Hands down, maybe, our most easily chosen episode title.

(if you blur your eyes just a little you can imagine that's a Heineken 0.0 on the piano)

Happy Dry January!

In this episode of The Dry Run, we have a lively and informative chat with Scout Brisson, the CEO of De Soi. Our conversation touches on its celebrity founder, the origin story of the brand, the several aspects that go into creating such unique flavors and the concept behind the design + packaging.

Check out the entire line from De Soi here

*this episode was recorded 1/8/2024

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Recorded 7/11/2023

This episode in unsurprisingly named after THIS song.

*as a music nerd, it's endlessly wild that this medeival tinged r&b pop song was allowed to happen in the mid 90's. It rules....BAaaYbaaaY!*

We riff on pronunciations of LA streets and neighborhoods, which takes us to trying to remember the term Semantic Satiation.

We also return for a bit to the topic of "Day Zero", and Leyla pitches getting some summer sobriety reps in before the stresses of fall/winter family times.

Here's a little explainer on Russ' mention of the gregarious info gatherer: Mavens as per Malcolm Gladwell's 'The Tipping Point'

I know ya'll were EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT for this fact-check, but, the Sun Tea does NOT absorb/prvide vitamin D, we do, however, have a link for a Green Tea ice cubes for facial skincare. which sounds LOVELY!

So both Brady and Russ were mostly right about Pineapples and swingin'. Apparently the upside down pineapple is the traditional signal to others in "the lifestyle", but it's gotten a bit looser.

There was mention of how Weird Al typically gets permission for his parodies even though he doesn't need to under strict parody/fair use copyright law: a concise explainer on Fair Use as it pertains to Parody

Here's just a lil bonus cutie n/a French 75 recipe because that cocktail offhandedly came up.

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For today's tasting, we had a great time sampling the full range from Prima Pavé

I think it's safe to say this was hands down, maybe, one of Leyla's favorite tastings to date.

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As if you needed us to tell you where the episode title comes from.

In this episode, recorded 6/29/23, we talk about how your mom will always make sure that you're up to date on the death or marital status of that person you don't remember, Brady gets pretty raw shares his 'Day Zero' story and definition, and we discuss some ideas for taking care of yourself through BBQ season (Hey, that's still another couple months for us Angelenos)

Then we get to a tasting of a range of Ready To Drink (RTD) N/A Bitters options (links below)

The story on the Angostura bitters label (point: Russell)

THESE ARE ALL GOOD

Weekday Vibes' Bitter Orange Spritz

Hella Cocktail Co's Bitters & Soda

For Bitter Or Worse's Eva's Spritz

Figlia's Fiore Frizzante

St Agrestis' Phony Negroni

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PUNK AF

It's been a minute!

In this episode we open on Leyla and Russ chatting their love the "The Dan", Brady opening for "The Nuge", and then go a bit deeper talking about the need to normalize providing fun, non-alc drinks at weddings.

After all that, we get down to a shootout of current N/A India Pale Ales (IPAs)

Best quick history I found on the origin of the IPA.

Difference between West and East coast IPAs

Complete list of the beers tasted in this episode:

Brew Dog's PUNK AF (the AF line is all non-Alcoholic and does, in fact, stand for Alcohol Free)

Athletic Brewing Co's Free Wave Hazy IPA

Three Weavers NA IPA

Bravus Brewing Co's West Coast IPA

Sober Carpenter's Session IPA

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3 out of 3 Dry Run creators agree that this song rules

We chat some of the summer events we've been looking forward to, moms being internet awkward, LEYLA BE DATING (#HotLeylaSummer?)...

Then we try some of the truly speechless-making offerings from Unified Ferments .

Fact check stuff:

Carly Rae Jepsen's Julien is the FOURTH single off of Dedicated (which is, indeed, the album after E-Mo-Tion). Hard to say whether it's about the fella we talk about or not. Name inspo?

Heidi Klum as an Earthworm causes a resurgence in the "Would you still love me if I was a worm?" meme

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Brady shares a timeline of the band Oasis before heading off to see one of the fiesty Mancs. (but here's an EVEN-MORE-ABSURDLY-DEEP dive)

I thought I'd find better answers as to the origin, but here's a history of the Anyway, Here's Wonderwall meme.

The Songsmith version Wonderwall seems to have been fully scrubbed from the internet, but here's a couple examples that live on and demonstrate just how silly/awesome it was and I hope you can now IMAGINE Wonderwall as a techno track: Nirvana's In Bloom, Motorhead's Ace Of Spades, Beastie Boys' Interglactic .

We pledge fielty to the Desert Princess (coronation Save-The-Date to follow). On a more serious note, Leyla reflects on her 1 year sober birthday and shares her sober story. If you're reading this, you should thank her for that.

I'd assumed carrot sticks for smoking cessation was a more ubiquitous concept than it turns out to be, but here's what I found anyway.

Brady and Russ vibe out on sitting in with Jeremy and the Harlequins to play music together for the first time in years and handling the temptation of walking into a "fully stocked" green room.

Our tasting this week was the Mezcal offering from Drink Monday with a bit of the DHOS Orange Curacao for the final cocktail.

Here's

-The "Spicy Harlequita"-

-2oz Monday Mezcal
-1oz DHŌS Orange Curacao
-.5oz Lime Juice
-.25oz Agave
-.5mL All the Bitter Orange bitters

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**This episode was recorded 5/10/2023, so certain events may seem out of order in relation to previous episodes**

Holy smokes!

Our Brady was a contestant on the hilarious Love Isn't Blind (clip link below)!

We chat his re-entry to the world of dating - Jumping back in the pool, if you will- and then discuss the non-alc menu at Bar Next Door before moving onto our tasting of the Lyre's Agave Blanco Spirit . Our first direct liqour 'dupe'.

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**This episode was recorded 4/19/2023, so certain events may seem out of order in relation to our previous episode**

Have you ever wondered how Brady and Russ met? Ever thought, "Gosh, they really seem like they could play for an enormous pop star!"? Well, you'd be right...... or as close as you can be to right without actually being right.

Brady shares the harrowing tale of his MANY close calls to working with miss Katy Perry, both musically and in the beverage space.

Leyla and Brady discuss the impressive inaugural event thrown by Bar Nuda

and we close with being very pleasantly surprised by the the De Soi line.

Zero Proofed at Culver Hotel 6/11/23 discount link

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JAS ready to drink non-alcoholic "Paloma Libre"

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