The Cottonmouth Club Presents: Bars, Bar Culture, Cocktails & Spirits
“The Cottonmouth Club Presents” features Master Bartender and Mixologist Michael J. Neff talking with professionals from around the globe about hospitality and humanity through the lens of bars, bartenders, spirits and cocktails. Interspersed with Neff’s unique viewpoint are conversations and sketches, all created and performed by the amazingly talented staff of The Cottonmouth Club itself.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 42
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Episode 21: On the Anniversary of the Covid Shutdown & The Risk to Bars of Reopening
Season Two opens on the Anniversary of the Covid-19 shout down of bars all across the world, and coincides with the decision of the Governor of Texas lifting all restrictions and mask m…
Episode 20: “On Dive Bars” with Cocktail Historian & Author Dr. David Wondrich
For those of you who listen to this podcast, you know that we talk a lot about the importance of bars, what they’re for, and what role they play in hosting communities. Few other types …
Bartender Masterclass: On Mastery, featuring Modern Bartender ms. franky marshall (Part 2)
Training for Mastery takes years of work and dedication, and after a certain point there is no road map in any industry that helps the novice graduate to the journeyman, and the journey…
Episode 19: “On Whiskey” with Nicole Austin, Distiller of George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey (Part 2)
In this episode, General Manager & Distiller of George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey Nicole Austin talks with us about the traditions in Tennessee Whiskey, the idea of imbibing a place, and …
Episode 18: “On Whiskey” with Nicole Austin, Distiller of George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey (Part 1)
In this episode, General Manager & Distiller of George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey Nicole Austin talks with us about the traditions in Tennessee Whiskey, the idea of imbibing a place, and …
Bartender Masterclass: On Mastery, featuring Modern Bartender ms. franky marshall (Part 1)
Training for Mastery takes years of work and dedication, and after a certain point there is no road map in any industry that helps the novice graduate to the journeyman, and the journey…
Episode 17: Tequila, Tahonas & Terroir with Jesse Estes of Tequila Ocho (Part 2)
In this episode, Tequila Ocho Global Brand Ambassador Jesse Estes joins us to talk all about agave spirits, diving specifically into Tequila! This isn’t your average tequila talk—our to…
Bartender Masterclass: On Mastery featuring Master Bartender Yael Vengroff (Part 2)
Training for Mastery takes years of work and dedication, and after a certain point there is no road map in any industry that helps the novice graduate to the journeyman, and the journey…
Episode 16: Tequila, Tahonas & Terroir with Jesse Estes of Tequila Ocho (Part 1)
In this episode, Tequila Ocho Global Brand Ambassador Jesse Estes joins us to talk all about agave spirits, diving specifically into Tequila! This isn’t your average tequila talk—our to…
Bartender Masterclass: On Mastery featuring Master Bartender Yael Vengroff (Part 1)
Training for Mastery takes years of work and dedication, and after a certain point there is no road map in any industry that helps the novice graduate to the journeyman, and the journey…
Episode 15: Bars in Crisis—The Case for a Bailout
In this, the second wave of shutdowns across cities due to the shocking rise of Covid-19 cases, the bars in America are bearing an undue burden and forced to make a terrible choice: shu…
Episode 14: Cognac, Crus & Cocktails with Modern Bartender & Cognac Educator ms. franky marshall
Cognac is a category of spirit that is steeped in history, and has been associated with quality in so many different ways for hundreds of years. To many modern drinkers, it has also bee…
Episode 13: Bars Are Like Churches & What We’ve Been Asked to Sacrifice
This is a live-stream podcast, taken from our nightly “Virtual Bar” on Instagram @thecottonmouthclub.
The threat of Covid-19 is existential, which is pretty clear, but the risk to the r…
Episode 12: Reopening in a Pandemic (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not Great)
To support what we’re doing, you can leave a contribution in our virtual tip jar on Venmo at theCottonmouthClub-staff, or at www.paypal.me/michaelneff. Thanks so much.
The city of Housto…
Episode 11: On Tiki Culture with Sly Augustin of Trailer Happiness in London (Part 2)
In Part Two of our conversation with Sly Augustin, we discuss the place his bar, Trailer Happiness in Notting Hill, has in the grand scheme of the Modern Tiki Revival.
"Is the bar that …
Episode 10: Seeing the Future—The Current & Future State of the Bar Industry with Sly Augustin of Trailer Happiness in London (Part 1)
The current Covid-19 pandemic has hit the bar industry particularly hard. Bars are gathering places, and people gathering is the threat that necessitated quarantine and sequester orders…
Episode Nine: Lessons For Bartenders That All Humans Should Remember In These Troubled Times
This episode is one in a series of podcasts from our Live Stream Virtual Bar, in which we discuss how the bar industry is really the business of humanity, how that relates to the curren…
Episode Eight: The First Night Back Open—An Audio Diary
Friday, May 22nd was the day the Governor of Texas declared that bars in the state could re-open after the mandated COVID-19 shutdown up to 25% capacity. We at The Cottonmouth Club thou…
Episode Seven: American Single Malt Whiskey with Westland Distillery’s Chris Riesbeck
The Cottonmouth Club Presents promotes bars, bar culture, cocktails and spirits. In this episode, we do a deep dive into American Single Malt Whiskey with Westland Distillery’s Chris Ri…
Bartender Masterclass: On Mastery featuring Master Bartender Toby Maloney (Part 2)
If you would like to leave a virtual tip for the bar staff who helped produce this podcast, you can go to Venmo and contribute to TheCottonmouthClub-Staff. All proceeds go to the staff …