Smokin' & Toastin'

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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We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: La Aroma De Cuba El Jefe Caldwell Long Live the Queen Beer Tasting: Mikerphone Brewing "Key Lime Cheesecake Incident" Berlinerweiss (Elk Grove, IL) Beer Tasting: Saint Arnold Brewing Company "Cold IPA" (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Pelican Brewing Company "Mother Of All Storms" Barleywine Ale (Tillamook, OR) Spirit Tasting: Whiskeys From the Whiskey Social

10-18
01:31:54

EP #453 Cheap Beer Brands You Should Avoid!

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Lone Pint Brewery "Brown's Ale" Nitro Brown Ale (Magnolia, TX) Beer Tasting: Moonraker Brewing Company "Electric Lettuce" Imperial IPA (Auburn, CA) Beer Tasting: Fremont Brewing Company 2024 "1765 Limited Release" Stout And Barleywine Blended Ale with Coffee (Seattle, WA) Spirit Tasting: Elijah Craig Ryder Cup Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon (Bardstown, KY)

10-11
01:30:44

EP #452 How To Spot Fake Cubans And The Best Pumpkin Beers Of 2025!

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Evil Twin Brewing "Greenhouse" Italian Pils (Ridgewood, NY) Beer Tasting: Pure Project Brewing Company "Diamond Dust 'Murky' IPA" (San Diego, CA) Beer Tasting: Martin House Brewing Company "Super Smash" Pumpkin Stout (Elk Grove Village, IL) Spirit Tasting: Templeton Rye Single Barrel (Spec's Barrel Pick) (Lawrenceburg, IN)

10-04
01:34:18

EP #451 Tasting A New Mezcal PLUS The Most Underrated Classic Cocktails

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Special Guest: Roberto Rivas Villar with Mezcal Local Beer Tasting: True Anomaly Brewing "Red Stone" Feistbier (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Spyglass Brewing Company "Fuzzy Logic" Double IPA (Nashua, NH) Beer Tasting: Mikerphone Brewing "Sir Blends A Lot #5 Blended Imperial Stout (Elk Grove Village, IL) Spirit Tasting: Mezcal Local

09-27
01:35:00

EP #450 We Taste Matthew McConaughey's Tequila!

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: Rojas Street Tacos Barbacoa Oliva Serie V Melanio Torpedo Beer Tasting: Grimm Artisanal Ales "Ten Cent Pistol" Smoked Helles Style Pale Lager (Brooklyn, NY) Beer Tasting: Parish Brewing Company "DDH Ghost Daydream" Oat Cream Double IPA (Broussard, LA) Beer Tasting: Prairie Artisan Ales "Cheescake Marty" Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout (McAlester, OK) Spirit Tasting: Pantalones Tequila Anejo (Mexico)

09-20
01:30:23

EP #449 Eureka Heights Beer And The Best Palate For The Worst Spirits...

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! This week we have Eureka Heights Brewing Company on the show. Beer Tasting: Beers From Eureka Heights Brewing Company Spirit Tasting: T.W. Samuels Blended Whiskey (Bardstown, KY)

09-14
01:31:23

EP #448 The Mount Rushmore Of Craft Breweries

We Are All About Craft Beer Fine Spirits and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Review: Oliveros Gran Retorno Maduro Swing (Toro) Beer Tasting: Urban Chestnut Brewing Company "Zwickel Light" Kolsch (St. Louis, MO) Beer Tasting: Great Notion Brewing ""Ripe" Hazy Citra IPA (Portland, OR) Beer Tasting: Hoppin' Frog "Shenanigans" High Gravity Irish Red (Akron, OH) Spirit Tasting: Isle Of Skye 21 Year Blended Scotch Whiskey (Portree, Skye, Scotland)

09-09
01:31:57

EP #447 The Best Whiskies Of 2025

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: Camacho Triple Maduro Rojas "Texas Toast" Robusto Beer Tasting: Anchorage Brewing Company "The Machine" Kolsch (Anchorage, AK) Beer Tasting: Reuben's Brews "Double Crush" Hazy IPA (Seattle, WA) Beer Tasting: Revolution Beer and Firestone Walker Deep Wood Series "Oakpocalypse Later" Barleywine (Chicago, IL) Spirit Tasting: ""Hogsworth" Bourbon Whiskey & Armagnac (Shoreham, VT)

08-30
01:31:50

EP #446 On Location At A Swanky Restaurant...

We are on location at ECULENT in Kemah, Texas! Special Guest: Chef David Skinner from Meticulous Spirits Beer Tasting: Paradigm Brewing Company "Coco Loco" Blonde Ale with Coconut (Tomball, TX) Beer Tasting: Weldwerks Brewing Company "Juicy Bits" Hazy IPA (Greeley, CO) Beer Tasting: The Bruery "American Anthem" Bourbon-Barrel Aged Ale (Placentia, CA) Spirit Tasting: CREATIVE COCKTAILS WITH METICULOUS SPIRITS

08-24
01:38:58

EP #445 This Show's Ratings Are Going To Be Huge!

Special Guest: The Spikey Fots Himself, Greg Doxakis from Maison Ferrand Spirits and Planterey Rum Cigar Reviews: Rojas Unfinished Business Caldwell The Last Czar Toro Beer Tasting: Bizarre Brewing "Death Rides A Horse" Italian-Style Pilsner (Seattle, WA) Beer Tasting: Black Stack Brewing "Dad Jokes" Double IPA (St. Paul, MN) Beer Tasting: Equilibrium Brewing "Tree Of Life" Imperial Stout (Middletown, NY) Spirit Tasting: Spirits from Dox and Maison Ferrand

08-17
01:29:14

EP #444 How To Actually Homebrew GOOD Beer!

Special Guests: Home Brewing Experts Daniel Blankenship and Antonio Mechler AJ Fernandez Enclave by ELADIO Diaz Toro Beer Tasting: Homebrews from Daniel Blankenship And Antonio Mechler Spirit Tasting: Elevacion Tequila Anejo (Mexico and Luckenbach, TX)

08-12
01:29:48

EP# 444 How To Actually Homebrew GOOD Beer!

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Special Guests: Home Brewing Experts Daniel Blankenship and Antonio Mechler Cigar Reviews: AJ Fernandez Enclave by ELADIO Diaz Toro Beer Tasting: Homebrews from Daniel Blankenship And Antonio Mechler Spirit Tasting: Elevacion Tequila Anejo (Mexico and Luckenbach, TX)

08-12
01:29:48

EP #443 Are Expensive Cigars The New Normal?

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Review: West Tampa Cigar Company Drew Estate Chateau Real Connecticut Toro Beer Tasting: Structures Brewing “Plainsman” American Lager (Bellingham, WA) Beer Tasting: Anchorage Brewing Company “Heartfelt” IPA (Anchorage, AK) Beer Tasting: Beer Tree Brew “Morning Timber” Breakfast Stout (Johnson City, NY) Spirit Tasting: Rittenhouse Bottled In Bond Straight Rye Whiskey

08-02
01:30:34

EP #442 Sign Of The Apocalypse—Malort-Infused Beer

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: Casa Carrillo (EP Carrillo) “Endure" Toro Beer Tasting: Skygazer Brewing Company “Watercolors-Abstract 3” Berliner Weisse (North Haven, CT) Beer Tasting: Parish Brewing Company & Jester King Brewing “Goats In The Machine” Double IPA (Broussard, LA and Austin, TX) Beer Tasting: 3 Sons Brewing Company “Fractional BA Kitchen Sink” Barrel-Aged Ale (Dania Beach, FL) Spirit Tasting: Angostura 1919 Caribbean Rum

07-26
01:29:51

EP #441 The Best Hazy IPA, plus Meticulous Spirits!

Special Guest: Chef David Skinner from Meticulous Spirits Beer Tasting: Bizarre Brewing "Mother Sky" North German-Style Pilsner (Seattle, WA) Beer Tasting: Dogfish Head "Festina Peche" Ale With Peaches (Milton, DE) Beer Tasting: Cycle Brewing "Friday" Barrel-Aged Stout (St. Petersberg, FL) Spirit Tasting: Meticulous Spirits

07-19
01:31:44

EP #440 What Were The Best Beers Of Last Year?

Beer Tasting: Elder Pine Brewing Company "Kankitsu" Japanese-Inspired Rice Lager (Gaitherberg, MD) Beer Tasting: Texas Beer Company "Cosimo's 'Ashes To The Grave'" Smoked Brown Ale (Taylor, TX) Beer Tasting: Fonta Flora Brewery "Double Barrel Aged Decoy" Double Imperial Stout (Morganton, NC) Spirit Tasting: Cape Horn Tequila Anejo (Mexico)

07-12
01:30:37

EP #439 The Boutique Cigar Company You REALLY NEED To Know About

ON LOCATION at our Home Away From Studio, Vinyl Draft Social Club in Kemah, TX Special Guests: Doug Messinger from Vinyl Draft and Tony Barrios from Stallone Cigars Cigars from STALLONE Cigars Beer Tasting: Old Thunder Brewing Company "Forever Bright" German-Style Pilsner (Pittsburgh, PA) Beer Tasting: Drowned Lands Brewery "Spring Terra" Double IPA (Warwick, NY) Beer Tasting: Goose Island Beer Company "Bourbon County Original Stout 2024" (Chicago, IL) Spirit Tasting: Signatory Vintage "Knockando" 10 Year Spec's Barrel Pick Single Malt Scotch (Scotland)

07-05
01:31:05

EP #438 How To Make Your Cheap Beer Taste Better

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Threes Brewing Company "False Memory" Pacific Northwest Lager (Brooklyn, NY) Beer Tasting: Jester King Brewery "Citrus Froot Direct" Hazy IPA (Austin, TX) Beer Tasting: Hoppin' Frog Brewing Company "Bite Of The Beast" Barleywine with Thai Chili Peppers (Akron, OH) Spirit Tasting: Ron Zacapa "Edicion Negra" Rum (Guatemala)

07-01
01:30:29

EP #437 High Wire Whiskey and Bucket List Brewery Tours

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Special Guest: George Beville from High Wire Distilling Beer Tasting: New Magnolia Brewing Company "Ennio Pils" Italian Style Pilsner (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Mountains Walking Brewing Company "Grazing Clouds" Hazy IPA (Bozeman, MT) Beer Tasting: River North Brewing Company "Dark Sorceress" Barrel Aged Imperial Porter (Denver, CO) Spirit Tasting: Spirits from High Wire Distilling

06-21
01:29:57

EP #436 Cult Favorite Whiskies And Lone Pint Beers

We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Special Guests: Blake Neiderhofer and Trevor Brown from Lone Pint Brewery Beer Tasting: Beers from Lone Pint Brewery (Magnolia, TX) Spirit Tasting: Yuu Baal Anejo Artisanal Mezcal (Oaxaca, Mexico)

06-13
01:22:42

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