Episodes

  • Last Call
    Oct 15 2021

    This week we’ll be discussing… You know what… Fuck it… It’s our last episode, and we’re gonna talk about whatever the fuck we want!  And if you’ve got a problem with that, quit listening to the show, dummy!  … soooooooo crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    • Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have our California Sustainable Winegrowing Ambassador and recovering Wine Blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer and snake wrangler, John Ruyak, and I’m your host and certified specialist of wine, Jeff Eckles.

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Solomon - Oleaceae

    Get Dracaena

    • We have a fun partnership to tell you about this week. Our good friend, and clown car driver, Lori over at Dracaena Wines has offered all our listeners a special deal. If you purchase any wine from them and use code WLD at checkout you will get 5% off your order. Additionally, Dracaena Wines will send WLD a matching 5%. So if you’ve ever thought about becoming a patron, but didn’t want to commit to a monthly payment, here is a great opportunity for you to score some delicious Paso Robles wines and still help us out. Dracaena offers their Cab Franc, both reserve and classic.. So this is really a win, win, win for everyone if you pick yourself up some today. Visit https://welikedrinking.com/wine

    Booze News or Discussion Topic

    • Eckles - Refillable Wine - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/07/fill-her-up-gov-signs-bill-that-allows-for-refilling-wine-bottles/ 
      • Natty Light Vodka? Sure - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/natty-light-introduces-flavored-vodka-as-domestic-beer-sales-slump-nothing-is-off-the-table-145548074.html 
      • The best of the worst - https://www.facebook.com/events/craft-brew-underground/bad-beer-bash-2021/2934394356781707/ 

    Last, Last call

    Join us on our private group on Facebook known as the Tavern.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • The Penultimatum and Mustard Wine
    Oct 8 2021

    This week on episode 349 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing Biscoffs, Robots, and Mustard Wine… soooooooo crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    • Make sure you never miss another episode of our brand of drinking fun by visiting  WeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe 

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    • Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have our California Sustainable Winegrowing Ambassador and recovering Wine Blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer and snake wrangler, John Ruyak, and I’m your host and certified specialist of wine, Jeff Eckles.
    • No agenda

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Ruyak - “The Box”

    Get Dracaena

    • We have a fun partnership to tell you about this week. Our good friend, and clown car driver, Lori over at Dracaena Wines has offered all our listeners a special deal. If you purchase any wine from them and use code WLD at checkout you will get 5% off your order. Additionally, Dracaena Wines will send WLD a matching 5%. So if you’ve ever thought about becoming a patron, but didn’t want to commit to a monthly payment, here is a great opportunity for you to score some delicious Paso Robles wines and still help us out. Dracaena offers their Cab Franc, both reserve and classic.. So this is really a win, win, win for everyone if you pick yourself up some today. Visit https://welikedrinking.com/wine

    Booze News or Discussion Topic

    • John - it's no Biscochito Brown buts sounds intriguing https://www.foodandwine.com/news/biscoff-cookie-beer
    • Jeff Solomon - Robo Somms https://dracaenawines.com/seriously-do-we-need-a-robot-in-the-wine-world/ 
    • Eckles - “Pardon me, “ https://www.foodandwine.com/news/grey-poupon-wine-mustard-seeds 

    Last call

    That’s right, it's time to break out your phones and give us a hand.

    Join us on our private group on Facebook known as the Tavern.

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    You can also find the show notes for this episode with all the links to the stories or mentions we had at http://welikedrinking.com/episodes

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Martin Redmond Back For Four
    Oct 1 2021

    This week on episode 348 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing golf drinks, zero carb beer, and we welcome back one of our best blogger buddies, Martin Redmond… soooooooo crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    • Make sure you never miss another episode of our brand of drinking fun by visiting  WeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe 

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    • Our guest this week is making his fourth and final appearance on the big show. He is a wine blogger who has been named a top 20 wine influencer, one of the top 100 wine bloggers, and overall, he’s just an awesome dude. Please help us welcome the founder of the https://enofylzwineblog.com/, Martin Redmond.

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Eckles - Amphora

    Get Dracaena

    • We have a fun partnership to tell you about this week. Our good friend, and clown car driver, Lori over at Dracaena Wines has offered all our listeners a special deal. If you purchase any wine from them and use code WLD at checkout you will get 5% off your order. Additionally, Dracaena Wines will send WLD a matching 5%. So if you’ve ever thought about becoming a patron, but didn’t want to commit to a monthly payment, here is a great opportunity for you to score some delicious Paso Robles wines and still help us out. Dracaena offers their Cab Franc, both reserve and classic.. So this is really a win, win, win for everyone if you pick yourself up some today. Visit https://welikedrinking.com/wine

    Martin Redmond Interview

    Booze News or Discussion Topic

    • John -  In other news: https://larrybrownsports.com/golf/dustin-johnson-wasted-press-conference-ryder-cup/584562

    Last call

    That’s right, it's time to break out your phones and give us a hand.

    Join us on our private group on Facebook known as the Tavern.

    Search up the show on Apple Podcast and leave us a big fat 5 star review. And, if you enjoyed this episode in particular, share it with a friend

    You can also find the show notes for this episode with all the links to the stories or mentions we had at http://welikedrinking.com/episodes

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • PBR Money and Penis Wine
    Sep 24 2021

    This week on episode 347 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing PBR Showers, Penis Wine, and we’re drinking some weirdly named stuff… soooooooo crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    Make sure you never missanother episode of our brand of drinking fun by visitingWeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe 

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have our California Sustainable Winegrowing Ambassador and recovering Wine Blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer and snake wrangler, John Ruyak, and I’m your host and certified specialist of wine, Jeff Eckles.

    • Tonight for this month's drinking episode we are drinking beers that have unique or weirdly named titles.

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Solomon - Allyl Thiosulfinate

    Get Dracaena

    • We have a fun partnership to tell you about this week. Our good friend, and clown car driver, Lori over at Dracaena Wines has offered all our listeners a special deal. If you purchase any wine from them and use code WLD at checkout you will get 5% off your order. Additionally, Dracaena Wines will send WLD a matching 5%. So if you’ve ever thought about becoming a patron, but didn’t want to commit to a monthly payment, here is a great opportunity for you to score some delicious Paso Robles wines and still help us out. Dracaena offers their Cab Franc, both reserve and classic.. So this is really a win, win, win for everyone if you pick yourself up some today. Visit https://welikedrinking.com/wine

    Booze News Penis Wine

    • John -  Sign me up (haha, get it?) https://www.fastcompany.com/90678049/how-much-would-it-take-for-you-to-turn-your-shower-curtain-into-a-pabst-blue-ribbon-ad
    • Eckles - Penis Wine - https://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/napa-penis-shaped-wine-just-the-tipsy-16461690.php  

    Show Ending Announcement

    Last call

    That’s right, it's time to break out your phones and give us a hand.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Jess Hershfield with Just Enough Wines
    Sep 17 2021

    This week on episode 346 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing wines in cans, hooray, pinot, chardonnay, and rose with Jess Hershfield from Just Enough Wines ...soooooooo crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    • Cheers my podcast drinking friends, and welcome to happy hour 346 of your favorite  Award Winning Topical Beer and Wine Education Podcast Focusing on FUN!
    • Make sure you never miss another episode of our brand of drinking fun by visiting  WeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe 

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    • Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have our California Sustainable Winegrowing Ambassador and recovering Wine Blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer and snake wrangler, John Ruyak, and I’m your host and certified specialist of wine, Jeff Eckles.
    • Our guest this week is one of the founders of Just Enough Wines, a wine producer coming out of the Central Coast of California. They just released their 2019 Pinot Noir in can, and we are excited to try it out. Please help us welcome Jess Hershfield
      • You can find Just Enough Wines on Instagram @JustEnoughWines and on their website at https://justenoughwines.com/ 

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Ruyak - Smreka

    Interview with Jess Hershfield

    Last call

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Chris Cristie's Beachwear and Janet Reno's Dance Party
    Sep 10 2021

    This week we’ll be discussing fat chris christie, vegan beer, and the correlation between drinking vegan beer and turning into chris christie...soooooooo crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    • Make sure you never miss another episode of our brand of drinking fun by visiting  WeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe 

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    • Tonight we’re joined by our usual panel members, we have our California Sustainable Winegrowing Ambassador and recovering Wine Blogger, Jeff Solomon, our commercial brewer and snake wrangler, John Ruyak, and I’m your host and certified specialist of wine, Jeff Eckles.

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Eckles - Herkules

    Get Dracaena

    • We have a fun partnership to tell you about this week. Our good friend, and clown car driver, Lori over at Dracaena Wines has offered all our listeners a special deal. If you purchase any wine from them and use code WLD at checkout you will get 5% off your order. Additionally, Dracaena Wines will send WLD a matching 5%. So if you’ve ever thought about becoming a patron, but didn’t want to commit to a monthly payment, here is a great opportunity for you to score some delicious Paso Robles wines and still help us out. Dracaena offers their Cab Franc, both reserve and classic.. So this is really a win, win, win for everyone if you pick yourself up some today. Visit https://welikedrinking.com/wine

    Booze News or Discussion Topic

    • John - I can't can't this vision out of my head. https://www.nj.com/food/2021/09/chris-christies-notorious-beach-photo-inspired-a-new-nj-beer.html
    • Eckles - Fully Vegan Beer - https://vegnews.com/2021/9/mushroom-fining-technology-beer 

    Last call

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    55 mins
  • 8 Rounds with Annie Wolf-Pautsch
    Sep 3 2021

    This week on episode 344 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing buses, brews, and we're having our 8 round with Annie Wolf-Pautsch, soooooo... crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    • Make sure you never miss another episode of our brand of drinking fun by visiting  WeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe 

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    • Our guest this week makes her 8th appearance on the show. It’s been exactly 100 episodes since she was last on, and there have been a lot of changes in the world since she was last with us. How have those changes affected her and her business SC Brew Cruz? Let’s find out by welcoming Annie Wolf-Pautsch.

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Solomon - Yomp

    Get Dracaena

    • We have a fun partnership to tell you about this week. Our good friend, and clown car driver, Lori over at Dracaena Wines has offered all our listeners a special deal. If you purchase any wine from them and use code WLD at checkout you will get 5% off your order. Additionally, Dracaena Wines will send WLD a matching 5%. So if you’ve ever thought about becoming a patron, but didn’t want to commit to a monthly payment, here is a great opportunity for you to score some delicious Paso Robles wines and still help us out. Dracaena offers their Cab Franc, both reserve and classic.. So this is really a win, win, win for everyone if you pick yourself up some today. Visit https://welikedrinking.com/wine

    Last call

    Follow us on the socials, Twitter, Instagram and our private group on Facebook known as the Tavern.

    Search up the show on Apple Podcast and leave us a big fat 5 star review. And, if you enjoyed this episode in particular, share it with a friend

    And, visit We Like Drinking dot com slash pledge to find out more information about becoming a patron of the show and help 

    You can also find the show notes for this episode with all the links to the stories or mentions we had at http://welikedrinking.com/episodes

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • No Solomon, No Problem
    Aug 27 2021

    This week on episode 343 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing, no more beer here, a secret story for shock value, and we’re all drinking something special tonight soooooo... crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking!

    • Make sure you never miss another episode of our brand of drinking fun by visiting  WeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe 

    Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking

    • It’s time for another monthly drinking episode where we provide a bit more detail of what we are drinking on the show this week. We’ve got some fun ones this week so let’s get right into it.

    Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference

    • Ruyak - flocculation

    Get Dracaena

    • We have a fun partnership to tell you about this week. Our good friend, and clown car driver, Lori over at Dracaena Wines has offered all our listeners a special deal. If you purchase any wine from them and use code WLD at checkout you will get 5% off your order. Additionally, Dracaena Wines will send WLD a matching 5%. So if you’ve ever thought about becoming a patron, but didn’t want to commit to a monthly payment, here is a great opportunity for you to score some delicious Paso Robles wines and still help us out. Dracaena offers their Cab Franc, both reserve and classic.. So this is really a win, win, win for everyone if you pick yourself up some today. Visit https://welikedrinking.com/wine

    Booze News 

    • Eckles - Skunky beer explained -- https://www.ladbible.com/news/interesting-theres-a-scientific-reason-why-beer-sometimes-smells-like-weed-20210822 
      • Secret story - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/10/pepsico-and-boston-beer-to-create-alcoholic-mountain-dew-drink.html 
      • Beer not here -- https://fox11online.com/news/local/packers-transition-to-cashless-means-no-beer-vendors-in-stands 

    Last call

    That’s right, it's time to break out your phones and give us a hand.

    Follow us on the socials, Twitter, Instagram and our private group on Facebook known as the Tavern.

    Search up the show on Apple Podcast and leave us a big fat 5 star review. And, if you enjoyed this episode in particular, share it with a friend

    And, visit We Like Drinking dot com slash pledge to find out more information about becoming a patron of the show and help 

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    46 mins