Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.
Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.
If you have ideas for future segments, please send them to Matt@Matts-Meals.com.
The following is a “script” for one of Matt’s segments:
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
With many people singing “Oh Tannen-blech” this year on account of the many famous (or infamous) holiday tree mishaps (See Rockefeller Center. Or, better, yet, don’t!), it is good to know that our friends at Harpoon are here to give us something more rich and lush to enjoy!
Building on the century-old relationship with our neighbors in Nova Scotia (who provide a fine fir each year as thanks for the Commonwealth-based crews who came to their aid during an explosive fire in 1917), Harpoon has partnered with Big Spruce Brewing to produce a beer that will hopefully become a new holiday tradition.
Called (appropriately enough)From Nova Scotia With Love, the abbey-style ale is brewed with smoked malts and real spruce tips, and is aged in Glen Breton Single Malt Canadian Whiskey barrels. In addition to bringing a warming 9.0 % ABV, the collaborative brew offers notes of dried fruit, vanilla, and caramel, and wood, making it a great addition to tree trimming or any socially-distant merrymaking, whether or not there is a fire involved.
The relationship between Massachusetts and Halifax is long and storied. This year, start your own chapters with help from Harpoon!