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On this episode of THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST, hospitality entrepreneur, cocktail book publisher, and Cocktail Kingdom Founder Greg Boehm, plus bar tool designer-maker and A Bar Above Co-Founder Chris Tunstall, share the tale of how their respective passion for collecting and prowess in toolmaking helped propel the craft cocktail renaissance with hosts Jonathan & Jeffrey Pogash. Brought to you by Glenmorangie Scotch Whisky.
On this episode of THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST, hospitality entrepreneur, cocktail book publisher, and Cocktail Kingdom Founder Greg Boehm, plus bar tool designer-maker and A Bar Above Co-Founder Chris Tunstall, share the tale of how their respective passion for collecting and prowess in toolmaking helped propel the craft cocktail renaissance with hosts Jonathan & Jeffrey Pogash. Brought to you by Glenmorangie Scotch Whisky.
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Co-founder & Chief of Brand & Product Development, A Bar Above
Chris Tunstall is Co-Founder of A Bar Above and serves as its Chief of Brand & Product Development. As the dedicated hospitality expert for the Southern California-based company, he brings more than 15 years' experience in bartending, managing, and consulting for bars and restaurants throughout California.
Chris is the face and voice behind A Bar Above Podcast, which covers a range of topics and issues affecting the hospitality industry and highlights the art of creating craft cocktails, appealing to both professionals and at-home cocktail enthusiasts.
With his decade and a half of experience in the service industry, Chris has not only used his bartending knowledge to create hundreds of training videos and articles for A Bar Above Podcast, YouTube channel, and blog, but he also developed and continues to operate the A Bar Above Mixology Certification program, a comprehensive training course which teaches an in-depth framework for custom-drink creation. In addition, Chris has helped the company to design and develop a full line of premium bar tools, with more product offerings to come.
Founder and CEO of Cocktail Kingdom and CK Hospitality Group
Greg caught the hospitality bug when he opened Boilermaker, an East Village mainstay. One busy Saturday evening at the bar, he had a eureka moment when he saw the joy he was bringing to people’s lives. Over time, he learned that a fun bar atmosphere with the right beverage and food programs lays the foundation for a beloved neighborhood institution with a loyal following.
Upon the success of Boilermaker, Greg opened Mace in 2015, a cocktail bar in Alphabet City led by Master Mixologist Nicolas “Nico” de Soto. Known for its complex and sophisticated cocktails made with painstaking preparations, the bar has ranked among the World’s 50 Best Bars in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Following Boilermaker and Mace, Greg launched the Christmas-themed Miracle, which creates a festive pop-up environment for guests while serving top-quality drinks at high volume. It was through Miracle, now in its eighth year, that Greg learned how to create immersive experiences, which he is now expanding to more than one hundred-forty locations across the US.
In 2018, Greg opened two new cocktail bars that quickly became popular. A new Japanese-American bar in the West Village, Katana Kitten, with bartending ace Masahiro Urushido and Boilermaker’s James Tune. which in October of 2019 won 14th best bar in the world and best new bar opening. Simultaneously, he opened Existing Conditions with Dave Arnold and Don Lee.
Greg isn’t looking to slow down and hopes to open more cocktail bars in the coming years. Greg’s Alphabet City bar, Mace, recently moved to a larger space in the … Read More
