no tasting notes - with Tim and Eleri

This year’s super-sized “Dry January” episode is an overview of the dreaded US Prohibition, why it went wrong, and how Britain avoided it. Check out this archive of British anti-prohibition posters: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/exhibitions/prohibition/

It’s the end of the year, so Tim and Eleri are calling Last Orders on time at the bar, funeral fun, and the hazards of embalming fluid.

‘tis the season for boozy gifting and Tim and Eleri have some facts to swap too.

Eleri and Tim are Lingon around for part two of “Berries”. Take me to Kirsch!

From Cassis to Chambord, Tim tastes blackcurrants and Eleri blows a raspberry in the first of the berry two-parter. 

Spooktober the second sees Eleri and Tim sipping cyanide, speaking with Socrates, and suspecting seals.

Tim and Eleri get toxic over poisons in the first of this spooky season two-parter. This week: poison pens, phylloxera, and a snakebite.

Tim and Eleri hop to it with some history and trivia of beer’s favourite accessory.

Coastal gins, kelpie beers, biofilters and freezing foragers are on the oceanic menu with Eleri and Tim.

Inspired by that episode of The Simpsons where Homer puts a drinking bird to work, Tim wonders how it maintains its constitution…

Eleri and Tim imbibe the black stuff as they pick the cream of Guinness facts, history and advertising.

Tim and Eleri talk about metal cylindrical drinks containers - because they can.

Stick a pony in your pocket, because Tim has got a story which links the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses to the downfall of a major bottled water brand.

Tim and Eleri w(h)ine about Syrah, or is it Shiraz? Featuring poetry, huns, and a singalong.

Emerging from Tim’s laptop of two years-ago, this short and shaky episode is finally free from lockdown. The drinking duo had their first post-pandemic pint in the lovely Bath (the city, not doing soapy-good-times together), and now you can find out what they chatted about in the pub.

Tim and Eleri do their annual pub quiz, all about the previous year’s podcast topics. Will Tim make it 3 wins in a row, or will Eleri get a grip? This year we’re live (just about) from Eurovision, so expect some extra camp content, very strong language, and retching.

Tim is tantalising, and Eleri is thirsty. Eternally punish yourself with this dry, dry episode.

Eleri and Tim go Orange for King’s Day, ask whether OJ is OK, and triple their secs.

Eleri and Tim guzzle hot choc like Willy Wonka taught them nothing. From Meso-America to Quakers, conching to chocolate fountains, we explore all things cacao.

Tim and Eleri go full monk-mode with Trappist beers.

Following Tim’s episode on London pub names, Eleri has her turn, tripping round the USA. Will the spreadsheet get any additions, or will Tim be a dick about it? Content warning: marketing bullshit.

Tim had a nice time in Cologne and now Eleri has to hear about it.

With some home truths about India Pale Ale, Eleri goes stateside, and Tim gets post-colonial. Again.

Eleri visits Tim in London and he takes her on a pub crawl without leaving the flat. Discover the stories behind the names of our favourite pubs.

Rounding out a dry(ish) January the scoby gang (Tim and Eleri) explore kombucha, kvass, and kefir.