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Jul 5, 2024 • 1h

Cristal Clear

Cristalino. What is it? Why is it? And perhaps most importantly, what does it taste like? Jaime Salas, Head of Agave Advocacy at Proximo Spirits sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about this latest innovation in the world of agave spirits, why it follows in a proud tradition of tequila innovation, and how he deals with the haters who need to be sold on his liquid. Plus, whiskey in Williamsburg, but probably not the one you’re thinking of. Greg is on an educational journey into the past, and he’s back to tell about it! Follow Jaime on Instagram at @jthetequilaguy Follow Dobel Tequila at @dobeltequila Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond 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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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Jun 28, 2024 • 49min

Bringing Up Baby Jane

Hot dogs, white dog, and so much more comes up when Michele Clark and Sienna Jevremov sit down with Greg & Damon for a special Fourth of July episode of The Speakeasy! The two luminaries from Widow Jane talk about their new proprietary strain of “Baby Jane” corn and the ten year process of going from seeds in a field to bourbon in a glass. Plus, the historic neighborhood of Redhook, Brooklyn and all its fascinating characters continues to impress… and perhaps even give a certain whiskey its iconic flavor.Follow Widow Jane on Instagram at @widowjaneLove The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBondDon’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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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Jun 21, 2024 • 53min

Forage Ahead

Two of Suncliffe gins founders Ryan Lawrence and Tom Giddings join us to discuss how infusing vodka with items foraged in the Arizona desert during the pandemic led them to being gin producers. They also illuminate how opening a gin company during the pandemic was full of advantages that may not have otherwise existed. Timing is everything Follow Suncliffe on Instagram at @suncliffegin And don’t forget, After Dark Confession with Father Greg is coming up again in Brooklyn on 6/27! Mark your calendars now! Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond 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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 55min

Sapphe Space

When Austa Somvichian-Clausen didn’t see a space for her and her former partner, she decided to make one. The creator of Grotto, a sapphic pop-up in New York’s Chinatown sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about building a space for queer women, what she does when the odd straight guy stumbles into it, and the state of lesbian bars and journalism in the age of apps. Plus, another successful BCB is in the books! Greg & Sother trade stories as they recuperate. Follow Austa on Instagram at @austaclausenFollow Grotto on Instagram and TikTok at @grotto.nycAnd don’t forget, After Dark Confession with Father Greg is coming up again in Brooklyn on 6/27! Mark your calendars now! Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond 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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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Jun 7, 2024 • 52min

Night of Trouble

It’s June and Pride is popping up and popping off! Joining the band live from Mexico City Michael Aredes jumps in to talk about his journey in the service industry as a queer Chicano, his work to create welcoming spaces - including his new queer Latino popup, Noche Traviesa - and what it’s like to work at New York’s Superbueno now that it’s a year old and crushing the awards circuit, even scoring as high as no.2 on World’s Fifty Best. Plus, personalized Campari bottles? It turns out they’re a thing and now everybody’s gonna want one. Tune in to find out more! Follow Michael on Instagram at @miichael.tr4vieso Follow Noche Traviesa on Instagram at @n0che.tr4viesa.jaja Upcoming Dates: Noche Traviesa at JoJo's Beloved in Atlanta: 6/17, 8pm After Dark Confession with Father Greg at Someday in Brooklyn: 6/27, 7pm Noche Traviesa at Superbueno in NYC: 6/30, 7pm Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond  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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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May 31, 2024 • 54min

Down n' Dirty

ET (aka Eric Tecosky even though no one calls him that) wants to talk olive brine! The founder of Dirty Sue talks about his early days as a bartender (and even earlier days as a screenwriter), the lightbulb moment of offering olive brine in a bottle, and how he shifted from bartender to a dirt, salty, entrepreneur! Plus, Greg and Sother saw each other in three dimensions! What a time to be alive. And, congratulations to Krysia Rodak, winner of our Blueberry Mojito recipe contest! Get in touch to claim your prize! Follow Eric on Instagram at @superhype1 Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond   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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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May 24, 2024 • 59min

From Cognac With Love

Fourth generation cognac distiller Guillame Thomas is here to shake up the industry in the tastiest way possible! The founder and CEO of Martingale Cognac sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about doing something different in the world of French brandy and making some very tasty juice in the process. Plus, a beloved New York City icon finally embraces the future and we may not be ready for it. Then, on Bottled in Bond, what is it like to work with your family… and be the steward of a legacy that goes back over a century. Become a regular to find out! Follow Guillame on Instagram at @martingalecognac Do you have a killer Blueberry mojito recipe? Send us your specs for a chance to win a signed copy of “The Cocktail Parlor - How Women Brought the Cocktail Home” and have your recipe featured at Tales of the Cocktail! Contest has been extended through 5/27 so send us your entries on instagram at @speakeasypodcast and @100ProofGreg before it’s too late! Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond 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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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May 17, 2024 • 46min

What's Not to Like?

Cocktails so likable you won’t be able to look away! That’s what Kaitlyn Stewart makes on her instagram channel, “Likeable Cocktails” and we’re here for us. This week she sits down with Greg and Sother to talk being the first Canadian winner of World Class, building a social media presence in lockdown and navigating the attention economy. Plus, Lego! Need we say more?Then, on Bottled in Bond, how do you deal with trolls and haters online and still keep your sanity? Kaitlyn shares a few of her favorite tips including, surprisingly, popping in to occasionally stir the pot.Follow Kaitlyn at @likeablecocktails on Instagram and Tiktok.Do you have a killer Blueberry mojito recipe? Send us your specs for a chance to win a signed copy of “The Cocktail Parlor - How Women Brought the Cocktail Home” and have your recipe featured at Tales of the Cocktail! Contest ends on 5/20 so send us your entries on instagram at @speakeasypodcast and @100ProofGreg!Plus, if you’ve ever wanted to see Greg embarrass a room full of strangers while dressed as a priest - and let’s be real, who hasn’t - your chance is coming up! After Dark Confessions with Father Greg is debuting Tuesday, May 21st at 7pm at Someday Bar in Downtown Brooklyn. Come out and cleanse your soul!Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond Photo Courtesy of Jayme Lang. 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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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May 10, 2024 • 1h 3min

Good Publicity

So you’ve put together a great bar, a great team, an awesome drinks menu… how do you let people know about it? Rachel Harrison of Rachel Harrison PR (fittingly enough) joins Sother and Greg to talk about the drinks PR game, what it’s like to do her job in the age of cocktail awards and online gossip, how to negotiate with prickly clients, and why public relations and bartending really aren’t all that different. Plus, a travel publicity pro with a fear of flying? How it works, and the one time it actually worked out okay. Then, on Bottled in Bond, what do you do when the thing your business is most famous for is Led Zeppelin and Guns ‘n Roses trashing it? Become a regular to hear how Rachel spun the PR strategy for one of LA’s most infamous hotels. Follow Rachel at @fwaychel Follow her PR firm at @wearerhc Do you have a killer Blueberry mojito recipe? Send us your specs for a chance to win a signed copy of “The Cocktail Parlor - How Women Brought the Cocktail Home” and have your recipe featured at Tales of the Cocktail! Contest ends on 5/20 so send us your entries on instagram at @speakeasypodcast and @100ProofGreg! Plus, if you’ve ever wanted to see Greg embarrass a room full of strangers while dressed as a priest - and let’s be real, who hasn’t - your chance is coming up! After Dark Confessions with Father Greg is debuting Tuesday, May 21st at 7pm at Someday Bar in Downtown Brooklyn. Come out and cleanse your soul! Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond Photo Courtesy of Brendan Burke. 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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.
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Apr 26, 2024 • 1min

Spring Break!

The band is off for the next two weeks on spring break but to hear some bonus content in the meantime head on over to patreon.com/bottledinbond to become a regular! 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 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 @SpeakeasyRadioHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Speakeasy by becoming a member!The Speakeasy is Powered by Simplecast.

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