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Who knew RTD's (ready to drink) could be high brow?   Well tune in cause we taste a bunch of them and banter about them too... settle in Drink 1: Decoy - Rose With Black Cherry Seltzer (1:00) Drink 2: Crown Royal - Washington Apple (5:15) Drink 3: Crafthouse - Paloma (9:15) Drink 4: Crafthouse - Smoky Margarita (14:15) Drink 5: On The Rocks - The Mai Tai (19:10) Drink 6: Jefferson’s - The Manhattan (29:00)

RTD's are all the rage right now, and we wanted to see what they are all about.  Join FOP's (friends of the podcast) Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace as we taste through a bunch of these beverages-  some good and some... well you will have to listen in to find out.  Settle in.... Drink 1: Truly Freeze Pops (2:12) Drink 2: Zing Zang Bloody Mary (13:00) Drink 3: Bacardi Lemon Lemonade (17:36) Drink 4: Bacardi Rum Punch (22:30) Drink 5: Kim Crawford Iced Tea Wine Spritz - Peach Flavor (25:00) Drink 6: Kim Crawford Iced Tea Wine Spritz - Lemon Flavor (26:45) Drink 7: Cayman Jack Margarita (28:30) Drink 8: Dogfish Head Distillery - Gin Crush Lemon & Lime (31:30) Drink 9: The Finnish Long Drink - Legend of 1952 Traditional Citrus (36:30) Drink 10: The Finnish Long Drink - Legend of 1952 Cranberry (39:00) Drink 11: Exile Vodka Soda - Elderflower Mixed Berry (45:00) Drink 12: Cantina Especial Tequila Soda - Ranch Water (48:50) Drink 13: Brickway - Raspberry Vodka Lemonade (53:30) Drink 14: Brickway - Midwest Mule (57:30) Drink 15: Mule 2.0 - Moscow Mule (1:00:00) Drink 16: Reed’s - Craft Ginger Mule (1:02:00)

We continue our fun and banter with guests Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace...... Drink 1: Guinness - Nitro Coffee Stout (2:30) Drink 2: Confluence Brewing - Currant Styles (8:30) Drink 3: Casey Brewing - Funky Blender Preserves Cherry (17:30) Drink 4: Wild Mines - Brain Fuzz (31:15)

We are once again joined with our FOP (friends of the podcast) Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace.  In this episode we are brown bagging it.  We all brought in our favorite beverages and we blind taste them before they are revealed to the group.  As always, you never know what rabbit holes we are going to go down, so join us for the fun and boozie banter..... Drink 1: Guinness (2:15) Drink 2: Chateau St. Jean - Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 (25:00) Drink 3: Torres 5 - Brandy - From Spain (30:00) Drink 4: Jefferson’s Reserve Pritchard Hills Cabernet Cask Finish - Whiskey (37:30) Drink 5: Bardstown Bourbon Company Fusion Series (46:10) Drink 6: Dareringer Rabbit Hole (57:30)

We change up our focus and try out some amazing single barrel Templeton rye with our buddy Tim.  Oh and we finish with a cocktail.... sounds about right. After Hours - Drink 1: Templeton Single Barrel Select Rye - Central City Liquors (2:15) Drink 2: Templeton Single Barrel (8:00) Drink 3: Templeton Single Barrel 10 Year (22:00) Drink 4: Dark and Stormy (32:00)

We kick off season three- part two (yup, we made it this far!) with our FOP (friends of the podcast) Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace, celebrating the much maligned grape varietal Merlot.  We kick it up with a beautiful wine from Bordeaux.  Settle in as we discuss this lovely grape and other beverages as we jump head first into our second part- season three.... You never know what is going to happen. Part 2 Drink 1: LaFleur Petrus 1998 Pomerol (3:30) Drink 2: Edge Brewing - Barrica #22 (23:00)

We kick off season three (yup, we made it this far!) with our FOP (friends of the podcast) Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace, celebrating the much maligned grape varietal Merlot.  Settle in as we discuss this lovely grape and other beverages as we jump head first into season three.... You never know what is going to happen. Part 1 Drink 1: Trappist Rochefort (1:30) Drink 2: Northstar Merlot 2013 (9:30) Drink 3: Decima Aurea 2011 (26:40)

Our fun with Tim Grimes continues with our after hours episode.  Things may go south.... but you will have to tune in to find out! Drink 1: Bourbon County 2016 (1:40) Drink 2: Pierre Guy - Le Vert Sapin (? 7-16?) Drink 3: Rolling River Spirits - Aquavit (22:00) Drink 4: Templeton - Oloroso (33:00)

Join regular FOP (Friend of the Podcast) Tim Grimes as we banter about our favorite beer, wine and spirit.  Great friends, great conversations and great beverages.... Happy Holidays all! Drink 1: Keg Creek - O’ Rourke Winter Ale (5:30) Drink 2: Hogan’s - Dry Cider (7:00) Drink 3: Domame Pral - Moulin-A-Vent (14:50) Drink 4: William Selyem - 2016 Pinot Noir (28:40) Drink 5: Chateau De Trinquevedel - 2020 Tavel (35:00) Drink 6: Hecks Somerset - Farmhouse Cider (50:50) Drink 7: Chaddsford Winery - Holiday Spirit (62:00) Drink 8: Grand Teton Brewing - 2016 Coming Home (72:00)

We get right to the good stuff- O! So good Drink 1: Caffe Amaro(3:15) Drink 2: Rieger’s Straight Rye Whiskey (23:00) Drink 3: Monogram Whiskey (32:30) Drink 4: Lustau Sherry (44:00)

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  We are not certain how we are already in October, but a chill is in the air and we have a lust for spirits in our hearts.  In our continuing effort to surround ourselves with people much smarter than us, we welcome Ryan Maybee into the studio.  Restauranteur, cocktail artist, modern Whiskey Baron and all around booze industry Renaissance Man, I’m hoping that he also responds well to flattery, because it’s our go-to move during interviews and the cocktails always taste better when they are made with a real smile.  (He’s handsome, too) Drink 1: Horse Feather (21:00) Drink 2: Negroni (50:30)

We finish our festivities with Mason with a couple more Madhouse classics as well as a canned wine.... Setttle in. After Hours Maui Wowie (5:00) El Jefe (14:50) JW Red (20:20)

We couldn't have Mason in and not talk beer, specifically Madhouse!  Join us as we banter about days gone by and drink some vintage beers from Madhouse.  Settle in..... Beer Satori Saison (0:30) A.M. Haze (10:50) VIP (17:10) Sundae Fundae (24:00)

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  The cool weather has us in the mood for a trip down memory lane, heavy with lacy mists and rich in the barrel deliciousness, followed by some conversations about Iowa wine production and what the future holds for wine in our own backyard.  Tonight's guest is Mason Groben, formerly the head brewer of the much loved Madhouse Brewing Company here in Des Moines, graduate of UC Davis Viticulture and Enology program, current winemaker at Jasper Winery and hopefully someone who doesn't mind a wiener joke here and there....  Settle in. Wine La Hop (1:30) JW White (13:20) JW Rose (17:30) JW Sangria (21:40) Bourbon Barrel - Red Blend Vanilla (29:10) Bourbon Barrel - Red Blend Coffee (35:30) Bourbon Barrel - Red Blend Blueberry (40:40)

We weren't ready to say goodbye to Oktoberfest just yet.  Join us as we continue our banter over a couple more German beers, Asbach (German Brandy) and some Berentzen pear liquor.  Prost!

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  The leaves are changing and Autumn has grabbed us by the hop cones, directing our desires towards that most delightful of seasonal beers; the Oktoberfest.  Malty deliciousness beckons and in our quest to have someone join us for German beer, we of course settled on a guy named Wallace.  Welcome back Jason.  Just remember, you signed the waiver. Tonight we blind taste four German Marzen style beers against four Iowa Marzens.  Here is the line-up- Tune in to see how we did.... Ayinger Oktober Fest Marzen Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen Weihenstephaner Festbier Hofbrau Oktoberfestbier Renunion: Marzen Kalona: Limber Legs Backpocket Hawktoberfest Confluence Oktoberfest

We reminisce about Firestone Walker and jump into a big beer from Untitled Art.   La Piccola - 1:00 Untitled Art: 6:30

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  We have returned from our summer hiatus, under house arrest in Tijuana for a totally non violent misunderstanding involving 3 dolphins, a couple of rodeo clowns and a satchel full of pixie sticks.  We can laugh about it... now.  Tonight's guest, Seth Groves from Pequod Distribution, is here to talk beer, beer festivals and all the new fangled stuff that people are somehow still calling "beer".  We are back in the saddle and totally addled. Let's get the fall episodes started shall we? Fest beer - 8:00 Bretta Rose - 15:40 Tibanna - 28:00 Elixir Fields - 40:00   Big Doinks - 58:00 Beer Dabbler - 27:00

After two hours of tasting through more than 8 wildly different gins, we take a turn to a blind gin tasting as well as a new release from Foundry Distilling Co. It gets a bit nuts, so join us for the banter.  Barton - 1:10 Aged Gin - 2:30 Foundry Furious Whiskey - 7:30

Welcome to the Boozie Banter Podcast.  As we enter the dog days of summer, Matt decided to declare war on his own body by allowing himself to get roped into a gin tasting.  Yes, in our ongoing series with Tim Grimes and Jason Wallace, we are tasting through a bunch of gins.  The spirit that is made from Juniper, numerous botanicals, grain, herbs and whatever is found on the sweaty undercarriage of a rent-a-cop at an English Renaissance Fair held in August- Settle in!  #artingstallsgin #Bigbottomdistillery #foundrydistilling #Copper&kings Artingstall’s - 1:30 Big Bottom - 10:00 Foundry Barrel Aged Gin - 23:00 Copper & Kings: Dragon Cat Single Cask - 31:30