The Weekly Pint

As we head out of Father’s Day weekend, I’m left feeling like it was just a great weekend. Good beers, great food, you know the drill. It all has me in a fantastic mood.

We kick off this week’s happy hour by diving into a quick taste of Luxardo Maraschino, which I’m pretty certain I’ve never actually just tried by itself. As it turns out, this stuff is delicious. It won’t be the last time it makes an appearance on Monday nights, I can promise you that!

I then drink a trio of other weird stuff – a bag of booze? A canned cocktail, and a “ball” of something that is pretending to be a Piña Colada.

We talked about Brew Dog closing their Cincinnati taproom, Cicadas, LaRosa’s, and festivals. There’s a LOT to unpack!

It’s been a busy weekend in my house. We’re coming off of a big family camping trip, which is always really exciting when you have to then get your butt home and try to do a live podcast. We were doomed from the beginning… this show was going to be late.

Luckily for all of us, we have always said that since this ISN’T a show – there’s no way it’s possible to actually be late.

We drink a bottle of Founder’s Blushing Monk (huge thanks to Half Ass Beer Review) and wrap things up so I can hit the shower and get the campfire smoke off of my skin.

I didn’t want to be too boring with my celebration of Cinco De Mayo, and instead, I might have made a terrible error. I picked some of what might be the worst margarita imposters that were available. This will be… interesting. Luckily, we can talk about Awards, and about upcoming new releases from Rhinegeist. A silver lining I suppose!

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The river is UP. In fact, the water is so high that a few of our breweries are either underwater or unable to open due to flooded streets. It’s a great opportunity to remind us to support the places that we love, especially when things get rough out there.

We kick the show off with a taste of some ‘Orahovac’ which is just as tasty as I remember it being. A bottle of sparkling Sake and some Urban Artifact beer rounds things out nicely.

We talk about the current state of the industry and review some of last week’s awesome April Fools pranks around town… all in all… a great episode!

This show is brought to you by listeners just like you. If you like what you hear, you can go to http://www.TheGnarlyGnome.com/Support to help it keep growing. It’s also brought to you by the incredible folks at Dicks Potato Chips. This local brand GETS IT. If you’re a fan of this podcast, I know that you’ll be a fan of what they’re doing, too. With several flavors already available in local stores, bars, and taprooms, the next time you’re out and about don’t hesitate to snag yourself a bag to see what I’m talking about. Even better… if you, like me, want to keep your home bar stocked at all times, you can jump on their website (http://www.DicksPotatoChips.com) to order some, and get a box delivered right to your front door. Huge thanks to Dicks for sponsoring this episode!

I’m home alone… well… I have the Gnome-dog, but things are surprisingly quiet over here. It’s a great excuse (and I’m always looking for one) to open up a beer and have a few drinks!

It’s not a show… but if it were, it would be a fun one! We started with ‘The Schnappening’ and cracked open a bottle of Darna’s Amaro, which ended up being absolutely delicious! That led me into a can of Goose Island’s Honkers Ale – a beer that I haven’t had in a very long time! It was also pretty spectacular. From there… things got a little weird. I had to dig my way into a strange bottle of Scotch-like booze. It was, well… weird.

This show is brought to you by listeners just like you. If you like what you hear, you can go to http://www.TheGnarlyGnome.com/Support to help it keep growing. It’s also brought to you by the incredible folks at Dicks Potato Chips. This local brand GETS IT. If you’re a fan of this podcast, I know that you’ll be a fan of what they’re doing, too. With several flavors already available in local stores, bars, and taprooms, the next time you’re out and about, don’t hesitate to snag yourself a bag to see what I’m talking about. Even better… if you, like me, want to keep your home bar stocked at all times, you can jump on their website (http://www.DicksPotatoChips.com) to order some, and get a box delivered right to your front door. Huge thanks to Dicks for sponsoring this episode!

This week’s episode comes in the middle of a bit of extra chaos in my world… which is a great opportunity to have a drink with you! I kicked things off with some Croatian herbal liqueur, which was interesting. From there, I dive into a bottle of high-proof moonshine, which might have been a little too boozy by itself.

We recount a recent exchange with a local bar that didn’t really like my opinions about pictures of AI generated food… which I still can’t figure out, and we roll through some recent label approvals (and there’s some really good ones in there!)

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Sometimes, the drinks that I decide to crack open on this show are strange. Sometimes, they confuse me, sometimes they’re better than I think they’re going to be. I’ll leave it up to you to decide where “Too Turnt Daddy” hard tea lands in the middle of all of that.

We drink, we talk about distribution laws, the dangers of coffee… it’s a wild ride from start to finish!

I couldn’t love sharing this weekly happy hour with all of you every week, and I can’t thank you enough for spending your Monday nights with me!