The Great Gin Throwdown Round 1 - Ada Lovelace vs. Hendricks Orbium
Release Date: 08/24/2020
Maker’s Mark B&B Holiday Bombe
The Spirit Guides
Your ever-punctual Spirit Guides are back with a special all-together-in-one-place mega episode. But will we delight in our selected special barrel of bourbon and much as we delight in each others company? Come pull up a chair, pour yourself a glass, and join us to find out.
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La Gritona Tequila
The Spirit Guides
Your ever-dedicated Spirit Guides are at it again! This time we return south of the border to sample some tequila that - get this! - comes in a cool bottle. Can we judge this book by this cover? Join us for a sip and a listen to find out.
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Malfy Gin con Limon
The Spirit Guides
We’re back! With a… uh oh… flavored gin? These usually don’t go down smooth with all of your open-minded Spirit Guides. But maybe… just maybe…
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Powers John’s Lane 12 Year Old
The Spirit Guides
You ever-discriminating Spirit Guides are delving once more into the world of Irish whiskey. This time to sample a tempting single pot still offering. Will it taste like a familiar Irish blend, or will we find something a little more wild and unique? Pull up a chair and join us for a wee bit o' the craiture.
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Maker’s Mark Cask Strength - Distiller’s Selection
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Your wayward Spirit Guides are scouring the aisles of a very well-stocked distillery gift shop to bring you something special this episode. It’s a special/special wheated bourbon where more care might have been put in to which oak staves finished it than the amount of wax the top was dipped into. And which spirit guide bought the wrong bottle? You’ll have to join us for a sip and listen to find out. Apologies for the quality of Max’s audio for this episode. He makes bad choices.
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Hampden Estate Pure Single Jamaican Rum
The Spirit Guides
Your tried and true Spirit Guides are back on task drinking and reviewing single bottles of what we certainly hope to be "the good stuff." In this case, we're sampling Hampden Estate Pure Single Jamaican Rum in the hopes that we've found a new Caribbean sipper. Will this bottle bring the funk or not? Come join us for a listen to find out...
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The Egg Nog Episode
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Your ever-festive Spirit Guides are visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past as we dive into George Washington's (supposed - but extremely boozy nonetheless) Mt. Vernon Egg Nog recipe. And then we make a couple of extra nogs for good measure. Which is the best nog? The one nog to rule them all? Come on in during this holiday season and join us for a sip and a listen.
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The Great Gin Throwdown FINAL Round - Hendricks Orbium vs. Gin Mare vs. Empress 1908
The Spirit Guides
This is it, faithful listeners. Your dependable and determined Spirit Guides have followed the rigorous and unforgiving championship bracket to the final match. Which of these exotic-ish gins will be determined the best of the best? Honestly, we recorded the entire tournament in a single evening and we're a little hazy on what happened in the final round. So pull up a seat, pour yourself 3 shots and mix yourself 3 cocktails, and we can all find out together...
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Great Gin Throwdown Round 3 - Bloom vs. Empress
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Your thrill-seeking Spirit Guides won't stop until we've taken it to the limit. This is the final qualifying round of the greatest spirits competition in podcast history. Which gin will make it to compete in the final 3-way battle royale? Will it be Bloom Jasmine & Rose Gin (Limited Edition!) or Empress 1908 Gin? Well get of the edge of your seat, pour yourself a few glasses, and listen along to find out!
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The Great Gin Throwdown Round 2 - Gin Mare vs. Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
The Spirit Guides
Your ever-diligent Spirit Guides won't stop until the best gin (from our perfectly random selection of contestants) is crowned the best of the best. Round two pits against one another a couple of nations famous for their gin, Spain and Ireland. Here's a little taste of what's to come: one of them is really quite good. But which one?! The only way to find out is to come join us for a sip or two and a listen...
info_outlineYour hyper-competitive Spirit Guides are at it again. This episode begins our four-episode-long tournament pitting six craft gins against one another in a winner-take all battle royale. We start with a California gin distilled by the famed director of the 1996 classic Jack and named after an early contributor to the eventual development of computer programming for some reason, and a variation on a now-classic Scottish gin that they threw a bunch of bittering agents into for some other reason. Whose gin will rin suprin?! Join us for a sip and a listen to find out.