Ready To Drink Podcast
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Episodes: 48
Description
The Ready To Drink Podcast is built for founders, operators and leaders navigating the next era of beverage. These are honest conversations with the people doing the work, building brands that last in a crowded and regulated marketplace.
Hosted by twenty-two year adult beverage industry veteran Nate Fochtman, the show pulls back the curtain on what actually drives growth - distribution strategy, regulatory navigation, sales velocity, and consumer trust.
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Cannabis Disinformation, Hemp Advertising Suppression and the Fight to Normalize the Plant | Madicyn Marinaro, CCAT
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Cannabis Research Is Rigged - 75% of $1 Billion Studies Risk, Not Benefits
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Hemp, Recovery and the Fitness Channel Nobody Is Talking About | Jay Ashton, Last Rep
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May 28, 2026 |
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Cannabis Beverage Certification, Sober Founders and the Hemp Beverage Revolution | Leigh Gall
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May 20, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Don't Apologize for Your Passion
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May 18, 2026 |
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Founder & Sergeant Major Mike Waskewich (Ret.) on Flavor Matching, the Adult Beverage Ecosystem and Building What the Industry Was Missing
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May 14, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: The drink doesn't make the memory. The moment does.
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: The Hemp Industry Can't Afford to Fight Itself Right Now | Chris Fontes | High Spirits
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: His boss told him the work was drying up, so he built a brewery instead. | JR Heaps | South County Brewery
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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The LEVIA Story with Kristin & Eric Rogers
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: From "Crazy Idea" to Big Acquisition (and Buying it Back)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: 84% of Americans Want THC Drinks
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: The New Way to Socialize: Why Hemp Hits Different with Goodmellow
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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The Science of Terpenes: How Abstrax Tech is Revolutionizing Beer & Cannabis
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: How to get 30% MORE beer from your hops with Abstrax Tech
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: The Story Behind Appalachian Girls Cannabis Co
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: PR Has a PR Problem & Why the Human Story is the Future of Public Relations
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: The Craft Beer Lesson the Cannabis Industry is Ignoring
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Why Hemp THC Beverages Belong in Bars + Retail, Not Dispensaries | Adam Peabody of Flora + Reddi Beverage
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Why Hemp is the "Trojan Horse" for THC Accessibility | Thomas Winstanley, Edibles.com
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Why Hemp is the "Trojan Horse" for THC Accessibility | Thomas Winstanley, Edibles.com
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Overcoming Addiction & Embracing Failure
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Is Hemp REALLY killing the Bourbon industry? Chris Fontes, Founder of High Spirits
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: ROAM is proving that "Clean Label" and "High Potency" can live in the same can with co-founder, Shannon Urban-Denise
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Why hemp beverage founders are BEGGING to be regulated with Gordon Whelpley, co-founder of Float House CAN-NA-BREWS
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Corporate Ladder to Hemp Founder with Anna Baskin, founder of hightail
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Redefining the 5 PM Reset: Low-Dose Hemp & Functional Drinks with Anna Baskin, Founder of hightail
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Stop Trying To Be Perfect. Fail Faster I Jared Langston, Founder of Good Liar NA Beer
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Quick Sips: Regenerative Agriculture & The Future of Farming with Steve Groff
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Appalachian Girls Cannabis: Building THC Drinks in Ohio, Surviving Regulation and Scaling From Zero to 300 Stores
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Regenerative Farming, Hemp Fiber and the Future of Food | Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Shannon Urban-Denise on Sobriety, Anxiety & Building Roam Beverages
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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How Goodmellow Is Scaling With Discipline, Distribution, and Real Consumer Demand
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Building a Profitable THC Beverage Brand & Why the Industry Must Step Up Now I Chris Fontes
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Good Liar NA Beer Founder Jared Langston: Building the Fastest-Velocity 6-Pack in Ohio + Why Flavor Wins
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Ground Game’s Josh Furbish: The Retail Reality Behind THC Drinks, NA Beer, and Brand Sell-Through
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Bioavailability Explained: How Lix Brands Is Changing Supplements & Functional Beverages
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Float House CAN-NA-BREWS: Building a THC Beverage That Isn’t Beer | Regulation, Manufacturing & Category Creation
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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How Berg Brewing Was Built Right | Brewery Strategy, Family Business, and Craft Beer Reality
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Building a Distillery on Heritage, Grit & Community | Yianni Barakos of Mason Dixon Distillery
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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How Yah Brew Built a 90s-Inspired Brewery, Hoagie Shop | Ready To Drink Podcast
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Happie Beverages: Pete Olander on Building a Category, Navigating Regulation & Functional Drinks
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Moon Flower Hemp: Three Generations, Full Transparency, and the Fight for Real Regulation
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Building a Brewery on the Gettysburg Battlefield: The 30-Year Story Paul Lemley
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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From Garage Brewing to a Pennsylvania Landmark | The Story of South County Brewing with JR Heaps
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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We Ditched Alcohol for THC: The Wild West of the Hemp Beverage Market | Peri Higgins & Mike Podlogar of More Love
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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History, Ghost Stories & Craft Beer Legacy I Sam Allen of Bube's Brewery
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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10 YEARS to OPENING: From Server to Community Bar Owner | Corey Wolfe of Woof Bar
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Oct 16, 2025 |