A Toast to Israel at 75

With Israel celebrating 75 years since becoming a sovereign country back in May 2023, during a trip to Israel in May-June 2023, Rabbi Drew recorded a bunch of episodes in Israel to share regarding what’s going on in Israel with various beverages and businesses. Here are the episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show published in this series:

• 29 August – Tal Chotiner & Gal Kalkshtein: Creating Israel’s First Whiskey Distillery (M&H)
• 5 September – Adam Montefiore: Contemporary Wine Trends in Israel
• 12 September – Doug Greener: Contemporary Beer Trends in Israel
• Fall holidays break
• 18 October – Ephraim Greenblatt & Shmuel Naki: Creating a Brewery in Jerusalem (Hatch)
• 24 October – Shmuel Naki (& Ephraim Greenblatt): Creative Brewing in Israel (Schmulz)
• 31 October – Bennett Kaplan: Jerusalem’s Distillery (Thinkers)

Here are video clips from these episodes:

• Praise for The Jewish Drinking Show
• The Transition in Israel from White Wines to Red Wines
• Changes in the 2000s with Israeli Wines
• Wine as “Liquid Religion”
• Dancing Camel As a Craft Beer Pioneer in Israel
• Barrel-Aging of Beers in Israel
• Changes in the Craft Beer Scene in Israel