All-Star Hangover, Eh?

100 games played, and things are looking a little iffy. The boys break down the Blue Jays series, Matthew rants about Justin Verlander, again, Ben calls out Logan Webb and Robbie Ray for being hungover, and they pick on instant replay. But let's face it, the break didn't solve the real problem: the offense.

Our new cocktail podcast, The Perfect Sip, is on hiatus but new episodes will come some day, probably. (Yeah, it's taking a long time ... life, you know?) If you haven't listened yet, you can catch up here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen

Speaking of cocktails, today Ben is drinking an Olallieberry Bourbon Smash while Matthew is drinking a Toasted Coconut Old Fashioned. Recipes below.

Olallieberry Bourbon Smash

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
• 2 Lemons wedges
• 8-10 mint leaves
• 1/4 cup Olallieberies
• Add the simple syrup, mint, lemon wedges and olallieberries to a mixing tin and muddle thoroughly. (If you are room challenged, muddle in stages starting with syrup and lemon, remove lemons add berries and muddle, and muddle mint last or not at all, it’s going to get pulverized in the shaking anyway.) Fill your shaking tin with ice and shake until well chilled. Double strain into a rocks glass over cubed ice (crushed ice is traditional) and garnish with the mint spring and olallieberries on a cocktail pick. (Choose big one, the olallieberry has a weird anatomy making them hard to skewer straight through the middle.)

(Toasted) Coconut Old Fashioned

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Coconut Gum Syrup
• 1 Dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 Dashes Black Walnut Bitters
• Orange Peel for garnish

1. To make Syrup: 1/2 cup Demerara Sugar, 1/2 cup Coconut Sugar (Or 1 cup Demerara), 1/2 cup water, 1/2 tsp gum Arabic powder, 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (toasted). Toast coconut over medium heat in a skillet. Add sugars and water to a small saucepan under medium heat and stir to combine. Once hot, add gum arabic powder and whisk until incorporated. Reduce syrup to low and add coconut and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and cool for at least an hour. Put in glass jar and refrigerate overnight.
2. To make the old fashioned: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled rocks glass with a block of ice. Express orange peel over drink and drop in.

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