Journey with Tim and Eleri to the dawn of civilisation for a piss-up, Assyrian style. Follow along with images from the British Museum collection in the show notes.
Episode 34: Prague and Pilsner (or "Czech yourself before you wreck yourself")
P..p..p..pick up a Pilsner and listen to boozy musings about brewing in Czechia, with occasional tourists Tim and Eleri.
Episode 33: Drunk Words (or "Soused, sozzled, and sh!tfaced")
In this special episode, we encourage you to expand your vocabulary. Like if you went on a bender with Suzi Dent.
Episode 32: Dionysus/Bacchus - Part Two
Continuing their exploration of the wino-deity, Eleri and Tim chat about the dramatic side of Dionysus.
Episode 31: Dionysus/Bacchus - Part One
All hail the god of wine! In the first of a two-parter Tim and Eleri go Greek and step into the Bacchanal.
Episode 30: Sake (or "Rice, rice, baby")
For **** sake, it’s another episode. Eleri and Tim chin it and chat about Japanese rice wine, or is it rice beer?
Episode 29: Pub Crawl (or "A smashing time with Karl Marx")
Staggering from one fact to the next, Tim and Eleri explore well-known pub crawls, and a couple of dubious ones.
Episode 28: Russian Vodka (or "Don't order the Molotov cocktail")
Tim and Eleri attempt to overcome their dislike of vodka by learning all about its Russian history and customs. За здоровье!
Episode 27: Pub Quiz Special
To honour one year of drinks trivia and social history, Tim and Eleri are in a battle of wits to see who can remember the most about the 26 topics from the past year. And you can quiz along!
And as mentioned, here are your "music rounds"...
TIM'S SIP-IT MIX
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DflFpCXeOMAuZYT1KxJS5?si=_DVzsMMmSMuUfFhG82Uc8Q
ELERI'S CHIN-IT MIX
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4hfINDZdmJ7SQ4fa9OYRSC?si=Hbijx1wpTXaLJudtWx0dMg
Episode 26: Mummy Juice (or "From Syrah to sexism")
Ignore the children and grab a glass of rosé - because you’re worth it hun. Eleri and Tim explore the pitfalls of gendered booze and some pioneering women.
Episode 25: Shakes-beer (or "Drowning in butts")
Tim and Eleri get dramatic about drinks in the world of William Shakespeare.
Episode 24: St Bernard's Barrels (or "Who's a good boy, who's a fuzzy wuzzy!")
Those adorable little booze barrels around the necks of floofy St Bernard dogs get their own episode… as long as Eleri and Tim have enough to say about them.
Episode 23: Sour Bishes (or "The acid trip")
Eleri and Tim pucker-up for an episode of wince-worthy chat about sour cocktails, sour beers, sour soft drinks, and generally being sour bishes.
Episode 22: Drinks in Spaaaace (or "Champagne Supernova")
Tim and Eleri ponder the great beyond and whether they have a decent wine menu.
Episode 21: Cheeky Tiki (or "Plundered Pacific P!ssup")
Eleri and Tim tackle cultural appropriation with all the sensitivity of people who are also consuming rum. Here’s the story of tiki cocktails…
Episode 20: Agave (or "Tequila, it makes me happy")
Agave’s children, Pulque, Mezcal, and Tequila, get the No Tasting Notes treatment. Plus some half-remembered tomfoolery in Manchester - for which we apologise.
Episode 19: The Penny University (or "1p, 2p, We all p for coffee")
Tim and Eleri take a trip to the 17th Century coffee-houses for a bit of education.
Episode 18: Water (or "H2Whoaaaa")
Water. Yes, really. In the post-holiday hangover Eleri and Tim are rehydrating without mention of the P-word.
Episode 17: Mulled Part Two - Wassailing
The second of the seasonal double sees more mulling in the form of cider and waking the spirits of the orchard with wassailing.
Episode 16: Mulled Part One - Wine
In the first of a seasonal double-bill, Eleri and Tim warm their cockles with mulled wine and disagree over Santa’s preferred tipple.