 Drink Of The Week Today on the 15th episode of season 3 we are drinking Very Hazy from the infamous Treehouse Brewing Co. out of Charlton, Mass. Very Hazy, on Treehousebrew.com, is described as: "Very Hazy is a Double IPA designed to push the flavor profile of Haze to the limit of hop saturation and intensity while never becoming abrasive or burdensome to the palate. In spite of an enormous hop dose in both the kettle and dry hop, Very Hazy morphs into a beer that is somehow softer and more well rounded than its double IPA counterpart. We taste and smell peach rings, orange juice, and tropical fruit bubblegum yeast esters enveloped by a velvety, smooth body. This is a double IPA we find pleasurable to drink by the glass - it improves and evolves as it is allow to warm and aerate in your tulip." How We Rated Very Hazy Rob’s Rating: 8.4/10 Kev’s Rating: 7.9/10 Very Hazy Show Notes The Bois skipped right over discussing Very Hazy and got right into it this episode! After a two week hiatus Rob & Kev explain the reason(s) for the gap in episodes. Rob kicks off the episode with a gripe with Mcdonalds. When did they change the price of a Mcdouble to $3! Why are people mad at Brady for getting drunk because he won his seventh Super Bowl? Get a life and let the man live. Following that, we talk about actually documenting our life progress with the podcast and what will we say about our hangovers at 35. Do you think the mob has taken precautions to protect "the boss" from Covid-19? I could see Pauly not allowing anyone to come close to tony without a mask. You have to protect the head of the family! Finally, they finish off the episode talking about online dating and being completely unfocused and lazy about it. Kev one time asked a girl to go out with him and after she agreed, he decided to bail because she lived too far away. Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 14 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. Also, with Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

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Very Hazy

 Drink Of The Week Today on the 14th episode of season 3 we are drinking Second Hand brewed by Clocktown Brewing Company out of Thomaston, CT. Second Hand is described on Clocktown's website as a straw-colored, hazy NEIPA with the juicy aromas and notes of citrus and tropical fruit. Bitterness is soft and plays in the background. How We Rated Very Green Rob’s Rating: 7.8/10 Kev’s Rating: 7.0/10 Second Hand Show Notes After The Bois discussed Second Hand, Rob decided to pull up an article on The 50 States and what they're known for. Arkansas is literally known for Bill Clinton and Bill Clinton only, they got nothing going on.... Rob compares California to pinching off a poop, and Connecticut is pot hole central. Do the great people of Idaho ever get tired of being known for potatoes? How good is "Deep Dish" pizza really? Iowa is mostly known for its cornfields, 2.5 Billion bushels of corn a year. How much is a bushel? What state do you think is most known for Nascar? Do people really refer to the "Ass" as a "Buttox"? We finalize the episode with a speed round as we ran out of time per usual. Ending on the smelly state New Jersey. Of course we had to talk about the famous New Jersey sports teams and how much they all suck! Rob even mentions the Nets who are actually good now, probably due to the fact they are no longer in New Jersey. Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 13 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. Also, with Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

Second Hand

 Drink Of The Week Today on the 13th episode of season 3 we are drinking Very Green by the notorious brewery TreeHouse Brewing Co. out of Charlton MA. Very Green is described on Beeradvocate.com as a Double IPA that is created with a massive kettle charge of Australian and American hops. It opens in the glass with huge notes of ripe pineapple, pithy citrus, and dank saturated hops. As it warms it shows its depth and complexity. . . Sweet hints of malt intermingle with straight Tropicana. It has a soft but pointed bitterness and a rich, velvety mouth feel. How We Rated Very Green Rob’s Rating: 9.4/10 Kev’s Rating: 9.1/10 Very Green Show Notes The Bois start off the show discussing getting drunk and blacking out.... terrible time 0/10 recommend. We segue to going to the casino and gambling. Rob shares a story about his recent experience at the casino this past month (he fell asleep in a closet). Then we move on to the most coveted job in America, the "Bathroom Attendant". Mostly seen in upscale clubs and fancy restaurants the bathroom attendant is the most respected person in the venue. Following that, we go into guys tanning and whether or not we should be tanning our entire bodies head to toe....Somehow we take a leap and get into Saints Row and the benefits of insurance fraud as a homeless person. Finally we finish up the episode actually discussing podcasts and whether or not we actually listen to them ourselves. Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 12 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. Also, with Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

Very Green

 Drink Of The Week Today on the 12th episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink Of The Week is King Julius By Treehouse Brewing Co. out of Charlton, MA. King Julius is described on the can as an exceptionally flavorful juicy and hop saturated beer without rough edges or abrasiveness. In our opinion, it is exactly that. Currently our highest rated beer on the show King Julius is everything it is hyped up to be. At 8.2% ABV you cannot find another beer that tastes as juicy as King Julius. How We Rated King Julius Rob’s Rating: 9.7/10 Kev’s Rating: 9.2/10 King Julius Show Notes We start off the episode of course, by completely dissecting King Julius. Following that we somehow got into talking about personal hygiene such as how many times we brush our teeth per day, flossing, and ya know the obvious, missing the toilet bowl when peeing at the bar. Rob talks about his first experience with an electric toothbrush. Are they more effective than a regular old toothbrush? Meanwhile, Kev stated that he never received a single cavity in his life. We then ask the question, have you ever sat when you peed? ( Dont lie, you have...) The Bois aren't known for having much facial hair, so we also raised the question of beard hygiene. How often does food get stuck in beards? Is it worth looking like a manly man if your beard is nasty? We finish off the episode talking about good ole football and fantasy. Rob came in 3rd this year in our league while Kev went all the way to the finals just to finish in 2nd! With the Eagles out of the playoff picture, the Football Team now has a shot at the playoffs! Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 11 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. Also, with Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

King Julius

 Drink Of The Week Today on the eleventh episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink Of The Week is Ho Ho Hope For The Kids by CTs own Counterweight Brewing Co. out of Hamden, CT. Beeradvocate.com describes this beer as a holiday spin on No Hope for the Kids. The biggest difference is a portion of the can sales will be donated to a different youth charity in New Haven each year! Dry hopped with a blend of Columbus, Mosaic, and Simcoe, this version lends bright grapefruit aromas with distinct stone fruit and pine flavors. How We Rated Ho Ho Hope For The Kids Rob’s Rating: 8.4/10 Kev’s Rating: 7.6/10 HH Hope For The Kids Show Notes The Bois kick off the episode by discussing our favorite holidays. Rob with a solid pick of The 4th of July, while Kev went with the cliche Christmas. Following, we go in to the pressure of the holiday season all the way up until Valentines Day! Next we go into our favorite Christmas memory as a child. It has to be about a gift right? Also has anyone ever mentioned the in between period being a young adult where nobody wants any gifts from you?" A very confusing time... The Bois wrap up the episode by discussing our favorite Christmas movies of all time. PS. Any Charlie Brown holiday movie should be aired on TV every year for the rest of eternity. It should not be able to be monopolized to one streaming service its an absolute ABOMINATION! Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 10 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. Also, with Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

Ho Ho Hope For The Kids

 Drink Of The Week Today on the tenth episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink Of The Week is Chocolate Truffle Stout by Hamden, CTs own Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. Beer Advocate describes this beer as a "sweet stout that is made in collaboration with Connecticut's favorite chocolatier, Munson's Chocolate(Avon, CT). Copious amounts of oat malt produce a silky, full bodied beer laced with hints of roast and chocolate derived from dark malts. Each sip ends with a mild chocolate bitterness from Munson's proprietary cocoa powder, added generously to the brew. To round out this beer, we add several pounds of cocoa nibs at the end of fermentation to provide a fresh chocolate aroma. How We Rated Chocolate Truffle Stout Rob’s Rating: 6.9/10 Kev’s Rating: 6.9/10 Chocolate Truffle Stout Show Notes On the 10th episode of Season 3 we celebrated our 50th total episode two years into the process. We get into the holiday spirit while drinking a Chocolate Truffle Stout thinking it was a festive choice. We touched on some of the best and worst Christmas presents we would receive during our childhood while also referencing reddit for some other experiences. It wouldn't be right if we didn't get side tracked and take a X rated turn during this special holiday edition episode touching on subjects not meant for adolescent ears! We go into adult gifts exchanged during our recent Secret Santa. Then we go into the value of socks as a present on Christmas. Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 9 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

Chocolate Truffle Stout

 Drink Of The Week Today on the ninth episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink Of The Week is Choconaut Imperial Porter by Firefly Hollow Brewing out of Bristol, CT. Untapped.com describes Choconaut as a dark, full bodied, and seductive, Imperial Porter. Which is brewed with loads of chocolate malt, roasted barley, black, and crystal malts. It has flavors of creamy chocolate, coffee, and dark caramel blended together with a subtle nuttiness of the Ecuadorian Cacao nibs. How We Rated Choconaut Rob’s Rating: 8.4/10 Kev’s Rating: 7.6/10 Choconaut Show Notes On this episode of Bois & Bar Talk we started off by talking about TGE/Thanksgiving and our usual festivities (getting drunk) and what has changed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. We discuss cutting lines for the big TGE events with overwhelming confidence. Then we spoke about our favorite Thanksgiving foods and which ones we actually hate. Somehow we segued to life goals, and setting up charities/non-profits once a person becomes wealthy enough. Of course we had to bring up the classic Marshawn Lynch video talking to Richard Sherman about giving back to their own communities. We wrap up the show by discussing how, as a successful/wealthy adult, can ride the line of giving to your future children but also not spoiling them rotten. How would you? Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 8 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

Choconaut

 Drink Of The Week Today on the eighth episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink of the week is Candles Out brewed by Charter Oak Brewery located in Danbury, CT. On Charter Oaks website they describe Candles Out as "medium bodied that has a citrus aroma and flavor". It’s a big NEIPA and is a hazy and hop monster, yet easy drink’r and actually very well balanced". Although Charter Oak described it this way, we didn't really agree and felt that it wasn't really a true New England IPA compared to others we've tasted. It lacked a certain "juicy" flavor that normally comes with the name NEIPA. While it was described as a limited release with strong citrus, we agreed it tasted more like the peel of an orange rather than the juice. Not any disrespect towards Charter Oak, but it was nice trying it. However, we would skip past it next time at the store. How We Rated Candles Out Rob’s Rating: 5.7/10 Kev’s Rating: 6.0/10 Candles Out Show Notes On this episode of Bois & Bar Talk the Bois decided to pull up a tier list and rank different types of cereals. Usually we don't disagree on much but this tier list got the argument juices flowing. Rob and Kev go back and forth about the ranking positions of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Captain Crunch, Trix and others. For some reason, many tier lists have S being the best grade over A. We like using this method as well. Also whats the best way to eat cereal? Dry, Soggy, or a mixture of both? After being side tracked by that argument we had to go into a speed round in the last few minutes of the podcast and we even ran out of time! It was a passionate discussion. Looking for more? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 7 here. If you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks! Cheers! 

Candles Out

 Drink Of The Week Today on the seventh episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink of the week is B-Side crafted by New Britain's own Alvarium Brewery. According to Alvarium, B-Side utilizes Idaho 7, Azacca, and Simcoe hops for a delicate and multilayered drinking experience. Soft tropical fruit, mango, citrus and pine flavors combined, give B-Side a delightful taste, clocking in at a 4.9% ABV. It’s a sweet blonde ale that we had no problem drinking in the middle of November. Rob’s Rating: 7.8/10 Kev’s Rating: 8.4/10 How We Rated B-Side After The Bois rated B-Side, we got into a conversation about bugs and the fear of certain species such as spiders. Arachnophobia is common among people, while some have it worse than others. But what is it that makes spiders so terrifying? We started playing a free game on Game Pass, Grounded on the Xbox One. Grounded is a survival game which is still testing in beta where you play as kids who shrunk themselves (sort of like Honey I Shrunk The Kids). The objective is to survive in the garden, fighting against nature including “giant” ladybugs, ants, and dreaded spiders. We raised the question: What ever happened to those tiny electrical zaps on the tips of our fingers? In theory, it has to stem from the fact that carpets were left behind in most houses. As kids we used to charge up the shock by rubbing our feet on the carpet and poke somebody else. It's been completely forgotten about over time. B-Side Show Notes If you like this episode, you can check out episode 6 here. And if you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks. Cheers! 

B-Side

 Drink Of The Week Today on the sixth episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink of the Week is Heady Topper (8%) By The Alchemist Brewery. According to The Alchemist, "The beer is meant to give you wave after wave of hoppy goodness on your palate". How We Rated Heady Topper Brew Advocates rating is 100/100 and considers Heady Topper a “world class” beer.  Heady Topper, similar to Focal Banger is another heavily coveted beer in our neck of the woods so once we got our hands on it we had to do an episode with it! Rob’s Rating: 8.1/10 Kev’s Rating: 7.6/10 Heady Topper Show Notes The Bois missed a week of consistency due to COVID-19 but we bounce back with a "world class" beer. After the ratings we start discussing cooking shows such as "Beat Bobby Flay" and "Cutthroat Kitchen". After we go into the importance of the service in a restaurant and the pros and cons of trying new dishes. Then, somehow Kev had a random thought about not paying attention to classes that would teach you how to use important programs such as Excel. Following that we ended up talking about hazing in fraternities and peculiar questions Rob would ask kids attempting to join. Looking For More? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 5 here. And if you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks. Cheers! 

Heady Topper

 Drink Of The Week Today on the fifth episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink of the Week is Focal Banger By The Alchemist Brewery. According to The Alchemist, "They strive to offer the best hop experience that they can". The beer is brewed with mosaic and citra hops, contains 7% ABV. How We Rated Focal Banger Brew Advocates rating is 100/100 and considers Focal Banger a "world class" beer. Focal Banger is a heavily coveted beer in the New England area and is actually hard to come by. We decided that although we would not travel across state lines to pick up the beer, if the opportunity presents itself we would most definitely purchase again. (Even though Kev would consider other options first). Rob's Rating: 8.9/10 Kev's Rating: 7.8/10 Focal Banger Show Notes After rating Focal Banger, we started discussing "body shaming" via the internet due to Billie Eilish trending on twitter. The fact that whatever you post no matter who you are there will always be someone to comment negatively. No matter how famous you are, you will be scrutinized. Following that we segue into random ads that appear on our devices and social media sites almost immediately after we engage in some kind of activity with the product. Somewhat after that we somehow get to discussing the proper order, (as a guy) on washing yourself in the shower. However, we couldn't end this episode without talking about our "once in a lifetime" experience with an Uber driver. Looking For More? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 4 here. And if you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks. Cheers! 

Focal Banger

 The Drink of the Week Today on the fourth episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink of the Week is Passion Fruit Gose by Two Roads Brewing Co. According to Two Road's official website description, Passion Fruit Gose has, "A nose of BIG tropical fruit, the taste is of light wheat and a perfect harmony of tartness and sweet fruit". This unique ale is also brewed in their tanker truck trailer. How We Rated Passion Fruit Gose Both of us admitted we aren't experienced in the sour game of drinks although we want to break into them more. We agree that sours are an acquired taste but with a 5.2% ABV, it wasn't an overpowering ale. It was a drink different from what we were used to but wasn't too bitter on the back end. We both decided that we would drink it again. Rob's Rating: 6.5/10 Kev's Rating: 6.7/10 Episode 4 Show Notes We expanded on personalities from episode 3 after rating our drink. Both Rob and Kev took a personality test and actually had the same personality out of 16 types (ENFP). It's a personality type with vibrant energy and loves to find deeper meaning in just about anything. We both live a life without structure and do actions based on how we are feeling in the moment. We'll link the website where you can take the free test. You find out a lot about yourself. We also touched on the process of manifestation and whether we think it's real or not. It's common for people to visualize what they want in life and claim it works. Overall we think simply writing down your goals is a powerful method of manifestation. Kev shared his take since he always writes and records music. Not only writing is powerful, but listening to his voice back through a song gives him a strong visualization of the things he wants in life. Looking for More? If you like this episode, you can check out episode 3 here. And if you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks. Cheers! 

Passion Fruit Gose

 Today, on the third episode of Season 3 on the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink of the Week is All Together by Stony Creek Brewery out of Branford, CT. All Together is an American style IPA with a 6.5% ABV. It smells of grapefruit and oranges with a golden amber color. After tasting, we noticed the bitter grape flavor and weren't the biggest fans of this one. However, we give All Together credit because it actually had a special purpose and campaign designed to support both business and hospitality workers struggling during the pandemic. All Together Campaign The All Together drink is actually a cost effective recipe created by Other Half Brewing made to be a global collaboration among breweries. The All Together campaign invites all breweries to use the recipe, name, and artwork to raise awareness for local hospitality workers in their respective communities. The campaign also requests that a portion of proceeds go directly to hospitality workers. The low cost recipe is designed to help breweries weather the storm while business slowly returns to normal. Over 800+ breweries participated in the campaign. Our Rating Overall Rob gave this low cost Stony Creek Version a 5.7 out of 10. Kev gave a rating of 4.2. While we weren't crazy about the grapefruit taste, we're still happy to share the special story and glad we gave it a shot. Kev finally watched The Last Dance documentary series made in 2020 revolving around Michael Jordan's final season with the Bulls. The documentary focuses on the championship run during the unforgettable 97-98 season. We talked about the intense mentality of Jordan that ignited the rest of the entire franchise. We also point out that Jordan's competitors enjoy feeding into his legacy. They enjoy sharing stories of getting beat by the greatest basketball player of all time. Other topics of episode 3 include discussing the lack of personality on professional networking platform LinkedIn and talking about Introverts/Extraverts. Looking for More Bois & Bar Talk? If you like this episode, you can check out our Previous Episode here. And if you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks. Cheers! 

All Together

 Today on the second episode of Season 3 of the Bois & Bar Talk podcast, the Drink of the Week is Crucial Mass by Counterweight Brewing. According to Counterweight's website description of Crucial Mass, "Ripened mangos, passionfruit, and a touch of grapefruit dominate the nose, with a subtly sweet malt backbone to support the big explosive hop flavors". It's a popular American IPA, and also one of their most popular drinks to get. Overall, Rob rated this beer an 8.7 out of 10 which was higher than Kev's rating of 7.1. For an 8% ABV, it is definitely a smooth beer to taste. On this episode we opened up talking about Uber driver stories and a summer get away trip. We quickly transitioned to the new release of only NFL simulation game on the market, Madden 21. EA Sports has been facing a lot of criticism for not making enough changes to the annually released game. We went to the Microsoft store and started reading all of the Madden reviews from upset gamers. The official user rating was something around 1.7 stars out of 5. The reviews were absurd, bashing the game and the developers without a good review in sight. It was reading these off without trying to laugh. We are both big gamers and football fans if you didn't already know. Of course we like some more quality changes in future Madden games. If you like this episode, you can check out our Season 3 premiere episode here. And if you would like to support the show, take a look at our Patreon page. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks. Cheers! We'll see you next week :) 

Crucial Mass

 After two months off, Bois & Bar Talk is finally here for season 3! Join us for episode one featuring the Drink of the Week - High Noon. During this episode, we introduce you to yet another new studio setup. We did this by turning the camera 180 degrees and basically flipped our whole studio around. We have a shelf in the back, so this season we will be collecting all of our "Drink of the Week" choices. The break was much needed, but we're excited to reconnect with you and get some good laughs this season. High Noons are a pretty rare drink to find, at least where we are in Connecticut. They are another trendy seltzer drink, but High Noons are particular better than most. Directly from their website it describes High Noon as, "Made with real vodka, real juice, and sparkling water". We had some fun getting back to Bois & Bar Talk and gave you a few updates on what we were doing this summer during our break. Kev's 26th birthday also just passed so Rob hit him with lightening questions to answer. Kev had the chance to reflect on what it means to be 26 years old. For one of the improvements in season 3, we created a Patreon. With Patreon you can support us financially so we can at least break even on our expenses, expand faster, and keep exploring new drinks. We are offering some cool bonus content and features in return. We even plan on giving free hats to our supporters after a few months. Big shout out to Darren, Brooke, Mike, and Meg for being our first supporters! Overall, we hope you enjoy this season 3 debut episode and it's always fun to be back. Cheers! 

High Noon

The Bois are here to waste a half hour of your life talking about anything we can think of. Plenty of rants and subjects requested by fans included. Join Rob and Kev for a drink as we kick off our show with something new to sip on every week!

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