PLEASE NOTE: This episode mentions several links and articles. They are available at the bottom of these show notes.

Sother Teague is no stranger to Shift Drink. We’ve been planning on doing a show together for years. But my first visit to his show, The Speakeasy, also included the venerable Simon Ford. So yours truly sat and listened. One does not interrupt Simon Ford. It’s the Eleventh Commandment.

Then we finally linked up for Shift Drink. But he made his debut appearance on the show just 48 days after the United States issued “stay at home” COVID-19 restrictions. And thus there was a global-pandemic-sized elephant in the room that needed to be addressed. We didn’t even know if we’d both still be in business a year later. If you didn’t listen to it, please do. There is a wealth of anecdotal information about how COVID-19, and the government policies related to it, continue to affect the worldwide hospitality industry.

But we finally made it! We’re talking BITTERS and AMARI — what else? We consumed a few drinks, got to talking, and pressed record. What you hear on this episode is two friends having a personal conversation that happened to be recorded. There is a lot of information, and even bonus content (see the end of this post) of Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds chit-chat before the show started. It’s our double album.

This is was a long time coming. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed chatting. And if you haven’t had enough… there is also BONUS CONTENT available from this episode.

You can find ALL Sother-related links here, including how to buy signed copies of his book, I’m Just Here For The Drinks:

The Speakeasy episode that I visited was: Let’s The Games BeGIN

MSG, Umami, and Chinese Restaurant Syndrome: David Chang Talks MSG at 2012 MAD Symposium

Doritos and MSG food science: Why Nacho Cheese Doritos Taste Like Heaven