Gaz Regan - the Bartender formerly known as Gary Regan - has been around the bar industry since he began working in English pubs in the 1960s. He knows it inside out, having seen it evolve into the cocktail culture we know today and written about it extensively in countless books and magazines. Still fully immersed in the industry in New York, we had Gaz join us to discuss his past experiences, before letting us in on the inspiration behind his current projects – Mindful Bartending, the Worldwide Bartender Database, the updated ‘The Joy of Mixology’ and more.

Then, at around the 40 minute mark we're joined at Hains & Co by Ryan Lane for our Free Pour segment. Ryan manages award-winning Brisbane pub The Gresham and is sixth on the Australian Bartender Magazine's Most Influential List.

Resources, bars and products mentioned

http://www.gazregan.com/ - where you can sign up for Gaz’ email newsletter and buy his orange bitters

G’Vine Gin

Gaz’s Worldwide Bartender Database

The Joy of Mixology, Revised and Updated Edition: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender’s Craft

The Polynesion New York

Cocktail Kingdom, where you can buy Gaz Regan negroni finger stirrers

The Gresham Brisbane

Buffalo Trace – Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Key points

5:00 From English pubs to creating cocktails in New York – a brief look at Gaz’s journey behind the bar

11:20 How Gaz made the transition to writing about cocktails

13:15 How the finger-stirred negroni came to be

15:30 Gaz’s advice for young bartenders

21:50 What Gaz is up to these days

23:30 Mindful Bartending

28:45 How Gaz manages his drinking

29:45 the drink Gaz likes to finish his day with

35:10 The story behind Gaz’s famous eyeliner

41:10 The Free Pour Five with Ryan Lane of The Gresham