1571: Whiskey Tasting for Beginners with Patrick Sanaghan

From dusty gift bottles on a home bar to a three-year journey tasting 365 whiskeys, co‑author Patrick Sanaghan turned casual curiosity into a structured, joyful experiment in flavor, learning, and humility. In this episode, we talk about his new book “A Year of Drinking Whiskey: Two Old Geezers and a Great Bartender Sailing Down Whiskey River,” co‑written with Tom Nicoletto and bartender Julius Facenda, and how three non‑experts approached whiskey like a long-term learning project instead of a snobby insiders’ …