Who | Jerry Lopez
Where | Orlando, Florida, USA
Current Bar | Noir Bar
Past Bar(s) | The Neighbors, Sushi Saint Winter Park
Favourite Spirit | Rum
Favourite Juice | Martinelli’s Apple Juice
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Negroni
First Classic Cocktail you ever had | Whiskey Sour?
Favourite Part of the Job | Being able to share creations and see guests faces light up
Favourite After Work Drink | It depends, sometimes a cocktail, sometimes just a neat pour of a certain spirit.
Favourite bar in the world | Danico (Paris, France) or Clemente Bar (NYC)
Best known for | Culinary, technique driven cocktails
Favourite “at work” memory | I love being a part of a team and having fun behind the bar so my favorite memory is really a compilation of shifts that I got to work with a great friend of mine as we never had a shift together that wasn’t a blast.
What’s the most popular cocktail in your city? I don’t think there’s a singular most popular cocktail in my city. I’d say my favorite cocktail in the city is a fermented green apple highball my friend created at the bar he’s at.
Favourite thing about your city | Haan — my favorite coffee shop
Favourite drinking song | I think I like chill lofi for a lot of moments in my life
What was the last photo that you took? A sketch of a cocktail I was thinking up
What is your dream travel destination and why? I’ve already been but I’ve been dying to go back to Paris
Any claims to fame? I won my regional Probitas Daiq competition last year
Soda or Tonic? Soda. If espresso is in the mix, tonic.
Gibson or Gimlet? Gimlet
Naked & Famous or Last Word? Naked & Famous
Dog person or cat person? Dog
Are you available for freelance gigs? Yeah!
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