Pete overheard someone detailing giving up getting a helicopter license.....what?

Mini Episode 73: Helicopter License

The Gamblers talk snacks that are older, and discuss the demise of PepCOIN (maybe it was Batman?)

Mini Episode 74: Dunkaroo's Grizzly Chomps & PepCoin

Weed safes, Pinocchio, The Cotton Club, Tom Waits?

Get weird

Mini Episode 75: Weed Safes & Pinocchio

We've flirted with this theme in many episodes, but we finally went fully plant based!

Can a sauce make a difference?

What is hippy dip?

And can olive oil replace milk in ice cream?

Tune in to find out!

Episode 71 - Plant Based Foods

In a specific episode with just Pete and veteran guest Jonathan, they try some beer from SLO Beer inspired by a specific tortilla chip from the Central Coast of California, Taco Works.

Can a chip be a flavor of a beer?  Listen in to find out!

Episode 72: Taco Works Beer

Pete discusses amazing hotel sushi, and SLO Bros, and bros from Bakersfield with veteran Gambler guest Jonathan.

Mini Episode 76: Hotel Sushi and SLO Bros

Today the Gamblers try some snacks from Singapore and Thailand.  

Lumpy tea?  Check!

Crab with chili?  Check!

Salted Egg Salmon Skin?  Check!

While each product has unique visual qualities the upper tier snacking qualities of some of these make for a great time!

Let's take a seat at the table...

Episode 73: SouthEast Asian Snacks

Noted booze hounds the Grocery Gamblers decide to take a detour and try snacks inspired or flavored by beer.

What happens when jerky is flavored with beer?

Can you make beer candy?

And what happens when you out hops in kombucha?

Let's have a seat at the table....

Episode 74: Beer Adjacent Snacks

Sean had to deal with some tweekers on his camping trip.

Mini Episode 79: Tweaker Theater

Sean is hungover......

Sean partied hard on Halloween, and needs some Recovery Drinks to fend off the Horn of Gondor (editor's note: that doesn't happen).

Can a seltzer with added juice do the job?

What about sugar free Rockstar?

Or maybe a probiotic dietary supplement?

Sean has impending mudbutt, so let's take a seat at the table...

Episode 79 Swalloween Part 2 Recovery Drinks (Sean Is Hungover)

It was hot during the summer of 2022, and Sean had to deal with some stupid people.

Mini Episode 81:  Level Of Stupid 2022

THE DREAM TEAM REUNITES!

Bum Wine Bob.  The Grocery Gamblers.  Hard Seltzer Mountain Dew, or MTN DEW if you're a bad ass gnar shredder.

Mountain Dew slowly released this product over a year ago, and we had to import it in order to try it, and it was worth it. 

Great flavors, a perfect blend of soda, booze, and seltzer, this is a winner.

Listen in to get the commentary as we try 4 different flavors.

Let's have a seat at the table...

Episode 87: Mountain Dew Hard Seltzers (With Bum Wine Bob)

The Gamblers go to the sewer of the Library of Alexandria.....to find some booze that is no longer made.

We try a premade cocktail that cocks our tails...

A spirit that says "OH TAY"....

And some sweet, sweet hemp...

Let's take a seat at the table....

Episode 90: Expired Booze

This episode Sean and Pete take a trip to "Gambler's Reserve", where they are live from downtown Oakland.

They sample the fine wine's of Earl Steven's, also known as E40.

They sample NFTs, a prosecco, blueberry wine, and this mythical thing called a CaliMocho.

No Cap, Listen in, Gamble On..

Episode 93: Earl Stevens Selections

We had a little too much fun making this episode, here is what didn't make the cut.

Mini 89: Earl Stevens Selections Outtakes

On this week's episode of The Grocery Gamblers, we turn our investigative journalism skills towards hard seltzers, but not just any seltzers, brands that are joining the party quite late.

Can a coconut water spiked with rum cut it?

Does a design douchebag clothing brand have what it takes to make a seltzer?

And what happens when Monster Energy Drink puts out a hard seltzer?

We're joined by our special guest Bum Wine Bob to get to the bottom of this.

Let's have a seat at the table...

Episode 94: Bandwagon Seltzers (With Bum Wine Bob)

Carlin and Pete discuss what is a middle class bum with Bum Wine Bob.

Mini Episode 90: Middle Class Bums (With Bum Wine Bob)

Today the Gamblers hang out with a variant of Bum Wine Bob, Fine Wine Bob, and try out some trendy wines.  How does Marth Stewart fare in the wine game?  Can angelic tattoos translate into wine?  And how does elevated communion wine taste?

Strap in to find out!

Episode 95: Trendy Wines with "Fine Wine Bob"

The Gamblers, along with their friend Brad, dive into some offerings of Plant Based Pork we found at the Grocery Outlet.

Can a conglomerate crack the code on Facon?

Can Canadians make Southern Ribs?

And can a Korean company crack the code on fake pulled pork?

Let's have a seat at the table...

Episode 96: Plork (Plant Based Pork)

Sean talks about the "real issues" that rednecks have in Northern California while Pete talks about eating premade cake frosting as a teenager.

Mini Episode 91: Complaining Rednecks And Frosting

Today the Gamblers try products that are being sold by people with little or no experience with food products, Influencers!

Can Dwayne The Rock Johnson make a decent energy drink?

How about Vanilla Ice and a hard seltzer?

And buckle up because finally try the viral sensation "Pink Sauce"....

Let's have a seat at the table....

Episode 97:  Influencer Nonsense

Today the Grocery Gamblers host the gameshow "Sucker Fish", a rip off of Shark Tank.

Gambler host Pete is pitching items he found at the Grocery Outlet and is trying to get investors Brad Walton and media mogul Rupert Murdoch to invest in selling these food items for full price.

Let's take a seat at the table...

Episode 98: Sucker Fish, A Gameshow

Prepare to enter the House of Love with The Grocery Gamblers and our esteemed guest Bum Wine Bob.

Today we sample the fine premade cocktails of one RuPaul, featured on Drag Race.

And since the podcast is ramping down, Pete decided to sneak one on Bum Wine Bob and got the crew to try some Jeppson's Malort.

Let's take a seat at the table....

Episode 99: Rupaul's Drag Race Premade Cocktails (& Malort) with Bum Wine Bob

The Gamblers talk about movie prop drugs and Sean talks about the struggle to get a house whiskey at his job.

Mini Episode 92:  Movie Props And House Whiskey (With Bum Wine Bob)

In this episode we try various malted beverages including Root Cellars Row Hard Root Beer, Chihuahua Cerveza Rosado Beer, Natty Rush Watermelon Smash and The Deftones Phantom Bride Beer collaboration with Belching Beaver Brewing.

Our friend Jonathan joins us at the table to sample some fine beverages.

Episode 1: Malted Beverages

In Episode 4 the hosts are joined by their old friend Rob, a fellow 707 Mendo native, to go over a topic near and dear to Rob: caffeinated drinks.

We go over how the caffeine in these energy drinks is created and used, and also reminisce over brands of energy drinks that have fallen to the sands of time, while also trying a homemade energy drink from our guest.  Strap in because it's about to energetic!

Episode 4: Caffeinated Drinks

Today the Gamblers go on a SCORCHING journey of the spices and consume some spicy snacks.  Our friend Jazz of the podcast "What's Wrong With Us?" joins us and later takes the gamblers for a "sweep" of a supermarket.

Can beer be spicy?  Do you judge a bag of chips by its cover?  Is all food out of Austin, Texas hipster?  Take the gambler with us and find out!

Episode 5: Spicy Snacks

In this episode we're joined by Carlins coworker Zach to discuss the marketing phenomenon known as breakfast meats.  Why do we love it?  Why is it so salty?  Why does everyone love bacon?

We then take gambles on breakfast patties, a canned meat everyone knows and something that comes with a handle.

Take a seat at the table for the last standard episode of Season 1 before our finale and find out who is the gambler with the most points earned over season 1!

Episode 6: Breakfast Meats

Sean recounts an incident David had with a squirrel growing up.

Mini Episode 12: David And The Squirrel

The Gamblers are back for their 3rd season of food wackiness.  In this episode the Gamblers decide to try some items that claim to have some heat to them and ask the question "Is It Hot?"

join us as we try some jerky, some Pringles and a specialty whiskey from an established brand!

Let's take a seat at the table....

Episode 16: Is It Hot? Part 1

Carlin and Sean get deep about a diner that they do not like, and Dennys.

Mini Episode 29:  Black Bear Diner Sucks

Carlin was unhappy about some food transportation done by Pete, so he decided to take Pete to Grocery Gamblers Food Court.

Stay tuned through the end to hear the verdict, it's cheesy

We want to give a shout out to our friend Lou Kelly for providing the music for this episode.

Episode 25: Food Court

In this weeks episode the Gamblers are going back to their home of Mendocino County to document one of the best breweries in California: Anderson Valley Brewing Company.

One Gambler drank all his beer before the taping so he was "punished" with some non-alcoholic beer.

The Gamblers try AVBC's Rice Ale, Fall Hornin' and Hazy Sour Ale.

Let's have a seat at the table...

Episode 28: Anderson Valley Brewing

The podcast gameshow where items from the Grocery Outlet are discussed in detail and a competition is held between the hosts.  Are you ready to take the grocery gamble?

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