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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 632
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Episode 213: World Class Bartender Tyson Buhler of Death & Co
This week on The Speakeasy, host Damon Boelte is joined in the studio by Tyson Buhler, head bartender for Death & Co, one of the most important, influential, and oft-imitated bars to emerge from the …
00:34:49 |
Wed 30 Nov 2016
Episode 212: Cold Winter Days, Hot Boozy Brands!
Today on The Speakeasy, Damon and Sother are joined in the study by brand ambassadors from the worlds of vodka and whiskey. Matt Eisenman and Jeremy Hawn represent WhistlePig Rye and Absolut Elyx, re…
00:52:25 |
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Episode 211: Everyman Espresso's Sam Penix
Today on The Speakeasy, we're joined in the studio by Everyman Espresso's Sam Penix! He tells us about the values and service behind bringing top quality caffeine to everyone from morning commuters t…
00:41:29 |
Wed 16 Nov 2016
Episode 210: Lush Life With Lindsey Johnson
Today on The Speakeasy, we're joined by Lindsey Johnson of Lush Life Productions. But before that, Damon and Sother discuss where they were on Election Day 2016, and agree that they'll be hanging "le…
00:33:00 |
Wed 09 Nov 2016
Episode 209: Champagne Week Ahoy!
Today on The Speakeasy, we're joined in the studio by Blaine Ashley, the one-woman machine behind Champagne Week! We talk about what the event means to her and fans of bubbly – with a side of puns – …
00:40:53 |
Wed 02 Nov 2016
Episode 208: Tim Master of Chartreuse
This week on The Speakeasy, we're joined by Tim Master, who knows a thing or two (or two thousand!) about Chartreuse. And we do more than just talk about it, cracking open a bottle from the 70s!
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00:43:57 |
Wed 26 Oct 2016
Episode 207: Le JIT? Legit!
Today on The Speakeasy, it's video on the radio. Tess Mix of Le JIT Productions joins us in the studio to tell us what it takes to make excellent videography happen.
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00:37:23 |
Wed 19 Oct 2016
Episode 206: Jack McGarry, Of The 'World's Best Bar': Dead Rabbit
Today on The Speakeasy, hosts Damon Boelte and Sother Teague are joined in the studio by Jack McGarry, co-owner of Dead Rabbit, which just last week was named World's Best Bar! That's according to 40…
00:36:18 |
Wed 12 Oct 2016
Episode 205: Equal Parts Cocktails With Kara Newman
Today on The Speakeasy, spirits writer Kara Newman joins us to tell us about her new book! Shake. Stir. Sip.: More than 50 Effortless Cocktails Made in Equal Parts is all about no-fuss cocktails with…
00:40:56 |
Wed 05 Oct 2016
Episode 204: Author Robert Simonson On What Makes 'A Proper Drink'
Today on The Speakeasy, we round out book month with a visit from Robert Simonson, the author (most recently) of 'A Proper Drink'. Simonson tells us all about cocktails, bar spoons, and the Internet.…
00:33:50 |
Wed 28 Sep 2016
Episode 203: From The Man Behind 'Bitters' Comes Another Book: 'Amaro'
Five years after his first appearance on The Speakeasy, book author Brad Thomas Parsons is back in the studio (with photographer Ed Anderson) to talk about his new book: Amaro.
Research on the lique…
00:39:43 |
Wed 21 Sep 2016
Episode 202: Martin And Rebecca Cate On "The Cult of Tiki"
Today on The Speakeasy, we're joined in the studio by serial tiki bar entrepreneurs Martin and Rebecca Cate. They tell us all about their collection of West Coast watering holes (plus one in Chicago)…
00:43:41 |
Wed 14 Sep 2016
Episode 201: Drinks (But No Texting) While You Watch At The Alamo Drafthouse
Today on The Speakeasy, we're joined in the studio by Vanessa Brown and Vincent Favella.
Vincent is one of host Sother Teague's oldest friends in the city of New York, while Vanessa Brown has the sw…
00:35:57 |
Wed 07 Sep 2016
Episode 200: The Speakeasy's 200th Episode Is Here!
Today on the Speakeasy, it's episode number 200! Damon Boelte and Sother Teague talk Japan and the evolution of bar tools with Cocktail Kingdom's Greg Boehm. But before that, we also hear from a spec…
00:42:42 |
Wed 31 Aug 2016
Episode 199: Kayla Mata On The Smuggling Roots Of Ilegal Mezcal
Today on The Speakeasy, Ilegal Mezcal's Kayla Mata joins us in the studio to pour a few glasses of their Joven, with "hints of green apple, citrus and white pepper."
Mata tells us about her start in…
00:38:50 |
Wed 24 Aug 2016
Episode 198: All In With The Well-Traveled Chris Lowder
Today in the studio, Chris Lowder takes a break from the bar in Seoul, South Korea to tell us all about traveling widely and the constants of good bartending.
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00:48:57 |
Thu 18 Aug 2016
Episode 197: Kansas City Whiskey, The Story Of A Revival
Today on The Speakeasy, Ryan Maybee joins us in the studio to pour us some Kansas City Whiskey, a name that J. Rieger & Co. pitched to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, and got the thumbs…
00:40:28 |
Wed 10 Aug 2016
Episode 196: All Aboard The Water Table
On this week's episode of The Speakeasy, Damon and Sother are joined in the studio by Captain Kelli Farwell, owner of The Water Table, a New England tavern on the water. While cruising through New Yo…
00:33:22 |
Wed 03 Aug 2016
Episode 195: Talking Shop And Sipping Rye With Danny Neff
Today on The Speakeasy, barman Danny Neff joins us in the studio to talk about the revived Holiday Cocktail Lounge, and his favorite meal last week at New Orleans' Tales of the Cocktail.
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00:42:18 |
Wed 27 Jul 2016
Episode 194: Tales Of The Cocktail's Philip Duff Joins Us... From The Future!
This week on The Speakeasy, things get meta. Tales of the Cocktail's Philip Duff joins us in the studio to record an episode that will air WHILE HOSTS DAMON BOELTE AND SOTHER TEAGUE JOIN HIM IN NEW O…
00:42:50 |
Wed 20 Jul 2016
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