Acquired Tastings

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 whit

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 prosciu

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

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 classic

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 t

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

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 ha

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

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 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 (Goat