Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This is a special episode to round off 2025 where I have picked 12 clips from 12 of my favourite conversations over the past 12 months to share with you. If you’re new to the show or have missed some episodes these clips might inspire you to explore some other episodes. If you’re a Curious Bartender Podcast pro then I hope you will appreciate some of this year’s best moments as I see it.
I would like to take this moment to thank all of the guests who have come on the show this year. You have all brought something to the conversation and enriched the show in unique ways.
But what a year it has been - we are now amongst the top 2% audio podcasts in the world and top 1% most shared podcasts - and that doesn’t account for YouTube.
Thank you to you too - the viewer - I appreciate all of your comments and feedback, words of support and criticism (sometimes). The show will continue to evolve and improve and that can only happen with your help.
So if you’re not already subscribed, may I suggest you do that now. I already have a fantastic selection of guests queued up for the coming year - beginning next week with one of the biggest names in bars and bartending of the last 10 years - it’s going to be awesome.
00:00 Sandor Katz – The History of Fermentation
03:00 Serge Valentin – Are We Taking Whisky too Seriously?
05:25 Tony Cecchini – How the Cosmopolitan Was Invented
21:20 Harold McGee – That Magic of Salt & Seasoning
24:25 Jeffrey Morgenthaler – How To Start a Trend
28:16 Jared Brown & Anastasia Miller – The Origins of Distillation
31:44 Kevin Armstrong – Souring Agents in Cocktails
34:17 Dave Broom – On Writing and Researching
37:46 Henrietta Lovell – Where Does Tea Come From?
40:56 David Mabberley – Is Citrus Doomed?
44:11 Luca Gargano – Haiti and Clairin
50:14 Megs Miller – Exploring Agave Species for Wellness
📷 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/tristanstephenson
📚 I've written quite a few books on spirits and cocktails - thecuriousbartender.com
This is a special episode to round off 2025 where I have picked 12 clips from 12 of my favourite conversations over the past 12 months to share with you. If you’re new to the show or have missed some episodes these clips might inspire you to explore some other episodes. If you’re a Curious Bartender Podcast pro then I hope you will appreciate some of this year’s best moments as I see it.
I would like to take this moment to thank all of the guests who have come on the show this year. You have all brought something to the conversation and enriched the show in unique ways.
But what a year it has been - we are now amongst the top 2% audio podcasts in the world and top 1% most shared podcasts - and that doesn’t account for YouTube.
Thank you to you too - the viewer - I appreciate all of your comments and feedback, words of support and criticism (sometimes). The show will continue to evolve and improve and that can only happen with your help.
So if you’re not already subscribed, may I suggest you do that now. I already have a fantastic selection of guests queued up for the coming year - beginning next week with one of the biggest names in bars and bartending of the last 10 years - it’s going to be awesome.
00:00 Sandor Katz – The History of Fermentation
03:00 Serge Valentin – Are We Taking Whisky too Seriously?
05:25 Tony Cecchini – How the Cosmopolitan Was Invented
21:20 Harold McGee – That Magic of Salt & Seasoning
24:25 Jeffrey Morgenthaler – How To Start a Trend
28:16 Jared Brown & Anastasia Miller – The Origins of Distillation
31:44 Kevin Armstrong – Souring Agents in Cocktails
34:17 Dave Broom – On Writing and Researching
37:46 Henrietta Lovell – Where Does Tea Come From?
40:56 David Mabberley – Is Citrus Doomed?
44:11 Luca Gargano – Haiti and Clairin
50:14 Megs Miller – Exploring Agave Species for Wellness
📷 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/tristanstephenson
📚 I've written quite a few books on spirits and cocktails - thecuriousbartender.com
