This week, we hark back to the halcyon days when strangers blew smoke up the bottoms of wet people and,

After a week off, the hardest working beefcakes in the drinks business slide back into the Pod saddle, digging their

If drink-soaked discussion of aphrodisiacal accompaniments to oysters, ‘titanic plums’, guinea pigs with dodgy fivers, hangover cures and some seriously

Wearing a blindfold and a pair of clownshoes, this week’s Pod plods through a libel minefield amid chat about Whisky

Some of the things pondered in this week’s podcast: Henry VIII and his hop-related head retention; chilled out monks, Trappist

https://media.transistor.fm/51d93fce/c1f74bb0.mp3 Burns Night is coming. Let’s face it, if it wasn’t in January, no-one would take any notice. But after

We kick off 2023 by cracking open a couple of classic liqueurs to celebrate “Kiss A Ginger Day” and the

This week, we uncork the extraordinary story of Madame Veuve Cliquot. And if a gin cocktail created in honour of

Bonjour tout le monde, This week’s prize winning pod discusses Anglo-French fisticuffs and Alfred Nobel with a Saison in one

In this week’s podcast, we chat to radio and TV presenter Adrian Chiles about his new book “The Good Drinker –

Howdy. We gobble down some top-class Thanksgiving chat featuring ‘Large Melons’ and then explore the drinking repertoire of the UK’s

A bats**t crazy rum-drinking pirate and some whisky-sipping American adventurers inspire us to reach for some El Dorado 12 year-old

Czech out our latest pod featuring the 180th birthday of the first ever Pilsner, some chin-scratching appreciation of William Hogarth’s

How did yeast nearly kill Harry Houdini? Is sticking toddlers in a Royal Mail postbox treason? What the hell is

This week, we go on a trip down mammary lane to debunk myths about Maria Antoinette’s link to Champagne and

This week, we salute the swashbuckling swordsman and publicity-seeking Lord Admiral Nelson with some Naval Rum before blending some reasonably

This week, the duo raise a glass to daredevil stuntman Evel Knievel and make a minty Grasshopper in memory of

Welcome to our new podcast where, each week, we suggest discerning drinks and both compelling and strange reasons to drink

Enlighten your ears here     Not content with covering a whole load of rum history, this oar-inspiring episode features

Listen to the podcast by clicking HERE         Rum is for winners. This is the first in

Listen here Rolling in as a pair of proper lanterne rouges, we deliver searing cycling insight on the final stages

Listen to the latest episode here Jura in luck this time as the pod follows the Peloton through the Auvergne

Click Here to Listen We hit the West Coast and the Cognac region for some famous and forgotten French brandies,

Click HERE to Listen As the serious players come out to play, we talk sadistic Slovenians, rustic French brandy, bracing

Click Here to listen As the Pelaton pedals through the Ardeche and Le Massif Central we talk chestnuts and cheating,

Click HERE to listen Bonjour. To coincide with “Le Tour de France”, we ‘re recording several podcasts entitled, rather cleverly,

Listen HERE After more than six weeks, 50 drinks, 25 games and perhaps one too many jokes about Ben’s mum,

The Quarter final stage featuring drinks from Italy v Belgium and England v Sweden.

Like a couple of teenage boys leafing through the lingerie section of a Littlewoods Catalogue, we’ve got a couple of

Livers are all a’quiver as France take on Italy and Holland play Denmark in the remaining quarter-final clashes. To say

Click HERE to watch. More epic European alcohol action awaits as Ing-Er-land & Germany turn up with some topsy-turvy tactics

Listen to it by clicking HERE or here: https://bit.ly/2VDsIua This one’s a biggie – we’re joined on the pod by

This one’s a biggie – we’re joined on the pod by the marvellous Mark Watson; legendary comedian, author and very

This one’s a biggie – we’re joined on the pod by the marvellous Mark Watson; legendary comedian, author and very

After the gruelling group games, it’s the knockout stages so each country has to bring its ‘A Game’. A for

We finish the group stages in style with France, Germany, Portugal and Norn Iron. Expect Muskateers, sausage, spinning doner kebabs,

Donkeys plummeting from clock-towers, Logan Roy’s favourite vodka, a Bison staring forlornly out of the window and a superb Aeneus

The Thinking Drinker’s European Championship of Drink Group D featuring England, Scotland, Czech and Croatia. We discuss the big jobs,

The Thinking Drinker’s #Euro2020 Championship of Drink tackles Group C featuring #Holland, #Iceland, #Austria & #Ukraine. We discuss the clap,

Group B of our European Championship of Drink sees Belgium, Denmark, Russia and Finland duke it out with discerning drinks

The European Football Championship 2020 has been postponed till next year. But don’t worry, in between recording our critically acclaimed

Click Here to listen Focusing for the first time on one drink rather than two this week, the chaps check

Click HERE to listen To celebrate World Gin Day, the boys host a special on the spirit, covering gin’s epic

The European Football Championship 2020 has been postponed till next year. But don’t worry, we’ve decided to host the tournament

To listen to “Du Vin Intervention” click here Bonjour la classe! This week, the discerning drinking duo sip sparkling wines

To listen to Gino, oh Gino Negroni, click here  Originally in the calendar for June, the official Negroni Week got

To listen, click here The chaps discuss Mexican wrestling and pollinating bats out of clocktowers while sipping the delicious Ocho

“Big Apples & Danish Pastries” Episode 5: Listen Here Ben & Tom enjoy some socially distant Hygge-ing while sipping on

“Lowdown on The Low Countries” Listen Here  Less messy than sacrificing a goat and easier to listen to than Heavy

“Going Caracas in California” Listen HERE Miss World, Mace attacks, Morphine and Microbreweries all feature in this episode of “Around

“Devon Is A Place On Earth” Listen HERE In a bid to transport you from the confines of your isolation

“Coronavirus Special: Mexico & China” – Listen HERE In this first episode, Ben and Tom selflessly try some tenuously topical

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OUR NEW PODCAST Listen up, folks. No, seriously, actually listen because we’ve got a new

Unlock your senses with the world’s best Whisky cocktails.

Just as you think the Thinking Drinkers can’t give you anything more, they give you more. Welcome to “It’s The

HOPS! It wouldn’t be beer without them, but what connection do they have to nuns?!

Ben & Tom show some morris dancers how to throw shapes before trying Badger’s Tanglefoot Ale.

Ben & Tom have a fairly successful stab at fly fishing while tasting Badger’s Blandford Fly ale.

Ben & Tom open a few bottles of Badger’s Poacher’s Choice and a can of whuppass on some clay pigeons.

When it comes to vodka, we here at Thinking Drinkers enjoy Crystal Head almost as much as toast and football.

Ben & Tom go in search of Badgers while enjoying Badger First Gold.

Ben & Tom catch a chicken, cook it with Badger’s Golden Champion Ale, then drink Badger’s Golden Champion Ale.

Ben & Tom take on some stinging nettles while sampling Badger’s Stinger Ale.

Ben & Tom Sandham head to the Dorset countryside to taste Badger Beers and learn a bit more about rural living.