Drowning the Shamrock

about a Pleasure Cruise Gone Wrong

Our fourth episode is a drunken sailor story about a party cruise that went wrong in the 12th century.  Drink along with the tragic tale of the White ship with your drunken tour guide Melissa, our liquor specialist Sam and special guest Clare, who shares her drinking story about why she doesn’t drink gin anymore, and the do’s and don’ts of pleasure cruising   Do you have a drinking story to share? Email Adrinkingstory@gmail.com [Adrinkingstory@gmail.com]   Drinks are meant to be social, so Follow us on Facebook,  [https://www.facebook.com/adrinkingstory/]Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/adrinkingstory/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/adrinkingstory], and Tumbler [https://adrinkingstory.tumblr.com/] at @adrinkingstory Adrinkingstorypodcast.com [http://adrinkingstory.com/] Intro Music by Larry and His Flask  [http://www.larryandhisflask.com/]

Getting the Voters Drunk

Our third episode, and our umpteenth drink.  This week Melissa has a drinking story about when the early American elections were about “Swilling the Planters with Bumbo” aka getting the voters drunk on Rum punch.  George Washington won his first elected office by providing the biggest bar tab, so Sam talks about Washington’s Distillery, the history of Maryland Whiskey, and colonial punches. This week, Mike Carter of Annapolis & Baltimore Tours and Crawls joins us, and we are drinking Journeyman Not a King Whiskey, and Colonial Bumbo.   Got a drinking story you want to share? Email Adrinkingstory@gmail.com [Adrinkingstory@gmail.com]   Drinks are meant to be social, so Follow us on Facebook,  [https://www.facebook.com/adrinkingstory/]Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/adrinkingstory/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/adrinkingstory], and Tumbler [https://adrinkingstory.tumblr.com/] at @adrinkingstory Adrinkingstorypodcast.com [http://adrinkingstory.com/]

The Monks who drank only beer for Lent

Our second episode!  This week Melissa has a Drunk Monk story, and Sam introduces us to Bock and Doppelbock beers.  In studio guest, is Jake from Harvest Wood Grill + Tap [https://www.harvestwoodgrill.com/], who shares a drinking story about Everclear.  The drunk term of the week is “Lordly” or “Drunk as a Lord” and we are drinking Victory Brewing company's White Monkey [https://www.victorybeer.com/news/victory-golden-monkey-evolves/] Belgian Tripel style beer, Ayinger’s Celebrator Doppelbock Beer [https://www.ayinger.de/cms/index.php/startpage.html], and Paulaner’s Salvator Doppelbock [https://www.paulaner.com/our-products/salvator/].     Got a drinking story you want to share? Email Adrinkingstory@gmail.com [Adrinkingstory@gmail.com]   Drinks are meant to be social, so Follow us on Facebook,  [https://www.facebook.com/adrinkingstory/]Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/adrinkingstory/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/adrinkingstory], and Tumbler [https://adrinkingstory.tumblr.com/] at @adrinkingstory Adrinkingstorypodcast.com [http://adrinkingstory.com/] Music by Larry and His Flask  [http://www.larryandhisflask.com/]   Footnotes:  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/these-17th-century-monks-did-a-beer-fast-for-lent-90886 [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/these-17th-century-monks-did-a-beer-fast-for-lent-90886]   http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/25/my-take-what-i-learned-from-my-46-day-beer-only-fast/ [http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/25/my-take-what-i-learned-from-my-46-day-beer-only-fast/] https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Part-Time-Monk-J-Wilson/dp/193700452X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323130214&sr=1-1 [https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Part-Time-Monk-J-Wilson/dp/193700452X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323130214&sr=1-1] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/17/251959392/is-a-500-year-old-german-beer-law-heritage-worth-honoring [https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/17/251959392/is-a-500-year-old-german-beer-law-heritage-worth-honoring] http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/25/my-take-what-i-learned-from-my-46-day-beer-only-fast/ [http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/25/my-take-what-i-learned-from-my-46-day-beer-only-fast/] https://tempestinatankard.com/2017/05/31/how-paulaners-salvator-doppelbock-got-its-name/ [https://tempestinatankard.com/2017/05/31/how-paulaners-salvator-doppelbock-got-its-name/] https://www.paulaner.com/our-products/salvator/ [https://www.paulaner.com/our-products/salvator/] https://www.drinkingpantspageant.com/winners [https://www.drinkingpantspageant.com/winners] https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-munich-starkbier-fest/ [https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-munich-starkbier-fest/]

Drowning the Shamrock

This is our first episode, and in honor of St Patrick’s day, Melissa tells the Irish drinking legend about “Drowning the Shamrock” that explains why we drink on March 17.  She also shares the history of parades on St. Patrick’s Day, and you will be surprised to hear who has the oldest.  Co-Host Sam Huston addresses the Catholic whiskey vs Protestant whiskey debate and shares his drinking story from spending St Patrick’s day in Dublin.  For our first guest, Sam Graham, of the Drunkard United Football Show [http://thedufootballshow.libsyn.com/], joins us and tells his drinking story about the time he was late to a party and decided to double up on shots to catch up to everyone else and …. well...  listen to hear how he ended up. The drunk term of the week is “Making Virginia Fence” and everyone is sipping on Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey. [https://www.glendaloughdistillery.com/whiskey]     Got a drinking story you want to share? Email Adrinkingstory@gmail.com [Adrinkingstory@gmail.com]   Drinks are meant to be social, so Follow us on Facebook,  [https://www.facebook.com/adrinkingstory/]Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/adrinkingstory/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/adrinkingstory], and Tumbler [https://adrinkingstory.tumblr.com/] at @adrinkingstory   Adrinkingstorypodcast.com [http://adrinkingstorypodcast.com/]   Music by Larry and His Flask  [http://www.larryandhisflask.com/]

A Drinking Story - Preview

A podcast about when drunk people made history, and what they were drinking when they did.   Melissa tells the historical drinking story, and Sam has the backstory on the booze. First Episode launches March 15, so subscribe and make A Drinking Story your new favorite podcast.   Adrinkingstorypodcast.com [http://adrinkingstory.com/] Follow us on Facebook,  [https://www.facebook.com/adrinkingstory/]Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/adrinkingstory/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/adrinkingstory], and Tumbler [https://adrinkingstory.tumblr.com/] at @adrinkingstory   Got a drinking story you want to share? Email Adrinkingstory@gmail.com [Adrinkingstory@gmail.com]   Barleywine Bump 2013 used with permission Larry and His Flask  [http://www.larryandhisflask.com/]