Sips, Suds, & Smokes

Water is for a sissy

Water is for a sissy
@davidjamesspirits @WoodfordReserve #bourbon #whiskeyCo hosts : Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man Bob
SIPS  Episode – Quick Shot Episode about a new product from Woodford Reserve Batch Proof  and some new products from David James. See if you can get your head around a bourbon splitting the aging in TN and KY. I just heard some of you lose it. The David James American whiskey is from Indiana. They should have gone for the trifecta and tossed in a product from ADL. We taste and rate the whiskey from 1-5:
Woodford Reserve Batch Proof SIPS - 4
David James Straight Bourbon Whiskey SIPS – 3
David James American Whiskey SIPS - 3
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Just off the Pike

Just off the Pike
@lordhobo @beermakesthree #beer #craftbeerCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Caperton, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSUDS  Episode – Just off the Pike is Lord Hobo Brewing’s taproom from Woburn, MA. Apologize for the longest 1st segment, hang tough as we do actually cover all 9 beers.  Like Boston needed even more righteous beer. Solid examples where the Double version is NOT better. Hip waders will pair well with this episode. We taste and rate the following Lord Hobo beers from 1-5:
LORD HOBO
Angelica New England Wheat 5.5% ABV  Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-3
Angelica Hazy Orange IPA 5.5% ABV  Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS- 3
Glorious NEIPA 6.5% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-3
Pineapple Glorious IPA 6.5% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-2
Freebird Golden Ale 5.5% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-4
Pils Pilsner 5.2% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-4
Boom Sauce Double NEIPA 7.8% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS- 4
Virtuoso Hazy Double IPA 8.8% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS-3
Museum Triple Hazy and Juicy IPA 11% ABV Lord Hobo Brewing Company Woburn, MA SUDS- 2
info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.
Kendall has to cover up his fermentation tattoo for each episode. Check out his blog:
https://www.beermakesthree.com/
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Finish it already will ya

Finish it already will ya
@four_gate @BrokenBarrelW @straightup615 #bourbon #whiskeyCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike and Good ol Gal Cary Ann
SIPS  Episode – Quick Shot Episode about this project that we have been watching in development for years. One of our close colleagues moves from whiskey critic to whiskey producer. Four Gate is a very interesting partnership with Kelvin cooperage. These are unique products and currently only distributed in KY and TN. Please send us a splinter extraction tool if you have one after we reviewed some of these products. Man that’s lots of wood! Nice packaging from Broken Barrel. See ma, I can find something nice to say.  We taste and rate the whiskey from 1-5:
Four Gate Whiskey Company Batch 4 Split Stave SIPS – 2/5
Four Gate Whiskey Company Batch 1 The Kelvin Collaboration SIPS – 4/5
Broken Barrel Mizunara SIPS – 1/5
Broken Barrel The Cask of Amontillado SIPS – 2/5
Broken Barrel Isle of Peat SIPS – 1/5
info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.
Cary Ann is a Certified Specialist of Spirits, a spirits educator, and you can always find her blog at Straight Up 615: www.straightup615.com
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40 crus in a glass

40 crus in a glass
@RiasBaixasWines @PommeryOfficial #champagne #spanishwineCo hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Made Man Maury, Good ol Gal Denise, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – We take on all of the ineptitude to pronounce wines from Spain correctly. We cover most of the Pommery products and some select great white Spanish wines from Rias Baixas. Safety tip- Drinking wine does not help you pronounce non-native words any better, however it is more entertaining. We taste and rate the following wine from 1-5:
Castro Martin Family Estate 'Sobre Lias' 2017 – 100% Albariño grapes – 3 SIPS
 
Pazo Pondal – Mina Vida 2018 - 60% Albariño + 40% Treixadura from the Condado do Tea region – 3 SIPS
 
Pommery Brut Royal – Non Vintage – 12.5% ABV – 10g/l Dosage – 3 SIPS
 
Pommery Blanc de Blancs – Non Vintage - 100% Chardonnay 12.5% ABV – 7 g/l Dosage - average 3 -5 years – 3 SIPS
 
Pommery Cuvee Louise - 2004 – 60% Chardonnay 40% Pinot Noir - 12.5% ABV - 5g/l of dosage – 4 SIPS
 
Pommery Cuvee Louise Brut Nature - 2004 – Aged 10 years on the lees - no dosage added - A blend of 35% Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru village of Ay and 65% Chardonnay from the Grand Cru villages of Avize and Cramant. 12.5% ABV – 4 SIPS
 
Added to the Sips, Suds, & Smokes Lexicon™- Champagne Wench
info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.
This episode is sponsored by:
Fine Spirits
http://finespirits.net/
 
Fort Lauderdale Whiskey Societyhttp://www.ftlauderdalewhiskeysociety.com/
 
Made Man Bob and Made Man Bob are on work release from The Bourbon Mafia
http://bourbonmafia.org/
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Usually you should never cross the streams

Usually you should never cross the streams
@OrinSwift @EJGalloDigital @btownbourbon #wine #whiskey #bourbonCo hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Good ol Gal Denise, Made Man Maury, and Made Man BobSIPS  Episode – All those super cool wine labels that you always wondered what they tasted like. One of our favorite winemakers on US soil, Dave Phinney.  A full and complete renewal of our ban from Alabama with 4 min of jokes you would not tell your cousin/wife. We also get to discuss the new Bardstown Bourbon Co. release finished in The Prisoner. We taste and rate the following wine from 1-5:
Orin Swift Blank Stare 2018_– Sauvignon Blanc  30% Barrel-fermented in French oak, 55% New Oak 70% Fermented in stainless steel tanks – 15.5 % ABV– 3 SIPS
 
Orin Swift Mannequin 2017 – Chardonnay Aged in 35% new French oak sur lie for 8 months, 15% ABV – 3 SIPS
 
Orin Swift 8 Years in the Desert 2018– Blend of Zinfandel, Syrah, Petite Syrah, and Grenache, Aged for 8 months in French and American Oak, 37% New - 15.6% ABV –4 SIPS
 
Orin Swift Slander – 2018 - Pinot Noir -Aged for 10 months in French Oak, 42% new.  15.2% ABV. – 3 SIPS
 
Orin Swift Machete – 2017 – A blend of Petite Syrah, Syrah, Grenache, 12 months in French Oak, 38% new - 15.2% ABV– 4 SIPS
 
Orin Swift Palermo – 2017 - Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Aged for 12 months in French Oak, 38% new - 15.2% Alc/Vol – 4 SIPS
 
Bardstown Bourbon Company – The Prisoner Collaboration – 9 year old Tennessee Bourbon  – 100 Proof,
finished 18 months in The Prisoner, French Oak red wine barrels – 4 SIPS
 
info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.
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Best buy for a Tootsie Roll

Best buy for a Tootsie Roll
@foundersbrewing @BlackAbbeyBrew @HighlandBrews @CollectiveBrew @Reubensbrews @BreckBrew @Fullers @hoppinfrog @BellsBrewery @YazooBrew #beer #craftbeer #porterbeerCo hosts : Good ol Boy Caperton, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSUDS  Episode – Another episode in our price point series featuring Porter. You’ll get another primer on the difference between Stout and Porter. Caperton has way too much fun saying the word fuggles. We manage to bring all of this home to determine 5 great bang for the buck Porters that you can find widely available We taste and rate the following Porter style beers from 1-5:
Top 5
Porter 6.5% ABV Founders Brewing Company Grand Rapids, MI 12oz $1.74 $.15/oz SUDS-4
 
The Forty Four Porter 4.8% ABV The Black Abbey Brewing Company Nashville TN 12 oz $1.50 $.13/oz SUDS-4
Oatmeal Porter 5.9% ABV Highland Brewing Company Asheville NC 12oz $1.69 $.14/oz  SUDS-4
Stranger Than Fiction Porter 5.5% ABV English Porter Collective Arts Brewing Hamilton ON Canada 16 oz $1.79 $.11/oz  SUDS-4
Robust Porter – 5.9% ABV Reuben’s Brews Seattle Washington. 22oz $4.99 $0.23/oz SUDS-4
 
The Bottom 1
Vanilla Porter 5.4% ABV Breckenridge Brewery Littleton, CO 12 oz $1.69 $.14/oz SUDS-2
 
The Rest
London Porter 5.4% ABV Fuller’s Brewery London England  11.2 oz $2.49 $.22/oz SUDS-3
Infusion A: Peanut Butter Chocolate Coffee Porter 6.2% ABV Hoppin’ Frog Brewery Akron, OH 12oz $3.69 $.31/oz SUDS-3
Porter 5.6% ABV Bell’s Brewery Comstock, MI 12oz $1.69 $.14/oz SUDS-3
Sly Rye Porter 5.7% ABV Yazoo Brewing Company Nashville TN 12 oz $1.79 $.15/oz SUDS-3
 
*Of note – We did include the Blackstone St Charles Porter in this mix.  When we were tallying the results this one was one of the lowest rated.  Because of our love for Blackstone and knowing that it is such an award winning beer, we didn’t want to discuss how bad this batch was on air.
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So this is what happened after the Jäger

So this is what happened after the Jäger
@Pernod_Ricard @GiffardLiqueurs @MastJagerUK @maraska_zadar @unicumofficial @Angosturatt @straightup615 #amaro #amari #bitterliqueurCo hosts : Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Sparky, Good ol Gal CaryAnn, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSIPS  Episode – Another episode celebrating Amaro. On this episode we discuss amari from all over the globe. This is 1 of 4 episodes we have on amari. Sparky helped to demonstrate what a brain spasm would sound like on the radio. We help you come up with a re-gifting plan when you get one of these as a gift. We taste and rate the following Amari from 1-5:
Suze Bitter Élaboré À Partir De Gentianes Sauvages  20% ABV  Pernod-Ricard France  SIPS-2
 
Suze White Negroni cocktail
1 part Suze
1 part Lillet Blanc
1 part gin
 
Directly into an Old-Fashioned glass filled with ice cubes, pour in the Suze, add the Lillet and gin. Decorate with a zest of grapefruit.
Courtesy Suze website
https://www.suze.com/en/les-cocktails#The-classics
also on back of bottle
 
Bigallet China-China Amer 40% ABV Giffard France SIPS-3
 
China Fight cocktail
1.5 oz cognac
¾ oz China-China Amer
¼ oz elderflower liquor
Orange twist for zest
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, stir the cognac, China-China, and elderflower liqueur until chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with an orange twist.
 
Courtesy Aymeric Tortereau printed in Saveur online
https://www.saveur.com/china-fight-cocktail-recipe/
 
Jägermeister 35% ABV Mast-Jägermeister SE Germany SIPS-3
 
Jägermeiser Count Mast cocktail
1 oz Jägermeister
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Gin
Add above ingredients to an ice filled mixing glass.  Stir and pour into a frozen Coupette glass.  Garnish with lemon zest
 
Courtesy Jägermeister website: 
https://www.jagermeister.com/en-US/drinks/count-mast
 
Becherovka 38% ABV Jan Becher Karlovy Vary Czech Republic SIPS-3
 
Incredible Kenosha Hulk cocktail
2 ounces bourbon
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce Becherovka
Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and shake with ice.
Double strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with a lime wedge.
Courtesy Brian Bartels.   printed in Punch online magazine
https://punchdrink.com/recipes/the-incredible-kenosha-hulk/
 
Maraska Pelinkovac 28-35% ABV Maraska Distillery Croatia SIPS-3
It is served straight without mixers
 
Zwack 40% ABV Zwack Unicum Plc Budpest Hungary SIPS-4
 
Zwack-hattan cocktail
2oz rye
¾ oz Zwack
Dash Angostura bitters
 
Instructions: In a mixing glass with ice, combine 2 ounces of rye (we're using Rittenhouse, a good, stiff overproof rye) and 3/4 ounce Zwack. Add a dash of Angostura bitters. Stir until well-chilled, and then strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a big twist each of lemon peel—twisting over the surface of the drink to spray its citrus oils all over.
 
Courtesy Carey Jones and John D. McCarthy printed at Food and Wine online
https://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/drink/get-know-zwack-best-named-liquor-youve-never-heard
 
Amaro di Angostura 35% ABV Trinidad Distillers Ltd. SIPS-4
Banana daiquiri cocktail
.75 oz fresh lime juice
0.5 oz dark sugarcane syrup
1 oz Amaro di Angostura
2 oz Angostura 5 year old rum
1/2 ripe banana, thinly sliced (save two slices for garnish)
4 oz (1/2 cup) crushed ice
Pinch of cinnamon for the garnish
 
Put everything in a blender and blend at high speed for at least 30 sec, until smooth. Pour unstrained into a fancy glass with sugared rim and add more crushed ice to fill
Garnish with two thin banana slices, a tropical flower and some sprinkled cinnamon on top
Courtesy Helena Tiare Olsen from her blog A Mountain of Crushed Ice
 
http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?tag=amaro
 
 
Fernet Vallet Aperitif 35% ABV La Joya Del Agave Mexico SIPS-1
Obscuridad Verde
Ingredients
3/4 Oz Fernet Vallet
3/4 Oz Green Chartreuse
3/4 Oz Lime
3/4 Oz Simple Syrup
Put all of your ingredients into a shaker with into a chilled coupe glass generously rinsed with Mina Real Mezcal (1/4 Oz)
Courtesy Cory McCollow printed on Royal Vallet website
https://royalvallet.com/recipes/cocktail/
 
of note – we mentioned Underberg but did not rate it.  44% ABV Underberg AG Rheinberg Deutschland
 
info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.
Cary Ann is CSS certified and is always covering all things alcohol on her blog:
www.straightup615.com
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Feel warm at that price

Feel warm at that price
@jollypumpkin @WestbrookBeer @Boulevard_Beer @YeeHawBrewing @BraxtonBrewCo @3floyds @SamuelAdamsBeer @AveryBrewingCo @samsmithsbeer @BlackAbbeyBrew #beer #craftbeer Co hosts : Good ol Boy Caperton, Good ol Boy Kendall, Good ol Gal Julieanna, and Good ol Boy DaveSUDS  Episode – Another episode in our price point series featuring Winter Warmer style beers. A wide variety of winter releases and not all of that dark sticky clove laden style. Don’t get lost after hearing our discussion of balls out, the top, and the bottom. We taste and rate the following Winter Warmer beers from 1-5:
TOP 5
Noel de Calabaza Special Ale aged in oak barrels 9% ABV Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Dexter, MI $12.99   of note, it was blend 12 bottled 11-06-2012.  In 2014 it was $12.99 for the bomber.  $.48/oz  SUDS-5
Santa Claw Hazy Holiday IPA 7% ABV Westbrook Brewing Company Mt Pleasant, SC
              16 oz $4.89 $.31/oz SUDS-4
Nut Cracker Winter Warmer Ale 7.8% ABV Boulevard Brewing Company Kansas City, MO
              6 pack of 12oz beer $9.99 $.14/oz SUDS-4
Winter Porter 6% ABV Baltic inspired winter porter Yee-Haw Brewing Company Johnson
              City, TN  12 oz $1.79 $.15/oz SUDS-4
Jubilee Hoppy Holiday Extra IPA 8% ABV Braxton Brewing Company Covington KY
              12 oz $1.79 $.15/oz SUDS – 4
SPECIAL SURPRISE BEER FROM CAPERTON
Alpha Klaus – 6% ABV American xmas porter brewed with English chocolate malt, Mexican sugar and a ton of strange American hops 3 Floyds Brewing Munster, IN  SUDS-4
THE WORST
Cold Snap White ale 5.3% ABV Boston Beer Company Boston, MA 6 pack 12 oz $10.99
$.15/oz  SUDS-2
THE REST
Sweater Party Spiced Winter Warmer ale with Mulling Spices 8% ABV Avery Brewing Company Boulder, CO 12oz $1.99 $.17/oz  SUDS-3
30th Anniversary Winter Welcome Ale 6% ABV Samuel Smith Brewery Tadcaster, North Yorkshire England 11.3 oz $3.29 $.29/oz SUDS-3
Krampus Nacht Bock Beer 7% ABV The Black Abbey Brewing Company Nashville TN
12oz $1.50 $.13/oz SUDS-3
info@sipssudsandsmokes.com@sipssudssmokes (Yo, it recently changed with an “s”)Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf. Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.
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