Have A Drink

We’ve talked about Guinness before, in lots of ways, but never as its own subject. Let’s change that and see what there is to learn about them. I’m sure they have never been involved in anything illegal or unethical. What could we possibly talk about? At any rate we will still Have a Drink.We're trying out some formatting changes to the audio and video versions of the show. Send an email to feedback@haveadrinkshow.com to tell us what you think! The post show for this episode starts at 26 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We were somewhere around Barstow, when the drunk began to take hold.Okay, so we are doing Mescal instead of some sort of drug, but we all know what Mexican spirits will do. So buckle up and join us on our journey as we take a shot at this episode, and Have a Drink. [Can’t stop here . . .  this is worm country] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Okay, I know we are redoing episodes, but can we do without the typos. It’s even in the title. Oh, it’s actually Shochu, not Shoju. So we are going to Japan for our spirits instead of Korea this time. We’ll figure out the difference between those, and whatever else we can find about this. Kampai again, and join us as we Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eins, Zwei, Weisen. Well maybe that isn’t how Germans count, but maybe it should be. We are talking about German Wheat Beers today. You shouldn’t be shocked that there is a long history of brewing this type of beer, but maybe we’ll find something that will surprise you. So get a nice refreshing hefeweizen, or maybe a good dark Dunklewizen, either way you’ll have something while we Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blind tasting of top shelf vs. bottom shelf alcohol of various types. Please excuse some of the audio issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s our favorite time of the year, no not summer (God No!), it’s time for a bourbon episode. We will look at a distillery that we, somehow, never have before and talk about Woodford Reserve. This distillery has been working for over 2 centuries to make the water of life and holds a special place for some of our hosts. Why is that, well you’ll just have to listen to find out. We won’t be offended if you also decide to Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are we trying to get day-drunk today? But we record these at night, can you even have a sangria when it’s not brunch? Well, today we look into that and see what this mixture has for us. So get some fruit and get ready to have some wine-mouth, as we Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time we return to Sake for one last go. At least until we find more things to talk about or decide to make a special edition episode where Brittany drinks first. We are going to try and make up for the fact our “Year of Sake” took a little more than a year to finish and give you a lot of info. So buckle up and shout Kampai as we Have a Drink (oh god, the words in this one). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I think this episode is out of season, it’s not the Fall, it’s not even Spring yet, why are we drinking Cider? Maybe we are just in the mood for something crisp today, or maybe we just want to rediscover this old style that has been around for centuries. Join us and we’ll see if a cider a day keeps the doctor away, as we Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alsace is a region in France, or is it Germany? It’s on the border of the two so I assume there has never been any dispute about that. Is this a French wine with German influences, or a German wine disguised as French? I doubt we’ll answer that, but I’m sure we’ll learn something along the way, and I’m also sure we’ll Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s this . . Vodka? Gin? Zima? No, it’s time to talk about water. I don’t know how I feel about drinking this. Do you know what fish do in this? Well, at least it’s in bottles, that’s bound to be better, right? Well probably not. We’ll get into that and why this took off like it did. So get ready to hydrate and join us as we Have a Drink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podfading is defined as to stop podcasting all of a sudden without notice. So sorry about that, but we are back with what I believe Webster defines as “a real humdinger.” We are beginning the story of Bacardi. Do you think you know about this staple of liquor shelves, I’m willing to bet you don’t. So relax as we begin to peel back the layers of this tale, and maybe, Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I think we have forgotten what the show is about. It’s called Have a Drink, not “Have some Eggs . . .” although that does sound tasty. Today we are talking about egg drinks, and no we aren’t drinking raw eggs. Instead we are going to talk about how you can incorporate eggs into your drinks. So grab some nog, or maybe some sort of fizz, and join us as we Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have been feeling nostalgic lately and revisiting a lot of old topics lately, or at least realizing how much was left out before. So today we say, “I’ll be bock” and revisit that delicious spring beer. Sure, it’s not the season, but Bock season is more of a state of mind anyway. We’ll go over this early beer and figure out why there are so many goats, and, maybe, have a drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are talking about drinking. Yes I know, we usually do, but we are going to talk about people who really put their livers in it. We don’t want to glorify over drinking on the show, but honestly, some of these stories are truly insane and deserve to be told. So come along as we tell you some tales, and maybe join us as we, have a drink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So barley, malt, and hops are all the important parts of beer, and they get all the attention, but equally important is water. Yes, it’s two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen, but it’s more complex than that, especially when it comes to brewing. So we’ll see just how water can change what you drink. So stay hydrated today as we Have a Drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We return today to sake, to those clear crisp beverages . . . or are we gonna muddy the waters. Well, cloudy them anyway. What makes them so cloudy and how does it change the flavor of sake. We’ll get into that and more as we have a drink on this episode, Sake 2: Nigori Boogaloo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we go deep underground to talk about . . . Oh Carlsberg.  . . That makes more sense than an episode about the Carlsbad Caverns. Quick, someone start a new script. We need to talk about this Danish brewery and how they grew to the goliath they are today, and certainly nothing about the captain reef you can find in Carlsbad. So find a pilsner, or maybe a malt liquor and join us as we have a Drink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are going to talk about some of the best Scotch-style whiskeys in the world, Japanese whiskeys. Have we done some of this before, sure, but we are better now and can ask the hard-hitting questions. Like, does Japan have the peat for this? Apparently so, but do they even use it? Join us as we go through the history of this newer whisky style and if you want to drink along, take out a second mortgage. Either way we are going to have a drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time for our new series for the year, and it’s the year of Sake! Yes, we discussed it before, but we are going in deep now and much like Sake brewing, it’s going to take a couple of tries before it’s all done. Today we are going very far into the way-back machine, but we are also discussing one of the variants of sake, Junmai. Get ready for the butchering of Japanese and get ready to Have a Drink. Kampai, Y’all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.