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Decoding Cocktails

Join me in my deep dive into the spirits, cocktail, and hospitality industry as I interview people from around the field. decodingcocktails.substack.com

Podcast ep. 75: Dr. Nicola Nice, How Women Brought the Cocktail Home

58 mins; July 08, 2025

Podcast ep. 74: Colin Asare-Appiah, AJABU Festival

51 mins; June 12, 2025

Podcast ep. 73: Charlotte Voisey, Tales of the Cocktail

39 mins; May 29, 2025

Podcast ep. 72: Matt Foster, Sol Luna | Coffee Whiskey

62 hours 47 mins; March 11, 2025

Podcast ep. 71: Chris LeBeau on running a cocktail business

56 mins; January 29, 2025

Podcast: ep. 70: Zack Abbott of ZBiotics

52 mins; December 11, 2024

Podcast ep. 69: Alexandre Gabriel, owner, Maison Ferrand

67 hours 33 mins; November 12, 2024

Podcast ep. 68: Molly Horn, Cocktail Strategy Manager, Total Wine & More

65 hours 34 mins; October 08, 2024

Podcast ep. 67: Natasha Bahrami, The Gin Girl

62 hours 18 mins; September 17, 2024

Podcast ep 66: Dr. Kevin Peterson of Sfumato Fragrances & Castalia Cocktails

64 hours 34 mins; September 03, 2024

Podcast ep. 65: Charles Joly and Virgin Hotels

26 mins; August 20, 2024

Podcast ep. 64: Bittermilk Bottling, Joe & MariElena Raya

56 mins; August 06, 2024

Podcast ep 63: Allen Katz of the New York Distilling Company

47 mins; July 09, 2024

Podcast ep. 62: Marshall Minaya, Beverage/Baby Manager

41 mins; June 25, 2024

Podcast ep. 61: "The Bartender's Pantry"

72 hours 16 mins; June 04, 2024

Podcast ep. 60: Ben Branson, founder of Seedlip

69 hours 53 mins; May 21, 2024

Podcast ep. 59: Kip Moffitt, Superbueno

41 mins; May 07, 2024

Podcast ep: 58: Jeremy Wochnick and Erin Nysse of The Barrel Mill

51 mins; April 16, 2024

Additive-Free Tequila & Politics

19 mins; April 02, 2024

Podcast ep. 56: André Darlington, Cowboy Cocktails

71 hours 33 mins; March 19, 2024

Podcast ep 55: Heyward Gualandi of Root Shoot Malting

51 mins; March 05, 2024

Podcast ep. 54: Marten Lodewijks of IWSR

67 hours 10 mins; February 20, 2024

Podcast ep. 53: Chris Tunstall of A Bar Above

65 hours 16 mins; February 06, 2024

Podcast ep. 52: Nicolas Palazzi of PM Spirits

72 hours 24 mins; January 23, 2024

Podcast ep. 51: Alex Jump of Focus on Health

56 mins; January 02, 2024

Podcast ep. 50: Talking about Tiki

59 mins; December 19, 2023

Podcast ep. 49: End of year reflection

17 mins; December 05, 2023

Podcast ep. 48: Margie Lehrman of the American Craft Spirits Association

69 hours 33 mins; November 21, 2023

Podcast ep. 47: Janell and Mike Bass of Ponyboy Slings

57 mins; November 07, 2023

Podcast ep. 46: Daniel Singer, Filthy Food

61 hours 35 mins; October 17, 2023

Podcast ep. 45: The Pinnacle Guide

46 mins; October 03, 2023

Sunday Service: the human element

7 mins; October 01, 2023

Podcast ep. 44: Julie Figueras and Alex Jandernoa of CNI Brands

77 hours 41 mins; September 19, 2023

Ep 43: Hannah Williams and Donovan Ingram of Blue Hill Farm

74 hours 28 mins; September 05, 2023

Ep. 42 Kristin Pike of Northern Rose Spirits

37 mins; August 15, 2023

Ep. 41: Kami Kenna of Piscologia

46 mins; August 01, 2023

Ep. 40: Bill Moran of @st.louis_taverns

49 mins; July 18, 2023

Ep. 39 Hiromi Iuchi of Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association

48 mins; July 04, 2023

Ep. 38 Mid-year recap + Bar Convent Brooklyn

24 mins; June 20, 2023

Ep. 37 Kevin Pigott, Global Ambassador of Tullamore D.E.W.

68 hours 21 mins; June 06, 2023

Ep. 36 Michael Ruhlman, The Book of Cocktail Ratios

60 hours 31 mins; May 16, 2023

Ep. 35 Andrew Lamb of High Water Saké

79 hours 19 mins; May 02, 2023

Ep. 34 Will Elliott of Maison Premiere & Premiere Enterprises

66 hours 19 mins; April 18, 2023

Ep. 33 Phil Duff, Old Duff Genever

119 hours 57 mins; April 04, 2023

Ep. 32 Molly Troupe of Freeland Spirits

65 hours 41 mins; March 21, 2023

Ep. 31 Adrienne Stoner of Plantation Rum

64 hours 32 mins; March 07, 2023

Ep. 30 Steven Dragun of Emilio Lustau

71 hours 11 mins; February 21, 2023

Ep. 29 Steve Grasse of Quaker City Mercantile

66 hours 33 mins; February 07, 2023

Ep. 28 MariCarmen Ortiz-Conway, tequila expert

72 hours 51 mins; January 24, 2023

Ep. 27 Professor and Author Edward Slingerland

60 hours 3 mins; January 10, 2023

Ep. 26 2022 Recap

12 mins; December 20, 2022

Ep. 25 Nicola Olianas of Fratelli Branca

67 hours 10 mins; December 06, 2022

Ep. 24 Jeff Savage of The Botanist

72 hours 29 mins; November 15, 2022

Ep. 23 Jackie Summers of Jack From Brooklyn

58 mins; November 01, 2022

Ep. 22 Emma Janzen, journalist, photographer and author

66 hours 56 mins; October 18, 2022

Ep. 21 Author Robert Simonson

60 hours 17 mins; October 04, 2022

Ep. 20 Kiowa Bryan of Spiribam

83 hours 2 mins; September 20, 2022

Ep. 19 Erin Hayes and Kelsey Ramage of Black Lagoon

54 mins; September 06, 2022

Ep. 18 Ryan Maybee of J. Rieger & Co.

56 mins; August 16, 2022

Ep. 17 Recapping "Tales" with Marshall and Arianna

45 mins; August 02, 2022

Ep. 16 Tad Carducci of Gruppo Montenegro

75 hours 6 mins; July 05, 2022

Ep. 15 Marshall Minaya of Valerie & Madame George

75 hours 15 mins; June 21, 2022

Ep. 14 Lynnette Marrero | head of education for Bar Convent Brooklyn

41 mins; June 03, 2022

Ep. 13 Corey Moszer of The Lucky Accomplice

49 mins; May 20, 2022

Ep. 12 Honing Your Palate

14 mins; May 06, 2022

Ep. 11 Steve Smith of The Royale

56 mins; April 15, 2022

Ep. 10 The makings of a cocktail renaissance

25 mins; April 01, 2022

Ep. 9 Kayla Williams a "stay-at-home" mixologist

56 mins; March 18, 2022

Ep. 8 My new course: Fear No Dinner Party

15 mins; March 04, 2022

Ep. 7 Tim Wiggins of Yellowbelly, Lazy Tiger, & Retreat Gastropub

67 hours 22 mins; February 18, 2022

Ep. 6 An upcoming course, a "drier" year, and rescuing the hurricane

22 mins; February 04, 2022

Ep. 5 Drew Dubray of Nice Ice STL

35 mins; January 21, 2022

Ep. 4 Annie O'Donoghue of Sans Bar STL

60 hours 54 mins; January 07, 2022

Ep. 3 A year-end reflection

23 mins; December 17, 2021

Ep. 2 Kira Webster of iNDO & Nippon Tei

70 hours 34 mins; December 03, 2021

Ep. 1 Demetrius Cain of Nobletons Distilling House

60 hours 47 mins; November 19, 2021

Trailer | Decoding Cocktails

1 min; November 13, 2021

Decoding Cocktails

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