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- 048 - Sour Drink for a Sour Saint (Whiskey Sour | St. Jerome)
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
How to make your own simple syrup
The translation of the Bible into Latin from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
St. Jerome’s struggle to learn Hebrew
The different forms of the Latin translation over the centuries
Jerome’s feuds with Origen, St. Ambrose, and St. Augustine
Drink of the Week: Whiskey Sour
2 oz. whiskey, usually rye or bourbon
2 tsp simple syrup or ½ tsp. powdered sugar
1 oz. lemon juice
lemon and cherry
Put sugar and all liquid ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake forty times. Strain into a sour glass and garnish with a slice or wedge of lemon and a cherry. Don’t be afraid to let a dash of cherry juice slip in too, if you want, and feel free to use a cocktail glass if you don’t have a sour.
CROATIA PILGRIMAGE 2024! Join Mike and Alexandra on a private yacht cruise pilgrimage in Croatia! Spaces are limited! Learn more: selectinternationaltours.com/michael-and-alexandra-foley
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
44 min - Labor Day | Benedictine Beer and the shocking truth behind Benedictine liqueur
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
What is St. Michael’s Lent?
Labor Day and International Workers’ Day
St. Joseph the Worker
Alexandra’s surprise cocktail
The scandalous background of Benedictine liqueur
The theology of work
Drink of the Week: Birra Nursia Extra Abbey Ale
Bonus Cocktail: Monte Cassino Cocktail
¾ oz. rye whisky
¾ oz. Benedictine liqueur
¾ oz. yellow Chartreuse
¾ oz. lemon juice
Twist of lemon for garnish
Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass. Add lemon twist for garnish.
CROATIA PILGRIMAGE 2024! Join Mike and Alexandra on a private yacht cruise pilgrimage in Croatia! Spaces are limited!Learn more: selectinternationaltours.com/michael-and-alexandra-foley
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
43 min - A Martini with a Twist for St. Helen [plus Evelyn Waugh, the True Cross]
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
The tie between Martinis and St. Helen
Helen as consort as opposed to wife
Evelyn Waugh’s novel “Helena”
The finding of the True Cross
Cocktail of the Week: Martini with a Twist
2 oz. London dry gin
1 splash dry vermouth
A twist of lemon
Olives to garnish
Add gin and vermouth into a shaker filled with ice. Stir 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass. Add a twist of lemon. Garnish with olives.
CROATIA PILGRIMAGE 2024! Join Mike and Alexandra on a private yacht cruise pilgrimage in Croatia! Spaces are limited!Learn more: selectinternationaltours.com/michael-and-alexandra-foley
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
27 min - The Transfiguring Gin and Tonic
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
Color-changing cocktails
Butterfly pea blossom
The timing of the Feast of the Transfiguration
The purpose of the Transfiguration
The four qualities of the risen body
Mike as the Mosaic law and Alexandra as the “Spirit of the law”
The significance of the witnesses
Cocktail of the Week: Transfiguring Gin and Tonic (technically, an Empress & Tonic)
2 oz. Empress 1908 gin
Tonic water to fill
Grapefruit slice (optional)
Pour gin into a highball glass filled with ice. Top with tonic water.
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
42 min - Mary Magdalene and a Cheeky Variation of the Bloody Mary
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
Recapping their trip to Alaska
Listener feedback connecting St. Peter’s mother-in-law with The Brothers Karamazov
What we know and don’t know about Mary Magdalene
Which of the Marys in the Bible are, or may be, Mary Magdalene
Did Mary Magdalene end up in France?
St. Anselm’s prayer to Mary Magdalene
Cocktail of the Week: The Slutty Mary
1 ½ oz. tequila
3 oz. tomato juice
1 dash lemon juice
½ tsp worcestershire sauce
2-3 drops tabasco sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Lemon or lime wedge, celery stick, or olives for garnish
Place all ingredients except garnishes in a shaker filled with ice and shake forty times. Strain into an old fashioned or highball glass filled with ice. Garnish.
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
28 min - St. Peter and the Gibson [Martini?]
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
Is the Gibson cocktail a martini?
St. Peter’s mother-in-law
What “fishers of men” means
Explaining the various fishing miracles involving Peter
Cocktail of the Week: The Gibson
2 oz. gin
1 dash dry vermouth
1 dash lemon bitters
Pearl onions for garnish
Pour gin, vermouth, and bitters into a glass filled with ice and stir forty times. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with one or two pearl onions speared by a cocktail sword.
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
36 min - Trying a Lost Liqueur, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, and the Kir Cocktail (creme de cassis)
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
The Kir Cocktail, its allegories with Christ, and its background
How to use Kir to keep from wasting wine going bad
The origins of devotion to the Sacred Heart
Devotion to the Sacred Heart as a response to Jansenism
Trying a dusty bottle of La Grande Passion Liqueur, which was discontinued in the mid-1990’s
Cocktail of the Week: Kir
1 glass white wine
¼-¾ oz. creme de cassis liqueur
Pour creme de cassis into wine. Enjoy!
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
33 min - The Trinity Cocktail and Theology of the Holy Trinity
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
The anniversary of the conception of Drinking with the Saints
How the Trinity Cocktail represents the Holy Trinity
“Begotten” vs. “Spirited”
Why are liquors called “spirits?”
The feast of the Holy Trinity
Portals to God the Father
Mary as Mediatrix of all graces
Cocktail of the Week: Trinity Cocktail
1 oz. gin
1 oz. sweet vermouth
1 oz. dry vermouth
Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass.
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
37 min - Raise a Drink for the Ascension!
Mike and Alexandra discuss the Ascension:
Versicles
3 reasons to be happy about the Ascension
Foods and drinks associated with Ascension
Superstitions tied to Ascension
A brief poetry session
The 6 “leaps” of Christ
A report on their pilgrimage to Portugal
More details: The Eucharistic Miracle at Santarem
Cocktail of the Week: The Phoenix
1 oz. Bourbon
½ oz. Creme de Banana
½ oz. triplesec
1 oz. creme
Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass.
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
26 min - The "Forbidden Feasts" and the Boilermaker Cocktail
Mike and Alexandra discuss:
The “Forbidden feasts”
May 4 - Feast of St. Monica
May 5 - The Conversion of St. Augustine
May 6 - St. John at the Latin Gate
The Universal Calendar of the Church versus other calendars
Cocktail of the Week: The Boilermaker
1 pint beer
1 oz. whiskey
Pour the beer into a pint glass. Pour whiskey into a shot glass. Drop the shot glass of whiskey into the beer, and serve.
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
20 min
About Drinking With The Saints
From the publisher's feed
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 that saint's life, and mix a cocktail appropriate for remembering and celebrating that saint, all while mixing in plenty of fun and good humor.
Drinking with the Saints is a concoction that both sinner and saint will savor.