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"Traverse City Whiskey Straight Wheat BP; Camping”

• Matt Sommerfield & Phil Stokes • Season 2 • Episode 61

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Matt and Phil are back, and Phil’s already cracking open a fresh bottle before the intro even finishes. In this episode of Whiskey Bits, we sip, banter, and try not to offend anyone… but probably fail.

Expect whiskey talk, questionable opinions, and the kind of chaos that only comes after a few pours. Cheers, and good luck.

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Speaker 1:

Matt, phillip, I just opened this bottle you did Of whiskey. We all saw, phil, we all saw. Would you hand me your glass? Oh, it's so far away. Oh, I thought I dropped it. That's good, I've been a very good boy, me too. Yes, all right, we're going to Me too. Yes, all right, we're going to enjoy this. Oh, I can smell it. You can smell it. It's in the air. Oh, it is in the air.

Speaker 1:

This is the Traverse City Whiskey Company's straight wheat whiskey. What? Five years old, 58%. This is a barrel proof. Very special edition. It's a limited edition release.

Speaker 1:

I want to say that this one came out in probably 2023. Yeah, but it's a five-year-old Mm-hmm, Okay, yeah, so it came out in 2020, which means it was barreled in 18. Yeah, I think they emptied it in 18. Yeah, something like that. Okay, for this limited edition release, we've selected the most flavorful whiskey in our rickhouse, aged for more than four years. Yep, five years is more than four years. I was just checking. They're not going to be like we've selected the least flavorful whiskey in our rickhouse and aged it for 17 seconds A couple days. Uh, it's wheat whiskey in its natural, most natural state and uncut and bottled at full barrel, proof, crafted to sip slowly and enjoy during life's defining moments. I feel like this is a defining moment right now. We're about to have cheers, cheers, cheers. To the welcome to whiskey bits with matt and phil, where we sip on everyday whiskeys and find the funny in our everyday lives traverse city. You know where traverse city is? Michigan, that's right. Oh, this is one of the fine, uh fine, whiskeys coming out of the state of Michigan, michigan. You almost said Wisconsin, michigan, michigan. All right, get a little nose, let's nose it. Wow, oh, see, I missed that. There's a lot in there that, that, that, that, that, that is, that is that, that, that, that, that, that. What's going on here? Sorry, I just said okay, ah, that is the nostrils, there is a sting to it. Uh, I, I say that you know, sort of tongue and cheek, there is a sting. There's a sting to it in the nostril. Did you think when people actually the first guy was like, was he? There's a sting to it? You know, he's like, ah, tongue in cheek, like where did it come from? You know what I mean. Like you can't really say words when your tongue is in your cheek Shaggy bottom, I think it's after you say it, shaggy bottom. Oh, like I don't want to Like. What is that? That that's not tongue in cheek. That looks like you're like trying to get a popcorn kernel out of your back molar. You're like, actually I am.

Speaker 1:

I did just have a cashew, oh, oh, it is quite sweet, very, very. You know what it's bringing back memories I, of the first time I tried any whiskey sitting here with you, really Like real whiskey. Wait, like episode one podcast, no, like even before then, oh, we started writing. Oh, when we were thinking about doing it. Yeah, before the baby was even born, there was even a podcast in the twinkle of either one of our eyes. Yeah, that's not a twinkle. That's not a twinkle. That's my mother. Okay, that's not true. That's not true.

Speaker 1:

All right, should we taste it? I don't know what are you smelling? Whiskey, yeah, I mean, oh, a glass of whiskey. Yeah, I don't want to say fruit, it's not necessarily fruit, it just smells like really good whiskey, whiskey, I bet you it's the wheat. There's, yeah, there's a lot of like it's. It's kind of grainy and earthy. I don't know if I'm getting earthy. I mean yeah, oh, yeah, do you get like a little licorice, red licorice, right, red vines? Yes, right, right, right. Not black licorice, that's disgusting. Oh, it's gross. Not the anise I feel like we need to.

Speaker 1:

What did you call me, anise? Oh, that's what it's called, right, yeah, or is it anise? Well, anise, I got a couple Anise. I got one, I don't know, I got a nephew and a couple of Anises. That's right. All right, I'm drinking it. Oh, is that okay? Yeah, is it okay? Phil, of course it is Okay.

Speaker 1:

We're going to take a sip. Just roll it around a little bit. It's pretty strong. Holy mother, holy mother of pearls, mother of pearls. So you know how you're like stings and astral.

Speaker 1:

I was like no, it doesn't. Yeah, takes your breath away the entire body. Um, okay, so it's very just like pow right in the face, but I'm still getting some of that sweetness in there too. Still haven't found my breath. No, it's breath away. Yeah, no, there's, remind me Okay. 58.1% no, you can't do it Of it's 116.

Speaker 1:

Oh, wow, well, that would do it. That would be what did you think it was? I don't even remember. You didn't do the math, it knocked the memory out of me. Yeah, it's good. It's good. I enjoy the flavor. Mm-hmm, that was a question. Uh-huh, I like yeah, I drink more this good, put in belly this Smell.

Speaker 1:

What is this accent? I don't know, it's just one that I do. I don't. I have many accents, some are unknown. I do, I like the. I like it. I like the. I like the. I like it.

Speaker 1:

A little butterscotch here. If you go like this, you'll push your lips like you, push your lips like you're DJT. Maybe that's blue steel, blue steel. And then what do I do? Okay, I have to smell it. I have to look and then smell, get a little butterscotch. Oh yeah, you got to hold the purse while you're smelling. Yeah, caramely too.

Speaker 1:

Could be that I had a butterscotch and it's on my mustache. Nah, stop. Okay, isn't butterscotch and it's on my mustache? Nah, stop, okay, isn't butterscotch, just caramel. No, it's different. What is it? It's butterscotch, caramel's caramel. Oh yeah, caramel has milk.

Speaker 1:

Isn't like chocolate and cocoa the same thing? Cocoa, cocoa, cacao, cocoa. What do you? Are you cocoa, cacao, cocoa? Um, what, what do you? Are you? I mean, I'm having a hard time necessarily tasting anything. Well, yeah, like something really specific.

Speaker 1:

This, you almost need to cut it. Yeah, I wonder if, like a couple drops of water would, would pull out something more, would totally pull out a little bit more. I think there's. You almost have to proof it down a touch At 116, it's pretty heavy, yeah, pretty heavy. It's a good thing you poured giant glasses.

Speaker 1:

We're going to be here. Be here all night, folks. We're going to be on this one for a while. I'll be editing all night. It's fine. Okay, not this episode ever. Yeah, oh, this, ai, ai. Yeah, that's good for these. Yeah, that's good. Don't give away the secrets.

Speaker 1:

I thought you put hours into this. Yes, many, many hours, many, many long man hours. Yeah, just um, this would be what are you trying to say, phil? This would be really good around a campfire. Oh, yeah, are you getting more earthy flavors and stuff? Because I'm getting like butterscotch now. That's kind of what I'm getting.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's a lot of sweet stuff. There's a lot of sweet Caramel. For me, caramel. There's more caramel than butterscamel for me Caramel, more caramel than butterscotch for me. I do smell the butterscotch, but I don't taste it. Yeah, I get the caramel in the taste. Quite good, I don't let that sit and open up. Yeah, I mean, I don't mind necessarily that it's such a high proof no, because that initial one. But I mean, when's the last time I've sat down and had whiskey? At least an hour ago, oh, yes, no, months for sure, months. Me too.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, my, my family came to visit yeah, yeah, my mom's side, and now a lot of them were alcoholics. So they came down. They're like, oh, what is all this? I was like it's just my hobby. They're like you know, there's a place you can go for people that have hobbies such as yours. So, recovering alcoholics Because I'm looking at here, first of all, we probably shouldn't just outright call them alcoholics.

Speaker 1:

And then there's still a bunch left. So there can't be that alcoholic, it's just fun. Yeah, it was fun. Did you then show them my collection? Yeah, I was like, oh, if you think I'm bad, look at this guy Right, so you'll be getting a letter. I can't wait. Invitation, I can't, I can't.

Speaker 1:

Um, we were talking about something. This feels like a. This feels like a. Is this what? Yeah, what is it called? Is this an intervention? It feels like an intervention. Yeah, I, well, I was.

Speaker 1:

I was saying it's uncanny, it is absolutely uncanny. Guys, I'm drinking this. I know we're going to be talking about camping. How do I know that? Because we talk about this stuff ahead of time. So then I kind of work in like, how can I segue this? That was your segue. And so not only did I say I could really imagine drinking this over a campfire, I then winked at him twice I'm like campfire, I don't, I'm not getting. That's why I was like, are you getting like earthy tones, like dirt, and all I could think about. And then I'm winking at him. That's our signal to start talking about camping. And he just realized now that, oh wait, that was a segue I did not pick up. It was so Great job.

Speaker 1:

But the thing is, is your segue was so naturally good, just natural speech? Isn't that what a segue is supposed to be? Correct? Isn't it supposed to be smooth? Yeah, it's like it's supposed to almost not feel like a Segway. It doesn't exist. Yeah, it's supposed to kind of feel like it's just. Yeah, almost like you're gliding Right, almost like you're floating. Oh, like you're floating on a Segway. Correct? Is that why they? Yeah, oh, interesting dude, huh, I don't know if that's why I hear that I'm scared to ride those things. I feel like I'd get run over. Yeah, but if I was going camping? Yes, just thought of that.

Speaker 1:

Speaking of things, camping do with, do you like camping, phil? Do you go camping? You used to love camping, you can't. I like all of the things that happen around camping. Well, except for actually camping.

Speaker 1:

Let me, okay, let's, let's start it this way. Do you like camping? Yes or no? Just flat out yes and you, but, but before. Okay, let me rephrase that okay, you used to like camping. No, no more. So I still like it. Okay, but not as much now. Probably not as much now. Okay, but I don't know that that's true. I actually think I like the idea around camping more than I did before. Okay, but then when you're setting up the tent, you're like son of a bitch. Oh, here's the thing. There's no tent. Oh, oh, because no Fancy camper.

Speaker 1:

Like I said, I like all of the things around camping, except actually camping, the actual camping part, the actual camping part. So do you just go to campgrounds and just kind of hang out at people's random campsite? No, that's weird. Go home and go to bed, that's weird. It's a good idea. No, but we did have a camper for a short time. It's called loitering, kind of. Yeah, you got rid of your camper, we did get rid of the camper, but we did have a camper for a little while. That was fun to bring to a campsite and set up. But in your defense, the floor was caving in so it gave way. It was not really worth continuing down that path. But I like the idea of maybe cabining. Okay, I would love to go to a cabin, just a cabin, and then like you go outside and you're hiking around and making a fire and you're cooking over a fire and you're just kind of sitting around a fire. Yeah, just a lot of fire, there's a lot of fires. I feel like there's a fire theme here. Yeah, maybe you're drinking this, maybe because it reminds you of camping. Maybe we're going on little little excursions, uh-huh, out in nature, good wilderness. Yeah, getting a couple ticks, you know, if that, if that's what it takes, yeah, let's do it. I like start over Think brain. Okay, didn't.

Speaker 1:

Growing up, I went camping all the time with mom and stepdad. As I grew up started to not like it. But then I started watching the show alone, which I haven't watched in months. I binged like tons of seasons of it. Really, all of us, you know, go big or go home. That's the way my brain is. So I really got into that show and I was like I bought a whittling kit, like that's how into it you guys. Well, not a whittling like a wood carving Sorry, I've got a little gas bubble here. Yeah, a wood carving gas bubble here, yeah, um.

Speaker 1:

So you went like so, you went to like a boy scout shop and was like yep, join the boy scouts, I would like to, I would like a whittling kit. And they're like I'm sorry, do you have a badge? Do you have where's your, where's your whittling? And I was like I am an adult, just give me the knife. I was like I will join the boy scouts, get the badge. I came back and then they're like okay, good, get the badge, here's your kit, right, uh, yeah, no. But I, I all of a sudden was like, oh, I actually really do like this.

Speaker 1:

Like for christmas last year I really wanted a rucksack, yeah, and I got like a, like a kind of like a hiking, camping backpack which is just, you know, in my closet sitting there, right I'll, which I'll use. I kind of forgot about it. So now, but yeah, so I kind of what are you gonna use it for? I don't put it, you can put anything in there, and then what? I'll put my woodland kit in there. Yeah, that's all I have right now, but I'm working on building, yeah, clothes. Yeah, well, probably not. No, it'll go in the suitcase, let's see what I can put in there. But I all of a sudden like flipped. So now I'm like, oh, I kind of want to do it and I think what it was?

Speaker 1:

It was like little kids, like baby I'm talking stressful. And then rain with babies not fun at all. There is nothing fun about camping with babies or in the rain. Would you rather camp in the rain or like by by yourself and amy, or would you rather camp with the most beautiful weather in the world but have a newborn with you to camp? Wait a minute. So one option is to go camping and the other option is to go camping with a baby, camping with a baby, with beautiful weather, camping just you and Amy, but it's raining, raining. Yeah, I can handle the rain, that's, but it's raining, raining. Yeah, I can handle the rain, that's what I'm saying. I can't handle the baby, that's what I'm saying. The baby's crying. I think that's intent.

Speaker 1:

And then like there's like bears and stuff. I don't care, there's no bears here, but I don't care about any of that, yeah, um, I should, I should, but I don't. You're gonna be on the news, I should, but I don't. Well, I mean, what I mean is like, like that doesn't that doesn't scare me in a way that would like cause me to not go. I'm kind of thinking you need to be a little more scared of bears than you currently are, but that's a topic for another episode. How about this? Okay, I am, I am Moderately scared.

Speaker 1:

I am respectful of what a bear could do to me, oh, okay, and therefore I will do things to avoid that bear killing me. However, the thing that I won't do to avoid the bear killing me is not go camping. Oh, okay, alright, fair, fair to the bear. Like, you stay in your place, I'll stay in mine place. Yeah, we're coming, we're, hey, we're here, we're coming camping. Yeah, if you want to kill us, that's your prerogative, but please don't. I, I'm not going to not come because you could possibly kill me, right, um, because I could also just die here, just in general, right, like, gone, gone. So I, yeah, I, I'm not really taking a turn. The bears aren't the problem, it's the babies. Bears, bears, nope, babies.

Speaker 1:

Yes, yeah, that, yeah, that will keep me from camping. Okay, what, what? So I? But I, I do tent camping. I would love to just bougie it up Like I could. You know I could do camping very well, you know, like I could have a nice, like tent, like a real nice tent With like a couch and a TV, like I could do it up.

Speaker 1:

If I it's getting better, is it? I think so my story, or the whiskey I was drinking to avoid the story, but I think now I don't know, I'm curious to see how I'm going to enjoy it. I hope it's good weather, but I'm curious to see how I'm going to enjoy it because we're going next week. For me, what is beautiful weather when camping? Beautiful weather when camping is high of 62. Mm-hmm. A little overcast, mm-hmm. Fall, maybe a touch of rain, oh, maybe a little mist, oh, a little sprinkle, a little sprinkle just to keep it, like if a giant sneezed on you. Keep the dust down, right, keep those danders down, yeah, yeah, uh, and fairly mild.

Speaker 1:

If you get me up into the 90s, oh, no, no, no, no, no chance, there's no way I'm going to be comfortable at all, and that but, and you camp, when you were camping you had a camper. So well, I mean, we used to attempt camp, okay, because camping with a camper these people are out in the middle of a field, basically, and there's no tree shade. So when I go up in the, yeah, they just roast, unless they have a canopy that they put out like, wow, that sounds. Who are these people? Just, they're those guys and girls. They're just out there.

Speaker 1:

I think it's all the same people. Every campground it's the same 10, 20, like there's. There's trees in campgrounds, yeah, but like a lot of these campgrounds that I've gone to, they'll have the tent camping spots are well covered. But then there's this big area, specifically right in the center. It's just like 50 campers and it's like a field that is cleared out. There's like no trees and it's just like 50 campers and it's like a field that is cleared out. There's like no trees and it's just all the campers because they don't need trees.

Speaker 1:

I've never seen, I've never, I haven't seen that. I've seen trees at that. The places I've gone have had trees. Well, no, there's trees, it's just not with the campers, yeah, no, no, with the camp, like in the, in the campers, and maybe there's some in the rv section, right, I've seen trees in the RV sections, well, and maybe there's some sites there that have an RV section that has a little more closed off, but there are some that are just in the middle of a field, but who cares? You've got air conditioning, well, yes, you've got a canopy. You have a toilet. You do have a canopy as well. Yes, you have a toilet.

Speaker 1:

I just don't like being. I like the enclosure, I like like, when I'm looking for a site, I'm always looking for, like, can I see the neighbors? No, I don't want to see the neighbors, I do not want to see people. That's why I'm out in the woods. If I wanted to see people, I would go back to suburbia. I had one of the.

Speaker 1:

We have one of the best campsites at um, at devil's lake. Oh, yeah, and that's a good place. We, we reserved it every year. Same one, yeah, for at least two or three years straight. And uh, yeah, we tried to do the things where you would. You know we would bring coolers that could last five days and stuff like that. Like, the cooler itself will last, the cooler will keep yourself cool. That's like magic. It's called a refrigerator, phil. Well, not when you're camping, not when you're camping.

Speaker 1:

We had a food tent yeah, see, these are little things that I think can make it better Like a food tent with a net all the way down. Well, I'm saying, like, think of a tent that you would normally sleep in. We put the food in there, genius, and then you would take the food out of there and you'd have a covering. I love that. I love just eating in there anyways, and love that. I love just eating in there anyways, and you could, if it were raining, you had a dry place to eat. Yeah, oh, that's a good idea. Yeah, I like that.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and it was big enough that we could fit two or three campers like camping, like tents Into that. Like like tents, and we had into that. Yeah, we had some friends come with us. I was, uh, no, you weren't, so not important, you weren't there. Um, well, no, they were, they were important. Yeah, we were friends. Were they nice? Yeah, is that good for you? Did you have a good time? It was a great. Guess what? It wasn't there. Well, were you in the sticks? Uh, we were definitely in the middle of the sticks. See, maybe you're from the sticks. Yeah, but I didn't.

Speaker 1:

At the same time, I could get back into doing that Camping. I could get back into that, but like I'm at the age now where sleeping on the ground isn't really an option, I think I actually will do okay with that. My bed is in, I think. Did I tell you this the other day? I think I did? No, maybe not. My bed upstairs is very comfortable in terms of a bed, like $1,700 or whatever when we got it as beds stand, though, for me, I think, like it's soft, it's not too soft, but I think I need, like I sleep, better in the basement bed and it's very like firm, and so I think I'm going to do okay on the ground. Cool, yeah, best of luck. Yeah, I think I'm going to do fine. Cool, I would not do. Fine, I need to have something. I need to have some substance. I need to have something. If I cut my bed in half and give that to you and then I take the basement bed and bring it upstairs, win-win, and then I would go camping in that, I'm not sure I understand, and first you have a young child, so I'm not going to be there. You're carrying half of a sawn-up mattress. What are you doing? Trust me, it'll be more comfortable in the ground.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, what is your favorite camping food? Camping food, camping food, why, why, over and over again, why? I feel like everyone that says it sometimes says things twice. But I went for a third. Yeah, just, you know, keep it interesting. I'm trying to fill dead space, phil. Oh, I'm trying to fill dead space, phil, get it.

Speaker 1:

Favorite camping food, favorite camping food? You know, I think a lot of people would say s'mores and maybe hot dogs and stuff like that, anything cooked over the fire. To me it's chocolate chip cookies. Oh, what Like packaged. You just pull them out and you're like, oh yeah, throw them on the fire, Throw them on the fire, cook them in the oven. I'll make a little oven, I can make a little oven. Oven, I'll make a little oven, I can make a little oven. No, uh, the other, my other favorite, is um, did you ever take, like you like core out an apple and you throw butter and cinnamon and sugar in there and then wrap it in tinfoil? Yes, throw it, wrap, everything is in tinfoil and then throw it in the fire? Yeah, let that cook out. Um, same thing with baked potatoes. Oh, that's a good idea. I like a hobo pack. Have you ever done a hobo pack, those are good. Or just bacon and burgers, just lots of bacon. You know? Eggs, eggs, yeah, oh, camping coffee In that real crappy like old.

Speaker 1:

Are you talking about the percolator? It's time for the percolator. Is that what they're talking about? That song? It's time for the percolator. Are they talking about a coffee percolator? It's so weird. Why would you sing about that? I don't know. Strange, but I'm telling you that.

Speaker 1:

And it's all like, like the, the percolator, like you know, the glass part on the top is all cracked and stuff and it's like oh, did we wash it? I don't remember. Is there a spider web in there? Probably, but the coffee tastes so bad and it's so good. I don't know. Our percolator coffee always tastes so good, like Bill Clinton, it always tastes good. Our percolator coffee is always really good. I just love it. It is a lot of work there is. You know. I think it's hard because the I don't know coffee's not really great without a little bit of creamer in it. How do you do that? I drink it, black man. That's cool, you know. You got to keep the stuff cool. So it would be nice to have a spot where there's a whatever Electric yeah, a little refrigerator or whatever. Do you remember the?

Speaker 1:

So how long are you guys camping? For Two nights, right? I don't remember. Hmm, let me check, no idea. When I just burped on live. When are you going? Monday, monday, tuesday? And then I think we're yeah, wednesday, we're going to a hotel Tuesday, and then I think we're yeah, wednesday, we're going to a hotel, which that's kind of fun. So that's a good tip. So we camp two nights but then we get a hotel for the last one because it's fun. And then you're like, oh cool, this is fun, I can shower.

Speaker 1:

Oh see, I think I'm going to struggle, like I need to bring baby wipes, and like the bags and stuff, and like gonna do, like, where am I gonna go? The outhouse, I have no, I have no issues with these things that you have issues with, really. So I could. Just for me, this is a. I mean, first of all, you're gonna want the baby wipes anyway, yeah, but I can't poop in a forest. I'm sorry, I can't. You can't, no, I can't like go over first of all. Come on, I don't think you're doing that. I don't think that's the campground that you're staying at. I hope not. You know what? There are people that can't clean their dog poop off of my front lawn. Are we getting into this now, karen? We'll have to talk about it another time. What's going on here? My lawn looks good though. Okay, we're not doing that. Look, I'm going camping. It's going to be fun. So, two days then you're going to a hotel Mm-hmm, okay, hotel, and this is all like a few hours away, mm-hmm.

Speaker 1:

So what's your favorite food, now that we have one minute left, I think bacon, oh, the hobo pie and the bacon. Bacon and coffee. Are you guys bringing all the stuff to cook? Yeah, I think so. William's letting us borrow a bunch of stuff. Great, yeah, you're gonna have fun. It'll be fun.

Speaker 1:

I'm actually really looking forward to it. I'm not. You're going to have fun, it'll be fun. I'm actually really looking forward to it. I'm not. Okay, you're not going. Well, why is that Do you want to come with? Kind of? All, right, I do. Now, just show up. What are we going to be like? Turn you away? Probably, madison probably would. Yeah, she's ruthless.

Speaker 1:

Check out episode three. This got better. It did. It's got better. Yep, I still think it needs to get cut a little bit, I agree, but I know that this is for as higher proof as it is to get the sweetness out of it that we're getting out of it Really interesting, it says something. So if you do see this special edition anywhere, barrel proof straight with wheat whiskey, pick it up. Pick it up probably about 60, 70 bucks, something in that neighborhood. But it comes from the great state of michigan. It's a great state, it's okay. Well, it certainly gets a high five for me. Oh, or is it Florida? Oh, yeah, what is that? Is that Florida? Sure, florida, florida, florida? I don't know. Florida, indiana, florida, florida, florida, florida, florida, all the states? Can you do? The states? Texas, texas Broke my finger. Yeah, well, speaking of breaking things, let's not break the glass. Merry Christmas, phil. 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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