Single Malt Frontier

This is it, the final Showdown! 7 months, 31 Showdowns, 32 contestants, 186 samples, and t all comes down to this! Both newcomers to the show this season, Phill and Val have done amazing thus far, Who's taking home the title and the Dick Pick? Val, The Bourbon Vixen is coming into this with a total of 31 points throughout the season. Phill, The Rangers Respite has accumulated 33 points thus far. This is going to be a tight match. Instead of a randomized set of samples, these 3 are hand selected. I picked these 3 samples because they're unique, and present quite different than what they really are. Thank you all for tuning in every week and supporting this crazy little project of mine, you are all very much appreciated!Thank you to all who competed, your time and commitment is very much appreciated. Most of all, the BIGGEST THANK YOU to Zach and the team over at Richard's Liquors! This couldn't happen with out you!.

Legit American Single Malts are winning awards. Cedar Ridge has refreshed their standard Quintessential. ASM and Bourbon blends? Plus more info on the upcoming 3 Guys 1 Grain Distillerie Acadian barrel picks!

Join us tonight, Thursday March 19th, at 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT for an interview with ASW's Whit Hagemann and Justin Manglitz about their new 8 Year American Single Malt Whiskey, and many other expressions including Space Hide, Tire Fire, and Red X. They've got some excellent bourbon as well in the Fiddler series, as well as other malted grain whiskeys (Widdershins Wheat Malt and Resurgens Rye Malt). To say we're excited to dig into as much of these as we possibly can is an understatement. Hope to see you there!This week's whiskeys (* = provided to us by our guests):- * ASW 8 Year American Single Malt Whiskey (2025) 50% ABV / 100 pf- * ASW Space Hide Single Malt Whiskey (2021) 58.2% ABV / 116.4 pf- * ASW Fiddler Encore 7 Year Single Barrel No. 622 60.9% ABV / 121.8 pf- * ASW 8 Year American Single Malt Whiskey 66% ABV / 132 pf (sample)- * ASW Red X Single Malt 55.9% ABV / 111.8 pf (sample)- * ASW Tire Fire Peated Single Malt 45.5% ABV / 91 pf (sample)- * ASW Resurgens Rye Malt Port Cask 55.9% / 111.8 pf (sample)- * ASW Widdershins Wheat Malt 63.4% / 126.8 pf (sample)- * ASW Duality CS Double Malt 61.2% / 122.4 pf (sample)- * ASW 5 Year Single Barrel No. 140 100% Bloody Butcher Corn Whiskey 74.6% ABV / 149.2 pf (sample)- * ASW Fiddler Soloist Pot Distilled Bourbon 50% ABV / 100 pf (sample)- * ASW Fiddler 7 Year Toasted Bourbon 59.9% ABV / 119.8 pf (sample)All of ASW's whiskeys are Non-Chill-Filtered and No Color Added. We love to see it.Find out more:- ASW Distillery: https://www.aswdistillery.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/aswdistillery#americansinglemaltwhiskey #asmw #aswdistillery #interview #whiskeytasting ---If you like what we do, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!- Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/SingleMaltFrontier and get extras and perks!- Subscribe to our show here and at https://www.instagram.com/singlemaltfrontier- Buy our glencairns! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIxRxNT_WdJx0gedh0Nuh4RtXLUo5WxbBtmlp4yk9me8IZ9A/viewform- Follow Doug at https://www.instagram.com/demitastes and https://demitastes.com/- Join the Single Malt Frontier Discord: https://discord.gg/2ZwbTZrzP- ASMW on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/AmericanSMWCompanion channels:- 3 Guys 1 Grain - https://www.youtube.com/@3Guys1Grain - 3 of your favorite ASMW-loving youtubers discuss ASMW from the consumer perspective- Ranger's Respite (Phill) - https://www.youtube.com/@therangersrespite - Phill's whiskey reviews and commentary- Off Topic Whiskey (Randall) - https://www.youtube.com/@offtopicwhiskey - a podcast with a down-to-earth take on all things whiskey- Freedom Malts (Jerm) - https://www.youtube.com/@Freedom_malts - home of the Blind Sample Showdown---There are only 3 bottles left of our McCarthy's pick: McCarthy's 6.71 Year Rum Cask Single Barrel No. 701. If you've been on the fence, this is your sign to pull the trigger!- Buy this pick: https://www.hrdspirits.com/mccarthys-rum-single-barrel- More info: https://demitastes.com/2025/03/03/mccarthys-6-71-year-rum-cask-barrel-pick-only-a-few-cases-left/- Original Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUL9nEnIvsE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw- On site interview with the distiller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIYPVxPfY-U- Our review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6IC5D-khjE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw---More places to hang out and see ASMW discussion:- The Single Malt Frontier Discord: https://discord.gg/2ZwbTZrzP- The Whiskey Lodge Discord: https://discord.gg/KQGkBmtzPT- ASMW reviews and more: https://maltrunners.comDisclaimer: While some products we discuss on our show have been provided to us free of charge by industry sources, this conversation is 100% unsponsored and candid. We give our unbiased opinions, discuss brands as they are relevant to the conversation, and retain full editorial control. For today's conversation, all of the ASW samples were provided to us by our guests.Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5015366613991424

Just 3 ASMW fans getting together for a chat. Coming off the heels of the ASMW Advent and the series of shorts, we all took a little break from whiskey stuff. We're coming back with a little therapy sesh. Join us for a few laughs and some trash talking!

This week on Thursday, February 27th at 4pm PST / 7pm EST, we interview William and Charlie with Oak & Grist. O&G is a relatively lesser known American Single Malt Whiskey distillery in North Carolina.Oak & Grist's whiskey leans toward the "scotch-y" side of American Single Malt and would blend in well among Speysides. Lost Lantern featured an Oak & Grist single cask in their Discovery Club in 2025, which we definitely used as a reference and research for this episode. My first taste of O&G was casually offered to me by a collaborator, Oak & Grist finished in a Rum Cask, offered up as a nice comparison with our Rum Cask McCarthy's pick, "another Rum Cask ASMW."Across samples of 5 different Oak & Grist products I've tasted over the past year and a half, I've never not been impressed.All of O&G's whiskeys are Non-Chill-Filtered and No Color Added. We love to see it.This week's whiskeys (* = provided to us by our guests):- * Oak & Grist Origin (Batch 02) - 46.25% / 92.5 proof- * Oak & Grist Descendent (Batch 03) - 46.25% / 92.5 proof- Lost Lantern Oak & Grist (Discovery Club Exclusive)Find out more:- Oak & Grist https://www.oakandgrist.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/oakandgristdistilling/---If you like what we do, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!- Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/SingleMaltFrontier and get extras and perks!- Subscribe to our show here and at https://www.instagram.com/singlemaltfrontier- Buy our glencairns! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIxRxNT_WdJx0gedh0Nuh4RtXLUo5WxbBtmlp4yk9me8IZ9A/viewform- Follow Doug at https://www.instagram.com/demitastes and https://demitastes.com/- Join the Single Malt Frontier Discord: https://discord.gg/2ZwbTZrzP- ASMW on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/AmericanSMWCompanion channels:- 3 Guys 1 Grain - https://www.youtube.com/@3Guys1Grain - 3 of your favorite ASMW-loving youtubers discuss ASMW from the consumer perspective- Off Topic Whiskey (Randall) - https://www.youtube.com/@OffTopicWhiskey - a podcast with a down-to-earth take on all things whiskey- Freedom Malts (Jerm) - https://www.youtube.com/@Freedom_malts - home of the Blind Sample Showdown- Ranger's Respite (Phill) - https://www.youtube.com/@therangersrespite - Phill's whiskey reviews and commentary---There are only 4 bottles left of our McCarthy's pick: McCarthy's 6.71 Year Rum Cask Single Barrel #701. If you've been on the fence, this is your sign to pull the trigger!- Buy this pick: https://www.hrdspirits.com/mccarthys-rum-single-barrel- More info: https://demitastes.com/2025/03/03/mccarthys-6-71-year-rum-cask-barrel-pick-only-a-few-cases-left/- Original Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUL9nEnIvsE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw- On site interview with the distiller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIYPVxPfY-U- Our review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6IC5D-khjE&list=PLlkfHesWUpl7ikDZK7JUvD9TokKYC-rYw---More places to hang out and see ASMW discussion:- The Single Malt Frontier Discord: https://discord.gg/2ZwbTZrzP- The Whiskey Lodge Discord: https://discord.gg/KQGkBmtzPT- ASMW reviews and more: https://maltrunners.comDisclaimer: While some products we discuss on our show have been provided to us free of charge by industry sources, this conversation is 100% unsponsored and candid. We give our unbiased opinions, discuss brands as they are relevant to the conversation, and retain full editorial control. For today's conversation, the Oak & Grist Origin (Batch 02) and Oak & Grist Descendent (Batch 03) were provided to us by Oak & Grist.Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5015366613991424

In this episode of Blind Sample Showdown Season 3 Round 2, DemiTastes from Single Malt Frontier goes up against one of the Season 2 finalists, Whiskey_Deke. Who will come out on top this season?Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5015366613991424

January 19th is American Single Malt Whiskey Designation Day - it's been 1 year since the official rules went into effect. Join us while we celebrate and reveal the identities of our 12 Days of ASM Advent blind samples.Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5015366613991424

Blind Sample Showdown Season 3 Round 1 was scheduled Doug (DemiTastes) against Sevdet Alus but ended in a bye because Sevdet couldn't locate his samples. We run the show anyway to get a individual point score for Doug for Round 1. In this match, effectively Doug vs Jerm's randomizer, Doug got a very close guess but also at least one surprise upset.Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5015366613991424

Featuring Daniel Whittington as Jacob "Barley", Caitlin Bartlemay (McCarthy's Single Malt) as the Spirit of Maltmas Past, Mark Vierthaler (Whiskey Del Bac) as the Spirit of Maltmas Present, and Tyler Pederson (Westland Distillery) as the Spirit of Maltmas FuturePlease enjoy our spirited and malty holiday special inspired by Dickens' A Christmas Carol. My own performance was inspired by Houston's Alley Theatre's stage production of A Christmas Carol.This special has been 2 years in the making, starting with initial recordings in December 2023, all of which were re-recorded in 2024, but the publication slipped a year because we all got distracted covering the ASMW Ratification in late December 2024.It's been a long time coming, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the most ambitious video yet on our channel.Today's bottles:- Buffalo Trace- Maker's Mark The Heart Release- McCarthy's Single Barrel 701 (our barrel pick!)- Whiskey Del Bac Dorado- Westland Solum 2nd Edition- Boulder Spirits Leave No TraceCheers! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!Thanks so much for watching. If you enjoy what we do, please like, subscribe, comment, share, and leave a review on our Podcast anywhere we've gotten our feed published.Thanks to all our patrons! If you'd like to support the show, consider subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/SingleMaltFrontier to get early access and exclusive content.0:00 Prelude1:49 Stave 1: Intro16:48 Stave 2: Jacob "Barley" (Daniel Whittington)22:00 Stave 3: Past (Caitlin Bartlemay)38:22 Stave 4: Present (Mark Vierthaler)48:03 Stave 5: Future (Tyler Pederson)59:16 Stave 6: The End of It

Whether you're starting to get into American Single Malt Whiskey, looking for a gift idea for that whiskey lover on your list, or already a fan of ASMW, this is our guide to a couple of the best ASMs to gift or get.
These are all available for shipping and many are available on the shelves in many States. This is not an exhaustive list by any means, but definitely a great place to start.
Also featuring a chat with Matt McGinnis, founder and CEO of Big Thirst. Big Thirst is a Spirits marketing firm that facilitates the fulfillment and delivery of a bunch of amazing brands. They also have an online store that you can browse and purchase from, including gift cards: https://shop.bigthirst.com (not sponsored, we're just fans!)
We hope you enjoy this episode and enjoy this Holiday season with friends and family.