The Whiskey Games - South Division Round Two

Welcome back to The Bottom Shelf - The Whiskey Games!   It is time for Round Two in the South Division!  And don't fret, our Round Two matches in the North are coming later this evening!

Our South Division second round match-ups are Fleishmann's vs. Ten High, and G & W Five Star vs. Heaven Hill.  Who will make it to the Foul Four?

Next RiffTrax Live Announced: Sharknado

RiffTrax has gone and announced the first Live riff of 2014, and it is Sharknado!  The movie from The Asylum that should have been an amazing C movie schlock fest, but turned out to just be terrible, is now going to be amazing thanks to Kevin, Mike, Bill, and the rest of the writers at RiffTrax.

The show will be broadcast live on July 10, and it looks like a repeat broadcast will be happening on July 15.  Tickets will go on sale on Friday, May 2.  Make sure to buy them right away, because this one will most likely sell out.  And if you want a reminder from Fathom Events, you can text RIFFNADO to FATHOM (328466).

Also: RIFFNADO is one of the greatest words ever.

Manos: The Gifs of Fate

Never has the process of making gifs from a movie been so difficult.  Trying to watch through the non-riffed version of this movie was physically painful.  It gave me a headache that I am still feeling the effects of the following morning.  And no, it isn't a hangover, I made the mistake of doing this sober.  Never again.

HMM '13: Troll

It's October! The doorway to not only the start of the greatest food season (early October to Christmas), but also to sexy nurses, zombies, and grown men dressing up like ponies. That also means it is time once again for Halloween Movie Madness! This year, I'll be taking a look back at the movies of my youth. Every movie this year was released before I turned eighteen. These are the Halloween movies that shaped me into the man I am today. Some of them are scary. Some are funny. Some are fantastical. Some are just weird. And not all of them are good. But to me, they are all Halloween movies. Now, stand back, for your own safety! 


Troll
1986

Yes, you read that title correctly.  Today's movie is Troll.  Not Troll 2 (a.k.a. One of the worst movies ever put to film).  The first one.  The movie that actually has a troll in it.  And Sonny Bono.  And Elaine.  And the original Harry Potter(but we will get to that in a bit).

Troll is about Torok, a wizard who got himself turned into a troll.  He wants to take over the human realm, and turn people into mythical creatures.  Harry Potter has to stop him.

The Bottom Shelf: G&W Five Star Whiskey

Welcome back to our regular readers (all four of you), and welcome to our first time visitors to The Bottom Shelf with Russ!

Reviewing bottom shelf whiskey is not that difficult of a task but there are some problems I did not anticipate. I am finding that most of the whiskeys are about the same, and find new vocabulary to keep it fresh and not redundant while describing them is a challenge.  It is amazing that what is produced in a Canadian still behind an outhouse and the results from an American bathtub still have Twilight Zone-esque eerie similarities.  Is there a common denominator? What would it be?

Let's put that behind us for now, and explore G&W Five Star Whiskey.