The Alchemist's Bar
The story of what's in the glass.
Narrative stories about the history, culture, and science behind what people drink. Each episode takes a single drink, ingredient, moment, or practice and follows it to where it breaks open into something larger — a trade economy, a political movement, a chemical accident, a grief.
Hosted by Shawn Spitaleri.
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Season 1
Every episode is a story of proof in both senses: the evidence that something happened, and the measure of what's in the glass.
Season 1 Episodes
Season 1: Proof
Ten episodes in development. Subscribe to The Alchemist's Ledger to be notified when the season launches.
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The cocktail podcast space is saturated with technique and recipe content. Narrative storytelling in this space is virtually nonexistent. Distillate occupies that gap — following each drink to where it breaks open into trade economies, political movements, chemical accidents, and human grief.
Nothing mystical without a material foundation underneath it.