What The Liquor Connoisseur of Your Life Needs This Holiday Season!
Find out the best gifts to give The Liquor Connoisseur in your life on this week's Christmas episode of the Liquor Connoisseur!
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Spirits Education
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Sorel Liqueur Part 2: How Jackie Summers Pairs America's Most Awarded Liqueur
Jackie Summers returns to close out the conversation — tasting how Sorel pairs with other spirits and telling the backstory of a hibiscus-spice liqueur rooted in the Black Caribbean immigrant experience.
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Sorel Liqueur Part 1: Jackie Summers on the Hibiscus Spirit Rooted in the Black Caribbean Tradition
Jackie Summers built the most awarded liqueur in America from a Caribbean family recipe. In Part 1, he tells Crystal and Roger the full origin story — what Sorel is, where it comes from, and what it means.
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Spirited Mindset: What Does It Actually Take to Build a Spirits Podcast?
Crystal and Roger join The Gabs Effect to talk about what it took to build The Liquor Connoisseur from zero — the real answer, not the highlight reel.
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Sherry Cask Finishes: What Happens When a Wine Connoisseur Meets a Liquor Connoisseur
Crystal and Roger invite a wine expert to the table for Part 2 of their sherry cask finishing deep dive — exploring what sherry actually is, why those barrels change whiskey, and where wine and spirits knowledge overlap.
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The Best Pours of 2023: Crystal and Roger's Year in Review
After tasting across bourbon, tequila, rum, cognac, and more throughout 2023, Crystal and Roger reveal which bottles actually made the cut — and which surprised them most.
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Crystal and Roger work through the holiday spirits list — what to give the bourbon collector, the tequila enthusiast, the person who thinks they only drink wine.
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DJ Maverick on Music, Alcohol, and What Happens When the Tables Turn
Crystal and Roger flip the script — this time they're the ones being interviewed. DJ Maverick asks the questions, and the conversation goes where it goes: what music and spirits mean to them, and why those two worlds belong together.
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