Shift Drink

Hampden Estate is one of Jamaica’s oldest distilleries and the producer of Rum Fire, a high-ester rum full of funk. Today we’re talking with the US importer, Nicholas Feris about...

Just in time for annual Memorial Day cookouts, we’re talking about utilizing Japanese-style grills. Chef JJ Boston is on a mission to teach the world how to better cook outdoors...

The link between music and cocktails is impossible to ignore. Making cocktails at home? You put on a record. Going out for drinks at a cocktail bar? They’ve spent hours...

It’s hard to overstate Don Lee’s impact on the cocktail industry. He seems to be simultaneously moving in fifteen directions while plotting his next move. He was there at the...

Chef Danny Mena of La Loncheria and Hecho en DUMBO joins us this week. We’re talking about Mexican food in NYC, how Mexican cuisine adapted and evolved through centuries of...

Madelyn Hille’s passion for wine began while working at a boutique hotel in Indianapolis. Having a bit of wanderlust, she decided to travel to New Zealand to explore. But she...

Jim Romdall of Novo Fogo Cachaça, and previously of Vessel and Rumba in Seattle, joins us this week to talk all things cachaça. It’s misunderstood and underrepresented in bars and...

After attending a very special rum tasting by Habitation Velier, we trekked up to Spanish Harlem to meet up with an old friend at the The Axis Project. Yannick Benjamin...

The affable Martin Cate joins us this week from New York City. The tiki guru has built an empire of some of the world’s most respected bars in just 10...

While attending university in Southern Indiana, David McCracken (writer/director) and Josh Riedford (producer) found that their shared interest in the movie industry would drive them to start their own production...

David Andrichik is a pioneer in one of the trendiest neighborhoods in Indianapolis, Massachusetts Avenue. In 1982, while working for an architecture firm, he decided to invest in some real...

To kick off 2018, we’re talking with one of our favorite people in the Midwest. Vinny Salas is a familiar face in Indianapolis culinary circles. For years, you could find...

We’re usually talking booze and all the fun we have drinking cocktails. But what happens when the fun fades and alcohol becomes a detriment to your health? After hearing about...

This week we’re sitting down with Clay Robinson – the co-founder of Sun King Brewing in downtown Indianapolis. After satisfying a bit of wanderlust, working with corporately-owned breweries, and writing numerous business...

After spending decades in software and marketing, Greg Wilson partnered up with bartender Zach Wilks in 2012 to launch Wilks & Wilson. In six short years, the guys have grown...

The tables got turned on this week’s episode. We sat down with the guys from DRNK CLTR to talk about a bit about Shift Drink, and about our “day jobs”....

Brother Cleve is a true Renaissance Man. He’s a legendary bartender, an accomplished musician, an amateur historian, a charismatic storyteller, and a Minister of the Church of the SubGenius. He’s...

It’s been a year since we’ve had Ben Jones on the show. The last time around (Rhum Agricole with Ben Jones) we were talking all things Martinique. This time he’s...

This week we planned on talking with Chris Benedyk of Love Handle about the breakfast/brunch revolution. We planned on talking about how chefs that traditionally opened dinner-only restaurants are now...

Vermouth, Amaro, and Haus Alpenz or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Tell Jake to Shut The F*ck Up If there are two confusing categories of alcohol, vermouth and...