Drink & Learn Podcast

By Elizabeth Pearce

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,... more

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The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.

Drink & Learn Podcast episodes:

February 06, 2019 Interview with Cole Newton of Twelve Mile Limit
Elizabeth chats with Cole Newton, owner of New Orleans bar Twelve Mile Limit, about some likely (and improbable) drinking trends predicted for 2019.
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45min
December 18, 2018 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?!
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46min
November 02, 2018 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.
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43min
October 19, 2018 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.
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53min
October 01, 2018 The Brandy Crusta and the Sidecar
Did one lead to the invention of the other? Elizabeth ad Abigail hash it out.
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40min
September 07, 2018 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.
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50min
August 24, 2018 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!
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52min
August 10, 2018 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.
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48min
July 27, 2018 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
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1h 9min
July 06, 2018 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!
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38min

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