27: Brandy

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Dr Wilko gives you the history of one of the oldest spirits, brandy…

Episode Transcript

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Sections

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:23] Brandy

• [2:49] Armagnac & Cognac

• [3:54] Cherry Brandy

• [4:17] Modern Brandy

• [5:27] The Brandy Cocktail

• [5:54] Credits

Show Notes

• Liquor: True Distillation

• Brandy

• How Products Are Made: Brandy

• France Vaunts 40 Virtues of Armagnac

• All you ever need to know about Armagnac but were afraid to ask

• The Brandy Report (5/12): Armagnac - Springing the lid of innovation

• The Brandy Report (7/12): Spanish Brandy

• The Brandy Cocktail

• The Old Fashioned

Music

• Bar Music: George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• Outro Music: Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• Main Image: Photo by Lovely2912 from PxHere

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25: Gin

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Dr Wilko gives you the history of the famous spirit known as ‘Mother’s Ruin’…

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Sections

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:23] Jenever

• [1:10] London Dry Gin

• [4:07] Plymouth Gin

• [4:48] Steinhager Gin

• [5:41] The Modern Gin Boom

• [7:05] The Humble Martini

• [8:43] Credits

Show Notes

• Why Was Gin Nicknamed Mother's Ruin?

• What is London Dry Gin?

• Gin Lane by William Hogarth

• Gin Act 1751

• List of UK Food and Drink with Protected Status: Spirits

• Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament

• My Plymouth Gin Distillery review

• Types of Gin: Steinhäger

Music

Bar Music: George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Outro Music: Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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15: Winter Warmers

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Dr Wilko mixes a selection of winter warmers to keep you cosy in the long, dark evenings ahead.

Ingredients

Spiced Mulled Sloe

• Double measure sloe gin

• 200ml hot cloudy apple juice

Autumn Crumble

• Single measure Martini Bianco

• Dash cloudy apple juice

• Top with ginger ale

Spiced Buttered Rum

Serves 4:

• 25g (1 oz) butter

• 2 tbsp golden caster sugar

• 2 small cinnamon sticks

• 8 measures of spiced rum

Spiced Apple Warmer

• 200 ml cloudy apple juice

• 1 cinnammon stick

• 1/3 tsp ground ginger

• 2 whole cloves

• zest of 1/3 orange

• 100 g golden caster sugar

• a shot of Amaretto (or brandy)

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Show Notes

• 4 Hot Gin Cocktails

• Autumn Crumble Cocktail

• Spiced Buttered Rum

• Spiced Apple Syrup (Inspiration for my cocktail)

Music

George Street Shuffle Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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10: Martini Vesper

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For the 10th episode let the good Doctor make you something special, James Bond's Martini Vesper.

Ingredients

• 3 measures of export strength gin.

• 1 jigger of grain vodka.

• half a measure of Cocchi Americano.

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Show Notes

• Martini Vesper on the IBA Website

• Why You Can't Drink the Original James Bond Martini

• Duke's Bar

Music

George Street Shuffle Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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