⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️The one and only Ivy Mix sits down to talk about, well, just about everything. Her new book, the five year anniversary of Leyenda, lobbying Congress and what success looks like in the time of Corona. Image courtesy of Shannon Sturgis. #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range...
May 27, 2020•51 min•Ep. 379
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Edouard Beaslay, Global Brand Director for Diplomatico sits down with the band to talk about the challenges of running a business in Venezuela and what you can use rum for in quarantine (spoiler alert: everything) . #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range of hospitality an...
May 20, 2020•47 min•Ep. 378
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ On a special bonus episode the band sits down with Kaveh Zamanian from Rabbit Hole Whiskey and Caroline Rosen from the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation . We chat about dreaming big, what’s happening with Tales in the time of quarantine and of course what we’re all drinking right now. #2dreaminside Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. Join us each week as we sit down with a wide range of hospitality and spirits exper...
May 17, 2020•52 min•Ep. 377
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Our good friend Johnny Schuler calls in from Peru to talk about what’s happening with this year’s Pisco harvest (spoiler alert: it ain’t gonna be easy!) Plus, what it’s like to visit a Peruvian grocery store in the time of Corona. #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range of...
May 14, 2020•48 min•Ep. 376
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ The band sits down with the founders of Long Drink to talk about this classic Finnish beverage and its treasured history of slowing down and chilling out. Plus, are you sitting around drinking in your underwear wishing you could do it for a good cause? Find out how! #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother T...
May 06, 2020•52 min•Ep. 375
⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ On a special bonus episode of the Speakeasy the band sits down with Kim Haasarud of the USBG National Charity Foundation to clear the air about their emergency assistance program: who they are, when to apply and what to do if you’re waiting to hear back. Plus we get the inside scoop on what the kids today are playing; if not Nintendo then what? Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week ...
May 03, 2020•53 min•Ep. 374
⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ The band gets together from their socially distant studios to talk with Matt Pfohl of One Small Miracle about the new normal, how the old normal kinda sucked, and what we should change now that we’ve got a chance to do better. Image courtesy of One Small Miracle. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range of ...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 373
⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ This week we’re getting the band back together through the magic of remote recording! Damon, Greg, and Sother share a virtual drink with the incredibly smart and talented @AishaTyler Aisha launched her Ready to drink cocktail company @CourageAndStone right when the pandemic slammed the USA so she’s using the brand to raise money and awareness for the hospitality industry at large. She’s also hosting a weekly virtual happy hour ...
Apr 22, 2020•54 min•Ep. 372
⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Damon, Sother and Greg are all back "together" again from their DIY home studios talking with Tobin Ellis of Barmagic about his nationwide hospitality relief dashboard and how everyone can do the most good right now. Image courtesy of Tobin Ellis. ———————————————— #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teagu...
Apr 16, 2020•37 min•Ep. 371
As the crisis nears its apex in NYC Greg and Sother sit down with the team from Ilegal Mezcal to hash out the uphill battle our industry faces and discuss what we as an industry can do to help those on the front lines. Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. Join us each week as we sit down with a wide range of hospitality and spririts experts from around the world to discuss everything that impacts our business. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: Damon Boelte @DamonBoelte Sother Teague @CreativeDru...
Apr 12, 2020•49 min•Ep. 370
⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ On a socially distanced episode Sother and Greg talk to Nitecap owner Natasha David to take stock of what's happened to our industry, what we need now and what might lie ahead. Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. Join us each week as we sit down with a wide range of hospitality and spirits experts from around the world to discuss everything that impacts our business. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: Damon Boelte @DamonBoelte ...
Mar 29, 2020•43 min•Ep. 369
It's bad out there, and this week Greg sits down with John deBary of the Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation to discuss what we can do about it. Photo Courtesy of Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast .
Mar 22, 2020•45 min•Ep. 368
⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ This week we’re joined by the team behind Grenwich Village darling Up & Up @ TheUpAndUpNYC . Owner, Matt Piacentini @scotchgin, FOH Manager Chaim Dauermann @chaimdauermann and, Head Bartender Ali Martin. We discuss crossing the five year anniversary mark, the philosophy of the bar and their unique method of training. Tune in! #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥J...
Mar 11, 2020•46 min•Ep. 367
⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Sean Johnson @johnson_m_sean is an artist both behind the bar and outside if it. On this weeks episode he shares with us how he deals with the pressures of heading the bar at celebrated two Michelin starred restaurant Gabriel Kreuther @GabrielKreuther Conceptualizing cocktails and most importantly, curating experiences and creating memories. Plus he brought us the GK Scaffa from the menu, Tune in! Plus, check out Sean’s visuall...
Mar 04, 2020•47 min•Ep. 366
⭐️2 Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Award Nominated Podcast⭐️ This week on the Speakeasy, Laura Newman @laurafallsdown and Mudd Townley @muddatqp join us from Birmingham Alabama where this power couple operates Classic cocktail bar Queen’s Park @QueensParkBham After opening to massive crowds during Miracle @MiraclePopUp the two have amassed a local following strong enough to drive toward opening Neon Moon @NeonMoonBham, a relaxed neighborhood bar, later this year. They’re also making their mark by h...
Feb 26, 2020•52 min•Ep. 365
This week Sother and Greg sit down with Bar Methods @BarMethods founder Chris Bidmead and Woodford Reserve Brand Ambassador, Michael Toscano @themichaeltoscano . We talk about the need for more standardized and accessible education for bartenders as well as balancing life in the spirits industry while being sober. Tune in! ———————————————— #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Soth...
Feb 19, 2020•48 min•Ep. 364
At last year's Tales of The Cocktail in New Orleans, Sother had the opportunity to sit down with Tyler Hudgens @tylerhudgens , a member of an elite team of industry professionals known as Liquid Productions @liq_pro . LP is responsible for the logistics, organization, prep, and execution of many of the industry's largest cocktail events. Humble and well-rounded by her career, she’s a BAR 5-Day Program graduate and international hospitality consultant. Tune in to hear how she makes it all look so...
Feb 05, 2020•36 min•Ep. 363
⭐️2 Time Award Nominated Podcast⭐️ Join us today as we sit down and talk With North America Tequila Cazadores Ambassador Alan Ruesga Pelayo @AlanRuesga and surprise guest Colin Asare-Apia @GetInvolvedBruv , trade director of culture and lifestyle for Barcardi. We chat about boxing, sustainability and building a longer and more diverse table. Special shout outs to: @SimonFordsGin @BartenderAtLarge @HungryBartender and More! Plus Sother got to visit the new @BarGoto_Niban Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE...
Jan 29, 2020•54 min•Ep. 362
Jordan Silbert, founder of Q Mixers @QMixers takes the time to talk to us about his Spectacular line of products from origin to realization. He discusses the trials of being an industry outsider thrust into the game and the hurdles of understanding the complexities of distribution. Plus how creating a superior product got his product in the doors of hrs first clients and just how influential they were. Plus, Greg has launched season 2 of his show @BarNonePodcast Tune in! #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnT...
Jan 22, 2020•50 min•Ep. 361
100 years ago this week, The Eighteenth Amendment went into effect on January 17, 1920. On this episode, documentary filmmaker and founder of Real McCoy Rum, Bailey Pryor talks about the strange similarities of today’s society compared to what was going on then. Tune in! Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range of hospitality and spirits experts from around the world to discuss everything ...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 360
Alexandre Gabriel is the Master blender at both Maison Ferrand Cognac as well as Plantation Rums . Growing up on a farm gave him insight as to how taking care of the land can take care of you. He brings that ethos to every bottle he produces. It’s a fascinating talk, tune in! #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range of hospitality and spirits ...
Dec 18, 2019•49 min•Ep. 359
Sother has the opportunity to sit with noted New York bartender turned LA nightlife guru, Aaron Polsky to discuss how the music industry can be a model for how to operate a ready to drink cocktail company. Tune in to hear about his concept called LiveWire! #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range of hospitality and spirits experts from around ...
Dec 11, 2019•48 min•Ep. 358
Damon is back in the studio with Sother today and we’re joined by some old friends of the Speakeasy. Bridget Firtle of Owneys Rum @ OwneysRum , Austin Hartman of Paradise Lounge @ ParadiseLoungeNYC and, Mariah Kunkel of Banhez Mezcal @ BanhezMezcalArtesanal . Damon and sother have a long overdue catch-up, they talk rum distilling in New York, Doom Tiki and, sustaining family farmed Mezcal. We also toast the life of our dearly departed friend Rocky Yeh. #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forge...
Dec 04, 2019•53 min•Ep. 357
Greg Robles co-founded @ thebitterqueens , a small-production, San Francisco based bitters business raising the bar through the creation of unique, handcrafted bitters and cocktail accoutrements. What started as a spirited hobby amongst a duo of cocktail enthusiasts quickly evolved into a passionate business endeavor. We sit and discuss entrepreneurship and the difficult to navigate roads to market in the spirits business as well as advocacy and representation for the LGBTQ community in our sphe...
Nov 20, 2019•48 min•Ep. 356
She got her start in tiki with her husband who introduced her to Trader Vic’s Beverly Hills on their first Valentines Day together. Marie helms the ship at Tonga Hut @tongahut in North Hollywood, LA’s oldest tiki bar! She’s is also head mixologist and executive bar manager at their second location in the heart of downtown Palm Springs. Prior to her work at Tonga Hut, she created and managed the cocktail program at the first new Don the Beachcomber to open in decades in Sunset Beach, CA. #HRN10Ye...
Nov 06, 2019•46 min•Ep. 355
Native Kentuckian, Senior Whiskey Ambassador at Deutsch Brands and, Honorary Kentucky Colonel Joe Riggs (@ Drinkswithjoe ) sits down to talk and taste whiskey with us! We talk about the travel that the job entails, the constant growth of line extensions and, support for bartenders over “influencers”. #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range of hos...
Oct 30, 2019•54 min•Ep. 354
Today’s episode features Matt Levy of Covert Cocktail Club @covertcocktailclub in Brooklyn. A Native Brooklynite, Matt Levy is a self-taught bartender and cocktail personality at the Covert Cocktail Club, a “speakeasy” he runs in his house with his wife. It's Cocktails and Conversations in an intimate setting. We discuss the hazards of running an experience based operation, the intimate nature of such a small venue and, the history of Brooklyn through the eyes of a tour guide. Tune in! Join Heri...
Oct 23, 2019•46 min•Ep. 353
This week we sit down former professional soccer player and current Director of Trade Advocacy for the London Essence Co. Justin Noel @ jjnoelllc . Justin is also the owner of NYC’s Sweetwater Social and a 20 year veteran of bartending. We talk about the evolution of the bar industry in terms of culture, current drinking trends towards a lower abv/no abv as well as Wondering what happened to the fun in bartending? Gregg is excited about the Washington Nationals going to the World Series and Soth...
Oct 16, 2019•51 min•Ep. 352
Today’s guest is Effie Panagopoulos CEO and Founder, Kleos Mastiha Spirit @ drinkkleos . A competitive natural bodybuilder and longtime spirits industry veteran, Effie has a drive to succeed and the dedication to accomplish her goals. She’s open and outspoken about breaking into the spirit production sector of the industry. In this episode we also touch on the controversy hanging over our business with the 50 Best Bars Industry Icon award. Gregg also discloses that his podcast @ BarNonePodcast h...
Oct 09, 2019•50 min•Ep. 351
Up next, Sother talks to longtime bartender, traveling brand ambassador and, owner of Nickel City @NickelCityATX Travis Tober @ TheTober . The action is fast and the topics are numerous on this episode so be prepared to hear about flair bartending, guest shifts and, tactics involved to make a welcoming bar. #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide range...
Oct 02, 2019•54 min•Ep. 350
