"You Savage Viking Raider": Sea of Tranquility & Digits Bourbon
Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast
Release Date: 07/29/2022
"I'm Not A Wizard. I'm A Wizard! ARGH!" - Elder Race with Town At The Edge of Tomorrow Bourbon Whiskey
Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast
In this episode, Stephen and Mark return to the work of Adrian Tchaikovsky in his novella "Elder Race". Once again, Tchaikovksy blends science fiction with fantasy in an almost Arthurian epic quest of unintended consequences, mistaken identities, mythic expectations, and the inevitable march of time. A SFF story needs an SFF bourbon whiskey to pair with it. So, Stephen and Mark finally crack open a bottle they've been holding onto for a while. Filmland Spirits presents The Town At The Edge of Tomorrow bourbon whiskey.
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What We Love About Alix E. Harrow - OOPSISODE Cocktail Edition
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In tonight's oopsisode, Stephen and Mark spend some time gushing over how much they love the writing of Alix E. Harrow, AND they feature their first custom cocktail with a name fitting for the episode.
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The Stories of Alix E. Harrow with Old Orleans Bourbon
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In today's episode, Stephen and Mark talk about two short stories from author Alix E. Harrow. They have reviewed her work before when they discussed her novels "The Ten Thousand Doors of January" and "Starling House". Tonight's bourbon is Old Orleans from The Beautiful & The Damned Distillery. Some of you might notice that the name of the distillery also happens to be the title of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Don't know who good old F. Scott is? Well, first, crawl out of the caves, you loveable morlock! Second, he wrote The Great Gatsby and Tender Is The Night. The...
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What We Forgot About Buffalo Hunter Hunter - OOPSISODE with Moonlight Mayhem
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Honestly, this book was so good we probably could have just done an entire second episode about it. As we take a second look at Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, we also revisit one of our favorite picks so far in 2025, Moonlight Mayhem from Filmland Spirits.
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"You Won't Believe Me" - Buffalo Hunter Hunter & In Lieu of Flowers
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In this episode, Stephen and Mark explore the layered, intelligent, and gut wrenching horror novel, "Buffalo Hunter Hunter" by Stephen Graham Jones. A Native American revenge story with a supernatural twist, Buffalo Hunter Hunter is as deep and thought provoking as it is horrific, disgusting, and occasionally hilarious in the most awkward ways. A thought provoking story needs a thought provoking whiskey. To pair with Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen and Mark will be sampling In Lieu of Flowers whiskey by Dancing Goat Distillery.
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What We Forgot About Two Twisted Crowns - OOPSISODE with Elijah Craig Rye
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It's the final chapter of our deep dive into the Kingdom of Blunder with the oopsiside for Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig, where we talk about what we forgot to talk about. To go along with this episide, we're re-sampling Elijah Craig Rye. We don't sample nearly enough rye.
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"Nothing is free. Nothing is Safe" - Two Twisted Crowns & 2XO Kiawah Blend
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Stephen and Mark dive back into the Kingdom of Blunder for the second installment of the Shepherd King duology by Rachel Gillig. In this installment, all stories will be concluded. The mystery of the poem revealed, and a world will be changed for good or ill. We loved this series, and it's only appropriate that we try a bottle from a label we have nothing but love for as well. In this episode we sample The Kiawah Blend from 2XO by Dixon Dedman.
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What We Forgot About One Dark Window - OOPSISODE with Starward Twofold
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Tonight it's all about gothic poetry, horrific encounters, and the genius of Australian whiskey.
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"The Monster They Became" - One Dark Window with Moonlight Mayhem
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Tonight's episode brings us back to fantasy of the gothic kind. Blunder is a cursed kingdom, surrounded by a mist that snatches people into the wood, never to be seen again. All the families of the kingdom are named after trees, and the currency of power comes in the form of a deck of magical playing cards. These cards were made by a long dead king at the price of destroying himself to do it one piece at a time. Tonight we discuss ONE DARK WINDOW by Rachel Gillig. So, that's not morbid or anything. A dark and supernatural take requires a bourbon whiskey just as dark and...
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"What we forgot about A Language of Dragons" - OOPSISODE
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Oh, right. It's a dystopian YA novel involving students and probably organized by either Jigsaw or the guy from Seven. Tell the kids what they've won, Bob! They've won DEATH! We're going to need a stiff drink, and we get one with Barmen 1873.
info_outlineStephen and Mark take a romp through time and space, through relationships lost and found, through paradoxes and moral dilemmas. Cosmic anamolies and personal inevitabilities abound in the wonderfully haunting and lyrical story by Emily St. John Mandel. "Sea of Tranquility" is anything but, and we'll need the help of none other than Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls (or at least his bourbon) to get us through it all.