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Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff

Hosted by two guys who know a bit about music and nothing about wine, the Tasting Notes podcast is a weekly chat about both. Bryn and Jaff try a different bottle every week in a quest to understand the terminology and to be able to taste wine, rather than just drink it; as well as discussing all things heavy, extreme and alternative in the world of music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:54:10

Decoy

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/09/11

This week Bryn and Jaff decide to stay in California and try a bottle of Zinfandel whilst discussing the return of Twisted Sister, the unusual System of a Down / Acid Bath announcement, a brief (thankfully!) foray into the images of The Karma Sutra.......and the possibility of starting a new career as a Hip-Hop duo named Egress and Agape...This Weeks ReleasesRitual Mass - Cascading Misery (00:29:19)https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/cascading-miseryHas / Will - While The Nap Lets The Hammer Drive

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1:49:09

Chronic Cellars - Sir Real

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/09/04

This week Bryn and Jaff are back in California with a rather good Cabernet Sauvignon.....and Jaff has certainly done his research this time! Prepare to learn some fascinating facts about grapes!As usual the conversation bounces around, covering topics such as Roger Waters' big opinionated mouth, the return of Radiohead, and the hopeful possibility of a Shane Embury set at a certain Bristol festival.....Musically, it's been one of the best weeks of the year!! We bring you a death metal album from

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1:37:06

Carnivor

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/08/28

After the festival silly season, normal service is now resumed and this week Bryn And Jaff nip over to America to sample a bottle of Zinfandel.There's predictions about Bloodstocks extra headliner, a tribute to the brilliant Brent Hinds, some (not so) unusual activity in the Cradle Of Filth camp...and a healthy serving of the usual nonsense!This week's choice of releases is not for the faint of heart! There's an incredible blackened post-metal album, a soul-wrenching and drone-filled blackened-death

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1:14:30

The ArcTangent Review

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/08/21

Bryn and Jaff are back from the glorious fields of Fernhill Farm, and they're bringing you a full run-down of their ArcTangent week!What bands played the best sets?Who were the noisy people by the VIP bar?Why are Inter Arma so smelly? Who made Bryn cry? All these questions (and more) will be answered, as the guys take you on a whirlwind tour of one of the best UK festivals! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:26:54

Piccini

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/08/14

Welcome back!! This week, there's a slightly haphazard trip to Italy, where Bryn and Jaff pop into the Piccini winemakers and try one of their blends. Bonus points go to the label which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Pothamus album from earlier this year!!Having just returned from a suitably debaucherous weekend at Bloodstock, Jaff soldiers through and provides a comprehensive run-down of the festival highlights. Bryn takes up the responsibility of reviewing two fantastic debut records

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1:47:48

Faustino V

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/08/07

This Week Bryn and Jaff return to the familiar lands of Rioja...but there's a difference, and it's a genuine first for the podcast!!It's also (finally) festival season and there's Bloodstock predictions, a thorough dressing down of the lacklustre Wacken 2026 announcement, Bryn's top festival tip....as well as the usual truckload of verbal meandering that you've come to expect.Another six albums have been plucked from the tree of weekly music releases, and it's a hell of a mix...where else can you

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1:41:34

The Wanderer

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/07/31

It's been a while, but Bryn and Jaff have returned for Season 2!!After their jolly jaunt through the vineyards of Rioja, they now find themselves sipping Malbec in the wilderness of Argentina...and bloody good it is too!There's a tribute to the greatness of Ozzy, Bryn airs his frustrations with festival lineup announcements, and rather a lot of historical fact-finding about the Etruscan civilisation. The guys are also excited to announce that they have officially launched a collaboration with the

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Fuzzy Shark

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/07/24

This week we've taken Tasting Notes to a livestream platform!! Coming straight to you from the iconic @frogandfiddleListen to us natter our way through topics such as festival food, influential albums and worryingly green beverages!!We'll be taking a break next week, but we'll return in a couple of weeks with more fantastic album reviews!See you soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:41

Carlos Serres

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/07/10

As they wobble their way to the end of their Rioja journey, Bryn and Jaff are lucky enough to have been donated an absolute stunner of a bottle! The oldest and most 'grown up' wine they've reviewed over the past 26 weeks, and they definitely seemed to enjoy it....Unless you've had your head in the toilet over the past week then you'll be aware that Black Sabbath had a bit of a 'Jamboree' in Birmingham over the weekend. Jaff managed to get along to it in person, Bryn watched the livestream......and

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1:53:22

Cune

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/07/03

Bryn and Jaff are still staggering around in Northern Spain, and this week they've found a slightly different bottle of wine to devour.....a Rioja Blanco! A variety of wine that neither has previously tried, and it turns out to be something really rather special!!Prepare yourselves for stories of Iron Maiden and Public Enemy, opinions on Glastonbury, another instalment of "Things Bryn doesn't give a shit about"....and a fair warning for what may be a rocky few weeks in Podcast Land.As usual, they've

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1:57:50

Olarra Clásico

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/06/26

This week Bryn and Jaff continue their Spanish escapades....but have only managed to stagger down the road to the neighbouring vineyard, will it live up to the high standard set by last weeks entry? They hope so, especially with a bold claim such as "The cathedral of Rioja"...Jaff's mind explodes when he discovers Norway rhymes with Doorway, Bryn shares things he couldn't give a f**k about, they discuss what their personal choice of album to listen to before an apocalypse would be, they announce the

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2:00:26

El Rayo Olarra

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/06/19

This week Bryn and Jaff begin their month long journey to the vineyards of Spain....metaphorically speaking. They're back on their trusty Rioja, and with a bit of Ziggy Stardust magic it turns out to be quite an exceptional one!!Hear them discuss Download festival (from afar), the elusive nature of wine connoisseurs and this week they even review two albums against the clock!! Oh, as well as forgetting their own names.....and starting beef with a gangster rapper from the 80's.....standard behaviour

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2:06:44

Babich

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/06/12

Bryn and Jaff delve into the world of New Zealand wine for the first time with a rather refined looking bottle of Syrah....but was it any good?! Bryn gets excited about some comfortable looking socks, Jaff coins the term 'Swedecore' as a new genre and they both forget that they're recording and begin planning their Christmas episodes....also, Jaff takes a mid-episode trip to the bathroom. It's a chaotic one....Music this week covers a whole spectrum....there's some of the fastest, most intense Death

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1:52:55

Pasqua

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/06/05

The duo are back together!!! After Bryn's continental escapades and Jaff's festival adventures in Scarborough, there's a lot to catch up on. Jaff has a fight with an uncooperative cork, Bryn shows off his lacklustre Italian language skills....and that's all before they even get to the music!There are some stellar releases again this week ranging from blackened death to funeral doom and you have the added bonus of hearing some dodgy northern accents and a complete spiral into absurdity over an

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1:17:01

The Lambrusco Trilogy

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/05/29

For the first time, Bryn and Jaff are coming to you from different locations! Bryn has been selfishly swanning around Northern Italy, but he's been learning all sorts of interesting facts about the fantastic drink known as Lambrusco!! Jaff is back in merry old Cheltenham and holding the fort with four monstrously good music choices....There's goats, flying dragons, sputum.....and a clear drop in recording quality (but they soldiered through for the sake of the listeners!). Listen out for details of

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1:56:38

Campo D'oro

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/05/22

Italian Pinot Grigio is the order of the week for Bryn and Jaff, and they once again prove that their palates seem to be improving! There's tales of Marilyn Monroe, wigs made of half-digested noodles and some slightly predictable views on 'that' song by President....Bryn brings three incredibly melancholic albums (one that even made him cry), but luckily Jaff finds himself raising the mood (and lowering the tone) with the latest release from Death Metal monsters 'Cumbeast"......as expected, hilarity

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1:53:48

Cape Roller

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/05/15

Bryn and Jaff are back on the white wine this week, courtesy of a peachy Chenin Blanc from South Africa. The usual hilarity ensues (despite the rather serious musical choices) with their ramblings taking them from Victorian urinals to their favourite brand of tractor.....even leaving room for a glass-raising toast to the one and only, Lemmy Kilmister.There are some seriously dark and thought-provoking records on offer this week, including a couple that could even be highlights of the year!! If

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1:51:36

Gary Barlow

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/05/08

This week Bryn and Jaff discover that Gary Barlow is quite the wine connoisseur and he's pulled an absolute blinder with his 'deliciously rich' South African Malbec.....shame about his lack of condom merchandise though!! The conversation drifts from Blood Incantation teaching strangers how to use a record player, Federico Albanese being an absolute legend and there's also a completely unexpected Donald Trump impression...Music this week includes a mix of hardcore, blackened-death, punk, swamp-sludge

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1:53:50

Beso Del Diablo

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/05/01

This week, Bryn and Jaff throw the whole rulebook out the window and talk about eight albums (albeit only briefly for two of them), finish their wine halfway through the episode (luckily there is a always a bottle of back-up plonk on standby) and turn their (hugely under-qualified) hands to talking about Jazz...they'll definitely keep you on your toes this week.From waiting for cheeseburgers that never materialise, inadvertently reviewing the colour of Bryns bottom, chewing on mouthfuls of sediment,

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1:45:30

Under the Canopy

Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff ·

2025/04/24

Bryn and Jaff are off to France again this week, and they find a white wine that may be a chart-topper!! On their journey they come across Gene Simmons (who talks about himself for far too long), Ozzy Osbourne (who is powering through his endurance training....hopefully) and get their pronunciation corrected by a husky sounding Polish gentleman.It's also one of the most eclectic episodes for music....there's a concerto that may or may not include boobies, some truly absurd nuggets of musical

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