Episodes

Had a phone call from a friend and fellow solopreneur last week, which is when I meant to do this episode but I wanted to get some advice down for the solopreneurs out there that may have doubts in themselves …

This was an amazing, in depth chat with Cedd Moses about opening 25 bars in 15 years, promoting from within (their CEO was a bar back 15 years ago) and how he and his team are striving to have 2030 …

What an amazing opportunity this was for me, having the opportunity to speak with David Wondrich from his humble beginnings as a junior professor to one of the most prolific hospitality history researcher in the world. Apart ...

Over the years, I have worked hard to become less rigid, less hard and worked heavily on my soft skills. Coming from a military family, the practice was hard and authoritative, which in this day and age doesn't work and …

Had a great catch up with Micah Dew, the Maker's Mark Diplomat for Western Canada; where he regaled the years flairtending across the world, the infamous Roxy in Vancouver and how he made the transition to brand ambassadorshi...

Last week I did the episode about the transition from staff to management, so this week I wanted to delve into the next step of management to ownership. I go deep on this one because I have done this successfully …

Back after a month, chatting with Nick Nemeth from the Miracle Pop Up and Sipping Santa. We chat the history of Miracle Pop Up and Sipping Santa and how this initiative helps bars and charities the world over and how …

With the current state of the industry and mass resignations and people leaving the industry altogether, I wanted to tackle the transition from being a hourly staff member to a salaried manager from the staff perspective and ...

Took a couple of weeks off to unwind and recharge, came back to reflect on all the things I have been able to do in the last almost 3 years and look towards the future at what is next. TEXT …

For the huge 300th episode of the Post Shift Podcast, I had to get one of the most prolific hospitality industry professionals in the world, Monica Berg. From helping to create and build Norway's cocktail culture to the long ...

This was one for the books, being on Sother Teague's podcast, The Speakeasy was definitely bucket list material. We chat the pandemic (obviously), writing, bartending and creating a small city cocktail culture in Victoria, BC...

With the impending release of the 3rd(.1) edition of the World Atlas of Beer , I sit down with author and intrepid beer drinker, Stephen Beaumont to discuss, the changes in beer culture, surprising global markets and the busi...

Always love hanging out with the gents from Dork Uncorked and chatting industry news along with my new book, BC Spirits Cocktail Book and the craft spirit movement in British Columbia and Canada. Craft spirits and cocktails i...

Recently, we did a panel discussion with World Class Canadian Winners Grant Sceney, Kait Stewart, Chris Enns, James Grant and Jeffrey Savage, along with the Bartender of the Year, Kait (2017) and James (2021) and Michael Armi...

It's odd coming up to my 300th episode that I haven't ever told this story, from being 13 and loading sod and landscaping equipment into the late night to running my own bar schools. It took me a really long …

This was a deep dive episode into the taxes and excise that face the craft spirit movement across Canada. Tyler Dyck of Okanagan Spirits is the president of the Craft Distillers Guild and public liaison for the Craft Distille...

After this past week, enjoying an amazing time with guest and the industry through 4 tastings and the Negroni Week Cocktail Competition, I wanted to talk about being grateful. You are one of 8 billion people in the world, and...

Elayne Duff has been championing brand ambassadorship through her BBAA , mentoring young bartenders on how to hit the ground running and maximizing their opportunities as brand ambassadors. The gap between what brand ambassad...

I am late this week with the podcast and it's because we are getting back into events and tastings at the lounge; this week I did 4 tastings in 3 days and it was a lot but got me to …

The supply chain issues that we are seeing across most of the industry aren't new but they are posing serious problems for small brands breaking into new markets. With increasing freight costs and long delays in shipping, sma...

Always a good time to have a throw back episode and chat Social Media for your restaurant, it is more important than ever to do and be at least relatively good at it. I have some pointers for you in …

We chat to publisher, magazine editor, award wrangler and entrepreneur Kristin Ackerman Bacon from Sip Publishing about Pacific Northwest drinking culture, 10 years of Sip Magazine and awards and the future of print media, pi...

Been wanting to do this for a while, I reflect a lot for better or worse after 20 years in the industry. These are my ten points that I hope will help young bartenders and industry people look to the …

Got to hang out on the Hospitality Spirit with Dr Nich and had a great time chatting cocktails and running bars in this modern age. Hope that some of my younger listeners get some value out of this. TEXT ME …