The Thinking Drinkers Podcast (Ben McFarland, Tom Sandham)
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| 25 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: Italy v Belgium & England v Sweden | 00:29:33 | |
England are back in action with one of the oldest drinks in the world, the Belgians turn up with a new wave classic, the Swedes rock some wicked whisky and Italy, taking precious time out from mucking abaht on mopeds, unleash a Negroni. It's drinks-driven football at its best. | |||
| 16 Oct 2020 | Thinking Drinkers Guide to Rum: Part II | 01:02:53 | |
Not content with covering a whole load of rum history, this oar-inspiring episode features pirate puns and another duck joke, we discover some interesting dental facts about diminutive dictators, tackle Tiki Culture, make an Old Fashioned and, best of all, drink some delicious Diplomatico Rum. We love those guys and you should too. It's a great listen whether you're a seasoned rum aficionado or someone who, quite frankly, doesn't know their molasses from their elbow. You can see all the amusing and informative images alongside Ben's handsome chops and Tom's 'funny little face' here in the video version here... Check out the Diplomatico Rum Old Fashioned here Recipe for the Mai Tai is here
All the Rums we mention are here And here's a link for Napoleon's sordid little book | |||
| 10 Aug 2020 | European Championships of Drink: Group F | 00:26:09 | |
Expect Muskateers, sausage, spinning doner kebabs, the plight of Portuguese passing and more. Northern Ireland: Boatyard Gin, (46%, 70cl, £33.95, The Whisky Exchange) The Boatyard Distillery Fabulous, family-owned ‘farm-to-bottle’ gin whose organic ingredients include “Sweet Gale”, foraged from the family bog in Fermanagh. Portugal: Graham’s Blend No.5 (19%, 70cl, £21.25 The Whisky Exchange) France: Armagnac XO Domaine Tariquet, (40%, 70cl, £28, www.waitrose.com) Waitrose & Partners Armagnac Darroze 12 "Les Grands Assemblages" Armagnac Armagnac UK Germany Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier. £2.61 from Beers of Europe | |||
| 06 Oct 2022 | Bruce, Bulls & Bond | 00:38:24 | |
The first episode of our new podcast series recommends drinks to enjoy from October 7th to October 13th. Listen to Lenny Bruce At Carnegie Hall Here's Ursula Andres and her shells in Dr.No C*cks**king Cowboy Method: Stir the ingredients in a glass with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an olive or a lemon twist. For more on The Thinking Drinkers and dates for their "Pub Quiz" shows - click here For the C**kSuck*ng Cowboy you can buy Baileys Irish Cream here and Bols Butterscotch here For the Vodka Martini - go for Belvedere Smogory Forest Single Estate Rye here and Cocchi Extra Dry vermouth here | |||
| 14 May 2020 | Liquid Low Down on the Low Countries | 00:38:08 | |
Less messy than sacrificing a goat and easier to listen to than Heavy Metal played backwards, episode five of the pod brings you satanic worship from Belgium courtesy of Duvel, some Dutch herbal remedies with the low-calorie Ketel One Botanical Spirit from Schiedam and some unintentional yet repeated references to the war. Ben’s ill-received article on the Pint Glass from the Guardian is here. The Ketel One Botanical range, 30%abv and 70cl, is available from The Whiskey Exchange for £23.95. Duvel Triple Hop Citra, 9.5%abv and 33cl, is available from Tesco at £2.50. Duvel Tulip Glass is available from Beer Ritz. In next week’s pod, we will be tasting “Gose To Hollywood” from the To Øl brewery in Denmark, which is available at £3.50 from Marks & Spencers (in store) or £3.12 from Eebria. And mixing a Manhattan cocktail, all ingredients and tools are available at The Whiskey Exchange... Woodford Kentucky Straight Bourbon, £32.95 Chazalettes Rosso della Regina Vermouth, £22.75 Angostura bitters £11.25 Maraschino cherries £8.95 Tools –cocktail glass, or coupe; mixing glass; a bar spoon; strainer; jigger; plenty of ice. | |||
| 18 Jun 2020 | Monky Business | 00:33:26 | |
You can buy Tynt Meadow for £3.75 from https://www.beerwulf.com or if they don’t have any then you can also get it at www.beersofeurope.co.uk. As all profits go to good deeds, the more beers you buy – the better the world becomes. Next week, the drinking duo set off for the Isle of Skye and the legendary Talisker Distillery. Get yourself the iconic 10 Year-old from www.whiskyexchange.com for £39.45. Feeling flush? Then also treat yourself to the Talisker 18 year-old, the Talisker Storm and Talisker Skye too – because the boys’ll be talking about them too. Please leave a nice review, shout all about the podcast on social media, tell all your friends about it and, once you’ve done all that, watch our European Championship of Drink on our YouTube channel. | |||
| 19 Jan 2023 | Nine Inch Burns & Belgian Crack | 00:45:00 | |
This week, following our inaugural appearance on "This Morning", our pod adopts an alternative approach to Burns Night and solves a mystery for those looking to drink something in honour of Hercule Poirot. Burns Night is coming. Let's face it, if it wasn’t in January, no-one would take any notice. But after 25 moribund days of ‘meh’, celebrating the birthday of an 18th century tax collector with some root vegetables and stomach stuffed with bits of sheep sounds like a brilliant night out. It’s not. A clichéd caricature of Scottish-ness, it’s tediously quaint, painfully kitsch and all those endless Immortal Memories, those cheesy Addresses to the Lassies; the dreary drone of the bagpipes would have bored the life out of the real Robert Burns. So we suggest some alcoholic alternatives to breathe life back into Burns Night including: Harviestoun Ola Dubh - you can get it the three different expressions, here. Braemble gin Liqueur - Scottish blackberry with English London Dry Gin. £24.89 Master of Malt POIROT Get Hercule Stout here Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.
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| 21 May 2020 | Big Apples and Danish pastries | 00:36:03 | |
Ben & Tom enjoy some socially distant Hygge-ing while sipping on Danish craft beer To Øl Gose To Hollywood, and cock-tales cover some ‘Manhattan’s in Manhattan’ as they clumsily mix this classic whiskey aperitif using Woodford Reserve and Chazalettes Rosso vermouth. To learn more about Chazalettes and the Clairin rum Tom mentions, subscribe to the Telegraph online for the spirits column. “Gose To Hollywood” from the To Øl brewery in Denmark; £3.50 from Marks & Spencers (in store). Or £3.12 from www.eebria.com Manhattan cocktail ingredients and tools all available at The Whisky Exchange Woodford Kentucky Straight Bourbon, £32.95 Chazalettes Rosso della Regina Vermouth, £22.75 Angostura bitters £11.25 Maraschino cherries £8.95 Tools –cocktail glass, or coupe; mixing glass; a bar spoon; strainer; jigger; plenty of ice. In next week’s show the tastings will include: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale available at Tesco for £1.80 (or 4 for £6) And Ocho Blanco Tequila, £22.45 (50cl bottle), at The Whisky Exchange | |||
| 17 Nov 2022 | Cock Rock & Swashbuckling Psychos | 00:44:58 | |
This week's podcast features phallic-shaped outcrops and death-defying, rum guzzling, swashbuckling salty seamen. Marvel as we expertly tip-toe around some sensitive issues of the past whilst simultaneously decanting drinks knowledge into you generous ears. As promised, here's the picture of Cock Rock (now known as Rooster Rock) and here's where you can buy some Jagermeister - a much misunderstood digestif made with 56 different herbs, roots, fruits and spices. Given Blackbeard became a pirate at the tender age of 12, we're going for some El Dorado 12 year-old in a Rum Old Fashioned. Rum Old Fashioned - 12YO 60ml El Dorado 12YO - buy it here 3x Dashes Aromatic Bitters Barspoon of Demerara Sugar Orange Twist Method: Put the sugar, bitters and water in a tumbler/old fashioned glass. | |||
| 12 Sep 2020 | Pour de France: Ring Ring Ring (Piles and Piles) | 01:00:44 | |
This week, we have mostly been tasting the following:
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| 07 May 2020 | Going Caracas in California | 00:49:40 | |
Miss World, Mace attacks, Morphine and Microbreweries all feature in Episode 3 of “Around The World in 80 Drinks” as Tom and Ben hit the Lagunitas Brewery in Northern California before visiting Venezuela for turtle tales, fearless reporting from the Favelas and some delicious Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva Rum. You can buy Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva Rum from The Whiskey Exchange You can buy Lagunitas Brewing Company’s “Daytime Session IPA” and iconic “IPA” from ASDA Next episode, we will be hitting Holland to taste all three of the Ketel One Botanicals before drinking the devilishly drinkable Duvel from Belgium – which is also available from ASDA, Waitrose, Sainsbury's and various online beer retailers. Please do send any questions, pictures or generous offers of sponsorship to ben@thinkingdrinkers.com or tom@thinkingdrinkers.com – and follow us on Twitter @thinkingdrinks; Instagram @thinkingdrinkers and Facebook @thinkingdrinkers. For those who asked who created our theme tune, it’s written and performed by Barnaby Green – available on Twitter and Instagram @barneymusician “So You Want to Start A Brewery” by Tony Magee is available here Please tell all your friend about the pod and please do leave a nice review if you can. It really helps. | |||
| 11 Jun 2020 | Gin, Gin | 00:50:04 | |
To celebrate World Gin Day, the boys host a special on the spirit, covering gin’s epic history along with a collection of recommendations to try. Learn about the ori-gins (nice wordplay) of the phrase ‘Dutch courage’; the nasty stuff 17th century gin makers added to their spirit; juniper aphrodisiacs; and why plague doctors wore gimp masks. Despite their motto ‘drink less, drink better’, in this week’s show they tasted: East London Liquor Company Gin And for more on World Gin Day, follow #WorldGinDay or visit https://worldginday.com/ Next week, they’ll be back on the beer and getting down to some Monky business with Tynt Meadow, the only Trappist Beer in Britain – made by friars at the Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire. Buy it from Beerwulf here for just £3.95 – all profits go to good deeds. So the more you drink, the better the world becomes. | |||
| 17 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: Belgium v Czech Republic & Holland v Spain | 00:21:40 | |
Belgium: Liefmans Kriek Brut (6%, 330ml, £2.54) TheDrinkShop.com | |||
| 28 Oct 2022 | Knockouts & Knockers | 00:37:05 | |
Date: October 30th Method: Shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe glass Or, given Ali was born in Louisville, reach of some quality Kentucky Straight Bourbon in the shape of Elijah Craig Small Batch. Date: 2nd November Subscribe to the Thinking Drinkers Spirits Subscription Club here and check out dates and tickets for the shows below here:
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| 15 Dec 2022 | "She's No Bananarama..." | 00:56:51 | |
Get yourself some Veuve Clicquot here Ingredients 45ml orange juice 1 teaspoon absinthe 1 teaspoon grenadine 1 teaspoon sugar syrup (optional)
Shake all ingredient with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with orange peel or a lychee. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here. It's what Jesus would have wanted.
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| 02 Mar 2023 | Public Enemas & Jiggers With Altitude | 00:58:08 | |
This week, we hark back to the halcyon days when strangers blew smoke up the bottoms of wet people and, in the whining words of Liam Gallagher, things get supersonic with a gin and tonic as we celebrate the birth of Concorde. Oaxaca Old Fashioned (created by Phil Ward in New York) 40ml Fortaleza Reposado Tequila 12.5ml Lost Explorer Mezcal 1 barspoon agave nectar 2 dashes Angostura bitters Garnish: orange twist Method: Set the orange peel to one side before bringing all the ingredients in a glass (Old Fashioned) containing a large ice cube. Stir until chilled. Flame an orange twist over the surface of the drink. Discerning Drinks Deals Of The Week Majestic Whiskey Exchange Asda, Plymouth Gin, £20, save a fiver, Waitrose Wine: Terre di Vita Organic Pinot Grigio Terre Siciliane £6.49 - down from £8.99, Mimo Moutinho Dão Red Wine, Aldi, £5.79
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| 27 Jul 2020 | European Championships of Drink: Group B | 00:08:41 | |
Belgium: Duvel Belgian Golden Ale ((8.5%, 33cl, £2.00, tesco.com)) Denmark: Mikkeler Evergreen Session IPA (3.5%, 33cl, £2.50 from @MarksandSpencer @marksandspencerfoodpr ) Finland: Tom of Finland Vodka (40%, 75cl, £29.95 www.masterofmalt.com) Russia: Moscow Mule made using Russian Standard Vodka (38%, 75cl, £16.95) whiskyexchange and Fever Tree Ginger Ale (20cl, £0.83 whiskyexchange.com). Watch it here: https://youtu.be/VrHsn8CSAf4 | |||
| 09 Sep 2020 | Pour de France: Prunes, Pinot and a Premature Finish | 00:58:24 | |
As the serious players come out to play, we talk sadistic Slovenians, rustic French brandy, bracing bubbles from Languedoc and, as ever, some feeble wordplay and superfluous scatological schoolboy smut. Buy Cremant de Limoux from Berry Bros here Buy Darrozes Armaganac from Whisky Exchange Buy Baron de Signonac from Whisky Exchange Improve your French with l'Equipe Let's hope Primoz Roglic is better at cycling than ski-jumping. | |||
| 24 Nov 2022 | Chill Winston - you're just Two Tents. | 00:46:34 | |
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| 24 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: Sweden v Austria & France v Russia | 00:23:38 | |
In the final batch of last 16 matches, Les Bleus take on The Reds and the home of flatpack furniture play a nation renowned for.....pastries? | |||
| 02 Jul 2020 | The Mark Watson episode | 01:10:43 | |
Lost & Grounded Kellar Pils (440ml), £2.50, Waitrose Brazin Old Vine Zinfandel, Waitrose, £14.99 Journey’s End Sir Lowry Cabernet Sauvignon, Waitrose, £14.99 Altos Las Hormigas Malbec, Waitrose £14.99 Tapatio Tequilas, all available at The Whisky Exchange For more about Mark head to https://www.markwatsonthecomedian.com/ Please leave a nice review, shout all about the podcast on social media, tell all your friends about it and, once you’ve done all that, watch our European Championship of Drink on our YouTube channel. | |||
| 09 Mar 2023 | "I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous." | 00:51:26 | |
Hotel, Motel, Is That Your Foreskin? This week's pod recalls Tom's unfortunate and minor (very minor) costume malfunction on stage at the Alnwick Playhouse before raising a Rob Roy in memory of the Waldorf Astoria and exploring the ale-loving entrepreneur who invented Cat's Eyes. Get your Worthington White Shield here: £3.59 from Beers of Europe Rob Roy 50 ml Scotch Whisky,
Discerning Drinks Deals Of The Week Waitrose, Kyro Gin, £25, £4.95 off, Sainsburys, Cardhu Gold Reserve Single Malt Scotch £26 down from £40 Master of Malt: Silent Pool Gift Pack for Mother's Day. £55 down from £65.
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| 13 Oct 2022 | Knievel, Kung Fu, Kitsch Cocktails & Kentucky Bourbon | 00:35:37 | |
Evel Knievel & Wild Turkey Enjoy a Wild Turkey 101 whilst watching Evel Knievel (mostly) fail to land death-defying jumps. Wembley 1975: And the report from The Guardian here CNN Obituary footage here Matthew McConaughey's Eulogy at Knievel's funeral here And here's the..... Kung Fu and the Grasshopper How to make: SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. 25ml Crème de menthe 25ml Crème de Cacao 25 ml Single cream Pour ingredients into shaker full of ice, shake and strain into a coupe Also, here's a link for Mortlach 25 year-old and RinQuinQuin | |||
| 26 Jan 2023 | Got 99 Problems But a Bee's Not One | 00:51:41 | |
Hail Henry VIII's death with Tynt Meadow - the only Trappist Beer in Britain. Read Mark Dredge's great article about the monastery in Good Beer Hunting here: Watch the documentary "Outside City" - all about the realities of the modern-day Monky business here. Bee's Knees Cocktail Ingredients
Benriach The Original Ten Speyside Single Malt Scotch, £29 Waitrose (save £9) Balblair 15 Year Old, Whisky exchange, £64.95 (£13 off) Vestal Kaszebe 2011 Vintage Vodka, Whisky Exchange at £21.95 (£8 off) Absolute, £16, Asda Heineken 0,0, 6xcans for £4.50, Sainsburys doing Bacardi Carta Blanca for £14, £2 off.
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| 23 Sep 2020 | "Le Pour De France": Suspects & Drugs & Anusol | 01:20:53 | |
As the Peloton headed for Paris, we were drinking the following: And for all your snow holiday needs, look no further than the wonderful guys from Sunweb - the only specialist travel agent that we'd accept press trips from. | |||
| 16 Sep 2020 | "Le Pour De France": Tyred & Emotional | 00:40:56 | |
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| 30 Jul 2020 | European Championships of Drink: Group C | 00:14:00 | |
Netherlands: Kompaan Bier “Hand Langer Double IPA (8.2%, 33cl, £3.39, www.beerwulf.com) Iceland: Reyka Vodka (40%, 70cl, £22 Tesco.com) Ukraine: Dima's Vodka (40%, 70cl, £35 Dimasvodka.com) Austria: Stiegl Grapefruit Radler (2%, 50cl, £1.83, www.beersofeurope.co.uk) | |||
| 20 Jul 2020 | European Championships of Drink: Opening Ceremony | 00:03:42 | |
The European Football Championship 2020 has been postponed till next year. But don't worry, we've decided to host the tournament ourselves - using drink instead of balls and tactics n'that. Over the next few weeks, we'll be pitching the best drinks from each participating country. There'll be loads of quality continental drinks to learn about, there'll be lazy national stereotypes, some knob gags and maybe some feeble wordplay if you're lucky. Please join us in our selfless, unwavering quest to discover Europe's greatest drinking nation. But before the first games on Friday, here's an "Opening Ceremony" in the shape of a poem we actually wrote. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/o2SxRLmBkls | |||
| 16 Jul 2020 | Vodka Voyage | 00:37:15 | |
The chaps embark on an alcohol-soaked odyssey around the world of vodka - visiting Mafia bosses, Josef Stalin, irresponsible home economic teachers, kayaking grannies and little people jumping out of pies. And some monkeys. It's very 'crispitty'. No Heroes Brewing https://noheroesbrewing.com/ Reyka, £29.75, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/5140/reyka-vodka
Absolut Elyx £35.75, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/24929/absolut-elyx
Beluga Noble Night, £36.95, The Whisky Exchange https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/49142/beluga-noble-night-vodka
Belvedere, £32.95, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/search?q=belvedere
Zubrowka Bison Grass, £19.95, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/5222/zubrowka-bisongrass-vodka-polmos
Luksosowa, £19.75, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/47724/luksusowa-red-label-vodka
Ketel One, £25.75, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/5113/ketel-one-vodka
Ciroc, £31.95, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/5113/ketel-one-vodka
Chase, £31.95, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/26972/chase-original-potato-vodka
Black Cow, £28.25, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/21537/black-cow-vodka | |||
| 05 Apr 2020 | Trailer | 00:02:15 | |
| 20 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: England v Germany & Scotland v Ireland | 00:27:23 | |
You OK Hun? Yes, it's the clash everyone, and we mean EVERYONE, has been waiting for. And we've thrown in Scotland versus Ireland too...you're welcome. | |||
| 23 Feb 2023 | Bananas & Pigs | 00:50:00 | |
After a week off, the hardest working beefcakes in the drinks business slide back into the Pod saddle, digging their heels into some hard-nosed aural journalism and whipping up some searing investigative insight - namely the return of bananas to the UK in 1945 and. of course, National Pig Day (only America). Like beer? Like bananas? Well you'll flipping love Mongozo Banana Beer - available here or via Amazon here And how about A Pigs In Blanket Old Fashioned? Pigs in Blanket Old Fashioned Ingredients 12 pigs in blanket 70cl of Pork fat-washed whisky 5ml Maple syrup 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters To make the fat-wash whisky · Grill the pigs in blanket over a baking tray and collect 30ml of the fat. · Strain it into a container filled with 70cl of blended Scotch whisky. Leave it to steep in the whisky for 6-8 hours or overnight at room temperature before placing the bottle in the freezer. · Once the fat has congealed in the bottle, strain the bourbon into a new bottle. Method: · Take 40 ml pigs-in-blanket fat-infused whisky and stir in a mixing glass with the maple syrup and ice. · Add bitters and stir. · Strain into a child ‘Old Fashioned’ glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange slice.. Or a pig-in-blanket While you're waiting for the pig fat to steep in the whisky, here's a video about pigs that play video games. Drinks Deals Of The Week Martini Rosso, only £2.50 off, but down to £8 at Waitrose, For gin fans, Hayman’s London Dry Gin, fiver off, £21 Waitrose Keep your eye out for the new Luxardo Espresso Liqueur _____________________________ Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.
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| 10 Nov 2022 | Pils, Gin and a Badly Drawn Baby | 00:43:28 | |
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| 03 Aug 2020 | European Championships of Drink: Group D | 00:21:16 | |
We discuss the big jobs, plums around the gums, mullets and cow-rhoids. England: St.Austell Big Job IPA (7.2%, 500ml, £3.79 www.beerwulf.com) @staustellbrewery @beerwulfunitedkingdom See the Marris Otter video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0FjkJtqj0w Scotland: Eight Lands Gin, £31.95, The Whisky Exchange, https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/.../eight-lands-organic... Croatia: Croatia: Garden Sour (3.5%. 33cl, £2.31 www.beersofeuope.co.uk Beersofeurope and Beercrusader Czech Republic: Pilsner Urquell, (4.4%, 50cl. £2, www.asda.com) Pilsner Urquell | |||
| 06 Nov 2020 | Thinking Drinkers Guide to Rum: Part III - Rum & Chocolate | 01:17:21 | |
| 13 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: Italy v Iceland & Wales v Denmark | 00:24:51 | |
Italy take on Iceland and Wales meet the Danish in these two last 16 encounters, with the Thinking Drinkers replacing the football with some outstanding drink suggestions. All details on where to buy the drinks they taste below. Iceland: Einstock White Ale from Waitrose | |||
| 04 Jun 2020 | Du Vin Intervention with Marcel Lucont | 00:44:41 | |
Bonjour la classe! This week, the discerning drinking duo sip sparkling wines and Gallic giggle juice with the effervescent and legendary Marcel Lucont, a French comedian, poet, philosopher, raconteur, flaneur, inexhaustible lover and renowned wine expert. Amid erudite talk of women, Wetherspoons and where the British are going wrong, we host “The Battle of The Bubbles”, pitching the classic Taittinger Brut Reserve Champagne from La France against a “Blanc de Blancs” from Jenkyn Place in Hampshire. Will the English lion triumph over the strutting French cock? Well, you’ll just to have an ‘ecoute’ and find out. Jenkyn Place Blanc de Blancs, £38, is available from the Jenkyn Place shop direct while you can get Taittinger Brut Reserve NV for just £28.50 at Waitrose. You can check out all Marcel Lucont’s tour dates, lockdown shows, bawdy chanson CDs, books, bookmarks and even his very own bespoke perfume “Insouciance” at marcellucont.com. Next week, the boys will be back on the beers and spirits. Ben will be getting down to some Monky business with Tynt Meadow, the only Trappist Beer in Britain – made by friars at the Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire. Buy it from Beerwulf here for just £3.95 – all profits go to good deeds. So the more you drink, the better the world becomes. Tom, meanwhile, will be setting off to Skye to taste Talisker Storm, a non-age statement single malt whisky from one of Scotland’s finest distilleries, dating back to 1830. It’s currently on offer at Whisky Exchange for just £32.95. | |||
| 31 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: The Final! France v England | 00:31:20 | |
It's France versus England. The Final everyone (in France and England) has been hoping for. Will it be an entente cordiale? Or will it be an entente pas cordiale? You'll have to listen and find out. | |||
| 23 Jul 2020 | European Championships of Drink: Group A | 00:10:37 | |
Italy: Giulio Cocchi Dopo Teatro Cocchi Vermouth can be found on The Whisky Exchange for £26.45 https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/25562/cocchi-dopo-teatro-vermouth-amaro Wales: Clwb Tropica is available Waitrose & Partners for £2.00 https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/tiny-rebel-clwb-tropica-wales/481490-692393-692394 Switzerland: 1936 Biere is available from Beers of Europe for £2.03 https://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/beer/country/switzerland/1936-biere Turkey: Efes is available Beers of Europe https://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/beer/country/turkey/efes-330ml Watch it on youtube here: https://youtu.be/E8BCKHeYg6w | |||
| 01 Sep 2020 | "Le Pour De France": Squashed Flies on Your Helmet | 01:16:37 | |
Bonjour. To coincide with “Le Tour de France”, we 're recording several podcasts entitled, rather cleverly, “Le Pour de France”. #wordplay. Over the next few weeks, as the peloton pedal around France, we shall be selflessly sipping the best Gallic giggle-juice from each of the regional stages - wine, spirits, beer and leftfield liqueurs. There’ll be some searing cycling insight, drinking did-you-knows and, as ever, some French-related funnies. Even if Le Tour is cancelled due to pesky Covid, we’re going to pretend otherwise and keep on drinking until we get to Le Champs d’Elysees. Heroes. To celebrate this historic occasion, we’re giving lucky pod listeners the opportunity to win a brand new Watney’s Beer Retro Cycling Jersey originally worn by Franz “The Flying Milkman” Verbeek in the 1970s. With Watneys Beer making an epic comeback, it’s the jersey that all the cool cycling cats are craving. Check it here: https://bit.ly/2YJsLpR For a chance to win this amazing prize, simply promote the podcast with a link (https://podfollow.com/1506478589/links) on your social media and tag in the Thinking Drinkers. Winners will be announced at the end of the Tour. In the first episode, we taste the following delicacies from Nice and its environs: Chateau la Mascaronne from Berry Bros & Rodd. https://www.bbr.com/products-20198004240-2019-berry-bros-and-rudd-provence-rose-by-chateau-la-mascaronne Picon Amer Black Label https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/16577/picon-amer-black-label Comte de Grasse Gin https://www.masterofmalt.com/gin/comte-de-grasse/comte-de-grasse-44-n-gin/ Nice Biscuits: https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/biscuit-barrel/sainsburys-nice-biscuit-250g Garibaldi Biscuits: https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/Product/sainsburys-garibaldi-biscuits-200g Isadora Duncan Syndrome http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903596,00.html | |||
| 09 Jul 2020 | Czech'dis | 00:36:14 | |
The reason that Czechs drink more beer per person than any other country in the world is because the country's beers are some of the best in the world - especially if you like lager. Proper lager. In fact, it's a Pivo paradise with a whole host of historic breweries and a thriving craft beer scene. While the beers are easy to drink, some of the names are very difficult to pronounce - as Ben and Tom demonstrate. | |||
| 27 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: Semi Finals! | 00:25:34 | |
England: Chapel Down NV Vintage Reserve Waitrose & Partners https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/chapel-down-nv-vintage-reserve--english--sparkling-wine/068005-34519-34520 https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/search?q=Hennessy+XO+Cognac
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| 01 Dec 2022 | Adrian Chiles Interview - The Good Drinker | 01:01:56 | |
In this week’s podcast, we chat to radio and TV presenter Adrian Chiles about his new book "The Good Drinker - How I Learned to Love Drinking Less" which is very much in tune with the Thinking Drinkers' mantra "Drink Less Drink Better" . Amusing, insightful and compelling yet never preachy, Adrian's book explores both the benefits and difficulties of drinking in moderation after years of seriously committed consumption. Adrian didn’t think he had a drinking problem, until he realised he was regularly putting away 100 units of alcohol a week. When specialists told him something had to change, he had a choice to make - stop drinking completely or cut right down. He chose the latter and embarked on a fascinating quest to find the good drinker within... Adrian Chiles is a writer, television and radio presenter and world-weary West Bromwich Albion fan. He has been a presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live since the day it started in 1994 and his TV presenter work includes Working Lunch, Match of the Day 2 and The Apprentice: You're Fired. He recently released a documentary called "Drinkers Like Me", in which he explored his relationship with alcohol and decided to cut down. You can buy the book here: Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here. It's what Jesus would have wanted.
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| 30 Apr 2020 | Devon is a Place on Earth | 00:41:07 | |
In a bid to transport you from the confines of your isolation across the world, this week Ben and Tom visit, er, Devon. This beautiful county is home to some excellent beverages, so listen along as the chaps invite you to enjoy an unconventional tasting approach to the classic and proper Plymouth gin, a spirit dating back to 1793 no less. Before tucking into some lovely lager as they ignore a potential dystopia by drinking cutting-edge craft beer from the excellent Utopian Brewing.
Tom bought his Plymouth Gin from The Whisky Exchange, while Ben’s beers were ordered direct from the brewery at utopianbrewing.com. Next week the Thinking Drinkers will be venturing further afield as Tom recommends the Venezuelan Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva rum and Ben heads to Northern California for some Lagunitas Daytime Session IPA. Order both these drinks online: Lagunitas Daytime Session IPA available here | |||
| 08 Dec 2022 | Dynamite 'n' Dysentery | 00:39:52 | |
Bonjour tout le monde, In this week's podcast, discover how Alfred Nobel inspired peace after accidentally reading his own obituary, marvel at probly the best Danish design in the world and strap yourself in for some fascinating yeast chat. Ahead of France v England, we commemorate the Battle of Agincourt, and Ben's tortured football analogy, with a Biere de Garde/Saison style beer. Buy here Watch Dennis Bergkamp, the non-Flying Dutchman, book the Argentinians on the plane home with this 'worldy' from the 1998 World Cup. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here. It's what Jesus would have wanted.
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| 01 Jun 2020 | Gino, oh Gino Negroni | 00:16:37 | |
Originally in the calendar for June, the official Negroni Week got shifted to September due to this flippin’ virus. But since none of us can get to a bar, Ben & Tom decided to give it a dose of love regardless. In this week’s extra pod then, learn more about the quality cocktail, its Italian provenance, dubious origins, and how to mix one. Then drink them all week. And again in September. Drink less, drink better though. For a Negroni you’ll need... Gin: Ben and Tom mention a strong punchy gin like Plymouth Navy Strength as mentioned in the Devon Pod, £39.75 at The Whisky Exchange Or try Millers Westbourne Strength. Available for £34.95 at the The Whisky Exchange Cocchi Vermouth di Torino is £19.95 at The Whisky Exchange And the essential Campari, £17.25 at The Whisky Exchange | |||
| 02 Feb 2023 | Ryan Reynolds & The Vagina Museum | 00:51:04 | |
We tell the WWII story behind Whisky Galore before linking a classic gin cocktail to a tale of someone knocking a vase over. You should listen. The Ola Dubh range is available from The Whiskey Exchange Sainsbury has its Villa Maria on at £8.75, down from a tenner,
Gin deal of the week, Asda and Waitrose are going at it in their bid to bring you the best price on Tanqueray Ten Aviation Cocktail 60ml gin 15ml Maraschino Liqueur 25ml Lemon Juice Lemon zest, to garnish Shake gin, lemon juice, maraschino liqueur and crème de violette over ice, Taste, then add a splash of chilled water to dilute, if you like. Strain into four chilled cocktail glasses and garnish with blueberries and lemon zest. Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.
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| 04 Sep 2020 | "Le Pour de France": When in Rhone | 01:06:20 | |
In the second instalment of our “Pour de France” pods, the Pelaton pedals through the Ardeche and Le Massif Central as we talk chestnuts and cheating, North African sausage and nougat, there’s phallic fungi and, as ever, our award-winning wine expertise comes to the fore with three juicy reds. Sainsbury's Côtes Du Ventoux, Taste the Difference https://bit.ly/331xaFU Sainsbury’s Chateauneuf-du-Pape https://bit.ly/2F4tk6G Sainsbury’s Cru Des Cotes du Rhone https://bit.ly/2QSgGu3 Wine Society’s Côtes-du-Rhône Bout d'Zan, Mas du Libian 2017 https://bit.ly/3lPV7IX Combel, Bière Bourganel Aux Marrons https://bit.ly/2GnPEZC | |||
| 28 May 2020 | Arriba ándale Chico | 00:42:09 | |
The chaps discuss Mexican wrestling and pollinating bats out of clocktowers while sipping the delicious Ocho tequila; and head to Californian college party town Chico to honour Ken Grossman, the brewer who changed the face of craft beer with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is available for £1.80 in supermarkets including Waitrose. Ocho Blanco Tequila is available from Whisky Exchange in 50cl bottles for £22.45. Next week: Ben & Tom are joined by special guest, the Frenchman Marcel Lucont, a flâneur, raconteur and bon-viveur, expert in charming women and insulting the stupid, and wine connoisseur. Together they will be comparing English with French wines in the form of: Jenkyn Place Blanc de Blancs, £38, from the Jenkyn Place shop direct. And Taittinger Brut Reserve NV, £28.50 at Waitrose. | |||
| 06 Aug 2020 | European Championships of Drink: Group E | 00:17:39 | |
Donkeys plummeting from clock-towers, Logan Roy's favourite vodka, a Bison staring forlornly out of the window and a superb Aeneus all feature in the latest instalment of our "European Championship of Drink". Poland: Zubrowka Vodka (40%, 70cl, £20 https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/b/335/zubrowka-vodka) Spain: Gin Mare (40%, 50cl, £38.25 https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/.../mare-mediterranean...) Republic or Ireland: Jameson’s Irish Whiskey (40%, 70cl, £22.50 www.thewhiskyexchange.com) Jameson Irish Whiskey | |||
| 26 Aug 2020 | European Championship of Drink: Quarter Finals - Holland v Denmark & Scotland v France | 00:26:39 | |
Denmark channel some Churchillian spirit with some Special Brew while the Dutch dubbel down on some monky business with a Trappist tipple. Meanwhile, it's Gamay on as the French bring out some Beaujolais to battle against a big Blue from Johnnie Walker. | |||
| 03 Nov 2022 | Dutch Ovens & Spirit Trumpets | 00:36:44 | |
This week, the Thinking Drinkers hail Harry Houdini's almost fatal attempt to escape from an urn full of fermenting Tetley's Beer, light a firework under several myths surrounding Guy Fawkes and big-up the famous Northampton massif with Three Hills brewery.
And as promised, here's our super duper mulled cider recipe. How do you like them apples? Mulled cider
Ingredients
1½ litres of dry cider
100ml Calvados
400ml apple juice
80g dark brown sugar
2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half 4 whole cloves zest 1 orange, pared into strips 1 tbsp allspice berries
Add cider, Calvados, apple juice and sugar to a saucepan, gently heat, then add the orange zest and spices, simmer on a low heat for 20 mins. Subscribe to the Thinking Drinkers Spirits Subscription Club here and check out dates and tickets for the shows below here:
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| 09 Feb 2023 | It's Not Gonna Shuck Itself Is It? | 00:43:54 | |
If drink-soaked discussion of aphrodisiacal accompaniments to oysters, 'titanic plums', guinea pigs with dodgy fivers, hangover cures and some seriously decent discounted drinks are your thing then listen to this Valentine's Special featuring a boffin. VALENTINE DRINKS – Combine all ingredients apart from the sparkling wine and creme de cassis in a shaker over ice Chilean Red Wine: Errazuriz Max Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon – £12.99, Waitrose Discerning Drinks Deals Morrisons, Courvoisier VSOP, £29.99, down from £37, Gin deal of the week, Sainsbury, 1l of Tanqueray, £20, You can get two packs for a tenner on certain beers. So 4xJaipur and 6x Pilsner Urquell for £10. That’s a tenner for 10 quality beers, so that makes them £1 each. Some maths for you. _____________________________ Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.
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| 20 Oct 2022 | Sucking The Monkey | 00:44:10 | |
Event: Death of Lord Admiral Nelson Drink: Nelson's Blood Event: Thomas Edison invents a commercially practical incandescent light at his industrial research lab in New Jersey. Drink: A “Calimocho”, a blend of equal parts cola and cheap red wine. America’s finest inventor gave us the gramophone, the movie camera and the first commercially practical long-lasting light bulb. He drank something called Vin Mariani, a ‘medicinal’ mix of cheap red wine and coca leaves, believed be the pre-cursor to Coca-Cola. We're mixing the two in equal parts. But you can buy a version of Vin Mariani (without the nose candy) here. To find out more about our Spirits Subscription Club and tour dates - click here | |||
| 25 Jun 2020 | The Scotch Tapes | 00:34:17 | |
This week the chaps chat about single malt whisky, using the terrifically tasty Talisker range as their muse. Join them as they sip and reminisce over helicopter convoy adventures, blind-folded jeep driving, the movie Highlander and athletes who specialise in mind tricks. Talisker 10-year-old, 18-year-old, Storm and Skye are all available at The Whiskey Exchange. Next week they’ll be discussing, wine, beer and tequila with the hugely talented and award-winning comedian, author and all-round lovely chap, Mark Watson. | |||
| 01 Oct 2020 | Thinking Drinkers' Guide to Rum | 01:03:02 | |
Rum is for winners. This is the first in our three-pod series on the spirit and we're dipping into it with the help of Diplomático rums. The first episode looks at rum's early history, how it's made and some classic cocktails. We also manage to squeeze in some painful puns and fascinating insights into what we eat for breakfast. | |||
| 23 Apr 2020 | Coronavirus Special - Mexico and China | 00:27:04 | |
In this first episode, Ben and Tom selflessly try some tenuously topical Covid-19 linked drinks, so you don’t have to. We consume one of our 5 a day by stuffing a lime into Mexico’s best-selling lagers, mix in a bit of Mexican brewing history and visit China – the birthplace of booze and home to Baijiu, an acutely artisan spirit sometimes drunk out of skulls. Tom bought his Baijiu from the The Whisky Exchange while Corona and (the far superior) Negra Modelo are available online at Beers of Europe. Next week, we’re going to take listeners to Devon and back by tasting Plymouth Gin (a proper legendary gin from the UK’s oldest continuously working distillery) and a small-batch British Unfiltered Lager from the excellent Utopian Brewery. You can order both of these drinks online: | |||
| 12 Jan 2023 | Prince Harry & Dumbo | 00:56:38 | |
Amid all this talk of Harry and Meghan, we explore Edward VII, aka "Dirty Bertie" - the original Playboy Prince with some cracking King's Ginger liqueur. Then, having once again proven that #winewritingiswelleasy, we make ourselves a Bicicletta for birthday boy and Pirate peddler Marco Pantani. If you'd like to see Edward VII's 's3x chair' (and why wouldn't you?) then click here. Amazon is offering a great deal on King's Ginger, complete with swanky gift tin, for just £23 here. You're welcome. King's Mulled Cider
Here's the picture of Marco shaking an Italian policeman's hand after some rather ripe parking manouevres and here's a picture of his statue in Northern Italy. For Campari, the best price is at Morrisons, £15.50 - click here
The Bicicletta
Built over ice, use a wine glass or a highball glass
Other Royal Drinks: King Charles's Royal Lochnagar 12 year old, Whisky Exchange, £40.95
Megan Markle's Tignanello 2018 can be found at Fine Wine Direct for £180
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