Drinking With The Gnome

I have been really curious about cider for a while now, and until recently have kept putting off taking the deep dive into the world of fermented apple juice. Even now, I’ll be the first to admit I know very little to none about cider… but I’m on my way. If you don’t know as much about it as you’d like to, there are few places that are as good of a stop to learn more than March First. The br...

Bryan Booth joins the Gnome to take a peek at the Bourbon Sidecar - sometimes called the Kentucky Sidecar.

Asheville, North Carolina isn’t about beer alone – it’s about a community that provides a platform for one of the widest and most fun drinking cultures that I have ever experienced. With that being said… the best way to take a peek behind the curtain of that drinking culture is to sit down and have a chat at one of the breweries that helps give the city the nickname Beer City USA. Hi-Wire Brewing’...

I’m not ready for this – the dive into Bourbon. It’s not that I don’t know about Bourbon, I freaking love the stuff. I also know plenty about it to talk about it. The massive topic of ‘America’s Spirit’ is just that, massive. So this is most definitely not a “Bourbon show”. It’s an exploration of a bar. It just so happens that the bar supposedly has the largest selection of Bourbon and Rye i...

Joined by Andy Foltz, it seems like a good night to talk about The Manhattan, right? Spoiler... it’s always a good night for a Manhattan.

It’s Paddy’s Day in Cincinnati – and I made the rounds. I ventured out to some of the hottest spots in Cincy to figure out what makes St Patricks day more than you might think it is on the surface. Sure… there is a lot of Guinness and Green beer that get’s poured – but what makes it special? I only scratched the surface in this one. The show is a little shorter than I anticipated...