Feel-Good Friday: The Viral World Cup Food Obsession and a Very American Bourbon
Unpacked by Afar | Travel Smarter, More ResponsiblyShow Notes
It’s the last Feel-Good Friday before host Aislyn and producer Nikki take a summer break. And they’re sending the season off with two of summer’s great pleasures: a viral World Cup food obsession and a very American bourbon.
First, why international soccer fans are falling hard for ranch dressing—and getting stopped at airport security over it. Then, a first-of-its-kind whiskey blended from all 50 states, arriving just in time for the Fourth of July and America’s 250th birthday.
This week’s Feel-Good Friday stories
International visitors flooding the US for the World Cup have discovered ranch dressing, and they want to take it home by the bottle. Aislyn and Nikki tackle the great World Cup ranch debate.
An independent bottler spent five years and a cross-country road trip visiting more than 100 distilleries to create the first whiskey ever blended from all 50 states. PLUS a limited 1776 edition drawn from the original 13 colonies, made to mark the country’s 250th.
Bonus: A couple of cautionary tales about packing wine home in your luggage, and a solemn vow never to pair good bourbon with ranch.
That’s a wrap on Feel-Good Friday for the season. Aislyn and Nikki will be back after a summer break — until then, happy Fourth of July, and happy summer.
Chapters
00:00:00 Welcome to Feel-Good Friday
00:02:00 The Great Ranch Debate
00:05:00 Liquid Smuggling Confessions
00:07:00 United States of Bourbon
00:10:00 Cheers to Summer
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