Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

Dive Bar Soul, Bottle Science, and the Pickle Beer Surprise

The Humble Doorway Into Dive Bar Culture

The episode opens with a sponsor message for Buna Connection Brewing Company before host Gary Montaroso introduces Beverage Chronicles as a relaxed conversation about the stories behind what people drink. The main feature begins by defining dive bars as casual, unpretentious places with simple drinks, low prices, local clientele, and a worn-in atmosphere that often includes music, karaoke, or pool tables.

Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

From Speakeasies to Canned Cocktails: How America's Drinking Culture Evolved

Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

Root Beer, Vodka, and the Unexpected Science in Your Glass

Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

Beer Flights, Coffee Trends and Beverage Brand PR

Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

Title: Schlitz, Session IPAs and Starbucks Summer Strategy

Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

Guinness Cocktails, Gin Trends, and the Rise of Finland’s Long Drink

• Guinness is finding new life as a cocktail ingredient in drinks like the Espresso Stout Martini, Black Velvet, and Top Hat.

Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

Title: Beer Names, Wild Fermentation, and the Strangest Lager Yet

Breweries are simplifying beer style names to attract casual drinkers while trying to avoid losing the identity and uniqueness that built craft beer culture.

Beer historian Rachel Benkowski explores the history and cultural importance of Belgian lambic, a spontaneously fermented beer deeply tied to place, patience, and tradition.

Beverage Chronicles with Gary Monterosso

Smuggling Nun: Reviving Ireland's Bootleg Poitin Legacy

Poitin, Ireland's ancient unaged barley spirit, was illegally bootlegged for 300+ years until 1997, predating whiskey and inspiring global moonshine culture.

Maura Clare learned a secretive 20th-century recipe with molasses and beet sugar from a retired bootlegger, blending whiskey warmth, tequila aroma, gin complexity, and rum sweetness at 45% ABV.