Hey folks, this is a bit of a weird episode. See, after our anniversary party, the four of us came down with sore throats and colds. Pro tip, don't share your fucking glass with anybody, no matter how friendly they seem. I mean, I've been doing that for about 15 years and have never had a problem, but for some reason, this time it bit us all in the ass. I'm right in the middle of it,

and as you could probably tell, my throat is completely fucked up. Check it out. I can't even

do that. So for the first time in five years, we called it a sick day and didn't record a new

episode this week. And of course, that really bums me out. But luckily for us,

we had three Patreon minis banked, so I decided to edit those together into what you're about

to hear. The first one was recorded on May 22nd after we recorded episode 267, and we decided to

switch some things up and review a couple of ciders. The other two you'll hear were recorded with listeners on May 27th after drinking all day at our anniversary party.

For some reason, we thought it was a good idea to come back to my place and keep popping bottles and, hey, why not record a couple of minis?

It was a lot of fun, but probably not the best piece of judgment to make when we still

had more stuff to drink the next day.

So yeah, I think it's a bit of a mishmash, but it's still a good listen.

Anyway, I hope we'll be back to tip-top shape next week with an all-new episode.

I've been mainlining soup and medicine for the last few days trying to shake this

crud. It's been a real bummer, but I got to stop talking, and I hope that you all enjoy this.

So we're a ramshackle bunch.

A what now?

Ramshackle bunch.

What's that mean? Did I slur that?

Yeah.

But I feel it was appropriate for what you're saying.

Yes.

What I was saying is we are a ramshackle bunch.

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