Drinking Lessons

Spirit Guide Clayton returns from Hawaii and brings with him reviews of the island Mai Tais he sampled while adventuring, plus a recipe for Luna and Jordon to try. A discussion of tiki culture ensues, including drinks on fire, drinks in angry glasses that spew smoke, and drinks that expect you to throw off your remove and jump headlong into the kitsch! There’s intrigue afoot as well when the questionable history of the Mai Tai arises - who really invented this delicious thing? Where did it get its name? And does any of that really matter when it tastes like an island in a glass and you’ve had two in the course of a twenty-seven-minute podcast? According to the spirit guides, the only thing that matters is that you have fun.

The Spirit Guides introduce Luna to malt beverages - namely Smirnoff Ice, and along with it, the concept of “icing”...which brings about his misguided assessment that it’s basically adult soda. And as everyone discovers, the U.S. isn’t the world’s most emphatic consumer of Ice...but which region could possibly claim the title? And what exactly is it about malt that makes it a likely candidate for these non-beer potables?

Luna embarks on his new drinking adventure with spirit guides Clayton and Jordon showing him ropes. Lesson one: an introduction to weak beer sold in giant cans and bought on the cheap.