Lucky Preksto and Jon Langley from the newly established January Spirits share with us the the path they’ve taken to bring a spirit brand that includes a gin, genepy, and an amaro to market. Photo Courtesy of Chad Arnholt. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you...

Ektoras Binikos, co-founder of Sugar Monk, jumps into the studio with Damon and Greg to talk about the joint he runs up in Harlem and a new line of bitter experiments he’s been working on since the pandemic. Inspired by the flavorful food and drinks of his native Greece, there...

On a special double album of The Speakeasy the band teams up with Lou and Chava from our sister podcast Agave Road Trip for a very special addition of “Stump The Bartender!” What’s in that repurposed juice bottle Lou mailed us? What’s it made with? And what will it do...

New Year, Same Smartasses. Greg, Sother and Damon are back to talk about what’s changed and what hasn’t since we’ve rolled over into 2022, plus our guest Kraig Rovensky talks to us all about his non-alcoholic amaro! Now who do we know who might enjoy that… Please SUBSCRIBE and RATE...

On their internationally acclaimed annual wrap up show Damon, Sother and Greg talk about what the hell just happened and where we go from here. Vaccines, variants, parcades and passing conversations, what did we love, what did we hate and what stayed more or less the same in 2021. Plus...

Tad Carducci of Gruppo Montenegro sits down with the band to talk amaro, Italian spritz culture and the endless quest to discover the secret recipes behind amari. Plus, Mountain Suze! The lowbrow highball craze that’s sweeping the nation and other weird flavor combinations that shouldn’t work but do. Please SUBSCRIBE...

Amaro distiller and unwittingly vegan meat producer Louis Catizone sits down with Greg and Sother to talk innovation, adventuring into the RTD market and the surprising spots on our bodies that can sense bitter flavors. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each...

This week on HRN Happy Hour, special co-hosts Hannah Fordin and Dylan Heuer welcomed Erica Johnson and Jason LaValla of Casamara Club to the studio. Casamara Club is a line of non-alcoholic amaro sodas that bring the complex botanicals of amaro to the sparkling water market. Dylan and Hannah taste...

Louis Catizone is the man leading a veritable revolustion in Bitters and Amaro right here in Brooklyn. With a pre-bottled ready to drink Negroni, a ready to drink spritz, their signature Inferno Bitter and now an Amaro St. Agrestis should be on your radar if they're not already. Feast Yr...

Food is a many layered topic in most cultures and none more so than in Sicily, where the bitterness found in the flavors of almonds and wild greens are also present in the emotions of Sicily's past. Fabrizia Lanza, born and raised in Palermo, left to study and live in...