Latest Bitbyafox Podcast Episodes
Episode 108: Woodford Reserve & The Kentucky Derby with Master Distiller Chris Morris, Assistant Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall
Bit by a Fox Podcast - April 30, 2021 19:05 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsAnd....we're BACK, talking about some of my favorite subjects: bourbon, very fancy thousand dollar mint juleps, and the Kentucky Derby! This week's guests are Chris Morris and Elizabeth McCall, the Master Distiller and Assistant Master Distiller, respectively of Woodford Reserve, the official ...
Episode 107: Lost Lantern— A New Independent Bottler of American Whiskey
Bit by a Fox Podcast - January 15, 2021 07:59 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week's guests are Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski, the husband and wife team behind Lost Lantern, a new independent bottler of American craft whiskey modeled after the long tradition of independent bottlers in Scotland. This week's featured cocktail is a Penicillin variation using ...
Episode 106: Botanical Driven Spirits & LA Terroir with AMASS Distiller Morgan McLachlan
Bit by a Fox Podcast - December 14, 2020 18:34 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week's guest is Morgan McLachlan, co-founder and Master Distiller behind Los Angeles based distillery The Spirit Guild and AMASS. AMASS is Morgan's most recent project and it takes inspiration from the vast botanicals that grow and are indigenous to Southern California. Morgan and I discus...
Episode 105: Australia's Starward Whisky with Founder David Vitale
Bit by a Fox Podcast - November 23, 2020 08:10 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week's guest is David Vitale, founder of Australian whisky brand Starward. David and I discussed the unique quality that red wine barrels bring to Starward, the fascinating history of Australian whisky, and his recent move to the states in order to help his brand thrive here. Inverted...
Episode 104: Artingstall's Gin with Paul Feig
Bit by a Fox Podcast - October 30, 2020 09:48 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsAward-winning director and producer Paul Feig is this week's guest, discussing his new, exciting project: Artingstall's Brilliant London Dry Gin. This week's featured cocktail is Paul Feig's original cocktail recipe, the Deep End: Deep End 1.5 oz Artingstall's Brilliant London Dry ...
Episode 103: BHAKTA Brandy with Raj Peter Bhakta
Bit by a Fox Podcast - October 12, 2020 08:04 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsRaj Peter Bhakta has been a successful entrepreneur, a former contestant on The Apprentice, and even a political candidate. But he is best known in the spirits industry as the founder of the premium rye whiskey brand WhistlePig. After selling the popular brand last year, Raj has now moved on to...
Episode 102: Which Fork Do I Use With My Bourbon?
Bit by a Fox Podcast - September 29, 2020 00:53 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsIn continuation of National Bourbon Heritage Month - and the last episode in our Bourbon series - this week's guests are Peggy Noe Stevens and Susan Reigler, authors of Which Fork Do I Use With My Bourbon? Setting the Table for Tastings, Food Pairings, Dinners, and Cocktail Parties. This week'...
Episode 101: Jefferson's Bourbon with Founder Trey Zoeller
Bit by a Fox Podcast - September 18, 2020 23:22 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsIn continuation of National Bourbon Heritage Month, this week's guest is Trey Zoeller, founder of Jefferson’s Bourbon, a collection of small batch bourbons founded in 1997, before there was a 'craft' spirits industry. Trey and I discussed his family's deep connection to Kentucky bourbon, Jeffe...
Episode 100: Distiller Nicole Austin and George Dickel Tennessee Whisky
Bit by a Fox Podcast - September 11, 2020 20:06 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsSeptember is National Bourbon Heritage Month and The Bit by a Fox Podcast will have a new bourbon focused episode every Friday. This week our guest is Nicole Austin, the charming head distiller at Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. better known as the George Dickel distillery. Nicole has proven her...
Episode 99: MGP Master Blender, David Whitmer & Remus Repeal Reserve
Bit by a Fox Podcast - September 05, 2020 00:31 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsSeptember is National Bourbon Heritage Month and The Bit by a Fox Podcast will have a new bourbon focused episode every Friday. This week we are kicking off the festivities with an interview with MGP's David Whitmer, the master blender behind the distillery's award-winning brands, including the ...
Episode 98: H. Joseph Ehrmann & Fresh Victor Cocktail Mixers
Bit by a Fox Podcast - August 31, 2020 21:16 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsAward-winning bartender and industry veteran H. Joseph Ehrmann chats about his 30+ journey in the food and beverage industry, his legendary San Francisco bar Elixir, and his new line of cold pressed cocktail mixers, Fresh Victor. This week's featured cocktail is a Fresh Victor Whiskey Sour: ...
Episode 97: Italy Is My Boyfriend with Annette Joseph
Bit by a Fox Podcast - August 14, 2020 08:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsBack from summer hiatus with a fun, aspirational, Italiano episode! This week we have return guest food stylist, producer, author, and spirit guide to all things la dolce vita, Annette Joseph who's just written her third book, a memoir, Italy Is My Boyfriend. Annette's book is a love letter...
Episode 96: St. George Spirits With Lance Winters and Dave Smith
Bit by a Fox Podcast - June 16, 2020 07:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsSt. George Spirits, founded in 1982, is one of the OG craft distilleries in the country. Located in Northern California and founded by German born distilling legend Jörg Rupf, St. George Spirits helped to kick off the modern American distillation movement as we know it. Their fascinating story ...
Episode 95: Adapting to Climate Change: Sustainability in Champagne with Thibaut Le Mailloux
Bit by a Fox Podcast - May 29, 2020 17:53 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThere's no question climate change is affecting so much of our world's agriculture. The wine industry has been on the front lines of this for decades. Fighting climate change and adapting to our warming planet has been a priority for the growers and producers in Champagne, France for the last 20...
Episode 94: Setting Up Your Home Bar with Ramsey Musk
Bit by a Fox Podcast - May 16, 2020 07:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThe Coronavirus continues to keep many of us quarantined, and without the luxury of going out to bars and restaurants, there's a LOT of home bartending going on. And we're here to help. For this week's episode I sat down with Los Angeles bartender, Ramsey Musk - Bar Director of acclaimed Filipi...
Episode 93: USBG National Charity Foundation & Covid-19 Relief For Bartenders
Bit by a Fox Podcast - May 01, 2020 07:44 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week's guest is Kim Haasarud from the United States Bartenders Guild National Charity Foundation. Kim is here to answer all the hard hitting questions around their Bartender Emergency Assistance Program’s COVID-19 Relief campaign. So many, especially in the hospitality industry, are out of ...
Episode 92: Kings County Distillery with Colin Spoelman
Bit by a Fox Podcast - April 18, 2020 00:32 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsFor this week's episode I spoke with Colin Spoelman, the Co-Founder and Head Distiller of Kings County Distillery - New York City's oldest, largest, and premier whiskey distillery, and a leader in America's craft distilling movement. Founded in 2010, Kings County was New York City's first whis...
Episode 91: Distilleries Race to Make Hand Sanitizer
Bit by a Fox Podcast - April 11, 2020 03:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsHundreds of distillers in all 50 states are now producing hand sanitizer to help fight COVID-19. They've chosen to step up to create a product most of them knew nothing about, and it happened fast. This week's guests are: Eral Gokgol-Kline - Founder + Managing Principal for The Vale Fox D...
Episode 90: Camper English & Cocktail Safe
Bit by a Fox Podcast - April 04, 2020 00:05 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsSan Francisco-based cocktail & spirits writer, speaker & educator Camper English is here to discuss Cocktail Safe - his new-ish website dedicated to safety in cocktail ingredients and techniques. Cocktail Safe has been getting a lot of attention due to the discussion around anti-malarial drugs...
Episode 89: Eric "ET" Tecosky & Dirty Sue Premium Olive Juice
Bit by a Fox Podcast - March 21, 2020 00:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis episode features Eric "ET" Tecosky - veteran LA bartender and founder of Dirty Sue Premium Olive Juice. We talked about his early days in the LA bar scene, his home away from home - Jones Hollywood, and life as an entrepreneur in the ever-changing cocktail landscape. This week's fea...
Episode 88: Cocktails with a Twist with Kara Newman
Bit by a Fox Podcast - March 06, 2020 23:57 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week we have return guest, New York-based food, wine, and spirits writer Kara Newman on the show. She discusses her sixth cocktail book, an interactive sort of choose your own adventure book called Cocktails with a Twist. We also invent what we think should be a new classic cocktail, talk a...
Episode 87: The Vice Wine with Malek Amrani
Bit by a Fox Podcast - February 21, 2020 23:06 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsFor this week's episode, I spoke with Malek Amrani, entrepreneur, sommelier, and founder of The Vice Wine, a small batch Napa Valley wine label that's been getting a lot of attention since its launch a few years back. Malek and I discussed his journey from Moroccan teenager landing in New York, ...
Episode 86: LiveWire Drinks with Aaron Polsky
Bit by a Fox Podcast - February 14, 2020 19:54 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week is a bonus episode because our friend - bartender, cocktail rockstar, frequent Bit by a Fox Podcast guest, Aaron Polsky - is on the cusp of launching a super exciting craft cocktail business. What happens when you structure a drinks business like a record label - highlighting the talen...
Episode 85: Mezcal & Bar Caló with Jeremy Simpson
Bit by a Fox Podcast - February 07, 2020 20:45 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week we are talking all things Mezcal - the wild and smoky and often misunderstood cousin of tequila. My guest is Jeremy Simpson, the GM and Beverage Director at Bar Caló an acclaimed mezcaleria, cocktail bar, and restaurant in the heart of Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighborhood. Having led ...
Episode 84: General Lee's Cocktail House & LA's Historic Chinatown
Bit by a Fox Podcast - January 24, 2020 23:09 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWhat do Frank Sinatra, Awkwafina, LA's pioneering punk rock scene & craft cocktails all have in common? They all have a connection to LA's historic General Lee's Cocktail House in Chinatown. On the cusp of the Chinese New Year kicking off tomorrow, we are taking a deep dive into one of the olde...
Episode 83: Diplomático Rum
Bit by a Fox Podcast - January 10, 2020 21:22 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsKicking off the third(!) season of the Bit by a Fox Podcast with one one of my all time favorites - Diplomático Rum from Venezuela. I spoke with Master Distiller Nelson Hernández as well as National Brand Ambassador Emmanuel Pena about what makes Diplomático so special, the radical sustainabi...
The Master Blend: A Bartender Series - Austin Hennelly
Bit by a Fox Podcast - December 20, 2019 17:47 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWe’re closing out the year (and our second season!) with our last interview in the second chapter of the Bartender Interview Series, The Master Blend - a collaboration with BERTOUX Brandy. This week’s guest is Austin Hennelly, Head Bartender and the man behind the cocktails at David Chang's firs...
Episode 81: Dan Dunn - OG Booze Writer
Bit by a Fox Podcast - December 13, 2019 21:34 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsFor this week's episode I'm talking to friend and journalist Dan Dunn - one of the OG booze writers, before the craft cocktail scene was even a thing. We talked about everything from those early days, hanging with cocktail legends and trying a Negroni for the first time, to his notorious Playboy...
The Master Blend: A Bartender Series - Aaron Michael Siak
Bit by a Fox Podcast - December 06, 2019 19:54 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsThis week, we’re continuing our Bartender Interview Series, The Master Blend - a collaboration with BERTOUX Brandy. This week’s guest is Aaron Michael Siak, bar director at Bibo Ergo Sum in Los Angeles. We spoke about Aaron's career change at 29 from public accounting to fine dining, his discove...
Episode 79: Climate Change is Coming For Your Cocktails with Jason Horn
Bit by a Fox Podcast - November 22, 2019 20:02 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsFor this week's episode I'm talking to food and drinks writer Jason Horn about his most recent story as drinks contributor for Playboy.com: Climate Change is Coming For Your Cocktails. The changing weather is rapidly affecting our food and drink, and it may even be responsible for killing what c...
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