
The Speakeasy
Hosts Damon Boelte, Sother Teague, and Greg Benson sit down to talk cocktails, spirits, wine, beer, tea, coffee, and all the other exciting liquids in the universe. With each episode, learn from some of the world’s experts in mixology, bar history, distillation, and brewing. Bringing on guests ranging from bartenders and brewers, alchemists and ambassadors, roasters and regulars, and every expert and enthusiast in between, The Speakeasy introduces listeners to all the unique ways we enjoy imbibing today.
Latest episodes

Aug 9, 2020 • 16min
Presenting Agave Road Trip #6 : Distillation
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 | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). Plus, find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com#HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Aug 2, 2020 • 16min
Presenting Agave Road Trip #5: Fermentation
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 right now, subscribe to the Agave Road Trip feed (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). Plus, find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com#HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Jul 31, 2020 • 51min
Zero to Hero
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 #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Jul 26, 2020 • 15min
Presenting Agave Road Trip #4: The Grind
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 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 and related links at agaveroadtrip.com#HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Jul 23, 2020 • 41min
Storytellers
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 #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Jul 23, 2020 • 51min
A Thirst for Change
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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Jul 19, 2020 • 16min
Presenting Agave Road Trip #3: Roasting the Agave.
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 Trip feed (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). Plus, find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com#HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.The Speakeasy, bonus, agave, road trip, Lou Bank, Chava Periban, cook, roasting, Catalina Novaro, cook, just right, beer, beverage

Jul 15, 2020 • 52min
Drink Like an Athlete
⭐️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 #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Jul 12, 2020 • 16min
Presenting Agave Road Trip #2: What is Agave?
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 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 and related links at agaveroadtrip.com#HRN10Years #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.

Jul 9, 2020 • 55min
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
⭐️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 #DrinkingOnTheRadioDon’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 INSTAGRAM:Damon Boelte @DamonBoelteSother Teague @CreativeDrunkGreg Benson @100ProofGregSpeakeasy Podcast @SpeakeasyPodcastFOLLOW US ON TWITTER:Sother Teague @CreativeDrunkSpeakeasyRadio @SpeakeasyRadioIn 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 that you rely on HRN to share resources and important stories from the world of food each week. It’s been a tough year for all of us, but right now HRN is asking for your help. Every dollar that listeners give to HRN provides essential support to keep our mics on. We've got some fresh new thank you gifts available, like our limited edition bandanas.Keep The Speakeasy on the air, become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. The Speakeasy is powered by Simplecast.
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