To me, hosting is the ultimate form of respect. One of the most selfless things you can do for your friends is to have a well organized, well run get-together. It’s a form of affection.

-Alex Luboff

 

I used to put a ton of pressure on myself to give people the best drink they’ve ever had...and then I remembered I’m not a professional.

-Jordan Wicker

 

In this episode, I sit down with a chat with a couple of my favorite cocktail personalities: Alex Luboff and Jordan Wicker of the Speaking Easy Podcast.

I was actually a guest on their show back in August of 2016, and they’ve been producing consistently great audio content on cocktails and home bartending for over a year and a half now. Since this is episode 1, we discuss the joy of being a home bartender, as well as some of the trials, tribulations, comedic mistakes, and life hacks that will help you decide if building your own home bar or bar cart is a project you’re interested in undertaking.

Some of the things we discuss include:

• How Jordan and Alex got into podcasting
• The values of a good home bartender
• Alex’s duck bar
• Cocktail rookie mistakes
• The “Zone of Proximal Drinking”
• Must-read cocktail books
• Where to grab a drink with George Washington
• And much, much more.

These fellas are a real pleasure to listen to, and you can find all the various ways to connect with them at the end of the episode...and of course, right here in the show notes.

Finally, despite not being a part of the recorded dialogue, I want to give a huge shout-out to the Speaking Easy Podcast’s fantastic producer, Silent Tyler, without whom this would not have been possible.

So, make yourself a drink (and if you’re not in a place to do that, make yourself a mental drink, and enjoy this awesome kick-off episode with the gents from the Speaking Easy Podcast.