Bevande (drinks)

If you listen to the podcast, you know that we always like to have a Bevanda while we talk about Serie A or the Azzurri.  Just in case any of you listeners or readers wanted to join us in toasting our favorite topics, here is a list of the Bevande from each podcast and the reason why we chose it.  Obviously if you want a better explanation, just listen to that week’s podcast!

August 2nd, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Barolo.  Aurelio De Laurentiis is Pete’s favorite owner due to his latest antics, so naturally he celebrated with his favorite wine.

Pops’ Bevanda – Manhattan.  The mix of American Whiskey and Italian Vermouth is a perfect metaphor for Roma’s blend of Italian culture and their new American owner.

June 6th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Miller Chill.  A crappy beer to represent another crappy scandal.  The betting scandal in Lega Pro and possibly Serie B and involving Beppe Signori is the last thing calcio needs.

Pops’ Bevanda – Heineken.  Everyone loves a good Heinny.  And Pops enjoys the Heineken commercials pumping up the game of soccer.  Just like the transfer market does, a lot of hype but not a lot of substance.

May 30th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Vernaccia di San Gimignano.  This white was Pete’s idea to change things up.  FIFA needs to do the same with all it’s bribery scandals.

Pops’ Bevanda – Whiskey and Coke.  When people drink whiskey, the typically get a little crazy.  Serie A is about to get just as crazy with all the transfer rumors floating around.

May 23rd, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - The Idiot.  This shiraz was a microcosm of Gianluca Curci’s feelings on the Cassano departure from Sampdoria.

Pops’ Bevanda – Quinta do Noval tawny port.  Pops had his favorite after-dinner drink in order to reminisce on a fantastic Serie A season.

May 16th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Heineken.  Pete wanted to salute Maarten Stekelenburg’s drop of the Eredevesie league trophy.

Pops’ Bevanda - Michael Jackson.  The combo of spiced rum and fruit punch was meant to ensure that all the PSWG fans got to see this video of Kevin Prince Boateng’s dance moves.

May 9th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Borghetti Espresso Liqueur.  Pete had fond memories of an ugly day at the Stadio Olimpico in Roma, when he bought the Borghetti he was drinking.  Milan’s day in Roma was equally ugly and equally rewarding.

Pops’ Bevanda - Unibroue’s La Fin du Monde.  A brew that won a World Beer Award to celebrate an AC Milan squad the won the Scudetto.

May 2nd, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Short Espresso.  A short espresso is cool (according to Pete), just like Barack Obama.  You know what’s not cool?  Sergio Ramos dropping the Copa Del Rey under the bus.

Pops’ Bevanda - Blue Moon wine.  For two players who only score once in a Blue Moon.  Fernando Tissone and Francesco Modesto both haven’t scored since the 2007-08 season and notched one each this week.

Apr 18th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Espresso Ferraro.  Pete wanted to honor Pietro Ferraro, the current CEO of a company that created Ferraro Roche, Nutella and Tic Tacs.

Pops’ Bevanda - A rum-spiked Fruit Punch.  The key-word being punch, in order to point out the idiocy of Maurizio Domizzi’s punch to the head of Cristiano Lucarelli on Sunday.

Apr 11th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Negroni.  Pete repeated his first ever bevanda on the podcast (gin, sweet vermouth and compari) as a tribute to the PSWG’s 1st Anniversary.

Pops’ Bevanda - Chimay Blue.  Pops chose his favorite beer to celebrate the PSWG 1st anniversary.

Apr 4th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Leffe Blond.  Pete needed a blond beer to match Pato’s blond sweetheart in the stands.  Who knew it would be Silvio Berlusconi’s daughter?

Pops’ Bevanda - Redemption.  This strange mix of kiwi juice, vodka, rum and gin was a tribute to Ignazio Abate’s stellar match in the Milan derby.

Mar 21st, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Gelato Affogato.  The name means drowned ice cream (gelato, espresso and Bailey’s).  Pete’s drink was an acknowledgement of Sampdoria’s likely sink to the icy depths of Serie B.

Pops’ Bevanda - Wake Up Call.  Pops invented a new drink using 3 oz of espresso and 2 oz of Scotch.  It’s definitely an eye opener, much like Milan’s waste of a lead atop Serie A and Mark Van Bommel pleading for an offside instead of defending Goian’s goal.

Mar 14th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Bikini Shot.  This strange combination of milk, rum, sugar and lemon juice was Pete’s way of stomaching a male streaker video.  Oh yeah, and it also resulted in a red card.

Pops’ Bevanda - Shochu and Coke.  A Japanese alcohol in order to salute the bravery and resilience of the Japanese people.  Best of luck to our Pacific friends in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami.

Mar 7th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda - Guiness.  Pete wanted a drink that was strange to Italians, just like Silvio Berlusconi’s choice to get more plastic surgery at this point in time.

Pops’ Bevanda - Cold Smack.  A mixture of just vodka and lemon juice.  Pops felt the Cold Smack was a fitting salute to Rino Gattuso’s winning goal.

Feb 28th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda – Strange Brew.  Pete’s Canadian beer selection was an homage to the story about Muammar Gaddafi’s son playing in Serie A.

Pops’ Bevanda - HobGoblin ruby beer.  Pops felt that the unveiling of Massimo Oddo’s mustache deserved a tribute drink that mirrored his ghoulish appearance.

Feb 14th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda – Fat Bastard.  Pete was toasting his favorite fat bastard, Ronaldo.

Pops’ Bevanda - French Roast coffee and Bailey’s.  The french roast reminded Pops of Ronaldo’s performance at the World Cup in France, 1998.

As you can tell, the retirement of Ronaldo was on the brain.  Best of luck in the future to the man with the great front bangs and possibly the greatest goal-scorer of the last 20 years.

Feb 7th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda – Big Balls.  Combining 1 part Jagermeister, 1 part Goldschlager and 2 parts gatorade, this drink was the perfect salute to Louis Van Gaal’s penchant for dropping his pants to show Luca Toni his twig and berries.

Pops’ Bevanda - Bitter and Twisted blond beer.  This Scottish beer was Pops’ way of acknowledging the way goalkeepers Rosati and Sorrentino must have felt after trying to stop the free kicks of Fabrizio Miccoli and Hernanes this past weekend.

Jan 31st, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda – A Gravedigger.  This fine blend of vermuth, brandy, cointreau and fernetre was to commemorate the digging up of Mike Bongiorno’s corpse.  Apparently it was done to pry a ransom from Silvio Berlusconi.

Pops’ Bevanda – Menage a Trois.  Constructed of dark rum, triple sec, light cream.  Pops’ drink was dedicated to Massimo Moratti’s attempt to juggle multiple Italian talents.  The acquisitions of Pazzini and Ranocchia were pure genius, but the loan of Davide Santon seemed a bit short-sighted.

Jan 24th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda – An Italian Job.  Pete chose this mix of Amaretto, Bailey’s and Espresso to honor Massimo Moratti’s belief that selling Zlatan Ibrahimovic was his best piece of business ever.

Pops’ Bevanda – Tusker Finest Quality Lager.  The Elephant on the Tusker label reminded Pops of Catania.  The appointment of Diego Simeone felt like a toast-worthy event given his Argentinian heritage.  The perfect man to coach Boca Juniors Jr.

Jan 17th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda – Marsala wine.  Pete chose this dry, sweet wine as a sarcastic tribute to Mario Balotelli.  Balotelli has some incredible comments to the media regarding cheating on his girlfriend (with her best friend), the English media and Messi for the Ballon D’or.

Pops’ Bevanda – Kulmbacher beer.  The German beer was a tribute to the German-sounding (but actually Swiss) player Reto Ziegler.  Pops thinks that Ziegler’s addition to a Milan squad in need of a quality fullback would have a huge impact on the club in pursuit of the Scudetto.

Jan 11th, 2011

Pete’s Bevanda – The Fabulous Fake.  In honor of the Adebayor painting full of weed, Pete found this concoction of vodka, grapefruit juice and grenadine.  No word if the color would stain his white suede purse or not.

Pops’ Bevanda – Blue Moon beer.  Stuck in a hotel, Pops selected this fantastic brew to represent the rarity of the 3-red-card battle between Sampdoria and Roma this weekend.

Nov 2nd

Pete’s Bevanda – Goldschlager.  Pete discovered that this fine liqueur may sound German, but is actually made in Italy.  So it’s German, but belongs to Italy right now – just like the 4th Champions League spot.  Take that Bundesliga!

Pops’ Bevanda – Ciao Baby.  A mixture of dark rum, Collins mix and grenadine, this drink was Pops tribute to Ruben Olivera.  Olivera managed to goad Totti into yet another pointless red card.  We’re pretty sure that Lecce would make the Olivera-Totti swap like a chess player would give up a pawn for a queen.  Yes, Totti is a queen.

Oct 25th

Pete’s Bevanda – The Italian Mini-Skirt.  Pete created this drink (1 oz Cointreau, 1 oz Vodka & some San Pellegrino Lemonatta) in order to protest the mayor of Naples decision to ban miniskirts in the seaside resort of Castellammare di Stabia.  The PSWG headquarters is a miniskirt friendly zone!

Pops’ Bevanda – Unibroue’s Maudite beer.  Maudite means cursed or damned in French and Pops is sure that Michele Pazienza is now cursed for his terrible sportsmanship after collecting 2 yellow cards for intentional hand-balls in the first half of the Milan-Napoli match.

Oct 18th

Pete’s Bevanda – Tait The Ball Buster.  Pete selected this fine blended wine in honor of Wayne Rooney.  Wayne has been getting his balls busted for months for a variety of hooker and playing-related reasons, not to mention his latest bust up with Sir Alex Ferguson.

Pops’ Bevanda – The Duck.  Pops picked this blend of Rye Whiskey, Ginger Ale and water to honor Alexandre Pato’s brace against Chievo.  Pato has been Milan’s most potent attacker with 4 goals in only 256 minutes of play so far this year.

Oct 11th

Pete’s Bevanda – Quinton, made up of Kahlua, Cream and Nutmeg.  Pete chose this drink after hearing how Giuseppe Rossi nutmegged Georgio Chiellini in practice, only to have Chiellini deny it on Twitter.

Pops’ Bevanda – Wild Turkey on Ice.  Pops wanted to help celebrate Thanksgiving with all his Canadian listeners, so a turkey-themed bevanda was in order.

Oct 4th

Pete’s Bevanda – The Hypocrite.  This drink didn’t actually exist, Pete just made it up in honor of “No Berlusconi Day” in Italy.  NBD was organized by a population that voted him into political power.  The Hypocrite consists of a Pumpkin Spice Latte and Espresso Liqueur.

Pops’ Bevanda – Ephemere beer by Unibroue.  Pops wanted a french-sounding beer to go with the french-sounding player, Sergio Pellisier.  Pellisier was atop the SOAR rankings for all forwards in Serie A with more than 180 minutes played so far in Serie A.

Sept 27th

Pete’s Bevanda – The Belgian Beer, Bruges Zot.  Zot can be interpreted as a joker or jester, and Pete felt it was the perfect bevanda to highlight Adriano Galliani’s statement that “Milan must win the championship, we are not an amusement park”.

Pops’ Bevanda – Southern Comfort and Lime.  Pops felt that the southern team, Palermo, had shown a little too much comfort after their beatdown of Juventus.  This comfort in their own ability meant they quickly went down 2-0 to Lecce at the beginning of their match.