When Dan is alone and angry, he sometimes drinks to quell his exquisite inner angst. This episode is one of those times. Among the things driving Dan to drink are CNN, Shatner in space, and shifting gender roles in the cocktail world. Special appearances from the cast of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," Motorhead and the late Marlon Brando as The Godfather. Strap in, it's a wild ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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146. What's Driving Dan to Drink?

Actor Willie Garson recently passed, and on this episode we honor his memory by paying tribute to the Cosmopolitan, a drink made famous on the show that made Willie famous too — "Sex and the City." A combination of vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry juice and lime juice, the Cosmo was the world's most popular libation in the 90s... and then it wasn't. Why? Well, as Carrie explained to Miranda in the 2008 SATC film when asked why they'd stopped drinking them, "because everyone else started." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3-Minute Bartender: Cosmopolitan

Friend of the show Joe Beatrice, founder of Barrell Craft Spirits, joins Dan for a lively discussion about the ins and outs of producing award-winning whiskey blends. Also, another installment of our wildly popular new feature, "Outside the Zone," in which our host takes swings at bad PR pitches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

145. Joe Beatrice of Barrell Craft Spirits

Dan is joined by "Regarding Cocktails" author and renowned oyster expert Georgette Moger-Petraske for a Talisker Scotch-and-bivalve mollusks pairing. This one's got everything you ever wanted to know about Isle of Skye whisky and oysters... two great tastes that taste great together. Also, the debut of a new segment called "Outside the Zone," in which Dan and our Chief Brooklyn Correspondent Scott Alexander review the worst of the worst booze PR pitches... rum in your morning coffee anyone? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

144. Georgette Moger-Petraske

In his latest tippled tutorial, Dan devotes 180-odd-seconds extolling and explaining the Gold Rush, a honey-tinged riff on the whiskey sour invented in the early aughts in NYC, that is widely hailed as a modern mixological classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3-Minute Bartender: Gold Rush

For years they starred as bloodsucking bros on "The Vampire Diaries," and now Ian Somerhalder & Paul Wesley have taken to a different kind of powerful elixir, Brother's Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Their brand launched earlier this year, and has already become a mega-hit... and with good reason — it's delicious bourbon. The boys tell all about the journey from dream to bottle. Also, roving correspondent Brad Japhe beams in from afar to discuss Yamazaki 55, one of the rarest and most expensive spirits ever brought to market. And Dan continues his annual tradition of ranting about that most ridiculous of manufactured booze "holidays," National Vodka Day. It's October 4th, btw (ya, like you didn't already have it in your calendar!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

143. Ian Somerhalder & Paul Wesley

Dan chats with Ryan Christiansen, head distiller & President of Vermont’s Caledonia Spirits, famed for crafting Barr Hill Gin, Barr Hill Reserve Tom Cat Gin and Barr Hill Vodka from raw honey. Ryan talks about Bees Knees Week (Sept. 24th—Oct. 3rd), which spotlights the importance of bees in our food and drink system, and gives bartenders and drinks-lovers the chance to work together to save the bees. Also, actors Adam Shapiro and Katie Lowes drop by to tell us about a charitable event they're doing with Seth Rogen on Sept. 24th at the Grove in LA. It's open to the public. And Dan will be there too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

142. The "Bees-ness" of Boozing with Ryan Christiansen

Dan is joined in-studio by dear friend of the show Jack Maxwell, former host of the hit Travel Channel series "Booze Traveler." Together they risk getting wicked hangovers in order to sample copious amounts of wine and spirits for the Official "What We're Drinking" Fall Buying Guide, from Champagne to tequila to Scotch. That's right, folks, and they do it all for you. You're welcome! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

141. Fall Buying Guide with Jack Maxwell

Dan is joined by David Prior, owner of Bladnoch, the oldest working distillery in the Scottish Lowlands and a leader in environmentally conscious whisky-making. Also, Dan dishes about some of his all-time favorite single malt Scotches, AND unveils a specialty cocktail created specifically for US by Portland, Oregon-based bartending legend Jeffrey Morgenthaler. Plus, with the NFL season set to begin, Dan and comedian Big jay Oakerson butcher their beloved Philadelphia Eagles fight song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

140. Lowlands Whisky with David Prior

Former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo joins Dan for what turns out to be a first on this program — an interview that got cut off by an overzealous publicist who apparently didn't like the subject matter. Up until that point, though, Dan and Olivia, along with her business partner Ryan Laverty, had a good old time talking about Vide, their tasty ready-to-drink canned cocktail. Other topics of discussion include the cello, corruption in Rhode Island politics and — again — the controversial subject that got the interview shut down... you don't wanna miss this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

139. Olivia Culpo

Dan revisits a PC chat he and pal Emma Patterson had with music superstar G-Eazy at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood. And by PC we mean "Pre-Covid," and most definitely NOT "politically correct." Indeed, the conversation gets downright bawdy at times, thanks in no small part to all the Stillhouse Whiskey that was consumed that day... Stillhouse, of course, being the happening hooch brand G-Eazy founded with his good buddy Brad Beckerman, who's also on the show. And there's a Drinking Game!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

138. Another Round with G-Eazy

Dan throws back some Stolichnaya with actor and WWD's Official East Coast Cohost, Colin Donnell. Topics include classic vodka cocktails, mysterious productions in Australia that Colin may or may not be involved with and aggressive hecklers. Also on the program, journalist Brad Japhe joins us for a lively discussion about the pros and cons of professional booze punditry. Oh, and Dan goes toe-to-toe with Yoda. May the Sauce Be with You! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

137. Stoli-Slam '21 with Colin Donnell

Recorded on location at the Firestone Walker Brewing Company in Venice Beach, Dan is joined by actor and fellow Philadelphian Adam Shapiro ("Never Have I Ever," "Steve Jobs") who started making Philly soft pretzels at home to pass the time during the pandemic, and suddenly found himself the proprietor of LA's red-hot Shappy Pretzel Co. The Philly boys pair Shappy's twisted foodstuff with a variety of west coast beers from legendary brewery Firestone Walker. Also on the show, the man who makes Firestone Walker beer, 6-time Great American Beer Festival “Brewer of the Year” Matt Brynildson, who conducts a clinic on all things hoppy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

136. Adam Shapiro and Matt Brynildson

In the time it takes dice a pineapple, Dan reveals all about a tiki classic called the Jungle Bird. While not as famous as the Mai Tai or Singapore sling, it's every bit as tasty and — Dan contends — a more authentically "tropical" libation that the aforementioned. It’s made with rum, pineapple and lime, the holy trinity of tropical tiki drinks. The thing that sets the Jungle Bird apart, though, is Campari, which adds a refreshing bitter edge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3-Minute Bartender: Jungle Bird

Virginia was home to the first commercial winemaking venture in the United States, which started two years before it was even called the United States. The Virginia Winemaking Company was founded by a thirty-one-year-old whippersnap- per you might have heard of, one Thomas Jefferson. Dan explores the rich historic wine heritage of the region and the preponderance of wineries there (there are more than 240 in Virginia alone), and offers a theory as to why Virginia wine has yet to join the pantheon of southern culture exports like triple-A baseball, deep-fried everything, and racial strife. Also on the show, Dan chats up one of Virginia's top winemakers, Luca Paschina of Bourboursville Vineyards. Plus, new boozy products! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

135. T-Jeff and the Wine That Never Was

A fantabulous conflation of history, culture, politics, famous people and booze, strained through the cognitive mesh of a best-selling author, polymath and inveterate reprobate.

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