The Spirit Guides

Just before everything reaches the climax, your normally frenetic Spirit Guides take a moment to pause to reunite, reaffirm old alliances, maybe give each other swords, mope on the battlements, and...uh...drink some questionably-themed licensed scotch whisky. Come over by the fireplace and raise your glass with us!

In our quest for new and exciting spirits, your unwavering Spirit Guides are off to the land of Westeros to see which noble house makes the best whisky.  To start off this season-spanning spar, we pit the Trout against the Rose.  Come join us...

Your ever-eclectic Spirit Guides are dipping once more into the obscurely exotic world of artisanal rhum. Have we found a secret treasure trove of hand-crafted paradise or just another glass of fermented sugar water that kind of tastes like black olives? Come have a listen and find out...

Join your ever-wandering Spirit Guides as we return once more to to Caledonian shores in search of hidden treasure. Strap on your sporran and join us for a dram...

Your ever-festive Spirit Guides are bringing you a holiday extravaganza unlike anything you've ever experienced! We drank a tropical-themed nog-like concoction and watched a modern holiday classic movie. Can you guess which of these was the most sickeningly sweet? Come join us to find out...

We did it. That's right: you're ever-decisive Spirit Guides have DEFINITEVLY determined the greatest gin/tonic/lime-based cocktail recipe of ALL TIME. It took us a little longer than usual to get this pod out, but the pay-off is clearly worth it. You're welcome, world. 

A taste of the Island(s)! Wait a minute...are we drinking Irish whiskey or are we drinking rum? (It's whiskey, we know.) Is this just another tawdry barrel-finishing gimmick from a major distiller or have they come up with something special? Come and join your terminally cynical Spirit Guides for a taste and find out.

It's time for Dirty Podcasting 2: Havana Nights! But in Puerto Rico. And also in Havana. Is this sexy/steamy or confusing/paradoxical? Only one way to find out. Come and have a listen!

We're in a month that ends with a "y" so we must be drinking Irish! But your eternally-consistant Spirit Guides still find a way to make this seemingly frequent occurance pretty darn special. Come and join us for a taste and a listen. 

Your insatiable Spirit Guides have found something... unnatural.  What is this Franken-booze that seeks to combine wine and liquor into some unholy union?  When we asked ourselves if we could do it, we didn't bother to ask if we should. Has science finally made a hybrid that will replace its now-inferior components?!  Or is it just a preposterous novelty?  Come join us to find out!

As your ever-wandering Spirit Guides have long searched the world over to bring home the most fabled libations, it's a rare thing for them to find something entirely new these days. But they've done it. By God, they've done it. So gather round to hear the tale...

Your ever-hungry Spirit Guides are sad to learn that even though this bottle clearly mentions tacos, this whiskey CONTAINS NO TACOS.  So we take it upon ourselves to answer the question: is whiskey made without tacos any good?  The answer may surprise you.  Come join us for a taste...

Your brave and true Spirit Guides return once more to have a taste pf the Highlands.  Will we be rewarded with a unique experience or are we fated to a mundane and run-of-the-mill dram?  We're hedging our bets by tasting two! Come have a listen.

We've always known that the siren song of our neighbors to the south would lure your ever-loyal Spirit Guides back.  Has the nectar of the agave lulled us into its sweet embrace again like the lotus of old?  Can we come up with another odyssian metaphor before our literary depths run empty like the pillaged treasure rooms of Troy? Clearly not, it seems. Still, we drink some very interesting tequil...

Ciao from your well-traveled Spirit Guides.  We went to a medieval apothecary hoping to see what kind of rot-gut snake oil we could scrounge up.  Turns out all we found was a world-class liquor specialist beloved my European Royalty.  Oh well.  Come join us for a taste...

Your ever-gracious and hospitable Spirit Guides dive into the world of clear, unflavored liquors that thankfully aren't marketed as "moonshine." What has brought upon this unexpected adventure into unexplored territory, you ask? Why, it's because we're joined by our very first special guest! Does James have what it takes to sit at the table with the big kids?! Come find out!

For our historic 50th podcast, your ever-reliable Spirit Guides have put together a special treat... for ourselves!  But at least you get to listen to it.  Come join us and we sample not one, not two, but THREE different varieties of one of our favorite bottlers.  MORE FRENCH SCOTCH!!!

It's time for your daring Spirit Guides to venture into the unknown with our first tasting of the rare and mysterious beverage known as tequila.  Wait...that can't be right, can it? It took us 49 episodes to drink some tequila?  Better late than never, I suppose. Come join us for a taste...

Join your heroic Spirit Guides as we try to figure out why the faces of every single modern rum-luminary are plastered on this bottle of 138 proof (!!!!) rum.  Come have a listen...

Your faithful guides to the spirit world reach deep back into the cabinet to grab another whiskey that listeners residing anywhere other than the old sod will have a hard time finding.  Is it good?  You'll probably just have to take our word for it.  You can trust us.

Your ever-humble and long-suffering Spirit Guides venture once more into the smokey and challenging waters of the Scottish islands for a dram of that most divisive whisky.  Will we stand firm in solidarity or will the this peated beast turn Guide against Guide? Come join us for a listen and find out...

Your dauntless Spirit Guides stole a cigarette boat and under cover of night raced south from the Florida Keys to... No, wait.  You don't have to do that anymore to get some Cuban rum.  So we just bought some.  Come join us for a taste of this once forbidden treat...

We done did it.  Pappy Holidays to each and every one of us!  From your ever-festive Spirit Guides.

The Spirit Guides have returned to native soil for a taste of something special.  We've rummaged around the cellar to dig out a treat.  Come join us for a taste...