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Catching Up with Charles Joly, World Class Bartender of the Year

By thirstyinla | August 13, 2014

Charles Joly named World Class Bartender of the Year

Charles Joly from The Aviary in Chicago has been named the 2014 Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year. Joly is the sixth bartender and the first American to win the World Class title, which featured 48 of the best bartenders from around the world competing in the five-day final.

An Epic Night at the 2010 Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala

By thirstyinla | May 23, 2010 |

On Friday, May 14, the center of the cocktail universe was at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, site of the 2010 Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala. From 9pm to 1am, 2500 sharply-dressed imbibers roamed the Beaux-Arts splendor of the New York Public Library, sampling cocktails from 150 mixologists and 137 liquor brands from around the world.