Bartenders

Jamie Jones (aka Cocktail Hobbit)

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Chester, but now based in Manchester

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

I was rocking it hard with The Liquorists and now Scotch + Limon.

FAVORITE BARS?

Epernay Manchester, Liars Club, Jake's Bar Leeds, C.O.L.D. and Liquorists HQ!

FAVOURITE DRINK?

I'm a big bourbon and gin fan, so either straight up bourbon or a good G&T

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

Working at The Liars Club was the most rock and roll thing to ever happen to me every night... I blame Lyndon Higginson.

Ever done it on a bar?

I'm an innocent young man...

What's next for you?

Having just won the G'Vine GCP World final I'll be travelling around quite a bit, first stop will be Tales of the Cocktail where I'll be doing a talk with Phil Duff and Audrey Fort. I take each day as it comes, so try not plan too far ahead...

Best/worst chat up lines you've heard at a bar?

"I drink rum, I grow beards and I F*ck"... Not a chat up line, but just some of the drunken spiel I have been known to spout back in the day... Ha!

Tell us a secret or something we don't know?

I can't stand fish or seafood... It seems to shock or confuse a lot of people, but they are slippery, slimy creatures of the devil as far as I'm concerned!

If you were to make a barchick cocktail, what would you put in it?

La Floraison d'être, my G'Vine GCP winning drink. Super velvety soft, flowery on the nose and punchy too... Bit like you BarChicks!

How do you like your Martini?

Really dirty and tasting of gin. Just how I like my women.

What did you want to be as a kid?

Marty McFly from Back to the Future. And I still do!