Who | Phil Castonguay
Where | Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Current Bar | Senior Lead, Ops and Commercialization at NOA (Non-Alc Spirits)
Past Bar(s) | Rouge Gorge, Le Royal, Les Cousins
Favourite Spirit | Whisk(e)y
Favourite Juice | Grapefruit
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Mezcal Negroni (Top spot is Manu Ruiz White Mezcal Negroni)
Favourite Part of the Job | Prep Days was my favourite (still is when I do pop-ups)
Favourite After Work Drink | 710ml Labatt 50 with a small glass
Favourite at Home Drink | Freezer Door Dirty Tuxedo
Favourite bar in the world | Next of Kin (Edmonton)
Best known for | Culinary cocktails – Introducing a lot of the knowledge/flavour pairing/techniques my dad, who’s a chef, showed me in the kitchen growing up
Favourite “at work” memory | Hard to choose from the many wonderful, but the time the VP of a big (Like crazy big) wine company sat down at the bar with his 2 assistants gave me his credit card and told me to just go crazy on whatever cocktails I wanted to make them try for the whole night and finished the night eating pizza and wings with them after the close.
What do you collect? Hockey cards
Favourite thing about your city? Proximity of all the great small suppliers to get some ingredients
What was the last photo that you took? My dogs
Where was last place you traveled? Not work related – Dominican Republic
Any claims to fame? I’ve been the guest of the most popular cooking show in Quebec when I was a teenager
Lager or IPA? Lager
Sparkling or Flat? Sparkling
Miami or Mexico City? Mexico
Olive or Twist? Olive
Are you available for freelance gigs? Yes!
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