![]() ![]() What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?Īndrew: For behind the bar: Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Micky: Cardinal molds new tastes, ideas and flavors with a classic retelling. Considering that Cardinal Spirits can’t purchase spirits from outside of the distillery, the fact the people keep coming back is saying something. They aren’t just in it for the money they’ve really created a local business that families in Bloomington can be proud to bring their family to. What makes Cardinal Spirits different than other craft distilleries?Īndrew: They are really interested in giving the public what they want and listening to their feedback. Micky: Gin and tonic with the Standard Dry Gin. But my favorite spirit is your Standard Dry Gin. So, a little bit of that with club soda and lemon. If you walked into Cardinal Spirits right now, what would you order?Īndrew: I really am a fan of the Red Bird Elixir (Cardinal's house-made riff on Campari that is typically used a negroni). I am done with school now but I decided to continue bartending for a while. I really love bartending it’s a really fun, creative and high paced job. I started a band in 2012 with my brother we’ve been rocking pretty hard. I started working at the Uptown during grad school. I finished up high school in the Netherlands and I came back to Indiana University for college and grad school. I lived there until I was 17 and then moved to the Netherlands with my family. Micky: I am originally from Carmel, Indiana. ![]() You can also be very creative and tap into something quite historical. It’s a great way to do character studies, in terms of acting. I love the fact that bartending is always new and you can interact with different people. Fast forward a bit, and I met Logan Hunter (general manager at Cardinal Spirits and former Uptown bartender) and he gave me a couple of books to read. I wanted to do something a bit more creative so I started looking into cocktail bartending. I wasn’t feeling the vibe in Florida though, so I moved to Pittsburgh and I started working at a beer bar to pay the bills while I was acting. ![]() After graduating college, I moved down to Florida. What’s your story? How’d you get to be a bartender?Īndrew: I’m an actor, both on stage and screen. I guess my first proper cocktail was the Last Word at Uptown. I was at this club and I was like, I’m going to get a Sex on the Beach for sure. Micky: My first cocktail was a Sex on the Beach at a club in Spain. It’s named after a character in Singin’ in the Rain. I had the Don Lockwood: Laphroaig Scotch, maple syrup and chocolate bitters. Tell us about the very first time you had a cocktail.Īndrew: The first time I had a proper cocktail was in Pittsburgh at a bar called Tender. ![]()
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