What makes Pollard even more worthy of the title is the fact that he would insist we give it to one of his mentors, guys like Francesco LaFranconi, Drew Levinson and Tobin Ellis, to name a few. The Wirtz beverage development guru is a bartender’s bartender, in love with spirits but never taking them (or himself) too seriously. We are so drinking to that.

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