In this episode I invite my own personal Spirit Sensei, Clarke Anderson.  This guy knows about all there is to know about spirits and wine.  We talked about how you can get some FREE Pappy Van Winkle if you're lucky, how to hire in competitive industries with high attrition and the challenges of balancing family life and worklife.  Of course in our way of Real Talk, no filter.

Thanks for listening, here's the recipes for the drinks we enjoyed during this episode.  Cheers!

Cross Country Snow

1oz Gin (you can sub vodka or tequila)

.5oz White Grapefruit Syrup 

(Syrup made by combining the juice and zest of 5 large white grapefruits and reducing over low heat by half.  cool and sweeten with sugar in an 1:1 ratio)  

.25oz lemon juice

.25oz Ancho Reyes Verde

Shake with large ice cubes 20 shakes

Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice

Top with Prosecco or other Dry sparkling wine

Garnish with a Peel of Grapefruit.

Mezcal Old Fashioned 

  2oz Bahnez Espadin Mezcal

.25oz agave nectar

2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters

2 dashes Bitter Truth Chocolate Bitters

Stir 60 revolutions over cracked ice.

Strain into a Double Old Fashioned Glass.

Garnish with a large expressed orange peel left in the glass.