
Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Nikolas Zoylinos
Nikolas Zoylinos, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on balancing discipline with spontaneity, onstage and behind the bar.
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Nikolas Zoylinos, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on balancing discipline with spontaneity, onstage and behind the bar.
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Emilio Salehi, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, shares his beginner's guide to cocktail videography.
Mark Tubridy, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on breaking down barriers to the creative process.
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The San Francisco bartender on how videography has shaped his approach to bartending, his hack for building complex flavor profiles and the recipe for his In Bokeh cocktail.
The Austin-based bartender on balancing improvisation and structure, his globetrotting introduction to bartending and the recipe for his cocktail, Oops I Forgot My Line.
The Portland bartender on why storytelling is key to the human experience, imitating Oprah and the recipe for her Helen of Troy-inspired A Thousand Ships cocktail.
The New York bartender on taking a musician’s approach to cocktails, the one album he’d listen to forever and the recipe for his Songbird cocktail.
The New Orleans bartender on the power of embracing imperfection, her monthly pop-up gallery and the recipe for her Rule of Thirds cocktail.
The Ohio–based bartender on his literary approach to bartending, the “aha!” moment at the core of great drinks and the recipe for his Short Story cocktail.
The Atlanta bartender on the drinks that come to her in dreams, blending the flavors of West Africa and the American South and the recipe for her Eve’s Pot Liquor…