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Back Bar

Back Bar is a rollicking deep dive into the events, phenomenon, relationships and human foibles that shaped the world’s most iconic drinks. Hosted by food and beverage writer Greg Benson and featuring... Read more

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Ranked #1

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If You Can’t Take the Heat...

If You Can’t Take the Heat...

The City of Nashville gets hot. Really hot. So it makes sense that this is where the competition for the finals of USBG’... Read more

30 Jun 2022

31mins

Ranked #2

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Microbrew Killed the Macrobrew Star

Microbrew Killed the Macrobrew Star

Without a lot of fanfare in the early 1980s a fledgling cable channel called MTV launched in New Jersey. No one knew it ... Read more

1 Feb 2022

38mins

Ranked #3

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Jack Who?

Jack Who?

Women have been making cider and brandy for centuries - so where are they in the history books? A look at who gets writt... Read more

26 Oct 2021

57mins

Ranked #4

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Satellite Bar - The Old Fashioned

Satellite Bar - The Old Fashioned

A look inside the Old Fashioned episode with David Wondrich, author of "Imbibe" and Dale DeGroff, author of "The Craft o... Read more

1 Oct 2021

22mins

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Ranked #5

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An Old Fashioned Type of Drink

An Old Fashioned Type of Drink

The story of the very first cocktail - where it came from, the strong opinions it breeds and what the way we drink it sa... Read more

3 Sep 2021

47mins

Ranked #6

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Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet

An Italian favorite and the curious intersection of bitter times with bitter flavors. The Negroni doesn’t have a rise an... Read more

16 Jun 2021

44mins

Ranked #7

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Moscow, Inc.

Moscow, Inc.

Capitalism made the Moscow Mule - birthed it, shaped it and groomed it into the superstar it is today. But it also left ... Read more

1 Jun 2021

45mins

Ranked #8

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The Old Men and the Sea

The Old Men and the Sea

One man invented it. Another one named it. And over the years their clashing personalities shaped the Hemingway Daiquiri... Read more

16 May 2021

43mins

Ranked #9

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Exactly Approximately 3.2%

Exactly Approximately 3.2%

A poorly designed law that works and an expertly designed drink that sucks.When Prohibition was repealed in 1933 America... Read more

1 May 2021

50mins

Ranked #10

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A Good Fight

A Good Fight

A countdown to WWI and a bright, bubbly festive drink named after a killing machine. As the great old powers of Europe m... Read more

15 Apr 2021

47mins

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