Who ARE these guys?

You've listened, you've read and perused, you've laughed and had fun (hopefully) and maybe even tried a beverage you have never tried before. Somewhere during this period of time, you may have wondered "Who are these guys?" As much as we would like to remain cloaked in a shroud of secrecy, hiding just beneath the rich, creamy, foamy head of a giant mug of Guinness draught, we realize that if we are asking you to share yourself with us, we need to share some more of who we are with you.

We are two brothers, Keith and Andrew, who share an affinity for beverages of all kinds. We worked together for 11 years at Arbuckle Coffee Roasters in Tucson, where Andrew still works as the roastmaster, and while Keith has moved on to work for your neighborhood Trader Joe's grocery stores, we still continue to discuss the latest in the beverage world. It was probably about five years ago that we initially discussed the idea of a beverage podcast, but after a couple of brief discussions, it faded away. Although it faded away, it never completely disappeared. A little more than four years ago it came up again and this time, it actually took root and started to grow. We have always enjoyed talking aboutbeverages, whether it be professional or recreational. We are always trying a new beer, wine, port, coffee, tea, etc, at family festivities and then we talk about it. Those types of discussions are always fun and informative and we take those experiences out into the world and share them with people we encounter everyday. It just kind of dawned on us that maybe we could take advantage of the technology and create the same type of experience over the internet with a much larger audience. We could share with more people and of course, learn from more people, and have a lot of fun doing it. This is our hope, our goal, and we are glad that you have found our blog and that you have  become a part of it.

Over the last three years, we have shared a lot of laughs and a lot of great beverages, and as we move into our fourth year, we have some new things that we will be adding to our podcasts and our website.  This year we are planning on throwing some video podcasts into the mix, which we are hoping will not cause a decrease in subscribers (LOL).  We also now have our own app available for download for use on your mobile device which we are really excited about!  We continue to be on Facebook and we hope you will "like" us and become a "friend" of the show.  We are also on Twitter and continue to Tweet with a vengeance.  We still have our recommendation scale which is easy to understand, yet accurately and completely encompasses the way we truly feel about the beverages we are trying.  With technology improving by the minute and Andrew's skills improving by the second, who knows what's on the way in the coming months!

Thanks to all of our listeners for a great three years, and we are excited about year number four!

Cheers Looking at You

Keith and Andrew 

P.S.  Andrew is on the left and Keith is on the right in the pictures.