Jun 30, 2023
It’s another Whiskey Hotline episode! Bruce Joseph is the master distiller at Hotaling & Company, formerly Anchor Brewing & Distilling. Hotaling is best known for their Old Potrero ryes.
Bruce started working at Anchor Brewing straight out of college in 1980. He was a brewer for 13 years until they got licensed to...
Jun 23, 2023
How did an outwardly Italian man end up in Eugene, Oregon making amaro? This week we’re talking to Andrea Loreto, co-founder of Elixir Spirits about his journey to making botanical liqueurs in the Pacific Northwest.
Andrea’s love of cooking led him to discover liqueur recipes in his grandmother’s cookbook. After...
Jun 16, 2023
It’s summer, the perfect time to drink hot coffee and barrel-aged coffee stouts, right? This is part three of Roger’s coffee beer trilogy. This time, we’re trying four classic coffee beers that have stood the test of time. Roger still loves tea, but he has gotten really into coffee even if he doesn’t like the...
Jun 9, 2023
A few weeks ago, Roger had us trying different beers out of different glasses. It was an enlightening experience and inspired Pat to do a similar episode with various spirits in three different glasses, along with a control plastic tumbler.
The Spirits:
Jun 2, 2023
Roger is always reliable for predicting the latest trends in beer and beer-adjacent drinks, having previously predicted Ranch Water and Long Drink. Now, declaring this will be the Summer of Chelada. Micheladas have already been popular for a while, but now cheladas are all the rage.
We’re going to try a...