Jo Kolb

Jo Kolb | Bartender Atlas

Who | Jo Kolb
Where | Montréal, Québec, Canada
Current Bar | Bar le Rouge Gorge
Past Bar(s) | Café Miracolo, Big in Japan, La Distillerie
Favourite Spirit | Amari
Favourite Juice | Cranberry
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Americano
First Classic Cocktail you ever had | Old Fashioned
Favourite Part of the Job | Chit-Chatting with customers and giving them a little list of places to try if they are not from Montreal.
Favourite After Work Drink | Amaro and tonic
Favourite bar in the world | Le Mal Nécessaire (Montréal)
Best known for | Being fast and always trying new stuff
Favourite “at work” memory | The last shift of my favourite bartender when I used to Barback: CHAOS!

What’s your favourite movie? Forrest Gump
Favourite thing about your city? Summer Nights, movies at the Cinémathèque, winterbike!
What was the last photo that you took? A photo with my roommate at the Amaro Montenegro Competition in Toronto
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? The Dead Rabbit in NYC
Any claims to fame? Well, I have this little podcast project I am happy to work on ! It is called “La Tournée des Grands Ducs”, and the main subject is people working in the hospitality industry in Quebec.

Aperitivo or Digestivo? Both
Soda or Tonic? Soda
Trader Vic or Donn Beach? Donn Beach
Egg Whites or Vegan Foamer? Both!

Are you available for freelance gigs? Yes
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