Give It A Shot – Green Flash Brewing Saison Diego

With the Summer heat still hitting us here in the southwest, what could be better than a delicious, well crafted Saison? To be perfectly honest it doesn’t matter what your answer is because at the tasting table today is the Saison Diego from Green Flash Brewing. This is only the second beer that…

ByAboutBeveragesSeptember 19, 20130Comments

Give It A Shot Podcast Rum Video

Give It A Shot – Four Rums from Saint Lucia Distillers

Recently Keith and his family took a vacation to the Caribbean or more specifically the island of Saint Lucia. Like most people, when I think of that particular island chain one thing immediately comes to mind; Jack Sparrow. A close second to that is rum. Apparently the latter is also what came…

ByAboutBeveragesSeptember 5, 20130Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Video

Give It A Shot – Rough Draft Brewing Eraser IPA

The word eraser brings three things to mind: The opposite end of a pencil that fixes mistakes, an average Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, and an amazing mostly instrumental song by Nine Inch Nails. Now we have a fourth option or if it’s good enough, maybe it will make us forget one of the other…

ByAboutBeveragesAugust 29, 20130Comments

Bourbon Give It A Shot Podcast Recipes Scotch Video

Give It A Shot – Burly Gentlemen Whiskey Mixed Drink

The Burly Gentlemen. These two words when put together simply cry out to be the name of a mixed drink. Not just any mixed drink mind you. A blended concoction that is sweet, smooth and delicious while also giving you a stern smoky kick that lets you know it’s business time! …

ByAboutBeveragesAugust 22, 20130Comments

Give It A Shot Podcast Recipes Tequila Video

Give It A Shot – Lovely Rita Tequila Mixed Drink

Tequila can be an amazing spirit on it’s own, but when paired with a few of its flavorful friends is when the magic truly happens. The mix drink we have at the tasting table today was created out of necessity and curiosity. During one of our family get-togethers Keith was craving the refreshment…

ByAboutBeveragesAugust 15, 20130Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Video

Give It A Shot – Santa Fe Brewing Happy Camper IPA

Another week brings us another beer in a can. Not only is it two weeks in a row for can beers, it’s also back to back weeks for Santa Fe Brewing. Their Happy Camper IPA is available year round and comes in at 6.6% on the ABV scale. Confidence in your craft…

ByAboutBeveragesAugust 8, 20130Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Video

Give It A Shot – Santa Fe Brewing Saison 88

We figured what better way to kick off bringing new content back to the site after a two week hiatus than to crack open an anniversary beer. It’s the 25th Anniversary beer from Santa Fe Brewing called Saison 88. We had two reactions when we heard about this beer: “An anniversary saison…

ByAboutBeveragesAugust 1, 20130Comments

Coffee Give It A Shot Podcast

It Came From the Archives! Episode 1: Brewing Coffee Through a French Press

This show originally aired February 24th 2009. It was the very first audio recording we ever did for the site. You can definitely tell how far we’ve come in production value alone. We hope. In the first episode we will be giving you a little information about us and helping you…

ByAboutBeveragesJuly 19, 20130Comments

Give It A Shot Podcast Tea

It Came From the Archives! Episode 5: Iced Tea

This show originally aired on May 26th of 2009. With the intense Summer heat still beating down on us, what better time then to make some refreshing iced tea! In this episode we read some listener email and talk about why sun tea may not be the safest way to brew tea. …

ByAboutBeveragesJuly 17, 20130Comments

Beer Give It A Shot Podcast Video

Give It A Shot – Rough Draft Hop Therapy Double IPA

Today we have not only a new beer at the tasting table, but also a new brewery to go along with it. We decided to double down on our IPA quotient and try the Hop Therapy Double IPA from Rough Draft Brewing. We normally don’t do this, but to give you an idea…

ByAboutBeveragesJuly 11, 20130Comments

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