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From the Archives at the end of January 2024 Dad brings out this Non-Alcohol Episode.... At the start of "Dry February" Dad and Josh decide to do a special cocktail episode. In this episode they both make non-alcoholic cocktails. Dad uses the Ritual 0 Proof Rum Alternative to make a Dark and Stormy. Josh make 2 different cocktails with the Seedlip Grove 42. First he makes a classics egg white sour and then a Seedlip and ginger beer. They really enjoy these NA cocktails.   They enjoy cocktail ritual of the making and this NA cocktail show.

Dad and Josh are joined by Anne Marie for New Year's Eve wines. Josh's Champagne was Pierre Gimonnet Blanc de Blanc.  Josh brings popcorn with two different sauces. One sauce was a Sichuan Chili crisp and the other was Zhong sauce.  Both were made by Fly By Jing.  He also brings Duckham, and Porchetta di Parma. Dad brings the J. Lassalle Premier Cru Champaign.  His sides were planned to match a New Year's Eve or Christmas meal.  He brings Prime Rib, steamed Broccoli and a simple baked potato.  Marie brings Chandon Brut sparkling wine.  For her sides she brings an amazing cheese, garlic bread,  cheese mushroom caps and Ferrero Rocher chocolate cups.  She tells about her special connection with Chandon wines on three continents.  They have a great time sipping and snacking! Dad again gets all "heated up" and has to figure out how to put the fire out.

From the Archives; Dad and Josh enjoy Christmas Beers.  Dad brings the Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh hop IPA.  Dad shares some baked brie with chestnut honey, blueberry coffee compote, green bean bundles, and gingerbread cookies. Josh pours the Delirium Noel from Belgium. His pairings are Murrays Maxx Extra aged cheese, sausage rolls, and braised short ribs. They have a great time getting into the season.  They have a great time talking about Christmas and sipping their beers and eating their Holiday snacks.Hope you enjoy this Episode from the Archives.  Cheers!  

Josh, Marie and Dad enjoy Thanksgiving food with their different wines to pair.  At the end each have a cocktail as well.  It was a fun time! For Josh's wine he brings the Brut Rose Reserve from Loimer. Dad couldn't find that Rose so he brought a can of Underwood Brut Rose'. Marie couldn't find it either so she has Le Grand Noir Brut Sparkling Rose' for her wine. For Josh's food he has thick sliced oven roasted turkey from the deli; layered cheese leek organon; fruit cup size sausage dressing. He also had fresh cranberries cooked down with white and brown sugar, orange peel and whole orange juice, with a splash of balsamic vinegar. Josh had a strawberry cream cheese cake in honor of his upcoming birthday paired with a straight pour of Probitas blended White Rum from Barbados.   Dad has for his food; stove top stuffing enhanced with special herbs; whole cranberry sauce with walnuts and orange peal; he also has a smoked sweet potato with a maple syrup compound butter. For his wine he brings Decoy 2021 Merlot. Marie had the Decoy 2019 Merlot. Josh couldn't find it so he had a 2014 Sent DeYoung Gran Cru from LaGrande instead. Dad's desert was an Juicy Apple Bourbon cocktail paired with an caramel apple blossom. Marie's wine is Imagery's Cabernet Sauvignon. Dad couldn't find this wine either so he bought a four pack of Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon. Josh couldn't either so he has Chateau de Grandeur French red.  Marie's food consisted of; frozen cranberries cooked down with sugar with orange and lemon zest; traditional sage stove top dressing; sweet potato with home grown rosemary thyme and sage. Marie had an Apple Cocktail. It uses Josephine's Montana Rye, Chrystal Ridge Apple pie moonshine from Hot Springs Arkansas, and Shmallow Hotel Tango Bourbon from Indiana.  That makes it a little bit of all of us! WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS THANKSGIVING PODCAST AS MUCH AS WE ENJOYED MAKING IT FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE! CHEERS!   

Josh and Dad Celebrate the third year of the Acquired Tastings Podcast with cocktails!  Josh celebrates with a Fall Smash that he created.  Dad celebrates with a Champaign Cocktail.  They talk about the origin of these different drinks.  Dad and Josh discuss some of the AT podcast statistics. They enjoy their cocktails and riminess about the Acquired Tastings journey.  We are glad that so many of you have downloaded our episodes and enjoyed the different wine or beer or liquors with the food pairings with us. You might be talked about in this episode if you are a known listener or have been on the show. Keep listening!Cheers!

In this Episode from the archives Dad and Josh drink Octoberfest beers.  Dad brings the local beer from Lost Forty called Hunter and Josh brings a German beer called Ayinger Oktoberfest. The boys have a great time sipping these Mazen beers and snacking on their food.  Dad brings traditional German food.  Josh brings an array of non-standard German food to try as pairings.Join Josh and Dad for Cocktails on the Oct. 19th AT Episode for their third year Celebration of Acquired Tastings!

Dad and Marie do a remote podcast where they taste the same wines and have the same food prepared.  Marie brings the Ostatu Blanco.  Dad could not get that specific wine in Arkansas so he brings a similar Spanish wine; the Campo Viego "The Vibrant Blend".  They both have a medley of Spanish cheeses from Trader Joe's.  The medley includes Iberico (Sheep, goat and cows milk),  Cabra (Goats milk), and Manchego (Sheep's milk).  Both also bring Spanish red rice augmented with their own version of mushrooms.  They both also brought Pan Con Tomato.  Each had a different variation of their Spanish tomato bread, that they discuss.  Dad brings today the Marques De Caceres Crianza 2018 and Marie has the same wine except it is the Reserve 2017. Listen closely for the story why these wines are different.Cheers!  BTW Acquired Tastings has 14,262 downloads as of this recording date! THANKS TO ALL OF YOU; LISTENERS!

From the Archives, Josh and Dad do Event Cocktails. They enjoy the Wimbledon and the US open tennis signature cocktails. Josh brought his version of the Honey Deuce (without the honeydew melon balls) and called it the Love Deuce!   Instead of using Grey Goose Vodka, Josh premiers Delta Dirt Distillery Sweet Blend Vodka.  It is a Black owned sweet potato vodka with deep roots from Helena Arkansas.  Dad brings the Pimm's Cup; the Wimbledon signature cocktail.  He has a good friend that turned him on to the Pimm's Cup.  His friend Nancy Keith allowed him to tell her first experience of the Pimm's Cup.  Her husband was an Ensign on the USS Stickell, DD888.  There was a lawn party in Thurso, Scotland that served Pimm's Cup and Date nut cream sandwiches.  Thanks to Nancy, John had Date nut cream sandwiches and Cucumber sandwiches to share.  He also had strawberries with whipped cream just like at Wimbledon.  I hope you enjoy this episode from the Archives.  Make yourself one of these cocktails and enjoy! 

One of Dad's favorites from the Archives "Smoke in a Glass".Josh and John capture smoke in their glasses and taste a Mezcal and an Islay scotch. Josh brings the Del Maguey Vida Mezcal. He pairs a brisket taco with goat cheese and sweet palmiers with a cherry sauce. John stays in Scotland and travel to the island of Islay and brings Laphroaig 10 year old single malt scotch. To taste along side of this scotch he has smoked salmon, seared lamb and dark chocolate truffles. Grab a glass and come along.

Marie brings Ports to Arkansas so Dad and she can enjoy a tasting and food pairing with  them!  She does the  Churchill dry white Port.  She brings some Portuguese sardine pate, fig sausage, and an herb goat cheese.  Dad does the Churchill Reserve Port.  He brings stinky cheese to the table.  He brings Humboldt fog and blue Stilton.  The house provides chocolate brownies. Marie and Dad have a great time sipping and tasting.   Marie tells about her adventures in Portugal.  Marie also gives advice for travelers going to Portugal and Spain. They also explain the difference between wine, fortified wines and Ports.Cheers!

Dad pulls out an AT Episode from the archives.  It's a beer week, specifically when Josh becomes a BeerVenger.  The BeerVenger podcast is one of our favorites and a sister to us.  We provided them some Lost Forty Nighty Night for their podcast enjoyment.  They in turn invited Josh to be on their podcast.  Josh tells his Origin story and tells about his special tasting abilities.  As a BeerVenger you receive a super hero name.  He wasn't named in this episode but was later named Dos Uber Taster!Cheers! I hope you enjoy this AT Episode.  Please stay tuned!

Josh is settling in his new home in Montana and Dad is recuperating from his knee surgery.  It's officially summer 2023 so let's get to grilling.  For this AT episode Dad pulls the previous recorded episode "Beers for Grilling".I hope you enjoy!