Who | Joe Casson
Where | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Current Bar | Bar Susu, Published On Main & Vignette
Past Bar(s) | The Keefer Bar, Bearfoot Bistro, Wolf in the Fog (Tofino), Bar Loïc (Montreal), Big In Japan Bar (Montreal)
Favourite Spirit | Scotch
Favourite Juice | Blood of my enemies
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Too Soon
Favourite Part of the Job | Giving confidence and nourishing creativity in our bar staff. It’s also so nice being able to rely on their creative enthusiasm for cool drinks because that part of my brain is very tired now :’)
Favourite After Work Drink | A crisp tinnie-boi of beer
Favourite at Home Drink | Wine
Favourite bar in the world | Brickhouse (Vancouver). Watching Leo make his infamous eggnog at Christmas time is a treat, to say the least… “and just a splash of mint liqueur for freshness!”
Best known for | Ripping around on a tiny moped
Favourite “at work” memory | Rough and tumble play fighting with all-Canadian-mega-legend Chad Kroeger, for telling him off for getting into bar fights over empty Louis XIII bottles.
What do you collect? Nice bar menus are rad (I always ask first!)
Favourite thing about your city? Vancouver is a small-big city with nature everywhere you look. Way less overwhelming than other cities I’ve lived.
What was the last photo that you took? My friend Troy smiling with a guy dancing behind him in USA budgie smugglers
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? South America. I know, it’s huge. But I haven’t been anywhere south of Mexico and would love to go!!
Any claims to fame? I can mew like a tiny kitten.
Prosecco or Cava? Lambrusco!
Angostura or Peychaud’s? Peychaud’s
Singapore or San Francisco? San Fran
Grapefruit or Pineapple? Pineapple
Are you available for freelance gigs? No
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Media: Whistler Traveller Magazine Summer Cocktail Feature 2020
Whistler Traveller Magazine Summer Cocktail Feature 2019
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