Podcasts about Lynnette Marrero

Episode Description: Welcome to The Cocktail Academy Podcast! In this episode, Damian welcomes the legendary mixologist Lynnette Marrero. From her diamond status with airlines to her influential role in shaping the modern cocktail scene, Lynnette shares her incredible journey through the world of bartending. Tune in as we explore her experiences, inspirations, and her pioneering efforts to elevate women in the cocktail industry.Episode Highlights:Meet Lynnette Marrero: Discover Lynnette's fascinating background and how she transitioned from the theatre world to becoming a globally recognized bartender and mixologist.Industry Insights: Lynnette shares her thoughts on the evolving perception of bartending and the opportunities within the hospitality industry.Cocktail Family Tree: Learn about the influential figures like Dale DeGroff, Julie Reiner, and Sasha Petraske who have shaped Lynnette's career and the broader cocktail community.Journey Through Bars: From her early days at Punch and Judy to iconic bars like the Flatiron Lounge, hear stories of Lynnette's progression and the vibrant bar culture in New York.Speed Rack Revolution: Dive into the inception and impact of Speed Rack, a competition Lynnette co-founded to highlight and support women in bartending globally.Brand Ambassador Life: Lynnette discusses her experiences working with renowned brands like Zacapa Rum and St. Germain, and her views on the role of a brand ambassador.New Ventures: Explore Lynnette's current projects, including her work with Aplós, a functional spirits company, and her collaboration with Jennifer Lopez on the ready-to-drink cocktail line, Delola.Masterclass Experience: Get behind-the-scenes insights into Lynnette's collaboration with Ryan Chetiyawardana on their masterclass, emphasizing classic cocktail techniques and innovative approaches.Keywords: Cocktail Academy Podcast, Lynnette Marrero, mixology, bartending, Speed Rack, women in bartending, cocktail competitions, brand ambassador, Jennifer Lopez, Delola, Aplós, modern mixology, cocktail recipes, hospitality industry, New York bars, Flatiron Lounge, Dale DeGroff, Julie Reiner, Sasha Petraske, functional spirits, masterclass, Ryan Chetiyawardana.Connect with Us:Follow Lynnette Marrero on Instagram or her website to stay updated with her latest projects.Follow Us on Instagram, Tiktok or FacebookEnjoyed this episode? Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to The Cocktail Academy Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Share your favorite moments from this episode on social media using #CocktailAcademyPodcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever wondered what happens when a pop icon teams up with a master mixologist? Jennifer Lopez and Lynnette Marrero bring their unique talents together to create Delola, a line of Ready to Enjoy (RTE) cocktails that blend artistry and accessibility. While the brand already boasts expressions like its Paloma Rosa, Bella Berry and L'Orange Spritz, they have just added a new flavour to the sable in the form of a Light Margarita. We talk to Marrero about flavour, low ABV and what star power adds to a brandFor more information on Delola, go to http://delolalife.com

On this edition of THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST, hosts Jonathan & Jeffrey Pogash talk cocktail speed, style, and substance with hospitality legends Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix, co-founders of Speed Rack, a global all-women bartending competition that has raised over $1.5 million for charities supporting breast cancer research, and coauthors—with Megan Krigbaum—of A QUICK DRINK, a new book that elevates home cocktailing while advancing the cause of women's breast health. All brought to you by Barrel Room Chronicles and The Cocktail Guru Shop, now selling fine spirits. THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST is produced by 1st Reel Entertainment and distributed by EatsDrinksTV, a service of the Center for Culinary Culture—Home of The Cocktail Collection, and is available wherever fine podcasts can be heard. The Center for Culinary Culture—Telling the Story of Food & Drink…One Taste at a Time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecocktailgurupodcast/message

Ivy Mix & Lynnette Marrero, founders of the Speed Rack bartending competition and authors of "A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails for Any Mood", share stories behind the drinks in their newly released first book as well as the heartwarming impact of their initiative

Hosts Bridget Albert and Julie Milroy welcome back Lynnette Marrero - Co-Founder of Speed Rack, MasterClass host, award-winning bartender, Liquid Creative Director for Aplós, & Chief Mixologist for Delola

You know about RTDs, but what about RTEs? Lynnette Marrero returns to the Bar Hacks podcast, dialing in from a very cool hybrid restaurant-work concept in Cincinnati to talk about Delola, the recently launched premium ready-to-enjoy cocktail brand. The House of Delola was founded by Jennifer Lopez with the mission of launching premium, sophisticated RTE cocktails. The core lineup consists of three spritzes crafted in collaboration with bartending, mixology, and hospitality icon Lynnette Marrero. A truly collaborative effort, Lynnette created bold yet refreshing spritzes that resonate with JLo's party personality, Lola. Delola L'Orange Spritz is unique in the RTD space as it's crafted with amaro. Lynnette's Delola "baby," Bella Berry Spritz, is made with vodka. And Paloma Rosa Spritz uses premium tequila as its base. Not just another celebrity spirits brand, Delola is as hardworking as JLo and Lynnette. Consider the labor issues facing operators and then consider what three RTEs can do to save time while generating revenue and elevating the guest experience. To learn more about Delola, visit the website and connect on Instagram. To keep up with Lynnette Marrero, visit her website and be sure to give her a follow. She always has something (or several somethings) going on and you don't to miss out. For example, as Lynnette mentions on this episode, there's also her collaboration on a non-alcohol brand, Aplós. Connect with the Bar Hacks podcast on Instagram and Twitter, and with host David Klemt on Instagram. Cheers!

This one is a special proud Canadian moment for me, when we have world class talent come to our country and be blown away with the talent, it means so much to me for them to see what I am grateful to see daily. Check out Lynnette, Tim and Dennis's perspective on the way Canadian's prepare for globals. Share a dram with the hospitality industry's top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality'—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between. “Tales of the Cocktail” - Top 10 Best Broadcast or Podcast (2020). New episodes posted every Tuesday and Friday. Brought to you by ⁠www.soolehospitality.com⁠ FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole ⁠https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/⁠ Soole Hospitality Concepts ⁠https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/⁠ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - ⁠https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole⁠ FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGgDDJZM7HvJiQCaqmXEVNA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/post-shift/message

Speed Rack is an exclusively all-women high-speed bartending competition, designed to highlight up-and-coming self-identifying females in the cocktail industry. In this Short, its Founder, Lynnette Marrero shares the story of how it all started. Sign Up to become a Diageo Bar Academy Member: https://bit.ly/3SFn5X5 Test Your Bar Knowledge With E-Learning: https://bit.ly/3gD7NEU Follow Diageo Bar Academy on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3SHLhba Follow Diageo Bar Academy on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3gMzUBR You must be over legal purchase age to listen.Any opinions or views expressed in this podcast are the guest's own and do not represent those of Diageo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2011, New York City bartenders Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix joined forces to launch Speed Rack(@speed_rack), a women's bartending competition that would raise funds for charities supporting breast cancer research. For this episode, we talk with the duo about what they've learned over the course of more than a decade of producing Speed Rack, the charity beneficiaries they're proud to support, and the upcoming Season 10 national finals (and Speed Rack Redemption competition) taking place July 24 in New Orleans.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe. 

Lynnette (Twitter, Instagram) got her start at the Flatiron Lounge. She has worked in many capacities across the industry and most recently ran the bar program at the Llama Inn and Llama San. Alongside bartender Ivy Mix, she co-founded Speed Rack, an all-female high-speed bartending competition designed to highlight up-and-coming women and raises money for breast cancer. She is the head of education for Bar Convent Brooklyn and is one of two bartenders featured on Masterclass, the other being Ryan Chetiyawardana (aka Mr. Lyan). In 2021, Lynnette was voted "the bartender's bartender" at The World's 50 Best Bars award show. Industry resources: Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation, Another Round Another Rally, Southern Smoke, USBGPisco varietals: Capurro, Macchu Pisco & La diablada, SUYOPisco cocktails: Pisco Sour, Pisco PunchPeople mentioned: Kelsey Ramage on art and design, Amanda Elder on digital menus, Dale Degroff, David Wondrich, Audrey Saunders, Julie Reiner, Gaz Regan. Terms you may not know: Grappa (an Italian grape-based wine), Shochu (a Japanese spirit that can be made from a host of items like sweet potato, barley, rice, and more), Bacanora (an agave distillate from the Mexican state of Sonora), Sotol (a distillate from a plant called the desert spoon. While the plant is not part of the agave family, it's flavor can be mistaken for a mezcal). Barrel aging cocktails This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingcocktails.substack.com

Want to know what it takes the become a master cocktailian? Lynnette Marrero gives her expert advice on mastering basic cocktails and harnessing creativity to develop unique serves. Listen to find out how you can build your skills! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Pisco Sour offers a velvet, refreshing intro to the stunningly complex world of Pisco. Lynnette Marrero leads us on an exploration of both spirit and drink in today's episode, and shares her tips on how to master the iconic cocktail. Listen on (or read below) to discover Lynnette's Pisco Sour recipe — and don't forget to subscribe! Lynnette Marrero's Pisco Sour Recipe Ingredients - 1 ounce cane simple syrup (2:1) - ½ ounce fresh lemon juice - ½ ounce fresh lime juice - 2 ounces pisco, ideally acholado or quebranta - 1 egg white - Garnish: Angostura bitters Directions 1. Add all ingredients (minus Angostura) to a Boston shaker and dry shake without ice until all ingredients are well incorporated. 2. Add ice and shake until chilled. 3. Strain half of the cocktail into a chilled coupe glass. Allow to settle for a moment, then slowly top with the rest of the drink. 4. Garnish with a few dashes of Angostura bitters. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yes, it's a biggie. My 200th episode, and who should join me but one of the biggest names in cocktails and my constant companion during the lockdown, Lynnette Marrero. 199 episodes ago, I had a mic and “bottom's up” to end the show. Now we have reached the 200th episode - I have a mic, bottoms up, and 199 episodes of Lush Life Podcast! This is due to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved with A Lush Life Manual and Lush Life podcast, especially my producer Evo Terra who was with me when Lush Life was in the idea stage and who has remained my work partner throughout my Lush Life Journey. Everyone who sat across from me has become part of the Lush Life family. I've been inspired by all their stories and lucky enough to have tasted some of the best drinks in the world thanks to their time and generosity.  Of course, there would be no show if you didn't listen to it, and I thank you for tuning in every Tuesday! Planning my 200th episode was easy; I spent my lockdown with Lynnette Marrero. For those of you who don't know her. Where do I even begin?  Her bio is longer than this entire podcast. She began her career working at the Flatiron Lounge in NYC alongside Julie Reiner and has worked as a bartender, senior bartender, bar consultant, and Rum Ambassador for Diageo.  She is now the Bar Director at Brooklyn hotspot The Llama Inn and the newly opened Llama San. She's won tons of awards for her work, including the James Beard Award as one of America's Leading Female Mixologists in 2009. She's received the Tales of the Cocktails' Spirited Awards for World's Best Bar Mentors and the inaugural Philanthropy Award with co-founder Ivy Mix for their work in Speed Rack.  She most recently won the Altos Bartenders' Bartender Award 2021. The award is voted for by a group of bartenders who are asked to name one peer who pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a great bartender.  How did I spend lockdown with her - well, Marrero launched the https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1505449&u=1841099&m=62509&urllink=&afftrack= (Masterclass.com) Mixology platform in March 2020, just as the world went insane, helping home bartenders live life one cocktail at a time. How could I not have her on the program?   Our cocktail of the week is Lynnette's Clara Bow: INGREDIENTS  ½ ounce Grenadine ½ ounce St. Germain elderflower liqueur ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice 1 ½ ounces bourbon 5–6 mint leaves Mint sprig, for garnish METHOD Add all of the ingredients to a shaker Add ice Shake, shake, shake Double strain into a coupe glass Garnish with the mint sprig If you want to make the grenadine from scratch, then head to this recipe at https://alushlifemanual.com/ (alushlifemanual.com), where you'll find even more recipes and all the ingredients in our shop. ----- Become a supporter of A Lush Life Manual for as little as $5 - all you have to do is go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lushlife (buymeacoffee.com/lushlife). Lush Life Merchandise is https://www.redbubble.com/people/alushlifemanual (here) - we're talking t-shirts, mugs, iPhone covers, duvet covers, iPad covers, and more covers for everything! And more!  Produced by https://podcastlaunch.pro (Simpler Media) Follow us on https://twitter.com/alushlifemanual (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/alushlifemanual/ (Instagram) Get great cocktail ideas on https://www.pinterest.co.uk/alushlifemanual/ (Pinterest) New episodes every Tuesday, usually!!

Speed Rack co-founders Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero come on the podcast to talk about breast cancer awareness and the role the all-female high-speed bartending competition plays in raising money for breast cancer research. Mix and Marrero also share their thoughts on nurturing work cultures that promote women, creating venues that are safe for female guests and staff, how to approach mentorship, their favorite spirits, and more. Connect with Ivy Mix, Lynnette Marrero, and Speed Rack on Instagram, and check out Leyenda, Fiasco! Wine + Spirits, Llama Inn, and Llama San. Be sure to connect with host David Klemt on Instagram, and follow the Bar Hacks IG too. Cheers!

It's hard enough to make a round of four delicious classic cocktails on a slow night for a couple of regulars. Now imagine trying to make them on stage in front of a screaming crowd for a group of prestigious judges prepared to critique them—out loud. This scenario, which is the stuff of nightmares for many, describes the global and charitable all-female cocktail competition Speed Rack. It's not all about creating perfectly crafted cocktails in record time: The efforts of the bartenders competing in this ultra-challenging test of speed and accuracy help raise funds for breast cancer research. It has raised more than a million dollars in its ten years. On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, Speed Rack co-founders Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero join co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum to look back on the competition's first decade, how it has evolved and what its future holds. (Mix's twin sister Tess Mix works for the Daily Beast.) So fix yourself a cocktail and listen to this episode of Life Behind Bars. Cheers!Life Behind Bars features Half Full's editor Noah Rothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich as they discuss the greatest bartenders and greatest cocktails of all time. It won the 2018 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for the world's best drinks podcast.Edited by Alex Skjong See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s Women’s History Month, and on this episode we’ll be celebrating with not one, not two, but THREE amazing women from Zacapa Rum: Master Blender Lorena Vásquez; Global Brand Ambassador Chef Grace Ramirez; and the brand’s resident mixologist Lynnette Marrero. Also, Dan unveils his grand plan for launching a signature booze brand, and info on how to mask up and help the bartending community by doing so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach speaks with Speed Rack co-founder Lynnette Marrero about the organization's many educational and informational opportunities during Women's History Month. Please send suggestions or requests for future Conversations to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosts Bridget Albert & Julie Milroy welcome Lynnette Marrero - award-winning bar director & co-founder of Speed Rack.

Hosts Bridget Albert & Julie Milroy welcome Lynnette Marrero - award-winning bar director & co-founder of Speed Rack.

We are back with our Super Bowl preview edition! It is so nice to be back with you making shows again after our schedule got thrown off the past few months. We are back in a big way this week though leading up to the Super Bowl.  We start with our buddy Raphael Esparza at 9:00 minutes to break down the sports betting angle. This guy is always loaded with info plus a ton of prop bets for the game.  Then after we make our picks at the 47:00 mark we are joined by Lynnette Marrero. She's a master mixologist and bartender who has partnered with Teremana Tequila to bring you some fantastic cocktails for your Super Bowl Party. See the recipes below.  As always thanks for listening and don't forget to tell your friends!  Tampa Bay Pirate Party2 oz Teremana Blanco .75 oz Lime Juice .75 oz Orange Juice .5 oz Passion Fruit Syrup  .25 oz Grenadine Shake all ingredients and dump into a Hurricane Glass. Garnish with half the discarded lime shell, smoking cinnamon stick & a pirate flag!  Kansas City BBQ Sour2 oz Teremana Reposado 1 oz Lemon Juice .5 oz Cloudy Apple Juice  .25 oz Maple Syrup  1 healthy tsp Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce Shake and strain into a double old fashioned glass. Garnish with lemon wheel, apple fan & cracked pepper. Serve on the side of your choice of BBQ meal! 

She's an expert in her field, award-winning bartender, mixologist and philanthropist Lynnette Marrero chats with Trish about how she propelled herself in this male-dominated industry. She's currently teaching a MasterClass on the fundamentals of mixology, helping home bartenders make a better drink. She talks about the steps it took to get to where she is, how she helped create "Speed Rack," an event shining a spotlight on female mixologists while raising money for women's programs, and in a fun twist, Lynnette shakes up a cocktail for us and delivers a ton of education a long the way.

If anyone knows what goes into making a great cocktail, it's Lynette Marrero, award-winning bartender, mixologist, and philanthropist who is often regarded as a pioneer in the cocktail space. To help us kick off Season 2 of On The Pass, Lynette joins us to talk about her formative years spending summers in Puerto Rico, to her transition from the musical theatre stage to behind the bar post 9/11. She shares her process in pairing cocktails with food and her approach to working closely with chefs to develop a best in class cocktail experience. -- like the ones she created at Llama San and Llama Inn in Manhattan and Brooklyn. We also dive into Speed Rack, a non-profit competition for female bartenders she co-founded to champion women in the space while raising almost a million dollars for cancer research.  For more info on Lynnette and her non-profit Speed Rack: https://www.lynnettemarrero.com https://www.speed-rack.com

Industry luminaries Lynnette Marrero and Jessica Gonzalez join Greg and Sother to talk about their latest adventures upstate with Wonderbar Beacon and Dutch’s Spirits and what it’s like to only kind of trade in the New York City hustle.Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 

My guest today left her performance career off Broadway to give it a go in the cocktail world. Beverage Director at Llama Inn, Teacher at Masterclass, Owner of Drinksat6, President of Lupec NYC, and she is the co-creator of Speed Rack, an all-female bartending competition. of speed and accuracy. In 2019 she was honored by The James Beard Awards as one of the America's leading female mixologists. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/davide-martins/support

Have you ever wondered the driving force behind Speed Rack to take it from a humble idea to a worldwide phenom? We have a chat with the dynamic duo behind the competition, the early days, the global success and the future. Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week. Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/ Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/post-shift/message

“If you don’t see representation of someone who looks like you, it’s difficult to see yourself in that position,” said Emma Walker, the master blender responsible for Jane Walker by Johnnie Walker and a panelist at the Craftswomen event hosted by the spirits powerhouse Diageo earlier this year to celebrate the makers behind some of the world’s best spirits. We’re bringing you the panel, recorded live at the High Line Hotel in NYC earlier this year, as a special episode of Radio Cherry Bombe. The other spirits superstars you’ll hear from: Eboni Major, a whiskey blender and food scientist at Bulleit Frontier Whiskey; United States Bartenders Guild 2019 Bartender of the year Katie Renshaw; and Lynnette Marrero, co-founder of the Speed Rack bartending competition and a MasterClass instructor. Don’t miss this conversation about community, collaboration, and visibility. Thank you to Jane Walker by Johnnie Walker for supporting our show. And find out why Bombesquad member Meaghan Dorman, bar director for Dear Irving and Raines Law Room in NYC, thinks Kellie Thorn, beverage director of Hugh Acheson Restaurants in Atlanta, is the Bombe!

Zach interviews Lynnette Marrero, co-founder of Speed Rack, bar director at New York's Llama San and Llama Inn, and founding board member of the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation about shuttering her restaurants, trying to keep a cocktail competition alive, and online teachings and trainings. Please send any suggestions or requests for future Conversations to podcast@vinepair.com. Thank you for listening, and be well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hear from Lynnette Marrero, from the Masterclass on Mixology. Lynnette joins us from New York and shares how she and her team are dealing during this intense time. With over 15-Million restaurant workers in the United States her hope is during this time the economy begins to understand the importance of these workers and their impact on the economy and on hospitality. She's launched an auction site to support her team and is focusing a lot of her energy into her foundation.  Listen now!  About Lynnette: Co-Founder Speed Rack Bar Director LLama Inn, Brooklyn Food and Wine + Fortune’s Top Women in Food and Drink 2015 Wine Enthusiast Mixologist of the Year 2016 Tales of the Cocktail Philanthropy Award Speed Rack 2019 Tales of the Cocktail Best Bar Mentor 2019

For our 2nd anniversary, we feature Lynnette Marrero: co-founder of Speed Rack, former musical theatre actor, veteran of the NYC cocktail scene, & recipient of the Tales of the Cocktail Mentor Award in 2019. Yea, she's pretty rad. Daiquiri time playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xUN9Ve4kvXabonkA48EfQ

Special guests John deBary, Michael Remaley, and Lynnette Marrero! The team behind the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation are back on HRN Happy Hour to celebrate Negroni Week – A Drink for your Cause and observe the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Plus, it's a very special birthday celebration for Michael! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate HRN Happy Hour is powered by Simplecast.

Lynnette Marrero has earned entry into the esteemed Tales of the Cocktail's "Hall of Dames"; a loving moniker dedicated to the work of great women in the hospitality industry. Her interest in the human condition, art, music, and helping others has resulted in some of the best collaborations the hospitality industry has seen. For many women, the ability to compete in Speed Rack, one of Lynnette's many project, is enlightening and introspective. Further, as an educator, Lynnette's work unearths what might be otherwise the lost history of powerful women breaking boundaries in hospitality. What's next? And where can we take inclusivity? We chat the 20's, singing, Puerto Rico, and more.

Get the featured cocktail recipe: When in Peru...We Tamarind Pioneer. Philanthropist. Co-Founder of “Speed Rack.” Lynette is widely regarded as one of the foremost talented mixologists in the industry. From the beginning, she’s been breaking the glass ceiling and making room for her fellow female bartenders to excel. In 2011, she co-founded "Speed Rack," a national cocktail competition for female bartenders that annually donates $100,000 to breast cancer charities. With a goal to promote female bartenders and distillers while supporting women's-based charities with a women-only cocktail competition, we are honored to support their efforts and offer a toast to their success. Thirsty? Make your favorite DDS recipe and enjoy this episode. Then make sure you subscribe, download and review to let us know what you think of the show!

SpeeRack Houston was a super fun event that had a packed house that was there for a fun and exiting event! The ladies of SpeedRack delivered! Congratulations to Sarah Troxel from Houston who got a very decisive win and an amazing performance! SpeedRack continues its tour through the United States in Denver, Seatle, Boston, D.C. and culminating in Chicago at the Chicago Style cocktail conference in May 2019. This past weekend’s brunch at Lucille’s has me thinking about going back this weekend! This is a spot that has an important Texas story with some killer french toast!

A girlfriend of mine was at some swanky bar where, in lieu of a cocktail menu, bartenders would ask you what you like and then concoct the perfect beverage. My girlfriend described her drink preferences, adding, “I don’t like vermouth.” “Oh,” the bartender replied. “I bet you do, but you haven’t had it in the right drink.” She reiterated her aversion but the bartender slipped the fortified wine in anyway. Immediately, she recognized the flavor, confirming her distaste for the stuff. Whenever she recounts this story, we commiserate about how these situations come up all the time. Guys think we don’t know what we like. The post Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero: Introducing the All-girls Boozy Competition appeared first on On The Dot Woman.

247 Today on the show we talk Ilias Mastroganis, who makes Mastroganis Ouzo and Grappa out in Washington State.   Book of the Week: Road Soda Recipes and Techniques for Making Great Drinks Anywhere by our friend Kara Newman. This is a fun little book about making drinks in Planes, Trains and Hotel Rooms, or wherever you might be. Every year TOTC runs a competition to determine the official drink of the year for Tales. There is a cash price. They award the prize at the yearly Toast to Tales which is the official kick off of the event. This year the theme is the French 75. Enter here. Our sponsor this week is Shaker and Spoon cocktail club. They’ll send you a box of great ingredients every month – enough to make 4 portions each of 3 great craft cocktails. You just need to pick up one bottle of whatever spirit is called for that month. These are all original recipes sourced from awesome bartenders all around the US like our friend Cocktail Guru Jonathan Pogash, Souther Teige, Pam Wiz and lots more. The next box is the Rum Wild box. Order by March 31 and you can get in on this. If you use the coupon code “Bartender” you’ll save $20! If you don’t get your order in on time, don’t worry, shaker and spoon will be doing another box next month! It’s a great way to open your cocktail making horizons. Each box comes with all the syrups, bitters, garnishes, mixers, citrus you need to make some delicious craft cocktails. Plus you get recipe cards for each drink. The boxes are put together by Mike and Anna in Brooklyn and shipped out to you monthly. You can always skip a box if you prefer.   Go over to shakerandspoon.com – there are lots of great how-to videos to check out there and I hope you’ll sign up for Shaker and Spoon cocktail club and save $20 and show your support for this show by using the coupon code “Bartender”!   I went to a couple interesting events this week put on by our friend Walter Easterbrook and sponsored by Woodford Reserve. It was called Beyond the Bar. There was a life coach - Tom Summers, a really smart business woman named Natalie Freihon and Lynnette Marrero. Walter is going to continue this series with small sessions of 10-12 bartenders where they will have interaction with the top professionals - Finance -Personal branding - PR media  -Wellness and more If you are in the NY area and want to get in on this, let me know and I’ll get you hooked up. Shoot me an email at brian@bartenderjourney.net   Besides being the Woodford Reserve brand ambassador, Walter has a company called the Bowery Collective. One of the Bowery Collecitve’s biggest event of the year is Arte Agave. But in the meantime, put this date on your calendar if you are or can be in the NY Area Friday June 16. It’s a very cool event held at the beautiful Bowery Hotel in Manhattan. Its a “Unique celebration of fine agave spirits and Arts and Entertainment, inspired by the richness of Latino Culture”. Cocktail of the Week: El Diablo 1½ oz. reposado tequila ½ oz. crème de cassis ½ oz. fresh lime juice 2–3 oz. ginger beer If this show has helped you out, entertained you, informed you, please consider supporting Bartender Journey with a small monthly pledge to our Patreon Campaign. Please follow Bartender Journey on Instagram @BartenderJourney Toast of the Week: Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and the world laughs at you.

On today's episode of All in the Industry, host Shari Bayer is joined by Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix, co-founders of Speed Rack, a national cocktail competition featuring top female bartenders. Both Lynnette and Ivy are nationally acclaimed, NYC-based mixologists. Lynnette is responsible for the cocktail and spirits program at Brooklyn’s Llama Inn where she has combined her love of rum and south American spirits with native Peruvian flavors. She was honored in 2009 by the James Beard Foundation as one of "America's Leading Female Mixologists". Ivy is the co-owner of pan-Latin cocktail bar Leyenda in Brooklyn and in 2015, she was named best American bartender at Tales of the Cocktail. Today's show also features a PR tip, Speed Round game, Industry News, and Shari's Solo Dining experience at chef Floyd Cardoz's The Bombay Bread Bar in NYC. Listen at Heritage Radio, iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. Follow us @allindustry All in the Industry is powered by Simplecast

The Speedrack Northeast semi-finals took place at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens NY on January 7, 2018. This is the 7th season of this great event. Speed Rack, was founded in 2011 by Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero. This from speed-rack.com: “The service industry can sometime be thought of as a man’s world. "Mix and Marrero have been able to shine a spotlight on female mixologists thriving behind bars around the country; and while they are at it, raise money for breast cancer research, education, and prevention. “The idea was to create a cocktail competition for the ladies -one that celebrated women, was created by women and supported women; in and out of the spirits industry. In their first year, Speed Rack met over 200 bartenders across the country and raised over $69,000.” That was the first year. This is now the 7th season of Speedrack! The competition is held in cities all over the country with the final held this year on May 8, 2018 in Chicago. We really encourage you to attend, volunteer or even enter the competition. It is such a fun time. Its like a rock concert for Bartenders! The brand sponsors have tables set up all around the venue offering cocktails and samples of their products. For Dry January, our friend Mimi Bernham made a delicious N/A punch with Perfect Puree ingredients. Perfect Puree makes great pureed products, mostly fruit, which are awesome in cocktails. The Carmelized Pineapple is one of my favorites! Perfect Puree is really good about shipping samples btw. This is for foodservice professionals only, but they will ship some frozen samples to your bar or restaurant if you go to their website. Cocktail of the Week: January Punch  Courtesy of Mimi Bernham 40 oz water  7 Rosehip Tea bags (Onno Behrends Brand)  24 oz The Perfect Puree Prickly Pear  18 oz Ginger Beer 1 6 oz seltzer  12 oz pure Acai Juice  5 oz lemon juice  3 oz grapefruit juice  3 tablespoons Sorghum Syrup Method: Allow tea bags to steep for 40 minutes.  Squeeze tea bags, and discard.  Combine lemon juice and sorghum syrup and shake well to thoroughly blend.  Add all ingredients, except for the Ginger beer & seltzer, to a punch bowl and stir to blend.  Add seltzer and ginger beer, and gently stir as to keep some bubbles.  Add ice to chill the punch;  Make an ice ring with rosemary, lemon wheels and fresh cranberries. The aromatics from the ice ring further enhance the punch.  Makes approximately 3.5 liters of punch Mimi was our guest on Bartender Journey #161 To attend speedrack its only $25 (or $30 at the door), 100% of which goes to 9 different Breast Cancer charities. According to the speedrack website, approximately $100k is now donated each year. You can also go as a volunteer. The format of the competition is this: In each city 8 ladies are chosen to compete in the semi-final. It’s a round robin format, so in the first round the ladies are on stage 2 at a time in 4 heats. There are 4 that move on, and again they compete 2 at a time until there are 2 left for the final. There are 4 judges who call out what drink they would like. Both competitors are making all 4 drinks per round. Like it says in the title Speedrack, its all about speed. The ladies are timed. In one round Becca Pesce was up against Samantha Casuga. Both ladies Bartend at Dead Rabbit. Becca is our good friend from USBG NY. Becca also works for Angel’s Envy as a Whiskey Guardian, as they call their Brand Ambassadors. The 2 bars are on the big stage and the contestants build their round of drinks as quickly as possible. And these are not simple drinks! There are drinks like the Lion’s Tail, the Cooper Union and the El Diablo. At least it’s a finite list – the competitors are given a list ahead of time of possible cocktails they may be asked to make. And taste counts too! The judges can add penalty time based on taste, presentation, technique etc. Becca won her first round, but unfortunately Becca her next round to Haley Traub. Haley moved on to the final round. As I record this in mid January 2018 there are 4 dates still to come, plus the final in Chicago. The 4 remaining semi-finals are in New Orleans, Phoenix, Washington D.C. and Boston. Book of the Week: Julie Reiner was one of the judges. She wrote: The Craft Cocktail Party: Delicious Drinks for Every Occasion I spoke to Julie way back in 2015 at Tales of the Cocktail. In the final round Celeste “Lucky” Dittanmo of Whistle & Tins in Maplewood NJ was up against Haley Traub of Dutch Kills in Queens. Haley was victorious and moves on to the finals in Chicago. I hope you’ll attend, volunteer or compete. All the info is on speed-rack.com and there are lots of videos on facebook – just search for speedrack (one word - no space). I hope you checked out the previous episode of Bartender Journey. Podcast #239 is all about the Classic Daiquiri. I spent a lot of time on that episode and I think it came out pretty good, if I do say so myself! So please go back and listen to that one if you haven’t already. Toast: Here’s to God’s first thought, “Man”! Here’s to God’s second thought, “Woman”! Second thoughts are always best, So here’s to Woman!

My guests on today's show are Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero, the badass founders of Speed Rack. If you don't know it, Speed Rack is an international cocktail competition featuring female bartender, it benefits charities that combat breast cancer, it's heading into its seventh season, and has raised over $600,000 to-date to fight breast cancer. Pretty amazing stuff! These ladies are a force to be reckoned with!

Lynnette Marrero is a leader in the cocktail world--star mixologist, now at the Llama Inn in Brooklyn, consultant, co-founder of Speed Rack, a national all-female cocktail competition now in 11 cities. As a leader in a male dominated industry, she has stayed true to herself and thrived. In today's podcast, hear how Marrero found her voice and has helped countless others find theirs. And as a bonus, a round up of the best cocktail cities in the world.

We taste Cinco Vodka and talk about San Antonio Cocktail Conference 2016. Featuring awesome interviews with Pamela Wiznitzer of Seamstress and Lynnette Marrero of Speed Rack! Download Episode 74. If you enjoy the show, please tell us so and write an iTunes review! Thank you!

Bartending's dynamic duo, Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix, created Speed-Rack, the largest female bartending competition in the USA and now expanding overseas. Speed Rack has raised over $250,000 for breast cancer charities. Steve Vuylsteke, is CEO of SakéOne, the only American operated sake brewery focused exclusively on premium sake in Oregon's wine rich Willamette Valley, and importer of some of Japan's finest saké. Steve Vuylstedky This show is broadcast live on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network http://www.talk4media.com/).

Meet Lauren Kamen and Christine Irvin, Founders of the Alloro Collection, a stylish clothing line for breast cancer survivors, and renowned bartenders Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero, Founders of Speed Rack, an international competition for women bartenders which has raised over $250,000 for breast cancer charitiesThis show is broadcast live on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Speed Rack is a national cocktail competition featuring top female bartenders in key cocktail markets, putting them head to head in round robin style timed and judged challenges. It is the first competition to highlight the up and coming generation of strong women in the spirits industry. 100% of the proceeds from the events they produce goes to breast cancer education, prevention and research. On this week’s episode of In the Drink, tune in as Joe Campanale chats with the ladies behind the competition, Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero. Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini, who will be a judge at Speed Rack, also joins the show to explain how he will be critically tasting the drinks at the competition. Find out how Speed Rack started, what makes it so unique, and tune in for a special on-air cocktail! This program was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. “It was hard for a woman to become a ‘mixologist’ because we look stupid in suspenders and can’t grow a mustache!” [18:00] –Ivy Mix on In the Drink