December 17, 2024 • 30 mins
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What happens when you mix the unexpected joy of surprise gifts with the nuanced art of whiskey tasting? Welcome to Whiskey Bits With Matt and Phil, where we kick things off by exploring the essence of whiskey tasting. Ever wondered how the "Rickhouse proof" or the storage location of barrels can change the whiskey's flavor profile? We take you on a spirited ride through the world of Ben Holiday six-year-old bourbon, sharing humorous reflections on bald spots, flannel shirts, and the crucial art of nose-cleaning for a richer tasting experience. With a nod to the rich history of the Ben Holiday distillery, established in 1856, we promise you a blend of informative insights and plenty of laughs.
Shifting gears to all things festive, we unwrap the peculiar joys and quirks of holiday gift-giving. Remember those childhood Christmas mornings? We dive into how those memories shape our present-day gift-giving practices, especially for our kids. From managing gift expectations to reflecting on the Santa myth, we explore the delight of thoughtful, experience-based gifts. Whether it's the allure of survival gear inspired by reality shows or the joy of receiving whiskey-themed gifts, we highlight the value of experiences over material items. So, join us for a merry conversation filled with playful banter and holiday cheer, perfect for anyone gearing up for the season of giving.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is your dongle okay over there?
Is that what it's called, adongle?
I think it's called a mic boom.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
A boom mic arm.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
A mic arm Boom Boom, arm A boom arm Boom mam, boom,
boomer, boom arm.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I know you have a flannel on, all right, yeah,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Your bald spot got bigger it got huge man, but this
is me bald without a nevis, thenevis right, you know what?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I didn't notice that you didn't have the nevis until
now.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Right.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Oh, that's not.
Is that good or bad?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Well, this is me, nevis-less bald, nice, nice,
this is me, nevis Lisbold.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Nice, nice.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Welcome to Whiskey Bits With Matt and Phil, where
we sip on everyday whiskeys andfind the funny in our everyday
lives.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Well, as you can see, it's getting close to Christmas
.
We're rolling right alongaren't we?
Speaker 1 (01:00):
We're getting so close.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Look at that, we've got the Grinch.
We've got a stocking.
've got a stocking we have astocking hat this is holly and
today we're gonna try the benholiday.
Oh, that's a pun probably Imean, it's his name.
It's also oh, but it's punnyyeah, I like it.
I like it honey.
(01:21):
Yeah, this is good.
So we've done a ben holiday inthe past.
We have yeah, this is a sixyear old oh, it's just a baby
rickhouse proof oh what is thisone at?
It full proof 123.3 proof 61.6123.3%.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
So when they say Rickhouse-.
Alcohol proof.
So wait, when they sayRickhouse, does it just mean
foolproof.
Is that the same?
Yeah For them.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, that's how they're branding their foolproof
is.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Rickhouse proof, because what are they actually
like?
What does that mean in layman'sterms?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well the Rickhouse is where all the barrels are
stored.
Once it's distilled, put it inthe barrel, goes into the barrel
.
Boom Ages for six years.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
The proof is in the pudding.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
But it's whiskey.
The proof is in the barrel.
So when they take it out of thebarrel, the proof that they
find in the rickhouse is theproof that they put in the
bottle.
Okay, I guess that's the oneway to say it.
Huh, distilled spring 2017 andbottled August 2024.
Aged six years and new charredoak barrels.
So it will fit into ourstraight bourbon whiskey Dude.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That thing got in before COVID and got out after
COVID, that's right, it is nonethe wiser.
That thing got in before COVIDand got out after COVID.
That's right, and it knows none.
It is none the wiser.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
If this is our last episode, it's because COVID got
trapped into one of theseSomehow.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Can you imagine?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
No, that would suck.
No, I can't.
So this is kind of fun.
So distillery site since 1856.
Ben Holiday is located inMissouri.
Oh, okay, that's a state.
That's a state.
It's a state.
It's a different state thanKentucky.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
But there's two Kansas cities.
There's Kansas City Missouriand Kansas City Kansas.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, if you say so, that's messed up.
If you say so, there's a lot ofreally good whiskey coming out
of Missouri right now, really,and other places other than
Canada, canada, other thanCanada.
There's a lot of other places.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Let's not even get started about Canadians.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
So this comes out of their warehouse C, of the floors
in which the barrels are storedat their warehouse.
In warehouse C there's sevenfloors and this one came from
barrels that were mostly on thefifth floor and partially on the
(03:53):
fourth floor.
55% of this is barrels from thefifth floor.
Interesting the fourth floor45%.
Nothing from the first, second,third, sixth or seventh floors.
Forget those floors, man.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, this is mostly a mid-floor, mid or seventh
floors.
Forget those floors, man.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, this is mostly a mid-floor, mid-floor,
mid-floor, warehouse C.
Huh, rickhouse, proof BenHoliday, six years, I can tell
you.
Oh, this is kind of cool.
There's kind of a raised littlesection here on the back of the
bottle Nice, dsp MO5.
Missouri.
Raised little section here onthe back of the bottle DSP MO5,
(04:26):
missouri.
5.
Nice Fit distillery, licensedor fit distillery In the US.
No, no, no, in Missouri itself.
Okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Wow, well, 1856.
I mean, that's yeah that'sgreat.
That's awesome.
I'm excited to try it.
Do they give any hints as towhat it's supposed to be?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Let me look Tasting notes.
Yeah, according to the SurgeonGeneral, women should not drink
alcoholic beverages duringpregnancy because of the risk of
birth defects?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Yeah, no, so I'm living proof.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
As are you, I think what we'll find is both birth
defects.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, I mean obviously look at it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
No, there's not, there's not, but I did.
I opened the bottle and I liketo kind of get a little whiff
off the bottle, oh get a smell.
And oh my gosh, oh, very Likethere's a lot of it's very
aromatic it is, oh and it kindof has a yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It is, oh, and it kind of has a yeah like kind of.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
There's a, it's a very sweet.
I was going to say sweetnesskind of hits you on the back end
there.
Yeah, it's a, it's very sweet,Very, very sweet.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
I wonder if having less hair on my head makes
nosing it a little easier,because it kind of takes some of
the weight off.
You know, I'm like well, I'mless focused on holding my neck
up, did you?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
clean out your nose.
I did actually.
Well then, that woulddefinitely do it.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah, when I cut my hair, I'll you know, shave or
whatever.
I usually trim everything Allthe orifices.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Everything you know for 123 proof to get the smell
that you're getting.
That isn't just loaded withethanol and alcohol, that's
strong.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You know I was thinking about what you said.
You talked about Jared, who wason one of our previous episodes
, and you told him hey, like,because he had given you a high
beaky Japanese whiskey.
Yeah, and he goes.
Is this the quality of stuffthat you guys do on your show?
(06:38):
And you're like yeah, yeah, highquality things that we've been
able to find, that like it's notjust jim b I mean nothing wrong
with jim bean and jack danielsbut like it's not just those
bottom shelfer typical, you know, frat party whiskeys that we're
trying yeah you know, likewe're, we're trying ones that
are maybe gonna be still pricesavvy, but that tastes way
(07:02):
better yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Yeah, I mean typically we're trying to stick
in the less than $50, easy tofind on your local shelf man.
That's good.
I wouldn't say that thisparticular one is easy to find,
right, or less than $50.
But the Ben Holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
The.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Ben Holiday.
The other six andseven-year-olds that are not
Rickhouse proof are reallyreally good, and those
definitely fall into that range.
This one comes in a little over$50, but not much more than
that it wasn't that much moreactually.
I think, we're in the $60 rangefor this one, and they waited a
while for this, it wasn't thatmuch more.
Actually, I think we're in the$60 range for this one.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
So I mean it's definitely, and they waited a
while for this.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
It's very affordable and you know, when it did hit,
when it did hit the shelves, itwas there for a while because
there was a lot of it.
So yeah, I mean, and that's thething.
So they age it for six years, Ithink.
That's you know.
We've talked about age.
Um, you know before that that,you know, between four and eight
(08:03):
years seems to be kind of thatreally sweet spot once you get
into the, you know, 10, 12, 15s,it's just not as unless you hit
.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I mean we had to.
Oh, the bull run, the bull runsomehow figured it out.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
But yeah, but at typically At 16 years right,
yeah, even the 15 is amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Is that 15?
I thought it was 16.
Well, the 16 is the one wetried.
Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
What's that one?
I don't know if we did the 15one.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
What's that one?
That's the 15.
Hmm.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Interesting.
Yeah, I think we've liked both.
Yeah, oh yeah, um, and again,you know, if you're looking at
other 15, 14, 15, 16 year oldwhiskeys, you know bourbon
specifically.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Yeah, those tend to be pretty pricey.
Oh for sure, yeah, this, thatone was a little more pricey.
60 bucks.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah, you know, just still right within range.
Yeah, um, you know, especiallywhen you think about things like
Angel Envy sitting at you knowthe Angel Envy Rye, for instance
$70.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Yeah, $79.99.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
You know, it's kind of crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Unless you go to Walmart $79.98.
Well, Because they like to dothat.
Oh, we're a penny cheaper.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Do you know where that's even better Costco and
Sam's Club $97?
.
It's like $68.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Oh, it's like $68.
Oh, wow, yeah, but you have tobuy three truckloads full.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
No, you have to buy 10 gallons.
No, they only let you buy twoor three.
I think, no, I'm kidding, I'mkidding Truckloads.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Yeah, it's good.
But you know, I mean maybe it'skind of like leading the
witness, but there is a littlebit of a cherry kind of Christmy
kind of I don't know flavor,maybe it's cranberry, I don't
know some.
It does go really well.
Uh, unintentionally, with withthe season.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
I think this is a great christmas time drink yeah,
I think most bourbons are inthis as we get into this season,
right sitting in front of afire um sipping on whiskey.
I think is is um.
You know, it's one of myfavorite past times and present
times and future times,hopefully, you know all the
(10:09):
times really all the times.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
It's one of the things.
It's one of the you know timesTime T-H-Y-M-E-S T-H-Y-M-E-S
Time Times.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Yeah, all of it, it's kind of like a fresh time.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Yeah, it's like a fresh time man, we're just
dropping names now.
Sponsorship this episode is notsponsored by fresh time not
sponsored by I I'm a.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I'm a big fan of this one um big fan, you know
drinking it I.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I could see adding a touch, just like a little bit of
water might help open that up alittle bit and take a little
bit of that punch out, because Ifeel like there's that that
sweetness, that that like I'mgonna take one more little one
and let us sit for a little bit,but like I feel like there's
that sweetness that just wantsto come forward, um, and maybe
it just wants to be let out itdoes and it needs a little
(11:11):
inspiration.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
You know it needs a little help, yeah yeah, that's
really good, though I mean for60 or 65 dollars.
Whatever this was, I think itwas worth the wait.
We've been waiting for this onefor a little while.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Yeah, and not that far off of our typical goal.
Not at all so splurge a little,If you see it splurge.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yeah, do it, get it.
Get it.
Anything from Ben Holiday Ithink would be totally
appropriate to get.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah, we're kind of like hitting some Ben holiday.
We're hitting um heaven Hill.
Uh, we're tending to kind ofget you know like a lot of those
.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Elijah Craig, we've really done a couple.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But yeah, definitely throw thisone on your list and get it in
there.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
I think we would give this one the whiskey bits.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Stamp of approval stamp of approval for a little
extra money.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
That's right.
That's right.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Speaking of money, yeah, um you know, christmas is
very close is right around thecorner next week, oh my gosh.
Yeah, so really snuck up on usit really did.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
It's here and can you believe it?
Um, you know, we talked aboutmovies, we talked about
christmas movies, but I wasgonna ask you like, is there
like, did we talk about, like,what you want for christmas?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
what do I want for?
Yeah, like what do you want,like as adults, like it's all
about the kids getting the giftsright, right, and like that is
more fun than I thought it wouldbe I'll be honest like yeah,
that is a knitted santa hat well, when it's when it is your turn
to tell me what you want forchristmas, oh, but I thought you
(12:51):
don't want people touching yourthighs you could never be santa
, you could sit, I could sitthere you could sit.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
What if I sat there and like, started, like no
moving?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
around around on it Not happening.
How does it?
Speaker 1 (13:01):
look, I think it looks pretty good actually.
Yeah, dude, that's why I putthe hat on your side and I gave
myself the stocking, because Iwant the gift.
You give the gift.
You're Santa Claus.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I see.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
What do I want for Christmas?
Do you still get gifts forChristmas?
I think?
Speaker 2 (13:24):
it's no different, it is different.
It's a lot different, it'sdifferent.
I think we always go into itthinking, oh, this is going to
be that christmas where we likewait and we actually get each
other stuff and we open it onchristmas morning and it's a
surprise what do you normally do?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
isn't that what everybody does?
Uh, no, oh, you go and you, you, you say I want this at the
store and you buy it.
So you do, you buy stuff foryourself sometimes.
Yeah, I do too, yeah, yeah yeah, most of that if I'm going like
but then you're like here,you're gonna give me this, yeah
(13:59):
uh, no, it's just you just buywhat you want, yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Or it's hey, let's do a couple of big things Like
what do you want, and we justbuy it, and then we don't have
anything to open on Christmas.
But we always talk about I wantsomething to open on Christmas,
but that's usually reserved forour kids will get us stuff and
got it, you know that that's.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
That's what we end up opening so you're talking about
you and amy specifically.
You just go nuts, get what youwant, can't wait.
You can't wait until christmas.
What your problem is?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I think it's just it.
Why?
What's the surprise, right?
You know there's no surprisethere, right?
So we try to, we're trying toget better about that because it
is fun, but um I still like toget surprised.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah, so I'll have a list.
Here's my, my workaround.
I'll have a list and if I get agood deal, like I talked about
last time- yeah you know thelord of the rings thing, if I
find a good deal, I'll get itand be like, hey, I got this.
You know you could do this as aChristmas present or something,
because I'll find them.
But I'll have a list like achild and instead of giving it
(15:09):
to my parents, I give it toMadison.
And I say here you go and kindof like, but that's it.
I'm like, hey, we'll see whathappens.
And so there's still that alittle bit element.
Surprise, now they're waydifferent.
They're like nah here's what wewant and we know what we're
gonna get here.
I got this, you're gonna getthis, and we have birthdays and
(15:31):
all that stuff too yeah whichhave passed now, but that it's
the birthdays and the and the,the holidays are all together,
so it's like you're gonna getthis for my birthday and I'm
going to have this for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
It makes it easy for me.
Yeah, but yeah, I think thething is that's different is do
you still feel it's a differentkind of joy, like, did you have
good childhood growing up withgifts, like getting Christmas
Day, Like that was fun for you,yeah, yeah same so passing that
(16:05):
on to your kids.
Now you're like on the otherside of it, but it is still kind
of cool.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Yeah, right, like it's.
It's the most fun thing aboutchristmas is getting something
for them yeah, that you knowthey're gonna like, and then
them opening it on christmasmorning and being so excited
about it and then telling them.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
It's from santa claus and then correct you don't get
the correct, you don't get the.
That's the sacrifice, that'syeah, that's part of it.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
It it's a humility.
No, we actually do like welearned, just with our story.
We learned that the big,extravagant gifts shouldn't come
from Santa.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Oh yeah.
Because there's.
Give him the crap stuff.
Yeah, santa kind of sucks hishair, doesn't he?
Yeah, he does Socks underwear.
What a jerk.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Well, it came from yeah, sanis kind of sucks this
year, doesn't he?
Yeah, he does socks underwear.
What a jerk.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Well it it came from it is elf knit underwear, but
that's.
That's kind of cool.
But you know some poor elf likethat's the saying.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
They're like gotta make the underwear snapping the
I was gonna make it serious andlike I don't this is a like.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
I don't think I should do it.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
But I hear what you're saying.
It's not the Christmas episode.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
It's not the.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Christmas episode.
Yeah, Really what the?
And maybe this is a, maybe it'sa little bit of a public
service announcement for thethree people that are listening
to the episode that aren't us.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Oh well, then that's one.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
But you know, with our kids and kind of their
history and where they're, youknow, growing up in the foster
system and that sort of thing,it was tough because if we got
them an iPad, for instance, andwe said that was from Santa,
well then they went over totheir friends or their brothers
and said Santa got me an iPadand it's like, well, not every
(17:58):
family can do that right, andsay that's from santa, right,
and so now the kid thinkssanta's got favorites and likes
them more right so we alwayssort of that.
You know that's probably a goodidea, let's yeah we don't
typically go that you know,extravagant necessarily.
But yeah, if we were to, we tryto make that one for us, but
(18:22):
anyway.
Either way, it's fun.
We had a lot of fun with it.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
We do like a one or two from santa.
You know what I mean.
Like that we label santa andthe rest is is mom and dad, or
you know, because I think thatpart of it is well, first of all
, it's obviously not whatchristmas is about, um, but also
, you know, there is thatnostalgia and so there is a
little bit of that playfulnessthat comes with it and letting
(18:49):
them just have that innocent fun, whatever, it's fine.
Sure, stella, you know my 10year old it was like last year
that we had to break it to herbecause she was like, cause
we're at, we go to, like youknow, her grandparents' house,
and she was like is this mangoing to come in in the middle
(19:12):
of the night in the house?
Like she was really scared thatsomeone was going to be in the
house while everyone's asleep.
Like just like breaking in.
Basically, they were like no,he's not real, we're good.
And she was like, oh, okay, butit was like so hard for me to
say it, yeah, because it's likeI felt like that moment there's
some of this like innocence.
Sure, that kind of like comesaway with that.
(19:35):
But yeah, it's just, it's funny, but I still like the, I still
like the whole the hubbub of itall you know, yeah, yeah, the
opening of the gifts Christmasmorning, yeah, Us too.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I mean, it is the like I said it is the most fun
part about doing the Christmasstuff is seeing their faces as
they open those things up, andyeah, so I definitely definitely
love that part.
I don't I don't necessarilyknow what I'll be asking for or
what I've asked for what are yougoing to get?
Well, I mean, there's a coupleof things that are out there,
but you could get what you need.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Sure, during the year you get what you need, but like
sort of right even what youwant.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Most of the time, yeah, we're grown up as an adult
.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
It's like, yeah, you know, but like it's kind of like
that excuse to get it rightsure, like my stuff, I've been
into that that survival showalone yeah hulu.
And so now I'm like, oh, I wantaet, I want a rucksack so I can
go rucking.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Where are you going to ruck and survival?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
gear, I don't know.
Just around town.
Just ruck around town.
What are you doing?
Eh, just rucking around Justrucking.
Yeah, go ruck yourself, I will.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Thanks for the encouragement I will, absolutely
.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
It's a rucking good time.
It's a rucking good time.
It's a rucking good time.
You know, I will, you know.
So it's like.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
I have things like that.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
You're not actually going to go anywhere dangerous.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
I might go to a bear-infested island.
See who wins.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Island?
I don't know they exist don'tthey A bear-infested island,
yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Like some sort of rabbit bear island.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
That doesn't exist, like a cocaine bear island.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Can you say cocaine bear?
I think you can say cocaine ifyou add bear after it, because
of the movie.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Yeah, it's okay, they've cleared that.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Okay, you can't say cocaine just as it.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Why cocaine just as it, like I can't just be like
cocaine, like as itself, why not, I don't know?
Isn't it illegal not to say, oh, I'm sorry, my hands are really
to snort maybe?
Speaker 1 (21:41):
yeah, it's really dry .
Is it dry?
Am I dry?
Are you dry?
Speaker 2 (21:45):
I, yeah, I've got a little bit of a dry, dry tickle
in my throat let's talk aboutthat later wet the whistle, wet
the whistle.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Wet the whistle with the old holiday, so has it
opened up, do you think?
Speaker 2 (21:59):
A little bit.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
A little bit.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
All right.
So you want a rucksack and ahatchet.
I mean, I always love gettingtools, it's your Bible's gear.
I always love getting tools.
I like tools too.
I love a tool.
I love a tool.
Yeah, I love a tool.
I love a tool.
Yeah, I love it.
Oh, oh, oh.
Love tools, yeah, I like, sincedoing the whiskey thing I tend
to get like a lot of likewhiskey socks and whiskey,
(22:27):
Things that you know.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Candles it's like the things people think you would
like but it's just not right, ithasn't just hit.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Whiskey, soaps and yeah like bath washes and, yeah,
I like drinking it.
I don't always want to smelllike it like here's what I want.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Just draw me a bath and then bring me a glass of
whiskey.
That's my gift.
That that would be?
Yeah, that'd be fine, see not?
Speaker 2 (22:51):
mean, I would like.
I would like a new car, a newcar I would like.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I just got one.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
True?
Um man, merry Christmas.
I would like hair.
Um, I would like, uh.
Um, I think I would like a drumset, electric or whatever,
regular electric Electric isreally cool.
Yeah, yeah, it's quite fun.
And then a recording studio, ohyeah.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
I would love a podcast studio.
Right A set.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Right To build a set.
What we've what we have donerecently for for Christmas,
because I think we all haveenough stuff is what we've.
What we've kind of transitionedto and I think has been a lot
of fun is experiences and sortof like bigger things, like a
couple of years ago.
Well, cause.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Your kids are older, they're Keon's.
What 14, 14.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
And the boys are younger 10 and 10 and eight.
10 and eight.
Yeah, okay, oh, that's prettyclose.
Yeah, younger 10 and 10 and 8.
10 and 8, yeah, that's prettyclose.
Yeah, so I it's so dry in herestill hear it on my mic.
I mean, it's like you don'teven know how recording works.
I mean, I guess you do a littlebit because you muted yourself.
(24:10):
I'm gonna just I'm just gonnaincrease the volume on my mic
during the cough.
Actually, I'm gonna do a soundeffect of like a cat meowing.
Oh, I'm gonna have so much funwith this one, I'm actually
gonna do it too.
No, you're not.
What sound effect am I gonnaput in?
Oh, this is gonna be one I'mworking on tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
I already got the other episodes done.
I'm gonna do that tomorrow,like, like what am I going to
put in?
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Oh, it'll be like a cat with a furball.
That's what I'm going to do.
I like it.
Or Gollum, I'll be likeWhatever it was.
It already happened.
So I'm like explaining what I'mgoing to do after people have
already heard it that.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
So I'm like explaining what I'm gonna do
after people have already heardit.
That's true.
So what, uh?
What we've done and what we'vereally enjoyed is like yes, the
kids are a little bit older, sowhat we've, what we did a couple
years ago was you know, ouryoungest son was really big into
basketball, so we bought abasketball hoop.
Who is this?
(25:14):
Gavin gavin, yeah, so we put abasketball hoop okay, yeah love
it um they love playing airhockey.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
He wishes he was really into like airplanes I
wish I was into airplanes.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
I'm really into airplanes this year.
Dad her here's a jet, yeah,here you go really into really
into sports cars and tallblondes.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
What stop, here's a sports car eight.
Here's this.
Well, I don't know okay allright, okay, I don't know man
fine I mean he's, yeah, he's agrowing boy, we got an air
hockey table, an air hockeytable, but like we're, because
(26:03):
because, yeah, and, and it wasawesome and we got it on the
facebook marketplace, yeah youcould still be wise with your
money and I went and I went andpicked it up and had it, just
had it in the back of my truckfor two or three days For years
oh days, okay, two or three days.
I picked it up a couple daysbefore Christmas, and Christmas
(26:24):
morning, bam, it woke up andthey came downstairs and there's
the airplane.
There it is it was awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
You sound like you're like combusting.
You got the hiccups.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
I don't know what's going on.
I don't know what's happening.
There's a lot of thingshappening here.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Maybe you're like the drunk.
Are you auditioning for thedrunk Santa in Miracle on 34th
Street?
Speaker 2 (26:45):
I could be.
I could be, it might be the hat.
The hat.
I wasn't coughing, I wasn'tburping or hiccuping.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
No, it's giving you powers.
You're allergic to wool.
I'm pretty sure that's sheep's.
It might actually be Arabiansheep's wool.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
No, I like wool.
Okay, you know wool socks andother wool underwear.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
I've been trying to get my sister-in-law to knit me
a pair of knitted boxers foryears and she just hasn't done
it.
I don't know why.
I think I know okay.
Uh, you know there is somethingabout too like you get the
gifts for the kids and you dokind of get to into it.
The older they get, you kind ofget to enjoy it with them.
So it's kind of like did I buythat for them because I have
(27:27):
this?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
like when I got the switch, got you a uh, I got you
a pool table yeah, like did Iget it for them or did I get it
for me?
You're not allowed to play onit, but you get it for us.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
I think yeah, and I think too.
The other thing touching on too,just the Nintendo Switch.
I got a great deal on that dude.
Yeah, they were like normallylike $350 or whatever.
They were $299, $350.
I got it for 200 bucks and thisguy gave me like 10 games.
See, just because he wanted tobe nice, I thought he was.
He told me follow me, we'regoing to go to my apartment and
(27:59):
I'll give you the games.
I was like okay, I was like I'mgoing to get killed, but he had
the games.
Yeah, I think I prayed with himtoo.
I did.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
It was like a witnessing opportunity
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Yeah, I did.
It was like a witnessingopportunity Interesting.
He did stab me in the shoulder.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
Was it to get him to not kill you?
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Yeah, I was like, hey , let me pray for us in this
moment.
I won't call the cops, but you,let me pray for you and drive
away safely.
Also, do you have a band-aid?
Speaker 2 (28:29):
That's awesome, but you got to enjoy that Well, yeah
, but I think having the giftsto wrap it up, having the gifts
that you also teach themgenerosity and giving to others.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
That's awesome, yeah, and obviously the true meaning
of Christmas, which is.
Jesus, that's right which we'regoing to talk about more next
week.
Well, we could, we will.
We'll say something about ityeah.
I was thinking we sing happybirthday will, we'll say
something about it.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
Yeah, I was thinking we sing happy birthday.
I um.
No, also, you know, I think Ithink the gift giving part while
it has been commercialized andwe put santa in place, I think,
you know, I think there's alsoum, it is.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
It is definitely a biblical tradition totally three
wise men bringing gifts yeah,uh, to celebrate the birth three
wise men bringing gifts tocelebrate the birth of Jesus.
The wise guys Bringing giftsand bourbon To the three wise
guys.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
Yeah To Frankincense and Myrrh.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Frankincense and Myrrh.
Good job, Phil.
The hat looks good on you.
You should keep it.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I don't think I will.
I think it made me sick.
Definitely made me sound like acat when I coughed Next time on
Whiskey Bits.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Who is naming these?
Who is abbreviating leadL-E-A-D as P-B?
It don't make no sense.
It don't make no sense.
But what does make sense issipping the eggnog through a
cinnamon stick straw.
(30:00):
Do it, you won't do it.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
I'm going to do it.
There's a lot of people outhere saying that you won't do it
there's a lot of people and bya lot.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
I mean of all the people, of all the Amy's
watching the live.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
I like this.
They go, it's very good.
They go, it's very good.
Ignore, that was the mostobnoxious, and you smacked your
lips so many times.
That was probably the mostobnoxious sound that we've ever
had on this podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
I'm going to increase the dBs in that section.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
That did not work.
No I didn't think it would.
Hey, thanks for sticking around.
That's it for this episode ofWhiskey Bits, but if you enjoyed
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Is that what it's called, adongle?
I think it's called a mic boom.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
A boom mic arm.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
A mic arm Boom Boom, arm A boom arm Boom mam, boom,
boomer, boom arm.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I know you have a flannel on, all right, yeah,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Your bald spot got bigger it got huge man, but this
is me bald without a nevis, thenevis right, you know what?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I didn't notice that you didn't have the nevis until
now.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Right.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Oh, that's not.
Is that good or bad?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Well, this is me, nevis-less bald, nice, nice,
this is me, nevis Lisbold.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Nice, nice.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Welcome to Whiskey Bits With Matt and Phil, where
we sip on everyday whiskeys andfind the funny in our everyday
lives.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Well, as you can see, it's getting close to Christmas
.
We're rolling right alongaren't we?
Speaker 1 (01:00):
We're getting so close.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Look at that, we've got the Grinch.
We've got a stocking.
've got a stocking we have astocking hat this is holly and
today we're gonna try the benholiday.
Oh, that's a pun probably Imean, it's his name.
It's also oh, but it's punnyyeah, I like it.
I like it honey.
(01:21):
Yeah, this is good.
So we've done a ben holiday inthe past.
We have yeah, this is a sixyear old oh, it's just a baby
rickhouse proof oh what is thisone at?
It full proof 123.3 proof 61.6123.3%.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
So when they say Rickhouse-.
Alcohol proof.
So wait, when they sayRickhouse, does it just mean
foolproof.
Is that the same?
Yeah For them.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, that's how they're branding their foolproof
is.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Rickhouse proof, because what are they actually
like?
What does that mean in layman'sterms?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well the Rickhouse is where all the barrels are
stored.
Once it's distilled, put it inthe barrel, goes into the barrel
.
Boom Ages for six years.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
The proof is in the pudding.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
But it's whiskey.
The proof is in the barrel.
So when they take it out of thebarrel, the proof that they
find in the rickhouse is theproof that they put in the
bottle.
Okay, I guess that's the oneway to say it.
Huh, distilled spring 2017 andbottled August 2024.
Aged six years and new charredoak barrels.
So it will fit into ourstraight bourbon whiskey Dude.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That thing got in before COVID and got out after
COVID, that's right, it is nonethe wiser.
That thing got in before COVIDand got out after COVID.
That's right, and it knows none.
It is none the wiser.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
If this is our last episode, it's because COVID got
trapped into one of theseSomehow.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Can you imagine?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
No, that would suck.
No, I can't.
So this is kind of fun.
So distillery site since 1856.
Ben Holiday is located inMissouri.
Oh, okay, that's a state.
That's a state.
It's a state.
It's a different state thanKentucky.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
But there's two Kansas cities.
There's Kansas City Missouriand Kansas City Kansas.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Yeah, if you say so, that's messed up.
If you say so, there's a lot ofreally good whiskey coming out
of Missouri right now, really,and other places other than
Canada, canada, other thanCanada.
There's a lot of other places.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Let's not even get started about Canadians.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
So this comes out of their warehouse C, of the floors
in which the barrels are storedat their warehouse.
In warehouse C there's sevenfloors and this one came from
barrels that were mostly on thefifth floor and partially on the
(03:53):
fourth floor.
55% of this is barrels from thefifth floor.
Interesting the fourth floor45%.
Nothing from the first, second,third, sixth or seventh floors.
Forget those floors, man.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, this is mostly a mid-floor, mid or seventh
floors.
Forget those floors, man.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, this is mostly a mid-floor, mid-floor,
mid-floor, warehouse C.
Huh, rickhouse, proof BenHoliday, six years, I can tell
you.
Oh, this is kind of cool.
There's kind of a raised littlesection here on the back of the
bottle Nice, dsp MO5.
Missouri.
Raised little section here onthe back of the bottle DSP MO5,
(04:26):
missouri.
5.
Nice Fit distillery, licensedor fit distillery In the US.
No, no, no, in Missouri itself.
Okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Wow, well, 1856.
I mean, that's yeah that'sgreat.
That's awesome.
I'm excited to try it.
Do they give any hints as towhat it's supposed to be?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Let me look Tasting notes.
Yeah, according to the SurgeonGeneral, women should not drink
alcoholic beverages duringpregnancy because of the risk of
birth defects?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Yeah, no, so I'm living proof.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
As are you, I think what we'll find is both birth
defects.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, I mean obviously look at it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
No, there's not, there's not, but I did.
I opened the bottle and I liketo kind of get a little whiff
off the bottle, oh get a smell.
And oh my gosh, oh, very Likethere's a lot of it's very
aromatic it is, oh and it kindof has a yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It is, oh, and it kind of has a yeah like kind of.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
There's a, it's a very sweet.
I was going to say sweetnesskind of hits you on the back end
there.
Yeah, it's a, it's very sweet,Very, very sweet.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
I wonder if having less hair on my head makes
nosing it a little easier,because it kind of takes some of
the weight off.
You know, I'm like well, I'mless focused on holding my neck
up, did you?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
clean out your nose.
I did actually.
Well then, that woulddefinitely do it.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah, when I cut my hair, I'll you know, shave or
whatever.
I usually trim everything Allthe orifices.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Everything you know for 123 proof to get the smell
that you're getting.
That isn't just loaded withethanol and alcohol, that's
strong.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
You know I was thinking about what you said.
You talked about Jared, who wason one of our previous episodes
, and you told him hey, like,because he had given you a high
beaky Japanese whiskey.
Yeah, and he goes.
Is this the quality of stuffthat you guys do on your show?
(06:38):
And you're like yeah, yeah, highquality things that we've been
able to find, that like it's notjust jim b I mean nothing wrong
with jim bean and jack danielsbut like it's not just those
bottom shelfer typical, you know, frat party whiskeys that we're
trying yeah you know, likewe're, we're trying ones that
are maybe gonna be still pricesavvy, but that tastes way
(07:02):
better yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Yeah, I mean typically we're trying to stick
in the less than $50, easy tofind on your local shelf man.
That's good.
I wouldn't say that thisparticular one is easy to find,
right, or less than $50.
But the Ben Holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
The.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Ben Holiday.
The other six andseven-year-olds that are not
Rickhouse proof are reallyreally good, and those
definitely fall into that range.
This one comes in a little over$50, but not much more than
that it wasn't that much moreactually.
I think, we're in the $60 rangefor this one, and they waited a
while for this, it wasn't thatmuch more.
Actually, I think we're in the$60 range for this one.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
So I mean it's definitely, and they waited a
while for this.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
It's very affordable and you know, when it did hit,
when it did hit the shelves, itwas there for a while because
there was a lot of it.
So yeah, I mean, and that's thething.
So they age it for six years, Ithink.
That's you know.
We've talked about age.
Um, you know before that that,you know, between four and eight
(08:03):
years seems to be kind of thatreally sweet spot once you get
into the, you know, 10, 12, 15s,it's just not as unless you hit
.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I mean we had to.
Oh, the bull run, the bull runsomehow figured it out.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
But yeah, but at typically At 16 years right,
yeah, even the 15 is amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Is that 15?
I thought it was 16.
Well, the 16 is the one wetried.
Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
What's that one?
I don't know if we did the 15one.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
What's that one?
That's the 15.
Hmm.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Interesting.
Yeah, I think we've liked both.
Yeah, oh yeah, um, and again,you know, if you're looking at
other 15, 14, 15, 16 year oldwhiskeys, you know bourbon
specifically.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Yeah, those tend to be pretty pricey.
Oh for sure, yeah, this, thatone was a little more pricey.
60 bucks.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah, you know, just still right within range.
Yeah, um, you know, especiallywhen you think about things like
Angel Envy sitting at you knowthe Angel Envy Rye, for instance
$70.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Yeah, $79.99.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
You know, it's kind of crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Unless you go to Walmart $79.98.
Well, Because they like to dothat.
Oh, we're a penny cheaper.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Do you know where that's even better Costco and
Sam's Club $97?
.
It's like $68.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Oh, it's like $68.
Oh, wow, yeah, but you have tobuy three truckloads full.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
No, you have to buy 10 gallons.
No, they only let you buy twoor three.
I think, no, I'm kidding, I'mkidding Truckloads.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Yeah, it's good.
But you know, I mean maybe it'skind of like leading the
witness, but there is a littlebit of a cherry kind of Christmy
kind of I don't know flavor,maybe it's cranberry, I don't
know some.
It does go really well.
Uh, unintentionally, with withthe season.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
I think this is a great christmas time drink yeah,
I think most bourbons are inthis as we get into this season,
right sitting in front of afire um sipping on whiskey.
I think is is um.
You know, it's one of myfavorite past times and present
times and future times,hopefully, you know all the
(10:09):
times really all the times.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
It's one of the things.
It's one of the you know timesTime T-H-Y-M-E-S T-H-Y-M-E-S
Time Times.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Yeah, all of it, it's kind of like a fresh time.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Yeah, it's like a fresh time man, we're just
dropping names now.
Sponsorship this episode is notsponsored by fresh time not
sponsored by I I'm a.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I'm a big fan of this one um big fan, you know
drinking it I.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I could see adding a touch, just like a little bit of
water might help open that up alittle bit and take a little
bit of that punch out, because Ifeel like there's that that
sweetness, that that like I'mgonna take one more little one
and let us sit for a little bit,but like I feel like there's
that sweetness that just wantsto come forward, um, and maybe
it just wants to be let out itdoes and it needs a little
(11:11):
inspiration.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
You know it needs a little help, yeah yeah, that's
really good, though I mean for60 or 65 dollars.
Whatever this was, I think itwas worth the wait.
We've been waiting for this onefor a little while.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Yeah, and not that far off of our typical goal.
Not at all so splurge a little,If you see it splurge.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yeah, do it, get it.
Get it.
Anything from Ben Holiday Ithink would be totally
appropriate to get.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah, we're kind of like hitting some Ben holiday.
We're hitting um heaven Hill.
Uh, we're tending to kind ofget you know like a lot of those
.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Elijah Craig, we've really done a couple.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But yeah, definitely throw thisone on your list and get it in
there.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
I think we would give this one the whiskey bits.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Stamp of approval stamp of approval for a little
extra money.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
That's right.
That's right.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Speaking of money, yeah, um you know, christmas is
very close is right around thecorner next week, oh my gosh.
Yeah, so really snuck up on usit really did.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
It's here and can you believe it?
Um, you know, we talked aboutmovies, we talked about
christmas movies, but I wasgonna ask you like, is there
like, did we talk about, like,what you want for christmas?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
what do I want for?
Yeah, like what do you want,like as adults, like it's all
about the kids getting the giftsright, right, and like that is
more fun than I thought it wouldbe I'll be honest like yeah,
that is a knitted santa hat well, when it's when it is your turn
to tell me what you want forchristmas, oh, but I thought you
(12:51):
don't want people touching yourthighs you could never be santa
, you could sit, I could sitthere you could sit.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
What if I sat there and like, started, like no
moving?
Speaker 2 (12:58):
around around on it Not happening.
How does it?
Speaker 1 (13:01):
look, I think it looks pretty good actually.
Yeah, dude, that's why I putthe hat on your side and I gave
myself the stocking, because Iwant the gift.
You give the gift.
You're Santa Claus.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I see.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
What do I want for Christmas?
Do you still get gifts forChristmas?
I think?
Speaker 2 (13:24):
it's no different, it is different.
It's a lot different, it'sdifferent.
I think we always go into itthinking, oh, this is going to
be that christmas where we likewait and we actually get each
other stuff and we open it onchristmas morning and it's a
surprise what do you normally do?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
isn't that what everybody does?
Uh, no, oh, you go and you, you, you say I want this at the
store and you buy it.
So you do, you buy stuff foryourself sometimes.
Yeah, I do too, yeah, yeah yeah, most of that if I'm going like
but then you're like here,you're gonna give me this, yeah
(13:59):
uh, no, it's just you just buywhat you want, yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Or it's hey, let's do a couple of big things Like
what do you want, and we justbuy it, and then we don't have
anything to open on Christmas.
But we always talk about I wantsomething to open on Christmas,
but that's usually reserved forour kids will get us stuff and
got it, you know that that's.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
That's what we end up opening so you're talking about
you and amy specifically.
You just go nuts, get what youwant, can't wait.
You can't wait until christmas.
What your problem is?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I think it's just it.
Why?
What's the surprise, right?
You know there's no surprisethere, right?
So we try to, we're trying toget better about that because it
is fun, but um I still like toget surprised.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah, so I'll have a list.
Here's my, my workaround.
I'll have a list and if I get agood deal, like I talked about
last time- yeah you know thelord of the rings thing, if I
find a good deal, I'll get itand be like, hey, I got this.
You know you could do this as aChristmas present or something,
because I'll find them.
But I'll have a list like achild and instead of giving it
(15:09):
to my parents, I give it toMadison.
And I say here you go and kindof like, but that's it.
I'm like, hey, we'll see whathappens.
And so there's still that alittle bit element.
Surprise, now they're waydifferent.
They're like nah here's what wewant and we know what we're
gonna get here.
I got this, you're gonna getthis, and we have birthdays and
(15:31):
all that stuff too yeah whichhave passed now, but that it's
the birthdays and the and the,the holidays are all together,
so it's like you're gonna getthis for my birthday and I'm
going to have this for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
It makes it easy for me.
Yeah, but yeah, I think thething is that's different is do
you still feel it's a differentkind of joy, like, did you have
good childhood growing up withgifts, like getting Christmas
Day, Like that was fun for you,yeah, yeah same so passing that
(16:05):
on to your kids.
Now you're like on the otherside of it, but it is still kind
of cool.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Yeah, right, like it's.
It's the most fun thing aboutchristmas is getting something
for them yeah, that you knowthey're gonna like, and then
them opening it on christmasmorning and being so excited
about it and then telling them.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
It's from santa claus and then correct you don't get
the correct, you don't get the.
That's the sacrifice, that'syeah, that's part of it.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
It it's a humility.
No, we actually do like welearned, just with our story.
We learned that the big,extravagant gifts shouldn't come
from Santa.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Oh yeah.
Because there's.
Give him the crap stuff.
Yeah, santa kind of sucks hishair, doesn't he?
Yeah, he does Socks underwear.
What a jerk.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Well, it came from yeah, sanis kind of sucks this
year, doesn't he?
Yeah, he does socks underwear.
What a jerk.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Well it it came from it is elf knit underwear, but
that's.
That's kind of cool.
But you know some poor elf likethat's the saying.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
They're like gotta make the underwear snapping the
I was gonna make it serious andlike I don't this is a like.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
I don't think I should do it.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
But I hear what you're saying.
It's not the Christmas episode.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
It's not the.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Christmas episode.
Yeah, Really what the?
And maybe this is a, maybe it'sa little bit of a public
service announcement for thethree people that are listening
to the episode that aren't us.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Oh well, then that's one.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
But you know, with our kids and kind of their
history and where they're, youknow, growing up in the foster
system and that sort of thing,it was tough because if we got
them an iPad, for instance, andwe said that was from Santa,
well then they went over totheir friends or their brothers
and said Santa got me an iPadand it's like, well, not every
(17:58):
family can do that right, andsay that's from santa, right,
and so now the kid thinkssanta's got favorites and likes
them more right so we alwayssort of that.
You know that's probably a goodidea, let's yeah we don't
typically go that you know,extravagant necessarily.
But yeah, if we were to, we tryto make that one for us, but
(18:22):
anyway.
Either way, it's fun.
We had a lot of fun with it.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
We do like a one or two from santa.
You know what I mean.
Like that we label santa andthe rest is is mom and dad, or
you know, because I think thatpart of it is well, first of all
, it's obviously not whatchristmas is about, um, but also
, you know, there is thatnostalgia and so there is a
little bit of that playfulnessthat comes with it and letting
(18:49):
them just have that innocent fun, whatever, it's fine.
Sure, stella, you know my 10year old it was like last year
that we had to break it to herbecause she was like, cause
we're at, we go to, like youknow, her grandparents' house,
and she was like is this mangoing to come in in the middle
(19:12):
of the night in the house?
Like she was really scared thatsomeone was going to be in the
house while everyone's asleep.
Like just like breaking in.
Basically, they were like no,he's not real, we're good.
And she was like, oh, okay, butit was like so hard for me to
say it, yeah, because it's likeI felt like that moment there's
some of this like innocence.
Sure, that kind of like comesaway with that.
(19:35):
But yeah, it's just, it's funny, but I still like the, I still
like the whole the hubbub of itall you know, yeah, yeah, the
opening of the gifts Christmasmorning, yeah, Us too.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I mean, it is the like I said it is the most fun
part about doing the Christmasstuff is seeing their faces as
they open those things up, andyeah, so I definitely definitely
love that part.
I don't I don't necessarilyknow what I'll be asking for or
what I've asked for what are yougoing to get?
Well, I mean, there's a coupleof things that are out there,
but you could get what you need.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Sure, during the year you get what you need, but like
sort of right even what youwant.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Most of the time, yeah, we're grown up as an adult
.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
It's like, yeah, you know, but like it's kind of like
that excuse to get it rightsure, like my stuff, I've been
into that that survival showalone yeah hulu.
And so now I'm like, oh, I wantaet, I want a rucksack so I can
go rucking.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Where are you going to ruck and survival?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
gear, I don't know.
Just around town.
Just ruck around town.
What are you doing?
Eh, just rucking around Justrucking.
Yeah, go ruck yourself, I will.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Thanks for the encouragement I will, absolutely
.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
It's a rucking good time.
It's a rucking good time.
It's a rucking good time.
You know, I will, you know.
So it's like.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
I have things like that.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
You're not actually going to go anywhere dangerous.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
I might go to a bear-infested island.
See who wins.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Island?
I don't know they exist don'tthey A bear-infested island,
yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Like some sort of rabbit bear island.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
That doesn't exist, like a cocaine bear island.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Can you say cocaine bear?
I think you can say cocaine ifyou add bear after it, because
of the movie.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Yeah, it's okay, they've cleared that.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Okay, you can't say cocaine just as it.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Why cocaine just as it, like I can't just be like
cocaine, like as itself, why not, I don't know?
Isn't it illegal not to say, oh, I'm sorry, my hands are really
to snort maybe?
Speaker 1 (21:41):
yeah, it's really dry .
Is it dry?
Am I dry?
Are you dry?
Speaker 2 (21:45):
I, yeah, I've got a little bit of a dry, dry tickle
in my throat let's talk aboutthat later wet the whistle, wet
the whistle.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Wet the whistle with the old holiday, so has it
opened up, do you think?
Speaker 2 (21:59):
A little bit.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
A little bit.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
All right.
So you want a rucksack and ahatchet.
I mean, I always love gettingtools, it's your Bible's gear.
I always love getting tools.
I like tools too.
I love a tool.
I love a tool.
Yeah, I love a tool.
I love a tool.
Yeah, I love it.
Oh, oh, oh.
Love tools, yeah, I like, sincedoing the whiskey thing I tend
to get like a lot of likewhiskey socks and whiskey,
(22:27):
Things that you know.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Candles it's like the things people think you would
like but it's just not right, ithasn't just hit.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Whiskey, soaps and yeah like bath washes and, yeah,
I like drinking it.
I don't always want to smelllike it like here's what I want.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Just draw me a bath and then bring me a glass of
whiskey.
That's my gift.
That that would be?
Yeah, that'd be fine, see not?
Speaker 2 (22:51):
mean, I would like.
I would like a new car, a newcar I would like.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I just got one.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
True?
Um man, merry Christmas.
I would like hair.
Um, I would like, uh.
Um, I think I would like a drumset, electric or whatever,
regular electric Electric isreally cool.
Yeah, yeah, it's quite fun.
And then a recording studio, ohyeah.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
I would love a podcast studio.
Right A set.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Right To build a set.
What we've what we have donerecently for for Christmas,
because I think we all haveenough stuff is what we've.
What we've kind of transitionedto and I think has been a lot
of fun is experiences and sortof like bigger things, like a
couple of years ago.
Well, cause.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Your kids are older, they're Keon's.
What 14, 14.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
And the boys are younger 10 and 10 and eight.
10 and eight.
Yeah, okay, oh, that's prettyclose.
Yeah, younger 10 and 10 and 8.
10 and 8, yeah, that's prettyclose.
Yeah, so I it's so dry in herestill hear it on my mic.
I mean, it's like you don'teven know how recording works.
I mean, I guess you do a littlebit because you muted yourself.
(24:10):
I'm gonna just I'm just gonnaincrease the volume on my mic
during the cough.
Actually, I'm gonna do a soundeffect of like a cat meowing.
Oh, I'm gonna have so much funwith this one, I'm actually
gonna do it too.
No, you're not.
What sound effect am I gonnaput in?
Oh, this is gonna be one I'mworking on tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
I already got the other episodes done.
I'm gonna do that tomorrow,like, like what am I going to
put in?
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Oh, it'll be like a cat with a furball.
That's what I'm going to do.
I like it.
Or Gollum, I'll be likeWhatever it was.
It already happened.
So I'm like explaining what I'mgoing to do after people have
already heard it that.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
So I'm like explaining what I'm gonna do
after people have already heardit.
That's true.
So what, uh?
What we've done and what we'vereally enjoyed is like yes, the
kids are a little bit older, sowhat we've, what we did a couple
years ago was you know, ouryoungest son was really big into
basketball, so we bought abasketball hoop.
Who is this?
(25:14):
Gavin gavin, yeah, so we put abasketball hoop okay, yeah love
it um they love playing airhockey.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
He wishes he was really into like airplanes I
wish I was into airplanes.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
I'm really into airplanes this year.
Dad her here's a jet, yeah,here you go really into really
into sports cars and tallblondes.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
What stop, here's a sports car eight.
Here's this.
Well, I don't know okay allright, okay, I don't know man
fine I mean he's, yeah, he's agrowing boy, we got an air
hockey table, an air hockeytable, but like we're, because
(26:03):
because, yeah, and, and it wasawesome and we got it on the
facebook marketplace, yeah youcould still be wise with your
money and I went and I went andpicked it up and had it, just
had it in the back of my truckfor two or three days For years
oh days, okay, two or three days.
I picked it up a couple daysbefore Christmas, and Christmas
(26:24):
morning, bam, it woke up andthey came downstairs and there's
the airplane.
There it is it was awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
You sound like you're like combusting.
You got the hiccups.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
I don't know what's going on.
I don't know what's happening.
There's a lot of thingshappening here.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Maybe you're like the drunk.
Are you auditioning for thedrunk Santa in Miracle on 34th
Street?
Speaker 2 (26:45):
I could be.
I could be, it might be the hat.
The hat.
I wasn't coughing, I wasn'tburping or hiccuping.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
No, it's giving you powers.
You're allergic to wool.
I'm pretty sure that's sheep's.
It might actually be Arabiansheep's wool.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
No, I like wool.
Okay, you know wool socks andother wool underwear.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
I've been trying to get my sister-in-law to knit me
a pair of knitted boxers foryears and she just hasn't done
it.
I don't know why.
I think I know okay.
Uh, you know there is somethingabout too like you get the
gifts for the kids and you dokind of get to into it.
The older they get, you kind ofget to enjoy it with them.
So it's kind of like did I buythat for them because I have
(27:27):
this?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
like when I got the switch, got you a uh, I got you
a pool table yeah, like did Iget it for them or did I get it
for me?
You're not allowed to play onit, but you get it for us.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
I think yeah, and I think too.
The other thing touching on too,just the Nintendo Switch.
I got a great deal on that dude.
Yeah, they were like normallylike $350 or whatever.
They were $299, $350.
I got it for 200 bucks and thisguy gave me like 10 games.
See, just because he wanted tobe nice, I thought he was.
He told me follow me, we'regoing to go to my apartment and
(27:59):
I'll give you the games.
I was like okay, I was like I'mgoing to get killed, but he had
the games.
Yeah, I think I prayed with himtoo.
I did.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
It was like a witnessing opportunity
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Yeah, I did.
It was like a witnessingopportunity Interesting.
He did stab me in the shoulder.
Speaker 2 (28:14):
Was it to get him to not kill you?
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Yeah, I was like, hey , let me pray for us in this
moment.
I won't call the cops, but you,let me pray for you and drive
away safely.
Also, do you have a band-aid?
Speaker 2 (28:29):
That's awesome, but you got to enjoy that Well, yeah
, but I think having the giftsto wrap it up, having the gifts
that you also teach themgenerosity and giving to others.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
That's awesome, yeah, and obviously the true meaning
of Christmas, which is.
Jesus, that's right which we'regoing to talk about more next
week.
Well, we could, we will.
We'll say something about ityeah.
I was thinking we sing happybirthday will, we'll say
something about it.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
Yeah, I was thinking we sing happy birthday.
I um.
No, also, you know, I think Ithink the gift giving part while
it has been commercialized andwe put santa in place, I think,
you know, I think there's alsoum, it is.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
It is definitely a biblical tradition totally three
wise men bringing gifts yeah,uh, to celebrate the birth three
wise men bringing gifts tocelebrate the birth of Jesus.
The wise guys Bringing giftsand bourbon To the three wise
guys.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
Yeah To Frankincense and Myrrh.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Frankincense and Myrrh.
Good job, Phil.
The hat looks good on you.
You should keep it.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I don't think I will.
I think it made me sick.
Definitely made me sound like acat when I coughed Next time on
Whiskey Bits.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Who is naming these?
Who is abbreviating leadL-E-A-D as P-B?
It don't make no sense.
It don't make no sense.
But what does make sense issipping the eggnog through a
cinnamon stick straw.
(30:00):
Do it, you won't do it.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
I'm going to do it.
There's a lot of people outhere saying that you won't do it
there's a lot of people and bya lot.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
I mean of all the people, of all the Amy's
watching the live.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
I like this.
They go, it's very good.
They go, it's very good.
Ignore, that was the mostobnoxious, and you smacked your
lips so many times.
That was probably the mostobnoxious sound that we've ever
had on this podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
I'm going to increase the dBs in that section.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
That did not work.
No I didn't think it would.
Hey, thanks for sticking around.
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