Why do so many people insist on mixing their alcohol with sugar? Erica Wides addresses the growing epidemic of dessert flavored booze and asks why grown ups are drinking like toddlers. Is this a marketing ploy to get young people addicted to alcohol, or are we just that addicted to sweets? Find out on a boozy edition of Let's Get Real. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"We're turning into overgrown overweight drunken toddlers."

"Nobody needs to drink chocolate vodka. Chocolate and vodka should never meet. There is nowhere they can intersect successfully."

--Erica Wides on Let's Get Real

This week Growing Good takes on a serious subject that affects millions of people of all ages: alcoholism. This disease is a crippling part of many lives and does not only disrupt and degrade the health of the alcoholics but also the people around them who are left to pick up the pieces. But there is hope and there is help in the form of AA and Al-Anon. In this episode host Alessandra Maria-Iavarone is here to tell you about how you or someone you care about can get help through these programs. And remember you can always call 1-888-4AL-ANON for help. This important episode is sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.

"When we let go of the illusion of power over alcohol and other people we move into a more positive, productive and rewarding direction. We move toward hope."

--Alessandra Maria-Iavarone on Growing Good

'The Big Little' - big flavor, little alcohol! This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are talking about sessionable table beers with homebrewers Kyler Serfass and Jamie Stafford-Hill. Hear how Jamie enhances flavors in low-alcohol beers, despite scaling down hops and malt. Kyler talks about brewing a Scotch ale with a low ABV, and what ingredients he used to brew his beer. Learn some techniques to get more flavor out of session beers! Mary shares her one-gallon, sixty-hour table beer, and shares how ingredients like aniseed can help increase a beer's bitterness without adding more hops. Are table beers safe for mothers who are lactating? Find out on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Thanks to our sponsor, Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"Because you're using less malt, you have to be careful of your temperatures because you don't have a big thermal mass." [8:45] -- Kyler Serfass on Fuhmentaboudit!

"You want to mash high so you don't get a lot of sugars that leave a 'wort-y' taste." [20:00] -- Jamie Stafford-Hill on Fumentaboudit!