Sips, Suds, & Smokes

SIPS Episode – Mike joins the regular SIPS cast. Imagine walking through a clothing optional casino and there you’ll find Brent, again with no pants. He’ll be talking about one of the 8 whiskies on this episode. A broad range of things and some we liked and didn’t like. And there is one very clear winner in this flight.

SIPS Episode – We ran out of synonyms for saying amazing. Much like the whiskey, this is one of most popular episodes each season. We cover the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection minus one and adding a Lux Row product. Is this lost GTS on the 4th Floor? Maybe that is where Justin keeps his most verbose responses. Prodigious.

SIPS Episode – The whiskey fall release season is upon everyone once again, virus be damned. CAUTION as this is a no spitbucket episode and well, you’ll enjoy the cast more than usual. Harmeet remains unattentive. It’s practically a life theme. He also does not get better with water. Justin discovers speaking more than 3 complete sentences and whiskey. All of the whiskey is amazing, and some of th...

SUDS Episode – A brewery takeover from Pontoon Brewing. A broad range of styles of beer from Pontoon. Dave issues a challenge to everyone to pick a beer and pair it with a part of the Happy Meal. Some very sound tips if you are visiting Stowe, VT. Head the warning that schnitzel is raining in the sky? Safety tip – please don’t take your pontoon boat down a ski slope. Tempting, but don’t do it.

SUDS Episode – A brewery takeover episode with Green Man Brewery as we cover all things from the craft beer capital of Asheville, NC. Even though this is one of the oldest breweries in Asheville and yet they just took home a GABF medal for their English porter. A creepy doll in a closet discussion. Don’t we all have one of those? So much great beer in this flight in a super rare 4 beers with our t...

SUDS Episode – A brewery takeover episode featuring the only Trappist brewery on USA soil, Spencer. Like we needed even more excellent beer in MA. Lots of excellent beer in this flight. We could sponsor the first monk to enter the Mullet Championship following how we combined our discussion of this beer with mullets. Everybody needs a goal, including Larry.

SMOKES Episode – Consumers shop with their wallet and the price point influences much of the buying decision. We tackle the best toro for $10. This is the size of the cigar right in the middle of all of the cigar sizes. We venture down the path to mispronounce everything in French.

SIPS Episode – Another great independent bottler, Signatory. With Brent. Oh this should be interesting from the Bourbon master to talk Scotch. At least you’ll know what a dead flower shop smells like. A great flight where some of this Scotch will put hair on you. You’ve been warned. Peat = air boats & burnt marshland. You should rate the EBS tone call as it’s more entertaining and more verbose tha...

SUDS Episode – If it’s Sunday, then it’s time for a beer potluck. Each of our hosts brought a beer to share. Oh we got lost in the discussion of the Green Jell-O Salad. Rev. Mark is our certified national potluck judge. There is something for everyone in this discussion. A lot of common and unique beers in this flight.

SIPS Episode – Great stuff from Gordon & MacPhail, Last Drop Distillers and Lagavulin. Brent requested to remove the zip ties while we enjoy Scotch again. Justin is our method voice actor for today and got completely lost on the wrong continent. Amazing story of G&M from a grocery store to one of the best bottlers available. Tasting potpourri is not the proper training technique. Caution as there...

SUDS Episode – A brewery takeover from Zillicoah Beer Company. Plenty of safety tips using a shuttlecock. Lots of great beers that are sippers. Hang on as we discuss 8 beers. Lots of confusion what is “Export” style and the campaign to export Caperton in now in progress.

SUDS Episode – First rule of casting is never cross the streams, like putting a whiskey guy on a beer episode. We are visiting lots of old things on this episode, like Bob, and the myriad of ways that Dave can spell Belgian. It’s a brewery takeover of North Coast Brewing from our dusty shelf series. LOTS of beer reference standards in this lineup. Be sure to pack your winter teeth when you’re visi...

SIPS Episode – A great lineup of wines from Skyside, DAOU and Terrazas de los Andes. There is something for everyone in this flight of red wines. Light and fruity to chewy and dense. Maury develops some of Rev. Mark’s bad habits, mainly talking to the floor instead of the mic. Portions of this episode are in metric terms. Oh this episode could have been a little better with some aeration and a com...

SIPS Episode – A lip smacking flight of wine from Numanthia, Bella Union, Brewer Clifton, & Don Melchor. This is not our pilot for an after school show on PBS. It could work, call us. This show would have so much better with oysters.

SMOKES Episode – This is our first Share and Smoke style episode with a broad range of choices where each host picked a cigar to share with everyone else. Great way to be exposed to something you would not choose for yourself. Why do we walk around with extraneous body parts? Yes, you’re already overthinking it.

SUDS Episode – Dave and Julieanna go beer shopping and take you along to taste these, in isle 3. The theme of this flight is that Dave sampled all of these beers, in isle 3. After much semi -legal intervention, Dave is NOT banned at 2 beer retailers now. Some average to good stuff. Beer shopping vs. visiting family, hmm, tough choice.

SUDS Episode – Hello Cincinnati as this is a brewery takeover episode of Madtree Brewing. Madtree beers all have a nature theme and yet no bugs are in these beers. Most of these beers go well with summer camp and helped Dave be the best archer at blind camp. Lots of solid IPA beer in this flight. Can you actually see a Phantom Forest?

SUDS Episode – We have covered some beer from Fat Heads Brewery in the past but this is a full brewery takeover this time covering some classics, like Headhunter, and some more recent offerings. Quite a few solid beers in this lineup. Dave was not the Valedictorian of anything, including homeschool but he is willing to be awarded such a belated honor. Mike’s head is not fat, but his ego can crowd...

SIPS Episode – A double header with Coppercraft and Lucky 7 whiskey. Plus a brand new product called Blue Run Rye. Justin will be hosting our new glue sniffing training sessions. Whiskey and movie, is that a good pairing? Some fantastic stuff that you don’t even have to be lucky to find. Yep, there is one unanimous top rating of 5 on this episode.

SIPS Episode – It will be a miracle if we get to talk about Hooten Young, Va Distillery Co Courage & Conviction, Larceny Barrel Proof, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, Old Fitzgerald Spring 2021, Murray Hill Club, Joseph Magnus in one episode. Maybe we should just have created a cuvee’ and discussed who farted in the tank, again. Wrong! These products taste so much better if you channel John Mclaughlin....

SUDS Episode – We revisit the beers from our Best IPAs of 2013. Our palates have evolved over time and there have been 10k IPA beers created since then. Neither Dave or Mike are better looking since the original episode was broadcast. Do you think these beers have stood the test of time?

SUDS Episode – You keep drinking this stuff and we keep talking about it. A solid dozen hard seltzer’s in another epic blind tasting. What would you call a seltzer intervention? Tim’s favorite fruit is compost pile. Our newest tasting term – Caperton’s Foot Water. Dave finally confesses that he can cook and dance. It’s only an hour and this won’t hurt.

SUDS Episode – All of these beers have one thing in common. They can be found at Aldi. Now this grocery store chain is not everywhere but with 11,235 as of this recording, there are quite a few. They have an approach with only 1 brand of many things and tend be focused on value. Besides our typical challenge of blind tasting, this kicked up the confusion factor substantially. We added a new BJCP t...

SUDS Episode – Come and get healthy, and hammered. Our first Kombucha episode and an epic blind tasting. The taste profiles are quite broad but many of these have a fruited flavor. And now you know who wants/does not want a lemon wedge. The difference between a kettle sour and a metal trash can – survey says, zero. Dave is now a convert.

SIPS Episode – Valinch and Mallet is another independent bottler with access to some stuff that you can’t widely find outside of Scotland. A terrific whisky flight to discuss. We tricked Brent into this episode and told him this was review of White Castle’s menu. Brent is also leading our water tasting with scotch next month. Hmm, sulfur, that doesn’t work with Scotch. It all boils down to a simpl...