Acquired Tastings

Dad pulls out of the archives the Seltzer episode that Josh and Jordan did in May of 2022.  They did Fruit Smash Pink Lemonade seltzer from New Belgium, and they cracked open the Strawberry Guava Topo Chico hard seltzer.  They discuss these seltzers and the flavor profiles.  Josh brings up how much he likes Sunboy Spiked Coconut water Seltzers.  This gave Dad the idea to revisit Sunboy since he had a recent trip to North C...

With Spring in the air and with some days even warmer than that, Josh and Dad are thinking Spring Cocktails.  Dad brings the Miami Vice; A frozen concoction of half Pina Colada and half Strawberry Daiquiri.  Josh as always thinks outside the box. He has a Peach mint Pisco Sour. Josh's recipe is 2 oz. Pisco, 1 oz lime juice, 3/4 oz peach syrup, with muddled mint leaves and an egg white.  Do a dry shake followed by a wet sha...

Josh is Back on the AT podcast!  Josh and Dad are doing Paso Robles' wines.  For Dad's wine he is doing Tooth & Nail's Destina Carbonic Grenache since he couldn't the Union Sacre's Chipie Carbonic Sangiovese that Josh brought.  For their food Dad brings a roasted chicken, and Prosciutto wrapped around mozzarella cheese. Josh has roasted chicken with pan gravy, parmesan and prosciutto.
They have red wines as well. Jo...

Dad pulls out of the Archives the Irish Beers Episode.  In this episode John and John explore some of the classic Irish beers. Josh cracks open Smithwick's Irish Red and serves up some classics, corned beef, Irish soda bread, and 5 cheese pizza. John pours the Irish favorite Guinness draft from a nito can. He pairs it with fish and chips, and Dubliner Irish cheddar with stout.
Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day 2024! Slaint...

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 gi...

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 ...

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 gr...

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 ...

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 ep...

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.
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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)....

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...

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 smok...

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...

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 na...

Dad does the Barbazzale Rossa wine. For his pairings he brings an artichoke Sicilian style, Tounarelli al nero di seppia (squid ink spaghetti) and Octopus pieces on a seaweed salad. Josh brings the Grillo from the winery Luna Gaia. For his pairings he brings speck, boursin cheese, a strawberry goat cheese and lastly he brings a pistachio-limoncello gelato.
 
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Dad and Josh drink beers that they like.  Josh brings from Shiner Brewing their Strawberry Blonde beer. For the food he wants to eat he brings; buttered popcorn spiced up with Gates rub, Big Orange Southwest burger that has shoestring onions. He also brought bresaola.  Dad brings Rochefort 10 for his beer.  For his sides he has baked camambert cheese with special unusual added ingredients;  His variation on Belgium style b...