Whiskey and the Weird

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Milk & Serial (2024; dir. Curry Barker); drinking Hot Apple Cider with Noble Oak Double Oak BOurbon. Damien is watching Possum (2018; dir. Matthew Holness); drinking Redbreast 15. Ryan is reading Not A Speck of Light: Stories by Laird Barron; drinking 2XO Bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, check out Lord of Misrule (2023; dir. William Brent...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Humane (2024; dir Caitlin Cronenberg; drinking Resurgent Botanical Whiskey. Damien is reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova; drinking the non-alc High Rhode by Kin Euphorics. Ryan is reading the many gory works from Matthew M. Bartlett; drinking the Caol Ila 12 Year Old scotch whisky. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Mercies b...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Negative Space by B. R. Yeager; drinking Standard Proof Wildflower Rye, infused with honeysuckle for some reason. Damien is reading The House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias; drinking a Shipwreck: bourbon, dark rum, lime, simple, mint. Ryan is reading The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan; drinking Campbeltown Journey blended scotch whisky. If...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King; drinking a PBR shandy, baby. Damien is reading Chlorine by Jade Song; drinking Maine Beer Company's Dinner DIPA. Ryan is watching Exhuma (2024; dir. Jang Jae-hyun); drinking the Balvenie 14 yr, Caribbean Cask finish. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Apostle (2018; dir. Gareth Evans). Up next: The Guardian o...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Monolith (2022; dir. Matt Vesely); drinking a cucumber brine martini with Freeland Spirits gin. Damien is reading I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking Suntory World Whisky Ao. Ryan is reading The Great State of West Florida by Kent Wascom; drinking the Edradour 10 yr. If you liked this week’s story, watch Bodies Bodies Bodies...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Saga vol 1-11 by Brian K Vaughan; drinking Meier's Creek Mo Money Mo Kolsch. Damien is watching Channel Zero: Candle Cove (2016; SyFy); drinking Boulevardiers (bourbon, campari, sweet vermouth). Ryan is watching Eric (Netflix limited series, 2024); drinking the Talisker 10. If you liked this week’s story, read The Ruins by Scott Smith. Up next: "T...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Battlestar Galactica (2004; SyFy); drinking Great Jones Rye Whiskey. Damien is reading The Lost by Jack Ketchum; drinking Guinness Nitro Draught but talking about Forged. Ryan is watching The Devil All The Time (2020; dir. Antonio Campos); drinking The Auchentoshun 12. If you liked this week’s story, read Borne by Jeff VanderMeer Up next: "The Fl...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Stopmotion (2023: dir Robert Morgan); drinking a G&T with Freeland Spirits Foraged Botanicals Gin. Damien is watching When Evil Lurks (2023; dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Puncher's Chance Bourbon. Ryan is watching Rust Creek (2018; dir. Jen McGowan); drinking a very terrible Strawberry Basil Bourbon Smash. If you liked this week’s story, read - or...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Leech by Hiron Ennes; drinking Westward Whiskey Single Malt. Damien is reading The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlmann; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is reading Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke; drinking a mint julep. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Eyes of My Mother (2016; dir. Nicolas Pesce) Up next: "The Gian...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Monica by Daniel Clowes; drinking Town Branch (again) in a hot toddy. Damien is reading Daphne by Josh Malerman; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony blended whisky. Ryan is watching The Creator (2023; dir. Gareth Edwards); drinking Aberfeldy 16. Aaron is reading various Golden Age of Detection tales featuring Reggie Fortune by H.C Bailey; drinking bl...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; drinking Town Branch Kentucky straight bourbon. Damien is reading Fever House by Keith Rosson; drinking a Last Word (gin, chartreuse, lime, Luxardo). Ryan is reading The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams; drinking The Caol Ila 12. If you liked this week’s story, listen to the Welcome To Night Vale podcast by Joseph Fink...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is listening to SAVED! (2023 album) by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter; drinking Springbrook Farms Adirondack High Rye. Damien is reading The Far Reaches series (various authors) on Amazon Kindle Unlimited/Audible; drinking FEW American Whiskey. Ryan is reading Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio; drinking the Talisker 10. If you liked this week’s stor...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading A Guest in the House by Emily Caroll; drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson; drinking Glenfiddich 12. Ryan is watching the original John Wick; drinking the Bowmore 12. If you liked this week’s story, watch DEVS (TV series; Alex Garland, 2020). Up next: "Uncle Phil on TV" by JB Priest...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is playing Wingspan (board game); drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman; drinking Navigator Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Ryan is reading "The Engine at Heartspring's Center" by Roger Zelazny; drinking the Balvenie 15 Carribean cask. If you liked this week’s story, read The Grip of It by Jac Jemc. Up ne...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman; drinking a Limestone Branch Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon. Damien is reading Reprieve by James Han Mattson; drinking a Hemingway daiquiri (white rum, lime, Maraschino liqueur & grapefruit juice). Ryan is playing Sunless Sea (VG - Failbetter Games, 2015); drinking a Fistful of Bourbon (again). If you liked thi...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin; drinking a Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon. Damien is reading Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward; drinking a Ardbeg Islay Single Malt. Ryan is reading Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt; drinking a Fistful of Bourbon. If you liked this week’s story, watch the entirety of the Final Destination franchise. Up next...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney; drinking a No Wrong Answers dry hopped lager from Meier's Creek. Damien is reading Blood Meridian by Cormac Macarthy; drinking a Middle Aged Adult Human DIPA from Trillium Brewing. Ryan is reading Come With Me by Ronald Malfi; drinking a Cassis Manhattan. If you liked this week’s story, search for "Gh...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Scavengers Reign (TV Series; 2023 - ); drinking a Noble Oak Double Oak Hot Toddy. Damien is watching The Dead Center (2018; dir. Billy Senese); drinking Walcott Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Ryan is reading Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand; drinking the showdoggedly named Old Particular's Probably Orkney's Finest 12 yr old Highland Single Cask. If you...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield; drinking a Swedish?! whiskey: Mackmyra Svensk Ek Damien is reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt; drinking the Noble Oak Double Oak. Ryan is reading The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorenson; drinking Glenlivet 14 year old Cognac finish. If you liked this week’s story, watch the campy classic They Li...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones); drinking a Noble Oak double oak whiskey + Wegman's apple cider. Damien is watching A Haunting in Venice (2023; dir. Kenneth Branagh); drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is watching Deadwax (Shudder Series, 2018); drinking Evan Williams 100 Bottled...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The Day of the Beast (1995, dir Alex de la Iglesia); drinking Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon... with eggnog. Damien is watching Nocturnal Animals (2016; dir. Tom Ford); drinking Spiced Honey Iced Toddy w/ Wolcott Bourbon. Ryan is playing Dave the Diver (VG; Mintrocket 2022); drinking a Hot Bourbon Apple Cider. If you liked this week’s story, check...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Hell House, LLC (2015, dir Stephen Cognetti); drinking Blue Point Mother Pumpkin Ale. Damien is about to read Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk; drinking a Bloody Mary with Middlebar Mary mix and Reyka vodka. Ryan is reading Come Closer by Sara Gran; drinking a Ghoul's Blood cocktail (don't ask). If you liked this week’s story, read the...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer; drinking Noble Oak Double Oak. Damien is watching The House of the Devil (2009, dir. Ti West); drinking a Last Word (gin, green chartreuse, lime, luxardo). Ryan is watching Satan's Slaves (2017; dir. Joko Anwar); drinking Blair Athol 12 yr scotch whisky. If you liked this week’s story, watch Lake Mungo...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey; drinking King's County Peated Bourbon. Damien is reading The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew F Sullivan; drinking a spicy ancho marg (zarpado, ancho reyes, simple, lime). Ryan is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; drinking Remy Martin VSOP. If you liked this week’s story, watch – or call! – Ghostbuste...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Last Sentinel (2023; dir. Tanel Toom); drinking a PBR Shandy. Damien is reading They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca; drinking a Fog Cutter (light rum, cognac, gin, lemon, orange, orgeat, sherry float). Ryan is listening to The Cromcast; drinking Laphroaig Select. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Fog (1980; dir....