Our final installment of the Masters Series features Salvatore Calabrese. Known as the Maestro, Salvatore has been mixing drinks for over 40 years. He's served the likes of US Presidents, Fidel Castro, Mick Jagger, Princess Diana and even Nelso

The Masters Series | Jim Meehan

Mar 28th, 2021 44m 33s

When he was younger, Jim Meehan wanted to be a doctor who wrote books. Fast forward a few years and, although he didn't follow the medicine path, his desire to serve others persists in what has been an outstanding bartending career. Oh, and he

The Masters Series | David Wondrich

Mar 21st, 2021 49m 2s

There must be some unwritten law stating that every bar worth its salt carries at least one copy of David Wondrich's Imbibe. Long accepted as one of the foremost authorities in the cocktail world, David Wondrich takes his place as the fourth ma

The Masters Series | Philip Duff

Mar 14th, 2021 42m 40s

Our third installment of The Masters Series takes us back to 2019, when we sat down for a chat with industry great, Philip Duff. We kick off the conversation with Phil's bold step into producing, Old Duff Genever. Now the top selling 100% genev

The Masters Series | Gaz Regan

Mar 7th, 2021 35m 33s

Join us this week as we remember the late Gaz Regan. Gaz was brought up in British pubs in the 1960s, before he made his way to the US aged 19. Over the next five decades, he became a larger-than-life pioneer of the cocktail revolution - his im

The Masters Series | Dale Degroff

Mar 1st, 2021 27m 55s

Nicole and Marcus revisit one of their first interviews with King Cocktail himself, Dale Degroff. He’s a bartender, author and “one of the world’s foremost cocktail experts,” according to in the New York Times. He’s worked some of the US’ best

The Year That Was: 2020 on the Living Proof podcast

Dec 21st, 2020 42m 27s

It’s been a year like no other, especially for bartenders and anyone in the hospitality industry. So for our final episode of 2020, we're taking a look back at the year that was on the Living Proof podcast. You'll be hearing snippets of a few o

#77 | The Juniper Canvas, with Stuart Gregor of Four Pillars

Dec 14th, 2020 35m 53s

Stuart Gregor is Co-founder and Trade Director at Four Pillars, the Australia gin distillery that's just won International Gin Producer of the Year for the second year running.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#76 | The courage to make mistakes, with Dushan Zarić of Employees Only

Dec 7th, 2020 47m 9s

Dushan Zarić is an owner and co-founder of Employees Only, one of the most recognisable hospitality brands in the world. To date, EO has operated bars in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong and Miami. Dushan himself arrived in t

#75 | Warm welcomes & fond farewells with Kevin Diedrich

Nov 30th, 2020 40m 15s

Kevin Diedrich is Tales of the Cocktail's 2020 American Bartender of the Year. He's also at the helm of the American Cocktail Bar of the Year - Pacific Cocktail Haven in San Francisco. PCH's reputation in San Francisco precedes it. But four yea

#74 | The West Winds and Curatif, with Jeremy 'Jez' Spencer

Nov 23rd, 2020 27m

Jeremy Spencer is co-founder of both The West Winds gin and Curatif canned cocktails. The West Winds was one of Australia's initial gin distilleries, beginning way back in the old days of 2011 and effectively paving the way for the hundreds tha

The Bloody Mary & The United States of Cocktails, with Brian Bartels

Nov 16th, 2020 37m 36s

Brian Bartels is co-owner of the Settle Down Tavern in Madison, and the author of two books: The Bloody Mary and The United States of Cocktails. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#72 | "It's like changing the direction of the Titanic" with Merivale's Sam Egerton

Nov 9th, 2020 32m 57s

Sam Egerton is Group Bars Manager at Merivale. He's also the latest bartender to be featured by Blends of the VIRTUAL World with his 'Growing Drinks in the Modern Bar' series. Check it out at https://www.theblend.world/en-au/news/growing-drinks

#71 | "I wrote my first cocktail menu in a hospital bed" - with H. Joseph Ehrmann

Nov 2nd, 2020 43m 26s

H. Joseph Ehrmann is the owner of Elixir San Francisco, and co-founder of Fresh Victor, a range of cold-pressed juice-based mixers. H. has a background in public relations, business and as a chef. In the early 2000s, he decided to leave all tha

#70 | Cocktail Gastronomy with Margot Lecarpentier

Oct 26th, 2020 35m 49s

Margot Lecarpentier is a Parisian bartender, and co-owner of Belleville bar Combat. At only 33 years of age, she was last year voted the city's Most Influential Bartender. And just to drive the point home, Combat was named the Most Influential

#69 | The brandy switch with Richard Angove of St Agnes Distillery

Oct 18th, 2020 42m 3s

Continuing a legacy that's steeped in history and innovation, Richard Angove is making sure that St Agnes Distillery builds upon the foundations laid by his grandfather, who started putting down brandy stocks in the 1970s. In this episode of t

#68 | Jacques Bezuidenhout on Liquid Productions, squeezing limes at Tres Agaves, Sherry and more

Oct 12th, 2020 41m 53s

Jacques Bezuidenhout is a San Francisco-based Industry Specialist at Liquid Productions. He is also a bartender with 20+ years' experience, having worked at a range of successful venues such as Tres Agaves and the Starlight Room, as well as on

#67 | Becoming a beverage expert, with Tyler Zielinski

Oct 4th, 2020 27m 46s

Tyler Zielinski is a freelance journalist, competitive bartender, and beverage consultant. His writing has been featured in magazines such as PUNCH, Imbibe Magazine and Whiskey Advocate, and publications such as Liquor.com, Bloomberg and Fast C

#66 | Changing people's perceptions, with Jägermeister's Willy Shine

Sep 28th, 2020 33m 32s

Willy Shine is the Brand Meister at Jägermeister United States. German digestif Jagermeister has earned a place on most backbars around the world thanks to the notoriety of ‘Jager-bombs’. But at its heart, it is a versatile and complex amaro ma

#65 | The Proof & Co story with Paul Gabie

Sep 21st, 2020 44m 33s

Paul Gabie is co-founder and CEO of Proof & Company, the premiere independent spirits distributor in Asia. Proof & Co also has a creative team that has become a driving force behind the cocktail renaissance taking hold on the continent, by desi

#64 | Endless possibilities, with Lauren Mote

Sep 14th, 2020 49m 34s

After graduating with a degree in political science in her 20s, Canadian Lauren Mote was left questioning whether it was actually herself or her grandmother who had wanted her to become a lawyer. Lauren already had experience running a host of

#63 | Building a "basement oasis" — with Nitecap's Natasha David

Sep 7th, 2020 37m 29s

Natasha David is the co-owner of Nitecap NYC, and Imbibe Magazine's Bartender of the Year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#62 | Hobart hospitality with Dan Gregory

Aug 31st, 2020 30m 27s

Dan Gregory is an Australian bartender currently leading the charge at Evolve Spirits Bar in Hobart. Dan himself is a former winner of both the Australian Bartender of the Year and the Australian leg of the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge c

#61 | Clear ice and keeping cocktails safe, with Camper English

Aug 23rd, 2020 43m 33s

Camper English is a former scientist and current cocktail & spirits writer. He's the creator of the directional freezing technique for making clear ice which is ubiquitous in bars around the world. And he's also the man behind websites like Alc

#60 | From the military to mixology with Steve Schneider

Aug 17th, 2020 49m 26s

Steve Schneider is the former US Marine who is now an integral part of the Employees Only team. Many of you would already be familiar with Steve, who has one of the more extraordinary and inspiring background stories that led him to becoming an