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This week on episode 211 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing Anniversary Wines, Bill-Splitting Etiquette, and we’re getting down and funky with Paradox’s Jeff Airman!  So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Our guest tonight is a brewer at Paradox brewing in Divide, CO. Specializing in barrel aged sours our guest made the transition from kitchen to brewery several years ago and has relished in the maverick attitude at paradox. Please help us welcome, Jeff Airman. Follow Jeff on Instgram Visit Paradox Beer Company and follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Wine, Beer, or Pop Culture Reference Franconia Booze News Eckles - Splitting the bill - https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/8207018/mum-split-bill-boozy-dinner-despite-drinking-water/ Ask The

This week on episode 210 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing Bars made from Legos, Following up on Goose Island’s Beer Giveaway, and Somebody get me a Pringles Can and an Abandoned Scooter, cause I’m thirsty!  So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. Cheers my podcast drinking friends, and welcome to happy hour 210 of the ONLY TWO-TIME Award Winning Topical Beer and Wine Education Podcast Focusing on FUN! If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have our wine blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. Wine, Beer, or Pop Culture Reference Hoc Booze News Solomon - Pringle wine - https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/woman-drinking-wine-from-pringles-can-on-cart-banned-from-wal

This week on episode 209 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be giving Patreon Love, contemplating InstaPot winemaking, and we’re gonna have an honest debate about who is the best field goal kicker on the podcast!  So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. Cheers my podcast drinking friends, and welcome to happy hour 209 of the ONLY TWO-TIME Award Winning Topical Beer and Wine Education Podcast Focusing on FUN! If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Wine, Beer, or Pop Culture Reference Beaucastel Wine Dinner If you are in the Colorado Springs area check out this amazing wine dinner coming January 13. Get on the guest list stat and find Jeff when you arrive. Booze News Solomon - Instapot Wine - https://qz.com/quartzy/1511574/please-do-not-offer-me-the-wine-you-made-from-grape-juice-in-your-instant-pot/ Win beer for a year - https://www.

This week on episode 208 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be answering questions from our listeners, sneak in a little booze news for the new year, and we’ll be chastising a handful of our Patreons, ‘cause they’re forcing us to drink boxed wine! So crack open your beer, unBOX that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What Boxed Wine We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have our wine blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. This week we are starting off the year with a tasting episode. We tried something new this month, and immediately realized what a mistake we’d made….. Wine, Beer, or Pop Culture Reference Solomon Listener Mail Doley asks - Wife bought me a coravin (model 2) as a Christmas gift.  I haven’t opened it

This week on episode 207 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing Untappd Snobbery, Clues about Oskar Blues, and we CAN’t control ourselves, ‘cause we’ve got the inventor of the Crowler, Jeremy Rudolf! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. What's Jeremy Rudolf Drinking Our guest tonight has been credited with being the inventor of the Crowler beer storage system. The can growler is a 32 oz can that is filled with beer at the tap, then sealed by small sealing machine at which point the can is ready to be taken home. He is the beer traffic control freak of Oskar Blues, and he is Jeremy Rudolf! John is drinking - Vivac Montepulciano Jeremy is drinking - Dales Pale Ale, Wild Basin, Can O’Bliss Solomon is drinking - Mother Earth Brew Co. Boo Koo IPA Eckles is drinking - Dale’s Pale Ale and Oskar Blues

This week on episode 206 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing James Bond’s drinking, Self Discovery, and I hope you’re not wearing white because we are drinking with Brut Force with Peter Stafford-Bow! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. It helps give potential listeners more information about the show and we’d really appreciate it. What Is Peter Stafford-Bow Drinking Our guest tonight last appeared on our show to talk about his first book, “Corkscrew: The Highly Improbable, But Occasionally True, Tale Of A Professional Wine Buyer” back on episode 116… He and Felix Hart are back to tell us about the further adventures of Felix in his second book “Brut Force: The Further, Staggering Adventures Of A Professional Wine Buyer”, he is Peter-Stafford Bow! Solomon is drinking - Pseudo Sue Citra Hopped Pale Ale from Toppling Goliath Eckles is drinking - Sp

This week on episode 205 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing Podcast Reviews, Our Newest Patreon, and We’re ALL FIRED UP, ‘cause Stu Smith from Smith-Madrone Winery is in the house! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Intros And What We’re Drinking With Stu Smith In May of 1971, at 22 years young, our guest tonight, along with his brother Charles founded the Smith-Madrone winery high up in the Spring Mountain District of Napa Valley. Named after the brothers Smith, and the Madrone trees that inhabit the property, Smith Madrone is currently producing Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cook’s Flat Reserve, and Riesling. He has served on Napa County’s Watershed Task Force and the Napa County General Plan Steering Committee, and so much more that all revolves around being outdoors in nature,

This week on episode 204 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing Reading our Wine Drinking Chakras, Listener Love, and We should have recorded this on a Monday night in our spandex singlets, ‘cause we’re drinking Nitro Beers! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What Nitro Beers We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have , Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. John is drinking - Young's Double Chocolate Stout and Bellhaven Scottish Ale (it's Rich, Nutty and Smooth according to the label) Solomon is drinking - Finishing a Guinness… drinking a Nitro Summer Porter from Fort Point, and having a Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro for dessert. Eckles is drinking - Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout Nitro, Breckenridge

Today on episode 203 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing why they’re stockpiling wine in the UK, Red IPA Recommendations, and were talking Wine, Travel, and Eats with the one and only Amber Burke! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Our guest tonight is the power and energy behind the Wine Travel Eats .com blog. A blog devoted to, let’s call it the “good life”, specifically travel, fine booze, and great food in and around the Napa and Sonoma areas of California. Along with her husband, David, and some additional contributors (Hi Wen), wine travel eats is a great spot to find recipes and plan your next visit to the area. Please help us welcome Amber Burke John is drinking - Lizard Tail Belgian Strong Dark (9.7% ABV) Amber is drinking - Markham Merlot Solo

Drinking With Saint Nick and Michael Foley Our guest tonight is the author of “Drinking with The Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour” and “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Christianity”. His latest book, “Drinking with Saint Nick: Christmas Cocktails for Sinners and Saints”, was released in October of this year, just in time to get your liver primed for the holidays. He is the son of an Irish-German father and a French-Canadian mother, so he grew up taking Catholicism and drinking seriously. Please help us welcome, Michael Foley John is drinking - Eleven Pipers Piping Michael Foley is drinking - Solomon is drinking - Rose’rita made with Four Roses Single Barrel and Swig + Swallow Margarita Mix in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12) Eckles is drinking - French 75 - December 4, St. Barbara’s Day, pp. 13-14 G, H, PCR Meleagris gallopavo Booze News Solomon - Camp Fire - https://www.brewbound.com/news/sierra-nevada-brewing-to-brew-resilience-ipa-for-camp-fire-relief   Fantasy Footb

In this episode we’ll be discussing the WLD effect, answering YOUR questions, and I hope you can roll your R’s, cause it’s time for tempranillo! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action.  Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have , Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. John is drinking - St. Amant Amador County Tempranillo 'The Road Less Travelled’ Solomon is drinking - Herederos Del Marques de Riscal 2011 Riserva, Rioja, Espana Eckles is drinking - HITO 2016 Tempranillo G, H, PCR Cencibel Tempranillo Discussion and Tasting Booze News - The WLD Effect Eckles - The WLD effect is real! - http://time.com/5449454/wine-advent-calendar-2018/ Listener Question “Not really a drinking question, but I’m curious t

Today on episode 200 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing the WLD effect, exploding corona, and everyone needs to get off our beer lawns. So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, get off my lawn and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have , Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. John is drinking - Ten Fidy, Sierra Nevada Narwhal, Old Rasputin Solomon is drinking - New Beach West Coast IPA from Discretion Brewing, and… Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout Eckles is drinking - H.Blin Brut - Blanc De Noirs - Champagne - 100% Meunier G, H, PCR Status Booze News Eckles - Exploding Beer - https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/man-injured-by-exploding-corona-beer-bottle-its-like-they-are-selling-glass

In this episode we’ll be discussing a whole lot of chaos, and batten down the hatches, we’re drinking 2 bourbons, 2 chards, and 2 beers, night-night! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. Cheers my podcast drinking friends, and welcome to happy hour 199!  The ONLY TWO-TIME Award Winning Topical Beer and Wine Education Podcast Focusing on FUN! If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, first we have our wine blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. If there ever was a “buddies movie” version of a podcast, our guests tonight would be the hosts, in fact, that’s pretty much what they’ve created with their podcast “One Bourbon, One Chard, or One Beer”. The podcast that combines drinking, listening to music, and tra

In this episode we’ll be discussing FFL news, beer trolls, and we’re breaking out the campfire and drinking smoked beers! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking This week we are having our monthly drinking episode! The Patrons have spoken and this month we’re focusing on smoked beers. Ruyak is drinking - Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen and maybe Alaskan Smoked Porter (2017) Solomon is drinking - Pregaming with Hop by Lagunitas.  The main event is Seven Sharks A-Circling Holiday Imperial Smoked Porter by Karl Strauuss Eckles is drinking - Smokebrush Porter from Bristol Brewing G, H, PCR Amaral Smoked Beer Discussion and Tasting Booze News Ruyak -  Trolls.. https://www.craftbeer.com/editors-picks/eagle-rock-brewing-womens-beer-forum If you want to help out Eagle

  In this episode we’ll be discussing last call for All About the Beer and we’re going to figure out how to get to the bottom of these pints with John Holl!  If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit WeLikeDrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Our guest tonight is an award winning journalist and senior editor of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine who’s latest book “Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint” hit the bookshelves in September of this year. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, and he was a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Beer. Plus, he’s co-host of the Steal This Beer podcast. Please help us welcome John Holl. Ruyak is drinking - Solomon is drinking - John Holl is drinking - a pint glass full of seltzer and a bottle of Deschutes Chasin’ Freshies Eckles is drinking - Devil’s Head Red and Gold from P

  Thank you for joining us for the award winning We Like Drinking show episode 196. In this episode we’ll be discussing bourbon, California closing times, and we’re talking Four Roses bourbon with Al Young! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. Cheers my podcast drinking friends, and welcome to happy hour 165!  The ONLY TWO-TIME Award Winning Topical Beer and Wine Education Podcast Focusing on FUN! If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit our Patreon page to get in on the action. Like our newest Patron, Alice! Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Our guest tonight has served in a variety of roles at the Four Roses distillery for more than 50 years. Some of his many roles he has held include Distillery Manager, Brand Ambassador, and historian for the 129-year-old Kentucky Bourbon brand. In 2010 his book, "Four Roses: The Return of a Whiskey Legend" was published. He was inducted into the Whisky Magaz

  If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit wld/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Our guest tonight is the Food & Drink Editor for The Manual, “The essential guide for men”. His work has been featured in Maxim, Bloomberg, The Bitter Southerner, and many other places. His first cocktail book, Grown Up Drinks, will be published in Spring 2019 by Andrews McMeel. Please help us welcome Sam Slaughter! Sam can be found online @slaughterwrites. John is drinking - Solomon is drinking - Frisco American Brandy two ways Sam is drinking - Eckles is drinking - Johnnie Walker Gold G, H, PCR Schottenhamel Sam Slaugther Interview Highlights 2018 Spirit Awards Sam Slaughter Site Beards, Booze, and Bacon Podcast Booze News John - Wow, NJ is no fun at all - https://6abc.com/food/new-jersey-officials-limiting-activities-at-microbreweries/4345600/ Podcast Awards Results See our acceptance speech her

In this episode we’ll be discussing Free Beer in Cleveland, Pancake Infused Beer, and we’re getting down with some Pizza and Wine!  If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit http://welikedrinking.com/pledge to get in on the action. Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, first we have our wine blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer, John Ruyak, and finally, I’m your host, Jeff Eckles. Pizza Wines Discussion G, H, PCR Jacquère Booze News Eckles - Cleveland Browns win Free Bud Light Chaos ensues - https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-first-win-plus-free-beer-leads-to-pandemonium-in-cleveland-and-on-twitter/ John - Why? http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/09/25/ihop-debuts-pancake-infused-beer-called-ihops-brews-it-with-batter.html Podcast Awards This Sunday Tune in for the podcast awards Sunday September 30 at  PDT, 8 EDT. We should be one of the first categories s

In this episode we’ll be discussing Working out Your Brain… With Wine, and we’re getting the low down on Frísco Brandy with Charlie O’Connell! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. If you like what you are hearing in this episode, consider helping us out by becoming a patron of the show. Visit wld/pledge to get in on the action. Guest Our guest tonight is the founder and driving force behind Frisco (frees-koh) Brandy, a pisco based brandy popular in Chile and Peru that, unlike most brandy you see, is clear and not aged in barrels. He has had adventures all over the world, and is now living his latest creating a craft brandy with an American twist, he is Charlie O’Connell. G, H, PCR Mathon Booze News Eckles - Wine tasting = brain workouts, and reality isn’t real, man! - https://www.nbcnews.com/better/pop-culture/wine-tasting-can-work-brain-more-math-according-neuroscience-ncna907131     Follow Us Frísco Brandy Instagram Facebook We Like Drinking Instagram "The Tavern" o

In this episode we’ll be discussing Gluing Beer Cans Together, Putting Wine Into Cans, and a Fantasy Football Beatdown for the Ages! So crack open your beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking. Consider becoming a patron of the show. Visit http://welikedrinking.com/pledge. What We’re Drinking John Ruyak - Kreb's Brewing - Prairie Bomb! Jeff Solomon - Chateau Currier Jeff Eckles - Dracaena Wines Rose G, H, PCR Galaxy Albalonga Booze News Eckles -How has this not been created before? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/07/carlsberg-glues-beer-cans-together-becoming-first-brewery-abandon/ Wine in cans, now with some data - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/why-wine-in-cans-is-not-a-fad/2018/09/07/ed11575c-b224-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html?utm_term=.7e087f24fb36 FFL Fun Jeff gives us a week one breakdown Follow Us Twitter Facebook Tavern Instagram