Bring A Bottle Podcast: Episode 91

Good morning or good afternoon wherever you are! In this week’s Bring a Bottle Podcast, we cover stylish sodas from a Victorian brand, TikTok chili trends, the subtlety of sake, and Helena is put on the spot to match drinks with some of the most popular dishes around. Listen in now for all of that and much more.

Our Guest Drinker

This week, Helena welcomes Eddy Temple-Morris back to the podcast! Eddy is a musician by trade having been in a band since the 1980s, but also a regular voice over the airwaves for the last 30 years. You can currently find him live on Virgin Radio every day from 10-1. If you want to find out more about Eddy and his passions make sure you listen to the podcast today! @EddytempleMorris @eddyTM

What’s in Our Glass?

In this episode, we’re focusing on mixers, and more specifically a company producing premium drinks since 1886 – Franklin & Sons. 

First up in Episode 91, Helena uses the Pink Grapefruit Soda in her own cocktail concoction, the ‘Palovignon’ which goes down very well indeed.

Size: 200ml
Find here: £17.50 24x200ml

Next up is the Rhubarb and Hibiscus Tonic Water. Light, slightly tart and sweet on the nose, Helena and Eddy decide that pink gin or vodka would make the perfect dance partner for it. 

Size: 200ml
Find here: £16.99 24x200ml

Drinks News

Drinkers over on TikTok have been experimenting by adding chillies to their glasses of Rosé this summer and so naturally we had to give it a go! Helena opted for red chillies, but has she judged the amount correctly?! And is the chilli flavour a welcome addition or a waste of good Rosé? Listen to find out!

Instant Sommelier Quick Fire

Eddy fires 3 popular dishes at Helena to see what drinks she would pair with them (not literally, although we are always looking for new features). 

Which wine can complement the fire of a Chicken Madras? 

And which tomato loving wine is perfect for Lasagna?

This and more all answered in the podcast!

MAILBAG

Finally, another mailbag question and Podcast 91’s is, ‘What is the deal with cold sake?’

Listen in to hear what Helena has to say about why your sake might be served hot or cold.

The Bring a Bottle Podcast: Episode 84

Welcome back to another episode of our Bring a Bottle podcast! This week we chat about tasty mixers for your rum, give a shoutout to brand new vodka brand, Vodka 4 Peace, taste test a drink that looks like alcoholic pink chocolate milk in buy it or bin it and Aidy catches up with the wonderful Briget from Étän Rum! Listen in to hear all this and more via the player below!

What’s in our glass?

We’re taste-testing mixers for rum this week and we’ve got our hands back on Franklin and Sons Pineapple and Almond soda*. When you drink this mixer on its own the pineapple really stands out, however, we found that when mixing it with rum there is a real marzipan note to it as the pineapple is toned down and the almond shines through. The mixer itself is a great drink to enjoy if you just fancy a nice drink that isn’t alcoholic but we’re curious to see what it would taste like with mezcal…

Size: 200ml
Find here: £17.50 for 24 bottles

* For our American friends, soda in the UK is flavoured water.

Drinks doing Good

We love to shout out about drinks brands that are doing good and this week we’re putting Vodka 4 Peace in the spotlight. Set up by peace-loving entrepreneurs including Anastasiia Rosinina who was forced to leave Ukraine this year, the brand has been created to help Ukrainians in need and to support humanitarian organisations worldwide. The vodka itself is a premium grain-based vodka, triple-distilled under German quality standards and 100% of all the profits made from sales will go to charities to help until 2026 with £5 from every bottle also being donated.

Size: 700ml
ABV: 40%
Find here: £29.90

Personal News

Helena has been busy helping Wines of New Zealand with their petition to get a white wine emoji. You can find out more here. Aidy on the other hand has been getting into the art of journaling!

Buy it or Bin it

Buy it or bin it is back and this week we have a drink that looks like alcoholic pink chocolate milk and smells like raspberry blancmange! ‘What is it?!’ we hear you ask… it is in fact, Dead Man’s Fingers Raspberry Rum Cream Liqueur! A definite guilty pleasure, this would taste amazing poured over ice cream, be that vanilla, strawberry or chocolate!

Size: 700ml
ABV: 17%
Find here: £15 

Third Drinker

Aidy catches up with Briget, one of the five fabulous sisters behind rum brand Étän, to discuss where the idea of Étän rum came from, what it tastes like, the BEST street food you can find in Cameroon and the most underrated rum cocktail you need to try. Listen in to find out more and if you want to get your hands on a bottle of Étän rum, here are the details…

Size: 700ml
ABV: 40%
Find here: £40

Mailbag

Finally, it wouldn’t be a Bring a Bottle podcast without one of your fantastic mailbag questions. This week you asked ‘What are the differences between light and dark rum?’.

Listen in to all this, and a whole lot more, by clicking on this link!