Extra, Extra! The band sits down with Mark Sansom of World’s 50 Best to talk re-imagining awards in the age of COVID and for a breaking announcement on the winner of the first ever Michter's Art of Hospitality Award . Tune in exclusively on The Speakeasy to hear who took home the prize! 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 t...
Oct 09, 2020•58 min•Ep. 401
On the 400th episode of the Speakeasy Aaron Goldfarb and Janee Nyberg join the band to talk going viral, telling your side of the story and what a truly bizarre thing a legacy can be. #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 the world to discuss everything that impacts our business. FOLLOW US ON I...
Oct 07, 2020•53 min•Ep. 400
Live from Haiti Rhum Barbancourt CEO Delphine Gardere joins the band to talk the history of rhum, making spirits as a woman and what the history of Barbancourt means for her home. We also talk about the unfortunate closing of Nitecap in New York City and how you can support them with your dollars here: https://nitecap-108534.square.site/ #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...
Sep 30, 2020•47 min•Ep. 399
If you didn’t know that a higher percentage of spirits are sold to women than men you’re not alone - they certainly aren’t marketed that way. Sociologist, spirits producer, and industry pioneer Dr. Nicola Nice talks with the band about branding, producing her own line of spirits and giving women back their rightful place in drinks history. #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...
Sep 24, 2020•51 min•Ep. 398
Why is Kahlua stronger in Ohio? Why is beer warmer in Indiana? Why do drinks look like they’re being made behind a weird, blurry pane of glass in Utah? Tackling these questions and more is Jarrett Dieterle , author of “Give Me Liberty and Give Me a Drink” who talks with the band about weird booze laws and how some outdated legislation may finally be fading away. #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders...
Sep 17, 2020•50 min•Ep. 397
The Speakeasy’s back and the world’s still a mess! We’re all juggling reduced capacity, outdoor dining and to-go cocktails and today Matt Davidson of Botanist House in Portland chimes in to talk about what’s happened, what’s next and who on the podcast hates heat lamps. #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 expert...
Sep 10, 2020•44 min•Ep. 396
This week we wrap up the Agave Road trip with Lou Bank and Chava Periban. They discuss some of their favourite aspects of agave and the community around it. We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday this summer, but if you want to listen to them all right now , subscribe to the Agave Road Trip feed ( Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS ). Plus, find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE an...
Aug 23, 2020•15 min
This week we're presenting another episode of Agave Road Trip. On this episode, Lou Bank and Chava Periban talk about the aging process. How long after the distillation process, do you drink the agave? As a consumer, do you have a choice in the matter? We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday this summer, but if you want to listen to them all right now , subscribe to the Agave Road Trip feed ( Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS ). Plus, find extra photos and relat...
Aug 16, 2020•15 min
What’s better than old friends and cold drinks ? When the drink is a well-balanced RTD Gin & Tonic and the old friends are Tom Macy and Julie Reiner , almost nothing! Laughs, bright sides and a lot of nerding out ensues. #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 the world to discuss everything ...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 395
This week we're presenting another episode of Agave Road Trip. On this episode, Lou Bank and Chava Periban talk about the distillation process. Though a simple process, it is an essential step in production. We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday this summer, but if you want to listen to them all right now , subscribe to the Agave Road Trip feed ( Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS ). Plus, find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com #HRN10Years #Dr...
Aug 09, 2020•16 min
This week we're presenting another episode of Agave Road Trip. On this episode, Lou Bank and Chava Periban talk about the fermentation process. The details of the process have a huge effect on the end result. They also talk to Armando Alvarado Alvarez regarding agave fermentation. We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday this summer, but if you want to listen to them all right now , subscribe to the Agave Road Trip feed ( Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS ). Plus...
Aug 02, 2020•16 min
Allen Hemberger , Sarah Hemberger and Micah Melton from the team behind The Aviary sit down to talk about Zero, their new cocktail book that’s 100% alcohol free. #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 the world to discuss everything that impacts our business. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: Damon Boelte...
Jul 31, 2020•51 min•Ep. 394
This week we're presenting another episode of Agave Road Trip. After you cook your agave, you’ve gotta mill it – make tiny, little pieces of those giant, cooked agaves. How do you do that?Lou Bank and Chava Periban explain it here and maestro mezcalero Eduardo Angeles joins. Then we talk about how to avoid explosive diarrhea while eating great street food in Mexico. And chocolate. We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday this summer, but if you want to listen to them all...
Jul 26, 2020•15 min
Can a cocktail tell a story that makes the world a better place? AJ Johnson started Back to Black pop-up in DC to prove it can, and she breaks down her philosophy while talking about the changes our industry needs now. #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 the world to discuss everything that i...
Jul 23, 2020•41 min•Ep. 393
Maxwell Britten of THIRST is on a mission to educate our leaders... and make sure they keep their promises! He sits down with Sother and Greg to talk about fighting for bars in city halls and state capitals across the country. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s...
Jul 23, 2020•51 min•Ep. 392
This week we're presenting another episode of Agave Road Trip. In episode 3, Lou Bank and Chava Periban talk about roasting agave. This is one of the hardest parts of the process and if you don't get it just right, you can lose a lot of it. We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday this summer, but if you want to listen to them all right now , subscribe to the Agave Road Trip feed ( Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS ). Plus, find extra photos and related links at ...
Jul 19, 2020•16 min
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Fermenting without alcohol? A gym with a bar? A booze- free Gose? All that and more when John Walker of Athletic Brewing Co. pops into the virtual studio to talk N/A brewing and some surprising ways to stay healthy. #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...
Jul 15, 2020•52 min•Ep. 391
This week we're presenting another episode of Agave Road Trip. In episode 2 our friends Lou Bank and Chava Periban give a nutshell explanation of how agave turns from sugar to alcohol and are joined on the occasion by maestro mezcalero Amando Alvarado Alvarez . They also talk about how growing agave helped a middle school in rural Oaxaca reduce violence in their community. We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday this summer, but if you want to listen to them all right n...
Jul 12, 2020•16 min
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Proprietor, beverage director and to-go cocktail wizard Will Wyatt talks about getting creative and having fun when life throws obstacles your way. Like an outdated work order on a bar you just bought. Or a global pandemic. #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 hospit...
Jul 09, 2020•55 min•Ep. 390
This week we're presenting the first episode of Agave Road Trip. Agave Road Trip is a new series from HRN that provides gringo bartenders with firsthand knowledge about heritage agave spirits from Mexico, including mezcal, raicilla, bacanora, and destilado de agave. In episode 1 our friends Lou Bank and Chava Periban introduce themselves, the series, and some mind-blowing arroqueño and Santa Maria Sola de Vega. We'll be presenting an episode of their first season every Sunday for the next 8 week...
Jul 05, 2020•16 min
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ The world’s first female master bourbon taster and co-founder of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Peggy Noe Stevens calls in live from Louisville to talk whiskey, parties, whiskey parties and breaking barriers in the Bluegrass State. #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 ho...
Jul 01, 2020•51 min•Ep. 389
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ All the way from Sydney Australia Tom Baker (and his morning coffee) chimes in to talk about Mr. Black Cold Brew Liqueur , the state of the coffee industry and why its probably a good thing you’re only twenty-five once. #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 hospitalit...
Jun 28, 2020•52 min•Ep. 388
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ From the historic West Bank in Minneapolis Tony Zaccardi joins the band to talk about running the century old Palmers bar, and how much we all miss rock shows. #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 the world to discuss every...
Jun 24, 2020•57 min•Ep. 387
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Wigle Whiskey Co-Founder Meredith Grelli chats about the history of rye, building a brand around learning and adapting a hands-on company to a time when we’ve all gotta keep our hands to ourselves. It’s edutaining! #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...
Jun 21, 2020•46 min•Ep. 386
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Focus on Health co-founder and Silver Lyan bartender LP swings by the virtual studio to talk re-opening, mental health, Black Lives Matter and to do a little reminiscing about big nights out in the nation's capital. In March, HRN began producing all of our 35 weekly shows from our homes all around the country. It was hard work stepping away from our little recording studio, but we know that you rely on HRN to share resources ...
Jun 18, 2020•56 min•Ep. 385
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Biologist, polymath and Master Distiller of Abasolo Whiskey Iván Saldaña joins us live from his lab in Mexico City to talk about bottling the souls of plants and how corn is more than meets the ears. 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 the world to discu...
Jun 14, 2020•48 min•Ep. 384
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Global Brand Ambassador Stephanie Shen joins us live from Dublin, Ireland! She talks with the band about teaming up with Dead Rabbit, her deep love of Irish whiskey and how close the category came to extinction before roaring back! Image courtesy of Dead Rabbit Irish Whiskey. HRN will be donating 10% of our membership drive proceeds from now until June 15 to the Philando Castile Relief Foundation. Visit heritageradionetwork.o...
Jun 10, 2020•55 min•Ep. 383
It's been a tough week. Damon, Sother and Greg sit down with Kenneth McCoy of Rum House and Ward III to talk about where we are, where we're going, and what we can do to get there together. . As we start to put society back together better than it was before, know that if you are a POC in the service industry you have an open invitation to come on The Speakeasy and discuss your experience any time. We are especially open to stories from our Black community. Your stories and your experiences are ...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 382
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Rob Dietrich of Blackened Whiskey sits down to talk about rock shows, whiskey blending, sonic aging and what it’s like working for a little band called Metallica. 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 Sother Teag...
May 31, 2020•49 min•Ep. 381
⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️Over the weekend bars in South Carolina opened their doors and let people in for the first time since March. Craig Nelson of Charleston's own Proof on King joins the band to talk about how it went and what the future holds. #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 hospita...
May 28, 2020•50 min•Ep. 380
