The Thinking Drinkers: Around The World in 80 Drinks
By Ben McFarland, Tom Sandham
No matter what day of the year it is, there is always a compelling reason to enjoy a discerning drink. Responsibly of course.
This hilarious, eclectic and erudite elbow-bending adventure through the calendar reveals what you should be drinking this week - and a fascinating and compelling reason to drink it.
Hosts Ben McFarland & Tom Sandham, aka The Thinking Drinkers, have deftly decanted 40 years of unwavering dedication to awesome alcohol into a podcast that will broaden your booze horizons and make you seem even more interesting than you already are.
Steeped in eccentric events, fascinating facts and with all the cocktail recipes and recommendations a thirsty gastronome requires, this pod arms people with essential, some would say useless, anecdotal ammunition with which to impress your mates over a drink...or two.
This hilarious, eclectic and erudite elbow-bending adventure through the calendar reveals what you should be drinking this week - and a fascinating and compelling reason to drink it.
Hosts Ben McFarland & Tom Sandham, aka The Thinking Drinkers, have deftly decanted 40 years of unwavering dedication to awesome alcohol into a podcast that will broaden your booze horizons and make you seem even more interesting than you already are.
Steeped in eccentric events, fascinating facts and with all the cocktail recipes and recommendations a thirsty gastronome requires, this pod arms people with essential, some would say useless, anecdotal ammunition with which to impress your mates over a drink...or two.
Latest episode
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"I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous."
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Public Enemas & Jiggers With Altitude
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Bananas & Pigs
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It's Not Gonna Shuck Itself Is It?
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Ryan Reynolds & The Vagina Museum
Wearing a blindfold and a pair of clownshoes, this week's Pod plods through a libel minefield amid chat about Whisky Galore, well-stocked strip-joints and the Aviation cocktail. -
Got 99 Problems But a Bee's Not One
Some of the things pondered in this week's podcast: Henry VIII and his hop-related head retention; chilled out monks, Trappist beers, boozy bargains and, last but by no means least - yeast and the life of bees. -
Nine Inch Burns & Belgian Crack
This week, following our inaugural appearance on "This Morning", our pod adopts an alternative approach to Burns Night and solves a mystery for those looking to drink something in honour of Hercule Poirot. -
Prince Harry & Dumbo
We kick off 2023 by cracking open a couple of classic liqueurs to celebrate "Kiss A Ginger Day" and the birthday of Marco Pantani - an Italian maverick whose life was, quite literally, full of ups and downs. -
"She's No Bananarama..."
This week, we uncork the extraordinary story of Madame Veuve Cliquot. And if a gin cocktail created in honour of someone who sewed monkey’s testicles onto French people doesn't pique your interest then, quite frankly, we don't know what we can do any… -
Dynamite 'n' Dysentery
This week's prize winning pod discusses Anglo-French fisticuffs and Alfred Nobel with a Saison in one hand and a pint of lager in the other.
