Bartenders

Nathan Merriman

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Australia

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Big Easy Covent Garden (previously The Ivy Club, The American Bar at The Savoy)

FAVORITE BARS?

The bar that I'm drinking in at that given time!

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Rye Manhattan.

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

Making Ladislav Piljar do 5 Hammers of God

Ever done it on a bar?

No

What's next for you?

The next question

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

I think 'is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me' covers both!

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

I love drinking out of Bota bags!!!

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

'Phileas Fogg' 60ml Johnnie Walker Platinum 2.5ml Apricot Brandy 2.5ml sugar syrup 10ml Swedish Punch 4 dashes of Peychauds Bitters Glass: Coupette Garnish: Orange Twist Method: Stir and strain straight up

How do you like your Martini?

Gin, wet, onions

What did you want to be as a kid?

Big wave surfing legend!!!