{"podcast":{"title":"CRAFTED","slug":"crafted-5638302","podcast_index_feed_id":5638302,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BBBIB7895217576","website_url":"https://blisterreview.com/category/podcasts/crafted-podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e256583a-9da3-11f1-b306-23001824b18c/image/a9cb744546058c4a2b9d34a177ebea68.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"BLISTER","episode_count":128,"summary":"CRAFTED is the podcast from BLISTER that dives deep into the craft world of beer, coffee, whiskey, watches, wine, and more. Our guests are some of the very best and most passionate brewers, distillers, winemakers, coffee producers, retailers, and founders that launched craft companies when success was unlikely, but their passion and principles caused them to forge ahead anyway. CRAFTED explores how things get made, and does so with the remarkable people that insist on making things well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T10:18:09.229966+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crafted-5638302"},"episode":{"title":"Cocktails in the Desert? Scott Gardner of Water Witch","slug":"cocktails-in-the-desert-scott-gardner-of-water-witch","published_at":"2026-06-03T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crafted-5638302/cocktails-in-the-desert-scott-gardner-of-water-witch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crafted-5638302","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/traffic.megaphone.fm/BBBIB7163626761.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/traffic.megaphone.fm/BBBIB7163626761.mp3","summary":"Salt Lake City shouldn’t be home to one of America’s best cocktail bars. And yet, despite Utah’s strange liquor laws and its distance from traditional cocktail meccas, that’s exactly what makes Water Witch so interesting. After the Blister team stumbled across Water Witch on a recent trip, Eli wanted to find out how owner / operator Scott Gardner built something so special in such an unlikely environment.  We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. TOPICS & TIMES: About Scott (2:54) Alcohol Laws & Culinary Deserts (7:18) James Beard Award (13:16) Changes in Cocktail Competitions (17:51) Finding Mentors (21:12) Building Water Witch (24:11) Defining the Concept (31:06) Operations Management (39:14) Control State Woes (47:04) The Future of Utah’s Bars (53:14) Why Stay In Salt Lake? (57:10) RELATED LINKS: Water Witch Bar Nohm Blister Craft Collective Become a BLISTER+ Member SEE OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Blister Podcast ENTER OUR WEEKLY GIVEAWAYS: Enter Our Free Weekly Giveaways Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Salt Lake City shouldn’t be home to one of America’s best cocktail bars. And yet, despite Utah’s strange liquor laws and its distance from traditional coc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3720,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crafted-5638302/episodes/cocktails-in-the-desert-scott-gardner-of-water-witch/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crafted-5638302/cocktails-in-the-desert-scott-gardner-of-water-witch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}