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Gin Living Color Nov 08, 2024

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Feeling “ginspired” by the French Riviera? Tom Nichol and Matthieu Perrin sure were when they created the Gardener Gin, a bright, refreshing spirit with botanicals inspired by the beauty of France’s southern coast. The two of them sit down with Greg and Damon to talk about the genesis of this idea, working with a movie star (tune in to find out which one) and what color this particular spirit tastes like.
Plus: we’re not gonna talk about it. We are NOT going to talk about it.
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🔥🔥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.

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Deep Dive Into the Hive Nov 01, 2024

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Claire Marin started out the way all distillers do - by keeping bees. The founder of Pollinator Spirits sits down with the band to talk about her first forays upstate, the move from making honey to making rye whiskey, and what she looks for when making her own not-Campari Campari. She also discusses the role her company’s namesake - those busy bees - play in her work and in our world.
Plus, Greg was warned he couldn’t talk about politics, so everyone gets baseball instead. Greg breaks down a controversial piece of fan interference from the World Series for the less-sports inclined.
Follow Joseph Solis on Instagram at @pollinator.spirits
Follow Maison Solis on Instagram at @beerealclaire
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Step Up for Asheville Oct 28, 2024

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A few weeks ago the city of Asheville, North Carolina was hit by a devastating hurricane. Lives were lost and the damage topped $50 billion. Danny Boyer manages The Crow & Quill, just one of many bars impacted by Hurricane Helene, and he sits down with Greg to discuss the extent of the damage, how Asheville is pulling together as a community, and what you as a listener can do to help. Plus, the two of them wax poetic about Western NC’s favorite gas station/bar which apparently also moonlights as a music venue. It turns out there’s very little Asheville’s gas stations can’t do.

Looking to make a difference? Donate to one (or all!) of these amazing organizations below:

The Crow Crew Relief Fund

Eda Rhyne

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The Sweet Scent of Success Oct 25, 2024

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A collector’s set with a blanco, a reposado, and an añejo? Yeah, we’ve seen it before. A fragrance collector’s set with those three varieties? Now you’re talking! Joseph D. Solis of Maison Solis sits down with Greg and Damon to talk about growing up as a fragrance collector, moving from the beverage space to the fragrance space, and how he adapted the essences of three different tequilas into scents you can wear. The world of fragrances and the world of spirits are very similar processes, and yet adapting one to the other isn’t easy. Tune in to find out how it’s done and what sunset at golden hour in an agave field smells like!
Plus, Halloweekend Part 1 is upon us! Greg and Damon talk about their plans and costumes gone awry.
Follow Joseph Solis on Instagram at @jdsolis
Follow Maison Solis on Instagram at @maisonsolis
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Fill out HRN’s listener survey at heritageradionetwork.org/survey and be entered to win a $250 gift card at Goldbelly!
Check out Quiote Imports at quioteimports.com and use promo code “Speakeasy” to get free shipping at checkout.
And back by popular demand, we’re bringing you another thrilling journey through the world of bitters! They come in small dashes, yet open up enormous and wide-ranging flavor possibilities! Check it out using our exclusive link just for Speakeasy listeners at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shakerandspoon/the-better-with-bitters-experience-the-journey-continues?ref=e0dh75

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This is Rumming Oct 18, 2024

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When it turned out everything he knew about Navy Rum was wrong, Alexandre Gabriel sailed out to set the record straight… and start making his own. The brains behind Maison Ferrand Cognac and Planteray Rum, Alexandre set about relearning everything he ever knew about this unique style of rum which resulted in a book - Exploring 300 Years of Royal Navy Rum & its Techniques - and Mister Fogg, a new bottling that bears the name of a real British navy veteran. Alexandre sits down with the band to talk about the journey, the knowledge, and the rum that is definitely rumming.
Follow Planteray on Instagram at @planterayrum
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Back by popular demand, we’re bringing you another thrilling journey through the world of bitters! They come in small dashes, yet open up enormous and wide-ranging flavor possibilities! Check it out using our exclusive link just for Speakeasy listeners at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shakerandspoon/the-better-with-bitters-experience-the-journey-continues?ref=e0dh75

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A Tip Top Bonus Episode Oct 11, 2024

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Sam Ross, Joaquin Simo and Miles McQuarrie of Tip Top cocktails swung by the studio and we just couldn't say no to having them on! Tune in as they discuss their latest ventures in the RTD space and how it feels to be a powerful voice in a movement that's now in its twenties. Plus, how bout those Mets?? Find out how Sam's first group of friends in NYC is doing and how the gang is feeling about them.

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Spooky Megan Oct 11, 2024

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Get your ten-foot Home Depot skeleton out on the lawn because it’s Spooky season y’all! Megan Rickerson, the owner of Brooklyn’s Someday Bar joins the band live from Portland Cocktail Week to talk about her journey from host to bartender to bar owner and all the tears and joy that entails. Megan talks about forging bonds with local lawmakers, cultivating a devoted band of regulars and occasionally, turning her whole bar into a haunted house, like she did for this year’s Black Lagoon. It’s Serious and Spooky and all-together ooky! Plus, her and Damon are neighbors, so tune in to find out what that’s like.
Plus, a bar that bans tank tops for men only? Greg smells some queer-phobia and the gang weighs in.
Follow Someday Bar on Instagram at: @somedaybarnyc
Follow Megan on Instagram at @megoslegos
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Back by popular demand, we’re bringing you another thrilling journey through the world of bitters! They come in small dashes, yet open up enormous and wide-ranging flavor possibilities! Check it out using our exclusive link just for Speakeasy listeners at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shakerandspoon/the-better-with-bitters-experience-the-journey-continues?ref=e0dh75

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Not Full Yet Oct 04, 2024

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Named for the first woman ever to head the bar program at London’s Savoy Hotel, the Ada Coleman project provides a resource to shed a spotlight on women in the bar industry. Co-founders Kristine Bocchino and Kaitlin Wilkes-Back sit down with the band to discuss their searchable database of women+ bar professionals, how they view the progress they’ve made and the road ahead, and how naughty the phrase “hanky panky” was in its time.
Plus, Greg’s back from Mexico. Tune in for a raucous discussion of which rocks more: agave plants or Metallica.
Follow The Ada Coleman Project on Instagram at: @theadacolemanproject
Follow Kaitlin on Instagram at @kaitlinwilkesback
Follow Kristine on Instagram at @calfresco
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Plus, something wicked this way comes from our friends at Shaker & Spoon. Their Mezcalloween IV: The Ill-Fated Inn Box is now shipping, featuring cocktails from Sother and Greg. The fridges are stocked and the doors are locked, so let’s get you checked in to check out the latest and greatest in macabre mezcal mixology! Learn more at shakerandspoon.com/pg/mezcalloween-iv-the-ill-fated-inn

Photo Courtesy of Ryan Snedden @bitterlemonmedia

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Bittermilk and Beyond Sep 27, 2024

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Bittermilk founders Joe and MariElena talk to us about the hurdles involved in creating brand of shelf stable cocktail compounds, switching branding to “cocktail mixers” and expanding to multiple line extensions including Barcoop Bevy, Drinkmanship, and Tipplemans all while juggling a growing family in South Carolina.

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Photo Courtesy of Cameron Wilder.

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Finish the Bottle! Sep 20, 2024

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Baijiu is the world’s most popular spirit by volume, easily. And yet most Americans don’t know what it is. Derek Sandhaus is on a mission to change that by introducing Ming River Baijiu (pronounced bye-JYO) to us westerners. He sits down with the band to talk about his journey from publishing to distilling (typical) adapting this ancestral spirit for American audiences, what makes baijiu baijiu anyway, and how it’s traditionally consumed in its native China. Spoiler, you’re supposed to drink the entire thing at once.
Plus, it’s Negroni Week baby! The band unpacks the history of the drink and the week that bears its name, now in its 11th year and discusses exactly how far you can get from that original trifecta of gin, campari and sweet vermouth and still call your concoction “a negroni.”
Follow Derek on Instagram at: @dlsandhaus
Follow Ming River on Instagram at @mingriverbaijiu
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