Drinking With The Saints

By Back Row Media

Mix the Bartender’s Guide and Lives of the Saints, shake well, and garnish with good cheer!

Join Michael and Alexandra Foley each week as they look at a feast day from that week's calendar, discuss ... more

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February 21, 2025066 - Soberish Septuagesima
Mike and Alexandra discuss:

Septuagesima

The burying of the A-word

Why “sober-ish?”

The 3 phases of Septuagesima

Join in on our Sodality! See below.
Drink of the Week: Sentia Gaba Black
Join in the Soberish Septuagesima Sodality! Follow along at:
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Instagram @drinkingsaints
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Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE
AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE
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“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
24min
January 09, 2025065 - Lingering Questions About the Magi & Dueling Cocktails
In this post-Epiphany episode, Mike and Alexandra discuss:
Each comes up with a drink to represent the three gifts of the Magi. Which will turn out better?

Mike has some lingering questions about the Magi

The Epiphany blessing and chalking
Drink of the Week #1: Mike’s Original Epiphany Cocktail
Golden Cinnamon Schnapps
White Rum
Grapefruit Bitters
Combine ingredients in a shaker full of ice. Shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Drink of the Week #2: Alexandra’s Original Epiphany Cocktail
Fig Jam
½ of a clementine orange
2 oz Bourbon
Cardamom Bitters
Muddle the orange. Combine jam, orange, and bourbon in a shaker without ice. Dry shake 40 times. Add bitters, then add ice, and shake with star anise. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with anise.
Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE
AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE
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“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
32min
November 22, 2024064 - St Cecilia and a Jam Cocktail
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
St. Cecilia’s story

Marcus Aurelius and stoic philosophy

St. Cecilia’s incorruptible body
Drink of the Week: An original cocktail for St. Cecilia
1 mostly empty jar of jam
½ grapefruit
4 oz. bourbon
Squeeze the grapefruit into the jam jar, and then add the bourbon. Put the jam jar lid on and shake forty times. Transfer to a low ball glass with ice.
Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE
AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE
- - - - -
“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
31min
October 24, 2024063 - St Raphael | Book of Tobit | Help Mike Name This Drink
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
Abstaining with the Saints

The deuterocanonical books of the Bible

The story of Tobit, Tobias, and St. Raphael

The Nights of Tobias on your wedding night
Drink of the Week: Help us name this mocktail for Abstaining with the Saints!
1 oz. Passionfruit Syrup
½ oz. Lemon Juice
Lots of Bitters
Sparkling Water
Combine all ingredients in a highball glass and add ice.
Send us your mocktail name ideas to [email protected] or on Instagram @drinkingsaints
Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE
AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE
- - - - -
“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
31min
September 28, 2024062 - St. Wenceslaus and Pilsner Beer’s Origins
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
The story of Wenceslaus

The hymn associated with Wenceslaus

Wenceslaus’s association with beer and wine and his connection to the origins of pilsener beer
Drink of the Week:
Pilsner Urquel
Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE
AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]
Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints
- - - - -
“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
23min
September 05, 2024061 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Liebfraumilch Wine
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
Liebfraumilch wine and its origins

The feast of the Nativity and other feasts of birthdays

The most charming blessing in the Roman liturgy

The connections between the feast of Mary’s nativity and the harvest
Drink of the Week:
Liebfraumilch wine
Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE
AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]
Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints
- - - - -
“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
27min
August 01, 2024060 - Lammas Day and Other "-mas" Days | Wheat Beer
Mike and Alexandra explore an unofficial feast of the liturgical calendar to discuss:
Nonalcoholic beer

Sour beer

Wheat beer

The origin of Lammas Day

-mas Days
Drinks of the Week:
Martin House Brewing Company “Key Lime Pie Sour Ale”
Athletic Brewing Company “Atlética”
“Mas” Holidays
The definitions of these words, in chronological order, are:
Uphalimass, Epiphany, January 6--“up” can mean "completed, over" and “hali” is short for haliday or holiday. Epiphany is the end of the Christmas holidays

Twelfthmas Day, Epiphany, January 6 (Anglo-Saxons; see Parker, WITW, 80)

Candlemas, The Purification of the BVM, February 2--from the blessing of candles on this day

Ladymas, The Annunciation of the BVM, March 25 (although it can also pertain to just about any Marian feast)

Georgemas, St. George, April 23

Crouchmas, “Cross Mass,” the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, May 3

Johnsmas, St. John the Baptist, June 24

Petermas, St. Peter [and St. Paul], June 29. Originally, though, it was the Feast of St. Peter in Chains, August 1

Lammas, “Loaf Mass”, August 1. Lammas Day was never officially on the calendar, but it was still a big deal in England and Ireland, when a loaf made from the first grains of the harvest was taken to church and blessed

Marymass or Marymas (aka Lady-Day-in-Harvest), The Assumption of the BVM, August 15

Ellenmas, St. Helen, August 18 [1]

Latter Marymass. The Nativity of the BVM, September 8. If Assumption Day is the first Mary Mass of the season, Mary’s birthday is the occasion for the “later Mary Mass”--at least before the institution of the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the BVM on September 15 centuries later

Roodmas, The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14. A “rood” is a crucifix placed on top of a rood screen, that is, lifted high or exalted, as in the "Dream of the Rood". It's amazing how precise our language can be about crosses

Michaelmas, St. Michael the Archangel, September 29

Lukesmas, St. Luke, October 18

Hallowmas, All Saints’ Day, November 1

Saumas, All Souls’ Day, November 2 (not to be confused with a “Soul Mass,” i.e., a Requiem Mass)

Martinmas or Martlemas, St. Martin of Tours, November 11

Andrewmass or Andermas, St. Andrew, November 30

Christmas or Christenmas, December 25

Childermas, Holy Innocents, December 28

Kermas or Kermis, a “church Mass,” that is, the anniversary of the dedication of a church. The term quickly migrated to an “annual fair or carnival, characterized by much noisy merry-making” or, in the U.S., a festival held for charitable purposes.
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]
Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints
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“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
26min
July 18, 2024059 - The Mystical Feasts and Dusting Off Banana Liqueur
Mike and Alexandra break from the liturgical calendar to discuss:
Banana liqueur

Listener feedback

A newly approved Marian apparition

Mike invents a new category of feast days

What is the Sabbatine Privilege?
Drink of the Week: Sabbatine Privilege, revised
1 oz. banana liqueur
1½ oz. dark rum
½ oz. cream

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake forty times. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice and serve.

Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. FULL DETAILS HERE

We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]
Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints
- - - - -
“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
38min
June 27, 2024058 - St. Damien and Our Visit to Moloka’i
Mike and Alexandra break from the liturgical calendar to discuss:
Their trip to Hawaii

Leprosy and the leper colony that still exists on Molokai

The work of St. Damien on Molokai
Drink of the Week: The St. Damien Cocktail, amplified
1 ½ oz. gin
¾ oz. pineapple juice
¼ oz. lemon juice
¼ oz. grenadine
1 pineapple chunk and 1 cherry for garnish
1 splash soda water (optional)

Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake forty times. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with pineapple and cherry. Add sparkling water if desired.

Mike’s article on St. Damien: https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2024/06/the-cordocentrism-of-father-damien-and.html

We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]

Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints
- - - - -
“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints

Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia

Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
29min
June 15, 2024057 - Fighting Heresies with St. Basil the Great | Blanc Vermouth
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
Mike discovers Blanc Vermouth

Fighting the Arian and Spirit Fighter heresies

How our bodies are built for the transcendent

St. Basil’s description of the equality of the sexes
Feast: St. Basil the Great
Drink of the Week: The Great Basil Cocktail, Revised
1 lime wedge
3-6 fresh basil leaves
2 oz. Dolin Blanc Vermouth
1½ oz. gin
basil sprig (for garnishing)
Squeeze lime into shaker. Add basil leaves and simple syrup, and muddle gently. Add ice, Dolin, and gin and shake vigorously at least forty times. Pour into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a sprig of basil.
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]
Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints
- - - - -
“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”
Find more at:
https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/
Instagram @drinkingsaints
Produced by Back Row Media
backrow.fm
Instagram @backrowmedia
Find the Books:
Drinking with the Saints
Drinking with St. Nick
Drinking with Your Patron Saints
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
Dining with the Saints
Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite
...more
38min

FAQs about Drinking With The Saints:

How many episodes does Drinking With The Saints have?

The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.