We're kicking off Season 9 (!!) with a season teaser and an announcement about our LIVE SHOW!
Drunk Monkeys at the Chicago Women's Funny Festival
Friday, June 7th
11pm
Stage 773
1225 W. Belmont
New episodes start next week! See you then!
]]>Drunk Monkeys - A Few Words About Watershed Bar from Fuzzy Gerdes on Vimeo.
It’s not really a full episode, but Jen and Erica wanted to say thanks to Watershed Bar, where we filmed the last two live episodes.
And now we have to take a brief hiatus until we can film some episodes. But it will be soon, we promise!
]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 59 - Koval Paw Paw Liqueur.
It’s our second live episode from one of our favorite bars, Watershed in downtown Chicago. This time, Jen and Erica are sampling Koval Paw Paw Liqueur, which Watershed uses in a cocktail called “I Do Declare!”: Taildragger Amber Rum, Averna, Koval Paw Paw, Lemon.
]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 58 - North Shore Silver Lining.
Live from Watershed, Jen and Erica are trying the limited release North Shore Silver Lining, an American Kräuter liqueur.
]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 57 - Dr. McGillicuddy’s Apple Pie Liqueur.
It’s the last episode from our live appearance at the 2013 Chicago Sketch Fest at Stage 773, but not the last episode of Season 8—next week we start some shows filmed live at Watershed, one of our favorite bars in Chicago. But this week, Jen and Erica finish off the fest by trying some tiny bottles of Dr. McGillicuddy’s Intense Apple Pie Liqueur.
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]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 56 - Loopy.
Live from the 2013 Chicago Sketch Fest at Stage 773, Jen and Erica are trying Loopy, a “tropical-fruit” flavored vodka from Three Olives that bears more than a passing resemblance to Fruit Loops cereal.
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]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 55 - Nemiroff Honey Pepper Vodka.
Here’s the second episode we filmed live at the Chicago Sketch Fest. This time, Jen and Erica are drinking Nemiroff Honey Pepper Vodka, a gift from Erica’s old boss.
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]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 54 - Dude Vodka.
Season 8 of Drunk Monkeys was taped in front of a live studio audience. We’ve got four episodes filmed at Stage 773 during Chicago Sketch Fest and then two from a special evening we had at Watershed. In this first episode, Jen and Erica are drinking Dude Lemon-Lime Flavored Vodka from Three Olives.
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]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 53 - Cocktail Time - Loaded Baked Potato.
What we call a “season” of this show is filmed all in one night and just released as separate episodes. So if I say that this is the last episode of Season 7, our longest season yet, perhaps then you’ll know why Jen and Erica seem so… tired. A constant quest of the show is to find a way to drink the more savory liquors without just masking them in a Bloody Mary. In this episode, Jen is concocting something she calls a Loaded Baked Potato, using both Bakon (ep29) and Naked Jay Big Dill pickle (ep42) vodkas.
It’s the end of Season 7, but we’ll be back next week right on schedule with the start of Season 8. Season 8 will feature episodes filmed during our live appearances at Chicago Sketch Fest and at Watershed back in January.
]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 52 - Cocktail Time - The Dillinger.
In a Twitter conversation, Naked Jay Vodka suggested combining their Naked Jay Bill Dill pickle vodka (which you may remember from episode 42) with ginger ale for a drink they call the Dillinger. (Get it?) Jen and Erica give it a try.
Drunk Monkeys - Episode 51 - ZU Bison Grass Vodka.
Jen and Erica are drinking ZU (short for Żubrówka) Vodka, a bison grass flavored vodka from Poland. It’s a fascinating story of how the liquor was banned from import into the US and how ZU worked around it.
]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 50 - RumChata
Our good friend Philip Markle gifted Jen and Erica with a bottle of RumChata, with the not-very-encouraging message “this is the worst thing ever”. Undaunted, and propelled by Erica’s love of horchata–the Mexican rice water and cinnamon drink–they crack open the bottle and give it a try.
]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 49 - Pimms No. 1 Cup.
Jen and Erica are pretty much polishing off a bottle of Pimm’s No. 1 Cup, the classic English fruit cup.
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Drunk Monkeys - Episode 48 - Laphroaig.
Jen and Erica pull a bottle of Laphroaig off of our bar. Erica pronounces Laphroaig a couple of different ways in this episode. Here’s how to really say it. Or, maybe this.
]]>Drunk Monkeys - Episode 47 - Risky? Whiskey.
Hey, we’re back after an impromptu holiday break with more of Season 7. Today Jen and Erica are revisiting the Risky? Whisky “Barrel-Your-Own-Bourbon” kit that they started in Episode 39.
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