictures of us piercing the doing. Oh, like for, yeah, yeah, they couldn't. That was really store taking pictures, but that was like really before. Even phone like cell phones, I mean, yes, but like they would bring their cameras and be like, no, you can't do that. Like, well, why not? We would have people stand outside the store and record Because we're doing something illegal. Apparently, you probably had to have licenses to do this and they're like no, you're just shooting it with a gun, that's no problem. Were you 18? You were 18. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, it's like you know.

Speaker 1:

I think now, if I would have pierced my ears today, I would go to a tattoo parlor Right, like that's where people go, yes, but I'm like scared to go there, why, I don't know. Oh, it's so much painful. I want to get a tattoo. Let's do it. Okay. Whiskey I should get a whiskey glass tattoo. How about just whiskey bits? Yeah, on my bits. Oh, explicit, explicit, sorry folks, that sounds painful. Yep, I would not. I, as dedicated as I am to this podcast, come on, phil, that would never happen. Commit, commit to your pits. All right, I'll get out of my left butt cheek. Uh, I have another. We should do another episode on weird tattoo locations. Oh, yes, weird and weird tattoos in weird locations.

Speaker 1:

I have some stories. I have one story. It's like I have a bunch of like, not even say your episode, yeah, it's just like do you want to hear this? Yeah, what is it tell? Tell us. So. Is this your tattoo? No, no, no, no, no, no. But I was. It's someone's tattoo. I was uniquely and intimately involved with this. So this sounds like a story that needs more whiskey that you may or may not need to have an alibi for, perhaps. No, have an alibi for, perhaps no, no, we're okay, okay.

Speaker 1:

So, um, hockey, hockey players do fun things and, um, I was the captain of a hockey team. Fun. Fun also means stupid, and we were really trying to. We were really trying to get this one guy to play on our team because he was just, he had all the right energy and all the right stuff. A turbo pigeon oh yeah, I don't even know their names. That sounds turbo pitch. Oh, that's the name of your team. That's the name of the team turbo pigeons.

Speaker 1:

And, uh, we were so excited to have this guy play, but he's like I don't, I don't have money to play. I said, um, you get a tattoo like, you get the logo tattooed done, deal on your butt. Yeah, I'll pay for it and you don't have to pay entrance fees for the rest of your life. And he's like I'm, I'm doing it. And we said, okay. So he went and got a tattoo of the logo on his butt.

Speaker 1:

Cheek, is he still your friend? Is he still your friend? Yeah, he still plays on the team. He's still like, have I? I don't play on the team anymore, but he's still there and, uh, cause you? And there's, there are now, just out of solidarity, there's two more turbo pigeons, tattoos, and two more dudes butt cheeks. That's hilarious, yeah, so there's a wow three.

Speaker 1:

The guys like the tattoo guy's probably like I got another one. I better put it in the book, the book of tattoos. Yeah, because I went in once, because I want to get one eventually. Yeah, I just, I'm, that's a big thing, I want to. You know, you got to make sure it's the right thing, because it's forever and unless you get it lasered off, which that just looks even worse.

Speaker 1:

Well, yeah, no, we're going to have to call this one tattoos and piercings. Okay, I don't know, because that's what we're talking about. Well, I mean Body mutilation. Angels envy body mutilation. Angels Envy Body mutilation. That's awful, perfect name. Somebody will watch that. We're not calling it that. Come on, angels Envy. The good folks at Angels Envy don't deserve that, especially after coming up with such a great name. Angels Envy, claire's. Do you know why they call it Angels Envy? Yeah, why do they call it angels? Yeah, why do they call it? Take us out on this factoid, you want to, okay, it's all right. So there's, uh, there are two.

Speaker 1:

There are two things in in, um, in distilling, that happen. I love this story. So, as you, as you pour the white dog, as they call it, into a barrel Caucasian American dog, it's just a white dog. It's a white dog because it's clear, it goes into the barrel and that's what becomes this beautifully colored whiskey, because it's essentially leaching the wood. It goes in and out of the wood. Yeah, as it expands and contracts.

Speaker 1:

It's very similar to pickling, and a part of exactly, and a part of that is summerfield's pickles. It no longer exists. I don't know why you're plugging something that nobody can find. I was just finally getting good at sales. It's like it's like saying um, matt, summerfield's hairline, phil's libido, matt's podcast partner, my mother, my mother, oh no, you can't, it's too soon for you. Anyways, angel's Envy.

Speaker 1:

The thing goes in and out. It goes in and out of the barrel. It's pickling. It's getting soaked in the wood. It's not pickling. It's not pickling One minute, less than a minute, all right.

Speaker 1:

So it goes in the wood, it comes out of the wood, but another part of that is the evaporation. So when you crack the bunghole, oh, the bunghole, and you open that sucker up to empty it. You're all oftentimes going to get less liquid for two reasons one, the evaporation, and two, there's some. There's some whiskey that's going to be left inside the wood in the barrel. Okay, the stuff that's left inside the barrel is called the devil's cut. Okay, okay, there's a company out there that's marketing that they're saying like oh, we found a way to get it out of the wood in the barrel and we're now marketing. Jim Beam calls it the devil's cut. Okay, the other is the angel's cut, which is where or angel's share. Yeah, Angel's share, angel's share. Sorry, yeah, okay, is that what it is? It's the angel's share, angel, angel's share.

Speaker 1:

The evaporation the thought is that as it evaporates, it goes to the angels. That's their share of the barrel, and so it's a cute little story Angels envy. So this is the envy of all the angels, because they wish they would have gotten this, they wish they would have gotten that, because it's so good. They wish they would have gotten this. I really love the name. It's a really, really clever name. I don't want to drop the mic, but if I could, I would. These are expensive, please don't. Yeah, please don't. Thanks for that story, phil. That was really good, well as good as this.

Speaker 1:

Angels Envy. Stamp of approval. Oh for sure, for sure, for sure. I don't know that we can give it the stamp of approval because it's more than $50. Yeah, that's true, but $50. Yeah, that's true. But if you ever find it for less than $50, absolutely gets the stamp of approval. But even at $67, $98, $97, whatever the number is, at your local Costco or Sam's Club, pick it up, pick it up, you'll enjoy it. Thanks, phil. Cheers, matt, cheers, Phil. Don't break the glasses Next time on Whiskey Bits.

Speaker 1:

I mean you can't fake. You can't fake a suplex, or like bashing somebody off of the ropes onto a table onto the ground. But you're talking like you can't fake that, no, but like it's a stunt, right? Yes, I mean the tables are a little bit pre-cut, but these guys are also 250 pounds of all muscle so they go through a regular table and that sort of thing. So those parts of it are real, but I think all the other stuff around it is. But if you try to tell a wrestler like this isn't real, it's like no, it's real.

Speaker 1:

I maybe wasn't getting actually punched in the face, but there are parts of it that are absolutely real. I wasn't maybe wasn't getting actually punched in the face, right, right, right, right right. There are parts of it that are absolutely real. But, like, I just like the drama of it, you know, like it's like the world's best soap opera. It's exactly what it's soap opera for teenage boys. Yeah, that's what it is. Yeah, it's soap opera for teenage boys, but I think I was convinced it was real when I was younger. Oh for sure. Hey, thanks for sticking around. That's it for this episode of Whiskey Bits, but if you enjoyed yourself, please like, share and subscribe on your favorite platform.

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