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18 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Mon, Jul 20, 200924 mins
The rough-and-tumble country of New Zealand.
Episode 2
Mon, Jul 27, 200924 mins
Zane tries a "bee brew" with the Masai tribe, partakes in an African keg party.
Episode 3
Mon, Aug 3, 200920 mins
The local drinking scene in Lithuania; the country's pagan past.
Episode 4
Mon, Aug 10, 200924 mins
Zane explores the two sides of St. Martin; ways that the locals doctor their rum.
Episode 5
Mon, Aug 17, 200924 mins
An eccentric wine maker; sampling traditional local brew.
Episode 6
Sun, Sep 13, 200924 mins
The centuries-old methods of one of the world's greatest Chianti makers.
Episode 7
Mon, Sep 21, 200924 mins
Beer made with cane; porter made with coconut; vodka made with pineapple and ocean water.
Episode 8
Mon, Sep 28, 200924 mins
Zane meets up with one of the world's foremost vodka makers.
Episode 9
Mon, Oct 5, 200924 mins
The sparse desert landscape of Namibia; local African firewater; a drum circle.
Episode 10
Mon, Oct 12, 200924 mins
Home of Jagermeister; German-engineered cocktails.
Episode 11
Mon, Oct 19, 200925 mins
The birthplace of rum.
Episode 12
Mon, Oct 26, 200924 mins
Zane discovers a remote atoll where they grow the only grapes on earth to have a "coral terroir." There's also pineapple liqueur, island cocktails, beer cocktails and island antics, when Zane goes three sheets to Tahiti.
Episode 13
Mon, Nov 2, 200924 mins
It's the birthplace of Greece's great spirit of Ouzo. Zane sees how it's made, and more importantly how it's consumed with locals - and he finds out about the mysterious science behind why water makes ouzo turn cloudy. Of course, there are also other Greek spirits, "mythic" beer, and a "Grecian formula" for keeping a hangover at bay.
Episode 14
Mon, Nov 9, 200926 mins
Black Death; moonshine; candy-inspired spirits.
Episode 15
Mon, Nov 16, 200923 mins
A remote coral-island vineyard; pineapple liqueur; island cocktails; beer cocktails.
Episode 16
Mon, Nov 23, 200924 mins
Zane hits the slopes on his snowboard.
Episode 17
Mon, Nov 30, 200925 mins
Zane goes truly local when he visits as rural town where almost everyone who lives there works for the local Secco distillery. What is Secco? Find out when Zane does happy hour in a gravel parking lot with locals shooting off fireworks, playing drums, and downing shots along with local beers. He even meets up with a farmer who makes his own corn brew amidst chickens in his corrugated tin "man hut." And after having a truly rural experience, Zane hits the big city where he finds his Panamanian counterparts in the form of a popular partying Panamanian TV cast and crew. Let's just say they wind up dancing on a moving party bus complete with disco ball and bar! David Lee Roth would be proud. Salud!
Episode 18
Mon, Dec 7, 200922 mins
Before there was gin, there was Genever, and Zane experiences it in all its glory in Amsterdam. Zane also visits a place called the "Hemp Hotel" where hemp makes hops obsolete in the drinks they serve. Then there's that red light district, don't worry, we'll keep it clean, but it does get crazy at a sailor bar with a bartender who pours local drinks generously. It's definitely an adventure that could cause a serious hangover. But the local smoke filled coffee shop has just what the doctor ordered.... Only in Amsterdam. Proost!