Acquired Tastings Josh Mills and John Mills

With Spring in the air and with some days even warmer than that, Josh and Dad are thinking Spring Cocktails.  Dad brings the Miami Vice; A frozen concoction of half Pina Colada and half Strawberry Daiquiri.  Josh as always thinks outside the box. He has a Peach mint Pisco Sour. Josh's recipe is 2 oz. Pisco, 1 oz lime juice, 3/4 oz peach syrup, with muddled mint leaves and an egg white.  Do a dry shake followed by a wet shake and double strain into a coop glass.  Cheers!Dad's recipe for his uses Pina Colada using Coco lopez to make it extra creamy.  His Strawberry Daiquiri is a standard build. Cheers!  

Josh is Back on the AT podcast!  Josh and Dad are doing Paso Robles' wines.  For Dad's wine he is doing Tooth & Nail's Destina Carbonic Grenache since he couldn't the Union Sacre's Chipie Carbonic Sangiovese that Josh brought.  For their food Dad brings a roasted chicken, and Prosciutto wrapped around mozzarella cheese. Josh has roasted chicken with pan gravy, parmesan and prosciutto.They have red wines as well. Josh has Hubba, Mushroomhead wine, and Dad brings Harvey and Harriet red blend.  Dad brings a second plate consisting of the Gene's famous beef tenderloin, British hard white cheddar cheese, Boursin goat cheese and crackers.They have a great time together drinking these Paso wines and eating their food.  Josh tells stories about his and Jeff Ford's trip and wine tasting to the Paso Robles wine region.    

Dad pulls out of the Archives the Irish Beers Episode.  In this episode John and John explore some of the classic Irish beers. Josh cracks open Smithwick's Irish Red and serves up some classics, corned beef, Irish soda bread, and 5 cheese pizza. John pours the Irish favorite Guinness draft from a nito can. He pairs it with fish and chips, and Dubliner Irish cheddar with stout.Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day 2024! Slainte'!   

From the Archives at the end of January 2024 Dad brings out this Non-Alcohol Episode.... At the start of "Dry February" Dad and Josh decide to do a special cocktail episode. In this episode they both make non-alcoholic cocktails. Dad uses the Ritual 0 Proof Rum Alternative to make a Dark and Stormy. Josh make 2 different cocktails with the Seedlip Grove 42. First he makes a classics egg white sour and then a Seedlip and ginger beer. They really enjoy these NA cocktails.   They enjoy cocktail ritual of the making and this NA cocktail show.

Dad and Josh are joined by Anne Marie for New Year's Eve wines. Josh's Champagne was Pierre Gimonnet Blanc de Blanc.  Josh brings popcorn with two different sauces. One sauce was a Sichuan Chili crisp and the other was Zhong sauce.  Both were made by Fly By Jing.  He also brings Duckham, and Porchetta di Parma. Dad brings the J. Lassalle Premier Cru Champaign.  His sides were planned to match a New Year's Eve or Christmas meal.  He brings Prime Rib, steamed Broccoli and a simple baked potato.  Marie brings Chandon Brut sparkling wine.  For her sides she brings an amazing cheese, garlic bread,  cheese mushroom caps and Ferrero Rocher chocolate cups.  She tells about her special connection with Chandon wines on three continents.  They have a great time sipping and snacking! Dad again gets all "heated up" and has to figure out how to put the fire out.

From the Archives; Dad and Josh enjoy Christmas Beers.  Dad brings the Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh hop IPA.  Dad shares some baked brie with chestnut honey, blueberry coffee compote, green bean bundles, and gingerbread cookies. Josh pours the Delirium Noel from Belgium. His pairings are Murrays Maxx Extra aged cheese, sausage rolls, and braised short ribs. They have a great time getting into the season.  They have a great time talking about Christmas and sipping their beers and eating their Holiday snacks.Hope you enjoy this Episode from the Archives.  Cheers!