Hosted by Richard Beams · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 244 episodes
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Executive Bourbon Steward and Spirits Guide Rich Beams guides you through the intoxicating world of Spirits through tastings, history lessons, books, cocktail making and anything else that the Spirits world conjures up.
Richard Beams hosts The Spirits Guide, a arts show with 244 episodes published.
It's already been an incredible year for Whiskey, and this week I am tasting 3 high profile releases that are try6to get in to my top ten of 2026. I am also talking about if Whiskey goes bad and my annoyance over bottles
This is a little TNT (Thursday Night Tasting), just a little something to get you ready for the weekend. And on this episode I am tasting some new RTDs from Sazerac, for a little yay or nay, on whether or not i'm going t
This week Im talking about America's greatest contribution to drinking culture, the Beer and Shot combo. Inspired by a recent road trip and concert experience, where I had a few Ber and Shot combos, I was inspired to go
This week Im talking about some culture. Im talking about some new music i discovered, a movie that is better than the book, and a documentary about Martin Short. But first i have some (more) thoughts about the state of
This is a little TNT (Thursday Night Tasting), just a little something to get you ready for the weekend. And on this episode I am tasting something fun from one of my new favorite distilleries, Tamworth Distillery in New
This week I try to keep things positive. So no rants and raves, just some interesting Whiskies. But first, I do have some thoughts on the increasing wild story of the troubled Uncle Nearest brand. If you like what I am d
This week I was inspired by what is the best potential of Spirits, and that is the ability to facilitate connections. So, inspired by 2 friends i have made through spirits, I am talking about the current state of the liq
This week I was inspired by what is the best potential of Spirits, and that is the ability to facilitate connections. So, inspired by 2 friends i have made through spirits, I am talking about the current state of the liq
This is a little TNT (Thursday Night Tasting), just a little something to get you ready for the weekend. And on this episode I am tasting a relatively new Tequila, made by one of my favorite brands of Mezcal, Madre. It t
This week I decided to a serious approach to the podcast. I was first inspired by an opportunity to buy a local, "craft" Bourbon, that i passed on. But that lead down a Rabbit Hole of craft spirits. And, what exactly is
This is a little TNT, Thursday Night Tasting, just a little something to get you ready for the weekend. After a day of tasting Whiskey, I was somehow inspired to taste through the lineup of World Cup Branded Buzz Ballz,
This week is coming to you a bit late, in part due to some mental health issues, but also due to waiting for a bottle to get delivered to me. And, as it turns out, that bottle was well worth waiting for. So, I am tasting
This week you guys have sent me alot of interesting articles and videos, and I somehow managed to string them all together. So this week, I am tasting Tequilla for Cinco de Mayo, while talking about the booms and busts o
On this weeks episode is am talking about the ridiculous hype surrounding Busch Lt Apple, and the people who chased it. I am also tasting some Whiskey that had alot of hype, and one that should have had even more. In fac
This is a little TNT (Thursday Night Tasting), and this time I am doing an impromptu tasting of a new pickle flavored beer from Pabst, and tasting some Pickle Vodka shots. If you like pickles, this is for you. If you lik
This week, I am diving into some ridiculous things in the spirits world. I am always talking about a ridiculous documentary. So to balance out all that ridiculousness, I'm tasting some serious Gins. One of them may ne on
This is just a little TNT, Thursday Night Tasting, to get you ready for the weekend. On this episode I get to taste sone from one of my favorite distilleries, Makers Mark. Im tasting the cask strength version, and i will
This weeks episode was inspired by my recent re watching of movies I have seen before. This lead me to think of which Whiskies i would always go back to. So, this we I am retasting some of my favorite, everyday American
This week is another, take 2, late arriving episode, but better late than never. This week I am talking about 1 of 6 great Whiskies I've tasted so far this year, Fred Minicks new book, and the dumpster fire that is Faceb
This week turned out to be a wild rabbit hole ride. I set out to talk about Rum, and its lost place in drinking culture. But the rabbit hole I found myself in lead my to a very dark place. So, I balanced that out by watc
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The Spirits Guide is hosted by Richard Beams. The show is categorised under arts (food) and has published 244 episodes.
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