Bar Talk: Recent Episodes
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Bar Talk is a beverage-oriented podcast produced by members of the bar and service industry. We explore the world of spirits, beverage history, cocktail culture, beverage service, bar culture, and much more.
Jon, Courtney and Marc discuss another cocktail luminary in Jim Meehan, exploring how to cultivate a blueprint for success in the industry and the beauty of kind, decent service.
Courtney returns to the podcast with the history of vodka, Poland and Russia fight while Sweden just chills out, Marc makes up lies about bison grass, Jon talks bar philosophy and his PTSD regarding the Cosmo and Dirty Martini.
Courtney takes a day off and Marc and Jon welcome Sommelier Hassan Rutherford to taste through Italian white varietals, lots of innuendo follows along with a discovery of the best wines you're not drinking.
Courtney breaks down the history of monastic distillation, everybody sucks at pronouncing French things, and we mix Yellow and Green together with wonderful results.
The Bar Talk gang pulls the Rhum Train into Jamaica, Courtney breaks down the Sodom of the New World, Marc and Jon discuss gunpowder and sherry barrels, and the gang drinks pirate rum!
Courtney gives a proper history of the great David Wondrich, Jon interrupts her to read prose and Marc fiddles with knobs.
Jon, Courtney and Marc deep dive Islay scotch, sail away on Puffer ships, debate terroir in whisky and discuss how to best lock Jon in a room.
Jon, Marc and Courtney tackle gin in the first of a two part series. Courtney introduces us to correct pronunciation and gets REALLY fired up about Dutch soldiers, we talk about drinking gin from stone cats' mouths, ponder early alcohol propaganda and share how to properly "Tanqueray."
Part 2: Jon, Marc and Courtney run down American whiskey, Courtney attempts to love sweet corn and fails, Jon and Marc get happy about good cheap bourbon, the gang shares their love for Elijah Craig and Suntory Beam gets a big Bar Talk high five.
Part 1: Jon, Marc and Courtney show their love for the Highlands, have fun pronouncing Craigellachie and hype up some cask strength single malt.
Marc and Jon take Courtney on the final run of the Hot Drams series as she eats progressively hotter wings and whiskeys.
Jon and Courtney host Fenton's own Cheese Lady, Charlotte, for a Cheese education and pairing
Jon and Courtney grill Marc with questions as he eats progressively hotter wings chased by progressively hotter whiskey!
Jon, Marc, and Courtney head along down the tracks and take the long way round the world of R(h)um
In this first episode of their mini-series "Hot Drams" Marc and Courtney interview Jon while he eats extremely hot chicken wings and pairs them with equally as spicy whisk(e)ys!
Essential Bar Books
Mark, Jon and Courtney go over MUST haves for your collection of cocktail books.
Courtney, Marc and Jon go over the role of women in the history of whiskey and feature prominent names of the past an the now of the industry.
Jon, Marc and Courtney of the Relief & Resource Co. in Fenton, MI talk about the history of Rum and their favorite cocktails they make with them!
Jon, Marc, and Courtney discuss simple drinks you can snag from any bar and how to enjoy whatever place you find your self in!
In this episode of "Bar Talk", Jon and Marc are joined by bartender and world whisk(e)y enthusiast Courtney Booms. They discuss the history of Irish Whiskey, from its inception, its rise in popularity, the dark times due to war, Prohibition, and lack of production, to its eventual resurgence into the
Jon Foley and Marc Miller discuss the state of whiskey service and the whiskey industry, touching on the secondary market, attitudes are the world's greatest distilled spirit, social media's impact on the whiskey scene, and what they see as upcoming whiskey trends.