Location:
United States
Description:
Food. Drink. Talk.
Language:
English
Website:
https://shiftdrinkpodcast.com
Episodes
Beachbum Berry Redux: Sippin Santa
12/4/2024
Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted another interview. And for my sins, they gave me one. It took 5 years to recover from the last “interview” on Shift Drink,...
Duration:01:09:38
Eve Bergeron of Trader Vic’s
9/18/2024
If this week’s guest sounds familiar, you probably recognize her last name. Eve Bergeron, granddaughter of the late Trader Vic Bergeron, is now helping to run the family business that...
Duration:00:57:11
Microhistory with Wayne Curtis
9/4/2024
Duration:00:47:38
Denali Brewing with Sassan Mossanen
8/21/2024
During my first visit to Alaska, I had to check off the requisite activities… salmon fishing on the Kenai, Halibut fishing off Kachemak Bay, Denali National Park, and of course,...
Duration:00:53:49
Rumbustion with Rebecca and Martin Cate
7/24/2024
Rum nerds and mid-century Mavens, Martin and Rebecca Cate are back on the show! Check out Tiki Guru and The Cult of Tiki to hear previous interviews. This week, we’re...
Duration:01:05:01
Northern Hospitality with Andrew Volk
6/27/2024
Duration:00:52:08
Marie the Beachcomber
6/12/2024
Marie King has been making cocktails longer than most of us in the tiki bar business. She got an early start in hospitality at the age of 16 and couldn’t...
Duration:01:09:14
Eric Kaye Talks Holmes Cay
5/29/2024
Eric Kaye spent decades of his life as a professional musician and amateur rum aficionado. But, as a composer for film and television, technological advances brought the barrier-to-entry intro so...
Duration:00:53:43
Worthy Park with Zan Kong
5/15/2024
It’s always a great time when I get a chance to talk with Zan Kong of Worthy Park Estate. But, despite the many hours of sharing Jamaican rum together, I’ve...
Duration:01:02:44
Brooklyn Kura Sake with Brandon Doughan
5/3/2024
Duration:00:47:40
Resonation with Christophe Rossi
4/17/2024
I’ve been working on getting Christophe Rossi on the show since mid-August of last year. His bar, L’Escamoteur, came highly recommended from several Kyoto locals while I was in Japan....
Duration:00:52:18
Aguardiente and Mexican Rum with Jason Cox
4/3/2024
Lately, there seems to be a theme of guests that had a specific path in life only to find it disrupted and hijacked by the craft spirits business. And this...
Duration:01:08:00
Tropical Standard with Garret Richard
2/21/2024
This week’s guest, Garett Richard has worked in some of the best bars and with some of the best bartenders in New York, which also makes them some of the...
Duration:00:58:27
Rolling Fork: Spirits for Rum Nerds
12/20/2023
Rolling Fork Spirits won me over immediately. The two owners, Turner Wathen and Jordan Morris, set out to create a brand that offered something no one else was offering. Luckily...
Duration:00:53:20
The Kazan Room with Brandon Grilc
11/22/2023
I’m back in Japan today, and talking to one of the few tiki bar owners in the country. Brandon Grilc’s career as an architectural historian took a left hard turn...
Duration:00:55:06
Amrut Whisky with Ashok Chokalingam
11/8/2023
When Ashok Chokalingam took his first job with Amrut Distilleries, he had no idea how far that job would take him, and the impact he’d have on the whisky category,...
Duration:00:36:08
Minimalist Tiki with Matt Pietrek
10/25/2023
The Cocktail Wonk is back on the show after six long years. And he’s accomplished a lot in that time. This week we’re talking about his influential book, Minimalist Tiki...
Duration:01:05:14
Toyko Confidential with Holly Graham
10/11/2023
If you’re reading this we hope you’re in Tokyo, because you’re in for a real treat. Tonight is the opening of Japan’s newest craft cocktail bar, Tokyo Confidential. So today...
Duration:00:50:53
Equal Access with Chris Montana
9/27/2023
Just a decade ago, Chris Montana opened DuNord spirits. In the ten years since, his role has grown in ways that he could have never imagined. Looking around rooms filled...
Duration:00:57:24
Lullaby of Birdland with Brother Cleve
3/9/2022
UPDATE: My good friend, Brother Cleve, passed away unexpectedly on Sept 9, 2022 — just a few months after this interview. Cleve was a mentor, a friend, and a confidant...
Duration:00:59:31