Honesty & Hard Truths | Adam O'Donnell | Pouring Stories Episode 9

Adam O’Donnell, the mastermind behind Jive Turkey in Las Vegas, spills the tea on the wild, unexpected chaos of opening your first bar. He’s dropping truth bombs about why bartending shouldn’t be some snooty, pretentious gig—and then cranks it up a notch with the iciest, most gangster "Icing" moment ever captured mid-interview. This is the raw, unfiltered bar life story you didn’t know you needed!
0:00 Honesty and hard truths w/ Adam O’Donnell
2:10 Sparrow & Wolf
7:30 G4 tequila
9:55 Additive free
22:36 Building bars/inefficient bar designs
13:38 Selling vs. offering an experience
18:25 Dry ice cocktails - drink masters
19:25 Ghosting a bar right away.
22:35 Designing and opening bars
36:30 Bunny hug
42:55 Ryan McGinnis or Adam O’Donnell
44:15 Old Tom Rules!
47:55 More additives In tequila
48:35 Adam likes additives
49:10 Carmel coloring and blending whiskey’s
51:15 Adam Ice’s G!
55:50 Frey ranch absinthe
58:00 Frey ranch rye/bourbon
1:06:15 Webber Ranch
1:15:00 Adam gets behind the bar
1:25:35 50/50 martini or modified.
1:28:50 Friends and family