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Ep. 30 – An Aggressive Family Chritsmas

December 16, 2022 Nick McDonald Leave a comment

It’s a Christmas miracle! A new episode of The Booze + Spirits Podcast!

Finally, the episode recorded in December 2021 is available in December 2022 (we make no promise to be timely with our jokes, references, or new stories). And it’s getting Dickensian in here, as we pick tell stories inspired by Scrooge’s famous ghosts: Caity takes up to the past of cannibalistic European satanists in a story she only discovered in her present, Mel tells us about present ghosts (by rehashing the past in stories we told last year), and Nick tells us of how Sharon Tate in the past saw her own future in the ghost that predicted her future. Honestly, this whole episode is chronally instable.

You can find the recipe for Manson Christmas Punch here.

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Nick’s background music is “This Christmas” by Dott, used under license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Opening bells from “Christmas on an Island” by junior85, used under license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Opening song is “Come Back Down” by The Lonely Wild, licensed through audiio.

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Clip Show: We’re Not Dead Yet!

June 1, 2022 Nick McDonald Leave a comment

Your eyes are not deceiving you, it’s a Booze + Spirits Podcast! Almost. We have not yet returned to the recording booth, but that doesn’t mean the show isn’t on our minds, and we’re flabbergasted to see that we’re still acquiring new listeners for a show that hasn’t put out new content for a dragonfly’s age. So, to let you know that we haven’t forgotten you all, here’s another clip show of bits left from the editing bay floor, and like last time, it’s been punctuated with the chaotic tones of a French post-punk band; this time, Ultrademon! (We amuse ourselves.) Hang tight, and we hope to see you with new, actual real episodes sometime in the near future!

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Theme music is “Come Back Down” by The Lonely Wild, licensed through audiio.

“Ultra Neuf Trois”, “PIQURE”, “TETE BLONDE RUSSE”, and “SORS” by Ultrademon are used under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0. “High Five” by Desmond & The Tutus is used under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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Recipes

RECIPE: Shiksa Swill

January 10, 2022 Nick McDonald 1 Comment

1.5 oz gin
2 oz apricot nectar
.5 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz honey simple syrup
3 dashes Bitter Housewife Old Fashioned Aromatic Bitters

Combine gin, nectar, lemon juice & simple syrup in a shaker with ice. After a good shake, strain into a coupe and top with a few dashes of bitters

Honey Simple Syrup

1 cup water
1 cup honey

Combine water and honey in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally until mixture comes to a low boil. Once boiling, lower heat and let simmer for 10 minutes. Let cool before adding to your cocktails.

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Ep. 29 – Six Gentiles Walk Into a Whale

December 28, 2021 Nick McDonald Leave a comment

Show Notes

Better late than never, said the person who sucks at online analytics… The part-time job known as Christmas is over, and we’ve finally had time to edit the episodes we recorded before Christmas.

First up, in our salute to Hanukah, we talk vaguely about some Jewish spirts and demons in between bursts of spouting off pointless facts like the big-headed autistic kid from Jerry Maguire. Cait has a haunted synagogue, Nick compares a historical possession tale to teachings of the Talmud, and Mel has new uses for cat afterbirth. It’s an episode less offensive than you would have thought, but more offensive than you would have hoped.

Get the recipe for the Shiksa Swill here!

The Paranormal & Ghost Society’s investigation of Amherst Synagogue

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Theme music is “Come Back Down” by The Lonely Wild, licensed through audiio.

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Ep. 28 – Hominid Battle Royale

November 30, 2021 Nick McDonald Leave a comment

Show Notes

It’s Thanksgiving here at The Booze + Spirits Podcast, and we celebrate it like most Americans–by being painfully unaware of the plight of Native Americans and having a big blow-out fight with family members. After a few tales of Native American lore, Nick goads Cait into storming out. Afterwards, Nick and Mel ‘go for a walk with the cousins’ and ramble on about proto-man behavior including Bigfoot, Wendigos, and Facebook. Like a Thanksgiving dinner, it goes on too long and makes you wonder what else you could be doing right now if you didn’t feel so guilty obligated. Happy Turkey Day!

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Theme music is “Come Back Down” by The Lonely Wild, licensed through audiio.

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Ep. 27 – Dalrymple in Time

November 16, 2021 Nick McDonald Leave a comment

Show Notes

Put on your tam, grab your bagpipes, and wear your kilt commando style, because we’re headed to the highlands for this episode of The Booze + Spirits Podcast! We’re discussing the spirits of Scotland in this episode, ‘Mel!’ gives us a tour of a creepy castle and its green lady, Nick rants about government betrayal on a ghostly glen, and Cait finishes our journey by warming our tired bones with a pastoral hot toddy.

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Theme music is “Come Back Down” by The Lonely Wild, licensed through audiio.

“Dobro Mash” by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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Ep. 26 – Call Her DADA

November 3, 2021 Nick McDonald Leave a comment

Show Notes

It’s our one-year anniversary! One year of Booze + Spirits, and despite all that experience, Mel shows up late, Cait pulls her conversation cues from Cards Against Humanity, and Nick talked into the cold mic while the hot mic was in another part of the room again (sorry for the potato quality). For this momentous event we decided on a episode touching some of the darker, nastier denizens of the paranormal world (the ghost ones, not douchey or pretentious ghost hunters), and some ways to keep yourself from being caught in their webs. So sit in for an extra long, sub-quality version of Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and at the end Cait will send you home with a recipe for a Bloody Mary that doubles as a protection spell!

Like we mention in the podcast, Michelle Bellanger is one of our favorite sources for information on psychic and magical arts. You can find her books through her website, though some of our favorites are listed below:
The Ghost Hunter’s Survival Guide
The Psychic Vampire Codex
The Dictionary of Demons

The Phillip Experiment – Artificial creation of a spirit entity (see also tulpas)

How to Lucid Dream

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Recipes

RECIPE: Bloody Orangey Margey

October 22, 2021 Nick McDonald 1 Comment

2 oz Silver Tequila
2 oz Blood Orange Juice
1 oz Cointreau
1 oz charcoal agave syrup
Juice of 1 lime

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until mixed and chilled. Strain into a fresh glass of ice. We recommend a salt or Tajin rim.

Charcoal Agave Syrup

Combine 1 cup agave syrup with 1 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Carefully mix in 1 tsp activated charcoal, bring to a low boil for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: Activated charcoal can affect how your medications and supplements work. Ask your doctor if you’re on prescriptions. We’re lushes, not medical professionals 🙂

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Ep. 25 – Sphincter Obsession

October 15, 2021 Nick McDonald Leave a comment

Show Notes

In a Hail Mary pass attempt at keeping our themes fresh at just-less-than-a-year into the podcast, we decided to talk about cursed films in this episode! Cait tells us about a movie that was so (rightfully) cursed that it never got finished, despite several attempts. Then Nick does it all for Damian by covering the bizarre circumstances behind-the-scenes on the set of 1976’s The Omen. Finish it all off with a demonic-looking margarita, and way, WAY too much about sphincters, and you have a Booze + Spirits Podcast!

Get the recipe for Bloody Orangey Margey here!

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Recipes

RECIPE: Col. Taylor’s Medicinal Sweet Tea

October 10, 2021 Nick McDonald 1 Comment

2oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon
Juice of 1/4 lemon
4 blackberries
5 mint leaves
Sweet tea*

Combine everything but the sweet tea in a shaker and muddle with ice. Dump into a highball and top with sweet tea (below). We only used about 2 oz, but feel free to upgrade to a bigger glass and add more “tea”.

This sweet tea is between a sweet tea and a syrup. To make the tea, we brewed 2 bags of black tea in a 12oz mug of hot water. After the bags have steeped for a few minutes, but before the water cools, add 1/4 cup of sugar and stir until fully dissolved. Allow to cool before making your boozy treat.