Radio Imbibe

Oct 29 2024 109 ep. 23 mins 106

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Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine.

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Episode 109: The Brandy Crusta, with Chris Hannah

Oct 29 2024 14 mins

The Brandy Crusta is an essential part of New Orleans’ cocktail history. For this episode, we talk about the cocktail’s historical significance, and best practices for making one, with legendary NOLA bartender Chris Hannah from Jewel of the South.

Episode 108: The Mai Tai Forever, with Jeff “Beachbum” Berry (Rebroadcast)

Oct 15 2024 40 mins

[This episode originally debuted in July 2023.] The Mai Tai is one of the most influential (and misunderstood) cocktails of the past century, and a touchstone tropical drink. For this episode, we dig into the Mai Tai’s history and character with drinks historian Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, owner of Latitude 29 in New Orleans.

Episode 107: Reassessing the Vodka Martini with Keith Waldbauer, The Doctor’s Office (Rebroadcast)

Oct 01 2024 15 mins

[This episode originally debuted in May 2022.] For this episode, we visit The Doctor’s Office in Seattle to talk with Keith Waldbauer about the bar’s approach to the Vodka Martini, and how they blind-tasted their way through hundreds of approaches to the drink before landing on their ideal mix.

Episode 106: Negroni Week 2024, with Livio Lauro

Sep 17 2024 20 mins

It’s Negroni Week! Every year since 2013, bars around the world have joined together in celebration of the Negroni and its many relatives, in support of a great cause. For this episode, we talk to Livio Lauro, an Italian-born bartender now living in Las Vegas, who helped lead the way for the Negroni’s resurgence in America.

Episode 105: Sam Ross on the Penicillin, Attaboy, and Everything

Sep 02 2024 29 mins

Sam Ross is one of the most influential bartenders of the modern era. For this episode, we talk about his journey from Milk & Honey to Attaboy, his growing roster of bars in New York City and Nashville with business partner Michael McIlroy, and the process behind the creation of his modern classic cocktail, the Penicillin.

Episode 104: Slow Drinks, with Danny Childs

Jul 30 2024 26 mins

For this episode, we welcome anthropologist and ethnobotanist turned bartender and author Danny Childs, whose book “Slow Drinks” recently earned a James Beard Foundation Award.

Episode 103: The Modern History of Tales of the Cocktail, with Neal Bodenheimer and Gary Solomon Jr.

Jul 16 2024 24 mins

It’s July, and in the cocktail world, that means one thing: It’s time for Tales of the Cocktail. This year’s event kicks off next week, and for this episode, we chat about the contemporary history of Tales with the co-chairs of the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Board of Directors, Neal Bodenheimer and Gary Solomon Jr.

Episode 102: For Samara Davis, Bourbon is Just the Beginning

Jul 02 2024 23 mins

Black Bourbon Society founder Samara Davis revisits the podcast to talk about Diversity Distilled, the Society Marketing Group, the Black-Owned Spirits Scholarship, Bourbon Boule, and how bourbon is just the beginning of her work in the spirits space.

Episode 101: The Great Daiquiri Discussion, with Joshua Ibañez, Shannon Mustipher, and Garret Richard

Jun 18 2024 59 mins

The Daiquiri is one of the greatest cocktails in the canon, and with summer now upon us, we explore the drink from every angle with a panel of Daiquiri experts including Joshua Ibañez (Rumba, Seattle), Shannon Mustipher (Brooklyn), and Garret Richard (Sunken Harbor Club, Brooklyn).

Episode 100: The Uncle Nearest Raise the Bar Mentorship Alliance, with Lucia Creed, Kate Gerwin, and Tiffanie Barriere

Jun 03 2024 27 mins

For our 100th episode, we introduce the Uncle Nearest Raise the Bar Mentorship Alliance with Lucia Creed, Uncle Nearest head of trade advocacy; Kate Gerwin, owner of Happy Accidents in Albuquerque, New Mexico and a finalist of Drink Masters on Netflix; and Tiffanie Barriere, Atlanta-based bartender and educator and Imbibe 75 alum.