#23 Sother Teague, bartender, beverage director, reformed chef, author and bitters tycoon

The Philip Duff Show

This was so much fun we forget we were recording!
After fuelling up a starving Sother with one of Will Wyatt's preposterously good Electric Burritos, Sother kicks off by spilling the tea on Trap Cocktails, Maxwell Britten, and his firm's soon-to-open African diaspora restaurant, Ubuntu.
We discuss the joys of vegan food both at the DIG fast-casual chain and at Eleven Madison Park, Sother invents the word "proteinaceous", Phil Barlow and Coconut Cartel rum's copper ice plate gets a look in, we learn about bidding for vintage rye whiskey at Sotheby’s , why modern corks are way better, and if you can even get regular Michelob any more.
Just to show off, Sother becomes the first guest on the show ever to use the word "nomenclature", we explore why flair is hard but mixology is easy, rap about the joy of yummy drinks a la Leo Robitschek, why there are only a few really outstanding people in any field, how millionaires can get tax rebates in Sweden, taste some genepi, then some gin, and announce the world exclusive of Sother’s forthcoming pineapple habanero mezcal hot sauce.
(By the way, that quote I mentioned was in Sebastian Faulks' James Bond book "Devil May Care", not one of Anthony Horowitz's Bond books, and here it is:

"The waiters in their short white coats were all Romans of a certain age who had spent a lifetime in their chosen profession. They were swift and precise in their movements, polite without being deferential." )
Love that.
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1. Food, Drink, and Cocktails (00:00:00)

2. Vegan Cuisine in Hospitality Industry (00:04:38)

3. Unhealthy Vegan Food and Naltrexone Effects (00:15:36)

4. Whiskey and Experimentation With Proofing Down (00:27:53)

5. Vintage Rye Whiskey Obsession (00:35:51)

6. Aging Spirits and Closures (00:42:48)

7. Drinks and Beer Variety (00:49:24)

8. Drinking Culture and Industry History (00:55:37)

9. Flare Bartending and Mixology Evolution (01:05:19)

10. Career Choices and Disparities (01:17:16)

11. Disparities and Greed in America (01:23:59)

12. Travel, Perspective, and Empathy (01:30:10)

13. Exploring January Spirits and Lucky's Genopy (01:42:48)

14. Guest Suggestions and Promotions (01:51:33)