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| Trump Tariffs with Lyle Fass | 26 mars 2025 | 00:45:23 | |
You can’t escape the topic. Seemingly, everyday Trump goes on social media announcing new tariffs in an effort to bully other nations into submission. But in the meantime, Americans are... | |||
| Mai Kai with Cory Starr | 29 janv. 2025 | 01:04:24 | |
Cory Starr has helmed some of the most well-respected cocktail programs in the country. But a few months ago, he took his biggest job yet… he is now running the... | |||
| Balanced Hospitality with Stevan Miller | 15 janv. 2025 | 00:46:30 | |
Over the last 10 years, restaurants and bars have placed a much bigger emphasis on their cocktail program. And one segment where this is most apparent is the world of... | |||
| Around the World with The McGees | 18 déc. 2024 | 00:54:01 | |
For the final episode of 2024 I’ve got a fun one for you. This week, we departing from the norm a little. Well, a very little. We’re talking Tiki, but... | |||
| Beachbum Berry Redux: Sippin Santa | 04 déc. 2024 | 01:09:38 | |
Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted another interview. And for my sins, they gave me one. It took 5 years to recover from the last “interview” on Shift Drink,... | |||
| Eve Bergeron of Trader Vic’s | 18 sept. 2024 | 00:57:11 | |
If this week’s guest sounds familiar, you probably recognize her last name. Eve Bergeron, granddaughter of the late Trader Vic Bergeron, is now helping to run the family business that... | |||
| Microhistory with Wayne Curtis | 04 sept. 2024 | 00:47:38 | |
| Denali Brewing with Sassan Mossanen | 21 août 2024 | 00:53:49 | |
During my first visit to Alaska, I had to check off the requisite activities… salmon fishing on the Kenai, Halibut fishing off Kachemak Bay, Denali National Park, and of course,... | |||
| Rumbustion with Rebecca and Martin Cate | 24 juil. 2024 | 01:05:01 | |
Rum nerds and mid-century Mavens, Martin and Rebecca Cate are back on the show! Check out Tiki Guru and The Cult of Tiki to hear previous interviews. This week, we’re... | |||
| Northern Hospitality with Andrew Volk | 27 juin 2024 | ||
| Marie the Beachcomber | 12 juin 2024 | ||
Marie King has been making cocktails longer than most of us in the tiki bar business. She got an early start in hospitality at the age of 16 and couldn’t... | |||
| Eric Kaye Talks Holmes Cay | 29 mai 2024 | ||
Eric Kaye spent decades of his life as a professional musician and amateur rum aficionado. But, as a composer for film and television, technological advances brought the barrier-to-entry intro so... | |||
| Worthy Park with Zan Kong | 15 mai 2024 | 01:02:44 | |
It’s always a great time when I get a chance to talk with Zan Kong of Worthy Park Estate. But, despite the many hours of sharing Jamaican rum together, I’ve... | |||
| Brooklyn Kura Sake with Brandon Doughan | 03 mai 2024 | 00:47:40 | |
| Resonation with Christophe Rossi | 17 avr. 2024 | 00:52:18 | |
I’ve been working on getting Christophe Rossi on the show since mid-August of last year. His bar, L’Escamoteur, came highly recommended from several Kyoto locals while I was in Japan.... | |||
| Aguardiente and Mexican Rum with Jason Cox | 03 avr. 2024 | 01:08:00 | |
Lately, there seems to be a theme of guests that had a specific path in life only to find it disrupted and hijacked by the craft spirits business. And this... | |||
| Tropical Standard with Garret Richard | 21 févr. 2024 | 00:58:27 | |
This week’s guest, Garett Richard has worked in some of the best bars and with some of the best bartenders in New York, which also makes them some of the... | |||
| Rolling Fork: Spirits for Rum Nerds | 20 déc. 2023 | 00:53:20 | |
Rolling Fork Spirits won me over immediately. The two owners, Turner Wathen and Jordan Morris, set out to create a brand that offered something no one else was offering. Luckily... | |||
| The Kazan Room with Brandon Grilc | 22 nov. 2023 | 00:55:06 | |
I’m back in Japan today, and talking to one of the few tiki bar owners in the country. Brandon Grilc’s career as an architectural historian took a left hard turn... | |||
| Amrut Whisky with Ashok Chokalingam | 08 nov. 2023 | 00:36:08 | |
When Ashok Chokalingam took his first job with Amrut Distilleries, he had no idea how far that job would take him, and the impact he’d have on the whisky category,... | |||
| Minimalist Tiki with Matt Pietrek | 25 oct. 2023 | 01:05:14 | |
The Cocktail Wonk is back on the show after six long years. And he’s accomplished a lot in that time. This week we’re talking about his influential book, Minimalist Tiki... | |||
| Toyko Confidential with Holly Graham | 11 oct. 2023 | 00:50:53 | |
If you’re reading this we hope you’re in Tokyo, because you’re in for a real treat. Tonight is the opening of Japan’s newest craft cocktail bar, Tokyo Confidential. So today... | |||
| Equal Access with Chris Montana | 27 sept. 2023 | 00:57:24 | |
Just a decade ago, Chris Montana opened DuNord spirits. In the ten years since, his role has grown in ways that he could have never imagined. Looking around rooms filled... | |||
| Lullaby of Birdland with Brother Cleve | 09 mars 2022 | 00:59:31 | |
UPDATE: My good friend, Brother Cleve, passed away unexpectedly on Sept 9, 2022 — just a few months after this interview. Cleve was a mentor, a friend, and a confidant... | |||
| Japan Distilled: A Conversation with Stephen Lyman | 09 févr. 2022 | 01:15:35 | |
After the first ever shochu episode back in 2017 A Shochu Lesson with Erik Zmara, I received a tweet from a gentleman in Japan that was working in a distillery.... | |||
| KōHana Ohana with Kyle Reutner | 15 déc. 2021 | 00:55:02 | |
A week ago I had the opportunity to visit KōHana Rum in Kunia, Oahu. And that visit was precisely what I needed to get my groove back. The trek to... | |||
| Sherry with Chantal Tseng | 24 nov. 2021 | 00:45:48 | |
Over the last decade, Sherry has increasingly become a drink of choice for bartenders and service industry professionals. It has started showing up on bar programs, in cocktails, and the... | |||
| The Death of a Blog with Jennifer Matthewson | 11 nov. 2021 | 00:58:40 | |
Today I welcome Jennifer Matthewson, founder of Daily Blender ,to the show. As the ripple effects of the pandemic are now becoming clear, it looks as though we are losing... | |||
| Contento NYC: Accessibility Redefined | 27 oct. 2021 | 00:58:55 | |
One in four Americans lives with some degree of disability – whether that is the need for a wheelchair, limited sight or hearing, or limited range of motion. Yannick Benjamin... | |||
| Kokonas and Tonic | 13 oct. 2021 | 01:01:03 | |
Nick Kokonas has worked in some of the most well-known cocktail destinations in Chicago. But it was at Heritage that he curated a program that eventually led to an entire... | |||
| Three Tiers of Frustration with Adam Thierer | 29 sept. 2021 | 00:54:33 | |
There are few things more confusing than the three-tier system controlling alcohol distribution in the United States. It’s a topic that is complex even for policy savvy bar owners and... | |||
| Asian Cocktails with Al Thompson | 15 sept. 2021 | 01:06:30 | |
It’s been four months, but we’re finally back from break. And this week I have my friend Al Thompson on the show to talk his position as Beverage Director for... | |||
| Can’t Knock The Hustle with Sullivan Doh | 26 mai 2021 | 00:51:13 | |
Sullivan Doh has seemingly done it all, and just seems to be garnering more respect from the community each time he shifts his focus. He became enamored with fine dining... | |||
| Pushing Boundaries with Charles Joly | 22 avr. 2021 | 01:26:28 | |
Charles Joly has witnessed and been a part of the craft cocktail renaissance since the beginning. After starting as a bar back in a high volume, underground Chicago club, he... | |||
| Breaking News with Bailey Pryor | 07 avr. 2021 | 01:05:00 | |
Bailey Pryor’s achievements are impressive. He is the recipient of several Emmy awards, has written, directed, and produced scores of movies and documentaries, and is the leading authority on notorious... | |||
| Booze Cruise with Andre Darlington | 24 mars 2021 | 01:17:19 | |
It’s the return of André Darlington! The last time he was on the show we were discussing his now-bestselling cocktail book, Booze & Vinyl. And now he’s back to discuss... | |||
| Sother Teague: I’m Just Here for the Shift Drink | 10 mars 2021 | 01:51:37 | |
PLEASE NOTE: This episode mentions several links and articles. They are available at the bottom of these show notes. Sother Teague is no stranger to Shift Drink. We’ve been planning... | |||
| Sother Teague Bonus Content | 10 mars 2021 | 00:12:48 | |
When Sother and I get to chatting, jaunts off-topic aren’t rare. So, here we’re offering this bonus material for you to eavesdrop. If you haven’t listened to I’m Just Here... | |||
| Drinking Like Misty Kalkofen Pt. 2 | 18 févr. 2021 | 00:48:06 | |
Misty Kalkofen needs no introduction in the spirits community — or if you listened to my interview her on our last episode,Drinking Like Misty Kalkofen Pt. 1. But regardless of... | |||
| Drinking Like Misty Kalkofen Pt. 1 | 03 févr. 2021 | 00:49:27 | |
Misty Kalkofen has done it all. She was building craft cocktail menus in an era ruled by pre-mixed Long Island Iced Tea. While studying at Harvard Divinity School, she took... | |||
| Newfangled Confections with Carrie Abbott | 20 janv. 2021 | 01:03:07 | |
Carrie Abbott started her candy company, Newfangled Confections, back in 2012. But that wasn’t the beginning. This hospitality industry veteran had been running the pastry and service side of a... | |||
| Behind Bars in Colombia | 06 janv. 2021 | 01:08:57 | |
It’s been a wild ride for Vincent Pollard so far. As many bartenders out there, he started in the business with no real knowledge of the craft cocktail scene. But... | |||
| 2020 Wrap Up: The End of the Beginning | 31 déc. 2020 | 00:21:32 | |
As we wrap up the end of the year in our living rooms rather than bars and restaurants, I want you to take a moment and listen to this abbreviated... | |||
| Kentucky Bourbon Festival | 23 déc. 2020 | 00:47:52 | |
When Randy Prasse took the job to help overhaul the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, didn’t realize that a month later the world would shut down and no one would be able... | |||
| Cider House Rules with Ryan Burk | 09 déc. 2020 | 01:21:46 | |
In the food and beverage world, it’s easy to dismiss companies with wide distribution as “sellouts”. We expect everyone to starve for their art and if they don’t, they become... | |||
| Leviathan Bakehouse with Pete Schmutte | 25 nov. 2020 | 00:58:06 | |
Pete Schmutte, owner and pastry chef extraordinaire of the newly-opened Leviathan Bakehouse in Indy, joins the show this week to talk about his path into pastry at a time when... | |||
| Music and Booze with Chris Coy | 19 nov. 2020 | 00:48:30 | |
I’ve mentioned my business partner numerous times on the show – perhaps ad nauseam (see Fear and Loathing with Beachbum Berry). I always try to avoid doing interview with people... | |||
| Thirst Group with Eric Mersch and Kim Klinger | 19 août 2020 | 00:54:16 | |
We may be witnessing the death of independent restaurants as we’ve known them. We all closed with the trust that we would have help recovering. That trust was misplaced. But... | |||
| Fess Parker Wines with Elizabeth Cooper | 05 août 2020 | 01:14:55 | |
It’s our 100th EPISODE! To mark the occasion, this interview was conducted in-person and… Arthur is back! And he’s brought a good friend with him this time. Elizabeth Cooper has... | |||
| Sipping with Somms | 16 juil. 2020 | 00:53:57 | |
For the first time in three years, I took a break. This week’s episode is a repost from an interview I did with Thomas Dean of Sipping with Somms a... | |||
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