Maxwell Reis, beverage director at Gracias Madre in West Hollywood, master of all things mezcal, metal, & more, will tell us about ethically produced agaves, Magic the Gathering, & Cookie Monster voices. Check out his playlist, if you dare: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Cocktail writer (and bass player) André Darlington has a book out called Booze & Vinyl so OF COURSE he had to be on the podcast! He tell us about great music & booze pairings, the madness of Beck, & his upcoming book, Booze Cruise. There's even a boozy playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1p1Koa55w57WozquVjM5zo

Mary Palac of San Jose's Paper Plane chats on the podcast about bartending with that competitive edge, her Filipino roots, must sing karaoke, & putting her city on the cocktail map.Spotify playlist? Of course!https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Chris Coy of the Inferno Room in Indianapolis talks tiki in Indiana, keeping the lights on during Covid, and what to listen to when you drink a Painkiller. Also, 100+ songs to you from him here:https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Eugene Lee has spent 10 years at LA's modest & award-winning Big Bar serving up amazing cocktails, inspired experiences, & carefully crafted playlists. Sometimes all 3 happen at the same time! Tune in for indie rock talk & Hollywood tales. (pic by Genevieve Adams). Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

It's our 3rd anniversary & we're celebrating with amazing women & delicious mezcal! Yola Jimenez, 2nd generation mezcal maker, owns Yola Mezcal with Gina Correl-Agliette & musician Lykke Li. These fierce females also promote their own female centric music festivals (Yola Dia) & playlists via their newsletters. Check out the girl power here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Aaron Polsky (formerly Harvard & Stone, currently Livewire Drinks)is pure rock'n'roll: underaged drinking in swanky bars, capturing the best of bartenders in a crushable can, & playing electric guitar for his cats. Equally rockin' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

Nick Sinutko, bartender & wine director of Campfire in Carlsbad, CA, chats with us about modern psychedelia, the world of natural wines, & his band Drug Hunt. He also made quite the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

What's more tropical than rum & reggae? Allan Katz started off in his hometown of NYC bartending with some of the best during the cocktail revival of the 00s, bounced through LA, & finally opened his dream bar, Jammyland, in Las Vegas. It's delicious, and so is his playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo

On this episode, we go to Jamaica! We talk with Zan Kong, commercial manager for Worthy Park Estate, about Jamaican music, Jamaican beaches, Jamaican hospitality, & of course, Jamaican rum. Jammin' beach tunes here: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo