When you spend time as a bartender, you meet people with all kinds of lifestyles. If you are lucky, you will derive inspiration from these people. Josh Davis spent a few years tending bar before attending Camp Runamok which fostered his desire do more with his career. This is also where he and I met...
The skills that one grows and develops as a bartender are innumerable. Applying these skills to other jobs isn’t always so simple. Rebecca Sturt of Pineapple Consultancy in Dubai has found a use for hers. We asked her about how she made the jump from competitive bartending in the United Kingdom to running her own...
Who | Rachel Wright Where | Buffalo, New York, USA/ Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico Current Bar | OTB Past Bar(s) |Prescott’s Provisions , Mulberry Project Pop Up, Més Que, The Library, The Saturn Club, Crossroads Brewing Company (Athens, NY), Destino Cocina Favourite Spirit | Sotol Favourite Juice | I like working with funky vegetal and herbal juices. Favourite Classic Cocktail | The Tipperary Favourite Part of the...
Chantelle Gabino is one of those bartenders to watch out for. And not in a bad way. In a good way. In the best way possible. Because she is always up to something. She is one of those super driven people and when she gets an idea, she goes for it full force. She works...
“Econo is an old concept. The punk rockers picked up on that, the idea of scarcity and just using what you’ve got. And maybe more of you comes through because there’s less outside stuff you’re sticking on. All you’ve got is you, so you have to make something of it.” -Mike Watt, The Minutemen I...
In an industry full of big personalities, there are few people as impactful as Seattle-based Rocky Yeh. If you have ever attended a Cocktail Week anywhere in North America odds are you have run into Rocky. Sometimes in a suit helping usher guests to their seats, sometimes shirtless extolling the virtues of barrel aged spirits. He...
Tired of seeing a spirit that a love being always put on the back burner. I decided to create a cocktail that is more amaro forward with one of my favourite amaro. 1.5 oz Meletti Amaro .5 oz Glenmorangie 2 dashes Peychaud bitters 4 dashes Bittercube Orange bitters Rinse glass with Absinthe Lemon zest Stir...
To get better at anything requires a lot of hard work. Learning, practising, making mistakes and doing it all over again. The bartending community is full of veterans. Those people who have been behind the wood for decades. Who have seen trends and cocktails evolves. From these people we can learn a heck of a...
For the past thirty days, I have not consumed alcohol. Not a glass of wine. Not a shot of whisky. Not a sniff of anything alcoholic. Nothing. Bone dry. And it hasn’t been easy. While I am not a bartender, alcohol is a huge part of my life, as I suspect it is in your...
Please take time to read Part 1 and Part 2 of our Taking Action Against Sexual Assault in the Industry series before continuing with this one. It’s now 2017. Yet, in this modern age – in this age of supposed freedom and equal rights, our industry is not working hard enough. In the past year throughout...
