The Tasting Truth Snobs Don't Want You To Know

Variety is the spice of life, and everyone has preferences - but crapping on someone because of their preferences? Yah, that's just snobbery. There's a treasure-trove of science and history that reveals why pinky waving whisky (or wine) snobs are more silly than elite. In this episode, a wine sommelier and whisk(e)y sommelier dive into the subjectivity of taste - and how it impacts your whisky experience.
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[@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies]

Kudos to Rex for his directing and editing skills! It was VERY easy for Daniel and I to go super nerdy and launch into an hour long conversation on the topics and Rex did a great job of reigning us in AND editing the video so that it maintained the core and real heart of the conversation. (Note: Daniel is taller in person and video adds 10 lbs so I'm not really THAT fat!)

[@kevingreif5706]

Growing up you looked forward to Saturday morning cartoons. Now I look forward to Saturday morning Tribe videos. A+

[@SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

You guys took me from a guy who watched your vids because they were entertaining, to a guy who tried some whisky, (but couldn't pick out any notes) to a guy who has begun to be able to smell (and taste) a couple different notes and appreciate whiskey. (the journey continues)

[@meesternibbles]

Snob's subjective opinion saying your subjective opinion is objectively wrong is, objectively, a bad opinion. Subjectively speaking, of course.

[@markw5240]

These are not whiskey leasons, these are life lessons. Great stuff!

[@alexwilkerson6346]

"If you have a nose that smells and you can taste things, you have everything you need to start the journey" except money to buy all the whiskies :(

[@SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

My taste buds are frankly just WEIRD. One day that same whisky tastes sweet, and on another day it tastes bitter. My tongue is dumb.

[@d_chaiko]

There is even a pretty good movie called 'Bottle Shock' about that wine competition when California unexpectedly won

[@kevinvitale8980]

Which brings up a point I hear more about... do whiskey brands slowly raise their prices to try to become the perceived better whiskey? Same with making whiskey hard to find?

[@ericgamble9153]

As an old, retired, psychology professor, I greatly enjoyed this post. Y’all are the best!

[@markslinger4599]

So true guys. My son always asks for the same 2 whiskies because they are his favourites.

[@davidhaas3111]

So it sounds to me like, the more tastes and smells I’ve experienced, the more interesting and complex whiskey can be? As a concept, that’s awesome.

[@tobi8676]

That's why I love Blind Tastings so much.

[@BrettTrigg]

In the third part you could literally replace the word "whiskey" with

[@abbassyed5009]

I love how you guys are talking about wisk(e)y...but your guide lines could honestly apply to anything in life... thank you for your wisdom.

[@2dTones]

4:34

[@richlinn1871]

Newbie to your community here... I think your "Guidelines" aren't just good for Whiskey, but for SO many aspects of life. Thank you!

[@jong2359]

I love when you meet a snob, and they are sipping on a $90-$120 bottle of grocery store bought whiskey claiming other-worldly properties. The perspective that makes me love this is that the majority of grocery store bought whiskey originates from 1 (mostly) behind the scenes whiskey producer; MGP. No this is not a dig at the whiskey industry, I don't frankly care where my delicious booze comes from -- it's just funny.

[@wesglover5369]

My story is that I was raised in a teetotaler household, so I had no experience with alcohol until I was a few months short of legal drinking age. I had some crown mixed drink and a jack and coke. And I definitely preferred the Tennessee touch over the Canadian rye flavor. So for years in my early 20’s I stuck mostly with good old Jack around while I ventured into other American made bourbons and having a soft spot for rum. It wasn’t until I moved back home with my brother that we decided that once weekly we would go out and purchase something totally new to us to try. We did beer nights at a local shop that allowed pick 6 cases so we could try a wide variety of new beers without breaking the bank and around monthly we’d go pick one new whiskey each. This expanded our horizons towards Scotland and Irish whiskey. It was a good system

[@socoblue1988]

Great episode and message, guys. What hit home to me was: "The most important thing isn't what's in the bottle- it's the human beings around the bottle and having a great experience with those people."