Drinking With The Saints

Feb 21 2025 78 ep. 29 mins 24
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Mix the Bartender’s Guide and Lives of the Saints, shake well, and garnish with good cheer! Join Michael and Alexandra Foley each week as they look at a feast day from that week's calendar, discuss that saint's life, and mix a cocktail appropriate for remembering and celebrating that saint, all while mixing in plenty of fun and good humor. Drinking with the Saints is a concoction that both sinner and saint will savor.

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066 - Soberish Septuagesima

Feb 21 2025 23 mins  
Mike and Alexandra discuss: Septuagesima The burying of the A-word Why “sober-ish?” The 3 phases of Septuagesima Join in on our Sodality! See below.Drink of the Week: Sentia Gaba BlackJoin in the Soberish Septuagesima Sodality! Follow along at:drinkingwiththesaints.com/soberish-septuagesimaInstagram @drinkingsaintsFacebook facebook.com/dwsaintsJoin Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 &

065 - Lingering Questions About the Magi & Dueling Cocktails

Jan 09 2025 31 mins  
In this post-Epiphany episode, Mike and Alexandra discuss: Each comes up with a drink to represent the three gifts of the Magi. Which will turn out better? Mike has some lingering questions about the Magi The Epiphany blessing and chalking Drink of the Week #1: Mike’s Original Epiphany Cocktail Golden Cinnamon Schnapps White Rum Grapefruit Bitters Combine ingredients in a

064 - St Cecilia and a Jam Cocktail

Nov 22 2024 30 mins  
Mike and Alexandra discuss: St. Cecilia’s story Marcus Aurelius and stoic philosophy St. Cecilia’s incorruptible body Drink of the Week: An original cocktail for St. Cecilia 1 mostly empty jar of jam ½ grapefruit 4 oz. bourbon Squeeze the grapefruit into the jam jar, and then add the bourbon. Put the jam jar lid on and shake forty times. Transfer to a low ball glass wi

063 - St Raphael | Book of Tobit | Help Mike Name This Drink

Oct 24 2024 30 mins  
Mike and Alexandra discuss: Abstaining with the Saints The deuterocanonical books of the Bible The story of Tobit, Tobias, and St. Raphael The Nights of Tobias on your wedding night Drink of the Week: Help us name this mocktail for Abstaining with the Saints! 1 oz. Passionfruit Syrup ½ oz. Lemon Juice Lots of Bitters Sparkling Water Combine all ingredients in a highball

062 - St. Wenceslaus and Pilsner Beer’s Origins

Sep 28 2024 22 mins  
Mike and Alexandra discuss: The story of Wenceslaus The hymn associated with Wenceslaus Wenceslaus’s association with beer and wine and his connection to the origins of pilsener beer Drink of the Week: Pilsner Urquel Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE AND MORE CRUI

061 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Liebfraumilch Wine

Sep 05 2024 26 mins  
Mike and Alexandra discuss: Liebfraumilch wine and its origins The feast of the Nativity and other feasts of birthdays The most charming blessing in the Roman liturgy The connections between the feast of Mary’s nativity and the harvest Drink of the Week: Liebfraumilch wine Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the

060 - Lammas Day and Other "-mas" Days | Wheat Beer

Aug 01 2024 25 mins  
Mike and Alexandra explore an unofficial feast of the liturgical calendar to discuss: Nonalcoholic beer Sour beer Wheat beer The origin of Lammas Day -mas Days Drinks of the Week: Martin House Brewing Company “Key Lime Pie Sour Ale” Athletic Brewing Company “Atlética” “Mas” Holidays The definitions of these words, in chronological order, are: Uphalimass,

059 - The Mystical Feasts and Dusting Off Banana Liqueur

Jul 18 2024 37 mins  
Mike and Alexandra break from the liturgical calendar to discuss: Banana liqueur Listener feedback A newly approved Marian apparition Mike invents a new category of feast days What is the Sabbatine Privilege? Drink of the Week: Sabbatine Privilege, revised 1 oz. banana liqueur 1½ oz. dark rum ½ oz. cream Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake forty tim

058 - St. Damien and Our Visit to Moloka’i

Jun 27 2024 28 mins  
Mike and Alexandra break from the liturgical calendar to discuss: Their trip to Hawaii Leprosy and the leper colony that still exists on Molokai The work of St. Damien on Molokai Drink of the Week: The St. Damien Cocktail, amplified 1 ½ oz. gin ¾ oz. pineapple juice ¼ oz. lemon juice ¼ oz. grenadine 1 pineapple chunk and 1 cherry for garnish 1 splash soda water (optiona

057 - Fighting Heresies with St. Basil the Great | Blanc Vermouth

Jun 15 2024 37 mins  
Mike and Alexandra discuss: Mike discovers Blanc Vermouth Fighting the Arian and Spirit Fighter heresies How our bodies are built for the transcendent St. Basil’s description of the equality of the sexes Feast: St. Basil the Great Drink of the Week: The Great Basil Cocktail, Revised 1 lime wedge 3-6 fresh basil leaves 2 oz. Dolin Blanc Vermouth 1½ oz. gin basil sprig (