EP 032 - Lenten Beers and Mocktails

Mike and Alexandra welcome Lent by introducing a Lenten beer series, as well as an alcohol-free mocktail series. Topics include:

  • Happy Lent?

  • Beer series for Lent: Bock 

  • The connection between bock beer and goats

  • Station Days and their historical inclusion in the Missal

  • Mocktails for Lent

Beer of the Week: Shiner Bock

The Dragon Slayer Mocktail

½ oz. fresh lemon juice

1 oz. dragonfruit syrup

Sparkling water to top

Pour lemon juice and syrup into a shaker filled with ice and shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass and top with sparkling water.

This is your chance to help name their next book on mocktails! 

Email podcast@drinkingwiththesaints.com with your feedback on these potential names, or suggest your own ideas:

  • “Dry Drinking with the Saints”

  • “Abstaining with the Saints”

  • “Teetotaling with the Saints”

Upcoming events 

Weds. March 1, 6pm at Georgetown University Thomistic Institute. Mike will give a talk on the proper Catholic attitude towards eating and drinking

Thurs. March 2, 6-8pm launch event at Catholic Information Center in Washington D.C. with Fr. Leo Patalinghug

Exciting News! Mike has teamed up with Fr. Leo Patalinghug to create a cookbook of recipes paired with saint stories. “Dining with the Saints” is available for pre-order now and will release February 28.

We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to podcast@drinkingwiththesaints.com 

Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints

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“Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

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