The Thinking Drinkers Podcast

In Group C of we taste drinks from Holland, Iceland, Austria & Ukraine. We also discuss the clap, SharonStone and her Dutch Wink, massive pianists and funny looking pickles.

Show Notes


You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/efWot9teT5U

Netherlands: Kompaan Bier “Hand Langer Double IPA (8.2%, 33cl, £3.39, www.beerwulf.com)
Hailing from the Hague, this Dutch Double IPA from the very cool Kompaan brewery was voted the greatest in its style at the 2019 World Beer Awards. Beerwulf.com

Iceland: Reyka Vodka (40%, 70cl, £22 Tesco.com)
The top geysers turn up with this tasty volcanic vodka distilled using pure water that filters through 4,000-year-old lava rocks. And at 22 quid, the price is not be Björked at.

Ukraine: Dima's Vodka (40%, 70cl, £35 Dimasvodka.com)
A hat-trick of organic grains (Rye, wheat and barley) is used to make this velvet smooth vodka from Zhytomyr. Drink with a gherkin. Budmo!
https://dimas-vodka.myshopify.com/

Austria: Stiegl Grapefruit Radler (2%, 50cl, £1.83, www.beersofeurope.co.uk)
A quality ‘quencher’ from Austria, a naturally cloudy ‘shandy’ made with real grapefruit juice and Stiegl Goldbrau lager with an ABV of just 2%. ＥＵＲＯＢＯＯＺＥＲ Stiegl Beers of Europe

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.