The Perfect Cozy Season Whiskey (Thanks Nancy Fraley!)

[@rtrascal3431]

I am learning that I want anything that Nancy Fraley produces. I'm so mad that I missed the Still Austin Tanager, which I thought this was going to be about. I did get two bottles of Still Austin's Monster Mash (one is almost gone already) which is probably the closest I'll get to a Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend. Oh, and amazing sweater, Erin!

[@tommycheshire5508]

A hand made sweater. I am impressed. I, in all my years, never had tried on a hand made sweater. If truth be known, I have never touched a hand made sweater. You are not just a pretty face. You can do so many things. Bless you.

[@LP23D6]

Beautiful sweater. With this last cold snap it looks cozy (along with the whiskey you are tasting) I have JMCB batch 158. It is so very good. Yummmmm! Cheers!

[@Techswithpecs]

Always a buy for me and my palate. Don't have to wait in line and Nancy does a great job blending these. The newer batches have impressed us quite a bit.

[@rickm4938]

Have batch 195, been trying to make it last, but its just a solid go to, especially when snow is on the ground, Fraley does amazing work !!!!, msrp is 180 here in VA, and well worth it, if you can grab one,

[@nickp5511]

Nice review! I have Magnus #86, 237, and 250! I paid 180.00 out the door. The 237 was so nice I bought a backup! Cheers!

[@waldthegoonie3145]

Love your channel, and love the slightly different approach you guys do! And I think your intro is the best of the channels I subscribe to. Keep up the great work!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Thanks so much and we appreciate the kind words! Cheers!

[@Ken-li2ch]

Per your recommendation I purchased a bottle of the Angel’s Envy Rye for the holidays. WOW! Mighty fine!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

So glad you liked it! That's a great choice for the season!

[@danrudnick5252]

My local distillery has a variation of an Old Fashioned with a touch of maple and brown sugar called a Sweater Weather. It's a cozy drink.

[@jparkbrannen]

I’ve got a 184 and it slaps so hard

[@877-MASH-NOW]

WHISKEY CHEERS 😎

[@caleb_clement_]

“Erin’s the social sipper” Also Erin- “this smells like a 1940s north Easter paint shop that used fall cut birch as the rafters” 😂😂 She’s a pro now Josh!

[@silvertoy_]

Sitting here in about 25 degrees in Texas, “warm and cozy” whiskey sounds pretty good. 😊

[@whiskeybidness]

I was gifted a JMCB for Christmas… batch 377, 109.68 proof. Delicious! but boy I am glad it was a present.

[@ediecervantes8008]

I love cigar blends!!! JM all time favorite but i like the Starlight and Old Elk blends as well. Then again….. i am a cigar smoker too.

[@benhineline7867]

Lmao. Erin's reaction said it all......😂

[@CPGumby]

JMCB is just *chef's kiss* - So much flavor, drinks below its proof, and is very nice with a cigar, too! Hard to have more than one bottle at a time at that price, but I'm with Erin - this could be a bougie daily pour if it didn't cost so damn much! 🤑 I like cigar blends quite a lot, and I like the "regular" Joseph Magnus bourbon, so JMCB was a unicorn bottle for me for years before I finally stumbled upon one at MSRP. And then ANOTHER ONE at MSRP in a different store! And then I went and bought a lottery ticket... and won nothing 😅

[@rajoconnor]

Hmm. I see them sitting on the shelf regularly. Not trying to troll you!😂. I know it’s been out of my price range. Not sure if it is $200 in my market? Maybe I can get a sample from my local shop. After Dry January

[@JimMatthews-nr6xc]

The best cigar blend bourbon is the new Still Austin Tanager which was also blended by Nancy. Unlike all other Cigar blend whiskeys it is not finished in secondary barrels.

[@MarkTraveler85697]

Like that t-shirt design!

[@noworldforeric]

I knew as soon as you said "doesn't drink to its proof" and with the Nancy Fraley tidbit that this was a blind of JMCB. I have now had a pour of this and I agree 100% with your blind sentiments of it, trying it not blind at a bar. Was always hesitant at the 200$ bottle price tag. Had a pour over Christmas myself actually with a friend in town from Florida. We both loved it. I would buy a bottle. It's very, very good.

[@bobbriante2385]

I was guessing it was the new Still Austin product that Jason just reviewed. That was a Nancy Frawley product also..😊

[@justinhernandez1219]

I love JMCB. It's a must buy at MSRP.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

I am just about out of this bottle. I am going to pick up another bottle. I see them at TW and I want to compare this bottle to a newer batch and get it into my sample pool. Happy New Year! Cheers!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Cheers and Happy New Year to you as well, Peter!

[@WhiskeyDearg-MichaelS]

I can usually get them for 179 out here in the SF Bay Area. Do I need to bring one in May? 😁

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Oh man, maybe! Let’s talk!

[@brettmchan2855]

You need to try the murray hill club special release batch 4 it is incredible whiskey!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We've tried it and agree that it's very good!

[@brettmchan2855]

@stuffandwhiskey i was lucky enough to pick up a bottle and didn't know what it was or never tasted it but it was the last bottle so I said to heck with it i want it and heard good things and it's one of the best whiskeys on my shelf

[@drgallup]

I've never pulled the trigger on one of these. I do have one of their cheaper triple finish whiskies.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We’re fans of that one as well!

[@lyndonlivesay2692]

Ok, did you make your own blind sample bottles, or did you buy them? I want to find the same thing for my Scotch. Thanks!!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

They’re simple 2 oz Boston round sample jars that we sticker on the bottom with a number, and we have a corresponding key. There’s so many samples in our pool that there’s no way we could keep up with what’s what, leaving us completely blind. It’s a ton of fun!

[@lyndonlivesay2692]

@@stuffandwhiskey you're not going to believe this.. I just found a little surprise at the abc store that I want to send you. Don't know how to go about this. Do I give you my email address so we can communicate offline or what?? How do I go about sending it to you?

[@armandodiaz3485]

Maybe I missed this mention but who is the actual pourer for your blind tasting samples?

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We pour them into keyed sample jars, mix them up, and are constantly swapping single samples as well as paired samples (for the Thursday head-to-head matchups). I (Josh) do the pouring and keying as well as the shuffling, Erin does the drawing so she doesn't know what she's pulling. All our single samples for these Monday videos are in a big box and all the Thursday head-to-head samples are in another box. You can see an example key @ forms.gle/QNS7WJFnKvRUqfTf9 for reference.

[@mistermom310]

I'm looking for a bottle.

[@mattfalk8493]

Trademark Cosy Queen 👸... Oversized Sleep Ts in the Merch coming soon 🤔🤔

[@Just-A-A-Ron]

I own both Joseph Magnus, and Good Times cigar blends. They're both triple finished MGP and the Good Times (at least the bottle i have, and i bought 2 backups) is way more rich and concentrated. The notes of dark stewed fruit and tobacco are ridiculous. The Good Times is also a lot less. I found bottles on sale at Total Wine for $109-80.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We've haven't compared the two, but have tried a Good Times Cigar Blend once in a local store and really enjoyed it.

[@ShalomShireFarm]

Brown sugar, graham cracker, caramel, yes... Fruity, nutty, oaky, yes... Fireside chat, talking to people, fuzzy socks? Leggings, sweatshirt, and a blanket? I'm just not tasting those things. 🤣

[@MJ-km3qz]

Wow! Does she sell Whiskey sweaters?

[@stuffandwhiskey]

She made a few gift knits for siblings and that was enough stress for her. 😂

[@MJ-km3qz]

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[@Bourberic]

I have batch 304. I got it for $99. The liquor store catered to tequila and the owner said he won’t be able to sell it for $199 to his clientele. I bought one and the next day went back and he hadn’t sold any so I bought another. A week later he hadn’t sold any so I bought about her two. I left him two and it’s been two months and I haven’t been back to see if he sold the rest. Love this stuff. The Wheel Horse Cigar Blend is really good as well but not in the same league. Love the sweater as well!

[@fishhead680]

Your wife likes this ALOT… buy one!

[@fishhead680]

I have a batch 120 and it opened up sooo nice I’m afraid to drink it now cuz I don’t have a back up and yes… it is very expensive

[@DPTX]

The age of the whiskey Has deviated. Their website states the earlier batches, 98 and below I believe, had a base of 14 year bourbon.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

It’s worth a listen to Nancy Fraley’s interview with Jason at The Mash and Drum. She’s the one that’s been blending JMCB since the beginning and does specifically say that the age hasn’t changed. With that said, she is only quoting a range, and she didn’t get into percentages.

[@DPTX]

​@@stuffandwhiskey I have it playing in the background. I'm about an hour and a half in, hopefully I haven't missed that part of the conversation. In the meantime, check out their site where they mention it being 14+ years old. It's not on the label of course, so maybe the site isn't held to the same accuracy standards. Maybe I can't include links here, my comments aren't posting. The old batches only say 14 year, search for josephmagnus cigar-blend-batches-85-90-and-93-98 Here they specifically note the 9 year, search for this: josephmagnus tasting-notes-cigar-blend-bourbon-batches-183-188

[@DPTX]

@@stuffandwhiskey I have it playing in the background. I'm about an hour and a half in, hopefully I haven't missed that part of the conversation. In the meantime, check out their site where they mention it being 14+ years old, and then on later batches specifically mention the 9 year base. It's not on the label of course, so maybe the site isn't held to the same accuracy standards. Maybe I can't include links here, my comments aren't posting...

[@DPTX]

@@stuffandwhiskey after watching that stream, I didn't hear her specifically say the age hasn't changed. She actually makes comments about getting "back" to being older. At 2:01:43 she says batches after 280, or so, are over 8 years old again. That implies some batches were 7 or younger. Close to the end at 2:32:40 she says they're back to 10 years being the minimum, and at the very beginning the youngest component was 9 years old. I don't think that implies they never got older than that. I think the ages in the tasting notes are accurate, and some of the more legendary batches had some pretty old stuff in them. It looks like batches 48-98 had 14 year as the youngest component.

[@GrnEyez64]

LOL, Erin "I'd let you spend our household money on this, and I wouldn't be mad about it. (with the big doe eyes)" Calling out proof and wanting a $200 btl of bourbon. She is fighting the transformation!!! Welcome to the darkside, hahaha. 🤪🤣🥳

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

3:11 Erin, you're showing my age. 😂 Franklin Roosevelt died years before I was born, but I grew up around people who'd lived through World War II, and I heard a ton about his fireside chats. 🙂 5:27 That flavor wheel y'all put on the screen looks like Texas. 🤠⭐ 6:20 If I might make a suggestion, Erin, don't drink just higher proof whisky. Without ever planning it I've been drinking whiskey for three years now in a range from 80 proof (Jameson) to 130.9 (Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof, the strongest whisky I've had so far), and one of the benefits is my palate hasn't become insensitive to lower proof whisky. And there is good whisky that's 100 proof or below - for example Laphroaig 10 year Scotch, Abasolo Mexican corn whisky, Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon, Woodford Reserve, or Oregon Spirit wheat whisky.

[@JackBass9]

Why did Josh sniff his arm? 1:25 in

[@WhiskeyDearg-MichaelS]

It's a way to reset your nose if you're overwhelmed by a smell. You may see people sniff coffee beans for the same effect.

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

I've done it, but *for me* it makes no difference. OTOH I use Coke to clear my palate (water just doesn't do it for me), and that no doubt has a different effect than more common palate cleansers. 🙂

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Michael nailed it. For some, it’s a good way to reset your senses, not too dissimilar to smelling coffee beans when trying to choose colognes. Smelling coffee beans also work great for whiskey, but my arm is always handy.

[@rayford3380]

This video was like a teacher gave you an assignment to do a 1000 word essay. Love your videos but this one was like all over the place. I was lost after you found 10 different tastes or smells with each sip.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

It goes that way sometimes since we don’t script anything and we’re just hanging out. Appreciate you watching. Cheers!

[@thomasanderson2870]

I don't think they are worth $200 + 🫣 Savage and Cooke custom blend finished in 3 different wine barrels has more flavor to me anyway, plus they distilled the whiskey themselves in California and is only $50 😉👍

[@LeatherDaddy97]

In nancy we trust

[@caleb_clement_]

“Erin’s the social sipper” Also Erin- “this smells like a 1940s north Easter paint shop that used fall cut birch as the rafters” 😂😂 She’s a pro now Josh!