THE LOCALS
BARTENDER LIFE
Guest Bartender Kendra Copeland
GET A SIP OF THE RYE
Host Jason Bass
SAGAMORE SPIRIT BRINGS THE WHISKEY EXPERIENCE HOME TO RYE LOVERS EVERYWHERE
By Mary Kate Patterson | Photos by Sebastian Marin
What happens when you combine news about allthings American whiskey with The Tonight Showstyle interviews, stir in cocktail classes with rock star bartenders, and finish with dashes of rye whiskey history and distilling know-how? Presenting Get a Sip of the Rye, Sagamore Spirit’s new monthly lifestyle show that gets whiskey fans old and new to see the world through rye-lovers’ glasses. The show celebrates America’s bartenders and showcases the revival of Maryland-style rye right where it’s happening—at the Sagamore Spirit distillery on Baltimore’s waterfront. Each 30-minute episode airs on Facebook, Instagram, and is available on-demand across other platforms, including YouTube. Reaching nearly 100,000 viewers, the show brings a mix of industry news, updates, and spotlights from the Sagamore Spirit Distillery and shares new releases from the brand. Any must-watch show needs a must-see host and Get a Sip of the Rye has that in Jason Bass, a Baltimore native and entrepreneur known well to locals (and beyond) as the founder of Night Brunch—an event series created to celebrate food, music, and friends.
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“Get a Sip of the Rye is for passionate whiskey lovers and the culture around it,” shares Bass. “In every episode, we have conversations and make cocktails with the best bartenders from our favorite bars around America. I’m grateful for being a storyteller while adding some diversity to the industry.” The program isn’t just a celebration of rye whiskey. It’s a celebration of passionately innovative bartenders from Baltimore and around the country. Bass speaks one on one with a new bartender guest each episode. The duo shares their love of rye, explores each featured bartender’s career, and mixes a few cocktails that viewers at home are encouraged to create alongside them. Started while most bartenders were still out of work, Sagamore’s Get a Sip of the Rye was developed to give bartenders a national platform to show off their craft. Each guest bartender gets the opportunity to showcase their hometown bars and restaurants in the process. While every episode starts with the duo shaking up a classic Manhattan, every episode ends with the guest bartender mixing their favorite way to use Sagamore Spirit Rye Whiskey in a cocktail.
