Adam O'Donnell, Co-Owner of Jive Turkey in Las Vegas, returns to Pouring Stories for our second episode of season 2. Like at his and Sam's bar "Jive Turkey", Adam is back on the podcast to push boundaries! The conversation goes from shooters and gendered ordering to the history of the Old Fashioned and Luxardo cherries. All along Adam uses his shocking sense of humor to surprise the host G. There is a lot of playful word jousting but at the end you know, this is just how two good friends, show their love.

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00:00 Introducing Adam O'Donnell

01:58 A Jabroni vs A Giambrone

02:40 Cement Mixer…

05:48 An Old Fashioned Argument

08:55 Season 2 changes... ANGELO!

11:00 An education on Luxardo & Perla Dry!

15:00 Gendered P-Mix (men vs. women ordering trends)

17:30 Shumaker deserves better!

19:50 “Other People’s Property” at Jive Turkey

22:08 Saturday Morning Cartoons NotJustABartender

23:26 Building Cocktail Menus

26:55 THE COSTS OF OWNERSHIP

29:45 “Irrealistic” IS IT A WORD? P1

30:40 Does lime go in a Pina Colada?

32:15 "Irrealistic" P233:10 Picking Rum

34:20 "Irrealistic" P3

35:31 Recipe: The piña COLADA (Scarface)

36:55 Ferraro’s Cardamom Saffron tincture

39:55 “Even when they’re bad, they’re still good”

41:15 Finishing The drink

43:43 “oooh weee, I think we got something here”

44:50 Liquid Alchemist

47:21 How to make a cocktail

50:25 What makes a “Dive Bar”?

52:25 Tiki Bars

53:00 Cannibalizing Bramare (Allegedly)

55:10 Dives vs Tiki P2

57:00 Stereotypes

57:55 Dives P3 dives vs sports bars

1:00:00 Jive’s Chicken Sandwich.

1:08:00 Malort

1:11:07 Refused Icing

1:15:10

1:15:57 icing p2 end

1:16:501:18:00 Nocturno

1:20:00 Adam’s dessert island food - Burger

1:20:43 Bar Bohem's burger

1:21:50 “fuck your for icing me” P3

1:24:13 Cocktails “oh Malort”

Blacking Out

Recipe

Bastardized piña colada

2.00 oz pineapple

1.00 oz coconut

0.50 oz Fernet Branca

0.50 oz Planteray Pineapple Stiggins

0.50 oz Lemon Hart & Sons 151 Rum

0.25 oz Fresh Lime Juice

This Old Fashioned

2.50 oz Old Forester 100 prrof

0 .25oz simple syrup

3 dash Angostura bitters

2 dash Orange bitters

G- Orange peel & Cherry

Combine all ingredients in mixing glass, add ice, stir, strain over large cube. Express orange over cocktail and a cherry pick for garnish

Pouring Stories Season 2 Episode 1

Heidi Wiest, Master Hair Stylist, Sound Healer, and founder of Wyld Kī®, joins the Pouring Stories Podcast for our first episode of season 2. Heidi speaks to her over 25 years of experience in beauty and personal care, drinking expensive “cat coffee”, & enjoying good tequila, all while desperately seeking a decent Skinny Margarita! During the episode we test tequila's for additives, talk about the alleged shady practices of some brands, tattoo care, and G gets Heidi's personal touch with her product Ignite! As the drinks go down, the conversation ramps up in this hilariously good time!

00:00 Intro Heidi Wiest Teaser

00:20 Skinny Margaritas

01:45 Wyld Ki and Sound Healing

04:11 Skinny Margaritas p2

08:10 Sound Healing

09:48 Wyld Ki Dear Tallow

12:20 Men and Skin Care

15:25 Additives in Tequila

21:30 Tattoo Care

30:40 Routines & The Key To Sex-ess!

32:00 Comparing Tequilas

37:08 Side Sippin’ great Tequila

42:00 Quality vs. Hype

44:00 Tito’s will never sponsor us!

48:40 Allegedly!

52:52 G isn't an espresso expert...

55:10 Luwak (Cat Poop) Coffee

57:30 Carajillo riff with Ilegal Mezcal

60:00 First days of a new tattoo

65:00 Heidi melts G with "Ignite" from Wylde Ki

69:25 WRAP IT UP!

Recipes

Skinny Margarita

2.00 oz G4 Reposado Tequila

1.00 oz Cointreau

1.00 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Shake and strain into Rocks Glass with Tajin rim

Modified Carajillo

2.00 oz Fresh Espresso

1.50 oz Licor 43

0.50 oz Ilegal Caribbean Cask Reposado

Shake and strain over ice and garnish with orange peel. Check out her website www.wyldki.com for all her amazing products (this is not a paid promotion).

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A special thank you to our guest Heidi Wiest for her years of friendship and great hair cuts!

Hosted and Created by Michael Giambrone

Executive Producer: Angelo Cabanas

🎙 Pouring Stories Ep.18 - Giambrone sits down with Nathan Grates, co-owner of The Sand Dollar LV, Sand Dollar Downtown, and La Casa De Juliette, to talk about the grind behind building three of Las Vegas’ most respected cocktail and live-music destinations.

From brutal late nights as a beverage manager to wild college bar shifts, Nate opens up about the real costs of success: Physical, emotional, and financial. We dive deep into cocktail competitions, sobriety in the industry, Las Vegas dram shop laws, and why authenticity beats hype every time. If you care about Las Vegas bars, cocktail culture, or the business of hospitality, this episode is pure gold.

💡 Why Watch / Listen

✔ Inside story of The Sand Dollar Las Vegas-from concept to cult status

✔ Brutally honest look at the hospitality industry: burnout, sobriety, and creative passion

✔ Cocktail nerd talk: Trinidad Sour, additive-free spirits, and Martingale Cognac

✔ Lessons on entrepreneurship, partnership, and staying authentic in a world of influencers

⏰ Chapters & Key Moments

00:00 Intro Teaser

01:04 Ole Bison Bourbon - Tasting room with Jeremy Wilkinson

02:30 Building a foundation

04:19 Beverage Manager Hell - “It Destroyed Me Physically & Emotionally”

07:55 First moments bartending - “Is this legal?”

11:26 Enthusiasm for bartending

12:18 Cocktail Competitions (Presentation)

14:18 Cocktail Competitions (Scoring bias)

15:45 Over-drinking & Sobriety in the beverage industry

18:35 D.U.I., Taking their Keys, & Dram Shop Laws in Las Vegas

22:45 Davey’s Locker

24:40 Bartending a College Bar - “I overserved everybody”

27:20 Media Dinners!

29:46 Concierge

31:31 Trinidad Sour - What did G do wrong?

35:00 G realizes his mistake!

37:00 Additive Free in the news!

42:55 Ghost Busters44:10 Corrected Trinidad Sour (after 2 bottles of ango)

45:54 La Casa De Juliette

50:00 No Smoking at The Dollar!

52:25 Girls love the most horrific content - Last Podcast on The Left

55:10 Nate & Jamison - Origins of true partnership

1:08:00 Born to work - It’s how you’re raised

1:14:00 10 Years of The Sand Dollar (Cancelled Comp?!)

1:26:00 Additive vs. Additive Free

1:28:10 Martingale Cognac

1:31:00 Guillaume Vallet - Louis XIII

1:32:00 “Certain cultures are notoriously poor at making beer”

1:33:50 Vegas Brewers

1:37:00 People who talk but never do

1:38:30 Bringing authenticity to content creation

🍹 Featured Drink – Trinidad Sour

The Giuseppe Gonzalez recipe:

1.50 oz Angostura Aromatic Bitters

1.00 oz Orgeat

0.75 oz Lemon Juice

0.50 oz Rye Whiskey

Shake with ice, double strain into a Nick & Nora, garnish with a lemon peel.

🎧 Pouring Stories

Hosted & Produced by Michael Giambrone & Kyler Fleming

Executive editor: Kyler Fleming

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https://lacasadejuliette.com/

https://thesanddollarlv.com/