AUTHOR INTERVIEW - The Chimera Snare: Fragments with Angel's Envy Triple Oak
Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast
Release Date: 08/16/2025
OOPSISODE - What We Forgot About The Staircase In The Woods
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IT'S THE FINAL OOPSISODE OF SEASON 5!!!!!! In this quick turnaround oopsisode, we revisit The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig. Our bourbon revisit this time around is Oak & Eden 4 Grain Spire.
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"Home is where the hurt is" - The Staircase in the Woods with J Henry & Sons Reserva Sevillana Straight Rye
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IT'S THE SEASON 5 FINALE!!! A heartfelt thank you to all of our listeners this and every season thus far. We're very excited about what we will be doing in Season 6. Keep us on your favorites. Turn on those notifications. Leave us some stars. Tell all your buddies, and get ready. Season 6 is going to be amazing. We wrap up Season 5 with a modern day horror novel from the famous, infamous, apple-licious Chuck Wendig. Like many of his books, The Staircase in the Woods is a character driven horror story that both embraces common tropes while twisting some or introducing...
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OOPSISODE on a Theme - The Echoes of Reality with Yellowstone Hand Picked Single Barrel
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When a good (or absurd) conversation just isn't over. We talk more about existing inside a memory of a universe.
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Theme Show - "This Universe is Just an Echo" with Middle West Ported Pumpernickel Rye
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Are we the echoing memory of an already dead universe, that echo pulsing forever outward into the black depths of what exists outside what we know as reality? Does that mean all of our choices have already been made? Are we stuck inside the memory of a deus ex machina that repeats itself over and over in the silent black? Well, looks like it's going to be one of THOSE episodes. Good thing we have Middle West Ported Pumpernickel Rye to keep the ennui at bay!
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OOPSISODE - What We Forgot About Navola with smoked Emerald Giant
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It's not a repeat! We just decided that both the book and the bourbon needed a revisit...WITH A TWIST.
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"I like knowing where you are." - Navola with Emerald Giant
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Do you like big Italian dramas? Do you enjoy Machiavelian style politics? How do you about the occasional eye gouging? Do you have any thoughts on vague, subtley applied mystical themes? How about generally forbidden love? What's that? You like all of it, you sick twisted puppy? Then we have the book for you! On this episode, we explore the deeply nuanced grimdark epic of "Navola" by Paolo Bacigalupi. Really, this one is rich and complex. So much so that we need an equally rich and complex bourbon to pair with it. For this book, we picked...
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OOPSISODE - What We Forgot About The Life of Chuck with Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke
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This is one of those oopsisodes where it's not so much that we forgot, but rather that there's just too much to say. This week, we revisit The Life of Chuck by Stephen King. While we discuss the power of opportunities taken, we take the opportunity to revisit a previous expression. Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke.
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"I Contain Multitudes" - The Life of Chuck with Ryes of the Robots
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Stephen King has a habit of putting his strongest messages into his shortest of works. Stand By Me (The Body), Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Life of Chuck is no exception. First of all, read it. No. Really. READ IT. Then go and watch the movie. No no. Really. WATCH THE MOVIE. The Life of Chuck is the affirmation of life that we need in the world we live in today. It doesn't assure us that all will be well, or even that everything will work out just the way we want or hope or think we deserve. No, but it does affirm to us all this. Each...
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OOPSISODE - BODYBALL!! What We Forgot About From Below
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BODYBALL!!!! In this Oopsisode, the boys discuss one of the more horrific/grossest/hilarious parts of "From Below" by Darcy Coates. To keep themselves sane, the boys revisit an old friend, Thomas S. Moore Bourbon finished in sherry casks. NOTE There is no official website for Thomas S Moore anymore that we can find. It is a product of the Barton 1792 Distillery. If you can find it still on the retail market or other venues, don't miss the chance to pick up a bottle.
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"There are bodies in the walls." - From Below with Old Elk Cigar Cut
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On this episode of BBB, Stephen and Mark review a book from Darcy Coates, an author known for her prolific collection of haunted house stories. In From Below, Darcy Coates turns the haunted house story on its head, and takes us on an adventure deep into the ocean and the past. To keep them afloat, Stephen and Mark will be sampling Old Elk Cigar Cut, Islander Blend.
info_outlineOn this episode of BBB, Stephen and Mark get to sit down for an extended interview with the husband and wife writing team behind S & E Black, author's of The Chimera Snare: Fragments. Shannon and Eddie are simply amazing people. Kind, funny, and thoughtful, we had a wonderful evening getting to know them, their work, and what's on the horizon for them.
Our featured bourbon for the evening is Angel's Envy Triple Oak. It's an appropriate expression for us to try with this particular episode. Deep, layered, and nuanced both in craft and flavor, it matches with with our interview with Shannon and Eddie as well as the complexity of the story they are sharing with the world.
Because we run out, we also try a bourbon with a good cause by the end of the episode. As many of you know, Stephen's daughter has a rare condition known as Joubert's Syndrome. In order to raise money for research into this disease, the Joubert Syndrome Foundation is selling a bourbon of their own! This LIMITED TIME OFFERING was picked by Stephen and Mark themselves in a comparison with four other blends. They think you will absolutely love it, not to mention it's Bourbon With A Purpose. If you would like to support the cause and get a truly special bourbon expression, follow the link at the bottom.
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