Episode 157: Best Of—The Brandy Crusta, with Chris Hannah
[This episode originally aired October 29, 2024.] The Brandy Crusta isn’t only an essential New Orleans cocktail, it’s a key part of cocktail history, too. New Orleans bartender Chris Hannah first ref...
18 Aug 14min
Episode 156: Bringing the Global Bar to Hong Kong, with Lorenzo Antinori
Lorenzo Antinori was taking a break from his law studies in Rome when the cocktail bug bit. After working at bars including the American Bar and Beaufort Bar at London’s Savoy Hotel, he headed for Cha...
4 Aug 24min
Episode 155: Vermouth Deep Dive, with Roberto Bava from Cocchi
Vermouths are a central component of today’s cocktail culture, and these aromatized wines and their relatives offer many avenues to explore. For this episode, we’re joined by Giulio Cocchi principal R...
21 Juli 31min
Episode 154: You Should Be Drinking in New Orleans, with J’Nai Angelle, Kimberly Patton Bragg, and Gio Miano
Tales of the Cocktail is coming up fast, taking place this year in New Orleans from July 19-24. For this episode, we get insight on some great places around town to grab a drink from three veteran New...
7 Juli 25min
Episode 153: Seed Library NYC and the Mr Lyan Universe, with Ryan Chetiyawardana
Ryan Chetiyawardana opened his first bar, White Lyan, in London in 2013, the first in a growing universe of cocktail bars built on a foundation of creativity and sustainability. For this episode, the ...
23 Juni 28min
Episode 152: Best of—The Gibson is Always There for You, with Sother Teague
[This episode originally aired on November 4, 2025.] The Gibson began as a minor Martini variation, swapping the latter’s olive or lemon twist for a pickled onion garnish and a new name. But in the ce...
9 Juni 23min
Episode 151: Twenty Years of Imbibing with Wayne Curtis, Ted Haigh, and David Wondrich
Imbibe features the best of today’s cocktails and cocktail bars, but our deep connection to cocktail history goes back to our first issue in 2006. For this episode, we’re joined by three writers and c...
26 Maj 28min
Episode 150: Absinthe’s Long Journey, with Ted Breaux
Ted Breaux is a research chemist and absinthe producer who in 2007 successfully challenged the U.S. ban on absinthe, reintroducing it to American drinkers for the first time in almost a century. For t...
12 Maj 28min
