E236 Melissa Brennan
Uplifting And Advocating For Women In The Industry
This weeks guest is Melissa Brennan, a Toronto-born and raised bartender with almost a decade of experience behind the bar. Melissa got her start in several notable Toronto spots — Bar Raval, 416 Snack Bar/Short Turn, and Mother — before making the move to Vancouver. Since landing on the West Coast, Melissa has been both inspired and impressed by the strength and sense of community in the local bar scene. Currently, Melissa is behind the wood at Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provisions.
Melissa is also a proud brand ambassador for Elevación 1250, a tequila brand owned and distilled by women. Uplifting and advocating for women in hospitality is a core part of Melissa’s life and what she truly cares about.She is deeply passionate about building safer, more supportive, and more sustainable spaces behind the bar. Melissa finds inspiration in her travels and the incredible women she’s met along the way — they push her to keep growing, connecting, and showing up with intention in this work that she loves.
A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia for setting up our new website theindustrypodcast.club. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and drink nerds and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more……Imbiblia - check it out!
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Contact the host Kypp Saunders by email at [email protected] for products from Elora Distilling, Malivoire Winery and Terroir Wine Imports.
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