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Hey guys! Wendy took a little break so we brought in Maggie and decided that we would spare Wendy from having to do a full episode about gin!

We tried three gin cocktails featuring three different gins and one beer aged in gin barrels!

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We made a super fun and casual episode of Tapheads because we are moving into the new studio! We also brought in friends of the show Bre Ellis and Maggie Fogwell, come hang with us and just drink along! 

We sat down and tried a bunch of cocktails in cans and honestly it was an adventure! 

Drinks: Ketel One Grapefruit & Rose Spritz, Ranch Rider Ranch Water, The Finnish Long Drink, Jack Daniel's Jack and Cola, Crown Royal Peach Tea, and Dogfish Head Distillery Cherry Bergamot Whiskey Sour.

Rankings Worst to Best:

Robby: Ketel One, Jack and Cola, Peach Tea, Whiskey Sour, Ranch Water, Long Drink

Wendy: Peach Tea, Ketel One, Jack and Cola, Whiskey Sour, Ranch Water, Long Drink

Carter: Jack and Cola, Ketel One, Peach Tea, Whiskey Sour, Ranch Water, Long Drink

It's been nearly two years since our first tasting, but we are breaking out the Saint Arnold 25th Anniversary Grand Cru again, but this time we are sampling it with the Balcones Distilling Grand Cru single malt too!

This was a really fun episode, but of course it's a short one. We'll be back with a full episode soon! 

We unbox a tasting pack of the three major releases from Bob Dylan's whiskey venture. It is time to knock knock knock on heaven's door. 

Robby: 1. Double Barrel, 2. Rye, 3. Bourbon

Carter: 1. Double Barrel, 2. Bourbon, 3. Rye

Wendy: 1. Rye, 2. Double Barrel, 3. Bourbon

This episode we picked four drinks for the season between Winter and Summer. This is our first episode exploring beer, a cocktail, and wine. Go ahead and pull up a patio chair and drink along with us! 

TX Craft Brewer's Liquid Bake Sale: https://texascraftbrewersguild.org/liquidbakesale/#!event-list

Drinks: Blue Owl Brewing Liquid Bake Sale, Boulevard Brewing Tank 7, Aviation Cocktail, and Gerard Bertrand Cote Des Roses 

It is time after what feels like years of promising an episode entirely devoted to one of our favorite local breweries we are doing it! 

Beers Consumed: (All from Austin Beerworks) Peacemaker Anytime Ale, Pearl-Snap German Pilsner, Fire Eagle IPA, Bloodwork Orange IPA, Sun Shovel Wheat Beer, Amber Vision Amber Ale

Rankings: 

Carter: 6. Peacemaker 5. Bloodwork Orange 4. (Tie) Amber Vision 3. (Tie) Fire Eagle 2. Pearl-Snap 1. Sun Shovel

Robby: 6. Amber Vision 5. Peacemaker 4. Bloodwork Orange 3. Fire Eagle 2. Sun Shovel 1. Pearl-Snap

Wendy: 6. Fire Eagle 5. Bloodwork Orange 4. Peacemaker 3. Pearl-Snap 2. Amber Vision 1. Sun Shovel

This week we went to the store and found the strangest beers we could put in a mixed 6. This one was a lot of fun and we hope y'all enjoy it! 

Beers we tried: Clown Shoes Rainbows Are Real, Prarie Artisan Ales Cocoa Berry, New Braunfels Brewing Co PKL FKR, Martin House Brewing Orange Cinnamon Roll, Saloon Door Brewing Fluffy Nuts, Untitled Art TripleBerry Hazelnut Smoothie Stout

Rankings (from 6 to 1) 

Robby: Fluffy Nut, TripleBerry Stout, Rainbows are real, Cocoa Berry, Pkl Fkr, Orange Cinnamon Roll

Carter: Fluffy Nut, Pkl Fkr, Rainbows, TripleBerry Stout, Cocoa Berry, Cinnamon Roll

Wendy: Fluffy Nuts, Rainbows are Real, pkl fkr, Triple Berry Stout, Orange Cinnamon Roll, Cocoa Berry

Hey! Winter is almost over but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy a couple of barrel aged stouts as the weather warms up. 

This episode we drank: Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout, Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Special #4 Stout, Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Kentucky Fog Stout, Guinness Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels, Independence Brewing Co. Garrison Brothers Barrel Aged Convict Hill Oatmeal Stout, and New Holland Brewing Dragon's Milk

Rankings: 

Wendy: 6. Dragon’s Milk, 5. Guinness, 4. Convict Hill, 3. Special 4, 2. Kentucky Fog, 1. BCBS 2020

Carter: 6. Dragon’s Milk, 5. Convict Hill, 4. Guinness, 3. Special 4, 2. BCBS 2020, 1. Kentucky Fog

Robby: 6. Guinness, 5. Dragon’s Milk, 4. Special Number 4,  2. Convict Hill (tie), 2. BCBS 2020 (tie), 1. Kentucky Fog

It's Christmas time! Everyone is quarantining before going home for the holidays so Robby Claus took the good boys and girls some boozy gifts and we drank them together virtually! This was a lot of fun, we didn't rank anything but we all got to try something new! Enjoy and we will see you again in 2021!