Acquired Tastings

Dad pulls out of the archives the Seltzer episode that Josh and Jordan did in May of 2022.  They did Fruit Smash Pink Lemonade seltzer from New Belgium, and they cracked open the Strawberry Guava Topo Chico hard seltzer.  They discuss these seltzers and the flavor profiles.  Josh brings up how much he likes Sunboy Spiked Coconut water Seltzers.  This gave Dad the idea to revisit Sunboy since he had a recent trip to North Carolina where he bought a 12 pack of Sunboy and actually met one of the co-founders Yair Tygiel.  Listen to him telling the story and sipping on a Pineapple Sunboy.  Cheers! 

With Spring in the air and with some days even warmer than that, Josh and Dad are thinking Spring Cocktails.  Dad brings the Miami Vice; A frozen concoction of half Pina Colada and half Strawberry Daiquiri.  Josh as always thinks outside the box. He has a Peach mint Pisco Sour. Josh's recipe is 2 oz. Pisco, 1 oz lime juice, 3/4 oz peach syrup, with muddled mint leaves and an egg white.  Do a dry shake followed by a wet shake and double strain into a coop glass.  Cheers!
Dad's recipe for his uses Pina Colada using Coco lopez to make it extra creamy.  His Strawberry Daiquiri is a standard build. Cheers!  

Josh is Back on the AT podcast!  Josh and Dad are doing Paso Robles' wines.  For Dad's wine he is doing Tooth & Nail's Destina Carbonic Grenache since he couldn't the Union Sacre's Chipie Carbonic Sangiovese that Josh brought.  For their food Dad brings a roasted chicken, and Prosciutto wrapped around mozzarella cheese. Josh has roasted chicken with pan gravy, parmesan and prosciutto.
They have red wines as well. Josh has Hubba, Mushroomhead wine, and Dad brings Harvey and Harriet red blend.  Dad brings a second plate consisting of the Gene's famous beef tenderloin, British hard white cheddar cheese, Boursin goat cheese and crackers.
They have a great time together drinking these Paso wines and eating their food.  Josh tells stories about his and Jeff Ford's trip and wine tasting to the Paso Robles wine region.    

Dad pulls out of the Archives the Irish Beers Episode.  In this episode John and John explore some of the classic Irish beers. Josh cracks open Smithwick's Irish Red and serves up some classics, corned beef, Irish soda bread, and 5 cheese pizza. John pours the Irish favorite Guinness draft from a nito can. He pairs it with fish and chips, and Dubliner Irish cheddar with stout.
Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day 2024! Slainte'!   

From the Archives at the end of January 2024 Dad brings out this Non-Alcohol Episode.... At the start of "Dry February" Dad and Josh decide to do a special cocktail episode. In this episode they both make non-alcoholic cocktails. Dad uses the Ritual 0 Proof Rum Alternative to make a Dark and Stormy. Josh make 2 different cocktails with the Seedlip Grove 42. First he makes a classics egg white sour and then a Seedlip and ginger beer. They really enjoy these NA cocktails.   They enjoy cocktail ritual of the making and this NA cocktail show.

Dad and Josh are joined by Anne Marie for New Year's Eve wines. Josh's Champagne was Pierre Gimonnet Blanc de Blanc.  Josh brings popcorn with two different sauces. One sauce was a Sichuan Chili crisp and the other was Zhong sauce.  Both were made by Fly By Jing.  He also brings Duckham, and Porchetta di Parma. Dad brings the J. Lassalle Premier Cru Champaign.  His sides were planned to match a New Year's Eve or Christmas meal.  He brings Prime Rib, steamed Broccoli and a simple baked potato.  Marie brings Chandon Brut sparkling wine.  For her sides she brings an amazing cheese, garlic bread,  cheese mushroom caps and Ferrero Rocher chocolate cups.  She tells about her special connection with Chandon wines on three continents.  They have a great time sipping and snacking! Dad again gets all "heated up" and has to figure out how to put the fire out.

From the Archives; Dad and Josh enjoy Christmas Beers.  Dad brings the Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh hop IPA.  Dad shares some baked brie with chestnut honey, blueberry coffee compote, green bean bundles, and gingerbread cookies. Josh pours the Delirium Noel from Belgium. His pairings are Murrays Maxx Extra aged cheese, sausage rolls, and braised short ribs. They have a great time getting into the season.  They have a great time talking about Christmas and sipping their beers and eating their Holiday snacks.
Hope you enjoy this Episode from the Archives.  Cheers!  

Josh, Marie and Dad enjoy Thanksgiving food with their different wines to pair.  At the end each have a cocktail as well.  It was a fun time!

For Josh's wine he brings the Brut Rose Reserve from Loimer. Dad couldn't find that Rose so he brought a can of Underwood Brut Rose'. Marie couldn't find it either so she has Le Grand Noir Brut Sparkling Rose' for her wine. For Josh's food he has thick sliced oven roasted turkey from the deli; layered cheese leek organon; fruit cup size sausage dressing. He also had fresh cranberries cooked down with white and brown sugar, orange peel and whole orange juice, with a splash of balsamic vinegar. Josh had a strawberry cream cheese cake in honor of his upcoming birthday paired with a straight pour of Probitas blended White Rum from Barbados. 

 
Dad has for his food; stove top stuffing enhanced with special herbs; whole cranberry sauce with walnuts and orange peal; he also has a smoked sweet potato with a maple syrup compound butter. For his wine he brings Decoy 2021 Merlot. Marie had the Decoy 2019 Merlot. Josh couldn't find it so he had a 2014 Sent DeYoung Gran Cru from LaGrande instead. Dad's desert was an Juicy Apple Bourbon cocktail paired with an caramel apple blossom.

Marie's wine is Imagery's Cabernet Sauvignon. Dad couldn't find this wine either so he bought a four pack of Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon. Josh couldn't either so he has Chateau de Grandeur French red.  Marie's food consisted of; frozen cranberries cooked down with sugar with orange and lemon zest; traditional sage stove top dressing; sweet potato with home grown rosemary thyme and sage. Marie had an Apple Cocktail. It uses Josephine's Montana Rye, Chrystal Ridge Apple pie moonshine from Hot Springs Arkansas, and Shmallow Hotel Tango Bourbon from Indiana.  That makes it a little bit of all of us!

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS THANKSGIVING PODCAST AS MUCH AS WE ENJOYED MAKING IT FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE! CHEERS!   

Josh and Dad Celebrate the third year of the Acquired Tastings Podcast with cocktails!  Josh celebrates with a Fall Smash that he created.  Dad celebrates with a Champaign Cocktail.  They talk about the origin of these different drinks.  Dad and Josh discuss some of the AT podcast statistics. They enjoy their cocktails and riminess about the Acquired Tastings journey.  We are glad that so many of you have downloaded our episodes and enjoyed the different wine or beer or liquors with the food pairings with us. You might be talked about in this episode if you are a known listener or have been on the show. Keep listening!
Cheers!

In this Episode from the archives Dad and Josh drink Octoberfest beers.  Dad brings the local beer from Lost Forty called Hunter and Josh brings a German beer called Ayinger Oktoberfest. The boys have a great time sipping these Mazen beers and snacking on their food.  Dad brings traditional German food.  Josh brings an array of non-standard German food to try as pairings.
Join Josh and Dad for Cocktails on the Oct. 19th AT Episode for their third year Celebration of Acquired Tastings!