Bourbon Gents

The Gents are back for a special one off podcast to celebrate the 5th year anniversary of the Bourbon Gents. Prepared to be whelmed by Mr Pie and Mav as they look back over the last 5 years, bring back some old favourites like ‘Battle of the Bourbons' & ‘Three of Our Favourite Things', plus we share some kind messages from our loyal fan base (all 7 of you) Its the podcast you never knew you missed until now! Enjoy!

We’re back! Well sort of… This is the yearly raw unedited recording of Mav and Mr Pie sitting down trying to work out their top ten bourbons of the year and, of course, pick the all-important winner to be crowned our BOTY (Bourbon Of The Year). We just hit record and then set about discussing the list, so don’t complain about the sound quality or the number of times Mav says ‘erm’ or when Mr Pie bangs the mic. You have been warned. If you're still with us after that warning, and want to see behind the scenes of how the Gents come to their decision, then grab a dram, settle in a comfy seat, and listen along to 2 guys spending over an hour creating a list. Enjoy.

Hello, long time no see! The Gents are back with their first podcast in 6 months. So what momentous event could have caused this return you ask? Well it just so happens to be that time of year again, where the Gents get together to deliberate over their choice of ‘bourbon of the year’ and record it for your listening pleasure. This is a raw unedited recording of Mav and Mr Pie sitting down trying to work out their top ten bourbons of 2018, and of course pick an overall winner to be crowned our BOTY (Bourbon Of The Year). We just hit record and then set about discussing the list, so we really mean it when we say this is for the fans. If you're still with us after that warning, and want to see behind the scenes of how the Gents come to their decision, then grab a dram, settle in a comfy seat, and listen along to 2 guys spending an hour creating a list. Enjoy?

This is last ever episode of the Bourbon Gents podcast. Ever! We would like to thank all of our listeners who have been with us on this journey over the last 2 years. Both Myself (Mav) and Mr Pie have had a blast recording the show and getting all your feedback - which admittedly at the start was mainly about how bad the audio quality was :) We decided this would be the last episode about 15 minutes before we recorded so we ended up throwing the normal format out of the window and instead just messed around for 45 minutes. So please don't expect any bourbon related content in this one. It's just Mav and Mr Pie having a laugh for the final time on the podcast. Enjoy!

In this episode the Gents manage to get the audio back under control and don't sound as much like they are recording in a tunnel. Among other things we also review Hudson Baby Bourbon, discuss Wild Turkey's new offering, and keep up our terrible track record in the Blind Taste Test section. For those #TOOFT fans out there we do another theme tune related favourite (we get the most feedback about those ones) along with 2 quick fire faves as we realise we've run out of time. Enjoy!

In this episode (the first numbered one in over a month) we get back to basics. No World Cup draw, no April foolery, just the good old Bourbon Gents podcast you know and love - or at least kinda like. The Gents tiptoe through a gender minefield, face off in a Bourbon Battle, review Weller 12, and do a blind side by side comparison of Elijah Craig 12yo and the new NAS Small Batch. Can we tell the difference? Listen on to find out. And, as always, we bring you another round of #TOOFT. One 3rd of which is us discussing our favourite person called 'Dave'. P.S - We don't know why this episode sounds like we recorded in a tunnel. Normal sound quality will return next time we hope. Enjoy!

As the Gents have been busy with the World Cup for the past month we haven't been able to record our regular scheduled podcast. Never ones to disappoint their loyal listeners we have instead a rare 'treat' for you. Long long ago, before the Bourbon Gents even existed, and before we had a website, we used to record podcasts to pass the time while we worked abroad. We never published these anywhere and only our work colleagues ever heard them... until now. For one time only, sit back and listen to Mav and Mr Pie back in good old 2012, when we knew practically nothing about bourbon and had no idea what we were doing. Hope you laugh at this as much as we did!  Enjoy. NOTE: - We have since revealed that this was an April Fools joke! Well done to all who spotted it and 'haha' to all of those who believed it ;)

It's that time of year again! Try to contain your excitement as the gents draw the bourbons' who will be entered into this years tournament. The Bourbon Gents World Cup starts on the 9th March and this time there will be twice as many entries as last year. That's right a whopping 64 teams (bourbons) will be picked from a hat (bowl) to see who will play who in the first round. So if you like the idea of listening to Mav and Mr Pie read a loads of names from a bits of paper then this is the podcast for you. For everyone else we will have a re-cap in the main podcast (ep - 25). Oh and be prepared for a lot of paper rustling. Enjoy.

In this podcast the Gents talk excitedly about the up coming Bourbon World Cup, review Makers Mark, fumble around in the dark trying to guess the blind taste test dram, and muse yet again on the lack of jingles our listeners haven't sent us. Bee Gee fans will find #TOOFT at 01h 04m 40s, and it sees the return of an old friend of the Gents. For those of you that want to hear the draw for the World Cup live then download our special podcast and listen along with the Gents as they draw the 64 teams for the first round. Enjoy! 

The Gents are getting so much feedback from our lovely listeners these days that we have decided to dedicate whole podcasts to answering them - and this is the first. So if you ever wanted to know what Mr Pie thinks of De Niro comedies, or how the Gents became friends, then this is the podcast for you. Enjoy!

In this slightly delayed episode of the podcast we discuss Mav's trip to Scotland, rant yet again about the crazy world of whiskey scoring systems, and make Bourbon Gents history in the blind tasting section. For our review we taste the lesser spotted (at least in the UK) Blade and Bow bourbon and attempt to explain the solera system. In the bourbon battle we face off 2 heavyweights of the bourbon world, and for TOOFT fans we have a bit of a mixed bag. Enjoy!

In this episode we kick off the first podcast of the new year by introducing a new snappier (we hope) format, intended to cut out some of the waffle and focus on the things that make the Bourbon Gents... well the Bourbon Gents! We review our Bourbon Of the Year G. T. Stagg, try our hand at tongue twisters, and have our best attempt yet at guessing a blind tasting. Enjoy!

One for the fans this.... No TOOFT. No Bourbon Battle. Not even Mr Pie's Boring Bit. This is just a recording of Mav and Mr Pie sitting down trying to work out their top ten bourbons of 2017, and of course pick an overall winner to be crowned our BOTY (Bourbon Of The Year). We just hit record and then set about discussing the list, so we really mean it when we say this is for the fans. If you're still with us after that warning, and want to see behind the scenes of how the Gents come to their decision, then grab a dram, settle in a comfy seat, and listen along to 2 guys spending over an hour creating a list. Enjoy?

In this (not very) Xmas episode we prove that we are complete bourbon amateurs by doing a blind taste test. We tried Mav's advent dram live on the podcast and are shocked to say the least when we get the reveal. Also in this episode we review Markers Cask Strength, talk about the worlds oldest aged bourbon, and face off in another Bourbon Battle. We round off the final TOOFT of the year (and possibly ever) with 3 of our favourite Christmas things. Happy Xmas to you all from the Gents!