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 31 minutes
    EP #476 Spotlight On Texas Beer and Basil Hayden vs. Old Grandad
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Special Guest: S&T Cocktail and Spirits Expert Roberto Rivas Villar Beer Tasting: Eureka Heights "Wunder Bock" (Houston, TX) Beer Tasting: Celestial Beerworks "Hopception" Triple Hazy IPA (Dallas, TX) Beer Tasting: Under The Radar Brewing "Porter Authority" Porter (Houston, TX) Spirit Tasting: Basil Hayden vs. Old Grandad
    21 March 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    EP #475 Wines For Springtime and 'BEAR POOP' Lager
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars!!! Special Guest: S&T Wine Expert Marc Borel Wine Tasting: Wines selected by Marc Borel Spirit Tasting: 8-Year Wild Turkey 101
    14 March 2026, 10:10 pm
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    EP #474The Spikey Fots Returns, and The Best Pilsners Of The Last Year
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars Special Guest: "Melvin" Doxakis from Maison Ferrand Beer Tasting: Manhattan Project Beer Company "Necessary Evil" Pilsner (Dallas, TX) Beer Tasting: Distihl Brewery "Evil Kinevel" Imperial West Coast IPA (Normal, IL) Beer Tasting: Sapwood Cellars Brewery "Skytrain" Imperial Stout (Columbia, MD) Spirit Tasting: Spirits from Maison Ferrand (Dox)
    7 March 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    EP #474The Spikey Fots Returns, and The Best Pilsners Of The Last Year
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars Special Guest: "Melvin" Doxakis from Maison Ferrand Beer Tasting: Manhattan Project Beer Company "Necessary Evil" Pilsner (Dallas, TX) Beer Tasting: Distihl Brewery "Evil Kinevel" Imperial West Coast IPA (Normal, IL) Beer Tasting: Sapwood Cellars Brewery "Skytrain" Imperial Stout (Columbia, MD) Spirit Tasting: Spirits from Maison Ferrand (Dox)
    7 March 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    EP #473 Is The Whiskey Industry In Trouble?
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Stesti Brewing Company "Tractor Juice" Light Pilsner (Lovelady, TX) Beer Tasting: Untitled Art "Citra Velvet" IPA (Waunakee, WI) Beer Tasting: Burial Beer Company "The Burden Of Unexceptional Discomfort" Imperial Stout (Asheville, NC) Spirit Tasting: Heaven Hill Distillery "Barrel Craft Spirits "Armida" Bourbon (Louisville, KY) DRINKING NEWS: “How Much Gas Could A Gassy Man Pass If A Gassy Man Could Pass Gas?" DRUNKEN FACT: “Pink...It's More Than Just A Pop Star.."
    28 February 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    EP #472 Great Short Cigars And The Best Whiskey Of Last Year
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars Beer Tasting: Back Pew Brewing Company "Son Of Satyr" Texas-Style Bock (Porter, TX) Beer Tasting: Roadhouse Brewing Company "Escaping Gravity" Hazy IPA (Jackson, WY) Beer Tasting: BCycle Brewing Company "Sun Day" Barrel-Aged Barleywine (St. Petersburg, FL) Spirit Tasting: Heaven Hill Distillery "Old Fitzgerald 7-Year Bottled In Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon (Bardstown, KY)
    21 February 2026, 10:01 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    EP #471 Tasting Beers From Copperhead Brewing
    We are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand-Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Beers from Copperhead Brewing (Conroe, TX) Spirit Tasting: Sagamore Rye Small Batch Whiskey (Baltimore, MD) DRINKING NEWS: “This Thing Kind Of Sucks!..." DRUNKEN FACT: “I Had To Take My Gator To Walter Reed Medical Center..."
    14 February 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    EP #470 The Difference Between Tennessee Whiskey And Irish Whiskey
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: Nub Double Maduro League Of Fat Bastards Serie O Toro Beer Tasting: False Idol Brewing Company "Crispy By Nature" Pilsner (North Richland Hills, TX) Beer Tasting: Port City Brewing Company "Monumental" IPA (Alexandria, VA) Beer Tasting: Firestone Walker & The Bruery 2022 "Heavy Things" Barleywine (Pasa Robles, CA and Placentia, CA) Spirit Tasting: Casa Mexico Tequila Anejo (Mexico)
    7 February 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    EP #469 You Can Still Get Great Whiskey Under 30 Dollars!
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Cigar Reviews: Cruze: Avo XO Legato Tubo Ian: Fugazi pledge Beer Tasting: Family Business Beer Company "Golden Age" German-Style Pilsner (Dripping Springs, TX) Beer Tasting: Commonwealth Brewing Company "Wapatoolie" Tropical IPA (Virginia Beach, VA) Beer Tasting: Common Roots Brewing Company "Double Cup" Imperial Coffee Stout (South Glens Falls, NY) Spirit Tasting: Teeling "Single Malt" Irish Whiskey (Dublin, Ireland)
    31 January 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    EP #468 We Do It For The Culture
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! We are ON LOCATION at FOR THE CULTURE BREWING in HOUSTON! Beer Tasting: Beers from FOR THE CULTURE BREWING Spirit Tasting: Heaven Hill
    24 January 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    EP #467 Red Flags At Breweries That Scream 'Don't Drink Here!
    We Are All About Craft Beer, Fine Spirits, and Hand Rolled Cigars!!! Beer Tasting: Allstadt Brewery "Helles Lager" (Fredericksburg, TX) Beer Tasting: Solace Brewing Company "Partly Cloudy" Hazy IPA (Sterling, VA) Beer Tasting: Wandering Monsters Brewing Company "Viator Obscura" Imperial Stout (Cincinnati, OH ) Spirit Tasting: St. Lucia Distillers "Chairman's Reserve" Rum
    17 January 2026, 10:00 pm
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