Drep and Stone

On this episode we finish off a bottle of the Bruichladdich 2011 Islay Barley while talking about still being under the berg, the living room flume, constantly running hot, lifting a signatory bottle, time being a closed loop, that good oliday banana bread, hot buttered scotch light on the butter, the pantheon of bottles, how many pats is too many, the coolest whiskey on earth, Celsius to Fahrenhe...

On this episode we sample the herbal goodness of Underberg while chatting about ghost socks, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, crossing of the horror movie streams, a bandolier of herbal liqueurs, this is a beverage and not to be sipped or put in a Glencairn....we're doing it anyway, urine problems, slowly nudging up against a good nursing home smell, chewing on raw tree bark, digestive properties, hop...

We find ourselves recording from the media room at the GABF where we meet up with Grant Wood from BERO brewing. We sample the Noon Wheat , Kingston Golden Pils , Edgehill Hazy IPA , and Double Tasty West Coast Style IPA , while chatting about Tom Holland and Zendaya, the point of the NA beer, beer and the freedom to feel great the next day, beer for everyone, zebra drinking, pub culture, the socia...

From the confines our our amazing AirBNB we recap our incredible Great American Beer Festival experience and chat about the onslaught of flavorville, how to work your way through everything, why the GABF is better than your local brewfest, the media brunch, breaking through the beer wall, the multi day approach, we've got a new approach to the recording, what we wish there was more of at the GABF,...

On this episode we sample three of the Minus 196 Seltzers from Suntory while chatting about the pursuit of trying new things, a proprietary Japanese freezing process, whether we trust seltzer or not, flavored BS, Frootloops and PineSol, waking up to a bad decision, the love of Iceberg lettuce, something that makes me question why I'm eating it, rare minerals in Oklahoma, sinking into the muck, the...

On this episode we revist two of our favorite bottles from the past year, the Ardnamurchan Paul Launois Release and the Signatory Vintage Linkwood , while chatting about being the longest sports seasons, why alll the bowl games protect food, taking the time to appreciate the drink, You Can't spell Flowers without Lowes, your Grandma is the Queen of England, the amazing nature of boring TV, destroy...

On this episode we sample a few more octoberfest beers from New York Beer Project and Good People Brewing while talking about the best time of beer year, 17 hours in the Florida traffic, taking out your wisdom teeth with a rusty set of pliers, obeying the laws of traffic, how do we deal with people that we deem as bad drivers, the Idiot Driver Reflex, our behavior is based on circumstance, justify...

On this episode we sample Compass Box Crimson Casks while talking about not wearing a sweater, 16 years of black t-shirts, scotch that looks like bourbon, those well known Scottish patisseries, the absurdity of our lives, good ol'dialup, life in the 1920s,  advances we've seen in our lives, we can fly we can fly, watching VHS in 2025, reshaping who we are fundamentally, drawing us closer together...

On this episode we strap on the lederhosen, crank up the oom-pah music, and dive into our annual Octoberfest tasting. This year we sample  Sam Adams Octoberfest , Tripping Animals Schwein Haben , Goat Island Brewing's Octoberfest , Epic Brewing's Munich Mayhem ,  Good People Octoberfest Festival Beer , Grimm Brewing Festooning , and Civil Society Octoberfest while talking about the official greeti...

On this episode we sample Ledaig 18 Year while talking about making another large purchase, the ease in finding older scotch, peat as an accent, giving small bottleshops a shot, challenging yourself to read and right more, The Overstory, getting through a work that you're not in love with, Underworld, giving up on a book, books that everyone has a copy of but noone has read, reading outside of you...

On this episode dive into the high gravity of  Ardbeg's Smokiverse while talking about Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, weird college football mascots, why you should never confuse Ohio and Oregon, super angry trees, the holographic box, what the wort is wort, distilling with a salad spinner and w ashing machine whiskey, pairing Smokiverse against two others, the beachball package, nostalgic Mold-A-Ra...

On this episode we try  Brew Dog's Cold Beer while talking about the extra emphasis, our spurty summer, traveling to Scotland by way of Ohio, knowing when you gotta go you gotta go, the ever ongoing pursuit of the beer flavored beer, Kyle's 3 inches of foam, Here comes old foamy wobble, on the way back to claggy, we'd recycle if we could, the beautiful sound of garbage chimes, Superman is a waste...

On this episode we finally sample the Buffalo Trace Kosher Wheat while talking about Project Hail Mary, catching boomers, Goldmember, pouring whiskey over chunky ice cubes, spice on the edges, bourbon with a little thought, unpacking the bottle novel, a 7 year Weller that we're calling Buffalo Trace, anticipatory cleansing, a cooking metaphor, pairing this with Weller, have we been blown away, the...

On this episode we sample Wrexham Lager while chatting about why summers are a free for all, it's been a month since we've been behind the mics, when do the leaves start peeping, Wrexham, why alking is difficult, another TV show tie in, dank college towns, beer shared in community, a LOTR reference that makes Kyle's level of nerd is impressive, the beer from my hometown, everyone loves an underdog...

On this episode we sample Kilkerran 12 year Single Malt Scotch Whisky while chatting about vacation beers, Campbeltown whisky, Kyle's Gaelic pronunciations, a nostalgic nose, that Campbeltown funk, the new Superman, the most James Gunny of the Superman films, what they've done with Superman as a character, the silliness of the film, underlying comments, Kryptonite and picking up massive objects, s...

On this special episode we pit Miller Light , Natural Light , Coors Light , Michelob Ultra , Bud Light , and Busch Light against one another in an attempt to figure out which one is the best. We also chat about why these beers are synonymous with American culture, our favorites, what we learned, the difficulties of trying to figure out the lack of flavor notes, the subtle differences, what makes f...

On this episode we're sampling Compass Box's Flaming Heart 25th Anniversary Edition while talking about proper hellos, Metallica with a backing orchestra, our custom Glencairns, nerdy stuff from Compass Box, smoky malty honey jammy perfection, some worries about the brand, chewing on a brain nugget, whether humans are evolving, if species progression is a myth, are we the same as we've always been...

On this episode we're trying the new Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled in Bond as we talk about a bit of walking, challenging oneself, hefty feats with your feet, a 7 year BIB Wheated Bourbon, good taste is always in style, the affordability of higher aged bourbon, why flippers be flipping, pitting the 7 Year BIB against Bardstown Wheated, engaging in the scientific method, the red syrup at IHOP, swee...

In part 2 of our series with Hannah Whisky Merchants we sample the St. Bridget's Kirk Batch #2, Dalgety- Glen Spey bottling, and the Lady of the Glen- Caol Ila bottling. All of this while chatting about there being too much goodness to fit in one episode, the best job in the world, sticking to the warehouse floor, why Kyle looks like Buzz Lightyear, a batch of fresh Benadryl, all of the government...

In part 1 of a 2 part series we're honored to be joined by Gregor and Paul of Hannah Whisky Merchants . We chat about investigative dramming, getting stung on the face by a wasp, laughing before asking if things are ok, bubbles and plateaus, transit sherry, what's an independent bottler, contract distilling, the role of the independent bottler in the whisky industry, tea spooning, whisky provenanc...

On this episode we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jaws by cracking open a Narragansett and Allagash Surfbird as we talk about elephant pregnancies, chugging water because we're always sweaty, not the James Bond villain, the majority of Rhode Island, crushing a can, pinging the can off a sharks forehead, Kyle hadn't seen Jaws before this episode, the start of the summer blockbuster, the dif...

On this episode we're hanging out with LJ from the  Lakeland Whiskey Society . We get the opportunity to sample a few Rare Character and Starlight barrel picks while hatting about nerding out with local friends, volunteering with a BBQ festival, people taking whiskey too seriously, community behind whiskey, the few positives of social media, LWS Barrel Picks, Rare Character TKO, 8 yr 2 mo 128.44 p...

On this episode we're tackling the John Daly Cocktails from Good Boy Vodka while talking about skydiving into the studio, the difference between Bryan Adams and Ryan Adams, summer according to Nick, smoking Marlboro Reds and playing golf barefoot, John Daly in the Arnold Palmer Pose, Iced Tea and Lemonade, the dumpster behind a bowling alley, Peach Rings, the summer blockbuster summer, Mission Imp...

On the second of a two part series, we dive into the Release 13- Heat- tasting box from  Blind Barrels, the first and only double blind whiskey tasting experience. While putting our whiskey knoweldge to the true test, we chat about being fanboys for Blind Barrels, King of the Hill, the tasting table, having a language with which to discuss the whiskey, the high stakes for this tasting, who is the...

On the first of a two part series, we get the opportunity to talk with Bobby DeMars of Blind Barrels, the first and only double blind whiskey tasting experience. We chat about the bespoke spirits tasting box, being screwed by Father's Day orders, filling bottles in a basement with a funnel, the power of the distributors, highlighting rockstar whiskies, the ills of the three tier system, kissing a...