THL: What are your other gigs and interests?

I am a freelance bartender and cocktail event consultant in Chicago.

My company is Piranha Bros.

THL: What is something that best represents your personality?

Full-time skeptic and iconoclast, fun and silly, determined and serious, logical and ironic

THL: What is your bartending style?

Fast and efficient. Fun and engaging. Always delicious.

THL: How do you find inspiration for new cocktails and recipes?

From my years of experience cooking and mixing and tasting...understanding balance and flavors and enhancement.

THL: Besides bartending, what things do you do well?

I love cooking and am in the kitchen all the time.

THL: Ever had any strange customer requests while bartending?

Do a 2 and a half way with a guy's wife...He wanted to watch and she wanted to participate...heh heh

THL: What is your favorite after-shift drink?

Ice cold draft beer

THL: What is the one thing you can’t live without from your home liquor cabinet?

These questions are silly....

THL: What is the most underrated cocktail?

Brandy Alexander

Creamy drinks have gone on the wayside with the cocktail crowd...brilliant, beautiful, delicious, adult cocktail.

THL: What is the test of a great bartender?

Open mind, balanced and experienced.