Lit & Liquor

Who will take home the newly christened "Gin Badge"? Tune in and suffer alongside us during Lit & Liquor's second tasting event to find out! This week, we do the hard work so you don't have to in our Gin Tasting, featuring Rocktown Brandon's Gin (American Style), Hayman's Old Tom Gin (Old Tom Style), Bombay Sapphire Gin (London Dry Style), Bols Genever (Genever Style), and Plymouth Gin (you guessed it, Plymouth Style). If you want to feel pompous and educated the next time you drink gin with your friends...we really suggest finding some other liquor podcast. If you want a whole lot of laughs and maybe a smidge of useful information, definitely tune on in!

Because we just can’t get enough of the King family, we decided to go on to the next generation with Joe Hill, AKA Joe King, and his collection of short stories, “20th Century Ghosts”. Opinions were a mixed bag, as were the variety of stories, but the cocktails were a unanimous five shots all around. What could be more appropriate than a Ghost Martini or a Moonlight Cocktail? Join us ‘round the Lit & Liquor fireplace tonight for some good old fashioned—and some not so old fashioned—ghost stories.

Next week join us for another venture in the romance novel boxing ring, where our new hero champion trop, The Outlaw, takes on The Billionaire Boss!

Demagorgon versus Pennywise.
The Upside Down versus the weird existential turtle universe thing.
Stranger Things versus It.
But when one is so clearly paying tribute to the other, is it really a competition? Join the debate to find out our thoughts as we discuss all things Stranger Things, It, the completely underrated death of Mews the Cat, and drink some Riesling in his honor.
Caution: if you don't know the Farrah Fawcett hairspray password, you may not be let in.

...Gun.
Obviously, we were asking, who has the biggest gun? Tune in to our action-adventure week and find out! This week, we compare to legendary literature heroes, Bob Lee Swagger from Stephen Hunter's "Point of Impact" (now both a movie and a tv show by the name of "Shooter") and Travis McGee from "Pale Gray for Guilt" by John D. McDonald. The debate? Which badass would you rather have covering your own ass?
If you can't decide based off books alone, maybe our cocktails will help to make a decision. Although after our 'The McGee' and Sam's three 'Shooter' shots, you may not even remember what the question was.

Lit & Liquor does things our usual style this week, going from zero to sixty with talk of Disney movies and then straight to Sultry Dwarf and hot sex in a bathtub. We even throw in a little conversation so you don't feel too used afterward.

First we'll warm you up with our drink, a delicious Alsatian, thanks to Heights Pizzeria in Little Rock. Then we do our best book-to-movie comparison yet, taking three classic Disney movies--Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and The Little Mermaid--and contrasting them with their original tales from the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. Can an erotic dance be thoughtful? Is bath tub sex possible? Was Sultry Dwarf Disney's biggest missed opportunity? Tonight, you decide.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!

Lit & Liquor comes together to wish you a boozy holiday season (how else will you survive the in-laws?) and as always, to fall on the sword and read the terrible books so you don't have to! First up is a one of a kind Nutcracker re-telling, "Hiddensee" by Gregory Maguire. You'll have to listen to find out our full opinion, but let's just say we're glad our Christmas Sangria went down smooth and fast to help block out the memory of this book.

Far more agreeable to our tastes was "Santa Jaws Saves Christmas" by Taylor Dugan and Amy McBryde. This animated children's story is about Santa Jaws and Sharkeypants, sure to delight young and old with puns, illustrations, and a truly fantastic bonus audiobook. Adults, pour yourself a Christmas Mimosa, get some plain OJ for the kids, and settle in for an amusing holiday story.

Mother of Dragons... or the Mother of Booze? Tonight we find out! We pay homage to all liquors with Mother Booze, a collection of re-imagined nursery rhymes for the adults by Allison Tyra.

For our main event, we bring you "The Alchemists of Loom" by Elise Kova. This spellbinding tale weaves (see what we did there?) together Chimera's, Dragon's, black market organ trade, and magic. We wove together a Dragonfruit Mojito, along with a Blue Achemist. How does it all fit together? You'll have to listen in order to find out!

Sparks fly and keyboards clash this week as we delve once again into the world of fan fiction and discover violently opposing points of view from our group. Choose pro, con, or Switzerland on the matter, but be sure to wet your whistle before you begin arguing. This weeks dose of liquid courage comes in the form of a Tart Green Apple Martini, Harry Potter Wallbanger, or a Rum Chata World Cup. Keep one hand free to hold onto your broom stick and fly on in!

Sparks fly and keyboards clash this week as we delve once again into the world of fan fiction and discover violently opposing points of view from our group. Choose pro, con, or Switzerland on the matter, but be sure to wet your whistle before you begin arguing. This weeks dose of liquid courage comes in the form of a Tart Green Apple Martini, Harry Potter Wallbanger, or a Rum Chata World Cup. Keep one hand free to hold onto your broom stick and fly on in!

Come all ye famers and ye grain planters, come and sniff the vodka! Join us as Lit & Liquor breaks new ground this week with blind vodka tasting, pitting our senses against one another. But when there's so much vodka to be had, are there really any losers or winners? (Yes, there are winners. Her name is Kassandra ;]) On our lineup tonight are five vodka's from five different countries: Rock Town (America), Wolfschmidt (Lativa), Belvedere (Polish), Finlandia (Finland), and a Polish potato vodka, Luksusowa. Pull up a chair, take a good sniff, and don't forget a pen for notes on the level of throat burn!

Join us next week for the final-final chapter of our Harry Potter saga, where we each read a fan fiction piece featuring our dream Harry Potter couples, as well as the book "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell.