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- Rogation 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
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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
30 min - Wine Pairings for Easter Dinner, and the Easter Bunny Cocktail
Mike and Alexandra prepare for Easter, with an Easter cocktail and tips on pairing the right wine with your Easter dinner! Other topics include:
Easter traditions
Origins of the Easter Bunny
The ties between Easter and eggs
Bizarre old Easter traditions, including “switching,” “drenching,” and “heaving”
The Easter Walk
The Emmaus Walk
Cocktail of the Week: The Easter Bunny
1 1/2 oz. dark crème de cacao
½ oz. vodka
1 tsp. chocolate syrup
1 tsp. Cherry brandy (Kirschwasser)
Pour crème de cacao and vodka into a shaker filled with ice and shake forty times. Strain into an old fashioned glass filled with ice. Float cherry brandy on top and drizzle with chocolate syrup.
Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available NOW!
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
26 min - EP 035 - Lady Day (The Annunciation) and Belgian Tripel Beer
Mike and Alexandra continue with the Lenten beer series. Topics include:
Lenten Beer: Belgian Tripel
7 Reasons to like Lady Day
7 Customs Associated with Lady Day, including the “Holy Ghost Hole”??
Beer of the Week: Chimay Trippel
Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available NOW!
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
32 min - Quick Announcement About Our Schedule
For the next couple months we will be switching to releasing episodes every other week.
We'll see you back next Thursday with a new episode!
1 min - Dubbel Beer and the darker customs of Lent (and the Trastevere Mocktail)
Mike and Alexandra continue with the Lenten beer series as well as an alcohol-free mocktail series. Topics include:
- Trappist breweries
- Dark Lent customs
- Jack-o-lent
- Herring
- Pinatas
- Trastevere and its incredible church
Station Church: Santa Maria in Trastevere
Beer of the Week: Westmalle Dubbel
Trastevere Mocktail
2-3 sliced fresh strawberries
2-3 mint leaves
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz fresh lemon juice
sparkling water
1 drop spikenard essential oil (substitute: 1 drop lavender essential oil)—and no more!
In a shaker or mixing glass, gently muddle the strawberries, mint leaves, and simple syrup. Add lemon juice and essential oil and shake forty times. Pour into an old-fashioned glass with ice, top with sparkling water, and stir. Garnish with a strawberry and mint leaf.
Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available NOW!
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
29 min - Doppelbock and the St. Lawrence Mocktail
Mike and Alexandra continue with the Lenten beer series as well as an alcohol-free mocktail series. Topics include:
- St. Francis of Paolo and the Paulaner monks
- Doppelbock and its origin with Paulaner Salvatore
- Pretzels and their origin as a Lenten snack
- St. Lawrence in Panisperna, and the 3 other Roman churches for St. Lawrence
Station Church: San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Beer of the Week: Paulaner Dopplebock
The St. Lawrence Mocktail
1 oz. lime juice
2 oz. grapefruit juice
½ oz. maple syrup
Pour lime juice, grapefruit juice, and maple syrup into a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass and top with sparkling water.
*Upcoming events*
Weds. March 1, 6pm at Georgetown University Thomistic Institute. Mike will give a talk on the proper Catholic attitude towards eating and drinking
Thurs. March 2, 6-8pm launch event at Catholic Information Center in Washington D.C. with Fr. Leo Patalinghug
Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available TODAY!
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
30 min - Lenten Beers and Mocktails
Mike and Alexandra welcome Lent by introducing a Lenten beer series, as well as an alcohol-free mocktail series. Topics include:
- Happy Lent?
- Beer series for Lent: Bock
- The connection between bock beer and goats
- Station Days and their historical inclusion in the Missal
- Mocktails for Lent
Beer of the Week: Shiner Bock
The Dragon Slayer Mocktail
½ oz. fresh lemon juice
1 oz. dragonfruit syrup
Sparkling water to top
Pour lemon juice and syrup into a shaker filled with ice and shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass and top with sparkling water.
This is your chance to help name their next book on mocktails!
Email [email protected] with your feedback on these potential names, or suggest your own ideas:
- “Dry Drinking with the Saints”
- “Abstaining with the Saints”
- “Teetotaling with the Saints”
Upcoming events
Weds. March 1, 6pm at Georgetown University Thomistic Institute. Mike will give a talk on the proper Catholic attitude towards eating and drinking
Thurs. March 2, 6-8pm launch event at Catholic Information Center in Washington D.C. with Fr. Leo Patalinghug
Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available for pre-order now and will release February 28.
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
29 min - Carnival Traditions and the New Orleans Ramos Gin Fizz (Drunkards Thursday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Shrovetide, Paczki)
Mike and Alexandra make a classic New Orleans cocktail in anticipation of Mardi Gras, and then discuss various customs and traditions of Carnival, leading up to Lent, around the world. Topics include:
- Carnival and its meaning
- Shrovetide
- What are packzi?
- Collup Monday
- Nickanan night
- Other names for Fat Tuesday
- Foley household Fat Tuesday traditions
The Ramos Gin Fizz
2 oz. gin
½ oz. lime juice
½ oz. lemon juice
2 tsp. sugar
½ oz. cream
1 egg white
2 dashes orange flower water (or ½ tsp triplesec, or 3 drops vanilla extract)
Soda water to top off
Pour all ingredients except soda water into a shaker filled with ice and shake 80 times, or until your arms ache, and then strain into a glass with ice. Top with doa water.
Take a listen to the song "Drinking with the Saints" by friend of the show John Connor: https://youtu.be/LiqBjn7HzWY
Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available for pre-order now and will release in late February.
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
25 min - Our Lady of Lourdes and the "Ford Focus" of White Lady Cocktails
Mike and Alexandra make a different version of the White Lady cocktail than in December, but it all goes awry when Mike attempts a metaphor to describe how the versions differ. Topics include:
- The Apparitions at Lourdes
- The Immaculate Conception and St. Maximilian Kolbe
- Mike’s embarrassing story about visiting Lourdes
- The “dark side” of the Lourdes apparitions
The White Lady (easier version)
2 oz. gin
1 oz. triplesec
1 oz. lemon juice
Pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake forty times. Strain into a cocktail glass.
To make the mid-grade White Lady cocktail, add an egg white to the drink before shaking in the shaker.
Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available for pre-order now and will release in late February.
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]
Don’t miss the Spain and Portugal pilgrimage river cruise with Mike, Alexandra, and Fr. Leo Patalinghug April 22 - May 3, 2023. Get the details at drinkingwiththesaints.com
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
36 min - Candlemas and the Turtledove Martini
Mike and Alexandra opt not to make a cocktail that can burn your hand, and instead make one that ends up all over the floor. They discuss the many feasts that fall on February 2. Topics include:
- Where did turtledoves get their name?
- The Byzantine tradition of St. Simeon’s death
- Ritual purification - The evil, the bad, and the icky
- Did Mary need ritual purification after birth?
- Church ceremony that has taken the place of ritual purification today
- Should you have your vanilla nutmeg candle blessed on Candlemas?
- And of course, groundhog day and its origins
The Turtledove Martini
2 oz. vanilla vodka
2 oz. Frangelico
1 oz. Amaretto
1.5 oz. whole milk (optional)
Nutmeg for garnish
Build the liquid ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with nutmeg.
We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected]
Don’t miss the Spain and Portugal pilgrimage river cruise with Mike, Alexandra, and Fr. Leo Patalinghug April 22 - May 3, 2023. Get the details at drinkingwiththesaints.com
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
41 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.