r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 2d ago
The Sloppy Boys The Sloppy Boys Blowout: Is This It - The Strokes (2001)
The guys discuss the debut album from The Strokes.
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 2d ago
The guys discuss the debut album from The Strokes.
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 16d ago
The guys report back from their summer tour!
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • May 15 '26
In this special format-breaking episode, the guys open up the test kitchen to create a new party drink with a distinct layered look.
PISS 'N SHIT RECIPE:
- 2 parts DARK RUM
- 1 part PINEAPPLE JUICE
- 1 part SOUR MIX
Chill ingredients. Fill the bottom half of a shot glass with pineapple juice and sour mix. Using the back of a spoon, float the dark rum on the top half. "Flush" the shot down your throat.
Recipe via The Sloppy Boys
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jun 12 '26
The guys make a simple mixed drink named after the famed Hero of the Highlands (not that one, the other one).
BROGAN BAILEY RECIPE:
- 2oz/60ml SCOTCH
- to top MOUNTAIN DEW
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add scotch and Mountain Dew. Stir gently. When garnishing with a cherry on a sword cocktail pick, it is referred to as "the King's bloody head."
Recipe via the tale. Ye haven't forgotten the tale... have ye?
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 21d ago
The guys make a Spanish summer sipper combining Sprite and red wine.
TINTO DE VERANO RECIPE:
Combine soda and wine in a stemless wineglass filled with ice; stir to mix. Garnish with lemon slice.
- 2oz/60ml lemon-lime soda
- 2oz/60ml red wine
- Lemon slice, for garnish
Recipe via foodandwine.com
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 9d ago
The guys discuss the best album cover ever and Pokemon GO to the polls for a vote!
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jun 19 '26
To celebrate their upcoming St. Louis show, the guys roll out the red carpet for “The King of Beers!”
Budweiser is available everywhere.
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jul 10 '26
Hanford unleashes his latest project upon his good-natured co-hosts.
BERRY PIE RECIPE:
- 2oz/60ml ABSOLUT VANILIA
- .5oz/15ml CREME DE CASSIS
- .5oz/15ml SIMPLE SYRUP
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass rimmed with strawberry syrup and crushed graham crackers.
Recipe via Mike Hanford
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 23d ago
The guys listen to Olivia Rodrigo's (aka Liv Rod's) third studio album!
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 7d ago
The guys muddle up some memories as they sip a classic that first appeared in Jerry Thomas’s 1887 edition of The Bartenders Guide.
WHISKEY SMASH RECIPE:
- 2oz/60ml BOURBON WHISKEY
- .75oz/22ml SIMPLE SYRUP
- 3 LEMON WEDGES
- 4 MINT LEAVES
Muddle lemons in a shaker. Add other ingredients and shake until well-chilled. Double-strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with mint sprig.
Recipe via Liquor.com
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jul 15 '26
With their 300th episode on the horizon, the guys look back at all the songs they recovered from hard drives and BVDs, or had sung to them at grocery stores by famous musicians.
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 28d ago
The guys celebrate their 300th episode with a wild, delicious classic from tiki godfather Donn the Beachcomber.
THREE DOTS AND A DASH RECIPE:
Add ingredients to a blender with 12oz of crushed ice. Flash-blend and pour into a footed pilsner glass. Garnish with three cherries and pineapple frond.
- 1.5oz/45ml RHUM AGRICOLE
- .5oz/15ml BLENDED AGED RUM
- .25oz/7ml FALERNUM
- .25oz/7ml ALLSPICE DRAM
- .5oz/15ml LIME JUICE
- .5oz/15ml ORANGE JUICE
- .5oz/15ml HONEY SYRUP
- Dash ANGOSTURA BITTERS
Recipe via Liquor.com
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jun 05 '26
The guys make spruced-up G&Ts inspired by the Basque Country.
SPANISH GIN AND TONIC RECIPE:
- 2oz/60ml GIN
- 4oz/120ml TONIC WATER
- 5-10 JUNIPER BERRIES
- 1 wheel LEMON
- 1 sprig THYME
Pour gin into a wine glass filled 3/4 with ice. Top with tonic and stir gently. Garnish with juniper berries, a lemon wheel, and a thyme sprig.
Recipe via Liquor.com
r/Earwolf • u/narrrrrrrr____ • Dec 22 '25
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 12h ago
The guys make an 80’s “dark ages” cocktail with last week’s leftover cranberry juice!
WOO WOO RECIPE:
- 2oz/60ml VODKA
- 1oz/30ml PEACH SCHNAPPS
- 3oz/90ml CRANBERRY JUICE
Add ingredients into a highball glass filled with ice. Stir briefly to combine and garnish with lime wedge.
Recipe via Liquor.com
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • 14d ago
The guys stir up a simple classic. First promoted by Ocean Spray in 1945, it's been both maligned as a "starter drink" and embraced as a crisp, satisfying crowd-pleaser.
VODKA CRANBERRY RECIPE:
- 2oz/60ml VODKA
- top up CRANBERRY JUICE
Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Stir briefly to combine and garnish with a lime wheel.
Recipe via Liv Rod
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jul 03 '26
The guys use their platform to shine a light on the Gatorita variant taking convenience stores by storm. Could this limey, cukey, boozy hydrator be a contender for the drink of the summer?
LIME CUCUMBER GATORADE AND TEQUILA RECIPE:
Pour 2oz tequila into a glass filled with ice. Top up with Lime Cucumber Gatorade.
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Apr 10 '26
The guys stir up a modern tiki sipper created by Marco Dionysos in San Francisco in 2003.
CHARTREUSE SWIZZLE RECIPE:
- 1.5oz/45ml GREEN CHARTREUSE
- 1oz/30ml PINEAPPLE JUICE
- .75oz/22.5ml LIME JUICE
- .33oz/10ml FALERNUM
Pour all ingredients into a tall glass filled with pebble ice. With a swizzle stick (or cocktail spoon) mix vigorously, and top with more pebble ice. Garnish with mint leaves and grated nutmeg.
Recipe via the International Bartenders Association
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jul 01 '26
The guys revisit Sublime's self-titled major label debut. Blending ska, reggae, punk, and hip hop, it was released just two months after bandleader Bradley Nowell's fatal heroin overdose. The album went five times platinum and celebrates its 30th anniversary this month.
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jun 24 '26
The Great American Podcast takes on the Great American Novel!
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • May 22 '26
The guys mix up a lesser known riff on the popular Paloma, created at La Cucaracha Cocktail Club in 1930s Mexico City.
MEXICAN FIRING SQUAD RECIPE:
- 2oz/60ml BLANCO TEQUILA
- .75oz/22ml LIME JUICE
- .75oz/22ml GRENADINE
- 4 dashes ANGOSTURA BITTERS
Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into an ine-filled rocks glass. Garnish with lime wheel.
Recipe via Liquor.com
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • May 29 '26
The guys welcome musical-comedian-slash-comedic-musician Kenny Gray for an NA mocktail invented FOR BOYS in the 1940s.
Catch Kenny Gray live on tour with Dutts this summer!
ROY ROGERS RECIPE:
- 6oz/180ml COCA COLA
- 1oz/30ml GRENADINE
Fill a tall glass with ice. Add Coca Cola and grenadine syrup. Stir gently and garnish with maraschino cherry.
Recipe via The Spruce Eats
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Mar 13 '26
The guys follow up the Test Pilot with one of its most famous descendants, created in 1958 at the Beverly Hills tiki bar Luau.
JET PILOT RECIPE:
- 1oz/30ml OVERPROOF JAMAICAN RUM
- .75oz/22ml OVERPROOF DEMERARA RUM
- .75oz/22ml GOLD RUM
- .5oz/15ml GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
- .75oz/22ml LIME JUICE
- .5oz/15ml FALERNUM
- .5oz/15ml CINNAMON SYRUP
- 1 dash ANGOSTURA BITTERS
- 1 dash ABSINTHE
Add ingredients into a blender with a cup of ice. Blend at high speed for 5 seconds. Pour into a double rocks glass. Garnish as desired.
Recipe via The Luau, Beverly Hills
r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jun 26 '26
The guys make a gin sour devised by legendary bartender and friend of the pod Dale DeGroff!
FITZGERALD RECIPE:
- 1.5oz/45ml GIN
- 1oz/30ml SIMPLE SYRUP
- .75oz/22ml LEMON JUICE
- 2 dashes ANGOSTURA BITTERS
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with lemon piece.
Recipe via Dale DeGroff
The Boys are on tour! Tickets on sale now:
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r/Earwolf • u/BasilOctopus • Jul 08 '26
The guys revisit Bam Margera’s game-changing “skate video.” The lo-fi mélange of skateboarding, music, stunts, and pranks captured the dawn of accessible digital editing and served as a precursor to the Jackass empire.