Tom Leykis
Aug/07/2008
Look, ma, I’m on the radio!
On July 9th your Imbiber was a one of three members of a “booze panel” that appeared live on Tom Leykis’ nationally syndicated radio program, and boy oh boy was it ever, uh, interesting. Let’s see, we got drunk on the air and I inadvertently insulted the sole female panelist. Then I accused Leykis of being high on absinthe and punk-slapping Adam “Sommelier to the Stars” Leemon. Also got myself in hot water after a less than flattering assessment of the overall pulchritude female population of Philadelphia… it’s my hometown – I was just joking! The show was a real hoot. If you’d like to listen to it…
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And if that’s not enough for you, the following link will take you to the podcast archive for Leykis’ “Tasting Room” program, on which I also recently guested. When you get there, scroll down to where it says “Alcoholic Writer Dan Dunn” (um, are they trying to tell me something?) and click “Play.” Then sit back, relax and enjoy the smooth vocal stylings of yours truly…
CLICK HERE FOR THE TASTING ROOM ARCHIVE
On July 9th your Imbiber was a one of three members of a “booze panel” that appeared live on Tom Leykis’ nationally syndicated radio program, and boy oh boy was it ever, uh, interesting. Let’s see, we got drunk on the air and I inadvertently insulted the sole female panelist. Then I accused Leykis of being high on absinthe and punk-slapping Adam “Sommelier to the Stars” Leemon. Also got myself in hot water after a less than flattering assessment of the overall pulchritude female population of Philadelphia… it’s my hometown – I was just joking! The show was a real hoot. If you’d like to listen to it…
CLICK HERE
And if that’s not enough for you, the following link will take you to the podcast archive for Leykis’ “Tasting Room” program, on which I also recently guested. When you get there, scroll down to where it says “Alcoholic Writer Dan Dunn” (um, are they trying to tell me something?) and click “Play.” Then sit back, relax and enjoy the smooth vocal stylings of yours truly…
CLICK HERE FOR THE TASTING ROOM ARCHIVE
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Jan/06/2008
A Scotch Showdown on The Tom Leykis
Show
By Dan Dunn
Earlier this week
your Imbiber taped a radio appearance with Tom
Leykis, whose 16 million daily listeners in cities
such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas make
him the most popular talk-show host most folks on the
east coast have never heard of… yet. Like me, Leykis
appreciates the finer things in life, particularly
fine things found in bottles in liquor stores. So
along with “sommelier to the stars” Adam Leemon, we
came together to evaluate two of the best 18-year-old
single malt Scotches in the world: the Macallan and
Highland Park. The malt-to-malt match-up took place
in Leykis’ studio on the Paramount lot in Hollywood,
but it may as well have happened at Thermopylae or
Ardennes… indeed it was THAT epic a battle.
We all agreed that the Highland Park ($86) is the more floral of the two Scotches, and that the Macallan ($130) exhibits a higher level of delectable woodiness (and of course we all had a laugh whenever anyone used the word “woody”). Highland Park scored points with the panel for being one of a handful of distilleries that continue the expensive and time-consuming practice of hand-turning malt, whereas we were all very impressed that the Macallan ages its finest cut in the highest quality sherry oak casks known to mankind. To read the rest click here...
By Dan Dunn
We all agreed that the Highland Park ($86) is the more floral of the two Scotches, and that the Macallan ($130) exhibits a higher level of delectable woodiness (and of course we all had a laugh whenever anyone used the word “woody”). Highland Park scored points with the panel for being one of a handful of distilleries that continue the expensive and time-consuming practice of hand-turning malt, whereas we were all very impressed that the Macallan ages its finest cut in the highest quality sherry oak casks known to mankind. To read the rest click here...
