Cocktail College

• Episode 200 Special: 30+ Years of Craft Cocktail Culture

  To mark a major milestone, we’re stepping outside our usual format to explore the evolution of cocktail culture over the last three decades — and the very reason this show is possible. Joining us are Mark Pascal and Francis Schott, better known as The Restaurant Guys, who operate New Brunswick's Stage Left Steak and Catherine Lombardi, and are credited with running the country’s longest-standing craft cocktail program. This conversation goes beyond bartending — it’s about ownership, staying power, and the people and places that helped shape modern drinking culture. Listen: The Restaurant Guys Podcast Read: 10 Years After His Passing, Sasha Petraske Still Lives On 📧 Get in touch: [email protected] 🍸Follow us: - VinePair: https://www.instagram.com/vinepair/ - Tim: https://www.instagram.com/timmckirdy/ - The Restaurant Guys: https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/ - Stage Left Steak: https://www.instagram.com/stagelefteats/ - Catherine Lombardi: https://www.instagram.com/catherinelombardirestaurant/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Part 3: Mezcal’s Untold Past, Soaring Present, and Fragile Future

  In the final chapter of our three-part mezcal documentary, we turn our focus to the present and future of the category. Visiting the progressive palenque Lalocura and speaking with its founder, Eduardo Ángeles Carreno, AKA Lalo, we explore how industrialization, monoculture, and loose regulations threaten mezcal’s roots. We also learn how traditional producers are fighting back — and what that means for your next bottle. With insight from Lalo, our travel companion Ivan Vazquez, and voices across Oaxaca, we ask: Can mezcal stay true to itself as it conquers the world? And where — if anywhere — do cocktails fit into that future?📧Get in touch: [email protected] 🍸Follow us: - VinePair: https://www.instagram.com/vinepair/ - Tim: https://www.instagram.com/timmckirdy/ - Ivan: https://www.instagram.com/ivan_vasquez_/- Madre: https://www.instagram.com/madre_losangeles/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Part 2: Mezcal’s Untold Past, Soaring Present, and Fragile Future

  In Part 2 of our three-part mezcal documentary, we travel deeper into mezcal’s past, uncovering the ghosts that continue to haunt the spirit — from government crackdowns and corruption to secret hillside palenques and state-sanctioned Espadín monocultures. Joined by restaurateur Ivan Vazquez and legendary mezcaleros across Oaxaca, we explore how prohibition-era policies reshaped production, erased diversity, and left an indelible mark on the mezcal we drink today. This is a story of survival, adaptation, and the delicate balance between tradition and commerce. 📧Get in touch: [email protected] 🍸Follow us: - VinePair: https://www.instagram.com/vinepair/ - Tim: https://www.instagram.com/timmckirdy/ - Ivan: https://www.instagram.com/ivan_vasquez_/- Madre: https://www.instagram.com/madre_losangeles/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Part 1: Mezcal’s Untold Past, Soaring Present, and Fragile Future

  In the first installment of our three-part mezcal documentary, we head deep into Oaxaca’s rugged Sierra Sur to trace the roots of this singular spirit. Alongside Los Angeles restaurateur Ivan Vazquez, we visit traditional palenques and meet the maestro mezcaleros working with wild agave, ancestral tools, and techniques at risk of disappearing. This is the story of mezcal before the boom — a spirit once made in secret, passed down through generations, and shaped by place, labor, and fire. 📧Get in touch: [email protected] 🍸Follow us: - VinePair: https://www.instagram.com/vinepair/ - Tim: https://www.instagram.com/timmckirdy/ - Ivan: https://www.instagram.com/ivan_vasquez_/ - Madre: https://www.instagram.com/madre_losangeles/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Trailer: Mezcal’s Untold Past, Soaring Present, and Fragile Future

  Coming July 17, we're sharing a special, three-part miniseries on the Cocktail College feed: Mezcal’s Untold Past, Soaring Present, and Fragile Future. Together with LA-based restaurateur, Ivan Vazquez, we traveled down to Oaxaca, Mexico to meet with with several maestro mezcaleros, and to better understand what mezcal is all about. These small-scale, traditional producers represent generations of experience and keep mezcal's beating cultural heart alive. They showed us some time-tested techniques that give mezcal its signature character, told us of ancestral practices that are slowly being lost, and shared stories of a time — more recent than you would think — when mezcal production was demonized, criminalized, and even driven underground. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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