Drunk Monkeys - Episode 45 - Alaska Distillery Birch Syrup Vodka.
Full disclosure: we’ve been gifted bottles of liquor to drink on the show by friends before, but this is the first time that a distillery has sent us something to review. This episode, Jen and Erica are drinking Birch Syrup Flavored Vodka, from Alaska Distillery, the makers of Salmon Vodka.
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Drunk Monkeys - Episode 42 - Naked Jay Big Dill Pickle Flavored Vodka.
Jen and Erica were given a bottle of Naked Jay Big Dill Pickle Flavored Vodka and they brave the green for the second time this season.
We’ll be taking a short hiatus before we get our next season in the can, so in the mean time please rate the show on iTunes, leave a comment here or on our YouTube channel, and follow us on Twitter so you’ll know when the show is coming back.
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Drunk Monkeys - Episode 40 - Phillips Lime Vodka.
Our good friend Shaun gave Jen and Erica a present: a bottle of Phillips Lime Vodka brought back from North Dakota. They brave the bright green bottle.
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Drunk Monkeys - Episode 37 - Pinnacle Gummy.
The ladies start out the new season with an old friend: Pinnacle flavored vodka. This week the flavor is “Gummy”, with a picture of a fish which looks suspiciously like a Swedish Fish.
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Drunk Monkeys - Episode 35 - Alaska Distillery Salmon Vodka (Live!).
It's the second review from Jen and Erica's live appearance at the Chicago Women's Funny Festival: Alaska Distillery Salmon Vodka. We're going to be taking a little hiatus now, steeling our livers for another taping of the Drunk Monkeys show. Follow us on Twitter (@drunkmonkeyshow) or subscribe in iTunes to find out when new episodes appear.
Erica's shirt: Drink Coffee, Drink Whiskey.
The Bakon Vodka episode we keep talking about.
Drunk Monkeys - Episode 29 - Bakon Vodka.
Jen and Erica try Bakon, the bacon flavored vodka. A Michelada, which Erica mentions, is beer, lime juice, and tomato juice. We like to substitute bloody mary mix for the tomato juice, for a bit of a kick.
Don't forget that this upcoming Wednesday is the first live Drunk Monkeys episode-taping, as part of the Chicago Women's Funny Festival. The show will be on Wednesday, June 6th at 10pm at Stage 773. Tickets to the show are $12 and available online at www.stage773.com and at the Stage 773 box office at 1225 W. Belmont Ave. If you can't make the show, the episodes will eventually be released online here, but c'mon!
Jen and Erica are taking suggestions for liquors to try at drinks@drunkmonkeyshow.com and on Twitter at @drunkmonkeyshow.
Drunk Monkeys - Episode 28 - Pinnacle Cake Vodka
Jen and Erica had such a great time with Pinnacle's Cookie Dough Vodka that they just had to try Cake Vodka. Especially since Rebecca gave them a bottle.Drunk Monkeys - Episode 26 - Soplica Orzech Laskowy
It's the first episode of our fourth season! Erica and Jen are drinking Soplica Orzech Laskowy - a Polish hazelnut vodka. In the episode they call it just "Soplica" but we didn't realize that was a brand name. If you live in Chicago, don't forget about our upcoming live show, Wednesday, June 6. Tickets are available now.Drunk Monkeys - Episode 25 - Live Show Promo.
Drunk Monkeys is pleased to announce Season 4 of their weekly video podcast AND a special live show at the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival.
The podcast features Jen Ellison and Erica Reid reviewing odd and unusual liquors and spirits with charm and humor. This season, Jen and Erica sample Bakon Bacon Flavored Vodka, Maker’s Mark White, and Crème de Cassis, among others. New episodes are released on Fridays, with this new season starting May 11. The podcast is available for download on iTunes and at drunkmonkeyshow.com.
Drunk Monkeys will also be recording in front of a live audience as part of the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival on Wednesday, June 6th at 10pm at Stage 773. The performance will be released on the podcast at a later date. Tickets to the show are $12 and available online at www.stage773.com and at the Stage 773 box office at 1225 W. Belmont Ave.
Jen and Erica are taking suggestions for liquors to try at drinks@drunkmonkeyshow.com and on Twitter at @drunkmonkeyshow.
Jen Ellison has been performing, writing and directing in Chicago for over 15 years. In addition to her work with WNEP, The Mammals, Trap Door Theatre, Collaboraction, The Neo-Futurists, and Theatre Seven, she also directs local sketch groups Kerpatty and Electric Fantasy. Jen currently teaches at DePaul University, Columbia College, and Second City. Erica Reid has been performing, producing and choreographing in Chicago for 12 years, and is a member of Blewt! Productions, where she performs in and produces the shows Don’t Spit the Water! and Impress These Apes! She has also performed with KOKO, The Neutrino Project, FuzzyCo Productions, WNEP, IO, The Silly Funny Goof Gang, and The Galileo Players. As a choreographer, Erica has worked with numerous sketch comedy groups and burlesque shows, most recently the Kiss Kiss Cabaret.