Smokin' & Toastin'

Smokin' & Toastin'

Our show is exactly what the title implies--it's a show about "The Good Life." Every week on Smokin' & Toastin', Ian Barry and Cruze taste and talk about craft beers, distinctive distilled spirits and fine cigars. Ian and Cruze approach these classic diversions with the passion and curiosity of two semi-normal guys on an adventurous path of discovery and knowledge. And if that quest mandates that they must drink, eat, smoke and socialize, then so be it.

  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    EP #462 The Best Whiskies For Gift-Giving
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars! Beer Tasting: Sapwood Cellars Brewery "Flemish Gothic" Sour Red Ale (Columbia, MD) Beer Tasting: Galveston Brewing Company "Citra Haze" Hazy IPA (Galveston, TX) Beer Tasting: Long Live Beerworks "2025 Barrel-Aged Gate Haus" Barleywine Ale (Providence, RI) Spirit Tasting: Primera Mano Tequila Anejo (Jalisco, Mexico)
    13 December 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    EP #461 Celebrating The Holidays On Location At Eculent
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars! Special Guest: Chef David Skinner from Eculent Beer Tasting: Real Ale Brewing Company "Solar Myth" Belgian White (Blanco, TX) Beer Tasting: R.A.R. Brewing "Marylan" IPA (Cambridge. MD) Beer Tasting: Burial Beer Company "Walking Through The Abyss Into Nowhere" Imperial Stout (Ashville, NC)
    6 December 2025, 7:41 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    EP #460 Smokin' At Casa With Grego
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars! Special Guest: Houston TV and Radio Personality Grego Beer Tasting: Mikerphone Brewing Company "Land Of Transfusion" Fruited Sour Ale (Elk Grove, IL) Beer Tasting: 512 Brewing Company "Smash Sabro" Pale Ale (Austin, TX) Beer Tasting: WaFremont Brewing Limited Release "2020 Dark Star" Imperial Oatmeal Stout (Seattle, WA) Spirit Tasting: Cragganmore Distillers Edition Single Malt Scotch
    29 November 2025, 3:39 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    EP #459 "The Hard Truth Is--We Love Whiskey!
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars! Beer Tasting: Jester King "New Zealand-Style" Pilsner (Austin, TX) Beer Tasting: Roaring Table Brewing "RTB Haze" Hazy IPA (Lake Zurich, IL) Beer Tasting: Wandering Monsters Brewing Company "Tilberi" Caramel Latte Pastry Stout (Cincinnati, OH) Spirit Tasting: Spirits from HARD TRUTH Distillery
    22 November 2025, 3:01 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    EP #458 The Best And Worst Celebrity Spirits
    Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars Beer Tasting: River North Brewery "River North Helles" German-Style Lager (Denver. CO) Beer Tasting: The Veil Brewing Company "Doom Volume" Hazy IPA (Richmond, VA) Beer Tasting: Destihl Brewery "Black Angel" American Stout (Normal, IL) Spirit Tasting: Glenlivet Triple Cask Whiskey
    16 November 2025, 9:57 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    EP #457 The 13 Most Important American Whiskies
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: Punch Mr. Punch's Weiners Jas Sum Kral Tyrannical Buc Maduro Generoso Beer Tasting: Pondaseta Brewing Company "Crispy Ship" Modern Pilsner (Canyon, TX) Beer Tasting: Mikerphone Brewing Company "Slim Hazy" DDH Pale Ale (Elk Grove, IL Beer Tasting: Home Voodoo Brewing Company "Caution! Contains Real Pumpkin" Barrel-Aged Pumpkin Barleywine Ale (Meadville, PA) Spirit Tasting: Luna Azul "Extra Anejo" Tequila (Jalisco, Mexico)
    9 November 2025, 12:25 am
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    EP #456 Celebrating NovembeerFest with Home Brewing
    Special Guests: Home Brewers Danny Blankenship and Michael Cavanaugh Beer Tasting: Home Brews From Danny And Michael Spirit Tasting: Ron Immortal 12-Year Colombian Rum
    1 November 2025, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    EP #455 The Best Whiskies Of 2025, Just In Time For The Whiskey Social!
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: Oliva club 20 serie v blend AJ Fernandez Last Call Maduro Flaquitas Beer Tasting: Paradigm Brewing Company ""Oktoberfest" German Lager (Tomball, TX) Beer Tasting: Drekker Brewing Company & Big Grove Brewery "Sparklers On The Carpet" Hazy IPA (Fargo, ND) Beer Tasting: Kuhnhenn Brewing Company "Solstice Stout 2024" (Warren, MI) Spirit Tasting: Whiskeys From the Whiskey Social
    25 October 2025, 5:08 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    SNT 454 AUDIO
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: La Aroma De Cuba El Jefe Caldwell Long Live the Queen Beer Tasting: Mikerphone Brewing "Key Lime Cheesecake Incident" Berlinerweiss (Elk Grove, IL) Beer Tasting: Saint Arnold Brewing Company "Cold IPA" (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Pelican Brewing Company "Mother Of All Storms" Barleywine Ale (Tillamook, OR) Spirit Tasting: Whiskeys From the Whiskey Social
    18 October 2025, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    EP #453 Cheap Beer Brands You Should Avoid!
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Lone Pint Brewery "Brown's Ale" Nitro Brown Ale (Magnolia, TX) Beer Tasting: Moonraker Brewing Company "Electric Lettuce" Imperial IPA (Auburn, CA) Beer Tasting: Fremont Brewing Company 2024 "1765 Limited Release" Stout And Barleywine Blended Ale with Coffee (Seattle, WA) Spirit Tasting: Elijah Craig Ryder Cup Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon (Bardstown, KY)
    11 October 2025, 9:01 pm
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    EP #452 How To Spot Fake Cubans And The Best Pumpkin Beers Of 2025!
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Evil Twin Brewing "Greenhouse" Italian Pils (Ridgewood, NY) Beer Tasting: Pure Project Brewing Company "Diamond Dust 'Murky' IPA" (San Diego, CA) Beer Tasting: Martin House Brewing Company "Super Smash" Pumpkin Stout (Elk Grove Village, IL) Spirit Tasting: Templeton Rye Single Barrel (Spec's Barrel Pick) (Lawrenceburg, IN)
    4 October 2025, 9:23 pm
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