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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...

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...

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 | Stit...

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...

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...

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 prese...

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 w...

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...

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 T...

⭐️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...

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...

⭐️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.  🔥🔥Joi...

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...

⭐️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.  🔥...

⭐️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...

⭐️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 Teag...

⭐️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...

⭐️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 wo...

⭐️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 Soth...

⭐️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...

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...

⭐️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 discu...

⭐️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...

⭐️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...

⭐️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...