Join us for a joyous celebration of some of America's finest whiskies including Barrell Bourbon, Widow Jane Rye, FEW Bourbon, Michter's Rye and Clermont Steep American Single Malt. Recorded at one of LA's coolest watering holes, Melrose Umbrella Co. Dan's guests include WWD's Chief West Hollywood Correspondent, Katia Dragotis, Emmy-winning writer and comedian Tom Caltabiano, film director Marcos Efron and bar-star Zach Patterson.

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The legend returns! Dan Aykroyd is back on the pod, talking Crystal Head Vodka, his favorite cocktails, aliens, Saturday Night Live, Steve Martin, mustaches, fans' tattoos and much, much more. Also, in another installment of our wildly popular segment "Outside the Zone," Dan goes ballistic over a PR pitch about a water bottle.

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As Dan regularly tells anyone who'll listen, his #1 favorite tequila is Tequila Fortaleza, a brand with 150 years of experience behind it. And so we're thrilled to welcome Fortaleza's Billy Erickson for an in-depth chat about everything agave spirits-related. Dan and Billy are joined by WWD's Official Los Angeles Correspondent, Katia Dragotas. Recorded on location at State Social House on the legendary Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.

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Dan and radio legend "Dead Air Dave" Sozinho wax nostalgic about an epic adventure they embarked upon many years ago. Their triumphant march across the European Continent on the mother of all booze junkets included run-ins with a well-known American actor in Turin, a pair of ball-hugging Italian jeans that nearly rendered Dan infertile and their own personal D-Day on Normandy’s Omaha Beach. ’Twas truly a rollicking ride, this sightseeing, spirits-swilling sojourn across The Pond. And they did it all as guests of a series of multi-national, junket-sponsoring liquor companies that seldom suspected they were even on vacation. Yet there’s no need to fret over missing a single moment because, frankly, many of the moments were excruciatingly dull. The exciting times, though — well, those are discussed at length on this podcast. Mersoir!

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Dan chats up Cody Cannon, vocalist/guitarist.songwriter for a fantastic band called Whiskey Myers, who in addition to making great music have partnered with the award-winning distillers at Bespoken to make their own straight bourbon, Uncle Chicken's Sippin' Whiskey. And with America's biggest drinks festival, Tales of the Cocktail, taking place this week in New Orleans, Dan waxes nostalgic about his many misadventures at TOTC over the years, and offers up a NOLA-inspired original cocktail recipe from his good pal, master drinks-maker Jeffrey Morgenthaler. Also, in honor of National Tequila Day, Dan weighs in on a video put out recently by the world's preeminent experts on agave spirits, Kris and Kendall Jenner. And finally, in "Drinks of the Week," Dan reviews Nosotros Tequila and Mezcal, as well as a new bourbon from the fine folks at Frey Ranch.

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Just hours after having emergency eye surgery, Dan goes on an epic rant about Eater Los Angeles. He also laments the passing of one of America's all-time great breweries, Anchor. Plus, hear his review of the latest bourbon expression from Wild Turkey.

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In the time it takes dice a pineapple, Dan reveals all about a tiki classic called the Jungle Bird. While not as famous as the Mai Tai or Singapore sling, it's every bit as tasty and — Dan contends — a more authentically "tropical" libation that the aforementioned. It’s made with rum, pineapple and lime, the holy trinity of tropical tiki drinks. The thing that sets the Jungle Bird apart, though, is Campari, which adds a refreshing bitter edge.

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Once upon a time in London, a bartending legend wondered what would happen if he were to merge a purported depressant like alcohol with an energizing jolt of caffeine... the result was the Espresso Martini, which was created in the 1980s and is currently riding a wave of renewed popularity. In the time it takes to brew a pot of coffee, Dan pours out everything he's learned about this lively libation.

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In the time it took James Bond to escape before Goldfinger's laser beam could burn a hole through his short and curlies, Dan spills the beans about author Ian Fleming's second most favorite creation, the Vesper, a beguiling combination of gin, vodka, Lillet and bitters. Once Fleming invented the drink, he named it after the very first Bond girl, thankfully one with a name that hasn’t become SUPER problematic in the years since. So sit back and enjoy the episode and a Vesper... after all, you only live twice.

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Dan busts out some of the coolest pieces he's ever written about alcohol and nightlife, including an excoriation of a long-since-gone whiskey brand that was apparently created to appeal to horrible people and horrible people only. Also, he rants about gentrification and the demise of the once-great Venice Beach thoroughfare, Abbot Kinney. And finally, he offers up a list of the worst booze-brand names of all time — Popsy Sperm Shaped Vanilla Cream Liqueur or Fliquor Bean Coffee Infused Whiskey anyone?

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