Blacktending

I know that guy... (at Chinatown, Vancouver) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUVzOMZh84i/?utm_medium=tumblr

Into the eight @whereislaowai (at Chinatown) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXoqGyP4ad/?utm_medium=tumblr

Flashback two years ago today to @loveyourmondays and I sitting in a wellness and meditation seminar where all that was going through my mind was trying to figure out how Mak convinced me I would be the one to get up onstage solo and compete for @altostequila @tahonasociety #CollectiveSpirit . As I've come to realize over the past two years it's simply best to just do as she says and then reap the benefits as if that was your plan all along. . #bartender #travelingbartender #bartendercompetition #hospitality #healthyhospo #muchoamore #mentalhealth #altos #tahonasociety #altostequila (at Guadalajara, Jalisco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHjRxz-hcGU/?igshid=18gcja8iy02zm

Feeling super grateful I got to watch this guy say his vows yesterday with a small group of amazing friends - Although I'm definitely feeling the open bar today... - @cambrown101 #wedding #bartenders #bartenderstyle #suitup #friends #instagood #goodtimes (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFaKlruBhnx/?igshid=14v1qwwbwhidk

Me trying to act tough as @joshneufeldphoto takes photos while I load a few hundred kilos of rye grist into @resurrectionspirits's mash tun - #distillery #distilling #rye #ryewhiskey #ryewhisky #gin #distiller #grain #madeinvancouver #madeinbc (at Resurrection Spirits Inc.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFIpLSGhLCw/?igshid=160s38lpsljme

Back before social distancing was a thing... - From a few years back judging the @auchentoshan national finals with some amazing people - #judge #cocktailcompetition #bartendingcompetition #bartenders #barlife #bartendinglife (at Rosewood Hotel Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE2_37Ghy3e/?igshid=3hy7xqvbknt0

No human being in this image has accomplished anything in the five years since it was taken... - @vancouverclub Celebrity Bartender Competition Aug. 22, 2015 - #bartenderlife #bartenders #bartending #yvr #vancouver #bartendercompetition #barlife #nobodies (at The Vancouver Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEM_jwZhQfl/?igshid=362sadan6bqx

Hose... Hole... The joke makes itself. . #distilling #distiller #distillery #bartender #bartenderlife #innuendo #doubleentendre #dickjokes (at Resurrection Spirits Inc.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDz2R7OBvVM/?igshid=fteh5i2zwfnz

Anyone getting Overlook Hotel vibes from this one? - With July done and dusted it feels very weird to have gone completely through one without any @deightoncup activity. All I've got is amazing pictures like this one of the #cocktailjockey from a few years back to look back and reminisce on. - Looking forward to Days of Deighton's future when we can share our event with the bartending community even more. - #bartenders #cocktailcompetition #deightoncup #horseracing #suitup #bartending #bartendingcompetition #barfamily # (at Rosewood Hotel Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZlIL4Bk06/?igshid=19tkrfyafxidr

How about a little #waybackwednesday - With all the @tales_of_the_cocktail memories I've seen in the past week it was hard to not feel nostalgic about the time NOLA first broke me back in 2013 - #throwback #wayback #memories #totc #tales #talesofthecocktail #nola #neworleans #bartenders #bartending #travellingbartender (at Tales of the Cocktail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPaR3QBcW2/?igshid=dqn4t3zos2w6

Why be anywhere else? - #explorebc #beautifulbc #beautifulbritishcolumbia #vancouver #vancouversunset #sunset #nature #sunsets #naturelovers #photography #naturephotography #teampixel #seebcfirst #pacificspiritpark #vancouver #acadiabeach (at Acadia Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC5hmOPhRy7/?igshid=e62zcceptxe4

It's #nationaldaiquiriday!!! - Well at least it is in the states, and only in America would there be a national holiday celebrating a drink that's main ingredient can't be purchased due to a trade embargo... - If you're curious as to my hot take on the Cuban classic you can search the archives over on @primermagazine to read an article I did on shaken cocktails complete with a recipe for a Classic Daq. - Pre tip: pure cane sugar sings in this drink - #daiquiriday #daiquiri #cocktail #cocktails #rum #cubanrum #drink #drinks #drinkstagram #pourn #imbibe #imbibegram #thirsty 📷 by @snapeditshowphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1NZ5PhxlY/?igshid=e1egzfqh3ek5

Looking back on my summer last year and all the events I was able to formally take part in like @bikersforautism - Can't wait to get back to the grind and support so many of the great local projects, and the causes they benefit, Vancouver city has come to love over the years once we figure this whole thing out - #bartender #bartenderssavingtheworld #event #events #yvr #yvrevents #vancouver #vancouverevents #charity #benefit #party 📷 by @joshneufeldphoto (at Chewies Steam & Oyster Bar CH) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCwb64ah7PR/?igshid=1bznfb1gpo26h

Ended up being a perfect evening to spend along a shoreline - #sunset #sunsets #vancouversunset #pacificapirit #vancouver #explorebc #yvr #spanishbanks #teampixel (at Spanish Banks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCnMp-vBujS/?igshid=17wo25oj23sic

"If you think you are beaten, you are If you think you dare not, you don't, If you like to win, but you think you can't It is almost certain you won't." - It was about two years ago this week that the founding members of @mindthebarcanada unveiled our master plan of how we thought best to attack the issues surrounding mental health in the hospitality industry. Where we expected backlash, we received nothing but support and offers to assist. - A few months afterwards, armed with the fighting spirit of @beingsoshoel and being talked off a ledge every hour by @loveyourmondays I stood in front of the panel in Mexico assembled by @altostequila @tahonasociety and emptied my tank explaining why they needed to invest in this cause. - Having faith in yourself is great, but it can be nothing without an army behind you to support and encourage you along the way. - Thanks team - #lastcall #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #86 #bartender #bartenders #travellingbartender #bartenderssavingtheworld #altos #tequila #tahonasociety #creativespirit (at Guadalajara, Jalisco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCeolHvBVVy/?igshid=pl1v3c9kuj6u

Cocktails are beautiful, cocktails are fine . I like cocktails, I drink them all the time . I drink them for my supper, and I drink them for my lunch . If I had a hundred cocktails, I’d drink them all at once! - It might feel like a lifetime ago but it was just earlier this year I was judging cocktails for the #scienceofcocktails bartender competition. - #waybackwednesday #soc2020 #soc #bartender #bartenderlife #bartendercompetition #cocktail #cocktails #cocktailcompetiton #thirsty #drinks #imbibe #imbibegram #drinkstagram (at Science World) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWkxOKB5Fa/?igshid=1o397kww7lyry

Am I the only one that's missing the days when we used to travel, overindulge, and forget more than we remember? - This shot was taken during the @thirstboston Scholars trip to Hacienda @patron in 2019. I remembered it being blurry... - #travel #traveling #wanderlust #travellingbartender #bartender #bartenderlife #barlife #tequila #tequilapatron #mexico #agave #agavelove (at Hacienda Patrón) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOt7U4hyXD/?igshid=x02vxwg4h21h