How To Be A Better Drinker

From the vaults of the Better Drinker, a never before heard tipple of Blade & Bow Bourbon with Matt & Justin, along with some advice about the hype surrounding authenticity in the booze industry and some Booze News!

This week Matt & Justin talk a little about Uruapan, a Mexican rum that has a smooth taste and a beautiful bottle. They taste test the brand new line of cocktails in a can from Sprezza. Big moves for Dogfish head brewery in this weeks booze news plus more.

Learn about Akashi Whiskey with the boys as they answer the question. What does Tom Hanks, Connecticut and Saved by the bell all have in common. Find out all this plus more on this weeks pod.

Sit back and sip on some Contratto Fernet with the boys. Get some backstory on the history of the fernet, it's social role in the world of bartending, and listen in as Matt reveals the touching tribute one bar is paying to our show!

The boys are back with a bottle of one of the all time great standard whiskeys of the world aka Crown Royal, the gift from Canada that makes up for almost everything else. Except Howie Mandel. Matt also has a few words about seeking employment in the bar business. They're not as kind as you might think.

You should be drinking. You should be drinking Kentucky Vintage Bourbon with Matt and Jay. It's a smooth boutique label with sexy ass taste and some damn fine bonafides. And despite what it may sound like, nobody paid us to write that. Bottoms up!

Nothing like some day drinking to start a weekend! And appropriately the boys are quaffing Few Breakfast Gin, because tipsy doesn't have a timetable. Bottoms Up!

Deep from the depths of liquor cabinet, Justin brings us a selection of delicious and disturbing spirits to quaff, along with the sweet sweet sounds of pitchman and ad jingle magnate Hildenbiddle! Find out what drink tastes like someone else's bad breath!

The boys are sitting down with a bottle of Rebel Yell bourbon, the namesake that Inspired the song, for a discussion of it's practical price point, its ability to be a great party whiskey and a few more tidbits of pop culture history. From there the conversation turns to surly bartenders, pour standards and Booze News. Bottoms Up!

Matt and Justin are sitting down with friend of the pod Michael Edlund to dig into some really special bottles of aquavit straight from the frozen north of Europe, most of which you will never find in the US. Bottoms up!