Botanical Trails

Drew joins us again to try two French gins as we conclude the Rhine River Chronicles. While enjoying these gins and putting a wrap on this three-part series, Drew and I discuss if I can actually taste lavender, how he went to Euro Disney at perhaps not the greatest time, why there are pumpkins in Slovenia, his fear and basic avoidance of deep water and nostalgia for some of our fav

Our old friend Greg is back to join us again as we look to try two more of the gins that he brought back for the show from his trip to England last year. As we try our first ever gin from Sicily and another from CBA Gin, we celebrate Greg being the first guest to have an episode hit 100 downloads, talk about his return as head coach of Tulip City United for a third season, suffer t

We are incredibly excited to kick off season 2 with a very special guest - my Mom, aka “Maki”. In the kickoff episode to the season, we pick back up with the Rhine River Chronicles, and in this second installment of the series we try a pair of Dutch Gins. As we give these two gins a try, we chat about our river cruise this past fall, my mom’s favorite international trip, and

In a holiday themed episode, the lovely ladies of Toe Squished Grapes are back to help me put a bow on the first season. Kelly brings two wines for us to try and has the patience of a saint while dealing with the snarky comments from the peanut gallery. She also utilizes her bible - “Wine for Normal People” to teach us a bit more about the regions these two wines come from. As

What do you get when you combine a former intern, an AI questionnaire and the Pink Panther? You end up with episode 21 with Jamie Belt as our guest. During the episode we sample two blue gin and discuss how robots are now screening your resume, the proper way to prepare a pop-tart, and how seeking a large coffee in Europe might be a search in vain.Come for the gin, and stick around

Episode 20 is the first of our Rhine River Chronicle series, which is a three part series that will stretch into the beginning of season 2. On this episode, our old friend Brian Place joins us again as we try two gins from Germany that I picked up on a recent river cruise up the Rhine River. As we try these two local products of Speyer, Germany, we discuss our experiences on separa

Are you a fan of pizza? If so, this might be just what your ordered. My guest (and Good Samaritan) Lori Wilson and I try a couple of new Italian gins. One is our first ever listener donated gin, and the other is a fun little discovery. While sampling these two gins, we chat about our journeys through Italy, the talents of Michelangelo, and how Lori was responsible for my luck in la

In this episode we travel to the land of the Cheeseheads - Wisconsin. My sister Amie, a resident of Madison, has introduced me to a couple of great distilleries there, and we try two of their gins in this episode. While enjoying these tasty gins, we chat about the treacherous waterways of Death’s Door passage, how we connected through football early in our lives, a couple of Beas

Wake the kids, call the neighbors - Jim is back for his second stint as guest on the podcast. For this episode, I came up with two gins that have a bit of a connection between us, and Jim does an amazing job of guessing what those connections are. While enjoying the gins we also chat about different movies theaters we have gone to, lament the passing of Paul Reubens, debate if root

The guest for episode 16 is actually me!! It’s a podcast takeover, and two of my former guests are hosting. On the debut of Toe Squished Grapes, Molly & Kelly are having us try wine. They follow the same criteria - we try two wines, have a bit of trivia and go Off The Beaten Path. Along the trails we learn how the region that a grape is grown in can impact the wine, talk abou