This one was a very different shot this week, I did a Instagram live with the entrepreneurs behind startup distillery Skeptic in Chicago. Never done this before, but I hope that the advice I gave them brings you value. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders,…
This was a great interview with Mark Sansom of World's Best 50 as he gives us a peek behind the curtain on the organisation, how it has revolved over the last 12-18 months and how it's helping the industry in the future. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top…
From a social media post I did yesterday, I still struggle with this but I love being told I can't do something due to other people's shortcomings. Don't let someone else tell you what you can and can't do; that is their insecurities being passed onto you. Share a dram…
We had the amazing opportunity to create a series of cocktail videos for Forty Creek's Virtual Whisky Weekend. The team and I did approachable cocktails on location for the event and showcases the product, our skills and style of the brand. Interested in working with us, email - info@soolehospitality.com Check…
We had the amazing opportunity to create a series of cocktail videos for Forty Creek's Virtual Whisky Weekend. The team and I did approachable cocktails on location for the event and showcases the product, our skills and style of the brand. Interested in working with us, email - info@soolehospitality.com Check…
We had the amazing opportunity to create a series of cocktail videos for Forty Creek's Virtual Whisky Weekend. The team and I did approachable cocktails on location for the event and showcases the product, our skills and style of the brand. Interested in working with us, email - info@soolehospitality.com Check…
We had the amazing opportunity to create a series of cocktail videos for Forty Creek's Virtual Whisky Weekend. The team and I did approachable cocktails on location for the event and showcases the product, our skills and style of the brand. Interested in working with us, email - info@soolehospitality.com Check…
This is a great episode with someone that I aspired to be coming up through the ranks of the industry. Loved chatting with Julie and getting to know her better, seeing the direction the industry is headed and hospitality entrepreneurship. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents:…
If you have a media project, content creation or social media marketing; Soole Hospitality Concepts are a one stop shop for all your beverage related media needs. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and…
Great chat about the macro business in the restaurant industry with Jason McBride from the REAL Hospitality Network, hopefully giving you some unique insights into the restaurant industry and his aim to disrupt the whole thing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers…
Eric and I met almost a decade ago in Cognac on one of my very first bartender junket trips, he has achieved a ton since then and his new book, Unvarnished is a testament to that. We chat about his career, the book and what it was like to have…
Loved chatting to one of the most passionate advocates for the hospitality industry in North America, writer and author Kara Newman. She has written seven books, hundreds of articles and covered more stories behind the people in the industry than many others. If you have ever wanted to write, this…
This is a more in depth and follow up to a video I did on Instagram last week; with lock downs and shrunken hours, there are a few fundamentals that you have to calculate as an owner operator to make it all make sense. Hope this brings value to a…
Had a great time on the Fever-Tree Happy Hour with Alexis Green on Instagram, we made one of my favourite cocktails, The Averna Limone and chatted about the industry, my experiences and where I see Clive's Classic Lounge going. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders,…
Was interviewed by Ben Waterworth from Capital Daily about the Post Shift Podcast and why I started podcasting, gets a little bit behind the podcast and why I keep doing it. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole…
Had a great Happy Hour with Sean Finter and his team chatting about my upbringing, what I am up to now and making a couple of drinks through it all. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has…
To preface this whole podcast as a tough one is an understatement, I like to keep my personal life very personal but lately, I have been getting a lot of questions and asking for advice on maintaining a long relationship in the industry. I took some questions from Instagram and…
We chat with absolute legend this week, Donnie Wheeler; former Havana Club Rum brand ambassador, we chat about his love not just for the rum but how he dived deep into the product, the process and the culture behind it. He is forever giving back to the community that he…
Dave Mitton and I go way back and he has the illustrious title of being both one of my first interviews and also one of the highest listened to episodes in Post Shift history. You can listen to his original back story here, we catch up and see how his…
I did a very in-depth episode with my partner in Exemplar LM a few weeks back, but with how much I am doing in this realm right now; I wanted to get down some thoughts that may be a bit more approachable way. I am really deep into this now…
This is a fantastically raw and down to earth interview with Tim Etherington-Judge on why Healthy Hospo started, his way back from being in deep depression, why he decided to start a calvados company and how turning down big money for it spawned his need to give back to the…
This is a seminar that I was supposed to present in New Orleans in March for the American Distillers Institute Conference; obviously, due to COVID, this didn't happen and it went virtual. In this seminar, I talk about helping to create award-winning spirits here in British Columbia and beyond shortly.…
Influencer marketing has been demonized in the last few years and rightly so, but that being said. I do strongly believe, like any marketing strategy, that a well thought out, properly planned and instigated influencer marketing strategy can reap benefits. But as I mention in the video, it's a two…
I chat to partner and graphic designer, Colin Parks from Human Construct Design + Branding about the importance of brand, logo and collateral to the long term success of your business along with geeking out about fonts, favourite eras of design and how we combine 20 years of graphic designing…