Boozie Banter

We take a break from Mead and try out a new beer that arrived from Church Street.... settle in.

Mead is the focus of this episode as Matt and Bryan are joined by beer afficionado Jonathan. They pair this ancient style of booze with their modern proclivity for booziness as they taste mead from some of the most renowned producers in the US. #edenciders #boilerbrewing #moonlightmeadery #schrammsmeadery #eviltwinbrewing

Bee Flustered - 3:40

Eden Ciders: Bee Flustered (2014 Harvest)
Limited Edition Heirloom Blend ice cider aged in Superstition Meadery cherry mead rye whiskey barrels

METHOD: Naturally cold-concentrated before fermentation in our Vermont winter weather. Arrested fermentation leaves residual sweetness. Ice cider made from heirloom apple varieties and aged 6 months in 2 barrels from Superstition Meadery - originally rye whiskey barrels that they used to aged their cherry mead.

APPLE VARIETIES: Esopus Spitzenberg, Calville Blanc, Hudson's Golden Gem, Roxbury Russet, Blue Pearmain, Baldwin, Mcintosh, Empire, Ashmead's Kernel, Black Oxford, Reine de Reinette, Orleans

TASTING NOTES: Tart cherry, baking spice, oloroso

Meadow Foam - 11:10

Boiler Brewing: Meadow Foam

Meadowfoam is a wildflower native to the Pacific Northwest whose flowers resemble foam in the ocean. But more importantly, the bees that feed from it create a rare honey that tastes like Marshmallow and Vanilla. So, we present to you Meadowfoam Mead! Three ingredients: Meadowfoam Honey, yeast, and water. The result is mead that is sweet and decadent with a Vanilla and Marshmallow character; perfect for your inner Marshmallow character!

Cherry Decadent - 18:30

Moonlight Meadery: Cherry Decadent

Cherry melomel that rested on a bed of roasted cacao. Over a lb of roasted cacao per gallon.

Marionberry - 30:00

Schramm’s: Marionberry

Marionberry is a melomel made purely from Willamette Valley Marion Blackberries. Like our ‘Blackberry’, Marionberry has a full, natural fruit acidity that is balanced by premium Orange Blossom honey sweetness to create an extremely flavorful mead. Very dark in color, the Marionberries provide a jammy, juicy fruit-forward character. This mead has great aging potential for many years, though it’s pure fresh fruit character may make it difficult to leave alone for long.

Marionberry: blackberry developed by the USDA ARS breeding program in cooperation with Oregon State University. A cross between the 'Chehalem' and 'Olallie' varieties. It is the most common form of blackberry cultivated and accounts for over half of all blackberries produced in Oregon.

Red, Black and Blue Bomb - 36:40

Boiler Brewing: Red, Black & Blue Bomb

Red Raspberry, Black Raspberry, and Blueberry.

Pre-game = Evil Twin, Raspberry Jelly Donut Even More Jesus.

It's late so why not continue the banter with a bit more rum to finish off the evening. We never know what is going to happen during our after hours episodes and this one seems to be no different....

Eastside Distillery Below Deck Coffee Rum

Havana Club

We welcome back our FOP (friends of the podcast) Tim Grimes #templetonrye and Jason Wallace #merchantduvin for part two of our banter and continue the rum journey with four more rums- Pirate jokes are welcome....

The tasting order-

Breckenridge Spiced Rum

Breckenridge Spiced Rum Single Barrel

Zaya

Barrell Distilling: Private Release Rum B905

We welcome back our FOP (friends of the podcast) Tim Grimes #templetonrye and Jason Wallace #merchantduvin, and spend some time in a couple rum bottles. Pirate jokes are welcome....

The tasting order-

Appleton

Kirk & Sweeney

Plantation 5

Plantation XO

So we decided to try an apple wine tonight.... bad idea, but it did make for a nice mixer with the bourbon so all was not lost.

:30 After Intro

1:00 - Apple Wine

6:00 - 4 Roses

We drink our favorite beverage tonight.... Roses, perfect for spring, summer or just hanging out on the patio.... Settle in

Drink 1: 3:00

Drink 2: 11:30

Drink 3: 22:45

Drink 4: 41:00

2017 Barrel Select Reserve Pinot Noir - 4

2016 cab sauv - 12:30

American Red Table Wine - 23

Jameson - 31

We welcome Brett Huggins of Eola Hills Wine Cellars to the podcast. We talk Oregon wine, his family winery, gleaning, moving to the Midwest and taste 8 wines from their expansive portfolio.

2019 sauv blanc - 4ish

2019 Pinot gris - 16:40

2019 Riesling - 25:40

Oregon table wine rose - 35:30

2017 Chardonnay - 43:40

2017 Pinot noir - 51:30

The fun continues as we progress into a wee bit of Jameson- Slainte