Category Archives: History

046-Trappist Beers?


The Cistercians of the Strict Observance are a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, also known as “Trappists” or “Trappistines”. These monks and nuns follow the rule of St. Benedict. The Trappists live under the ideals of pray and work with the work paying for repairs and maintaining the Abby. The day is split into equal eight hour parts of prayer, work and sleep. The Trappist also give much of their money to charity. This work is done in observance of God and is considered a type of prayer on its own. Generally speaking while working is looked down upon giving birth to the myth that Trappists take a vow of science. In this episode we sample Trappist cheeses and beers from around the world.

We want to thank Joel Murphy from Hobo Trashcan and Patrick Storck from Experts of nothing for joining us during this episode.

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045-Mothman?


In 1966 in the heart of West Virginia sightings of a bizarre creature began surfacing. A giant man sized flying creature with large glowing red eyes commonly referred to as Mothman. Everyone from gravediggers to kissing teenagers were parry to its red gaze. Some say it left death in its wake and others that it was warning of impending dangers. We talk about Mothman on today’s Curioso Podcast.

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045-Mothman?


In 1966 in the heart of West Virginia sightings of a bizarre creature began surfacing. A giant man sized flying creature with large glowing red eyes commonly referred to as Mothman. Everyone from gravediggers to kissing teenagers were parry to its red gaze. Some say it left death in its wake and others that it was warning of impending dangers. We talk about Mothman on today’s Curioso Podcast.

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044-Absinthe?


Absinthe make the mind wander. Some call it the Green Fairy. Some call it a Devil in a Bottle. We call it very refreshing.

Today for the end of the Halloween season we dive into the green world of Absinthe. The ban has been lifted on absinthe after a century and we couldn’t be happier. We try several cocktails including the Sazerac, a Corpse Reviver #2 and a Slow Death in the Afternoon. Of course we also try it straight and the traditional drip method. We gave the Bohemian method a try by lighting it on fire to not the greatest effect.

We want to thank our friend Mike for corrupting this episode with us! Check out his blog Dust & Corruption here.

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044-Absinthe?


Absinthe make the mind wander. Some call it the Green Fairy. Some call it a Devil in a Bottle. We call it very refreshing.

Today for the end of the Halloween season we dive into the green world of Absinthe. The ban has been lifted on absinthe after a century and we couldn’t be happier. We try several cocktails including the Sazerac, a Corpse Reviver #2 and a Slow Death in the Afternoon. Of course we also try it straight and the traditional drip method. We gave the Bohemian method a try by lighting it on fire to not the greatest effect.

We want to thank our friend Mike for corrupting this episode with us! Check out his blog Dust & Corruption here.

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