podcast – Simple Cocktails: recipes & reviews for home bartenders

A third chair on the Simple Cocktails podcast! We welcome Joan Marie as our scotch expert and taste ​Laphroaig 10, ​Balvenie Double Wood 12 and ​Usquebach 15.

Playlists. Tasting by money and year. “Where’s it from?” We mention Two Fools Tavern. Bottle talk. Sweating in specific places. Dirty jokes. “Don’t disrespect the scotch.” We talk about Colkegan from Santa Fe Spirits. How about a chant? Inhaling fireworks. “Send him scotch more often.”

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Fowl liquor. A very normal Thanksgiving. “My people need carbs.” We taste Art in The Age Sweet Potato Vodka. “Happy Thanksgiving back.” A shoutout to the Totally Beverages podcast. We make 2 cocktails with 10th Avenue Tea. Greg mentions Owl’s Brew. “A little frightened from the gobble.”

Here are the 10th Avenue Tea recipes:

Green Tea Daiquiri

Dirty Bourbon

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On this very special edition of the Simple Cocktails Podcast, our producer Larry Ahrens interviews us about the origins of Simple Cocktails. We also talk about the our first podcast, Viva Podcast, the first in New Mexico.

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A matured tongue. Bottled cocktails and why they’re nice. “It reminds me of Sunday School.” We taste Bully Boy Old Fashioned. The very first cassette tape Greg owned. Copies of copies of copies of 2Live Crew tapes. We make a Commodore Cocktail….and we have some issues with it. Maybe a lot.

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Celebrating all week. Carbs. Halloween candy pairings. Bourbon Curious is on sale for $3. We drink Spirit of America Bourbon. Patriotic drinkers. Harvey Wallbanger stories. We make a “Hardly” Wallbanger for National Harvey Wallbanger Day on November 8. “What kind of feminist are you?” A shaker incident with Lisa, followed by a PSA.

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Booze mail. “What kind of a score is this?” 6 base spirits. We taste Lepanto Brandy. Greg mentions “the other brandy” on Instagram – here it is. We make an (original) First Snow cocktail. White….or clear? Greg loves Tillen Farms Bada Bing Cherries. The evils of sugar rims. Taco Bell.

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The “Flavored Vodka Box.” Lisa made Paella. We taste Sub Rosa Saffron Vodka. Everything is yellow or green in this episode. We make a Sun and Moon cocktail. Lime nipples cutting. Exploding bottles.

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The Blood Moon rang in the fall. “I’m better than that.” We taste Wild Turkey 101. “Good job Tom Cruise.” The meaning of the work cocktail…explained!? Mark Twain’s favorite cocktail. We make a “trashy” drink….a Choco-Mint-Chata (with Iceberg and RumChata). Greg has trouble remembering Toy Soldiers.

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Our first podcast tasting of cognac. Cognac defined. “Very special other people’s property.” We taste Hennessey (Ryan McGinness edition bottle). Cocktails with cognac? Sophistication to ghetto drinking. Greg teaches us to make “Tinis” of various sorts. The ratio is 2:1.

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“I caught you on a good year”: we go to the State Fair. Many types of fried food. Lisa talks about fried tequila shots. We taste Skyy Vodka. “If you haven’t heard Greg…” Greg’s signature drink? We taste Knickerbocker Barrel Gin, too, and make a Gin Old Fashioned with it. “Breaking records left and right.” The real reason for no orange garnish. An eyeball sucked out of a mummy. Lisa’s genius coffee mixing technique. The problem with stemless glassware.

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