The Speakeasy

28/08/2025

Ahoy!
🧊 To celebrate "Ice Week" on the award winning podcast The Speakeasy, we’re giving away another Klaris Clear Ice Maker ($550 value) as well as some other cool items.

💰It's also to launch our Patreon, we've been hosting the show for over a decade to deliver you a fly on the wall experience of listening in on conversations between bar professionals, educational content, and insight into brands and incredible bars. This is a great way to support us so we can continue!

🍀 Lots of ways to enter, good luck!

The Spirited Award winning Speakeasy Podcast is teaming up with Klaris to promote Ice Week. 5 episodes of the pod that focus on arguably the most important cocktail ingredient - ice!>One first place winner will receive the Klaris countertop Clear Ice Maker!>We've also linked up with Shaker & Spoon t...

25/10/2024

It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we say goodbye to our dear friend Chris Patino. A good and true friend whose motivation in life was to always lift those around him. He shared with everyone equally and without reservation. Chris taught us all lessons about generosity, inclusion, and family both literal and found.

Take a moment today and everyday to tell those around you how much they mean to you.

Take another moment to say

11/07/2024

Cristalino. What is it? Why is it? And perhaps most importantly, what does it taste like? Jaime Salas, Head of Agave Advocacy at Proximo Spirits sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about this latest innovation in the world of agave spirits, why it follows in a proud tradition of tequila innovation, and how he deals with the haters who need to be sold on his liquid. Plus, whiskey in Williamsburg, but probably not the one you’re thinking of. Greg is on an educational journey into the past, and he’s back to tell about it! 
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07/07/2024

Hot dogs, white dog and so much more comes up with Michele Clark and Sienna Jevremov sit down with Greg & Damon for a special Fourth of July episode of The Speakeasy! The two luminaries from Widow Jane talk about their new proprietary strain of “Baby Jane” corn and the ten year process of going from seeds in a field to bourbon in a glass. Plus, the historic neighborhood of Redhook, Brooklyn and all its fascinating characters continues to impress… and perhaps even give a certain whiskey its iconic flavor.

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Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond

01/07/2024

Hot dogs, white dog and so much more comes up with Michele Clark and Sienna Jevremov sit down with Greg & Damon for a special Fourth of July episode of The Speakeasy! The two luminaries from Widow Jane talk about their new proprietary strain of “Baby Jane” corn and the ten year process of going from seeds in a field to bourbon in a glass. Plus, the historic neighborhood of Redhook, Brooklyn and all its fascinating characters continues to impress… and perhaps even give a certain whiskey its iconic flavor.

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Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond

28/06/2024

Two of Suncliffe gins founders Ryan Lawrence and Tom Giddings join us to discuss how infusing vodka with items foraged in the Arizona desert during the pandemic led them to being gin producers. They also illuminate how opening a gin company during the pandemic was full of advantages that may not have otherwise existed. Timing is everything 
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And don’t forget, After Dark Confession with Father Greg is coming up again in Brooklyn on 6/27! Mark your calendars now! 
Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond
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22/06/2024

When Austa Somvichian-Clausen didn’t see a space for her and her ex-partner, she decided to make one. The creator of Grotto, a sapphic pop-up in New York’s Chinatown sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about building a space for q***r women, what she does when the odd straight guy stumbles into it, and the state of le***an bars and journalism in the age of apps. Plus, another successful BCB is in the books! Greg & Sother trade stories as they recuperate. 
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And don’t forget, After Dark Confession with Father Greg is coming up again in Brooklyn on 6/27! Mark your calendars now! 
Love The Speakeasy but wish there was more? Check out Bottled in Bond, our new Patreon podcast exclusively for you, our best regulars! Join now for sponsor-free listening, video podcasts, access to pre-sales and drink recipes from all our guests. Higher proof and aged to perfection, check it out now at patreon.com/BottledinBond 
 
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