My guest for our latest episode has had quite a hand in shaping the selection of gins that we have tasted on the show.   Rishi, from Rishi’s International Beverage in Grand Rapids, is our guest for this episode. And while enjoying two tast...

In our latest episode, my cousin Marc joins us as we enjoy two delicious gins from Scotland.  Throughout the episode, we learn about some of the very cool places that Marc has had a chance to visit - including Wales, England, Cuba and New ...

For our latest episode, my guests are affectionately known as “The Outlaws” - Beth Jester, Andy King and Alyssa Jester.  They are also my cousin-in-laws.  And in this episode, we try a couple of gins that I picked up while visiting my...

My cousin Todd joins us as we try two gins from Detroit, the Arsenal of Democracy as it was known during the Second World War.  While sipping the gins, we talk about the Detroit Lions and their new uniforms, how Todd is related to those wh...

My cousin-in-law Adam joins us as we try two gins from far away places.  During our enjoyment of the gins, we chat about Adam’s love of Disney, whether or not Goofy is a dog, my first exposure to Mr. Bill on Saturday Night Live, a trip to ...

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 ...

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 Gr...

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 pa...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 d...

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 enjoyi...

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 connect...

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 wi...

My guest for episode 15 is my buddy Jon Kuipers.  In this episode we enjoy a gin he introduced me to a couple of years ago, and try a new gin from Portugal.  While sipping these tasty gins, we chat about his trip to Alaska, how little...

In 1984, my guest Greg and I ended up in a math class together.  The rest, as they say, is history.  Greg recently traveled to England and brought back some gins for us to try.  While enjoying these spiced gins, we chat about his...

My guest for episode 13 - Jax - loves trying things and tends to always be up for an adventure, so she joins me as we try two new styles of gin for the show - a Plymouth Gin and a Sloe Gin.  While we sample the gins, we also chat about a p...

Much like the old SNL skits at the All Things Scottish shop, in Episode 12 when it comes to the gins, if it’s not Scottish, it’s crap!  My sister Laurie joins us as we indulge in a couple of gins from the homeland of our ancestors from Sco...

A rose is a rose is a rose, and then there is a rose gin.  My guest Angie and I try a couple of rose gins in Episode 11, one from the USA and one from Ireland.  During the course of the episode we also chat about Playmobile, World Gin...

Are you a fan of Kids in The Hall?  If so, do you remember their “Girl Drink Drunk” sketch?  Well, if you do, that best describes my guest Scott, who loves a vacation in a glass.  In episode 10 we try a couple of international, c...

"It tastes like Christmas" - that's how my guest Alyssa describes gin, and I love that.  In episode 9 we try a pair of Japanese gins, and discover how the two distilleries actually have a little history in common.  In addition, we cha...

Wake the kids, call the neighbors - in episode 8, my best friend for the last 46 years Jim joins me.  He calls San Francisco home, so we try a couple of gins from that area.  But we end up having so much fun that we sneak in a third d...

In episode 7, my fake son Dave  joins me to try a couple of gins with a Scandinavian influence.  And as we sample these spirits, we discuss my favorite class at Michigan State, what might be the ideal way to taste a new gin, and both ...

In episode 6, my guest Drew convinced me to concoct a couple of gin cocktails, as opposed to the usual gin & tonics that I serve.  And as we imbibe those, we discuss the Old Tom style of gin, discover how Drew came upon the cocktail th...