The Post Shift Podcast with Shawn Soole

This episode was from a monster session I did with the Vic Food Guys. I have cut it up into 3 sections for your listening pleasure. We go indepth across the board on my upbringing, the hospitality industry and so much more.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbib...

This was a perfect storm of an interview, a blend of what I love spirits, the industry, and entrepreneurship. An absolutely amazing story about Ten to One Rum founder, Marc Farrell. From his years in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago to MIT, Starbucks, and the driving force behind starting his own rum brand.   Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders,...

This is from a Instagram Live with Vancouver Magazine about the life and times in Victoria in the last 6 months, our amazing cocktail culture and a little talk about entrepreneurship.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delv...

This is my huge 200th episode of the Post Shift Podcast and I wanted to make it as big as possible, so I had to get the King Cocktail himself; Dale DeGroff. This was an amazing episode, I fanboyed out hard obviously listening to Dale regale on stories of old New York and talking about why almost 20 years later, he decided to update the Craft of the Cocktail . This was an epic episode that could ha...

This one was a very different shot this week, I did a Instagram live with the entrepreneurs behind startup distillery Skeptic in Chicago. Never done this before, but I hope that the advice I gave them brings you value.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed ho...

Great chat about the macro business in the restaurant industry with Jason McBride from the REAL Hospitality Network , hopefully giving you some unique insights into the restaurant industry and his aim to disrupt the whole thing.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and...

This was a great interview with Mark Sansom of World's Best 50 as he gives us a peek behind the curtain on the organisation, how it has revolved over the last 12-18 months and how it's helping the industry in the future.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed...

Eric and I met almost a decade ago in Cognac on one of my very first bartender junket trips, he has achieved a ton since then and his new book, Unvarnished is a testament to that. We chat about his career, the book and what it was like to have Sasha Petreske as a mentor and friend.   Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and indu...

From a social media post I did yesterday, I still struggle with this but I love being told I can't do something due to other people's shortcomings. Don't let someone else tell you what you can and can't do; that is their insecurities being passed onto you.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soo...

This is a great episode with someone that I aspired to be coming up through the ranks of the industry. Loved chatting with Julie and getting to know her better, seeing the direction the industry is headed and hospitality entrepreneurship.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, brea...

This is a throwback episode but it is one I like to revisit regularly and remind myself of the long game, over and over again. Especially right now where a lot of us have been cocooned up for the last 6 months, the long game, patience, pacing yourself and being humble is the key to it all.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers a...

Loved chatting to one of the most passionate advocates for the hospitality industry in North America, writer and author Kara Newman. She has written seven books, hundreds of articles and covered more stories behind the people in the industry than many others. If you have ever wanted to write, this is the podcast for you.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: barten...

This is a more in depth and follow up to a video I did on Instagram last week; with lock downs and shrunken hours, there are a few fundamentals that you have to calculate as an owner operator to make it all make sense. Hope this brings value to a few people tuning in.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionado...

Had a great time on the Fever-Tree Happy Hour with Alexis Green on Instagram, we made one of my favourite cocktails, The Averna Limone and chatted about the industry, my experiences and where I see Clive's Classic Lounge going.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and i...

Was interviewed by Ben Waterworth from Capital Daily about the Post Shift Podcast and why I started podcasting, gets a little bit behind the podcast and why I keep doing it.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into th...

Had a great Happy Hour with Sean Finter and his team chatting about my upbringing, what I am up to now and making a couple of drinks through it all.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and p...

To preface this whole podcast as a tough one is an understatement, I like to keep my personal life very personal but lately, I have been getting a lot of questions and asking for advice on maintaining a long relationship in the industry. I took some questions from Instagram and asked my wife, Jillian how she deals with the ups and downs of someone so driven and passionate about the industry. Hopef...

Dave Mitton and I go way back and he has the illustrious title of being both one of my first interviews and also one of the highest listened to episodes in Post Shift history. You can listen to his original back story here , we catch up and see how his role has changed and what is in store for the brand and himself over the next few months.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top gl...

With post-pandemic for a lot of people now becoming the new normal and workers slowly coming back to work, this episode is for how to get the job you really want. 10 steps to getting back in the employment game.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitali...

We chat with absolute legend this week, Donnie Wheeler; former Havana Club Rum brand ambassador, we chat about his love not just for the rum but how he dived deep into the product, the process and the culture behind it. He is forever giving back to the community that he loves, and I for one am looking forward to seeing what he has in store in the next few months.  Share a dram with the hospit...

Work Life Balance to me is a very personal choice, one that requires you to be completely self aware of yourself and your surroundings. If you love to work, don't feel guilty about missing out on social time with friends and vice versa, if you work to live than enjoy it. But most of all through all of this, make sure you are happy.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global tale...

Been a throwback week this week, this episode is from about 3 months into doing the Post Shift Podcast and touches on how to be more patient along with resonating with me personally in the way of Clive's in the beginning now that I have retaken it over.  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole...

This is more important than ever, a throwback to one of my first episodes. I have talked about mentorship over the years but in this interesting time, it is important to connect with your community and offer as much support as possible.  Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the...

This is a fantastically raw and down to earth interview with Tim Etherington-Judge on why Healthy Hospo started, his way back from being in deep depression, why he decided to start a calvados company and how turning down big money for it spawned his need to give back to the bartending industry through his crowdfunding campaign .  Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents...

I did a very in-depth episode with my partner in Exemplar LM a few weeks back, but with how much I am doing in this realm right now; I wanted to get down some thoughts that may be a bit more approachable way. I am really deep into this now and have to say that most distilleries and wineries are vastly behind on the consumer convenience and brand equity that is happening due to COVID.   ...