Tipple Theory
Tipple Theory is an exploration of the history and practice of creating alcohol around the world.. On this show we will share some of the history of how your favourite beverages came to be as well as techniques professional bartenders use to elevate your poison of choice into an experience worth savouring.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 41
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Tipple Theory on Alternative O'hols TT035
In this episode September and Sean talk about the companies that are trying to isolate alternative alcohol molecules. Science! There are a couple of companies that have come to market in the last few…
Tipple Theory on NA Herbal Spirits TT034
In the world of non-alcoholic spirits a category has been growing. This group of distilled or infused beverages try less to imitate specific categories of pre-existing alcohols and instead try to cre…
Tipple Theory on Shrubs TT033
Shrubs! They are a old drink comprised of vinegar, sugar, and fruit/herbs. The tradition of drinking vinegar is just about as old as wine itself! Wine, turned into vinegar and if you know anything ab…
Tipple Theory on NA WhiskeyTT032
It's liquid, it's brown, it doesn't burn? Well it kinda does.... In this episode of Tipple Theory September and Sean talk about NA Whiskey, probably the hardest of the NA spirits to reproduce. Since …
Tipple Theory on NA Tequila TT031
This episode of Tipple Theory explores the world of NA Tequila (& Mezcal). Remember last episode when we said how new of a category NA gin is? This is even newer! The first NA tequila alternative ca…
Tipple Theory on NA Gin TT030
September and Sean's quest through the realm of non-alcoholic drinks continues! This time we explore non-alcoholic gin! Yes! It exists, and it ranges from gross to pretty darn good. This category of …
Tipple Theory on NA Cocktail Basics TT029
From temperance drinks, to mocktails, to non-alcoholic cocktails September and Sean will discuss how we got to the modern spiritless cocktail movement and how you can up your game when making drinks …
Tipple Theory on NA Premixed Cocktails TT028
Welcome to the NA cocktail episode. September and Sean will talk about where the non-alcoholic cocktail culture originated, the recent renaissance of fancy drinks sans booze, AND where we're going wi…
Tipple Theory on NA Wine TT027
We're gonna talk about Welche's, Carl Jung, and CocaCola! NA Wine is has been going hard for a minute, except not, because it's non-alcoholic. Truly, as an older beverage, people have been attemptin…
Tipple Theory on NA Beer TT026
We've come a long way in the process of making non-alcoholic beer. From the origins of just boiling it off, industry now has several methods of de-alcoholizing beer or brewing it to achieve a low alc…
What is NA Tipple artiliery punch TT025
Welcome to the first episode of Season 3 the season of "NA" or Non-alcoholic beverages. In this episode we're going to talk about the rising popularity of Non-alcoholic beverages and how we made our …
Tipple Theory on Malort Part 4
This is it! Our 4th mini-sode on malort. In this episode we try garlic malort and the classic; Jepson's! Truly this has been a journey. One you shouldn't go on and few would recommend, but you're her…
Tipple Theory on Malort Part 3
Part 3 of our 4 part series to ruin our pallets forever. That's right! It's time for more of Sean's homemade flavored Malort! In this episode we try cinnamon and Lemon/lime malorts. It's....content. …
Tipple Theory on Malort Part 2
Malort, the stuff open mouth breathing night terrors are made of. We're back for a 2nd round of tasting Sean's homemade flavored malort, because that's good content! In this taste test September and …
Tipple Theory on Malort Part1
We're doing a series of inter-season episodes all on tasting some homemade Malort. Yes, that's right, that Chicago staple that some how can't be put down (figuratively and literally). Sean has been m…
Tipple Theory on Moonshine TT024
Sean and September are wrapping up their season of whiskey with the progenitor of whiskey in the US, Moonshine! It had humble beginnings coming over with Irish and Scottish immigrants Moonshine was u…
Tipple Theory on Australian Whiskey TT023
This episode Sean and September dove down under to talk about Australian whiskey. The prominence of Australian whiskey has been hard won. A variable climate combined with frequent shifts in distilli…
Tipple Theory Not an Episode, Episode 2
Welcome to another non-episode! Un-episodic things happened this last week. Sean went to Mexico and brought back some Pulque, Mezcal, and Tequila! Taste along and learn about the phases of drink that…
Tipple Theory on Lebanese Whiskey TT022
A bold new area for whiskey creation lies ahead of you. Lebanon! Where distillation have been happening since about the beginning, but making whiskey is relatively new. So new, that there is little i…
Tipple Theory on Indian Whiskey TT021
This week Sean and September take a look at whiskey from India. While the country may have started out making other distilled beverages, whiskey has hit the scene with some force. It's going in popul…