EPISODE · Jan 17, 2023 · 22 MIN
Episode 66: Jack Beguedou, Hood Sommelier
from Radio Imbibe · host Paul Clarke, Jack Beguedou
We continue our Imbibe 75 coverage with a conversation with Jack Beguedou, one of our 2023 People to Watch. Originally from Togo, Jack Beguedou now lives in Omaha, and is known on Instagram and YouTube as the Hood Sommelier, sharing his whiskey explorations with thousands of online followers. For this episode, we chat about what first brought him into the whiskey world, and about how he’s sharing his West African heritage with bourbon audiences via his Afrofusion dinners.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.
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Our January/February issue features this year’s Imbibe 75, the inspiring people and places that will help shape the way we drink in the year ahead. For this episode, we check in with Jack Beguedou, known online as the Hood Sommelier, about his journey into the whiskey world, and how he’s bringing his West African heritage into bourbon country via his Afrofusion dinners.
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