What happens when monks, caffeine, and alcohol collide? Buckfast Tonic Wine has been called "wreck the hoose juice" for a reason, and we’re here to find out why. From its bizarre monastic origins to its unholy connection to Scottish street crime, this stuff has serious lore.

Matt, Jason, and Drew dig into the story behind Buckfast while getting way too excited about glass shards, caffeine-soaked riots, and whether this wine is technically… wine.

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In this Spill, Matt surprises Jason with a bottle of Sciacchetrà: a rare, golden, sweet dessert wine made on the cliffs of Cinque Terre, Italy. It’s fermented from sun-dried grapes, aged by tradition, and produced in such tiny quantities it’s practically liquid folklore.

We break down the ancient passito method, the grueling cliffside harvest, and how this cult-status wine became protected by Italian DOC laws. Bonus: Matt’s wife Kendra brought this bottle back straight from Italy, so this episode hits a little closer to home... and palate.


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In 1875, a warehouse in Dublin’s Liberties district exploded into flames, igniting more than 5,000 barrels of whiskey and unleashing a river of fire through the streets. But the fire itself didn’t kill anyone. The whiskey did.

This episode dives into the wild true story of the Dublin Whiskey Fire, where:

🔥 Streets flowed with flaming booze
🍺 Locals scooped whiskey with boots, hats, and porringers
🧠 Firefighters used manure and gravel to stop the blaze
💀 Thirteen people died of alcohol poisoning, not fire

One of the weirdest disasters in drinking history, and a turning point in how cities stored spirits.

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In 2021, one of the biggest names in bourbon, Heaven Hill Distillery, was at the center of a massive labor strike that shook the heart of Kentucky’s bourbon industry.

In this Spill, Matt and Jason dig into how the strike started, why nearly 420 union workers walked out, and what was really at stake: healthcare, overtime, family time, and the soul of bourbon itself.
What seemed like a simple contract dispute turned into a six-week showdown between tradition and corporate growth. We’ll break down the drama, the picket lines, the local fallout, and how it all got resolved.

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George Remus made millions bootlegging during Prohibition, lived like Gatsby, married a woman named Imogene, then murdered her in broad daylight. The kicker? He defended himself in court…and walked free.

This episode of Arsenic Culture dives into one of the wildest real-life crime sagas in American history:

💰 The “King of the Bootleggers”
🚘 A high-speed car chase through Cincinnati
⚖️ A murder trial featuring self-defense, insanity pleas, and stickpins
💔 Betrayal, revenge, and Shakespeare-level chaos

Prohibition was messy. George Remus was messier.

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Welcome to the sweet, syrupy, slightly unhinged world of Dirty Soda: a drink that somehow combines Diet Coke, coconut syrup, cream, and religious guilt.

In this Spill, Matt and Jason break down how a Mormon workaround for coffee and booze turned into a national flavor phenomenon, complete with TikTok trends, sugar bombs, and yes… KFC’s Peaches & Cream Mountain Dew. We dive into the Utah roots of chains like Swig, explore the absurd combinations people swear by, and try to figure out why anyone would add dairy to Dr Pepper.

Is it delicious? Is it disgusting? Is it a gateway soda to worse decisions?
Tune in and find out.

#DirtySoda #ArsenicCulture #TheSpill

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In 1857, nearly 10% of Hong Kong’s European population was poisoned by bakery bread laced with arsenic. Was it political sabotage, racism-fueled hysteria, or just one hell of a bakery blunder?

In this episode, we dive into the chaos of colonial paranoia, courtroom drama, and the wild trial of Cheong Ah-lum, a baker who offered to behead himself and his entire family in court.

🔥 Exploding tensions from the Opium Wars
🥖 Mass poisoning, bizarre trials, and wrongful banishment

When imperialism and hysteria collided over a loaf of bread


#EsingBakery #ArsenicCulture #HeavyPour

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Let’s get this out of the way: Michael Malloy should not have survived.

But somehow, this Irish-born New York City drunkard became the most hilariously unkillable man in Prohibition-era history.

In this episode of The Spill, Matt, Jason, and Kendra unravel the unbelievable tale of Michael
Malloy, a man so dedicated to booze, and so impervious to death, that he turned a murder plot
into a months-long disaster for the people trying to kill him.

We're talking poisoned drinks, gas chambers, frozen nights, car crashes, and more. All in a
plot so stupid, so desperate, and so darkly funny, it could’ve been written by the Coen Brothers.
This is easily one of the wildest, most entertaining stories we’ve ever told on this show. We
guarantee you'll laugh, wince, and immediately start retelling it to your friends.


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