by James Ratliff | Jan 31, 2015 | Mixologists
Alex Velez / Beverage Director, Lost Spirits Distillery, Las Vegas, Nevada Boiling Paloma Chi Chi Ox Aztec Fire Elixir Alex Velez has been working in restaurants since the mid 90s, growing up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He set his path on going to college and earning a...
by James Ratliff | Jan 30, 2015 | Mixologists
Peter Vestinos / Beverage Consultant, The BarMedic, Chicago, Illinois Passion Fruit Drinking Vinegar Big Love Daiquiri Flavored Ice Peter Vestinos grew up in Boston and started working behind the bar in his early 20s. What started out as a part-time weekend job during...
by James Ratliff | Jan 28, 2015 | Mixologists
Ardit Dizdari, Speakeasy Fridays at Southport & Irving, Chicago, Illinois Clover Club When Ardit Dizdari got his hands on a copy of “The Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book 1935,” he was inspired to create what’s now a weekend jazz destination in...
by James Ratliff | Jan 19, 2015 | Mixologists
Nick Detrich, Owner, Cane & Table The Good Drug Perfect President Before New Orleans bar owner Nick Detrich discovered The Perfect Purée Coconut Puree, he would make his own coconut puree by breaking open a young coconut with a hatchet and prying out the meat with...
by James Ratliff | Jan 18, 2015 | Mixologists
Christina Maffei, Mixologist Ilikea’s Mai Tai Polynesian Perfection Across the Seas Christina Maffei is an award winning mixologist that has created the concept of ‘Liquid Artistry’ as her philosophy of cocktail making. Liquid Artistry combines the ideas of a bar chef...
by James Ratliff | Jan 17, 2015 | Mixologists
Matt Sweeney, Bartender, Third and Main, Aurora, Indiana Rye of the Tiger In 2012, Matt Sweeney (pictured far right) and his brother Josh were toiling at soulless corporate jobs near Cincinnati when their father, Ron Sweeney, came to them with the idea of opening...
