Smokin' & Toastin'

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Our show is exactly what the title implies--it's a show about "The Good Life." Every week on Smokin' & Toastin', Ian Barry and Cruze taste and talk about craft beers, distinctive distilled spirits and fine cigars. Ian and Cruze approach these classic diversions with the passion and curiosity of two semi-normal guys on an adventurous path of discovery and knowledge. And if that quest mandates that they must drink, eat, smoke and socialize, then so be it.

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EP. #173 "Emperor's Cut Cigars Live At Downing Street" 07.02.2020 1:58:18

Beer Tasting: Texas Leaguer Brewing Company "Knuckle Bock" German-Style Dark Lager (Missouri City, TX) Beer Tasting: Fair State Brewing Company "Partying Past Burning Bridges" Dip-Hopped IPA (Minneapolis, MN) Beer Tasting: Sierra Nevada "2020 Bigfoot" Barleywine-Style Ale (Chico, CA) Spirit Tasting: Opthimus 25-Year Oliver Rum (Dominican Republic)

EP. #172 "Barrell Bourbon In The Studio" 30.01.2020 1:52:33

CIgars: Oscar Valladares Wild Hunter Beer Tasting: Stillwater Artisanal Brewing "Gose Gone Wild" (Baltimore, MD) Beer Tasting: 8th Wonder "Cloud 8" Hazy IPA (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Tumbleroot Brewing "Smash" Whiskey Barrel-aged Barleywine (Santa Fe, NM) Spirit Tasting: Barrell Bourbon

EP. #171 "Pipe Show 2020" 24.01.2020 1:37:02

Beer Tasting: Community Beer Company "Public Ale" English Style Ale (Dallas, TX) Beer Tasting: Evil Twin Brewing "I Can't Help But Feel..." Double Dry Hopped Double IPA (Brooklyn, NY) Beer Tasting: Voodoo Brewery BIG BLACK VOODOO DADDY IMPERIAL STOUT Spirit Tasting: Jameson Irish Whiskey CASKMATES STOUT EDITION

EP. #170 "Whiskey Cocktails With Old Humble Distilling" 16.01.2020 2:19:15

Beer Tasting: 8th Wonder "Brew GK" Apple Kolsch (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Matchless Brewing "Greetings From Tumwater" Fruited Hazy Double IPA (Tumwater, WA) Beer Tasting: Crooked Fence Brewing Company "Sins Of The Father" Imperial Stout (Garden City, Idaho) Spirit Tasting: Cocktails From Old Humble Distilling

EP. #169 "How We Will Drink In 2020" 09.01.2020 1:38:02

Beer Tasting: St. Arnold "Texas Winter IPA" (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Jessup Farm Barrel House "Mas Lenta" Tequila Barrel Aged Golden Sour Ale (Ft. Collins, CO) Beer Tasting: Seven Still Brewery "King Size" #45 Chocolate Peanut Butter Pastry Stout (San Francisco, CA) Spirit Tasting: Cantera Negra Anejo Tequila (Jalisco, Mexico)

EP. #168 "Hangover Cures And The Best Of The Year And The Decade" 02.01.2020 1:42:53

Beer Tasting: Parish Brewing "Pure Tropics" Fruit Ale (Broussard, LA) Beer Tasting: Indeed Brewing "Mexican Honey" Imperial Lager (Minneapolis, MN) Beer Tasting: Black Raven Brewing "Splinters" Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale (Redmond, WA) Spirit Tasting: Maker's Mark Private Barrel Select Whiskey (Loretto, KS)

EP. #167 "Rum Month Continues With Whiskey Expert Kris Hart" 20.12.2019 2:06:49

Beer Tasting: Community Brewing "SWIL" Southwest Imperial Lager (Dallas, TX) Beer Tasting: Urban Artifact "Gramophone" Nectarine Midwest Fruit Tart American Wild Ale (Cincinnati, OH) Beer Tasting: Heathen Brewing 2019 "Reindeer Tears" Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine (Vancouver, WA) Spirit Tasting: Gosling's Family Reserve "Old Rum" (Hamilton, Bermuda)

EP. #166 "Rum Month Continues With Flor De Cana" 12.12.2019 1:25:14

Beer Tasting: Fremont & Mikkeller "Operador Suave" Mexican Style Lager (Seattle, WA) Beer Tasting: Dogfish Head 75-Minute IPA (Milton, DE) Beer Tasting: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (Chicago, IL) Spirit Tasting: Flor De Cana Rum

EP. #165 "Rum Month Begins With Dox And Plantation Rum" 05.12.2019 1:58:04

Beer Tasting: Bell's Brewing "Best Brown Ale" (Kalamazoo, MI) Beer Tasting: Bow & Arrow Brewing "Guest Of Honor" Belgian-Style Pale Ale (Albuquerque, NM) Beer Tasting: St. Arnold "French Press" Imperial Coffee Porter (Houston, TX) Spirit Tasting: Plantation Rum

EP. #164 "The Best Breweries Of The Decade" 21.11.2019 2:09:59

Beer Tasting: Saloon Door Brewing "Hustlin' Honey" Blonde Ale (Webster, TX) Beer Tasting: White Rooster Farmhouse Brewery "Push Pull" Puncheon Aged Sour Ale (Sparta, IL) Beer Tasting: Copper Kettle Brewing Company "Snowed In" Oatmeal Stout Aged In Bourbon Barrels (Denver. CO) Spirit Tasting: Jim Beam Baker's 7 Year Bourbon (Clermont, KY)

EP. #163 "Wine For The Holidays with Marc Borel" 14.11.2019 1:39:32

Special Guest Marc Borel from The Rainbow Lodge in Houston TX We taste great wine in time for the Holidays so you know whats best! Also Shiner Bock vs Karbach's Crawford Bock Turf War???

EP. #162 "Tasting Bushmills And Is Heineken Better Than Craft Beer?" 07.11.2019 1:46:35

Beer Tasting: St. Arnold "Guten Tag" Belgian Style Lager (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Ecliptic Brewing/Bell's "Five Years/Five Beers" Juicy IPA (Portland, OR/Kalamazoo, MI) Beer Tasting: Kuhnhenn Brewing "White Devil" Imperial White Ale Spirit Tasting: Bushmill's

EP. #161 "It's The Great Pumpkin Beer Blind Taste Test, Charlie Brown!" 31.10.2019 2:04:02

Ian Cigar: Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. Super Fly Cruze Cigar: Quesada Cigars Oktoberfest 2019 Kaiser Ludwig *Pumpkin Beer Blind Taste Test* 4th Tap Brewing Co-op "13th Floor Haunted House" Pumpkin Ale, Nebraska Brewing Company "Wick For Brains" Pumpkin Ale, Prairie Artisan Ales "Basic Becky" Imperial Stout With Pumpkin, Southern Star Brewing Company "CyGourd" Pumpkin Ale, Brooklyn Brewing "Post...

EP. #160 "Pairing Whiskey And Cigars At The New Potato" 25.10.2019 1:29:57

Pairing Whiskey And Cigars At The New Potato for the upcoming Whiskey Sniff 2019 tickets are selling fast!!! Wednesday, November 6 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-whiskey-sniff-tickets-72736616177 Beer Tasting: Wild Acre Brewing Company "Billy Jenkins Bock" (Ft. Worth, TX) Beer Tasting: Levante Brewing "King Of Birds" Imperial Double Milk Stout (Chester, PA)

EP. #159 "The Rules For Drinking Bourbon" 17.10.2019 1:40:54

Whiskey Sniff 2019 tickets are selling fast! Wednesday, November 6! Go to Eventbrite.com and search "Whiskey Sniff" Or Copy The Link Below https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-whiskey-sniff-tickets-7273… Ian Cigar: Hoyo La Amistad Black AJ Fernandez Cigar Company Cruze Cigar: San Cristobal Quintessence Beer Tasting: Adroit Theory Brewing Company "Strictly For My Grind" Kolsch (Purcellville, VA) Beer T...

EP. #158 "At The Rainbow Lodge With Treaty Oak Distilling" 11.10.2019 1:37:46

We are Live at The Rainbow Lodge in Houston with our special guest Marc Borel, wine guy! and Tony Gonzales from Treaty Oak Distilling

EP. #157 "Live From Galveston" 04.10.2019 2:03:21

Special Guest: Fetching Lab Brewery and Alan Denny from Galveston Island Cigar Lounge Beer Tasting: Fetching Lab Brewery Spirit Tasting: Wild Turkey Decades * Whiskey Sniff 2019 is set! Wednesday, November 6 Tickets are on sale now! Go to Eventbrite.com and search "Whiskey Sniff"

EP. #156 "Cigar Legal Update with Trey Boring" 26.09.2019 1:47:32

This Week's Special Guest Our Great Friend Trey Boring, from Cigar Rights of America and Cigars for Warriors!! Cigars: Axis Mundi Strange Passage AJ Fernandez Cigar Company Bellas Artes Maduro Short Churchill Beer Tasting: Back Pew Brewing "Hyper Light" Lager (Porter, TX) Beer Tasting: Castle Island Brewing Co. "Great Human" American IPA (Norwood. MA) Beer Tasting: Cycle Brewing Bourbon Barrel-Age...

EP. #155 "The Best Scotch For Whiskey Newbies" 12.09.2019 1:37:42

Special Guest Robert Holt from Southern Draw Arturo Fuente Cigars Gran Reserva My Father Cigars La Promisa Petit Robusto Beer Tasting: Laughing Monk Brewing "Holy Ghost" Pilsner (San Francisco, CA) Beer Tasting: Three Magnets Brewing Co. "Big Tom's Milkshake IPA" (Olympia, WA) Beer Tasting: Lone Pint Brewery "Tornado Shark" American Strong Ale (Magnolia, TX) Spirit Tasting: Tequila Tierras Organic...

EP. #154 "Highway Vodka Made From Hemp" 05.09.2019 1:33:37

Ian Cigar: Powstanie broadleaf Maduro Cruze Cigar My Father Cigars La Promisa Petit Robusto Beer Tasting: The Bruery "Wit The Funk" Tart Wheat Beer (Placentia, CA) Beer Tasting: Noble Ale Works "Nobility" Imperial IPA (Anaheim, CA) Beer Tasting: Stone Brewing "Farking Whaton Woot Stout" 2019 (Escondido, CA) Spirit Tasting: Highway Vodka

EP. #153 "Jeremiah Butler And the Best Whiskey In The World" 30.08.2019 2:09:17

Jeremiah Butler from B&B Butchers & Restaurant, and the Special Announcement of "The Whiskey Sniff 2019" Beer Tasting: Abita Brewing Company "Strawberry Lager" (Covington, LA) Beer Tasting: Matchless Brewing + Georgetown Brewing "Juice Bomb Units" Collabroation IPA (Seattle, WA) Beer Tasting: Drake's Brewing Co. "Quint" Advanced Oak Belgian-Style Quintuple Golden Ale (San Leandro, CA) Spirit Tasti...

EP. #152 "Trinchero Spirits And The Artificial Whiskey Tongue" 22.08.2019 2:00:35

Special Guest: Michael Gallagher from Trinchero Spirits Cigars: Rocky Patel Ray Lewis Wrath by Studio Tobac Robusto Maduro Beer Tasting: Barrier Brewing Company "Barstool Warrior--Dream Theater" Pilsner (Oceanside, NY) Anchorage Brewing "Pie Assasin" IPA (Anchorage, AK) Four Fathers Brewing Raspberry "Heavy Hitter" Belgian Style Imperial Stout (Valparaiso, IN) Spirit Tasting: Amador Bourbon, Trinc...

EP. #151 "Is Craft Beer Dying?" 15.08.2019 1:51:14

Ian Cigar: Cavalier Geneve USA Exclusive Cruze Cigar: Southern Draw Ignite Jacob Latter Top Rung Beer Tasting: Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. "Dorothy's New World" Lager (Decorah, IA) Bell's Brewery "Smitten" Dry Hopped Pale Ale (Comstock, MI) Great Basin Brewing Company "Scytale 427" Barrel Aged Imperial Stout (Sparks, NV) Spirit Tasting: Glenglassaugh "Revival" Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Portsoy,...

EP. #150 "Spirit Hound and Spirited Beers" 08.08.2019 1:44:12

Special Guest: Wayne Anderson, Co-Founder of Spirit Hound Distillers Cigars: Ian: Gomez Sanchez Cigars Family 1934 Leyenda no2. Micallef Cruze: Punch Cigars "Diablo" Scamp Beer Tasting: 8th Wonder Brewery "People's Champ" Crystalweizen (Collab with Paul Wall) (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Hoof Hearted Brewing 'Thanks For Letting Us Play Tonight" Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale (Columbus, OH) Beer Tasting...

EP. #149 "The Worst Trends In Craft Beer Right Now" 01.08.2019 1:49:27

Special Guest: Beer Enthusiast Adam Purple Cigars: EP Carrillo Elite Capa Del Sol & Chinnock Cellars terrior Beer: Cascade Brewing "Bourbonic Plague" 2016 Rare Barrell "Shadows of their Eyes" Dark Sour Sierra Blanca "Green Chile Cerveza 'Da La Vegas' 'Pecan Beer' 'Cherry Wheat'" Spirit Tasting: Centone Anejo Tequila