Thirsty Thursdays @3PM EST

Jessie Ott
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I'm a 20+ year veteran in the wine and spirits industry who loves innovation. I'm interviewing those who are creating it from agriculture to glass. We will deep dive into their journey and provide insights to help yours. We will discuss their major industry pain points and outlook for the future. If my guest has an item to drink or eat we will try it throughout the podcast. Come on the journey with us!Now On YouTube!!     https://www.youtube.com/@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST

  1. 🔥 7 Cocktails That Rule the World 🍸 w/ Dr. Cush

    12/18/2025

    🔥 7 Cocktails That Rule the World 🍸 w/ Dr. Cush

    Send us a text What are the 7 cocktails every drink is based on? 🍹 Dive into tiki, bitters, fire tricks & cocktail history w/ bartender legend Dr. Cush! 🎙️@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/azJZrXe5R2Q 💡 What happens when a comedian turns into LA’s best bartender? You get Dr. Cush’s Exotic Drinks — a one-man show mixing cocktail science, bar wisdom & some hilarious fire tricks 🔥🍊 ✨ Highlights from the episode: 🍹 The 7 cocktails that rule all other cocktails🔥 His signature drink: Dr. Cush’s Exotic Old Fashioned📚 Why bartending is more books than booze🍍 How pineapples became the symbol of hospitality🧊 The lost art of ice (yes, really!)🎭 From improv heel to hospitality hero💻 Building an online bar community during COVID💥 Flaming citrus, tiki wars, and cold pizza cocktails🎯 CTA: Subscribe for weekly food & bev innovation talks 🎙️ — and try making the Hemingway Daiquiri or your own signature drink! 0:00 Intro to Dr. Cush 🍸   1:00 From comedy to cocktails   5:00 The 7 cocktails theory explained   12:00 Punch vs daiquiri: tiki breakdown   17:00 Cocktail vs experience: why it matters   25:00 Building an online bar community   31:00 Hemingway Daiquiri tutorial 🍹   41:00 The Dr. Cush Exotic Old Fashioned (🔥)   50:00 Shelf-stable lime juice recipe   1:03:00 State of the booze industry   1:10:00 Signature drink + fire tricks   1:20:00 Cocktail nerd history tour   1:30:00 Outro & cocktail class invite Mentors in Drinks and Tiki  Steve the Bartender Created Drinks Website: Kindred Cocktails    Discovered: Pseudo Juice Calculator Dave Arnold - Technique Liquid Intelligence Jeffrey Beachbum Berry Owns Latitude 29 in New Orleans  Martin & Rebecca Cate own Smuggler's Cove in San Francisco Wrote James Beard Award-winning “Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki David Wondrich Drinks Historian and author, Link to his Books and awards Sammy Ross Best Bar Dudes of All Time  NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    1h 35m
  2. Real Cocktails, Real Ingredients 🍋🌿 Owl’s Brew Story with Co-founder Maria Littlefield

    12/11/2025

    Real Cocktails, Real Ingredients 🍋🌿 Owl’s Brew Story with Co-founder Maria Littlefield

    Send us a text This week 📢I talk🎙️with Maria Littlefield, Co-founder of Owl's Brew made with only premium clean ingredients! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 Explore how Owl’s Brew is reinventing RTD drinks with real tea & botanicals 🍋🌿 and transparent labels that consumers love. 🍹💥 Clean cocktails explained + brand story!  ⁨@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST⁩   In this episode of Thirsty Thursdays, Maria Littlefield, Co‑Founder of Owl’s Brew, shares how they built a clean‑ingredient RTD brand long before it became a trend. 🍹 From brewing tea in buckets at events to scaling canned cocktails in 22+ states, Owl’s Brew stands out in a crowded market by choosing real tea, botanicals, and juice instead of artificial flavors and lab compounds. 🔥 Key Takeaways: • 🧪 Clean Ingredients First: Real tea and botanicals create authentic flavor. • 📜 Transparent Labels: They fought to list sugar & nutrition — most spirits don’t. • 📊 Consumer Shift: People now read labels and demand real food quality in drinks. • 🛒 Retail Noise: RTD shelves are crowded — deep consumer pull is bigger than shelf presence. • 🤝 Brand DNA: Authentic stories and community build loyal drinkers. Buy them today! https://www.theowlsbrew.com/ NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    1h 38m
  3. Authentic RTDs Built on Live Music Roots 🎸🍹✨ Interview with Ruby Honerkamp

    12/04/2025

    Authentic RTDs Built on Live Music Roots 🎸🍹✨ Interview with Ruby Honerkamp

    Send us a text This week 📢I talk🎙️with Ruby Honerkamp Founder and Co-CEO of Talkhouse Encore created in honor of the iconic Hamptons venue, Stephen Talkhouse! 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 Ruby Honerkamp talks TalkHouse Encore 🍊🍸 RTDs, real tequila, vodka, & legacy bar roots in the Hamptons 🎤🎶 A brand built on taste, data, & community ❤️‍🔥  Ruby grew up in the music venue and shares a story of wearing her best dress for Sting as a kid. Her parents founded and manage the venue. Created out of a way to pivot from COVID "Talkhouse Encore" was born. It honors the top drinks requested at the bar and is made with fresh ingredients. 🎤 From the stage to the shelf! Ruby Honerkamp, Founder of TalkHouse Encore, brings the soul of an iconic East Hampton live music venue into every can. These tequila & vodka RTDs are no boardroom – they’re grassroots, authentic, and crushable. Ruby shares the startup journey, operational smarts (hello KPIs), flavor formulation secrets, and the hustle of scaling without selling out. 💡 Top Takeaways: Built on heritage, not hypeTequila & vodka-based RTDs with real fruit juiceFlavor-first, calorie-smartStrong local focus > chasing every marketCRM-driven growth & velocity KPIsDistribution done right: beer-style mindsetAuthentic storytelling builds sub-communitiesHoward Stern & Metallica fans approved 🎸🎧NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    1h 21m
  4. Yuval Selik CEO & Co-Founder of Promomash "Why 80% of CPG Brands Fail Fast"

    11/21/2025

    Yuval Selik CEO & Co-Founder of Promomash "Why 80% of CPG Brands Fail Fast"

    Send us a text Discover the 7‑hat framework for entrepreneurs from Yuval Selik on mindset 🧠, health 💪, relationships ❤️, business 💼, investing 📈, giving back 🌍 & purpose ✨. Transform your life + venture!  ⁨@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST⁩   In this episode of Thirsty Thursdays, Yuval Selik breaks down the 7 Hats every founder must wear for real success: • Hat 1: Self & Mindset 🧠 – Your internal world drives your impact • Hat 2: Athlete/Health 💪 – Your body is your business asset • Hat 3: Relationships ❤️ – People fuel your platform • Hat 4: Entrepreneur 💼 – Build the thing & scale smart • Hat 5: Investor 📈 – Protect your nest‑egg before growth • Hat 6: Philanthropist 🌍 – Contributions complete your legacy • Hat 7: Seeker/Spiritual ✨ – Connection to something bigger than profit Key Take‑aways: You can’t neglect your foundation and expect business to thrive Cash flow + margin beat hype — especially in CPG/retail Data & analytics matter: don’t fly blind in shelf‑business Fulfilment comes from balance, not burnout Call to Action: 👉 Hit Like, Subscribe, and drop a comment: Which hat are you ignoring? 👉 Share this episode with another founder who needs balance! Mentors Jim Rohn,  Tony Robbins,  Wayne Dyer,  Your Clients CPG Pioneers GT Dave Created GT's Living Foods Kombucha Pioneer Seth Goldman Just Ice Tea John Paul DeGioria Patron Books E-Myth Revisited Ramping Up Your Brand by James Richardson Jobs to be Done  When Coffee and Kale Compete by Alan Klement NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    1h 7m
  5. Jeni Jonte Navy Vet to Mindset Mastery

    11/13/2025

    Jeni Jonte Navy Vet to Mindset Mastery

    Send us a text This week 📢I talk🎙️with Jeni Jonte Veteran. Entrepreneur. Mindset Mentor.  #Veterans #NAVY #Mindset 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂 😁 In this powerful episode, Jeni Jonte shares her journey from serving as a Navy physical therapist to launching her own mindset coaching business, Eliminate Impossible. We explore the tools that helped her shift from burnout to breakthrough—and how she now empowers entrepreneurs to rewire their beliefs and unlock their next level of success. 🔥 Key Takeaways: 🎖 Lessons from military service & deployment💡 How Bob Proctor’s teachings changed everything🧠 Why mindset is 95% of success💼 Building a coaching business from scratch📚 Recommended books & resources🧒 Parenting with mindset techniques💰 Breaking income ceilings through subconscious rewiring🌊 The importance of paddle boarding, laughter & nature🙌 CTA:  👉 Like, Comment, and Subscribe if you’re on a journey of growth!  👉 Connect with Jeni at bringonpossible.com   St Augustine, FL Museum: https://lightnermuseum.org/ Get in Touch! jeni@eliminate-impossible.com www.eliminate-impossible.com www.bringonpossible.com Books Psycho Cybernetics Neville Goddard any book Mentors & Resources https://kathleencameronofficial.com/ https://karenbrook.com/ https://www.uniquespeakerbureauint.com/speakers/kim-calvert 👉 New episodes weekly — catch us every Thursday! NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    58 min
  6. From Green Beret to Hedge Fund CEO: David Walker's Wild Ride into Wall Street

    11/06/2025

    From Green Beret to Hedge Fund CEO: David Walker's Wild Ride into Wall Street

    Send us a text 🔥 What happens when a Special Forces veteran applies battlefield strategy to hedge fund investing?  You get David Walker — ex-Green Beret, West Point grad, MBA from Kellogg, hedge fund founder, and author of Don't Be Stupid: A Green Beret's Guide to Investing. This episode is packed with leadership gems, military-to-Wall Street grit, market insights, and actionable lessons for anyone chasing success with resilience and precision. 🎙 In this Veteran Special, Jessie Ott interviews David about: Transitioning from Special Forces to financeHow military leadership translates to elite investingBuilding Jedburg Advisors and what “staying nimble” means on Wall StreetThe power of mentorship, education, and managing risk like a Green BeretThe real inflation story, disruptive innovation, and the future of robotics in warfare and industry👊 This is for entrepreneurs, veterans, investors, and anyone who wants to build a bulletproof mindset. 📚 Get his book: Don’t Be Stupid — all proceeds go to the Green Beret Foundation. 🔗 Connect with David Walker: 📘 Book: Don’t Be Stupid (All proceeds to the Green Beret Foundation) 💼 LinkedIn: David J Walker  📧 Email: DaveJWalker11@gmail.com NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    1h 34m
  7. From Journalism to Beverage Law ⚖️🥃 | Ryan Malkin's Legal Startup Guide for Alcohol, NA, THC & CBD Brands

    10/23/2025

    From Journalism to Beverage Law ⚖️🥃 | Ryan Malkin's Legal Startup Guide for Alcohol, NA, THC & CBD Brands

    Send us a text Ryan Malkin breaks down legal tips for launching alcohol, non-alcoholic, THC & CBD brands. Co-packing, DTC, trademarks, & more! 🎙️💼  Watch now on Thirsty Thursdays @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST https://youtu.be/l5uyOu7b4yA "How to start an alcohol brand legally" 📘 Video Summary with Key Takeaways: In this episode of Thirsty Thursdays, host Jessie Ott sits down with Ryan Malkin, Principal Attorney at Malkin Law and creator of Set the Bar, to provide a comprehensive legal roadmap for launching any type of beverage brand — alcoholic, non-alcoholic, or cannabinoid-infused. 🍷🍹🍋🌿 💡 Key Takeaways: ✅ Co-packing vs. self-manufacturing🧾 The truth about distribution contracts🚫 Common legal pitfalls (and lawsuits!)🏛️ DTC shipping laws by state📦 Labeling and compliance mistakes🔍 Why trademarks should be filed early📱 Modified DTC and the truth about Flaviar, GoPuff, Drizly🌿 Hemp vs. Marijuana-derived THC🧠 ADA compliance & website lawsuits💬 How to build a support network that keeps you protectedThis is a must-watch for beverage entrepreneurs navigating today's regulatory minefield — with actionable advice, real-world examples, and a dose of wit. 🧠🥃💬 📣 CTA (Call To Action): 💥 Like this episode? Smash that like 👍, subscribe 🔔, and share with a founder who needs legal clarity!  📥 Download your free legal startup cheat sheet                   Alc and Non Alc       Hemp THC  📝 Reach out to Ryan via https://www.malkinlawfirm.com/  and follow us @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    54 min
  8. 💥 From 882% Growth to Tory Burch's Stage How El Guapo’s Christa Cotton Built a Beverage Empire 🍸👏🎇

    10/16/2025

    💥 From 882% Growth to Tory Burch's Stage How El Guapo’s Christa Cotton Built a Beverage Empire 🍸👏🎇

    Send us a text 📢I talk🎙️with Christa Cotton, CEO of El Guapo👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂  😁   When Costco canceled her order at the start of COVID, El Guapo CEO Christa Cotton was ready to close shop. Instead, she pivoted online — and sold out in weeks.  Now her New Orleans brand is in 3,000 stores and won Tory Burch & James Beard awards. Here’s how she turned crisis into cocktail success 🍸✨  From near bankruptcy to 882% growth 💥 Christa Cotton of El Guapo Bitters shares her journey from Georgia to New Orleans, mentorship, resilience & building a cocktail empire 🌿🥃 @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST Engaging Summary + Key Takeaways: In this Thirsty Thursdays episode, host Jessie Ott sits down with Christa Cotton, CEO of El Guapo Bitters, to explore her journey from small-town Georgia roots to leading one of America’s most respected non-alcoholic cocktail brands. 🍸 Key Takeaways: 🚀 Pivoted to 92% DTC sales during COVID → 882% growth in weeks🏆 Earned the Tory Burch Foundation Founders Award & James Beard Fellowship🌿 Built El Guapo on sourcing transparency, sustainability & bar inclusivity💪 Mentorship & community power her journey from distillery to global distribution💫 Launched canned NA bitters & sodas — now in 3,000 stores across 8 countries🎧 Watch for inspiration on resilience, brand building & beverage innovation! Call-to-Action: 👉 If you love stories of bold entrepreneurs reshaping the beverage industry, hit 👍 and subscribe to @ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST. 💬 Which part of Christa’s story resonated most with you? NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

    1h 14m
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I'm a 20+ year veteran in the wine and spirits industry who loves innovation. I'm interviewing those who are creating it from agriculture to glass. We will deep dive into their journey and provide insights to help yours. We will discuss their major industry pain points and outlook for the future. If my guest has an item to drink or eat we will try it throughout the podcast. Come on the journey with us!Now On YouTube!!     https://www.youtube.com/@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST

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  • Creator
    Jessie Ott
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    136
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Thirsty Thursdays @3PM EST
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    Thirsty Thursdays @3PM EST