The Speakeasy

How do you go from a bartender to building a career and an identity around a type of rum you’ve grown to absolutely fall in love with? And then, once that’s done, how do you walk away? That’s what Kate Perry, National Portfolio & US Market Manager for LM&V is doing right now, and she sits down with Greg & Sother to talk about falling in love with some of the Caribbean’s funkier rums, talking her way into her dream job, and then knowing when it was time to turn the page and walk away.
PLUS, we all know there are too many breweries in this country, but are there too many distilleries too? Greg and Sother discuss.

Follow Kate at @wheninrhum
Follow LM&V at @lamaisonandvelier
Follow Cazimi at @cazimi.vashon

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What comes first in a premium brand? A great product, or a market niche? That’s the question Brad Parkes, the Co-Founder of Palm Republic Rum is sitting down with us to resolve. He discuss building a premium brand in a category that isn’t always renowned for quality, getting people to change their mind about rum, and bringing a blended product to market in a world that’s a little single origin obsessed right now.
PLUS, Do people become night owls because they’re bartenders, or become bartenders because they’re night owls? Greg & Sother discuss.
Follow Palm Republic at @palmrepublicrum

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Check out bartender.com and use promo code Speakeasy for 15% off!
For resources on dealing with cold, hard water agents in your community visit nouswithoutyou.la/ and @thenycalliance
The Speakeasy is on YouTube!
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When you’ve already pioneered two advanced techniques that take the bartending world by storm, and been called Cocktail Menu Innovator of the Year by The 50, where do you go next? That’s what Iain McPherson, the owner of Edinburgh’s award-winning bar Panda & Sons is here to talk about. He discusses the difference between high-tech moves that improve a drink and ones that are just impressive to bartenders, how his Scottish & Korean heritage shaped his take on hospitality, and how all of this may have started thanks to his training at a gelato school in Italy.
PLUS, Greg gives a shoutout to a local hero.

Follow Iain at @thecocktailpanda
Follow Panda & Sons at @pandaandsons

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Check out bartender.com and use promo code Speakeasy for 15% off!
For resources on dealing with cold, hard water agents in your community visit nouswithoutyou.la/ and @thenycalliance
The Speakeasy is on YouTube!
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There are times when we all need a lawyer. Tiffany Hernandez, the founder of Escuelitas and Juliana Manzanarez, the founding attorney of VIA law group sit down in the studio to discuss of the administration’s immigration crackdown is affecting the hospitality industry, and what ordinary citizens can do about it. They run through the laws bar owners and managers need to know when dealing with law enforcement, some of the lesser-known laws people have on their side, and the ways you as a listener can get involved.
PLUS, your annual PSA about pumpkin spice lattes…

Follow Tiffany at @mezcalmistress
Follow Escuelitas at @escuelitasfoundation

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Check out bartender.com and use promo code Speakeasy for 15% off!
For resources on dealing with cold, hard water agents in your community visit nouswithoutyou.la/ and @thenycalliance
The Speakeasy is on YouTube!
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Running a print magazine in the year 2026 is a choice to say the least. Ryan Foley, Publisher of Bartender Magazine sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about how the magazine has changed since his dad started it, what it’s like running a family business with his mom, what sorts of stories readers of a bartending magazine are looking for, and how physical media is staying current in the digital age.
PLUS Happy Oktoberfest to all who celebrate! Greg and Sother ring in the season by giving traditional German beer styles their flowers and pointing to a possible example of what craft beer can do to refresh its image. And don’t even get us started on pumpkin beers…
Follow Bartender Magazine at @bartendermagazine

LINKS
Become a Regular
Check out bartender.com and use promo code Speakeasy for 15% off!
For resources on dealing with cold, hard water agents in your community visit nouswithoutyou.la/ and @thenycalliance
The Speakeasy is on YouTube!
Check out Quiote Imports and use promo code “Speakeasy” for free shipping.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.