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Send us Fan Mail 🥗 What's REALLY In Your Food? The App Exposing It All 🔍 This week on Thirsty Thursdays, I sit down with Galen Karlan-Mason , founder & CEO of GreenChoice — a public benefit food health intelligence company that has analyzed over 1 million foods across the US using science, data, and AI! 🌎💡 Watch on YouTube ! 🔑 Key Takeaways: 🍎 GreenChoice scores every food across 4...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Kate Jerkens at Uncle Nearest , Erica Duecy with Business of Drinks and Caitlyn LuBell at BoozeBiz and we discuss the beverage industry changes and updates in 2026. 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 👀📹 Watch here: 👉👉 YouTube 🚀✨🍹 The beverage alcohol industry is in the middle of a massive reset. 🍷📉 In this powerhouse panel, JessieO sits down with leaders fr...

Send us Fan Mail Buyers can’t find brands = lost sales. Learn how Drink Distro connects suppliers & buyers in real time with data, distribution visibility & faster decisions 🍷📊  @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST   👉🎬 Watch on YouTube → https://youtu.be/wVPVdF4Zr1o 🔥 Engaging Summary This episode breaks down a major gap in the beverage industry: visibility. If buyers can’t find your product, i...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Thirsty Thursdays Podcast, I talked with Michael Fors , founder of Liquid Jazz Experience a new way of thinking how to experience your wine while it opens up. Very Innovative Product and perfect for an elevated Restaurant Experience ! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁  🎥 Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/efObWn3pG5c This episode isn’t about wine… it’s about experience...

Send us Fan Mail Launching a beverage brand in 2026? 🍹 Learn the do’s & don’ts, data, analytics, sales strategy, and real-time insights from industry experts. Build smarter, grow faster 🚀  @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST   📊 Engaging Summary  This panel breaks down the real answer behind launching a beverage brand today—and why most fail before they ever see growth. 🔥 Key Takeaways: 📉 Data over...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Thirsty Thursdays Podcast, I talked with Mika Shino , founder of Issei Mochi Gummies , to discuss her incredible journey from Kyoto, Japan to building one of the most innovative better-for-you snack brands in the U.S. 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 Mika shares how her background in jazz, opera, technology, and international work with the UN shaped her creative appro...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Amanda Swift Co-Founder at Swift Distillery that produces a Texas based Single Malt with Scottish Two-Row barley and yeast! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁  🎬 Watch on YouTube Here 👉🍿  Texas single malt, women in whiskey, bourbon barrels & Sauternes finish 🥃 Amanda Swift shares distilling, aging in Texas heat & UK Amazon launch. Craft spirits story @T...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Pete Olander Founder at Drink Happie , and we discuss the differences in Delta 8-10, the timing of why Cannibis was changed from Sechedule 1 to 3 Classification by Trump so research can be done and the odd timing of the FM 4121 Banning Cannibis in various formats in the goverment opening last November! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 THC drinks, CBD vs Delta-9, h...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Rob Minucci CEO & Co-Founder at TalkHouse Encore and we discuss how he has used his experience in operations to build out a CRM and win Accounts and Distributors! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 How do RTD brands actually scale? 🍺 Rob Minucci, CEO of TalkHouse Encore, breaks down data, operations, CRM, distributors & real-world sales strategy for CPG gro...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Jeanne M. Sullivan and we discuss the THC/CBD potential ban in 2026! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 👀📹 Watch here: 👉👉 [https://youtu.be/1MSPWwJeCwA]🚀✨🍹 What’s really going on with the hemp beverage ban? 💥 Investor Jeanne Sullivan breaks it all down—laws, money, loopholes, and the path forward. 🚫🌿  @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST  🧠 Summary and Takeaways: Wh...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Kate Jerkens at Uncle Nearest and Caitlyn LuBell at BoozeBiz and we discuss the beverage industry in 2025 and 2026. 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 👀📹 Watch here: 👉👉 [PASTE HERE]🚀✨🍹 2025 was a reset year for beverage 🍷🍺🍹 RTDs surged, NA grew, costs spiked & hiring shifted. We break down data, trends, distributor chaos & what’s coming in 2026. 👀...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Lawrence Bremer Founder of  St. Buena Vida Non-Alc Wine! Happy Dry January! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 What if Dry January actually felt like a celebration? 🍾 In this episode, Lawrence Bremer, founder of St. Buena Vida, shares how tech, taste, and logistics come together in one of the most innovative NA wines on the market. 🔥 Top Takeaways: • 🤰 The origin...

Send us Fan Mail What are the 7 cocktails every drink is based on? 🍹 Dive into tiki, bitters, fire tricks & cocktail history w/ bartender legend Dr. Cush! 🎙️@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/azJZrXe5R2Q 💡 What happens when a comedian turns into LA’s best bartender? You get Dr. Cush’s Exotic Drinks — a one-man show mixing cocktail science, bar wisdom & some hila...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Maria Littlefield , Co-founder of Owl's Brew made with only premium clean ingredients! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 Explore how Owl’s Brew is reinventing RTD drinks with real tea & botanicals 🍋🌿 and transparent labels that consumers love. 🍹💥 Clean cocktails explained + brand story!  ⁨@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST⁩   In this episode of Thirsty Thursday...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Ruby Honerkamp Founder and Co-CEO of Talkhouse Encore created in honor of the iconic Hamptons venue, Stephen Talkhouse! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 Ruby Honerkamp talks TalkHouse Encore 🍊🍸 RTDs, real tequila, vodka, & legacy bar roots in the Hamptons 🎤🎶 A brand built on taste, data, & community ❤️‍🔥  Ruby grew up in the music venue and shares a s...

Send us Fan Mail Discover the 7‑hat framework for entrepreneurs from Yuval Selik on mindset 🧠, health 💪, relationships ❤️, business 💼, investing 📈, giving back 🌍 & purpose ✨. Transform your life + venture!  ⁨@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST⁩   In this episode of Thirsty Thursdays, Yuval Selik breaks down the 7 Hats every founder must wear for real success: • Hat 1: Self & Mindset 🧠 – Your...

Send us Fan Mail This week 📢I talk🎙️w i th Jeni Jonte Veteran. Entrepreneur. Mindset Mentor.  #Veterans #NAVY #Mindset 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 In this powerful episode, Jeni Jonte shares her journey from serving as a Navy physical therapist to launching her own mindset coaching business, Eliminate Impossible. We explore the tools that helped her shift from burnout to breakthrough—and how she now e...

Send us Fan Mail 🔥 What happens when a Special Forces veteran applies battlefield strategy to hedge fund investing?  You get David Walker — ex-Green Beret, West Point grad, MBA from Kellogg , hedge fund founder, and author of Don't Be Stupid: A Green Beret's Guide to Investing . This episode is packed with leadership gems, military-to-Wall Street grit, market insights, and actionable le...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Malkin breaks down legal tips for launching alcohol, non-alcoholic, THC & CBD brands. Co-packing, DTC, trademarks, & more! 🎙️💼  Watch now on Thirsty Thursdays @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST https://youtu.be/l5uyOu7b4yA "How to start an alcohol brand legally" 📘 Video Summary with Key Takeaways: In this episode of Thirsty Thursdays , host Jessie Ott sits down wit...

Send us Fan Mail 📢I talk🎙️w i th Christa Cotton , CEO of El Guapo 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂  😁   When Costco canceled her order at the start of COVID, El Guapo CEO Christa Cotton was ready to close shop. Instead, she pivoted online — and sold out in weeks.  Now her New Orleans brand is in 3,000 stores and won Tory Burch & James Beard awards. Here’s how she turned crisis into cocktail success 🍸✨ ...

Send us Fan Mail  📢I talk🎙️w i th Mike Fata , CPG Exit, Author of Grow and Investor and Mentor for many companies and individuals 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂  😁  Watch the Full Episode Here Professional Speaker, Best Selling Author, Founder and CEO, Chairman of the Board, Investor, Advisor, Ambassador, Host and Producer  Mike Fata went from a 10th grade dropout weighing 300 lbs to building and selling t...

Send us Fan Mail Precision ethanol reduction, low-alcohol wine, tech-driven beverage innovation, and AI insights collide in this epic chat with Altr CEO Richard Schatzberger ! 🍷💡🔥  ⁨@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST⁩  🍷 Can wine still be wine without the ethanol? That’s the question Richard Schatzberger, CEO & Founder of Altr, set out to answer — and the answer just might flip the $1.7T global alc...

Send us Fan Mail From JAG to Gin – How One Veteran Couple is Disrupting Spirits Discovery 🕒 By Jessie Ott | Thirsty Thursdays @3PM EST 🎙️ Featuring: Mike & Dolly Waskiewicz, Co-Founders of The Bar Book What if your next favorite spirit wasn’t sitting on a shelf—but in your pocket? That’s the question Mike and Dolly Waskiewicz set out to answer when they created The Bar Book , a revolutionary...

Send us Fan Mail 📢I talk🎙️w i th D ebbie Wildrick, Founder of Debbie Wildrick👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂  😁  Watch the Premiere Here @ 3PM EST May 22! In this Thirsty Thursdays episode, host Jessie Ott sits down with the legendary Debbie Wildrick—Founder of Debbie Wildrick Consulting and the “Queen of Beverages.” 🌟 Debbie takes us through her incredible journey from merchandising grocery aisles in Texa...

Send us Fan Mail From flatboats to today’s bourbon boom 🥃 Maggie Kimberl shares history, mentorship & industry challenges 🌍 Don’t miss this deep dive! 🎙️  @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST In this episode of Thirsty Thursdays, Jessie Ott sits down with Maggie Kimberl, content editor of American Whiskey Magazine . From bourbon’s roots in Louisville to the global whiskey boom, Maggie shares the fascin...