The Speakeasy

⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ On a special bonus episode the band sits down with Kaveh Zamanian from Rabbit Hole Whiskey and Caroline Rosen from the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation . We chat about dreaming big, what’s happening with Tales in the time of quarantine and of course what we’re all drinking right now. #2dreaminside  Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE t...

⭐️Three Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Our good friend Johnny Schuler calls in from Peru to talk about what’s happening with this year’s Pisco harvest (spoiler alert: it ain’t gonna be easy!) Plus, what it’s like to visit a Peruvian grocery store in the time of Corona. #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⭐️ The band sits down with the founders of Long Drink to talk about this classic Finnish beverage and its treasured history of slowing down and chilling out. Plus, are you sitting around drinking in your underwear wishing you could do it for a good cause? Find out how! #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCR...

⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ On a special bonus episode of the Speakeasy the band sits down with Kim Haasarud of the USBG National Charity Foundation to clear the air about their emergency assistance program: who they are, when to apply and what to do if you’re waiting to hear back. Plus we get the inside scoop on what the kids today are playing; if not Ni...

⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ The band gets together from their socially distant studios to talk with Matt Pfohl of One Small Miracle about the new normal, how the old normal kinda sucked, and what we should change now that we’ve got a chance to do better.  Image courtesy of One Small Miracle. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. ...

⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️     This week we’re getting the band back together through the magic of remote recording! Damon, Greg, and Sother share a virtual drink with the incredibly smart and talented @AishaTyler  Aisha launched her Ready to drink cocktail company @CourageAndStone right when the pandemic slammed the USA so she’s using the brand to raise...

⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Damon, Sother and Greg are all back "together" again from their DIY home studios talking with Tobin Ellis of Barmagic about his nationwide hospitality relief dashboard and how everyone can do the most good right now. Image courtesy of Tobin Ellis. ————————————————  #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE...

As the crisis nears its apex in NYC Greg and Sother sit down with the team from Ilegal Mezcal to hash out the uphill battle our industry faces and discuss what we as an industry can do to help those on the front lines.  Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. Join us each week as we sit down with a wide range of hospitality and spririts experts from around the world to discuss everything th...

⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ On a socially distanced episode Sother and Greg talk to Nitecap owner Natasha David to take stock of what's happened to our industry, what we need now and what might lie ahead. 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 wor...

It's bad out there, and this week Greg sits down with John deBary of the Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation to discuss what we can do about it. Photo Courtesy of Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast .   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️     This week we’re joined by the team behind Grenwich Village darling Up & Up @ TheUpAndUpNYC . Owner, Matt Piacentini @scotchgin, FOH Manager Chaim Dauermann @chaimdauermann and, Head Bartender Ali Martin. We discuss crossing the five year anniversary mark, the philosophy of the bar and their unique method of training. Tu...

⭐️Two Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Spirited Award nominated podcast⭐️ Sean Johnson @johnson_m_sean is an artist both behind the bar and outside if it. On this weeks episode he shares with us how he deals with the pressures of heading the bar at celebrated two Michelin starred restaurant Gabriel Kreuther @GabrielKreuther Conceptualizing cocktails and most importantly, curating experiences and crea...

⭐️2 Time @Tales_of_the_Cocktail Award Nominated Podcast⭐️   This week on the Speakeasy, Laura Newman @laurafallsdown and Mudd Townley @muddatqp join us from Birmingham Alabama where this power couple operates Classic cocktail bar Queen’s Park @QueensParkBham After opening to massive crowds during Miracle @MiraclePopUp the two have amassed a local following strong enough to drive toward opening N...

This week Sother and Greg sit down with Bar Methods @BarMethods founder Chris Bidmead and Woodford Reserve Brand Ambassador, Michael Toscano @themichaeltoscano . We talk about the need for more standardized and accessible education for bartenders as well as balancing life in the spirits industry while being sober. Tune in! ———————————————— #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBS...

At last year's Tales of The Cocktail in New Orleans, Sother had the opportunity to sit down with Tyler Hudgens @tylerhudgens , a member of an elite team of industry professionals known as Liquid Productions @liq_pro . LP is responsible for the logistics, organization, prep, and execution of many of the industry's largest cocktail events. Humble and well-rounded by her career, she’s a BAR 5-Day Pro...

⭐️2 Time Award Nominated Podcast⭐️ Join us today as we sit down and talk With North America Tequila Cazadores Ambassador Alan Ruesga Pelayo @AlanRuesga and surprise guest Colin Asare-Apia @GetInvolvedBruv , trade director of culture and lifestyle for Barcardi. We chat about boxing, sustainability and building a longer and more diverse table. Special shout outs to: @SimonFordsGin @BartenderAtLarg...

Jordan Silbert, founder of Q Mixers @QMixers takes the time to talk to us about his Spectacular line of products from origin to realization. He discusses the trials of being an industry outsider thrust into the game and the hurdles of understanding the complexities of distribution. Plus how creating a superior product got his product in the doors of hrs first clients and just how influential they...

100 years ago this week, The Eighteenth Amendment went into effect on January 17, 1920. On this episode, documentary filmmaker and founder of Real McCoy Rum, Bailey Pryor talks about the strange similarities of today’s society compared to what was going on then. Tune in! Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit do...

Alexandre Gabriel is the Master blender at both Maison Ferrand Cognac as well as Plantation Rums . Growing up on a farm gave him insight as to how taking care of the land can take care of you. He brings that ethos to every bottle he produces. It’s a fascinating talk, tune in! #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can.  🔥🔥Join us each week as ind...

Sother has the opportunity to sit with noted New York bartender turned LA nightlife guru, Aaron Polsky to discuss how the music industry can be a model for how to operate a ready to drink cocktail company. Tune in to hear about his concept called LiveWire!  #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can.  🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damo...

Damon is back in the studio with Sother today and we’re joined by some old friends of the Speakeasy. Bridget Firtle of Owneys Rum @ OwneysRum , Austin Hartman of Paradise Lounge @ ParadiseLoungeNYC and, Mariah Kunkel of Banhez Mezcal @ BanhezMezcalArtesanal . Damon and sother have a long overdue catch-up, they talk rum distilling in New York, Doom Tiki and, sustaining family farmed Mezcal.  We als...

Greg Robles co-founded @ thebitterqueens , a small-production, San Francisco based bitters business raising the bar through the creation of unique, handcrafted bitters and cocktail accoutrements. What started as a spirited hobby amongst a duo of cocktail enthusiasts quickly evolved into a passionate business endeavor. We sit and discuss entrepreneurship and the difficult to navigate roads to marke...

She got her start in tiki with her husband who introduced her to Trader Vic’s Beverly Hills on their first Valentines Day together. Marie helms the ship at Tonga Hut @tongahut in North Hollywood, LA’s oldest tiki bar! She’s is also head mixologist and executive bar manager at their second location in the heart of downtown Palm Springs. Prior to her work at Tonga Hut, she created and managed the co...

Native Kentuckian, Senior Whiskey Ambassador at Deutsch Brands and, Honorary Kentucky Colonel Joe Riggs (@ Drinkswithjoe ) sits down to talk and taste whiskey with us! We talk about the travel that the job entails, the constant growth of line extensions and, support for bartenders over “influencers”. #HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadio Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. Join...

Today’s episode features Matt Levy of Covert Cocktail Club @covertcocktailclub in Brooklyn. A Native Brooklynite, Matt Levy is a self-taught bartender and cocktail personality at the Covert Cocktail Club, a “speakeasy” he runs in his house with his wife. It's Cocktails and Conversations in an intimate setting. We discuss the hazards of running an experience based operation, the intimate nature of...