Jeff Fricke

A native Arizonan, Jeff found his calling as a bartender after leaving work in Phoenix as a session musician. His love for the industry led him to work every position possible in the bar and restaurant scene, even picking up a hammer and building out venues himself. While bartending, his passion for new flavour combinations led him to creating his own liqueurs, vermouths and spirits.

He became the regional Minneapolis winner of the Bombay Sapphire Most Imaginative Bartender Competition and head distiller at Lawless Distillery before joining Earl Giles. He supposes Minnesota winters are about the same as Arizona summers: miserable.