E249 Arianna Hone

This weeks guest is Arianna Hone who joins us from Park City, Utah. Arianna is currently the Head Bartender at High West Saloon in Park City. Arianna has competed multiple times in Speedrack a speed bartending competition for femmes/women and was a top 5 national finalist in 2021. She is a Tales of The Cocktail CAP alumni and has worked in their program multiple times. Arianna is also a BAR 5 day graduate and is featured in the 2025 documentary ‘BAR’ , a true look into our industry as craft cocktail and hospitality professionals.

Ariana hosted her own pop up series Womxn Crush Wednesday from 2017-2020 platforming female/femme bartenders in SLC and donating to women focused non profits. She has been a Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards judge as well as a Punch Bartender in Residence. Arianna continues to seek out excellence in her craft and the spirits industry and loves mentoring the up and coming bartenders at High West. In her free time, Arianna likes to hike with her dog, splitboard, camp, travel, and volunteer for the Salt Lake Film Society.

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The Alchemist is presenting the Toronto Cocktail Festival which is occurring from October 22-26, 2025. The first annual Toronto Cocktail Festival will be a toast to the art of the cocktail and so much more. It will be a destination event that celebrates the vibrant culture of food and drink in a city that is a hub of culinary and cocktail creativity. The city’s multi-award-winning bartenders, brand ambassadors and chefs make this an exciting culinary event that will give them the showcase they deserve—and serve up delicious fun for consumers, too.

A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and cocktail lovers alike 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!

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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