In the fourth episode of the Slower Lower podcast, Chris and Crystal sip Orange Crushes and react to the news that Maryland has finally named the wildly popular summertime drink its state cocktail after Delaware, in a puzzling breach of etiquette and sense, did the same last year.

Topics discussed:

• What is an Orange Crush? (Fresh-squeezed orange juice, triple sec, vodka, and Sprite or Sierra Mist on crushed ice.)
• Invention of the Orange Crush at Harborside in West Ocean City, Maryland, in the fall of 1995.
• Uncertainty about how quickly the cocktail spread to other beach bars, including in Delaware and beyond.
• Why are so many Delawareans unaware of the drink's heritage?
• The State of Delaware claims the drink was "perfected" in Delaware. What does that even mean?
• Chris admits he has never had an Orange Crush at Harborside or the Starboard, but wants to try both.
• There is little difference between one good Orange Crush and another, but there are bad ones.
• What's an Orange Skinny?
• Delaware should come up with a different state cocktail, maybe one with a Delaware chicken egg white and/or scrapple in it.