The Speakeasy

Italicus founder Giuseppe Gallo talks about his journey from making lemoncello beside his mother as a child to speaking to his grandmother about Rosolio and reviving the lost category. Plus the design and making of his incredibly beautiful bottle! 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...

Chris and Camila of Volley Tequila Soda join Greg and Sother to talk natural flavors, the natural world, and how sneakily often one doesn’t come from the other. Plus, our friend the Rhum Bishop needs your help! Support Eugene’s amazing mission on his sustainable farm by going to gofundme.com/f/bishop-botany-farm to donate.  Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can.  🔥🔥Join us...

Entrepreneur, rum pioneer and former coconut smuggler Dani Zig joins Greg and Sother to talk about innovation in spirits, respecting your ingredients and how fortunate it is that the US government considers a certain plant nuts, not fruit.  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...

David Vitale of Starward in Melbourne, Australia joins the band to talk eating, drinking and finding a sense of place in a world of whisky.  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 ou...

Damon, Greg and Sother look back on the past ten years of bartending, and a year that felt like a decade.  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 INSTAGRA...

Jordis Unga , the metaphorical and literal rock star of Katana Kitten talks service, music, the need to perform and reinventing yourself.  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...

From chef to critic to bartender to farmer Eugene Nyaundi has seen a lot and he sits down with Greg and Sother to talk Rhum , botanicals and cultivating respect for the food we eat.  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 w...

Natalie Bovis of The Liquid Muse sits down with Sother and Greg to talk about getting started in the bar blogosphere, her latest steps with her new brand Organic Mixology and of course, Taco Wars. Plus, the missing gluten-sniffing dog! A harrowing tale with a happy ending. ____________________________ Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can.  🔥🔥Join us each week as industry...

Industry luminaries Lynnette Marrero and Jessica Gonzalez join Greg and Sother to talk about their latest adventures upstate with Wonderbar Beacon and Dutch’s Spirits and what it’s like to only kind of trade in the New York City hustle. 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 rang...

Patrick Miller of Faccia Brutto sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about tasting, experimenting, and what it takes to move your bitters-making operation out of your kitchen. 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...

The one and only Joaquin Simo descends through the maelstrom of the past week and the past year to discuss what bars, clubs and venues bring to their communities and what we can do to save them.  #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 hosp...

It’s Cider Season! Ryan Burk, Head Cider Maker at Angry Orchard joins Sother and Greg to talk history, fermentation and the not-so-humble apple.  #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...

Tristan Willey, spirits polymath and co-founder of Good Vodka talks creativity, sustainability, and the contours of his truly unique career. #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 di...

Bridget Firtle of Owney’s Rum and Rockaway Seltzer joins Sother and Greg to talk about running a distillery, starting a health-focused brand, and staying sane while doing everything in between.  #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 hospi...

Whiskey, Cheezits and Rock n’ Roll! Paul Hletko of F.E.W. sits down with the band to talk guitars, distilling, and when it’s the right time to break the rules.  #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 ar...

The band sits down with Allison Varone from Belvedere Vodka and talks about what it means to innovate, both inside and out of a mixing glass.  #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...

Greg Benson - the Dewar’s brand ambassador for India - joins Greg Benson - the podcast host - and Sother to talk distilling, highballs and what it is about Scotch whisky and coconuts that just... works.    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...

Missing cocktail festivals this year? Us too. Good thing we’ve got Carlos Rodriguez here from Global Bar Week to talk about building a hands-on community in a virtual age.  #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 exp...

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...

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 an...

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 SUBS...

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 SU...

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 Do...

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...

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 an...