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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How many episodes does Drinking With The Saints have?

The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.

Drinking With The Saints episodes:

September 02, 2023Labor 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
...more
43min
August 17, 2023A 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
...more
27min
August 03, 2023The 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
- - - - -
“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
...more
42min
July 20, 2023Mary 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
- - - - -
“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
...more
28min
June 29, 2023St. 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
...more
36min
June 15, 2023Trying 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
...more
33min
June 01, 2023The 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
...more
37min
May 18, 2023Raise 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
...more
26min
May 04, 2023The "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
...more
20min
April 20, 2023Rogation Days and the Cherry Old Fashioned
Mike and Alexandra discuss the long-lost Catholic tradition of Rogation Days:
What are Rogation days

Customs of the rogation days

What happened to Rogationtide?

Why is Rogation important to bring back?
Cocktail of the Week: Cherry-Heavy Old Fashioned
1 tsp. Cherry juice
1 ½ oz. bourbon
1 dash orange bitters
1 cherry for garnish
Mix the ingredients in an old fashioned glass and swirl. Add ice.Add cherry for 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
- - - - -
“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
...more
30min

FAQs about Drinking With The Saints:

How many episodes does Drinking With The Saints have?

The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.