The Thinking Drinkers Podcast

Gino, oh Gino Negroni

Originally in the calendar for June, the official Negroni Week got shifted to September due to this flippin’ virus. But since none of us can get to a bar, Ben & Tom decided to give it a dose of love regardless. In this week’s extra pod then, learn more about the quality cocktail, its Italian provenance, dubious origins, and how to mix one. Then drink them all week. And again in September. Drink less, drink better though. For a Negroni you’ll need... Gin: Ben and Tom mention a stro...

Arriba ándale Chico

The chaps discuss Mexican wrestling and pollinating bats out of clocktowers while sipping the delicious Ocho tequila; and head to Californian college party town Chico to honour Ken Grossman, the brewer who changed the face of craft beer with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is available for £1.80 in supermarkets including Waitrose.  Ocho Blanco Tequila is available from Whisky Exchange in 50cl bottles for £22.45. Next week: Ben & Tom are joined by special guest, the...

Big Apples and Danish pastries

Ben & Tom enjoy some socially distant Hygge-ing while sipping on Danish craft beer To Øl Gose To Hollywood, and cock-tales cover some ‘Manhattan’s in Manhattan’ as they clumsily mix this classic whiskey aperitif using Woodford Reserve and Chazalettes Rosso vermouth. To learn more about Chazalettes and the Clairin rum Tom mentions, subscribe to the Telegraph online for the spirits column. “Gose To Hollywood” from the To Øl brewery in Denmark; £3.50 from Marks & Spencers (in store)....

Liquid Low Down on the Low Countries

Less messy than sacrificing a goat and easier to listen to than Heavy Metal played backwards, episode five of the pod brings you satanic worship from Belgium courtesy of Duvel, some Dutch herbal remedies with the low-calorie Ketel One Botanical Spirit from Schiedam and some unintentional yet repeated references to the war.  Ben’s ill-received article on the Pint Glass from the Guardian is here. The Ketel One Botanical range, 30%abv and 70cl, is available from The Whiskey Exchange ...

Going Caracas in California

Miss World, Mace attacks, Morphine and Microbreweries all feature in Episode 3 of “Around The World in 80 Drinks” as Tom and Ben hit the Lagunitas Brewery in Northern California before visiting Venezuela for turtle tales, fearless reporting from the Favelas and some delicious Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva Rum.  You can buy Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva Rum from The Whiskey Exchange You can buy Lagunitas Brewing Company’s “Daytime Session IPA” and iconic “IPA” from ASDA Next epi...

Devon is a Place on Earth

In a bid to transport you from the confines of your isolation across the world, this week Ben and Tom visit, er, Devon. This beautiful county is home to some excellent beverages, so listen along as the chaps invite you to enjoy an unconventional tasting approach to the classic and proper Plymouth gin, a spirit dating back to 1793 no less. Before tucking into some lovely lager as they ignore a potential dystopia by drinking cutting-edge craft beer from the excellent Utopian Brewing. ...

Coronavirus Special - Mexico and China

In this first episode, Ben and Tom selflessly try some tenuously topical Covid-19 linked drinks, so you don’t have to. We consume one of our 5 a day by stuffing a lime into Mexico’s best-selling lagers, mix in a bit of Mexican brewing history and visit China – the birthplace of booze and home to Baijiu, an acutely artisan spirit sometimes drunk out of skulls.  Tom bought his Baijiu from the The Whisky Exchange while Corona and (the far superior) Negra Modelo are available online at...

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