Well this taste test comes with a side of crazy. We hit the ground running in a silly fashion. Do you say horse or horsy'? Does your life come with a side of whimsy? Guess which one of us prefers joy! Anyway, we taste test 4 blanco tequilas (supposed to be 5, but some coloring issues x'ed one out). Hope you enjoy this journy into crazy town and yet again, the blind test results in shock and awe ..read more

After a brief hiatus we are back in the swing of drinking. We discuss what we were up to while we were out. We discuss the world reopening. We drink margaritas as we dip our toes into the world of this agave beauty. Enjoy as we explore blanco tequilas ..read more

This week we welcome our very special guest Paul Nakayama, the co founder of Nankai Group and crowd favorite Nankai Shochu. We drink a varity of cocktails, play with everything from a kimchi reduction to wasabi salt to a play on a mai tai. Tackling topics from the founding of kogi to some of the real life issues today. Hope you all enjoy learning more about this amazing spirit and it's history. We go a little more nerdy than usual and we go a bit longer. We loved having Paul on and we were honored to share recipes, ideas, and histories with him for a couple of hours ..read more

This week we lean in to our shochu's and try to create some cocktails that really speak to some of the unique flavors of the shochu's we tried. Deciding to take Nankai out of the mix, as we will for be drinking that next week, we played with the notes of the Iichiko blends. We talk all things vaccines and cocktails, as you do. Enjoy as we play with this spirit that continues to inspire us and intrigue us ..read more

It's blind taste test time. We have every price range represented here for our white rums (we will visit other rums later on). Find out which one we liked, what we were surprised by, and how we think these flavors will work for our cocktails ..read more

New month, new theme. This month begins by tackling a drink very near and dear to both of us, the MaiTai. We are huge fans of Tiki drinks and this is a classic. We sip the classic, talk about all the variations, and starts spinning our wheels on how we can create our own ..read more

It's all been leading up to this! Who will win??? Who made the best cocktail this month??? Listen and find out ..read more

Let's make a cocktail or three!! Its R and D time as we try and create the best cocktail we can with what we learned from the blind taste test. Our processes are very different ..read more

To close out tequila month we welcome the ledgend that is Kingston Chan. A man of many jobs and talents. Skilled bartender and creator/operated of the bi-weekly tiki takeover pop up in Los Angeles which focuses on creating agave based tequia drinks. We talk about everything, from Labron James to the fourth of July. Please enjoy some fun chats, some insightful talks, and lots of tequila ..read more

Knowing we have a very speacial guest to present to we work on creating some fun cocktails. The usual nonsense and maybe a highball...who can say ..read more