Boozie Banter

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  We have returned from our summer hiatus, under house arrest in Tijuana for a totally non violent misunderstanding involving 3 dolphins, a couple of rodeo clowns and a satchel full of pixie sticks.  We can laugh about it... now.  Tonight's guest, Seth Groves from Pequod Distribution, is here to talk beer, beer festivals and all the new fangled stuff that people are somehow still calling "beer".  We are back in the saddle and totally addled.

Let's get the fall episodes started shall we?

Beer Dabbler - 27:00

After two hours of tasting through more than 8 wildly different gins, we take a turn to a blind gin tasting as well as a new release from Foundry Distilling Co.

It gets a bit nuts, so join us for the banter. 

Barton - 1:10

Aged Gin - 2:30

Foundry Furious Whiskey - 7:30

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  As we enter the dog days of summer, Matt decided to declare war on his own body by allowing himself to get roped into a gin tasting.  Yes, in our ongoing series with Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace, we are tasting through a bunch of gins.  The spirit that is made from Juniper, numerous botanicals, grain, herbs and whatever is found on the sweaty undercarriage of a rent-a-cop at an English Renaissance Fair held in August- Settle in!  #artingstallsgin #Bigbottomdistillery #foundrydistilling #Copper&kings

Artingstall’s - 1:30

Big Bottom - 10:00

Foundry Barrel Aged Gin - 23:00

Copper & Kings: Dragon Cat Single Cask - 31:30

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  As we enter the dog days of summer, Matt decided to declare war on his own body by allowing himself to get roped into a gin tasting.  Yes, in our ongoing series with Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace, we are tasting through a bunch of gins.  The spirit that is made from Juniper, numerous botanicals, grain,  herbs and whatever is found on the sweaty undercarriage of a rent-a-cop at an English Renaissance Fair held in August- Settle in! #reigers #monkey47 #drumshanbo #copper&Kings

Riegers -

Monkey 47 - 17:00

Drumshanbo - ~30

Copper & Kings: Moons of Juniper - 37:00

We aren't done yet, actually we are just getting started.... Join us won't you.

Trip in the Woods: Otra Vez - 1:00

Strainge Beasts (Hard Kombucha) - 12:20

Kirk and Sweeney - 28:30

Hello and Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  We thought that we didn’t have enough Brian's involved, so we reached out to the Territory Sales Manager for Sierra Nevada Brewing, Brian Debold.  Here at Boozie Banter, we spend most of our time off the trail, deep in the woods and lost in our own thoughts.  And drinking.  It seems a good match.

#Sierranevada #Paleale #hazylittlething #tripinthewoods

Sierra Nevada

Pale Ale - 2:40

Hazy Little Thing - 5:30

Brux - 20:00

Trip in the Woods: Grain, Grape & Wood - 36:00

We take a break from Mead and try out a new beer that arrived from Church Street.... settle in.  

Mead is the focus of this episode as Matt and Bryan are joined by beer afficionado Jonathan.  They pair this ancient style of booze with their modern proclivity for booziness as they taste mead from some of the most renowned producers in the US. #edenciders #boilerbrewing #moonlightmeadery #schrammsmeadery #eviltwinbrewing

Bee Flustered - 3:40

Eden Ciders:  Bee Flustered (2014 Harvest)

METHOD: Naturally cold-concentrated before fermentation in our Vermont winter weather. Arrested fermentation leaves residual sweetness. Ice cider made from heirloom apple varieties and aged 6 months in 2 barrels from Superstition Meadery - originally rye whiskey barrels that they used to aged their cherry mead.

APPLE VARIETIES: Esopus Spitzenberg, Calville Blanc, Hudson's Golden Gem, Roxbury Russet, Blue Pearmain, Baldwin, Mcintosh, Empire, Ashmead's Kernel, Black Oxford, Reine de Reinette, Orleans

TASTING NOTES: Tart cherry, baking spice, oloroso

Meadow Foam - 11:10

Boiler Brewing:  Meadow Foam

Meadowfoam is a wildflower native to the Pacific Northwest whose flowers resemble foam in the ocean. But more importantly, the bees that feed from it create a rare honey that tastes like Marshmallow and Vanilla. So, we present to you Meadowfoam Mead! Three ingredients: Meadowfoam Honey, yeast, and water. The result is mead that is sweet and decadent with a Vanilla and Marshmallow character; perfect for your inner Marshmallow character!

Cherry Decadent - 18:30

Moonlight Meadery:  Cherry Decadent

Cherry melomel that rested on a bed of roasted cacao. Over a lb of roasted cacao per gallon.

Marionberry - 30:00

Schramm’s:  Marionberry

Marionberry is a melomel made purely from Willamette Valley Marion Blackberries. Like our ‘Blackberry’, Marionberry has a full, natural fruit acidity that is balanced by premium Orange Blossom honey sweetness to create an extremely flavorful mead. Very dark in color, the Marionberries provide a jammy, juicy fruit-forward character. This mead has great aging potential for many years, though it’s pure fresh fruit character may make it difficult to leave alone for long.

Marionberry:  blackberry developed by the USDA ARS breeding program in cooperation with Oregon State University. A cross between the 'Chehalem' and 'Olallie' varieties.  It is the most common form of blackberry cultivated and accounts for over half of all blackberries produced in Oregon.

Red, Black and Blue Bomb - 36:40

Boiler Brewing: Red, Black & Blue Bomb

Red Raspberry, Black Raspberry, and Blueberry.

Pre-game = Evil Twin, Raspberry Jelly Donut Even More Jesus.

It's late so why not continue the banter with a bit more rum to finish off the evening. We never know what is going to happen during our after hours episodes and this one seems to be no different....

Eastside Distillery Below Deck Coffee Rum

Havana Club

We welcome back our FOP (friends of the podcast) Tim Grimes #templetonrye and Jason Wallace #merchantduvin for part two of our banter and continue the rum journey with four more rums-  Pirate jokes are welcome....

The tasting order-

Breckenridge Spiced Rum

Breckenridge Spiced Rum Single Barrel

Zaya

Barrell Distilling:  Private Release Rum B905