Drink & Learn Podcast

Drink & Learn Podcast

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Drink & Learn Podcast episodes

  • Wassail and Eggnog

    There's so much holiday history in these drinks but I think our favorite part involves an apple tree god. BRING BACK THE APPLE TREE GOD!!! Abigail shares Charles Dickens punch recipe and a Puerto Rican version of eggnog. Why not make them all?!

    46 min
  • French 75

    Lots of discussion about how to make it, and who was making it before it even got a name. Also we manage to give you yet another drink to sip by the pool, just in time for winter. 

    43 min
  • Corpse Reviver #2

    Elizabeth and Abigail get in the "spirit" of Halloween with a spooooooky look at the origins of spirits, from the kind that you drink to the ones that go bump in the night. Elizabeth makes her funeral plans and Abigail instructs you how to enjoy absinthe. 

    53 min
  • The Martini
    H. L. Mencken called the Martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." Elizabeth and Abigail mostly agree. This episode is full of pop culture references as long as your definition of pop culture includes things from 1901. New Orleans artist Frankie Ford sings the boozy Christmas song. Yes, there's a Christmas song.
    50 min
  • The Manhattan
    We'll take Manhattan! There's lots of legends here, and Abigail and Elizabeth do their best to separate the probably true from the definitely false. Abigail gives you permission to have both a lemon twist and a cherry!
    52 min
  • The Gin & Tonic
    So much more than the sum of its parts. Elizabeth and Abigail discuss tonic's origins, and muse on the merits of both the traditional version of this ubiquitous summer drink as well as the bountiful option so popular in Spain.
    48 min
  • The Sazerac
    Abigail and Elizabeth surprise each other with some amazing facts about the official cocktail of New Orleans. Abigail makes the drink at 53:30
    1 hr 9 min
  • The Tom Collins
    Yes, it's named for a real person. No, his name wasn't Tom Collins. It's complicated. Abigail and Elizabeth talk gin, dope-fiend soda jerks, and throw in a 19th century humorous song to boot!
    38 min

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Join drinks historian Elizabeth Pearce and bartender extraordinaire Abigail Gullo as they discuss booze history and culture with a little drinking advice thrown in for good measure. Best way to learn,…