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The Buy Back Drinking buds Alex and John track down the funniest, most disgusting, and wildest bartending stories

Nestled on a long stretch of road in Hoosick Falls, NY, near the border of both NH and MA, The Man of Kent Tavern has on...
08/23/2025

Nestled on a long stretch of road in Hoosick Falls, NY, near the border of both NH and MA, The Man of Kent Tavern has one of the best selection of beers from the UK we’ve ever seen in the states. Even Old Speckled Hen and Fullers on DRAFT! Also boast a giant menu of English themed sandwiches. Up for a drive?

An abandoned bar after a fire. The bar was completely and immediately evacuated with drinks still in glasses and the slo...
08/12/2025

An abandoned bar after a fire. The bar was completely and immediately evacuated with drinks still in glasses and the slop sinks filled. Look at what the heat did to the fan!

The Gutter LIC is a combo dive bar and.. dive bowling alley in Long Island City, Queens. With $25 unlimited bowl from 11...
07/25/2025

The Gutter LIC is a combo dive bar and.. dive bowling alley in Long Island City, Queens. With $25 unlimited bowl from 11-2 on weeknights and decent drink prices, it’s a solid bar for when someone says “Let’s not JUST go drinking tonight.”

Andrew arrives and Alex returns in our DOUBLE POUR GIANT SIZED SEASON FINALE of The Buy Back. The three reunite and talk...
06/27/2025

Andrew arrives and Alex returns in our DOUBLE POUR GIANT SIZED SEASON FINALE of The Buy Back. The three reunite and talk about the formation of their multi decade friendship, Malort, and the lies Andrew told to get his first job!

Swipe for some silly friendship.

Bars, people, and drinks (fondly) mentioned:












Oh, she back.
06/26/2025

Oh, she back.

PHIL BURKE! Instagram didn’t like the first photo cause of a hand gesture so here’s the most wholesome photo I could fin...
05/08/2025

PHIL BURKE! Instagram didn’t like the first photo cause of a hand gesture so here’s the most wholesome photo I could find. While IMDB knows him best as Mickey McGinnes on AMC’s Hell on Wheels, and his family knows him best as Phillip, John knows him best as his bartending buddy from the trenches of the Blind Pig in the mid-2010s. Join these two old friends as they sit down and chat about the Santa-Con shenanigans and sometimes the overwhelming darkness of working behind the pines.

Went all in this week with Dustin, the New Jersey bartender who decided that bartending in Jersey is a cooler job than w...
05/01/2025

Went all in this week with Dustin, the New Jersey bartender who decided that bartending in Jersey is a cooler job than working with lions in South Africa? And after talking with him and how much he knows about cocktails, we might agree!

Alex is BACK, BABY! This week on The Buy Back, Alex steps back out form behind the curtain to give us a special literary...
04/24/2025

Alex is BACK, BABY! This week on The Buy Back, Alex steps back out form behind the curtain to give us a special literary bars episode… in which we travel world wide looking at some bars where some good books got wrote. And then Alex forgets that we went to a rum factory… like completely forgets. But the pictures don’t lie!

The man behind Mover and Shaker Co! This week John sits down with Nick, the meme master and cocktail maker who is the co...
04/17/2025

The man behind Mover and Shaker Co! This week John sits down with Nick, the meme master and cocktail maker who is the cofounder of Mover and Shaker Co, which… if you get bar content in your algorithm, needs no further explanation.

Check the hat, cause Christmas has come early! The hilarious Amber at the Texas Rose in Beautmont, TX sits down with Joh...
04/10/2025

Check the hat, cause Christmas has come early! The hilarious Amber at the Texas Rose in Beautmont, TX sits down with John. Amber is a pro at making songs/sound effects, drinking fireball, and lacks skills in hiding alcoholic bottles.

BONUS: There is also a mystery in this episode we’re looking at you, the listeners, to help us solve!

(If you notice the song, it’s Amber’s favorite…)

Bars fondly mentioned:
Texas Rose Saloon




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Bree from Pole Katz in Gary, Indiana, sits down this week to chat about work/life balance as a bartender and working/dan...
03/27/2025

Bree from Pole Katz in Gary, Indiana, sits down this week to chat about work/life balance as a bartender and working/dancing in a club. Join us this week on the podcast streamer of your choosing!

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