This week on Liquid Courage & Curiosities, we’re diving into a small but mighty mystery… a bubbly little piece of botryoidal quartz from Colorado that looks suspiciously like grapes… and somehow ended up with a tiny wizard cat sitting on top of it.

Naturally, we had questions.

Is it geology?Is it decor?Is it the beginning of a quest?

We may not have answers… but we did name it.

Introducing: grape rock. 🍇

And of course, we paired it with a drink to match the chaos — the ✨ Sparkling Crystal Elixir ✨ — a shimmery sip that looks like it came straight out of a wizard’s cabinet (complete with grape garnish, because we commit to a theme).

Huge thanks to my amazing man for lending his voice to the intro, popping in mid-episode, and delivering that perfectly dramatic “booming” voice moment — truly iconic.

• ​1½ oz vodka or gin
• ​½ oz elderflower liqueur
• ​2–3 oz lemonade
• ​pinch edible shimmer
• ​ice
• ​grapes (garnish 🍇)

Stir gently over ice and garnish with grapes.

• ​3 oz lemonade
• ​1 oz elderflower syrup (or honey simple syrup)
• ​splash soda water
• ​pinch edible shimmer
• ​ice
• ​grapes (garnish 🍇)

Stir gently over ice and garnish with grapes.

Got a weird object you want featured? A drink idea I should try? Or something so bizarre it needs to be discussed?

Send it my way (bonus points for photos 👀)

📧 curiositiesandcouragepod@gmail.com

Music:

• ​Speakeasy Carousel by lithop
• ​The Great Days of Chicago by TokyoRifft

Sound Effects:

• ​Straw Slurp by freesound_community
• ​Fairy Sparkle (Long) by humordome
• ​Synth Cricket by freesound_community
• ​Magic Descend 3 by BenKirb

Courtesy of Pixabay.

You can listen on

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6YNfdiKavqK5bxn5xpvv8B?si=XoMFy3uTQz6_EdrMKt-DSg

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/liquid-courage-and-curiosities/id1890033892

iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-liquid-courage-and-curiosi-326899576/episode/989-magic-fm-5409?app=listen

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8483f685-f5c6-46e1-aab0-259bd3bc6b4a/liquid-courage-and-curiosities

and more…

Pour something fun, keep your curiosities close… and I’ll see you next time for another questionable treasure. ✨