While sipping on martinis made using Gary’s father’s recipe, the guys explore the role regulation plays in the alcohol industry and beyond. They do their best to wrestle with the myriad issues that arise in this complex and necessary conversation regarding the limits we place on our freedoms and the necessity to do so.

Join us as we look at how we regulate alcohol and the role it has played in the history of spirits.

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Look at the image above, what would you consider Hogarth’s purpose for it?

Consider the state in which you live, what are some funky laws or regulations that are there? What do you see as the purpose of many of these regulations? Do you feel like some of these regulations are making alcohol into a taboo? Do you feel that we as a country might have an alcohol problem? Where do you see the balance between liberty and safety? Let us know in the comments.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Unvarnished is a fun read that provides a wonderful narrative from the bar owner/bar tender’s point of view from someone who was there as it happened. You can support a friend of the podcast who wants to sell books and not send billionaires in to space and order it here.