Welcome back, Beasties, for L'Encantada Lasalle Part 2.  

This Friday, you've got a lot to be thankful for. Join the Beasts and Nicolas Palazzi of PM Spirits for a conversation on life, love and Armagnac. 

And NEXT FRIDAY…well, you know what next Friday is. We just can’t stop talking about it - we’re that damn excited. 

Wow. Just WOW. This is one of our most special pods for one of our most special barrels. 

The whiskey world is going nuts for L'Encantada. It's a small bottler of hand-picked single barrel Armagnac casks (sound familiar Willett fans?) and they are finding absolute treasures. They also do an incredibly beautiful presentation (ahem, again sound familiar?) with their signature orange wax. 

On Episode 45 (Part 1), the Masters discuss the armagnac craze and give you a taste of what’s to come for beasts everywhere. Follow along to whet your armagnac appetite, and then SET YOUR ALARMS for next Friday to get your bottle. 

Look no further.  Listen to this week’s pod, Episode 44: Catoctin Creek featuring Scott Harris, for a whole-ass science class, a lesson in how to get an unadvised loan, the pressures of whiskey drinking as a woman, and the touching story of perfecting the family business of creating craft spirits.  

We promised a Part II...same day, same time, same place. 

Eric and the Smoky Beast take you around the world in a supplemental sampling that has the Smoky Beast stumbling home. 

Sip along on with the boys on your Capitan Brownbeard.  Or on a pina colada.  We don't judge. 

Steve-the-Smoky-Beast and Ben sit down with Eric Kaye, the Holmes Cay founder and rum connoisseur.  He is a kindred spirit, traveling all over the Caribbean to seek  out small rum distilleries and setting up import for them under his label.  He’s a man on a mission - seek out the world’s best rums and release them unadulterated at cask strength.  How hard could that be? 

Really f**ckin’ hard, it turns out. 

On Holmes Cay (Part I), Eric Kaye and the Beasts sample the first bottle of Beast Masters Club rum!  This one comes from Travellers Distillery in Belmopan, Belize. It's 100% natural, no additives, no coloring, aged in a bourbon cask. 

They’ve done it.  The illustrious Barrell Bourbon is the “Bees Knee’s” two years running, but this year they don’t just sting, they slay.  They don’t just maim, they murder.  Join the #SmokyBeast and Ben on the pod as they sample a trio of their MGP ryes, and preview our this year’s Bee’s Knees…or Murder Hornets. 

Hello, degenerates!  Welcome to the Corona Party Bunker.  Pull up a chair and join us for a beastly feast of bourbon and brainfood.  This week, the Beast Masters taste and review the Spinal Tap inspired Elijah Craig Single Barrel Trilogy, “SMELL THE BEAVER”.  This one GOES TO ELEVEN! 

The Beasts are joined on the pod by Josh Feldman (of Coopered Tot fame) for a sampling of the Hazmat bottle series, along with a few other surprises.  The men discuss the pressing issues of our time, such as, “the papery skin of nuts,” and, “swampy spice cajones,” and answer the seminal question on everyone’s mind: are pimp hats for everyone?  

What happens when Lil’ Beast is away?  Mom and Dad drink whiskey, of course!  Mrs. Beast brings her brilliance to the table to review the new barrel trio - 1792, Eagle Rare, and Buffalo Trace - and to pick a name from amongst your clever BMC submissions.