Acquired Tastings

One of Dad's favorites from the Archives "Smoke in a Glass".
Josh and John capture smoke in their glasses and taste a Mezcal and an Islay scotch. Josh brings the Del Maguey Vida Mezcal. He pairs a brisket taco with goat cheese and sweet palmiers with a cherry sauce. John stays in Scotland and travel to the island of Islay and brings Laphroaig 10 year old single malt scotch. To taste along side of this scotch he has smoked salmon, seared lamb and dark chocolate truffles. Grab a glass and come along.

Marie brings Ports to Arkansas so Dad and she can enjoy a tasting and food pairing with them! She does the Churchill dry white Port. She brings some Portuguese sardine pate, fig sausage, and an herb goat cheese. Dad does the Churchill Reserve Port. He brings stinky cheese to the table. He brings Humboldt fog and blue Stilton. The house provides chocolate brownies. Marie and Dad have a great time sipping and tasting. Marie tells about her adventures in Portugal. Marie also gives advice for travelers going to Portugal and Spain. They also explain the difference between wine, fortified wines and Ports.
Cheers!

Marie brings Ports to Arkansas so Dad and she can enjoy a tasting and food pairing with them! She does the Churchill dry white Port. She brings some Portuguese sardine pate, fig sausage, and an herb goat cheese. Dad does the Churchill Reserve Port. He brings stinky cheese to the table. He brings Humboldt fog and blue Stilton. The house provides chocolate brownies. Marie and Dad have a great time sipping and tasting. Marie tells about her adventures in Portugal. Marie also gives advice for travelers going to Portugal and Spain. They also explain the difference between wine, fortified wines and Ports.
Cheers!

Dad pulls out an AT Episode from the archives. It's a beer week, specifically when Josh becomes a BeerVenger. The BeerVenger podcast is one of our favorites and a sister to us. We provided them some Lost Forty Nighty Night for their podcast enjoyment. They in turn invited Josh to be on their podcast. Josh tells his Origin story and tells about his special tasting abilities. As a BeerVenger you receive a super hero name. He wasn't named in this episode but was later named Dos Uber Taster!
Cheers! I hope you enjoy this AT Episode. Please stay tuned!

Josh is settling in his new home in Montana and Dad is recuperating from his knee surgery. It's officially summer 2023 so let's get to grilling. For this AT episode Dad pulls the previous recorded episode "Beers for Grilling".
I hope you enjoy!

Dad does the Barbazzale Rossa wine. For his pairings he brings an artichoke Sicilian style, Tounarelli al nero di seppia (squid ink spaghetti) and Octopus pieces on a seaweed salad. Josh brings the Grillo from the winery Luna Gaia. For his pairings he brings speck, boursin cheese, a strawberry goat cheese and lastly he brings a pistachio-limoncello gelato.

THE BOYS ANNOUNCE DAD'S UPCOMING KNEE SURGERY AND JOSH'S MOVE TO MONTANA TO BE A MANAGER OF THE HAWTHORN BOTTLE SHOP & TASTING ROOM IN HELENA. IT MAY BE A FEW WEEKS BUT PLEASE STAY TUNED AS WE REVAMP THE SHOW.

The Boys record on Cinco De Mayo so they do Tequila! Dad does the1800 Reposado tequila. His pairings are Chimichanga, Burrito, Ro-Tel cheese dip and of course black beans. Josh brings La Gran Senora Anejo tequila. His pairings are white cheese dip, beef nostos, and birria tocos.

Dad and Josh drink beers that they like. Josh brings from Shiner Brewing their Strawberry Blonde beer. For the food he wants to eat he brings; buttered popcorn spiced up with Gates rub, Big Orange Southwest burger that has shoestring onions. He also brought bresaola. Dad brings Rochefort 10 for his beer. For his sides he has baked camambert cheese with special unusual added ingredients; His variation on Belgium style beef stew (Carbonnade) and French Fries with mayonnaise, Belgium style.

Josh and Dad sip Italian white wine for this episode in preparation of his upcoming trip to Italy. Dad brings Soave from Tenuta Santa Maria; Gaetano Bertani's family Vineyard. This is a DOC wine. For his snacks he has Laughing Cow cheese, Lean Cuisine's Chicken Fettucine and Lemon Meringue pie. Josh has from the producer, Luna Gaia in Sicilia; Mandricardo Catarrato. This a IGP wine. For his sides he has a lemon garlic squid ink pasta and Chocolate chip cannoli.

Josh and Dad do smoked Cocktails! Not to be confused with "smoke in the glass". Dad does his original smoked Old Fashioned. Dad for his early birthday bought a glass top smoker for cocktails. It uses a butane torch which used different woods to smoke your cocktails. He patterned his old Fashioned from Steve-O Shepard's Old Fashioned. He used oak wood to smoke his cocktail. Josh does a smoked pear and apple martini! He started by infusing only one element. He infused applewood smoke into white vermouth that he had added crushed apples into the vermouth . He used Contratto Bianco Vermouth. When it was time to build the cocktail he added the infused ingredients into pear vodka. They talk about the different methods and the different woods you could use for the different possible cocktails.

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