The Thinking Drinkers Podcast

We finish the group stages in style with France, Germany, Portugal and Norn Iron.

Show Notes

Expect Muskateers, sausage, spinning doner kebabs, the plight of Portuguese passing and more.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7yX_5vHu0I&t=853s

Northern Ireland: Boatyard Gin, (46%, 70cl, £33.95, The Whisky Exchange) The Boatyard Distillery
Fabulous, family-owned ‘farm-to-bottle’ gin whose organic ingredients include “Sweet Gale”, foraged from the family bog in Fermanagh.

Portugal: Graham’s Blend No.5 (19%, 70cl, £21.25 The Whisky Exchange)
White Port and Tonic is the Summer’s coolest drink.
Grahams Port

France: Armagnac XO Domaine Tariquet, (40%, 70cl, £28, www.waitrose.com) Waitrose & Partners Armagnac Darroze 12 "Les Grands Assemblages" Armagnac Armagnac UK
Listen very carefully, because we will say this only once: Armagnac is amazing stuff. Great with ponky blue cheese.

Germany Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier. £2.61 from Beers of Europe
Weihenstephan A mixture of the modern and the monastic, it’s both the most advanced and oldest brewery in the world dating back to 1040.
https://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/search...


What is The Thinking Drinkers Podcast?

No matter what day of the year it is, there is always a compelling reason to enjoy a discerning drink. Responsibly of course.

This hilarious, eclectic and erudite elbow-bending adventure through the calendar reveals what you should be drinking this week - and a fascinating and compelling reason to drink it.

Hosts Ben McFarland & Tom Sandham, aka The Thinking Drinkers, have deftly decanted 40 years of unwavering dedication to awesome alcohol into a podcast that will broaden your booze horizons and make you seem even more interesting than you already are.

Steeped in eccentric events, fascinating facts and with all the cocktail recipes and recommendations a thirsty gastronome requires, this pod arms people with essential, some would say useless, anecdotal ammunition with which to impress your mates over a drink...or two.